Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-16 00:00:00

TELF,ciRAPHIC NEWS.

liy Submarine and British Telegraph.

FRANCE.

PARIS, TUESDAX NIGHT.

The question of the duty on foreign spirits has
been sent by the Minisf:er of Commerce to the Paris
Chamber of Comme:zoe for its consideration. The
general impressirdn is that the duty will be raised
before the enr:( of the year.

TY,E LOSS OF THE STEAMER EMPEROR.

FECAMP, DEC. 15.

All idea of raising the Emperor (s.) has been
abandoned, and the hull will be sold. where she

NEW PEER,

LOPDOINT, TUZSDAY NICUIT-"'.

It is semi-officially anTAounced that Mr. Charles
Cavendish will be raised to the Peerage by the title
of Baron Latimer.

THE CAPTURE OF DELHI.

OFFICIAL DESPATCHES.

In a despatch, dated Delhi, September 22nd
Major-General A. Wilson, to the Adjutant• General

of the Asmy, says
In continuation of my despatch of the 16th instant, I
now have the honour to forward a report, for the informa-
tion of the Major-General commanding in the Upper
Provinces, his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, and
the Government, of the further operations of the force
under my command since that date.
Daring the 17th and 18th. we continued to take up
advanced posts in the face of considerable opposition on the
part of the rebels, and not wi hout loss to ourselves, three
(3) cfficers being `killed, and a number of men killed and
wounded. On the evening of the 19th, the Burn Bastion,
which has given us considerable annoyance, was surprised
and captured.
On the morning of the 201 our troops pushed on and
occupied the Lahore gate, from which an unopp-sed
advance was made on the other bastions and gateways
until the whole of the defences of the city were in our
hands.
From the time of our first entering the city an uninter-
rupted 'and vigorous fire from our guns and mortars was
kept up on the palace, Jumna Muejid, and other important
posts in :possession of the rebels ; and as we took up our
various positions in advance, our light guns and mortars
were brought forward and used with effect on the streets
and houses in their neighbourhood.
The 'result of this heavy and unceasing bombardment,
and of the steady and persevering advance of our troops,
has been the evacuation of the palace by the King, the
entire desertion of the city by the inhabitants, and the
precipitate flight of -the rebel troops—who, abandoning
their camp; property, many of their sick and wounded, and
the greater part of their field artillery, have fled in utter
disorganization—some 4,100 or Zs,oo-..) across the -bridge
of boats into the Doab, the remainder down the right
bank of the Jumna.
The gates of the palace having been blown in, it was
occupied by our troops at about noon on the 20th, and my
head-quarters established in it the same day.
The great diminution of our strength by losses in action
during the last few days, added to the severe sickness pre-
vailing among the troops, has prevented my immediately
organizing and sending a column in pursuit, but a force,
under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Greathead, will
march to-morrow morning towards Bolundshuhur and
Allygbur to intercept the rebels, whose intentions are said
to be to cross the Jumna at kuttra. My intelligence,
however, I regret to say, is very defective.
The King, who accompanied the troops, it is believed,
for some short distance, last night gave himself up to a
Party of Irregular Cavalry, whom I had sent out in the
direction of the fugitives, and he is now a prisoner under
a guard of European soldiers. Three of the shahzadara
who are' known to have taken a prominent part in the
atrocities attending the insurrection, have been this day
captured by Captain Hodson, and shot on the spot.
Thus has the important duty ecmmitted to this force
been accomplished, and its object attained. Delhi,' the
focus of rebellion and insurrection, and the scene of so
much horrible cruelty, taken and made desolate ; the King
a prisoner in our hands; and the mutineers, notwithstand-
ing their groat numerical superiority, and their vast
resources in ordnance, and all the munitions and imple-
ments of war, defeated on every occasion of engagement
with our troops, are now driven with slaughter in confusion
and dismay from their boasted strongbold.
The details of the operations have been so fully entered
into in my previous despatch and annexed reports and
returns from the various; commanding officers that little
remains for me to say, bet to agaiii.express my unqualified
approbation of the conduct and spirit of the whole cf the
troops, not only on this occasion, but during the *entire
. period they have been in the field.
For four months of the most trying reason of the year
this force, originally very weak in number, has been
exposed to the repeated and determined attacks of an
enemy far outnumbering it, -and supported by a numerous
and powerful artillery.. The duties imposed upon all have
been laborious, harassing, and incessant, and notwitstand-
ing heavy losses, both in action and from disease, have
been at all times zealously and cheerfully performed.
I beg to add my most cordial concurrence in the com-
mendations bestowed by officers commanding brigades,
columns, and detachments on the officers and men named in
their several reports, and I have to express my own deep
obligations to those officers themselves f,r the valuable
assistance I have at all times received from them.

The screw steamer Austria, 2,460 tons, that lately ern-
:harked troops for the East, but had unfortunately to put
,back to Plymouth, arrived at Greenock yesterday morn-
ing, having been towed there from Plymouth. by the
'Liverpool steam tug Resolute, in the short space of 69
hours.
BATING OF 7171 E DOCKS —A move has already been made,
on the part of the parish authorities, to render the dock
property of Liverpool chargeable to the relief of the poor.
It wee stated in the proceedings of the Select Vestry, that
an application had been made to the Dock Committee for
permission to Mr. Wylie, parish Surveyor, to inspect the
dock works, in order to assess their value, and an order
for hie admission received from that body.
TEN SrAEFORDSHIRE AGRICULTUCAL SOCIETY.—At Staf-
ford, on Saturday, a meeting of the Agricultural Society,
whose operations have heretofore been conned to the
northern district, resolved to extend their business to the
south, and thus take in the whole of the county from which
their name is borrowed. The next exhibition of the society
will probobly be held at liebfi ld.
THE LATE RIOTS AT KIDE,gRINIINSTEE —One of the police-
men who was hurt dating the election riots at lii,dder-
minster, died last week. He was, from the first, pronounced
unfit for sev,re duty, and has ever since been ailing. He
died after a short illness, of is lammation of the luegs,
which brought on fever.
A VETERAN OF THE FRENCH ARMY.—There is EOW
living on the Boulevard de la Chapplo St. Denis an old
soldier named Hermand, who was born on the 30th No-
vember, 1750, and therefore has entered upon his 108th
year. He has received no less than 42, wounds, and has
undergone the operation of trepanning. Two years ago
he was able to read without glasses, had the use of his
bearing, and took long walks al, ne. He retains', his me-
mery in an extraordinary degree, and relates, without
mistaking a name or a date, all the different scenes through
which he has passed. His fine face served as a model to
Ary Scheffer for one of his pic'ure", aud he is also repre-
sented in several other pictures bv the first French
masters The Emperor has added 120 francs to the small
pension which he receives.
PAYING FOR Krssnoo.—At the Petty Sessions held at
Shepton Mallet, on Wednesday, George Shore was sum-
moned by Margaret Pugeley, a dressmaker, for that he on
Sunday, the 29th day of November, at the parish of Shep-
ton Mallet, dici unlawfully assault' her, the said Margaret
Pugsley, by kissing her in the Queen's highway. It
appeared there were, on the day in question, several
young men out for a walk, and Miss Pugeley also. As
they saw her coming, one of the party said, " Who will
kiss this young lady for sixpence ? Shore said " I will,"
and walked on to meet her, near the tree which overspreads
the road, called by the young men and girls the " Hissing
Tree," and when she came up to him he gently laid his
arm on her shoulder and stamped a kiss on her lovely
cheek. After justices had heard what Miss Pugsley had
to say, and also what Shore had to say in reply, they
sentenced Shore to pay a flue of 10s sad 6s 6d coots.—
Arrborne Journal.