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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-17 00:00:00

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TUSSD AY, NOVEMBER 17, 1857.

THE DAY't NEWS.

The news from India is not yet-exhausted. The
limes publishes despatches horn its special cor-
resporNlents at Calcutta and Bombay. The
following is from the Calcutta letter dated October
8 :—General Havelock is too weak handed. It is
doubt•ful even if 'he will succeed' in reaching Cawn-
pore. He is hemmed in by a large force which
cannot number lass than 30,000 men, with all the
communicatienc in their hands,an amazing number
of cannon, plenty of provisions, and the sympathy
of the Mussulman population. There are no troops
to send to his aid, and he designs, it is said, to
leave a small garrison in laueknow, and cut his way
with the remainder back to 'Cawnpore. Notwith-
standing the fall of Delhi, all we elm do is to
maintain our ground until the English reinforce-
ments arrive. They cannot be in India in force
until the tuil.dle of November. They will, on their
arrival at Calcutta and Bombay, be tranported
iu steaixers and immense bullock trains,
to Allahabad, whence strong columns under
Sir Colin Campbell will sweep through the
North-West and Cade, re-conquering the provinces
as if they had never been 'in our possession. This

ovetneut cannot be corninenced till the 2ed. of
D,cember. • The Bombay correspondent of eno

DdilylVe:Ts says that the fall of Delhi and the relief
of Lucknow decided the fate of the rehcliton,but by
no means conclude our labours in the field. The
enemy, beaten and disorgleized on two points,
will probably rally upon others, awl afford
our troops sufficient or-et:nation for a few months
to come. The ". Civil Correspondent" of the
same paper at Calcutta says, that although large
bodice of armed men are scattered about the
country, we may now consider the muggy as
crushed, and wholesale danger at an en!. He also
mentions a rumour of Lord Canning's intention to
proceed to the North-west Provinces when the
Commander-in-Chief .moves up ; which will be
when he has an English army about him. The
° Military Correspondent" writes from Banda,
Jubbuloore, and the Sauget. and Nerbudda ter-
ritory the news is as bad as it can well be. Koour
Sing still holds his head high ; the Newel) of
Banda is opposed to use the 501,12. and 52nd Regi-
ments N.I. have mutinied, leaving hut theee
regiments in the Bengal army true to their colours.
The 52nd distinguished themselves by murdering
one of their officers under circumstances of, what
would have been called before the present outbreak,
unexampled brutality. The three regiments which
have remained staunch are the 3lsd, the 32nd, and
the. 73rd N.l Of these, the 313 t is reported shakoy.
The 32nd received a lesson frem the late Sir Charles
Napier many years ago, which they have not yet
forgotton ; and the 73rd, located at a station where
there is no treasure, and distant from any European
troops, have, it is sail, announced their intention
of remaining loyal so long as they are suffered to
continue as they now are, but that the moment
they hear of an European force being within
.::fifty miles of them, they will revenge themselves
on their European officers. It is not a pleasant
situation for these latter, but probably the fall of
Delhi will not be without due effect upon them
Behar is still fermenting. although all fears of an
.outbreak have vanished. The two columns of
Eturopeareand Madras troops under the commands
of Colonel Fischer and Major English have been
successdil in several skirmishes, but it is to be
:hoped that they will not allow the sth Irregular
Cavalry, already gorged with booty, to escape
without receiving some marks of British prowess
on their persons. Our metropolitan cotempora-
ries look upon the pleasant edvices as of a satisfac-
tory character. The 7iinee says, that the capture
of Delhi, and die relief r) Lucknow, are deeds
of arms that may well serve as models
to future commandera—and adds, "one character
is impressed on all we hear of tins desperate con-
test. It .is the noble conduct of the officers in
command, and the devoted courage of the men.
'The conntry has, we all feel, repaired its renown,
which was for a while wounded by the episode di
the Crimea. We have uow shown the world that
-we have Generals who can command, as well as
soldiers who can go boldly to danger and to victory.
The men who became notorious two or three years
..since may now be consigned to a contemptuous
.oblivion. -In the triumph of new achievements the
country has forgotten the disasters that are peso."
There was a Cabinet Council held yesterday
afternoon, at -which it was determined to call
Parlil:ment to meet on Thursday the 3rd of
December next, and, accordingly, en extraordinary
supplement to the . Gazette was issued last night,
anno unclog such decision.

havereceived information that the ollywo)d
Pits, Stavcley, the largest coal pits in ,D:n.byshire
are or 2 fire, and that a number of men ale known
to be in the pits. We learn by telegraph that
twelve n'en were suff)cated in the pit whilst they
were attempting to extinguish the fire wilich had
hrokeri, out in a cabin in the pit.
The wretched culprit Davis, convicted of the
murder of his wife, was hanged yesterday morning,
in front of Newgate Prison. Since his conviction
he seems' to have passed through an amount of
grief and Iz lental agony worse than many deaths.
A most cold-blooded murder was perpetrated on
Friday evening, about four o'eloek, at Ashover
Hill, about five miles from -Chesterfield. On tint
,day Mr. Siitirsen attended the Chesterfield market
to dispose of his farm produce. On his return,
about five o'clock in the evening, he was.
attacked by some person or persons, and shut
through the head." His person was then rifle i of
his wateli and purse, and the murderers made
good•their escape. Mr. Simpson mut have died
almost immediately. It is supposed that the
murderer- mistook the deeettsad for Mr, Fletcher,
who was on his way to his colliery to pay his men
and was supposed to have a good sum of 12101)0.Y
in leis possession. Nothing has been hard of the
murderer.
LG.gaily there is nothing stirring. Business
begins to assume its wonted activity, and prides
• of the leading comsumptive articles, with exception
of Bre.e.dstuir,,oxhibit an advancing tendency. .
Respecting the .question of the Primi panties, the
Paris journals publish a despatch addressed to the
representatives of the Sublime Porte at the Courts
of the Powers which signed the Treaty of Paris. In
this document it is stated that the Divans, instead
of pointing out theadminietrative reforms of which
the Principalities stood in need, and which.was the
task assigned to them by the • Treaty of Paris,
cammenced by demanding reforms political, which
was nothing else than an attack upon the
principles of the Sultan, and in the integrity of the
Ottowsu Zopire. No more reasonable issue could