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11103 TD AY, AUGUST 24, 1857.

TEE DAY'S NEWS.

A despatch in anticipation of the Overland'Mail
has reached us. It is rather meagre and confused,
and is undoubtedly fraught with tidings of dis-
aster, not, however, whclly unrelieved. The most
important portion of the despatch is that which
relates to. Cawnpore. At the date of our last intel-
ligence, the fate of "Hugh Wheeler and his gal-
lant garrison; straitened.for provisions, encumbered
by a consi.derable number of non-combatants, and
surrounded by the mutineers from Jhansi and
Hisser, -headed by Nana Sahib, the dastardly
Rajah .cf Bhittoor—was peculiarly critical. It
appears that before effectual succour could be re.
ceived, the defenders of Cawnpore succumbed
under these overwhelming odds. There is too
much reason to fear that the success of the rebels
was signalised by the same unsparing and relent-
less atrocity that has hitherto marked all their
proceedings ; wad that those Europeans who
had escaped from the devoted city
have been few, indeed, compared to
those who have perished. As far as we can make
our way through the somewhat confused jottings
of the telegraph, .Brigadier Havelock—whom our
last intelligence represented as invested with the
supreme command of the flying squadron, consist-
ing of her Majesty'aTith, 78th (Highlanders;, and
84th—appears to have moved up from Allahabad
too late to prevent the fall of Cawnpore, but with
sufficient celerity to- make signal reprisals on its

captors, defc-ating, -Nzna Sahib in mare than one

encounter, t slung -several of his guns, and finally
succeeding i n again planting the British flag within
the walls of (Jawnpore. Delhi was still uncautured,
but the date is not given. General Barnard and
Sir Henry La vreace were dead, and no doubt grea t
mortality and disease has prevailed among the
Npropean troo -ps. Such is a brief summary of
the latest India n news which we have received.; to
deny that its import is grave and its aspect disas-
trous would be a palpable endeavour to blind the
eyes of the nati. )n to the truth. "On the other
hand, however," vays ai:London cotemporary, "it is
a fair topic of con solation that a European force, at
the date of the last despatches, was apparently
master of the po tition between Allahabad and
Delhi. If General .Havekek could effect a junction
with the force bcsit %ging the capital and centre of
the rebellion before the aeason rendered future ope-
rations in the field impracticable, the fortunes of
the day, ,with on 'r present most inadequate
force, might be at once turned in our favour ;
failing this, the best 1 king-to hope is that we may
at all events hold our own till the arrival in India
of such a British i 'twee as is demanded by the
magnitude of the Cl iris and the dignity of the
empire shall place w Wain our determined grasp,
the restoration of our ( leminion, and the gratifica-
tion of our just revenge . That our dominion will,
bo restored, and that he atrocities of this foul.
rebellion will have to be wiped away in blood,
every Englishman knows' .anci. feels. Meanwhile,
one short question—is t his a time even for the
most exhausted of Parliaments to be dispersing in
pursuit of partridges and grouse 7
It would now appear th. tt Parliament will not be
prorogued before Wednesd..ay or Thursday next, at
least such is the opinion ot' yesterday's Observer, a
journal which in general proves correct in the
majority of its rumours. The Privy Council, to
settle the Queen's Speech, which -was fixed for to
day, was-on. Saturday post poned to Tuesday, and
it will be -further postponed to Wednesday unless
the public business shall p roeeed on Monday, in
the Lords,.Aufficiently to allo w of the -Council being
held at -Osi.)orne, on Tuesd ty. Until_. the fate of
important measures bo knots u on Monday, Minis-
ters will _not make final arrangements for the
breaking up of the session. _ _

In another column will be -I`ound the report of
the trial of.gnki for .the outrag e he committed in
the Queen's nch
prison on I‘l,-.. Robinson. He
-.1-
stabbethhim two or three times with a dagger, and
nt present the victim is confined toP the hospital.
De Sa lvi was found guilty of intent ,`o do grievous
bodily barm, and was sentenced to 15 years' penal
aervitu dP._ _ _

The i r.ivezpool -assizes have not yet ended, On
Saturday T, 4,lae m unfiwift, who was charged with the
manslaup *ter of his wife, was tried but the result
was an acc:leittal. A carter, from Warrington, was
found guilt 3 • of the manslaughter of a child, through
careless driving, and was sentenced to one week's
imprisonmen .. The Nisi Prius Court was oceu-
pied the whol, of" the day in hearing the defence
in the case of t he Queen v. Spence. The further
hearing of the .case was adjourned to this

morning.
The eontinentar news this morning is rather
interesting. From tCanstantinople we have dates
to the 15th inst. The depateb of autogr.ph
letters from the Sul 'two to the Sovereigns of the
four States who have taken off diplomatic relations
with Turkey is confi tuned, and we may here at
once draw attention to I:else statements in our Paris
*4ifl•at Paris of the contents
intelligence of what is ft
(44 e Emperor of the French.
of the letter teceived by
b.are correct, it is not
If the description given t
14.:42 are identical in form.
probable that the four lett
The order transmitted to t. Ve
_four ambassadors to
prolong their slay, already Announced by direct
telegraphic despatches from Constantinople is
confirmed.
A p3pular ovation, of whiob: M. de Talleyrand,
the Freach Commissioner, has been the object, at
Bucharest, shows how Lord Pal wersron's narrow-
minded policy towards the Roumans has
strengthened, in-stead of weakenivw, at least one
of the rival influences he dreads in the East ; and
direct telgraphie news received at Vienna from
Jassy tends to show that the state of feeling,
in Moldavia is altogether similar to that i
Wallachia. The arrival 'there of the news of the
late events at Constantinople had apparently
freightened the small party who follow the
Kaimakam altogether out .of their senses. The
newly-elected deputies were resigning their seats
without waiting for the elecaons being annulled by
law. In the meantime the French letters from
.Constantinople begin to complain of the Wallaebian
Kann4kam Ghika, almost as much as of the
Kaimakam of Moldavia. Ire, too, who at first
knew how to avoid suspicion in that sense, now
that the elections draw nearer imid the lists have

been made up, has attempted to falsify them by
instructing his minions to shut out the partisans
of his rivals, the two former hospodars, Stirbey
and Bibeseo. Those functionaries who refused to
obey such an order have been deposed by him.
Sanguinary news is constantly arriving from
Syria, and from the neighbourhood of Jerusalem
in particular. It seems as if the whole of Asia
were again relapsing into religious animosities.
The latest affray at Tunis, belongs to the same
category.
From Italy we hear by the Genoese papers of
an impending rupture between Sardinia and
Naples, to which the affair of the steamer Cagliari
seems to have given rise.
The steamer Europa arrived at an early hour
yesterday morning with 800,000 dollars in specie,
of which 300,008 dollars are fer France, and a
week's later news. From the advices to hand we
learn that Lord Napier had informally sounded the
Administration with regard to the re-appointment
of Consul Barclay. A. letter from the late..Viee-
Consul Schedel had been fled, which goes to show
that there was false testimony as to Mr. Barclay's
participation in the recruiting business. The
American Government replies that it cannot take
the initiative in restoring Mr Barclay to the
position which he has 'lost. We may state that
sundry New York journals state that the foolish
experiment of enlisting men for the British army
is about to be repeated. There is hardly tany faith
to he placed in the rumour, but if there be any
foundation for it, we agree with the Trifrane, that
the operators should be at once proceeded against
as criminals, or taken care of as idiots ; the latter
course would be the better of the two. The United
States minister to New Granada had returned to
Washington, but the negociations with respect to
the New-Granadian difficulty proceeds very slowly.
It is rumoured that Lord Napier has tendered
his good offices as a mediator, and that he advises
a compromise upon a money indemnity, without
changing the jurisdiction of the territory.

SHORTLY after our first edition went to press
on Saturday we received a telegraphic despatch
of the Indian news arrived at Suez on the 14th
inst., bringing advices from Calcutta to the 21st,
and Madras to the 25th ultimo. The contents
of that despatch, which we re-publish this
morning, appeared in the greater portion of
Saturday's impression.
The news, we regret to say, is not only vague,
and in some respects uncertain, but, taken as a
whole, calculated to impart increased anxiety
and alarm among the many families throughout
the United Kingdom who have, at the present
moment, friends and relations in the Indian
Empire. The tidings conveyed in the telegraphic
despatch may be briefly summarised. At the
date of the last advices from Delhi that city was
still in the hands of the mutineers. As there are
not any Bombay dates by the present mail, the
probability is that the accounts from Delhi are not
much later than that previously received. Among
the discouraging aspects of the news is the fact
that General BARNARD had died of dysentery,
and Sir HENRY LAWRENCE of the wounds which
he received in a sortie from Lucknow. To this
we have to add that the capture of Cawnpore by
the rebels, and the massacre of the Europeans,
previously rumoured, is now confirmed ; but we
are also told that it had been retaken by General
HAVELOCK, who followed the wretched forces
of NINA SAHIB some ten miles up the Bithoor.
All the troops in Oude had joined in the mutiny,
but owing to the disarming of the forces in Agra,
quietness prevailed in that quarter, whilst the
Gwalior contingent had become disaffected, and
was supposed to have marched upon ['adore.

Although these accounts are chequered in the
extreme, we are disposed to perceive in them
some gleams of hope that notwithstanding the task
before the military power of England just now is
of the most gigantic character, there is no cause
to give way to doubt and despondency. General
HAVELOCK has given the mutineers a foretaste of
what they may expect when the British forces
now on their way to the rebellious districts are
called upon to suppress the mutiny, and, if need
be, reconquer India. The triumphs which the
gallant General just named has achieved must
fill the breasts of our heroic troops with fresh
ardour, and at the same time convince the cold-
blooded miscreants, who have fomented this
terrific struggle, that a day of retribution is at
hand, and that severe and terrible will be the
punishmsnt inflicted upon all who have joined in
the massacre of our countrymen, their wives, and
children. Indeed, the chastisement inflicted
upon the rebels at Cawnpore may be of great
importance, and have a salutary effect upon the
mutineers, causing them to ponder well whether
they will still cling to their murderous designs
or return to the cause of truth and loyalty. With
regard to the mutiny of the troops in Oude, that
is an event which need not take any one by sur-
prise. Our previous accounts stated that the
ex-King had been accused of aiding and counte-
nanceing the designs of the mutineers. It was,
therefore, to be expected that the army in his
pay would espouse his cause. On this score,
then, we are not in any worse position than
might be expected. The brief despatch which
furnishes particulars of the foregoing is silent
about Sir HUGH WHEELER. ; at the same time
we are not without a hope that that gallant
commander and his faithful band have been pre-
served to participate in the glory and success of
General HAVELOCK'S splendid and victorious
.engagements at Cawn pore.

There is another gratifying piece of news
which we omitted to notice, namely, the arrival
of 1,500 troops destinA for China. They
reached Calcutta per the Himalaya and Simoon,
and were at once to march up the country to
join the forces now in the rebel districts.
Against this piece of welcome intelligence is the
announcement of the total loss of the screw trans-
port Trahsit in the Staits of Sunda. Happily,
both the troops and crew on board were all safely
landed at Suez. Verily, Sir CHARLES WOOD
has a heavy responsibility on his head in
despatching a vessel of the character and capa-
city of the Transit on such an important
mission.

Such, then, is an outline of the last news from