Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-18 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURGH, AUG 8.
The Le Nord has all at once become enamoured
of the project of Mr. Lessep's for piercing the
Isthmus of Suez.

WEST INDIA MAIL.

(FROM 013 R OWN CORRTSPONDENT

By Telegraph.

SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY NIGHT.

The West India Mail Steamer Magdalena
trrived here this evening, with the usual West
India Mails.

The dates by this arrival arc—Honduras, July
17; Greytowr), 20 ; Carthagena, Jamaica, Trinidad,
and Granada, 28 ; D(-.rnerara, 25 ; St. Thomas
August 1. ,

The Magdalena brings on freight a very valuable
Cargo, consisting of 1 378,267 dollars, and platina
to about the value of about 9,700 dollars.
By this arrival th ere is very little news. Opera
bons for the crop were rapidly drawing to a close
at 13arbadoes.

The islands were reported to be in a very healthy
Mate generally.
The weather was stated to be excellent.
At Danaerara the weather was also very fine, and
the sanitary condition of the place very good.

Operations in manufactures were reported to be
Progressing not only slowly but nnsatisfactorily.
AI Demerara the canes were looking excellently
Well, affording great satisfaction.
At Georgetown a company had been formed to
open a road for traffic to the new Gold Diggings.
At New Grenada a Day of Thanksgiving to
Almighty God had been fixed, for the abundant
harvest, and the great absence of disease.
Yellow fever had greatly abated at St. Thomas,
although eight cases had occurred on board the
Magdalena on the passage home, three of which
Proved fatal.

The company's arrangements for. removing the
coa'ing station were progressing as quickly as
Possible.

From Jamaica and Trinidad our private advices
Worm us, that commercial operations were much
as Per last

INDIA.

ARRIVAL OF THE BOMBAY MAIL.

the letters from Bombly and Calcutta were sent from
Alexandria by different steamers, and up to Saturday only
tile Calcutta portion had arrived. The subsequent letters
enables the Times to publish the letter of its own corres-
Pendent, in India, which is dated
13e"&r, July 14 —Reinforcements of all troops were
new rapidly converging noon Delhi. By the end cf the
Month the General expected' to find himself strengthened
by fally 3 500 men. Within a week or ten days from his
receiving this augmentation to his force, that is to say in
all Probability two or three days ago, he would, it is
,believed, deliter the grand assault. No regular approaches
Dad bleu or would be made there, and there has not been
strength enough for that. The affair would, it is crediblystated,
t be managed by blowing open a gate and entering
a.
the Met of the bayonet. At the date of the latest
accounts from the camp, those best qualified to judge
entertained Lot a doubt that the assault would be success-
f4l' Our men, both European and natives, though hard
Worked, were well and in capltal spirits, white the pluck of
the au ineers was evidently on the wane. Their attacks,
ditch were at first of almost daily occurrence and were
conducted with great determination and preseverance, had
become rare and feeble. From this, it may be inferred
that they had not their enthusiasm, and that they had not
beeti.reinforced of late by other bands of mutineers to any
been
extent. Most of the earlier attacks were
doubtless, conducted by successive fresh arrivals eager for
beaten ie fray, and es yet lacking the experience which their
Q'c'rarades had dearly bought. The feebleness of the
latest demonstration from the city would seem to show
that that bitter lesson had been learned by the whole mass
aif the rebel soldiers congreaated within it. The resources
sof the mutineers are described by the writer) who was told
they had been grin
() g two 21-pounders for every 18-pounder
l_
bs ours. They have the largest arsenal in India - 2,000
. of powder, many Millions of percussion caps, and hun-
z
t.dede of thousands of rounds of ammunition. Their prac-
ice has been as good as ours, if not better. We have been
alien of artillerymen ; nevertheless, he hopes by the next
Mad to announce that Delhi has fallen. The accounts of
the further progress of the mutiny do not add anything
moonset to the details already published.

INVER TO THE RIQUT jjoN. E. M.P.
41' OXFORD —The friends and supporters of Mr. Csrdw, I
En'ertained that gentleman at a public dinner on Thursday,
last. A large marquee was erected in Magdalen Meadow,
411c1 about 1,100 sat down to dinner. James Pike, Eq. chairman of Mr. Cardwell's chief election committee, pre-
the Several toasts having been drank and responded to ,
1,--tcha'rrnan proposed the health of the Right Hon.
eard Cardwell, member for the city of Oxford.
re Cardwell replied at great length, and was well
ceived throughout. Thi meeting was- subsequently
anddressed by Rluniell Pamir, Esq , the Cdairman, the
IZ. Mr. Barker, and others. Immediately' after the
a 1 etilag broke up, and before Mho visitors had time to
e4te the ground, a tremendous storm of thunder, light.
"Ingi and rain, burst over the city, and put a stop to the
bother pleasures of the evening.