The Press.
London, England, 1858-02-13 00:00:00

INDIA.

The following has been received from Cagliari
direct : _ . _

ALEXANDRIA, Feb. 6.
The Calcutta and China mails leave to-day, with dates
from Calcutta, Jan. 9th ; Madras, 16th ; Ceylon, 19th ;
Hong Kong, 30th December; Canton, 29th.
A mail has also come from Bombay, with intelligence to
the 13th of January.
Dates from Cawnpore are to the 4th. Sir Colin Camp-
bell occupied Furruckabad on the 3rd of January, and was
in communication with Colonel Seaton's column.

On the 2nd the rebels had attacked the troops under the
commander-in-chief, but they were repulsed after a severe
skirmish, in which the enemy lost all their guns, seven or
eight in number.
In the evening of that day they evacuated Furruckabad,
abandoning all their heavy artillery.
Goruckpore was taken on the 6th of January by the
Ghoorkas under Jung Bahadoor.
The enemy, though strongly intrcnched, made a feeble
resistance.

Seven guns were taken and 200 men killed. Our loss
was very trifling.
General Outram's forces, 4,000 strong, continued safely
posted at the Alumbagh.
The peasantry were beginning to bring supplies into the
camp.
Brigadier Walpole occupied Etawah on the 29th of De-
cember. He proceeds to hlinpooree, and thence will join
the commanderin•chief.

The intelligence from India is generally of a cheering
character.

The direct roads between Delhi and Calcutta are now
open.
The Chittagong mutineers were attacked by the SyDiet
Battalion near the frontier of Tipperah. The mutineers
fled, but were pursued, and many overtaken and put to
death.

A bill has been introduced for uniting the Meerut end
Delhi divisions to the Punjaub.
The Lieutenant-Governorship is to be given to Sir John

The Calcutta export markets, after undergoing some
further depression, were again looking up.
The import market was likewise firmer.
Bank rates of interest were unaltered.
Exchange, 2s. ld. to 2s. 2d.

CHINA.
BOMBARDMENT OF CANTON.

The bombardment of Canton commenced at daylight on
the 28th of December, and was continued during the whole
of the day and night.
The assault, in three divisions, two English and one
French, was given at six o'clock on the morning of the 29th.
Dough's Fort was taken at two o'clock, and blown up.
The Chinese continued their fire from the houses, but
the troops were restrained from entering the city.
Exchange at Hong Kong 4s. 100. to 4s. 101 d. ; at
Shanghai, on the 19th of December, 6s. trd. to 511. for
credits.

The prices of tea had undergone considerable decline,
which had induced large settlements.
Silk had declined ten taeli.
MALTA, Feb. 9, Half-past eleven, Night.
The aforegoing duplicate is to 'amid per Euxime.
Nuthing new here.

(From our own Correspondent.)

POONAH, Jan. 6th.
THE " well-graced actor" on the Indian stage at
present is decidedly Sir Colin—

the eyes of men
Are idly bent on him that follows him

and almost all present interest concentrates about
the gallant commander-in-chief's marches and
battles. And" a battle and a march" his tenure of
office has been to him. No splendid succession of
victories more pregnant in results or more fortunate
iu issue ever entitled ancient or modern leader to
his triumph. The extent and variety of his
military operations, the perfect strategy of
the retreat from Lucknow, the energetio and un-
resting advance upon Cawnpore—where, literally,
"the came, saw, and conquered "---the capture
of two occupied cities, the relief of two beleaguered
bands of Englishmen, entitle him as well as Fabius,
I think, "ob cives servatos, oh urbes expugnatas,
oh imperium renovatum " to all a soldier's praise.
As it is possible that here in India we follow with
closer attention the details of this second phase of
the rebellion, I shall, in the absence of news from
the sister presidencies, sketch out the course of Sir
Colin's operations for the benefit of your readers.
All of them know how, like the successive rise and
fall of the mightiest. waves, leader after leader seemed
to head the rescue, only afterwards to need it him-
self. Sir J. Lawrence is shut up in Lucknow, and
Havelock marches to his succour. Havelock is
pent up for men, and Sir J. Outram joins him.
Together they relieve the exhausted prisoners—to
become such themselves : so frightful has been the