Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-30 00:00:00

INDIA.

The following teleg-eph was received at the Foreign
Office, from the British Vice-Consul, at Trieste, September
29th; 2.10 a.m.:—
From Calcutta, 23rd August, 1857.

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From G. F. Edmondstone, Esq., Secretary to the
Government in India, to the •non. Secret Committee.

GENERAL HAVELOCK'S COLUMN.

Gen. HaveloCk, After PU'dithg- on half way o Luckllovr,
and defeating the insurgents tWo or thee times in the
Oude province, was.compelledby.theivealiness of his force,
reduced by • exposure, fatigue, sickness, and 'cmstant
fighting, to withdraw to Xungutwart miles from -the'
Ganges ,and ultimately, en the 1311'A:tignst,to re-cross with
all his force to Cawnpore, where he now Bithoor
having been inean While re-cA;turcd'hY inittineers7, from
4augor and others, niimbering 4,000 with 5 guns. General
Havelock attacked it on the 16th, and 'carried the lielition,
capturing two gunS. His. force is re!uced to‘9oo men, who
are worn out With fe.tigiue, aid need repose ; and he
considers that to advance on 14ucknow uatil-
reirkfo reed would be to court aunihiliation-;
adequate 'reinforcementa was fea,ed could not reach
in less than ten days or a-fortnight from the present time.
Her Majesty's sth and .601 China troops haying bean
moreover here detained below, in consequence. of the dis-
turbances in-Bet,har. - -
No later news than 2nd ult. froit Lucknow,but by a more
recent avount the garrison were holding nut well,'-and it
is
believed that they had managed to 'lay additional pro-
visirlas in. General Harclock expected to 'be attacked
simultaneously by the Oude insurgents from the left bank
of the river, as well as the side of -the Frittehpere, where
boats were collecting, and from the direction of Call"
where GwaliOrmutineers, strong in artillery, threatened to
Cross and farm a junction with the -Chide rebels. A. steamer
'has been sent d by the General to destroy the boate at
Futtepore, but his force is too weak to oppose the passage
of the, Wumna•Jtunns at Callpee. The .Oude pople are
m: kinm ao-Yressions on our villages to the' north
.of the
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Genesi,. and it is feared that the communication between
Allahabad and Bonaree inlay be interinip'ed. 'Delhi' is still
held by the rebels. Oar accounts ex,.end: to the.B„th -of
August. There appears to' have 'been severe fighting on
the 30th of July, and on the Ist and 214 instant, when the
_enemy was reinforced by, the troops frotri'Nesmuch; they
attempted to carry our position. They were replied, as
usual. Their loss is said to exceed 3,000 men, including
000 of the I,teemiich force, who did n( t r,Aurn to the city
after The failure on the Ist. ; they are reported to be really
dispirited.
On the B'h their powder manufactory in the city was
blown tip by A shell, and about 500 artificers are believed
to hare been deStroyd, r,long with a, large quantity of
sulphur and saltpetre. Th.y have 'lkea for some time
short of English powder and of fuseee, and the supply,
gnu caps is said. to be failing: They. daily rnanufactitre
powder of an inferior quality. The Kumage battalion of
Ghoorkas reached Delhi with treasure, nmmunitiori, ,and
store, on the Ist, and a reinforcement of 1:300 Earopeans
and 3,003 Punjaubees, froth. the Punj-“ib, were expeeled
to arrive on the 15th. .
RetrogradAmovernent is now not thought cf. tFingh. at
one time it was talked of. No fighting since the tad inst.