Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-11 00:00:00

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At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, Apeley-buildings, 60 tons LimesvJo I, &c—Bowfin & SLACK. fri USE siENTS, PUBLIC MEEELiGd, &e. THIS DAY. TrZATIE itcnrAL—" La Trarlata."—S 11.1;YAL AMPRITHEATRE—Dramati3 Performance-7 p.m. lIIINGLER'S CIRQUE VAZIETE, Dale-street-7 p.m. LI - Mr.:POOL AcADEin'S EXIIIBITION, Post-office-placa. taGTAL CoLossmum—Gcmeral Entertainment-6.30 p.m. ezr For advettisements see second pare. (IT Q ortttu FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1837. THE DAY'S NEWS: In the House of Lords' last night, the Bank Act Indemnity Bill passed a second reading. Some passing remarks were afterwards made on the state of India. Lord Dungannon asked why it was that the Government had not availed themselves of the private advices which had reached this country, with regard to the state of India previous to the outbreak in that portion of our dominions ? Lord Granville di I not know what the noble lord alluded to, but Lord Derby did not see why the matter should be treated in such a cavalier manner. In the House of Commons last night, Mr. Wise presented a petition from the inhabitants of Calcutta, praying that the government of India should be removed from the East India Govern ment to the British Parliament. All the corres pondence relative to the conveyance of troops to India will be laid before the House. The Chan cellor of the Rechequer intimated that he should move that it be an instruction to committee on the Bank Act, to inquire into the causes of the recent commercial disasters, and how far they were caused by the issue of Bank notes. A number of notices of motion were given. Mr. Cooper intimated that it was intended that after a short time all grants to Reformatory Schools should be discontinued. In answer to Sir John . Pakington, as to what was the state of the Clive Fund of 070,000, Mr. V. Smith told the House that ho had written to. the accountant of the India House for a detailed account on the subject ; but the Clive Fund had Ion; since, " nominally," ceased to exist. Respecting the question of the forward ing of English troops to India via Egypt, Lord Palmerston stated that, although Lord Stratford de Redeliffe had intimated his unwillingness to ask the Porte for leave for certain English regi ments to take the overland route to India, the English Government had thought it advisable to do without such assistance, as they did not wish foreign aid in the matter. A very lengthened ellsoussion occurred on the motion of Lord John Russell—that a bill be introduced to remove the disqualification of persons of the Jewish persuasion from sitting in Parliament. Ultimately, however, leave was given to bring in the bill. As we intimated in yesterday's paper, that which would likely be the ease, Mr. C. Erving was elected member of Parliament for Paisley, by a large majority—fully 600, The trial of Henderson, for the murder of his father, was concluded at Chester, yesterday. After the Judge having delivered his charge, the jury considered for a short time, and brought in a ver dict of "Not guilty." Our local news of yesterday is confined to the reports of CIL! Assizt and Police -courts, which will be found at length elsewhere. The Wolverhampton Batik has again commenced business. The Sheffield Town Council have adopted a petition to PArliatnent in favour of a ratepaying suffrage, vote by ballot, and other measures of reform. They have also adoptel a petition praying for inquiry into the causes of the existing commer cial distress. At the London Tavern, on Wednesday night, the India Reform Society held a meeting to protest against the double government system. The chair was occupied by Mr. Gilpin, M.P., and speeches were made by Mr. J G. Phillimore, Mr: E. Mizell, Lord Clanricarde, Mr. H. Mead, and Mr. Waller, the two latter gentlemen lately resi dents in lodia. Other speeches were made by those who sought to add to the resolutions or to amend them, and a rider proposed by Mr. Earnest Jones, for a thorough change in the representative system, as the only means of obtaining the objects con templated by the meeting, was unanimously ac cepted. The abrogation of the Court of Directors, the equality of native and British subjects in the eye of the law, the administration of justice in a way that will be acceptable to both, the develop ment of Indian resources,, the cultivation, of the Indian soil, the direct responsibility of rulers, and the overthrow of state support or control in mat ters of religion, where doctrines which were loudly applauded whenever they ware hinted at ; and the meeting, as a whole, may be taken to- afford a pretty fair in !ex of the public mind. It was per fectly free and open, and the utmost latitude was given to the expression of opinion. We publish some further details of news from India this morning. It appears from a statement in the Calcutta Englishman that the strength of -Greathead's column at Cawnpore amounted to .1,850, besides Sikhs and Ghoorkas ; and that an additional force of about 2,000 English troops was expected there. When the latter should arrive, it was thought likely the relief of Lucknow would, be effected. A rumour" is noticed by the same paper of the deaths of Generals Havelock and Outran], the disbelief expressed of which we trust may be well founded. The Continental news this morning is not of any importance. We are informed, from Paris, that the long talked of French expedition to China, comprising a land force of 3,000 men, is now actually to sail, in consequence of pressing letters received from the French Admiral in the Chinese waters. The Cabinet of St. Petersburg has peremptorily denied the right claimed by Austria and England, under the Treaty of Paris, of interdicting Russia from blockading the Circassian poets. The Rus sian- Government hopes to induce the British Government to view the matter in the same light as she does. So, at least, say the continental journals. - It is asserted that private negociatiorig OA the question of the Principalities are taking place between the French and our own Governments. The assertion is made, however, and it is even added that these negotiations have already led to a notification, addressed to the Divans, that the idea of a foreign dynasty must be given up. The Monetary Crisis in the north of Europe continues unabated. All the miserable palliatives resorted to in Hamburgh, Denmark, and Sweden, have proved unavailing, and as they consist in nothing else than a transfer of capital from o n e hand to another, this is only what was to be expected. Switzerland seems now to have been drawn into the vortex. The system of accommoda tion bills, and commercial insincerity, have created the evil, and more accommodation, and more insin cerity will not remedy it. Lord Stratford de Redeliffe will leave Constan tinople for England to-morrow (Saturday), the 12th inst. THERE is a hitch in the Cabinet. The discordant elements of which it• is composed are at sixes and sevens, and if any credit can be attached to the rumours of some well informed parties it is not unlikely that Lord PALMERSTON will find himself obliged to dispense with some of his present colleagues, and introduce a little fresh blood into his adminis tration. Indeed, from what has already taken place in Parliament, such a crisis may legitimately be expected. We showed in our remarks upon the debate on the address to the Queen, that such was the incompetence of the President of the India Board, Mr. VERNON SMITH, that unless his past conduct, with regard to the mutiny in India, was completely vindicated, and the serious charges put forth by Lord DERBY and Mr. DISRAELI, and that is believed to be next to impossible, it would be the bounden duty of the Premier to part company with the great official of Cannon Row ; and failing that, then both the Parliament and the People should step forward and compel the Right Hon. Gentleman's resignation. We believe we are right in saying that the Ministers feel themselves in a difficulty on this very matter, and that not a few of them are disposed to urge Mr. SMITH to resign his place in the Cabinet, whilst on the other hand, the aristocratic element of the Ministry are entirely against the adoption of such a course, as it would, unquestionably, require the recall of Lord CANNING. Lord PALMERSTON, we all know, is a great political tactician. He knows better than almost any living statesman how to shuffle his cards so as to retain place and power. No better proof of this assertion need be cited than the fact that, with the exception of only a very few years, he has contrived to hold office in almost every Cabinet that has existed since he entered Parliament in 1807 ! If, then, the only difficulty against which be had to contend, was the removal of Mr. VERNON SMITH from the India Board, we could see a movement,—which Lord DERBY applied t 3 the Government of the late Earl GREY—" political thimble-rigging." A change of places would soon be effected, and the incompetent of Cannon Row might, in all probability, take office as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, a snug and easy berth, whilst the amicable and talented member for Leeds would assume the duties and functions of President of the Board of Control. By such an arrangement the happy family could pursue the even tenor of their ways for a time longer, draw their quarter's pay, and laugh in their sleeves at all the attacks and taunts of the Tories and the peace party. But there are other matters on which the Cabinet are well known to be far from unanimous. The first, and most important of these questions, is that of Reform. We have frequently hinted that on this partijular matter Lord PALMERSTON is neither sound or zealous. True, it is, that at the close of last session he pledged himself to take into consideration the propriety and expediency of a New Reform, and, in fulfilment of that pledge, hethus instructs the Queen to address " My Lords and " Gentlemen,—Your attention will be called " to the laws which regulate the repre " sentation of the people in Parliament, with a " view to consider what amendment may safely " and beneficially be made therein." At first sight, this paragraph would appear to enunciate a fixed determination on the part of the Govern ment to bring in, and carry through Parliament a New Reform Bill. But it warrants no such conclusion. The speeches of neither the movers and seconders of the address, in either House, said one word which could lead us to believe that Ministers actually meant to propose any measure for reforming the representation of the people. Certainly, Lord CAREw, with a candour which does credit to a nobleman of " the sod," said "The Government deserve " credit for the .course which they had adopted "with regard to this subject." Well might Lord DERBY say that his noble friend " roared like a sucking dove," when he alluded to that part of the speech which mentioned Reform." But , independent of the absence of any strong allusion to the matter in the debate alluded to, the very wording of the. paragraph in the Queen's Speech relating to the matter, is ambiguous in the extreme, and, for ought we know, may, when the proper time comes for an e xennplication of its meaning, turn out to be a Parliamentary enquiry touching the defects of the present Reform Bill, and the best means of improving those defects, i.e. in staving off the the day of actual legislation ; and when the people "ask for bread, giving them a stone." Independent of all this, were Lord PALMERSTON ever so well inclined to be considered the author of a new Reform Bill, he is thwarted by mom the Cabinet remait2. B as at present constructed, there is little chance of A thoroughly efficient measure being prepared and submitted to Parliament. Thus, then, on two of the most vital and important questions of the present day, we see that Ministers are not agreed. Again they have left the Jew Bill in the hands of Lard J onN RUSSELL, whose unreasonable tactics last year prevented the settlement of the question. This must be a sop thrown to his Lordship for the purpose of keeping him quiet on what he prides himself and regards as his great political hobby— Parliamentary Reform. The absence, too, of any allusion to the question of National Education, seeing that so many private members are rivals for the honour and distinction of being regarded as its successful champions. There are other topics on which, we believe, they are far from being unanimous. No matter how we look, we see breakers ahead. For our own part, we are not sorry at it, and should rejoice to see the incompetents, the arrogant and self-sufficient, and the obstructive demands, which form no small portion of the Cabinet, pushed aside, and their places taken by enlightened and progressive statesmen. Lord PALMERSTON may depend upon it, that the country will allow of no halting on the question of Reform ; and the iniquities of the Indian Government must be swept away, or else popular indignation will hurl him from his innacle of power.' than one of his colleagues; and that ? a lok- g . as TIDE NORTHERN' TIMES.:=-LIVERPOOL I FRIDA.Y, DECEMBER 11, 1857. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. loss was trifling. All the men are now going to Gwalior and the gallant 3rd has jest marched out of the fort mid cheers and music to relieve the Queen's Bth, who will remain with us. A prisoner taken to-day says that the enemy did not know that our reinforcements had arrived, and intended to cut up our militia who were encamped near the parade ground and all the ladies and gentlemen outside ~Ite fort. What a Providential escape ! Our hospital is f&t of sick and wounded, and a dreadful spectacle it is! I went this morning five miles down the road along which the erten!) v fled, and saw numbers of dead bodies of Pandies an d m a h t 6,-dans in in all their frightful attitudes and conditions. fcgs offs, hands off, heads off, &c. THE COURT, &e. OSBORITE, Dec. 9.—The Queen, the Prince Consort, the Princess Royal, and the royal children, walked in the grounds yesterday. The Princess Royal, attended by the Duchess of Atholl and Captain Du Plat, crossed over to Southampton this morning, and visited Winchester Cathedral. The Bury Post says :—" A matrimonial alliance between the two families sharing the representation of the borough of Thetford, is about to take place, by the union of the Earl of Easton to Miss Baring, only daughter of the la'e member, and sister of his lordship's new colleague. This event will give general satisfaction, both parties bring held in high estimation, and the political shades between the liberal conservative and the 'conservative-liberal, both giving a pretty general support to Lord Palmerston's Government, are not very deep. The lady is a Protestant, although her mother is a daughter of the Dake of Bassano (Maret), Minister to the first Napoleon, from his 'accession to the imperial purple, we believe, to his abdication." PUBLIC AMTJSEMENTS. THEATRE ROYAL.-" LA. TRAVIATA." The exertions of Mr. Copeland to produce talent and novelty, for the amusement and edification of the "play goers" of Liverpool, has been proverbial for years pact. And the success attending his efforts may be judged of in his ability to retain one of the best " stock companies out of the "little Babylon," and his heavy engagements to bring before u the highest talent to be had in the kingdom. We sometimes fear that a want of appreciation of his services is evinced by the people of Liverpool, we trust it will not be so on the present occasion. However, we should think that the arrangements prepared for This Evening can scarcely fail to draw one of the most fashionable and crowded audiences of the season. The lyric stage can boast of no opera equal in attractions and effects to that cf " Traviata," and certainly no exponent can be found in any way aparoaching the young, fasci nating, and beautiful eantatrice, Piccolomini, who will personate Violetta, the heroin * , of the piece, and whose " warblings" have turned the heads of half the musical critics in England and on the Continent ; Signor Ginglini as Alfred di Gerntont, Signor Aldighieri as the Conte di Gerntont, and Signor Rossi as Dettore Grentille, together with all the et ceteris, fully equal to their parts, and an Orchestra composed of many of the first Instrumentalists connected with her Majesty's Theatre, under the direction of Signor Aiditi, will all combine to render this one of the most attractive operatic evenings of the season.* PEOPLE'S SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS, ST. GEORGE'S HALL. "High and low, rich ani poor,"of this "highly-favoured country," wile have their amusements, and while the "upper thousand" enjoy "La Traviata," at the Theatre Royal, with a Piccolomini to entrance their spell-bound senses, the " lower ten thousand" congregate at St. George's Hall, to listen to the strains of a Gelled Organ, as tendered by their Best, and spend an evening in a manner at once elevating and refining. With all the " love of music and song" inherent in the, German, or the never-ceasing desire for pleasure and amusement of the light and frivolous Parisian, there is no country where the admiration of the, "People" has been so unmistakably expressed as in Eng land in favour of cheap and popular first-class Concerts, and the practical effect given to these gatherings, and of the English nation in general, can not possibly be better exem plified than in that which is to take place on thp evening of Saturday next. Perhaps ahem can be no more beautiful instance of the humanising influence of music on " the milliion" than when we see it wedded to charity, and in times like the present, when the labouring classes are in want of all the assistance that wealth can give them, it stands out in b )1d relief as a monument of the self-support ing character of Englishmen, that the proceeds of the Concert, on that evening, are to be devoted to the purposes of one of the first charities in the town, via., the District Provident Society. Who among us has not seen the bene ficial effects wrought upon a family, when the quiet and unostentatious bounty of this society has been afforded in time of need, and the heart of the anxious mother made glad, with the food supplied fur her little ones, through the instrumentality of so admirable an institution. In furtherance of this praiseworthy object of Mr. dime, the Mayor, J. Holme, Esq., has kindly consented to be present on the occasion, and from the very high esteem in which he is field by his fellow townsmen, and his popularity with the working classes in general, we doubt not of its being one of the best attended Concerts of the present series.* LARGE SALE OF SHlPPlNG.—Yesterday, Messrs. Curry, Kellock, and Co., Brokers for the sale of ships, offered by auction at their offices, `Palmer Buildings, peremptori'y and without reserve, an iron steamer, a wooden steam-tug, and three ships. There was a very large attendance, the sale-room being almost disagreeably overcrowded ; and in spite of the dulness of the times and the dearness of money, the bidditgs were spirited, and very fair prices obtained. Thes3 fasts prove that when ships are offered for bona fide sale, fair rates are almost sure to be obtained, while there can bs no d: - . , ti b t that fictitious sales to " try the market," injurious tendency. GRATIFYING PRESENTATION TO A - I '4 a very —Some complaint s h av i ng been rf.a ..:ll7lltroot, CAPTAIN. de during the last year with respect to the treatment of emigrantsin vessels sailing from Liverpool and ether porta, is is gratifying to find, from the Melbnurrtb papers, that the Miles Barton (belong ing to Messrs. Wi lson and Cl'd.aMbers' White Star Line), reached 31411uP.rne on tt e 30 t h S e pt em b er le s t; and s o satisfied wen the Pw .e n gers w i t h th e t rea t men t th e y es experienced fro the captain and officers, and with the general arr-_-,ogeinents made for their accommodation. that they presented an address to the captain, speaking of him of the ship in the most complimentary terms, and also presenting him with an embossed silver cup, bearing a suitable and highly flattering inscription, TURKEY. CONSTANTIOPLE, Dee; 6. Lord Stratford de Redoliffe will leave for England on the 12th. SPAIN. MADRID, Dec. 9, The infant Prince has been baptised to-day. An Amnesty for Political Offences has been granted. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY NIGHT. The Three Per Cent. Rentes are rather lower, closing at 66fr. 15c. THE CRISIS AT HAMBURGH. HAMBURGH, DEC. 9. There is some improvement in the aspects of the crisis. INDIAN NEWS. We have received still furth3r details by the Cal-utta Mail. We publish the more interesting portion. CAWNPORE. The correspondent of the Hurkaru, dating from the " Entrenched Camp," Cawnpore, October 21st, writes : I returned yesterday from one of the most " decided wild goose chases" it has ever been my misfortune to be engaged in. On the evening of the 17th, a whisper reached me that a force of 650 men and six guns under the com mand of Colonel Wilson, was to move out early the follow ing morning, against a large force of the enemy, reported as being at Sheorajpore, a village about twenty-one miles fi rim this on the Agra road. I determined on accompanying the troops, and accordingly, about eleven o'clock at night, I left camp and bivouacked under a tree until the force moved early on the morning of the 18th. Id )ving along the Agra road, we halted about nine o'clock aan , when some rim and biscuit was issued to the men. By eleven o'clock we started again, the bulk of the force being mounted on elephants. For the first eighteen miles nothing was observable to denote the presence or neigh bourhood of an enemy. The ountry through which we passed was in the highest slate of cultivation ; the craps luxuriantly healthy, and tillage was being carried on apparently uninterruptedly. Somewhere about the 18th milestone I noticed a group of soldiers gathered round some object lying by the roadside, and approaching, I found it to be the body of a native, the bead comple:ely severed from the trunk, a ghastly object indeed. I was told that he was a chowkeyder or spy, or in some way connected with our ,police. Immediately after this. our men were dismounted from the elephants and ordered to "cap.' Oh we went until we came abreast the 21st milestone, at which point the road sweeps round 'o the right, and then runs straight into Sheorajpore, eistant about half a mile or less, say 600 yards. At the turr of the road, maize and sugar-cane kets came down to it. S small white shewala rose above them on our right; and twat' in the distance was Sheorajpore shrouded in a dens( belt of gardens and mangos topes. Our force, with Bruce's Invin cibles in front, marched to the turn in the road, andthe head of the column had just passed it when a small cloud of white smoke puffed out, from a grove right Ia front — the boom of a gun was heard, and the next moment two cavalry hoises were hors de combat sprawling on the road in the agonies of death. Again, the boon of heavier metal was heard, and a 24-pound shot crested through the column of infantry, knocking over six of our poor fellows, and make the column sake again. Onr guns were soon got into play, and after a little excellent practice, succeeded in driving the enemy through the village in headlong route; but carrying with them guns which I estimated as having been three or four in number, among them a 24-pounder. Through Sheorajpore they went—our fellows not far behind them, over the midaun, and through the village beyond, and there the chase ceased, and our fellows, about sun dews. returned and occupied the camping ground of the enemy inmediately in the rear of Sheorajpore. Oar trophies were b poor indeed, and anything but commensurate witl' the loss we sustained. In the evening three men who vere captured were hung. I do not doubt that they deserved their fate, and a horrible death it was. They were executed on the limb of a tree, overhanging a ditch: _ __ Early on the morning of 19th, we startd, and made en insanely round-about march of a village tamed Kerasore, where it was expected that we should surprise a large body of sepoys• On our arrival there, we found that they had been gone same Lim'—that is to say, the day before—and at that articular moment were snugly encamped on the eposite; side of the Ganges. This particular march, I lelieve, was made in consequence of intelligence obtaindby the police super intendent, and eventuated as I haw shown in a " sell." Indeed the value of mcst of the " iltelligencs" procured by this talented functionary is e:ceedingly doubtful; a very large amount being fabricatei by his ingenious myr midons, or reaches him in so tarbled, exaggerated, or distorted a state as to be well nigh useless, as dangerously doubtful. I must withhold the cltails of the conclusion of this expedition until to-morroc. Our poor fellows in Lucknow, hemmed in on all edes, are suffering terribly from want of food. 'The met distressing reports are floating about camp, but T retain from repeating them. To-light 4 guns and 700 met leave for Alam Bagh, near Lucknow, with provisions. May God speed them!, The Hurkaru correspondent at Cawnpore sends the following:— _ _ _ The great Zemindar Mann Sing has joined us. At Alum Bigh our poor fellors know less of Sir James Out ram's movements than we do. The column under Major Bamston, 700 men, withsix gene, left yesterday morning. The enemy have sent outtwo regiments of infantry, one cf e tvalry. and 12 guns, to)ppose them. Colonel Greathead's column, 600 sabres, 1211. A. guns, and 1,200 Europeans, will reach this on the :7th. Colonel O'Brien hacommitted suicide at Futtehpore. It is believe I that re hive succeeded in blowing up a map of the enemy's ammunition at liodagh Bagh. Impey leaves to-morrow, aru it Captain Morphy fello ,vs suit, why God help us! THESURPRISE AT AGRA. The followirg, is from Agra, dated Oct. 11: We are still ir the fort, and have just had another hard battle, the partculars of which I shall relate. For the last several da,is we have been watching the movements of some of theJwalier and Indore mutineers, who have for some time past been encamped at Dholeprre, after separating frim the main body of the Gwalier mutineers, who still cortinue in that territory, just opposite Thole pore. Arta the fall of Delhi, the fugitive insurgents made their way to Muttra, and crossed the river en route to Lucknow but part of them, consisting chiefly of the Neemuci brigade, who had fought with us before pro- Ceeding to Delhi, formed a junction with the Dholepore men, and determined to give na battle. They knew that our rumerical force was small, whilst they were very strolg in infantry, cavalry, and artillery. On hearing of their approach we placed ourselves in cora trunication with Colonel Greathed's pursuing- cc limn, who had chased the rebels from Delhi, to Allyghur, and invited their assistance. The column came in yesterday, consisting of parts of her Majesty's 75th and 8:h, 9th Lancers, and two Sikh infantry regi ments and one of cavalry, in all about 2,5)0 men. The poor fellows made a forced mach of thirty miles, and were quite jaded. The - oaen were encamped on the grand parade, ;some breakfasting, others pitching their tents, unto :ding camels,, gr,c,, when the enemy's guns suddenly opened on Vaem, and 2,000 of their cavalry charged on the unprepared men, whilst others came round to .:ut:off their retreat frog the fort. They had masched during the night, and hearing that we • expected reinforcements, attacked what they supposed to be only our own body. Our batteries were fortunately in position, and opened fire on the enemy, after recovering from the surprise. A number of sick men who were in doolies were cut up, and sense poor fellows who were sleeping, little expecting so sudden an attack so close to the fort ; as soon as the men got ready they charged the enemy's guns and took them, all the soldiers we had in the fort were at once sent out, and the whole body pursued the enemy, who soon fled with a few guns still in their possession; they fired as they went eon, but were dreadfully cut up by our Lancers and Sikh cavalry, and the whole of their guns were taken from them, eighteen in number. They were pursued to t).. , e Kharee Nuddee, twelve miles off, which they procin::,ately crossed,' leaving the baggage, camp equipapP., atimuni tiou, and guns behind them. The defeat w. - as a signal and decisive one, and hundreds pf th em were killed. Oar THE AppA:R AT REWAH. The following is an ex t,..:set from a letter from Rewah, dated 27th September .:7; place when As I wrote you, an incipient rebelis;" took the force was moving to attack,the fi rst e l :t of mi:ltineere. An express was sent to the Rajah to come, telling him that by his following our agent's advice, i t :night be nipped in the bud. Tke officers were withdrawn fa . 1111 th' 3 force, that they might not be mixed up with internal dis sensions, unless their services were applied for by tan Rajah. Out came the Rejah, notwithstanding great opposition from his bad advisers, and we soon had things square. The Rajah then went to Johajee, re-collected the force, inspected it, saw it march down the ghauts, and then returned to Rewah. To our astonishment, we heard that Kdoer Siag. with about 4,500 mutineers had ascended the ghauts at Kuttra. This must have been through treachery, as the Rajah had been advi ed to post men and guns at the Dibbroo, Brijhat, Kuttra, and Johajee ghauts, and so it turned out • the Kattra force had been withdrawn ! Kistoy ordered Hinds to fall back oa Mungawah to cover Rewab. It was discovered that most of the officers of the Rajah's troops were relatives of his bad advisers (Kossinauth Dewan, &c.), and were disaffected, and there was no chance of getting a force to oppose Kooer Sing with the slightest hope of success. A disgraceful panic seized the people. The Rajah came down, begged the political agent to leave the territory pro tem , as he could not protect him or the officers an hour. He declared that he intended to bolt to Bandagurh, and sent off his zenana. He told the city people to send away their wives, as he could not protect them. Of he went to Goingurh ghaut. The agent knew well that on his plans depended the safety of Negode, Jubbulpore, If:undelkund, and the Sangor and Nerbudha territories, and resolved to stay to the last. Everything was tried, and at last he sent a cloud of fellows among the rural population, and gave them aceonnts of the atrocities th e scoundrels had committed elsewhere. He even procured one or two sufferers from the brutality, and at last worked them up to such an extent, that they declared they would oppose their passage. He also had men in the enemy's camp, exaggerating the hostility they would meet with, and sowing dissensions. Some were for going to Rewah, and some for going down the ghauts. At length the Rajah adopted the latter plan. Somehow or other, the mutineers were allowed to march through Bundlekund unmolested, and either unknown to or disbelieved by the Nagode people. At Kalinger were some Punnah troops, under Lieutenant Remington. I hear the men refused to fire on the mutineers, but provided them with russed. Remington bolted to Punnah. When the mutineers were within twenty miles of Nagode, their approach was made known, the ladies sent off, and the 50th guard ready to march. The ammunition in the magazine was thrown into a well by the officers ; 400 spare muskets smashed, and the two station guns spiked without any opposition being offered. When the enemy were within six miles they (50th) crossed the river. Whilst on the march, some one in the leading company called out " halt." Major Hampton, seeing how things were going, pretended to believe they were tired, and told them to sit down ; they did, and commenced taking oaths among themselves, and the leading company, I believe, preptred to,fire on their officers, who very wisely left them; they pushed on to Nuggur, where Bayley had a company on detachment. They found the company in a mutinous state, demanding 3,1)00 rupees pay in two hours; and nothing but the report that Hampton, with about 250 staunch men, was coming, kept them down. Officers, with about 280 rank and file staunch marched through here towards Mirzapore. We had a few frontier affairs with detached parties of mutineers in which the latter always got the worst. The 50th and other mutineers wanted to march on Rewab, but flanked e fifteen guns were thrown into the Mandagurh fort, covering the ' only ferry, so they returned towards Banda. The news of the 52nd breaking out there, reached here, men and guns were placed in Nunapatam fort, and they arrived at Nughnr. The mutineers intended to come to Rewah ; all but two subedars were for the move ; however, they have gone off to Nagode. We have now some 150 cavalry and 300 infantry at Nagode, so they may have a fight there, but lam afraid not. TheNfeharati man suddenly took to himself the title of Superintendent or Assistant Surbaraker of Nagode. He has been ordered to drop it, and a few men have been moved towards I.7charah, as a warning. Sohog pore is up, and all the coantry between Naghur and Jub bulpora is in a disturbed state. The Johomul man belted towards Rewah, ostensibly from funk, but in reality to bor row money. The mutineers put a price upon the agent's head. Toe badmashes have begun to look up, and mischief was talked off towards the officers ; however, it was resolved they should net have more victims to massacre. The Rajah had not_the slightest power (ever his people. We are getting the troops a little in head, but see it is useless leading them against the mutineers; they, however, obey now readily enough. For some time I daily thanked Heaven, when I saw the light of another morning. You may imagine things were not pleasant, when two;guas with grope were posted to sweep the approaches to the bunga lows, near Jurrai, with gunners on duty night and day ; but we can pound the budmashes if they rise, which I do not think they will. Umber Sing, with his force and the sth Irregulars, will try us again, and the main body of the 52nd has still to com', the force g ,ne along being merely a detachment. ADDITIONAL ITEMS OF *NEWS. HOOSHUNGABAD.—An extract from a private letter from a person at Hooshangabad, whore'the 28th Madras leretive Infantry is new stationed, says Our cantonment is not so tranquil at present as we could wish. A considerable body of rebels have arrived at a village near Purdah on the opposite bank of the river Nerbadtah, about 56, miles from Hooshangabad, and have planted the Mahomedan standard in the name of the King of Delhi. A small force, consisting of one company of our regiment, the 28th Madras NJ., and 150 Sowers and Burkendszes, with two guns, have gone up to repel their further advance; it is to be hoped that they will meet with success, for a failure may on'y embolden the rebels, and induce them to attack cur station, and if they do heaven only knows what may happen, for we are anything but equal to them ; but English hearts and English bayonets can do wonders, and I feel that sometimes I could almost wish they did attack, and that we might show them what we are made of. I would give anything for a slap at these brutes. Three European officers have accompanied the force, and amongst them is out' worthy commissioner." Tint NEW:,P.kPllßS.—Theßonzbay Gazette has published a summary of some papers which have been laid on the editot's table at that presidency, from which we learn that a correspondence has been going on between the supreine and subordinate governments with regard to the publication by the press of official documents. The result is that matters are to remain exactly as they are at present, but there are two things disclosed in the correspondence which are worth notice. The first is a proposition from Lord Elphinstone's Government that they should be invested with a discre tionary power to communicate to the press matters not finally disposed of by the Supreme Govevument. Lord E'phinstone proposed to uss this power when incorrect versions of local matters were inserted by editors in good faith, and he justly observes that unless the correction is made at onc , , it is almost worthless when made some months afterwards. The Sunreme Government refuses, however, to allow this power. The second affair is a proposition of the Madras Government to publish as a supplement to the Government Gazette any papers they wished, because " editors may suppress portions of a correspondence if they are so inclined." The Supreme Government saw no cenneetion between this recomenenda don and rules for the editor's room. LUCKNOW.—A. Calcutta letter says :—From Lucknow, the great paint of interest, however, the Government itself has little information. So completely is the force there beleagured, that the old devicice of enclosing letters in a quill has been of necessity abandoned. The only message received for weeks was written on a piece of paper three inches square, and concealed by a device it may be prudent as yet to keep private. We may have to try it again after this letter has rettr.med to India. The few facts so reported are somewhat discouraging. Sir James Outram's force has been terribly reduced. You will remember that about tke 25th of September he and General Havelock forced their way into the Resi dency, and rolteved the garrison. This feat was acnomplishe•l by pressing on through gardens, small bazaars, knots of houses, and other eilelosed places. The enemy fought as Asiatics always fight behind stone walls. The ballots literally rained upon the advancing force, and that sir file movement coat 46Q men. Sixteen officers o f the bOth were killed or placed hors de combat, and alr.:lnt all the superior officers of the sth Fusiliers. ":.ave beard many of the names, but refrain from exciting the regret of th e i r f r i en ds at home till further information can be obtained. There had been some hard fighting before the relieving force reached the enclosures, and the total number of soldiers rendered useless cannot be fixed at less than 70Q. The force, therefore, even 'n junction with the garrist, _ ropg nd tilb! Residency, cannot be more than 1,400 g a k ican d a l r eady in t he fter its small party must be embrrrassed by the ears -. -- ei sof wounded, women and children, to a number in ex:— its own. HAZAREEBAUGH.—The following is from letter free Hazareebaugh, dated the 17th Again here is a WWI afloat in the bazaar, that numbers of mutinous ,sIPOIS from Deoghur and Berhampore are coming through R a t' ruchdiba to plunder the inhabitants of this station , and . re-steal the treasure recovered from the Ramghorias. Th; inhabitants are preparing themselves for flight. We h al here now only 180 Sikhs and Goorkb, and have beta sent to Sherghotty." the ESCAPE FROM Therarr.—We have been favoured wit h following for publication :—A lady, a member of the ale: nor family, made her escape from Delhi, disguised 0,,e4 native, and reached Meerut on the 14th instant ot states that on the day of the outbreak, a number of peeson7 residing in Durriow Gunge, collected in an upper stole; house, and there held out for three or four days. The Seril seeing musketry wa3 ineffectual in dislodging them, broil down a nine-pounder, a ball from which killed , fle b4 , ° ,.; lector Settle ; during all this time they had nothing to ea " ;d drink, and the poor children were crying with hunger a l e thirst. The wretches told the children that if they b a t ,;own they should have both victuals and dusk', ter i mb ,;ediately they went down a signal was given, aeu;„ er poor lt.:tle innocents were all butchered, and shortly 14 : 00 the slang;,:ter became general. Three of the niegt li cs , COTHIRCtOrg a. 7 d their families, together with Mrs. Pri, r3 0 , and her iveo dabzhters and two grandchildren, and ductor BuclaeY's ee:f e and children, appear to haYe hee among the number mu:dered. Coevea: —We take the following t THE LATE MR. the Bombay Gazette f--`` It is i 3 id that the late Mr. C°: l ; i i in his last letter to Sir John Law; once. remarked 4 disease is my helplessness to do good with the instruteol, at command !" What a subject for reflection,' adds X, friend. What a study for the Court of Directors r re report here chronicled is far from an incredible one. o r have seen that in his earnest pleading with the Gof er 8 , General against the cancelling of that unlucky proPll ng tion, ho declared, I say it truly that on me eve . ryt , to here depends.' His unaided and helpless posi tion also be in some degree inferred from his remark that is torn by a thousand distractions.' " GENERAL HAVELOCK'S RELIEF.—A Calcutta eerrer dent says :—" It now.appeara that although General a le i ; lock succeeded in relieving the garrison of Lucknowt.. l was an enormous sacrifice of life, twenty-six officers a"; two hundred men being killed, and thirty-tine and s el l; hundred wounded. Still he succeeded, and earned credit of saving our countrymen and women from deatba; Nro :leerier, however, was their safety apparently secu re than he was himself besieged. He is now °Will the position so long held by our garrison , v et of his whole force, there are barely seven hundred' for duty, while the attacking force numbers thossactlet and is daily being reinforced by the baffled g ar' rison of Delhi. These latter, although worsteer, every encounter with our troops, are creeping in gradue .. 3 I into Oude, determined to make their last and fiercest etzr,,, in the land' of their birth. It is Lrtnnate that all of 1 fugitives are making for Chide, for there they must tre n t at bay; there is no outlet for them ; there' they must U ll e j and there they will die. To the north is Nepaul e ntrench," against them by natural obstacles, and defended by hardy population. Sir Cohn Campbell wi',l advance fr ° 7 the south, whilst a force, composed of the 10th FC O t , / , Goorkhas, and Madras Sepoys, will guard tht.eastern eur lets of Jaunpere, Azimgurb, and Gooukhpoore. An°l force advancing from the westward, through R e hilcde will prevent any egress by that route. ♦ i t to O r LEWIS AND' COMPANY'S NEW ESTABLISIIIIENT FOIE CLOTIIING.—Number of boys clothed for the week enal Saturday, December sth, 710; corresponding week l e , year, 424 ; increase, 286. The Weekly Register announces the death, at BOree , the youngest eon of Sir John Bowring, Governor of Itoeg Kong. The deceased gentleman, who was in his =kr ° was a Jesuit priest. A YOUNG NIGGER' LOST.—Charles Freeman (the I°l3 of Sydney Freeman), the " Young Juba," who has boo performing at several exhibitions in town lately. w ag ' according to his father's story, stolen from him on Taeeilef night, in consequence of the young Nigger's cleverness. 20RX HARBIUR BOARD.—We insert the following feel the Cork Examiner. The gentleman alluded to is one °i the partners in the firm of J. Carmichael and Co., Establishment, Church-street. It requires no comment' —" We understand that it is intended to move, at the per, Council, that Mr. Alexander M'Ostrich be appointed fill the vacancy at the Harbour Board, caused by the clee7f of Mr. M'Mullen, so long known as a zealous menehl, that body. We anticipate but one feeling in the Coun t 00 .. a to pay respect to one of the largest and ,b, es e sisg . ployers in the city, and to a gentleman who thong.7 — tifiea originally feom a sister country, is as thoroughly en - ie he with the interests and welfare of his adopted land 11 %0er claimed it as his birthplace. We have very few of the citizens, more kindly, more charitable, or more usefru the respected partner of John Carmichael. f eet At an early hour yesterday morning, a fire, that we ii - c elte to say, destroyed a considerable amount of propertl i e ,"a t er• out in the foundry and factory of Mr. Storey', J ° ` e . 00 street. The fire was first discovered about one o'elneDe'. one portion of the premises, some men being at wore.. t i l another portion of the concern. The fl a mes spread kith great rapidity, and soon i n volved the whole col le ag e Mr. Hewitt, with his efficient staff of men a „a apparatus from Temple Court, the Brunswick Dee k e, res t Seel-street brigade, Mr. Barrett, the inspector of the -. 4 of England office, and others ware soon in attendance, z_'o,l all exerted themselves to the utmost. By united pts, ceaseless labour, the fire was got under in about two 11° 0 but the engines, &c., did not leave before 5 o'clock il! ee ee morning. The amount of property destroyed is conel'ref able, and we regret to say that we have heard Mr. St° is by no means covered for the loss by Insurance. je tc HISTORIC SOCIETY.—Thu literary section of ttis s ea 0 , 0 rust last night in the Grand Jury Room, St. Ge °rg iog Hall, Mr. J. T. Dan3on, V.P., in the chair. The follo cc , donations were acknowledged as having been receire.eo,9 " Transactioes of the Liverpool Chemists' Associ ate e A O, reasion 1856-7 ; "Newland's Report on Public B or Washhouses in Liverpool," from the author ; " Jou, r , r iprcl: the Statistical Society of London," vol. 2A, part 3. ; o va man's Ancient Liverpool," p-,rt 5 ; llardwick's 11110 . 1 , o f History of Preston ;" " Catalogue of the Colle ett e ° t eer Assyrian, Babylonian, Reyptian, Greek, and Ste" Antiquities," by B. Hertz ' from Mr. Joseph Maye r ; oi l &c. Mr. Buxton exhibit d " Es;ays and C eues els, 6 0; and Motel," by Sir Francis Bacon, &c., London , 1 9 A, " A Help to English History," by P. Heylyne„, 17 56 London, 1674 ; " An Illustrated Vocabulary for I P" e rieg of the Deaf and Dumb," London, 1857. The f 0 eft:*" gentlemen ware duly elected members of the soe,'" The Rev. W. Alder, M. 1., Fairfield; B. Donbarell e eep , 5, Chatsworth-street ; M-jor Egerton Leigh, Iligh i nexeff Warrington : Rev. Canon Slide, M. A.., West ' - e ihoel gs Cheshire ; John H. Hughes, E-q , Toxteth Park ', i f' r eel", S. Hancock, Esq , Sweeting-street ; and f ' d th e Esq., Abbotsfiell, Chester. The secretary an nottne ili c kio dll , his Worship the Mayor, vice-president-oat ex officio, be e u. ee t s° signified his intention to occupy the chair, at the ze a oe' meeting, on the 18,h of February. The se creta l l o ol announcedtb at a very important paper on!the Art T re eele lP ' Exhibition at Manchester, would be read by G' urg e jan., Esq., of the National Portrait Gallery, West lll , l l ,o ll 4 It was thought by the meeting that the Misee l t%aiee Meeting on the 15th of April, would be a suitable 0 :80 11. for the production of that piper. The paper for t ll i,see s ; ing was by the chairman—" On the population 0 1 ,, 1, shire and 'Cheshire, from 1801 to 1851, part?,,,ese calculations for the paper were prepared by ,„ b itte o kg Walton, Esq., F.S.S. Linden, and the account t r i ; tbla Mr. Denson. On the conclusion of the paper, t"" to of the meeting were voted to the writer, and al s ° Walton. laie fe b lt r ; BANERUPTCY COURT—Re ARMS PRICE. —S ,jO-110 0 . rupt, late of Liverpool, publican, canto 1.1) Yi f ee e na Commissioner Stevenson, yesterday, on her adS a tief li fter examination. She was supported by Mr. Ina to 5 opposed on behalf of the assignees ley Mr. Tea‘l; o e r'' the binkrupt had undergone a long examin/r. st ate sum of £3OO said to have been borrowed frorte fo tori,. t her and Co., Mr. Tyndall said that from the unseli, s a be fT er tio of the accounts he thought the bankrupt shoo' gr. A .- t ° adjourned, and ordered to file fresh accounts. sh' e fts root • g 0 assured his Honour that the bankrupt had _ a ssl oe cl. best accounts she possibly could, and that tueoioLlteolt would gain nothing in having the case furthe r t he b r t or His Honour, after putting several questions te boor tle s t he rupt, said that the accounts before the court , ert hele s e the satisfactory they might appear to be, were 13 ,1 b at 0 1 '0 only ones the bankrupt could supply, and ill `' a d bankrupt must pass. Passed accordingly , 1 3 1 - 0 0 January fixed for the certificate sitting.- - R e e o e, th e fi e This bankrupt, late of Liverpool, who carrieu . fle tion• ef t ness of a eublican, came up on his last exe ll ll3l o thbS g• was supported by Mr. Martin. Mr. Tyndall, tbe of the assigners, had no opposition to offer' the t 0 , 0 6 rupt passed, the 13th January being fi le bo kree e th e tificate sitting.—Re H. T. EDWARDS : Th is , rb i i bel ° lo/4 builder, formerly in business at Liverpool. be a ssig ete s appointed day for auditing the accounts 01 re_i f cle, Mr.Lewndes stated that the official assig,nee_.; o f the if time to examine the account presented, by e n u d be d ", oo ol' assignees for money advanced by him ranted aeJteriolls the bankrupt's estate. His Honor gr ill % ell_ orp eo went until the 17th int.—Be PRlTe g t aotur ers, te the cocoa, chocolate, and chicory m" f u tion Pr ese*te hteie ° were adjudged bankrupts on a pli n -L hauk ,upv, court by one of the creditors. their proloOtiou. Ztei r ,L*l 1 NI s e en 41414 re 114, et !lid( 11 4 114 4 d L Ito t h e ths ktie O a t ' et: tiej 'ate kel lf , N'Poi opini c It o 1 In Sir OF lio il 1 *Crpi %t it tile , the 1 141 th t