Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-28 00:00:00

THE DAY'S NEWS.

We have received further telegraphic aesonetts
from India. They bring news from Delhi to -the
14th, and Bombay to the 301 h of July. Delhi was
still held by the rebels o a the 14 h of July.
The latter had made three sorties subsequently
to the 23rd of June, the di Ile of the murderous
day's fighting, which: has be en already described.
Three sorties in three ea leks would indicate
either a depression of spirits on the part of
the Sepoys, or a greater compression exercised
by the British force; a favourable consideration
in either case. On the other hand, there
were only 2,000 Europeans v rho could be spared
to form a column of assault, a:nd it seems not to
have been deemed advisable to risk these in an
encounter with the rebels in the streets of Delhi.
General .Bernard had died nine days before the
departure of the latest adeiees, and General Reed
had succeeded to the command. Such was the
state of 'things before Delhi. The next statement
is that Sir. Hugh Wheeler, reduced by famine, had
surrendered to Nena Sahib, and had, with
all his force, been massacred. It would appear
from this that General Havelock's move-
ment from Allahabad had not been made in
time to save. Sir Hugh Whee:er; but it has been
made in time toavenge his loss, for General Have-
lock had met and defeated the rebels in three
brilliant actions; had routed them with small less
on his side, great loss on theirs, and the capture
of 26 guns. While, however, the newspaper tele
graphic messages state that Nena Sahib was
attacked and routed, subsequently to the
alleged massacre of Wheeler, the despatch
forwarded to Lord Clarendon says nothing
of the death of Sir Hugh and his men,
and leaves it still open to doubt whether the
actions were fought before or after the alleged
massacre, and whether the re-occupation of Cawn-
pore simply means :the re-occupation of the
cantonments held by the rebels, or of the whole
place, including the fortified post held by General
Wheeler previous to his alleged surrender. The
report of the death of Sir Henry Lawrence is
confirmed, but the small band at Lucknow
held out. A rising at Hyderbad, quickly
suppressed, and a singular action at
Sangor coriplete the ii3teil igen le. At the
latter place, so it is reported, the 31st Native
Infantry, under their native offiners alone, attacked
and drove out of the ,station the 42nd Native
Infantry that had revoleed. The Globe, of last
night, remarks :—" On the whole the current of
success seems to have fairly turned. The Sepoys
have had their advantage in the suddenness of
their .defection and onslaught. They have been
victoleens over their officers and over women
and chiMren ; they hold out behind ;the walls of
Delhi, bat in the field they have only appeared
to be vanquiehed. The mutiny has not extended
in any direction since the last mail.; on the
other hand, Etevelock has re-opened the road
to the north-west, and will be able to relieve ,
Lucknow, and de more than keep the Ouile
mutineers in check- He has also probably been
reinforced from below. But the utmost that our
gallant soldiers will .'-fe able to accomplish will be
to recover as much ground as possible between
this time and the arrival of reinforcements, some
of which will reach Calcutta long before November;
and when the cool season comes a cluquering
British army, such as the natives have never seen
before, will sweep -over the country and once more
restore our sway.
We give a brief synopsis of the news received by
the Australian steamer European, which arrived at
Suez on the 14th inst. The only item calling for
notice is that relating to the Panama route to
England. It will be seen that the Now South
Wales Legislature have accepted the offer of Mr.
Welton, of the West India Mail Steam
Packet Company, for the establishment of
a dins of steamers between Sydney and
Panama. We may now look forward to having
mail service between Australia and the mother
country, carried on with regalarity, precision, and
swiftness. We have all along advocated this
route, and we are now about to see our hopes and
anticipaeiocs realized. We shall have more anon
to Bay u-
pon this important subject.
The Domestic News• this morning is not of the
least impeen,,aco. It is said that the Hon. G.
Byng, the menkher for Tavistook, and the son of
Viscount Enfield, will be .a candidate for the repre-
sentation of Middlesex. He is a very young man,
without any present political reputation, and his
only qualification appears to be that he is a scion
of the aristocracy. There are several eminent
public men out of Parliament whose claims to re-
present the county of Middlesex far outweigh
any which Mr. Byrn; is known or suPFoced to
possess. Lord R. Grosvenor has issued a tare-
well address.
The usual weekly meet:egs of the Dock and
Health Committees were held yesterday. No
business of importance was transacted in either
At the Dock Committee it was stated that the new
landing stage would be formally opened on _Tues-
day next. The balance due by the Dock Estee
to the Corporation is about 5,500, which amount
the Treasurer will at once pay over to the Corpora-
tion. At the meeting of the Heath Committee it
was stated that the deaths last week were 277, being
20 more than the corrected average of the pre-
ceding nine years. There were 63 deaths through

diarrteha, being six more than the corrected'
avarege.
The annual meeting of the Parish Burial Boara
was held yesterday, a full report of the proceed-
ings will be found in another column.
The trials at the assizes yesterday were of no
general interest.
Our Paris advises inform us that the number of
recruits to be incorporated this year is 75,000;
these will be divided in the following manner :
infantry, 39,370; cavalry, 18,430 ; artillery, 11,400;
engineers, 2.800 ; military train, 3,000. The
Moniteur publishes a decree promulgrting the
treaty of commerce and navigation concluded
on the 14th June last between France and Russia,
and of which the principal provisions have been
already stated. The treaty comes into operation
in both countries on the 14th September The
Debats devotes a long article to an investigation
of the origin of the Sepoy revolt. In the opinion
of our cotemporary, the revolt is neither a national
manifestation, nor a protest against the rule of the
company; it is simply a military conspiracy, the
motives of which still remain a mystery. __ _

The great industrial, and populous city of Mag-
deburg in Prussia, the real birth place of the
Reformation is wrapped in flames! From the
latest news we have received, it seems that the fire
`brrike out on Monday evening'at seven o'clock in the
military storehouses, which arc scattered through
the-city, for it contains one of the largest fortresses
of the world. The fire next seized upon a wooden
railway bridge of enormous length, which was
built on the American principle, and which at nine
o'clock was utterly destroyed, having presented
a most magnificent spectacle during the progress
of its destruction. The fire extended over the
storehouses to private buildings, which form the
other side of the street, and from thence spread
rapidly. When the mail left no great hopes were
entertained of putting a stop to the progress of the
flames. _

There are some reports in the Servian newspa-
plpers, that Danish troops are on their march to
Holstein. The gravity of such a step, while the
Diet is sitting, would at onoe be evident, but we
cannot permit ourselves to attach credence to
it until we have received more authentic intelli-
gence.
The last accounts received announce a sensible
improvement in the health of King Oscar of
Sweden.

It is stated that the sum of 20,000 rupees- was
forwarded by the Lord Mayor of London to the
Governor-General of India, by Wednesday night's
mail, as a first instalment resulting from the
meeting at the Mansion House for the relief of our
suffering countrymen in India.

YESTERDAY we announced that the Bombay
mail had arrived at Suez on the 16th instant,
bringing advices from that city to the 30th of
July, and news from Delhi to the 14th. This
despatch enables us to estimate with more
accuracy the value of the information which the
telegraph brought on Friday night. From the
contents of the despatch telegraphed from Alex-
andria on the 20th, through the British Vice-
Consul at Trieste, we learn that, up to the 14th
of July, Delhi was still in the hands of the
rebels, and that such was the extent of the
British positions to be protected, that the only
available force before the besieged city was but
2,000 strong. The General commanding—
REID —was waiting for fresh reinforcements
before he would commence offensive operations,
Indeed it would be madness to adopt any other
course, seeing the numerical strength of the
mutineers is so superior to that of the British
forces. To this discouraging fact we have also
to remark that further brutalities have taken
place in the North Western provinces, which
is the most deplorable piece of intelligence by
the present mail, the details of which we may
expect in a few days. We are informed there
that the 9th Light Cavalry, and 46th Native
Infantry had revolted in the Punjaub, and taken
the road to Delhi, which seemed to be the grand
rendezvous of all the disloyal and heartless
miscreants who have set India in such flames of
rebellion.

, Their rebellious intentions, we are glad to•say,
were nipped in the bud, for they were met by
General NtcHoLsoN, and driven back with great
slaughter, their killed and wounded numbering
200, while the British loss was only six killed
and twenty wounded. The catalogue of insur,
rectionary movements is completed when we
mention the rising at Hyderabad on the 18th of
June last, but which we are told, was quickly
suppressed, Cawnpere, we learn, has been again
recaptured, and twenty-six guns taken from the
rebels. Consequently, General HAvEeocK's
successes have freed Sir HuGil WHEELER from
the disagreeable manners of the mutineers that
lately surrounded him. The accounts from Agra
are somewhat strange. The loss of the British,
cut of a force of 500. no less than forty-five had
been killed, and ninety-two wounded. Why
this engagement should have taken place, we are
at a loss to conjecture. The immediate result of
this attack has not been reported.

It is gratifying to learn that the troops in the
Presidencies of Bombay and Madras remained
perfectly quiet, and that up to the latest dates
there was not any reason to doabt their loyalty
and fidelity; but we must not place too much
reliance upon the fidelity of soldiers who have
shown themselves, upon more than one occasion,
too ready to aid the questionable designs of their
fellow-countrymen. The news, of which the
foregoing is but an outline, will reach us about
Monday or Tuesday, when we shall be better able
to judge of the real position of the British army
in India, and the extent and character of the
difficulties which surround the Indian Empire.
Meantime, every exertion should be made to pre-
pare for the worst, and to pour in an army
that cannot be withstood for a week.
It is by a bold, instant, and decisive blow
that we can put down the miscreants who have
acted the part of traitors to their Sovereigns,
and butchers to their fellow-men and women.
What has taken place should warn the authori-
ties. They have no excuse, but to spare neither
men nor money to extinguish a rebellion that
has its origin in natural antipathy to the
legitimate rules of the country, and a desire
by the most base and cruel of modes to over-
throw the legally constituted authorities
,of the
Empire. England pants for the opportunity
to inflict urn.neasured retribution for the !au-