The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-18 00:00:00

agent, when he was stopped by the guard. I hope
it has been contradicted."

MUSSOORIE.

The following is from a lady at Mussoorie, dated
September, 24 :
My dearest—,— You will by this time have heard
that Delhi is once more in oar possession, but the good
news cannot give you half the pleasure that it gave us.
On the 14th the assault commenced, and on the 21st the
town was completely in our hands. The bloodshed on
both sides has been very great, but no official lists have
yet been sent up here, though, of course, we have heard
the names of most of those killed and wounded. Among
the officers Edward Hildebrand was the first killed on our
side, but I think I told you of his death in my last. We
have as yet heard no particulars of the fight, for the let-
ters which have been received up here were only a few
lines to say the writers were safe. They have not much
time for writing just now, poor fellows I We think the
rains are nearly over now, which will be a great thing
for the troops. Hitherto great numbers have been car-
ried off by cholera, fever, Sco. ; but directly the rains are
over the air begins to freshen, and in October it is very
healthy even in the plains.
25th.—To-day the official returns of those killed have
reached us. We have lost 65 officers and 1,163 men.
General Wilson has now only 1,500 Europeans left with
him. I was sorry to see among the names that of En-
sign Gambier, who wrote the account of his escape from
Delhi to Meerut which I sent home and desired H—
to forward to you. He joined the force before Delhi
only a few days before the assault. The first
account we heard when the Palace was taken was that
the King and Royal family had made their escape to a
village a few miles off; but to-day we hear that he has
given himself up. I will not ♦ouch for the truth of
this. I wonder what will be done with him ; people
think there will be no peace while he is alive and in
this country. Three regiments of mutinous Sepoys
escaped from the town during the assault, and. have
betaken themselves to Rohilcund. They are now at
Muzuffernugger, much too near us to be:pleasant ; they
have sent a force from Meerut to dislodge them, but we
have not yet heard of the remelt. They (the rebels) are
between us and Meerut. I hope they will not take it
into their heads to make a rush up here. We have no
tidings of the success of Havelock's march to relieve
Lucknow ; but-all communication with the Lower Pro-
vinces has now been cut off. All our letters go up to
Lahore, and then down to Bombay—rather a long way
round, as yon will see if you look at the map. How for-
tunate for us that the Pupjanb has continued quiet 'I
Sir J. Lawrence, the chief commissioner, is la most able
and energetic man, equal to his post. Mr. Colvin, our
lieutenant-governor, died lately at Agra. Mr. J. P.
Grant is spoken of as his successor ; his appointment
(should it take place) will give great dissatisfaction, as
he is totally unacquainted with the north-west, and a
great deal too mach of a fine gentleman. It is not ge-
nerally thought that in such times as these, when the
north-west is one great battle-field, the governorship
should have been given to a military man. Of course I
know nothing of all this ; I only repeat other people's
opinions. A few days ago our people had a brush
with some insurgents at a place called Sharanpore, and
I am sorry to say they were beaten off, through the mis-
conduct of some of the Ghoorkas; however, they will
be at them again by this time. Sharanpore is close to
this—just through the pass a little to the right, and
Muzuffernugger just beyond it ; so you see our amiable
friends the Pandies are much nearer than they were
before. We don't want them up here, for our little
band is being reduced. Fifteen officers (convalescents)
were ordered down to Delhi yesterday. They start
on Monday. How they are to get down seems a pro.
blem, but I suppose they will make a long detour
through the hills ; the direct road they cannot go. I
hope they will all reach safely, but I am very much
afraid they will not.
" 26th.—We have today heard that the two sons of
the King and one of his grandsons have been captured
and shot, and their bodies have been hung up. The
King of Delhi has been paraded, i❑ order to disgrace
Lim. His ultimate fate seems uncertain. He is a very
old man. We have heard today, too, that when the
force from Meerut reached Muzuffernugger the rebels
had evacuated the place, and not one was to be seen.
This is good news for us. To-Jay, or rather to-night,
the baz ear is illuminated by order of the commandant,
Colonel Lestrange. We passed through it an hour
ago, and it promised to be a very pretty sight. A
salute of 21 guns was fired, and altogether we are in
better spiritr.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGE.NOE.

The Hamburg ship La Rochelle, which was off
Falmouth on Monday, reports that in lat. 7 N.,
long. 24.48 W., she spoke the steamship Hydaspes,
from London for the East Indies. The troops (ar-
tillery) were all well at that period, and were three
and a half days from St. Vincent's. She also re-
ports Oct. 10, lat. 10.24 N., long. 23.48 W., steam
troopship Italian, from Cork for Bombay, having
on hoard 201 men of the 18th and 26th Foot. The
Hydaspes left Woolwich Sept. 17, and the Italian
left Cork Sept. 25.
Yesterday a draught, comprising about 120 men,
left Colchester camp to join their respective regi-
ments in Luria. They comprised 60 men of the 2d
battalion Rifle Beigade, 30 men 3d battalton Rifle
Brigade, 15 of the Ist battalion of 60th Rifles, and
1G men of the 54th Foot. The men, who were ac-
companied by one sergeant and two corporals,
and under the command of Capt. Maguire, of the
60th Rifles, embatked the same day on board the
clipper transport George Marshall, lying off Gravt.s-
end, and bound for Bombay. Owing to the
crowded state of the camp, and the inability of the
rifle instructors at the branch camp at Ciacton t)
prepare a sufficient number of men for active ser-
vice abroad, upwards of 200 men have been ra-
moved to Harwich and Languard Fort, where a
staff will be temporarily kept to relieve the Artil-
lery under orders for India, and also for the pur-
pose of assisting to train the young recruits, who
now form an important part of the camp, in the
use of the riffle. Major-General Lawrence having
returned to Aldershott, the command has been as-
semed by Lieut.-Col. Dixon. Large numbers of
recruits continue to come into the camp, which may
now be said to be in a satisfactory condition.
Owing to the great increase in the strength of
Chatham garrison, consequent on the large arrivals
of recruits for the purpose of joining the various
Indian depots attached to the provisional batta-
lions, the authorities are making arrang,ments
for the embarkation during the ensuing month
of about 1,000 troops, with a proportionate
number of officers from the following In-
dian depot companies quartered at Chatham
garrison—viz., 7th (Fusiliers), Bth (the King's)
10th, 18th (Royal Irish), 19th, 20th, 23d (Royal
Welsh Fusiliers, 24th, 27th (Enniskillens, 29z1),
32d, 35th, 43d (Light Infantry) 51st (Light In-
fantry) 52d (Light Infantry), 53d, 61st, 64th, 70th,
75th, 81st, 8 .:d, 83d, 84th, 86th, 87th (R,yal Irish
Fusdiers), 90th (Light Infantry), 94th, and 98th
Regiments. Great activity prevails in the garrison
in bringing the men forward for embarkation, and
about 200 troops are daily undergoing instruction
in the use of the Minie rifle.

Tho Union Screw Steamship Company's mail
packet, Norman, Captain Boxer, left Plymouth on
Sunday for the Cape of Good Hope.
The paddlewheel steamship Scourge, 6, Commo-
dore John Adams, arrived at Plymouth on Mon-
day from Portsmouth.

The Rev. C. A. A. Craven, M.A., has been sta.
Honed at Chatham as Assistant-Chaplain to the
Forces.

,STATE OF TRADE'.

MANCHESTER, Nov. 17.
The letters from India have brought, as they
always do, some orders is botb yarn and cloth, and
there has been a little business in cloth, both for
Bombay and Calcutta, at the lowest current prices
of last week. In other kinds of cloth there have
been some tranactions where sellers have been
willing to accept tow prices, and in a general way
it has fallen to the share of those whase necessities
are the greatest, and who have consequently been
the easiest to deal with. The business in yarn for
India Includes most counts of mule, the competi-
tion among spinners for such business as was to be
had inducing them to take lower prices than last
week. Generally speaking, spinners have been
free sellers, and in some cases they have taken a re-
duction of id. to id. per lb. The advance in the
cotton-market at Liverpool appears to have had no
effect upon the Manchester market to-day, and the
prices of all kinds of goods are fully as low as last
week, where, indeed, they are not lower. Some
little more business is spoken of in cloths for South
America, where prices have suited the books of the
buyer. In yarns for the home trade, for Germany,
and other markets, sellers report no business.
LEEDS, Nov. 17.
There is a slight improvement in the woollen
trade, a better feeling being manifest at the cloth-
halls this morning, and a larger amount of business
being done than at the last two or three Tuesday's
markets. A few moderate purchases of cloths of
a general character wsre made in the coloured cloth-
ball, and a moderate bulk was sold in the white
hall. These are satisfactory symptoms, and give
strength to the hopes generally entertained that
the worst of the xnone'ary and commercial crisis is
past. It is to this hopeful feeling, to doubt, that
the improvement in the price of woollat the current
sales in London is attributable in a great degree,
but the advance is believed by many here to have
arisen from some trade speculators, who have ope-
rated freely. Still an improvement in the demand
for woollen goods must necessarily be followed by
an advance in the price of the raw material—per-
haps an advance equal to the rates obtained at the
previous sales.

HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. 17.
There is a decidedly better feeling in this mar-
ket, although very little busines is actuaily doing,
either in the warehouse or the cloth-hall. Confi-
dence, however, appears to be to a great extent re-
stored. Wool does not continue to decline ; indeed,
the tendency to a return to former prices is already
manifesting itself.