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

DELHI.

The mutineers made great' preParittions at Delhi for an
attack on the 31et of July—the Eva of the Bukree Red
festival, but nothing occurred beyond some desultory
skirmishing On the .evening of the let of Angast they..
attacked the right 'of the Triiish position, and maintained
thetcontest through the night and'hp to the afternoon of Au:.
2nd. Our lees was very slight-10 killed and 36 wounded.
The men being kePt veell undo, cover.
Captain Fravels 32 id, Native Infantry, serving with
Lekoserifles. was leslled.. • .
Oe the 6-11 of August, the enemy's cavalry , supported
bfartillery, attacked he Metcalf House picquet, bat not
ie any force
Lieutenant Brown, .33:d Native Infantry, attached to
the Kumaon battalion, was killed. •
Lieutenant venion, artillery, and Lieutenant Temple'
Kumson battalion, wounded.
On the 7th-of August, skirmishing, with cannonades 'at
intervals. ,
A powder megezine of the enemy's exploded' this day,
a loss,, it. i- rumoured, of 500 lives.
On the Bih of ,August; a battery, censteucted' by the
mutineer?, 5o enfilade our guns,was deetroyect Skirmishing
was kept up for during that and the, next three days.
Our troops suffered very little. On the 12th, tins estab..
lished nutsida Clehmeregn &were attacked by a force under
Brig tdier Showers, and after a sharp centest taken. They
norteieted of one 24.pOinider heeerti,ir, tio 7 and one-
6-pounder. Our loss war wevere —ll2 killed anl wounded.
Amot g the wounded were the following officers : Lieut
Sbereeff, 2nd- Fu-ileers, dangerously ; Brigedier Showers,
Major Coke, severely; Lieut. Lindsay, Horse Artillery ;
Lieutenant Mansell,- engineets ; Captain Grevide, Ist
Fut4ileers ; Lieut. Owen, Ist Fusiliers; Lieut. Jones, 70th
Native Infantry, slightly.
re • Brig -Gen.
,Nicholson arrived in camp on the Bth of Aug, .
in advance of 'lief tree His troops were expected on the
13th. and all would arrive by the 15th, en which day the
army before Delhi would number about 11 000 men, -
It was computed: that further reinforcements would
arrive early 'in September to- increase onr numbers to
15,000. 'lt is generally-expected that the assault on the
city will take place on the 20:h of August. The King is
reported to be se _ding his Zenana to Rhotuck.-
All. well at Agra. ---- •
' C IWNPORE AND LUCKNOW. ,
The greatest anxiety is felt regarding Luclenow.
General ilivelNk, after crossing the Gauge's, defeated the
enemy at Oonor, on the 30th of,July. -
On the 314 he attacked the enemy in a.very strong
position in the town of Busserat Gunje, and again
defeated them with great .slaughter, and took all their
His, own, loss was 88 killed and wounded. He
theY retired on the Ganges, his small force being
burthet. ed with sick and Woundel, and with the captured
artillery. • •
On tee sth of 4 ugest, he again advanced towards Luck-
now, and gained two more viwories.,
On the sth, and on the 12:h, he found the" enemy
stroely entrenched ie heir 'positions, and. numbering
50,000 e finding it impe:sille to cut his way to Lucknew iu
the face of such a force, General. Havelock was compelled
to retire to Cawnpore, and to wait fer xeinforcenients. In
the mean'ime the position of .the gallant garrison of
Lucknow is most precarious.
_Major Banks, who has acted as commissioner since Sir
LaWrence died, has fallen, but the date of this
• melancholy occurrence is not given.
The facts above stated are drawn from newspapers and
private I.l'lers bit they are believed to be substantially
correct. No offieial account has yet been published.

BENGAL.
A party of the Berepore muineers has besieged Arrah,
and a detachment cf. her Majelty's 37th Regiment, ad-
vancing to relievtthat place, was drawn into an ambuscade
and suffered very severely Arrah has bine3 been relieved
by a force under Mejor Eyre.

BEHR CAPORE.
'The G3•d Native Infantry, and 11th Irregular, were
disarmed Ist August.

CLLCUTTA.

The mutineers in Lower Bengal have again caused great
alarm in Calcutta •
The Govenor-General's bod -guard has been disarm d,
Apprehensions are entertained of a rising at the Mohur-
rum festival, but careful precautionary measures have been

adopted.
Lord Elgin has arrived at Calcutta, and the Hon. J. P
Grant has been appointel Lieut..govenor of Allshabsd.
and Sir James Outram to the command of the troops in
the Patna and Cawnpore districts.