Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-26 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1857.

hoped, be equalised by the advantage resulting;
from the new loan, just ratified by Messrs. Roths-
child, to the Papal government.

It appears that the exchequer will not suffer much
fr im the expenses of the Pope's jourm y, which
h vebeen much lighterthansomet rnes represented.
Of course the towns through which he has passed,
or in which he has sojourned, have incurred debts
to meet the expenses cf his reception, but that has
nothing to do with the State purse, which had only
to defray the charges for past horses, escorts, &
The maintenance of the Pontiff and his travelling
suit 3 was reckoned at 500 scudi (.100) a day,
which of course he paid for himself ; and even
including the continual contributions to hospitals,
churches, and public works on his journey, it is
calculated that he cannot have spent more than
150,000 scudi, a good portion of which he had
accumulated in bright golden gregorine betore
setting oul. The expenses which fell to the share
of the provincial municipalities were the heaviest
of all.

TUIIKE.Y.

MARSEILLES, SEPT. 24.

Under date of Constantinople, the 16th, we
learn that Omer Paella is nominated Goverum-
Genaral of Bagdad, a very lucrative post, the reve-
nues of which amount to 500,000 francs. He is
charged with the duty of establishing a line of
steamers upon the Tigris and upon the lower
Euphrates, and with the protection of commerce
against the Arabs

The English have transported to th 3 Euphrates
the necessary material for completing the line of
telegraph.
Tne journal La Presse says that the Arabs have
tried to des,.roy the pests of tin telegraph, in
order to show their sympathy with the Indian
mutineers.

•
On the 10th of August the Persian Government
had not, as represented, recalled tha garrison from
Herat. Mr. Murray had addressed remonstrances
ti the Government o❑ the subject. •
There is a financial crisis at C..nstantinople, and
the rate of exchange had advad,ced considerably
The army of Asia is about twenty months in arrear
of pay.
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THE INDIAN MUTINIES

the enemy renewed their attack four times, and were sue -
eeeeively repulsed. Young Oxen, of the Ist highly die
tinguiNhed himself, charging four times down the street
with his company ; his gallantry was very conspicuous. The
right wing in the meantime continued their advance under
Dennis, and after driving away the mutineers, and killing
a large number in a serai, they retired exhausted to Hind())
Rio's house. The big guns on the right flank fired occa-
rnnally, but owing to the nature of the ground the enemy
could avoid them. All our, troops had now been engaged
and the greater part had fallen back exhausted. The generel
then directed me to the Mosque Battery, where applica-
tions were being constantly sent for reinforcements. I sent
every available man. I was then directed to assume com-
mind at Hindoo Rao's. When I arrived there I faund
every one exhausted rnd done up. There were the is
Fusileers and some Rifles all dons up. I went on to the
new advanced battery ; it was crowded with worn-out men ;
the artillery-men, 1 kewise done up, had ceased firing ;
another party of Rifles in a similer state, in another position;
120 mea of the 21 Fusileers, who had marched 23 miles
that morning, and had had no breakfast, ware lying down
exhau ted ; th• ea weak companies of Ghoorkas were out
as skirmishers, but they too were exhausted, and the
remainder were resting under a rock. The heat was
terrific, and the thermometer must have been at leapt 140
degrees, wilt a hot wind blowing. and a frightful g'are.
Well, the mutineers all this time from behind walls and
rocks, were keeping up a brisk fire all along our front
—i e., to the right of Hindoo Rao's house, as far as
Subzee Muudee, and a battery of two guns from Kissen-
gur g was firing upon us without having it returned.
I ordered up, when at Hindoo Rae's, 100 of the Ist
Fusileers. After serving out grog to them, I threw them
forward to the left front of the new battery. I got a
reinforement of 200 of Rothoey's Sikhs, who also hed
marched 23 miles, and had as 3et nothing to eat, and
shortly afterwards a small party of 30 of the 2nd Fusileers,
under Harris, a very gallant and determiaed fallow, and
another under the serjeant major. The latter were sent
with the let Fusileers. They beat back the mutinf ere at
once, and took possession of a temp'.e on the left front of
the bat eries, end which commanded it. I directed this
to be held, as it moreover gave us the command
of the skirmishing ground, hitherto infested by the
mutineer?. On the right I threw forward Rottsney's
eikhs, some guides, and a few of the 2nd Fusiteers.
They advanced, and again tock possession of SO zee
Mundee. Between this and the batteries our skirmishers
had command of the whole ground. I ordered tee
position I now held to be kept till sun-set, and then tLey
were to retire to their camp.
We were now masters of the field The mutineers
were completely beaten, and when they found I intended
to hold my position they fell back upon the town. Our
loss was e, usidersVe, but that of the enemy was very
severe, We suffered greatly from the sun; the let
Fusileers alone had five officers out of ten struck down by
coups de so'eil. The work for the troops is very hard,
never getting a whole night's rest; bus the wing of the
Gist and one of the Bth, betides some Si'_hs, are expected,
when they will be relieved somewhat; but it is very up•
hill work against such fearful odds and at this time of the
year, bat the men are game and will never give in."

ARRIVAt. OF PASSEzIGERS FROM INDIA,

SOU riliklIPTON, TnuRsDAY.

The following is a list of passengers who arrived by the
Colombo : Captain Frazer, Dr. Gees, Captain liazlewoed,
Mr. • t. Leger, Mr. D. Campbell, Mrs. Write°, infant, and
eon, Mrs. T)lter and four children. Major and Mrs. Price,
Mrs. Speard, Mrs. Impey, Miss Douglas, Mrs. Mayne,
Mrs Stirling, Mrs Stillman and three children, Captain
and Mrs. Elliott and child, Hon. Captain Forrester. Mr.
and Mrs. Lovegrove, R. Kyle, and W. Brenton, from
Bombay ; Mrs Stewart aed three children, Mrs. Gill and
infant, Mrs. Orr, Mrs. R wlings, Lieut. Stephenson, Mr.
aid Mrs. Perakote, infant, and servant, and Mr Shearb.
from Madras ; Mrs Lay, Mrs. Swinhoe, Mr. Mailers
and son, Colonel, M's., and Miss Lennox, Mr.
John Howard, Mrs. Jeolets and two children, Ms
Tucker and infant. two Misses W lkins, Mrs. &eke.,
Mrs. Chivers, Mrs. and Miss Victor and two children,
Mrs Dowlans and child, Mrs Watkins and two children.
Mr. Velletios, Mrs. Corbyn and it fent, Mrs. Steal and
infant, Mrs. Mead, child and son, Mrs Barrow and two
children, Mrs Amesbury and infant, Mr. and Berry,
Mrs. Grant, child, and son, Mrs Ingram, infant, and son,
Mrs. Goldney and three children, Mrs. G. Edmondstone,
R. Turner, and Mrs. Ottley, from Calcutta; Captain Read,
from Singapore • Mr. Blanchard, Captain Pewsdale, Mr.
Woodhead, aid Mr. Savage, from Point de Galle; aid
Mrs. Brown, infant, and sun, Mr and Mrs. Fasson, Mr.
A. Brace, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Lipman, Mr. Mine, Captain
Newlands, Captain-Chapman, Mr. Rose, Dr. Burke, Cap-
tain Reed, Mr. Cantley. Mr. E. Christian, Mr. Lamberr,
G. Donaldson, and Mr. J. Perry, from Alexandria.
The Lady Mayoress arrived at Radley's Hotel, in this
town, from London, to await the arrival of the Colombo,
in order to reader any assistance to the fugitives from
India that they might require lutelligance of the
approach of the Colombo off the Needles was communi-
cated to her ladyship, and she remained up all night in
consequence. Early this morning the Lady Mayoress,
aceompeeied by Mr. Under-Sheriff Anderton, of London,
proceeded down Southampton Water to the Colombo in a
small steamer that had brought the Indian mail ashore. Her
!airship was dressed in deep mourning, for the loss of her
brother, Cal. Finnis, who was killed by the mutinous sepeys
at Meerut. Dr Symes, a esident of Southampton, wso has
fitted up aeartments in his house for any of the destitute
Indian refugees, was else early on board the Indian mail
packet. Tne Mayor of Southatnpeon proceeded to the
Colombo in another small steamer, accompanied by Capt.
Engledue, the superintendent of the Peninsular and
Oriental Company, aid other genilemee The Lady
Mayoress, as soon as she was on board the Colombo was
conducted t, Ceptadn Field's cabin, and her object in
visiting the ship was communicated with the utmost
delicacy to the passengers. Numerous relatives and
friends of the passengers also went on board, and their
meeting with their friends from India was an affecting
sight. Tney embraced each other in seeming unconscious-
nest of the presence of strangers, and paced the iierk with
their arms encircling each otter's waists. A great number
of the passengers went ashore in one of the small steamers.
A cro vd of persons w.s i• 1 the dock, and here a'so affec-
tionate greetings took place between long absent friends
and relatives, which drew tears from m try a bystander.
There were about sixty children on beard the Indian mail
packet, a large p irtion of whom were infants in arms, all
of them hurried out of India on account of the fearful
atrocities committed there The scene on board the
Colombo was veie d,ffereiv. from that whice usually takes
place on board homeward Indian packets Tee usual
female passengers ou board these ships are ladies in the
g yest spirits and dre-sed in the gorgeous silks and shawls
of the East ; but many of the lady passengers of the Colombo
bore marks of great sufferings and anxieties, and their
dresses betoke tied their losses, and the rapidity of their flight
from the mutinous districts. Many of these passengers
escaped from Delhi, Lu 'know, and other parts of Oude.
Fortunately they started from these p'aces at the com-
mencement of the mutinies. Tne language of their hus-
bands was, " Get out of the couetry with the children as
soon as you can, and never mind us." Many of them
have never heard anything of their husband since. Some
of the ladies escaped nearly naked, lived in the jungle for
days with their infant children, starving, and rarely able
to get a handful of rice, to satisfy the cravings of hunger.
Few villagers were willing to assist them, and many of
those who were willing ware afraid to do so. Not the least
interesting refuges on board the Colombo was a little deg.
It had cheeped from Delhi by faithfully following its
mistress and her children. It had nearly paid a heavy
penalty for its fi 'elity. Its back had been literally burnt
by the sun, and is not h !alai yet. Some of the passengers
give a frightful picture of the state of Calcutta and the
interior provinces of India. Many a tine all the persons
in the employ of the Peninsular and Oriental Company
sought shelter on board the company's steamers, the gans
of which we e shotted, and on board which armed watches
were kept night and day. Tne news of the mutinies at
Meerut and Delhi came upon the inhabitants of Calcutta
like a thunder clap. At Cey'on all the European troops
had left for the Bengal Presidency, and none bu Sepoy and
Malay soldiers are left at Point de Galle and Colombo.
The Malay soldiers are eager to fight the Sepoy mutineers,
whom they cordially have.
About .S:1,000 is likely to be raised in Southampton for
the Indian suffer era. A letter has been received here
from the East India Company, stating that no olcial list
of the persons massacred in Cawnpore has been received
in England. Mr. Delafosse and Mr. Bruce, who escaped
from Cawnpore, are connected with Southampton.

THE SULTAN'S coNrßißurioN FOR THE RELIEF

Committee your Excellency's letter, dated the 23rd Septem-
bt,r, stating that his Imperial Majesty the Sulta❑ has been
p'eased to order the sum of £l,OOO to be paid to me as his
subscription to the fund for the rJlief of the sufferers by the
mutiny in India.
The Committee have received with great satisfaction the
proof which this munifilent donation affords of the sympathy
of the Sultan. Per,ols of every religio❑ in India are left to
wirship God according to their o.vn persuasion, without any
interference, and the govirntneit is considered as a trust from
Almighty God with a view to th t benefit of the people.
Th re fundamental maxims will never be departed from, and
with God's blessing upon them India will attain to a degree of
prosperity which she has never yet enjiyed.
The Committee request that your Excellency will Convey
to •he Sultan their respeclul nod grata. fat acknowledgements
for his contribution, and that you will infirm his Imperial
Majesty how highly it has been anpreciaed —I have the
honour to be, sir, your Excellency's most obedient humble
servant, TROMiS Q. FINN'S, Mayor.

TRANSPORT OF TROOPS VIA SUEZ.

The following is a copy of the letter addressed
to Mes3rs. Crosaey and Co , of Southampton, by
the East India Company, declining to engage the
European and American Cornpau)'s steamers as
troop- ships .

East India House, Sept. 17, 1857
Gentlemen—l am desired to ackno.vledge the receipt of
your lette,-s, with enclosures, addressed ta the cha'rman
and directors of the East India Company, dated the ft7th
of August and 7th of Seitember, 1857, proposing a llrn
for a semi-monthly overland transport service between
England and Brmbay, by means of the fleet of eight
powerful screw steamers of the E iropean and American
`tears Shipping Company, all similarly fi,ted up, and each
capable of carrying for a voyage of twenty to twenty-five
days, from 1,000 to 1,200 troops, in which letters era Ex-
plainei very fatly your terms for und qtiking this service,
besides the transport of the troops across the Isthmus, and
thilr vicutaling throughout the voyage, the East India
C,maany either finding all coals or mikirg you an extra
al'ow nee for the same, likewise pa)ing all port cha gee,
and the engagement proposed by you to be for six months
certain for each ship, conmeucirg from the date they
may respectively be at Sa. z, or at a port in England ready
to rceive troops, and terminatieg at the final discharge of
each ship at a port in England, or at a port in India,
a`ter six months fmm tha elate of its having been at the
company's di&posal at Baez.
In reply I am desired to inform you that, as it is not
at present the intention cf her AI tjesty's g verninent to
se •d any cansile,able body of troops through E;vpt, the
Court rye unable to avail themselves of your offer, which
might otherwise have IPea accepted with advantage to the
Pubic service.—l am, gentlemen, your wort obedient and
humble servant, Jades C. MCLVILL.
M ssra. Cr..-,skey and Co.

A DEFINITION.—The Cincinnati Gazelle speaks of a
bigagi-st as one who loves not wisely but too well.

It is said that the Hon Mr. FilmJre, late Pr4dent of
,he United Stites, is ab.)at to marry a lady of Montreal.
The oronto Colonist says, the iivestments in unproduc-

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tive r,al estates in Upper Canada, during the last" four
years, have absorbed seven mi'fions of pounds.
NEw-rarsas rx KANSAS —There are ei4hteen weekly
j ,uruals now published in the Territory of Kars is,
thirteen of which are 'ree soil in sentiment, and five are
,leniocr itic.

TIM CONlET.—Prentice of the Lou' soille Journal iiyi

t• The (;.m t is a gay deccite- ! he promised to jistie the
ear h, bat h, has only j:1 ed her. The rogue has told a
tale, in4tead of showing one."
A. return of the number of immigrants arrivad at the
port of Quebec t) the 11th of September, 1856 and 1357,
has been published, from which it appears that 8,914 more
immigrants arrived at Quebec in 1857 than in 1856.
Mown,' 6d. Tarr TO LoND)N, on MONDAY and
WEDNESDAY next, is to leave the Lime-street Statiorl at
7 o'clock, a.m., giving. the pts enters the option of re-
t inning ei her on the Wednesday or Friday fol'owin;:'.

The— Bafh, Chronicle says :—" The news received on
Tuesday from Berkeley Castle was that. Earl Fi zhardinge
w,s to ally insensible, and rapidly sinking. The Rev. Dr.
Brown was is attendance, but his lordship did not recognise
hien."

From a parliameatlry return issue] yesterday morning
it appears chat the number of young men sent from this
country with a,pointruents in the Coyenantel Sdryi3e of
Inlia, between Ist Jumary, 1817, and Ist Janurry, 1856,
was 320.

DROUGHT IN lowa.—lt is ststel that a severe droug'at
prevails in so:ne pins of fo va, no rain, with the exception
of two slight showers, having fallen since the 20 h of
garch last. This is singular, in view of the fact tha'
the whola cauntry, for months, has been nearly fi.o4ed
with r. ins.

A balloonist," attempted to make an ascension at
Albany, la!elt —but it was no go. lie got up high enough
to clear one or two Mocks—elms down n a private harder,
breakirg the shrubbery--lo,t his pccket book—was
arrested for damagea. and pu' in the vra+ch•heuse. That's
what may be called " bal,oaning extra."
PUBLIC DINNER. TO J. M. COBB TT, DQ., M.P.—On
Wednesday evening Mr. C, bb.tt, the representative of
Oldham, was entertained at dinner in the Town-hill. Th 9
chair was occupied by Mr. John Sell fv!d, chairmrai
of Mr. Cobbett's committee, and amongst the meets, in
nto the member, were Mr. U. 88. C0.1_1) o'
Manchest,r, Mr. Jonagan Mello-, of Gnat Bank, and
others. The p-ceeedir,gs wese of a very interesting
Oiaractfr.

PARTRIDGE SHOOTING.—WhiIst there is so much con-
sternation among sportsmen about the comparative Felt-city
or plenty of grou.e, there is but one account, and tba'
fuv uruble, of partridg.s. Not only are the birds numerouß,
'Jut the arty harvest has lefc the fields clear of grain some
we.lis earlier than usual. September is, therefore, Ibis
par really a shoo ing month de facto as well a 3 de jure.
Pheasants are also p'e.itiful. and promise goof sport i❑
russ,t October.—North British Mail.

AN Ex FRAORDINARX APRICOT TREE.—An apricott
belonging to Mrs. Allez o• Iflauteville, has for m my years
past given a produce which w. uld he incredible if the fact
were not ro tot boas. In the year 18.55 this tree fielded no
less than 16,000 apricots, and this year the produce has
been at least 10,010 ful!-sized and perfectly-ripened apricots.
Th- tree, which ir, we believe, upwards of forty years old,
meisures twenty feet iu height, and has a span of sixt;
fee*, thus cove ing a surFaea of twelve hundred fe.nt—
Guer'nsty Star.
telegraph despatch was received at this offiu,
a few days since, announ, iv, the failure of tho Reciprocity
Bank. A genii -man in this of ice was cille.l up)n to
write out a co s acuons copy of the despatch for the
bulletin boar'. He did the job up brown, posted it
it, drew the attention of persoas couiig into the
coun'ing-romn to it, and wound up his forencon's work,
by taking without d.unur frarn a custornur, a V on that
same Reciprocity ins itition, He don't like to hear
at out it.—Detroit Advertiser.

Loss OF LIFT BY FlRE.—Yesterday morning Mr.
Will am Payne, the coroner for the ei•y of London, re-
ceived information of the death of Miss Harriet lee, of
Deptford She was standing 9fi,h her back to the fire
when the wind from the door wafted her dress against ft,e
bars of the gate. It 10-came igni ed, and she was soon
enveloped in one body of fire. Her screams brought as-
sistance, when the flames were extin:zulshed, and without
lies of time she was conveyed to Guy's Hospital, where
every assistancr was renie*e 1 that en ‘dical skill could
suzg-st, hut she died shor,ly }die, admission.
PECULIAR COINCIDENCE —ln Rochdale, inglests have
this week been held on the h.d'es of three persons named
Ashworth, who died respectively on Monday, Tuesday,
and Wednesday. The M inday's death was that of Henry
Ashworth, who, going unaccompanied to the Baptist
Chap I to wind up the clock, was seized with a fit (.s it,
supp,sed), and was found dead. The Tuesday's fatality
had for it; victim James Ashworth, who fell under a
waggon whe,l, and died soon after; and the death on
Wednesday was that of Mary Ashworth, who, tallinz, aster p
wh le smoking a p pe, a t fire to h3r chthee, sand was much
burnt,
It appears, from a parliamentary return issued yester-
-dly morning, that there are 469 868 registered voters for
counties in Englan 1, 36.120 in Wales, and 50 403 in Sew
land : making- a total ( f 556,391. Includin.: the univer-
sities the total number r f registered borough v rters in
England is 426 377 ; in Wales, 12,669.; and in Sco la d,

5'1,069: making a tot lof 489 113. The total 'limber of
registered vo'ers in Groat Britain, therefore, is 1,045.506
According to the census of 1851, the total population of
Grett 13,i'ain was 21,000,000. There a-e 88,475 county
electors in Eogl tnd and %Vales registered for property
situated within the limits of boroughs.
GOVERNMENT Pit .TECTION TO rMIGRANTE Fog CANADA
AND THE UNITED ,STATES.-As soon as an emigrant ship

reaches the emigrant station in the St. LaiVrelce, nt
Grosse Lde, a few miles la_ilow Qu bee, sae is b arded by
the G vernment Medical Otlic:r. It there are any sick
on board they ere lande I and remain at the hospital, at the
expense of the Government, until they are cured. Imm,
di rtely on the ship's arrival at Quebec, Mr. Buchanan, the
Government Emigration Agent, gces on board. He in-
quires into all complaints, aLd sees that all the conditions
of the Act of Parliament for protecting emigrants have
been s'rictly complied with. This he is able to do in a
most eff•-•c ivc manner, as, whenever an emigrant ship
leaves a British port for Q rebee, the Guverument Emigre-
ticn Officer at the port forwards to him, by mail steamer,
a list of ev,ry vssenger, with their names, awl, sex,
trade, &e. This list is alw iys received by Mr. Buchanan
a fortnight before the shio's arrival. He thus pcss sacs
every particular tint may be useful to him in protecting
the emigrants, and directing them to where they can at
once get suitable empl. yment. If there be any just cause
of complaint against the ciVain of a ship, justice is
afforded by a very summary law passed for the purpose,
and Mr. Buchanan himself superintends the proseculi tn.
The Government of Canda has issued a pamphlet upon the
resources of the cou•ttry and the prospects in s'o e for the
industrious of all classes who desire to make it the land
of their adoption. Tais panaphlet, as well as full par-
ticulars of the through Bunking system, by which emi-
grants are protected from the time of their landing
until they reach their destination, together with maps
of the Canadian Railways, showing their eonnec,ion
with those of the United S ates,
,continue to be issued
gratuitously to all who apply, for them, personally or by
letter, at the offices of the Grand Trunk Railway of
Canada, 21, Old Broad-street, Lond.r, B.O.; or herr to
Sabel and Cuttisi Allan and Gillespie ; or Weir,
Cuchran and Co.

'ATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN
RAILWAY.