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

FOREIGN OFFICE DESPATCH.

The following telegraph was received at the Foreign
Office, Dec. 11, 1857, at a quarter past five p.m. :
ALEXANDRIA, STH DEc , 1857.—The Bombay reached
Suez on the 30th of November, conveying Bombay dates to
the 17th November. Greathead'a column, after the battle
of Agra, was pushing en with great haste towards Cawn-
pore, where, en the 13th, Brigadier Grant, with the 9th
Lancers, j iined and took command. Oa the 23rd they
arrived at Kanoni, where the enemy was cut up by our
cavalry, and five guns captured. The force, now about
3,500 strong, reached Cawnpore on the 20th, and being
reinforced to 5000, crossed the Ganges on the 30th.
They reached Alambagh without obstruction on the 3rd,
and there waited till the Commander-in-Chief joined them.
Lucknow, said to be surrounded by 50,000 insurgents,
had not been relieved at the date of the latest advices, but
still held out.
Oar force at Alembagh, only three miles from Luck-
now, though in easy communication with Cawnpore, had
not received a line from Lacknow for more then a month.
Heavy fighting, with slaughter, believed to have occurred.
Sir C. Campbell, who left Calcutta on the 27th October,
reached Cawnpore on the 3rd of November, where he
remained till the 9th, waiting,it is presumed, for reinforce-
ments, which mutt bring up the force at Alumbag, when
he j ins, to close on 10,000 men. Oa the Ist November,
an action was fought near the village of Ketinia, betwixt
the Drnapore mutinee-s and a detachment of 800 men,
consisting of part of the Naval Brigade, and a detachment
of the 93rd Highlanders, with two nine pounders, under
Colonel Power, FI.M., 53q1 Foot. Our success was
complete, but loss heavy, Colonel Power being among the
dead. The naval brigade afterwards fell back on Binkee,
with a view of returning to Futtapore, and the rest of the
troops reached Cawnpore on the 2nd. The Kohlinud
rebel, had again advanced to Nagursatel, end again taken
to flight, on finding that the little force from that plane
wes approaching Miihedapore, having been attacked on the
Bth of November, by a body of insurgent tribes from the
neighbourhood. A portion of the Melwe Contingent
-joined the enemy. killed Contain Mille "nr ""d
6ereeants Uannet and iklansen, captured the guns, and
compelled the other troops to retire.
According to latest accounts from B )mbay tha first,
third, and fourth divisions Nizim's Cavalry, under Mejor
Orr, attacked the rear gaard of the rebels on the 12. h Nov.,
at Burra and Burrarawal, recapturing the whole
of the guns aril stores taken from Mehidapore ; also two
of the enemy's guns ; 100 of the enemy killed, and 74
Prisoners. Our casualties not yet received, bat said to be
severe.

The column under Brigadier Showers has ceptured
Tluijur, Dadree, Nunond, and other places S W. of Delhi,
securing up mards of £70,000 worth of treasure. Further
north, General Van Courtlandt still keeps the country in
order.

The district between Agra and Meerut is so quiet, that
the past and passengers' carriages run daily between the
two places eastward of Oade. The Nepaulee contingent
has gained two victories over bodies of the insurgents.
The steamer Bengal reached Suez on the 3rd instant,
from Calcutta, but brings no later dates than those from
Bombay.
The dates from Hong Kong are to the 30th October.
Preparations were being made for the assault on Canton.
(Signed) JOHN GREEN.
Trieste, 11th Dec., 3.30. a.m. RAVEN.

THE "TIMES" DESPATCH.

The following telegraph appears in the Third Edition o
The Times :

TRIESTE, Friday Morning.—The steamer Calcutta, arrived
on the 11th December, at half_past eight a.m., in 136
hours from Alexandria.
ALEXANDRIA, Dec. s.—The India and China Mails leave
to-day, with dates from Bombay to 17th, Calcutta, 10th.
The column under Brigadier Green was at Allumbagh
about the Bth of November, awaiting the arrival
of the Commander-in-Chief. Sir Colin Campbell crossed
from Cawnpora into Oude on the 101 h with, it is believed,
about 1,500 men. The communication between Lucknow
and Alumbagh was quite interrupted, but Havelock and
Outram were known to be holding out. Nana .sahib was
believed to be in command of the rebels. The Dinapore
and Gwalior mutineers were making for Oude. There
had been no fresh outbreaks. The rebels had been
encountered and defeated near Guttapore, Sikri, and Juan-
pore, and in several other engagemen's. The rebellion
was represented as subsiding throughout the country.

THE BRAZIL MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY EIENING.

The Tyne arrived at half-past four o'clock this afternoon.
The commercial news has been anticipated by telegraph
from Lisbon, where the Tyne arrived last Tuesday. The
'Tyne brings £B,OOO specie, and £60,000 diamonds.
Buzsos AYRES : T,.ade dull. Arrived out—Bosphorus,
Danube, Isabella,James Canby, Annie Darrell.
Rio : Coffee is inactive and freights dull. Arrived out—
Antarte, Keturah, Oder:.
BAHIA C Aton dull and prices high. Exchange 27d.
Arrived out —Vallesfield, Margaret Deane, John Romilly,
Sharston, Lcuverna, Queen Bee. _ _

PERNAMBUCO : Caton dull and prices nominal. Freights
brisk. Exchange dull, 27-1-d. Arrived out—Zisk a,
Excelsior, Boret, Matilda, Linda, Levant, Drena.

THE AFRICAN MAILS.

PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY•

The African Mail steam-ship Gambia, Captain Tutt,
arrived here this morning. Her dates are :--Fernando Po,
Nov. 3; Bonny, 6 ; and Lagos, 9. She brings £4,000 in
specie, and 2,000 ounces gold dust ; a general cargo, and
thirteen passengers.
The steam-ship Powerful, belonging to the North of
Europe Steam Company, had broken down, and was out
on tbe beach for repairs, at Fernando Po.
The Hecla and Medusa were oft Lagos, bound south•
The Company's ship Candace was at Cape Coast Castle ;
all well.

The Ethiope left Madeira on her outward voyage. The
Dorchester, from Liverpool for Bombay, foundered about
sixty miles east of Madeira ; the crew escaped by the
Queen of the East, and arrived here per CAl:Oise

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

THE BELGIUM ELECTIONS.

BRUSSELS, FRIDAY NIGHT.

Ont of 108 elections, 69 Ministerial candidates have
been returned, The clerical party have returned 38 of
their candidates. The Ministerial gain is '25.

FRANCE.

PARIS, FRIDAY NICHT.
The Three per Cent Rentes have closed at 66f, Mc.