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THURSDAY, DECEWBER 24 1857.

THE DAY'S NEWS.

Lucknow has been relieved, at last, so sears a
Telegraphie.despatch received by the Foreign-efiLe,
and published in our columns this morning.
Generol Sir Colin Campbell was, at the last acivices
in the immediate neighbourhood with 22,000 troops
and he had succeeded iu removing the sick and
wounded, and women and 'children* to Cawnpore.
We heard by the last mail that Sir Colin Campbell
had arrived at Cawnpore on thq 2nd November,
and he had crossed the Ganges en route
for the scene of action. We nosy learned
that ho joined the force at Alumbagh on
the 21st— manifestly a mistake for the 11 th.
That on the 23 (13th) active operations corn-
me ace, 'lnd that for the next six days there was
a canstant series of severe and bloody struggles
with the .enemy; and on the 21st their principal
strongholds were being captured; the beleaguered
garrison were relieved, and on the 20th the sick
an ;vccmprlea. ph;Hroy, sea.easacee
public mind. Intense anxiety was felt for Have-
lock and his gallant companions, but even
more for the fugitives. The latter are now
in safety, and the former, relieved from their
interesting charge can take care of them-
selves. In addition to this, we hear that
the lklalwa field force under Brigadier Stuart, has
relieved Nnsseerabad, dispersed the Efriahibpore
and Alundesore rebels, and is now clearing Maiwa
of the insurgents. The flying columns under
Brigadier Showers, Colonel Catton, and Colonel
Tiddel, are assuring Rohilcund, complete success
attending their : operations everywhere. Large
masses of European troops are reaching India
weekly, and we are (relieved?) from all alarm for
our garrisons and outposts lately in mush irnmi-
whit- peril. .On the whole it is the best despatch
that has been received since the commencement
Of the mutiny.
. . .
eiWe have some slight additional :particulars of
the earthquake
_ie the southern provinces of the
kingdom of Naples. : This terrible calamity has
ravaged the. districts south of the capital, the towns
of Salerno, Potenze, and Pole, being specially
enumerated; Salerno, where the English engi-
neers are in prison awaiting trial, is stated to have
suffered most. Half the villages throughout the
province named are destroyed, and the loss of life
amounts to several thousands.
We perceive that the Parii papers are diseussing
the recent re-imposition of the spirit duty, and the
Austrian Prese is inconclusively defending itself
against the charge of inconsistency in opposing
the Suez Canal after having approved it. The
intelligence from Constantinople shows that the
French Government is zealously watching the
policy of the Ottoman Porte in North Africa.
We are given to understand that the Government
of. St. Petersburg have taken a step which is of no
inconsiderable significance, as indicating a better
and more amicable feeling in the relations between
Russia and England. Hitherto the representative
Of the Emperor at this Court, has borne only the
diplomatic rank of Envoy ; for the future he is to
bear the highest 'title in the diplomatic hierarchy,
that of Ambassador ; and Baron Brunow, who
was Russian Minister here for many years before
the late war, is about to return to his former post
with the new title.
Some of the French papers are harping upon
the alleged pecuniary difficulties of Lord Strut
ford de Redcliffe. It is very curiously
stated that his Lordship became security for
the Sultan in some of his commercial transac
tions. Ou the other hand, it is stated that Lord
Stratford paid his creditors an instalment of 50 per
cent. before he left Constantinople.
Yesterday, the usual quarterly meeting of the
East India proprietors was held. The grant of
pensions of £l,OOO to General Wilson, and of £5OO
each to the widow of General Neill, and the mother
of General Nicholson, was confirmed. The Chair-
man announced that he saw Lord Palmerston on
Saturday last, and that his Lordship intimated it
Was the attention of the Government to propose to
Parliament, at the beginning of next session, a bill
for the purpose of placing the government of the
East Indian dominions under the direct authority
of the Crown. This statement was received with
hisses

The Mayor of Birmingham has determined not
to be among the last or least energetic in manifest-
ing interest in the approaching royal marriage.
He means for the Birmingham people to have an
opportunity of attaching pleasant memories to
their recollection of the event, He will give a
grand banquet on the occasion, and a free ball will
be given in the Music Hall, and a free concert in
the Town-hall.

Beate has been convicted at the Taunton
Assizes of tha wilful murder of Charlotte
Pugaly, iu Leigh Woods, near Brictol, in
September lest. It will be remembered that the
priSoner took his unfortunate victim away from her
situation, under the pretence that he was going to