Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-15 00:00:00

THE DAY'S NEWS.

We are in receipt of detailed accounts of the
ews from India. Delhi was still in the hands of
he insurgents on the 27th of June. On the 18th
he mutineers,who had taken up a position outside
he town, were driven into Delhi with great loss,
he British capturing one gun. A portion of the
orces from Mussurabad had joined the rebels.
'he mutineers are said to be much broken and
ispirited. On the evening of the 10th,` and the
corning of the 20th, another attack was made upon
he enemy, and after much slaughter they were
riven into the city. The loss of the mutineers
res over six hundred killed; the British loss was
ut trifling. At last accounts our forces were
eeping up a formidable attack upon Delhi. The
uarters and buildings outside the city in which
le rebels had sheltered themselves, and given us
such-annoyance, have been taken possession of by
ie British. A. number of the Del i Gazette
'xtraordinary says the wounded, inside the city
703 reported to amount to two thousand. The
iilitary at Bareilly was very treacherous. The
sing at Fyzibad occurred on the night of Sunday,
►e Bth of June. Several more regiments had
iutinied ; and the Bombay Times, of the 14th July,
►ys that there
.are now no more regiments to
utiny, unless they are to be those of Bombay and
[adras. In fact, the Bengal native army does not
List; at every station it has mutinied or been
sarmed ; and yet, though W 3 have not 'only ap-
trendy lost the hands of 70,000 good troops, but
ad many thousands 01 them actually in arms
;kunst us, our military pDsitions—with the solitary
Lception of Delhi—are still in our possession ; our
lief communications are open ; the enemy has
ily to face us to be beaten and beaten again ; and
Le numerous troops in the other presidencies are
atainted with disaffection. In the meantime, the
000 English troops, destined to attack the
hinese, have been diverted to India, and had
ready commenced arriving before the mail came
vay. The present mail brings no fu4lier infor-
ation in support of the notion of the rising being
dyeastie rebellion, and not a military mutiny.
he ample summary of the Indian news in another
olumn will, we have no doubt, be read with the
:most interest by the public at large.

In the House of Lords, last night, the Earl of
llenborough drew attention to the militia question
id the mutiny in India. He was of opinion that
e £200,000 voted by the C nismons for the
abodiment of the militia this year was a totally
adequate sum. He at some length entered into
e subject, and maintain -A that as the demand
r recruits for the army in India would in future
•erage some 15,000 men yearly, it was desirable
at the full militia force of 1855 should be
abodied. Lord Panmure stated that every
:ertion had been and was being made to suppress
,e mutiny in India, and the Government had no
ars for the result. The recruiting for India was
dog on most satiifaetorily, and he was not an
lvocate for recruiting for the line from the
ilitia. After some conversation, the subject
'upped.

The passage of the Divorce Bill through the
ouse of Commons is being fought inch by inch.
.sterday, at the early sitting of the House, only
te clause (25th) was passed, and the House
Ijourned before the decision on the 26th
ause. The House will resume, on Monday,
e further consideration of this bill. Sir
Estcourt drew the •attention of the house to
e scheme for the furtherance of .railway commu-
cation with India, via the Euphrates, and hoped
at the Government would give its sanction to the
oject, Mr. Gladstone and Lord Palmerston
:re opposed to grants of the public funds for any
ivate project, no matter how beneficial it might
to the nation at. large.
The trials at our assizes yesterday were of a
ther interesting description. It. will be seen that
atrick Kilroy, who was charged with the murder
John Kilduff, in New Bird-street, in this town,
Ls been acquitted- of the capital crime, but found
Lilt of manslaughter; he will be sentenced this
urging. Three ruffians were found guilty of
pe on a married woman, at Manchester, and sen-
need—two of them to fifteen years' transporta-
MI, and the other to twelve years' penal servitude-
breach of promise of marriage case ended in a
rdict of X 350 damages.

At the police court, yesterday, a young man was
ant for trial on charge of embezzlement.
The
,half-yearly meeting of the London and
orth Western Railway Company was held in
ondon yesterday. We give a full report of the
.oceedings. A dividend at the rate of 5 per cent•
annum was agreed to.

There is not much news of importance from the
ontinent this morning. The Paris Constitutionel
' Thursday has an article on the Chinese diffi-
ilty, signed by the secretary of redaction, M.
onifac©, in which the following paragraph occurs,
licit, taken in connexion with the " Conferences
Osborne," is curious :—" No doubt we must
ppose that England will ultimately vanquish the
iinese ; but her triumph is adj mimed, in consc-
ience of the events in India ; and inasmuch as
the times in which we live interests apparently
stant are intimately connected with those close
horn,e, we may add that a good and prompt
dution of flit llTerences which have arisen at
anton must depend in great measure upon the
oderation which the English cabinet may show
its European policy. Great Britain must have
)thing upon her hands hi Europe, in order to
rike a decisive blow in Asia."
Count Bucl and the Frcneh Ambassador at
ienna have had an interview, with satisfactory
sults, on the question of the Principalities ; and
Porte has instructed its Ambassadors at the
ur Courts to remain at their posts ; so it is likely
ie Sultan will give way.

We have late news from the Cape of Goof Hope,
üblio attention was being directed t.) railway
)mmunication, and two had been surveyed-which
was proposed to carry out between Graham's
own and Port Etizibeth, and Cape Town and
rellington. Large numbers of Kiffirs were coming
Lto the colony on service engagements, being
xed by the settlers. 1,500 had passed through

Graham's Town with permits in one month. The
new settlements of the German Legion in Kaffraria
was progressing. A bill was also before the Legis-
lative Council for raising a ldan of £lOO,OOO, to be
expended in public works and immigration. A bill
for imposing a land-tax of a farthing an acre had
been thrown out. Great improvements were mak-
ing in the harbour, and a steam-tug was about to
be procured from England, to bring vessels, passen-
gers, ttc., otter the bar.

The steamer Tagus has arrived at Southampton
with the Peninsular mails.
The Bank returns for the week ending August

7th shew a*decrease of £18,398 in the stock of
bullion, as compared with the retarns of previous
week, viz., £11,283,754, against £11.302,152.

MADAME RISTORI AT THE THEATRE ROYAL,

Macbeth" drew a crowded house last night to the
Theatre Royal. Madame Ristori took her leave, on that
evening, of a Liverpool audience, in the character of Lady
Macbeth The tragedy being well-known, the foreign
language offered less obstruction to following the action
of the scene. We did not discover the new reading the
London critics observed upon, bat it was a fine represer,
taticn of the character of Lady Macbeth, as understood
from the traditions •of Mrs. Siddons. Nevertheless, we
cannot for's, moment put it in comparison with the wonderful
personification of Cantina on Wednesday. In that every
look, every tone, every action, every arrangement of
dress, was perfection itself. But in Lady Macbeth ,as
in Bianca in" Fazio," played on Monday last, we thought
there was a little too mach of the descent from grandeur
to-common nature ; a little too much of the animal suffer-
iog conjoined or intersprsed With the intellectual, and the
dress in the sleep-walking scenes of _Lady :Macbeth
though the tradition of Mrs. Sidelong, was not so advan-
tageaus as on all the other occasions on which Madame
Ristori appeared. But her acting .of this scene excited
the most enthusiastic applause, and the tragedy was inter-
rupted to call her forward twice in succession. After the
comp'etion of the tragedy she was called forward again,
and appeared in undress, led on between Signor Vitaliani
(who had played Macbeth with spirit and energy) and
Signor Belletti-800, who had acted Macde. We have
noticed the previous performanus at length as they took
pace, and can only now say that altogether the visit of
Madame Ristori, and her very effective dramatic troupe,
has afforded a great gratification to those who ceould
appreciate such fine tragic art, and for which they were
greatly indebted to Mr. Copelaud. Next week he provides
a series of Italian Operas, which will comprise some of
the finest s ngers of the day, and be put on the stage with
all the effect that the s'ze of the theatre will allow.