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LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 29, 1857.

of the British name, and discomfited their assail-
ants. It was anticipated that there would be
11,000 trustworthy men before Delhi by the 15th
of August, three:days from the date of our last ad-
vices, and that the grand attack would be hazarded
about the 20th August, so that we may learn the
result by the next mail. We must not, however,
feel any undue impatience for the downfall of the
Rebel City. At present it renders valuable ser-
vice by attracting the great majority of the muti-
neers, and enabling them to be crushed almost at
a single blow, whenever that blow can be properly
aimed against them.
At Agra all was well in the Fort on the 11th
August, and there were abundance of provisions.
Relief was of course anxiously looked for where
there was so large a proportion of non-comba-
tants, but we hope and believe that there is
but little danger of our women and children
encountering a fate similar to that of the refugees
at Cawnpore. There is but little to be dreaded
while our men can fight, and famine does not
assist the efforts of the rebels. That is our chief,
our only dread for Lucknow and Agra. If provi-
sions hold out we have but slight apprehensions
of the prowess of the besieging miscreants, al-
though numbering 50 to 1. •

There has been some slight disaffection mani-
fested by a few soldiers of the Bombay Army, not,
however, sufficient to induce us to doubt the fidelity
of the general army. The Mohurrum has passed
over quietly in that Presidency and in Bengal : so
far as advices have been received many execu-
tions had taken place for treasonable practices.
The utmost vigilance and severity were rendered
necessary by the circumstances of the country,
and the many conspiracies in operation.
The formation of the Naval Brigade, under
Captain PEEL, R.N., to proceed so far inland,
was a valuable experiment, from which we augur
important results. A similar body earned for

themselves before Sebastopol the thanks and gra-
titude of their countrymen. They were then,
however, near their ships ; now they are to go
many hundreds of miles inland. We have no
doubt, however, that they will sustain the honour
and furnish new and irresistible proofs of the
efficiency of British seamen.

LATEST NEWS

THE MUTINIES IN INDIA.

OFFICIAL DESPATCHES.

The following telegram was received at the
Foreign Office from the British Vice-Consul at
Trieste, Sept. 29, 2.10 a.m.
From Calcutta, Aug. 23, 1857.

From G. F. Edmonstone, Esq., Secretary to
the Government of India to the Hon. Secret Com-
mittee.

Wednesday, the 7th of October, has been fixed
as a day of national fast and. humiliation. We
may well humble ourselves for the disasters that
have occurred, but we may be permitted to doubt
if a lessening of our resources is the way to repair
the evil. There has been gross mismanagement
—great mittakes have been perpetrated—and the
people are therefore to lose a day's work when
they will have extra demands to meet. Lord
PALMERSTON some years since obtained well-
merited praise for the judicious answer he returned
to the demand of ceitain Scotch Ministers who me-
morialised the Government for a similar fast. He
showed them that it was more fitting to adopt
proper means to prevent disasters than to mourn
over what was inevitable ; and yet the same Lord
PALMERSTON, who ought to be the general director
and manager, seems to have altered all his pre-
vious views, and to have entered on the course
which he previously deprecated. It is true that he
was not present at the Privy Council at which the
proclamation was resolved on. Another influence
might have prevailed, overruling his judgment,
and deciding in opposition to the nominal head of
the Government. But he is the person responsible
to the people, and he has to answer for the "loss
of a day"—a serious matter when wages are to be
deducted, and the scanty resources of humble
householders diminished by the one-sixth of the
earnings, or sixteen and two-thirds per cent. of
the available week's income.

It was supposed that a Sunday would have been
selected, chiefly because no loss would have been
thereby sustained, and also because there would
not have been so great temptation to change the
fast into a feast, to indulge in amusement rather
than sorrow. Men will not, cannot be made
religious by Acts of Parliament or Royal Procla-
mations. It must be their own natural impulses
on which they act, and they will feel more dis-
posed to resent than to obey the direction. Those
who cannot afford the loss of a day's wages will
not accept the order in a very amiable spirit.
Far better would it have been to devote the day's
earnings to the relief of the Indian widows and
orphans, to have applied the money, now irre
vocably sacrificed, to feeding the hungry, and
clothing the naked, to succouring the sick and
needy, or rendering assistance to all who are in
any way afflicted in mind, body, or estate. The
Mawworm faction has, however, triumphed for
the time, and we may possibly ascribe the result

We have many telegrams relating to the state
of affairs in India. They are, indeed, deeply in-
teresting, coming simultaneously from Calcutta
and Bombay, and being far more copious than
those usually given. The remonstrances of the
ss have thus proved beneficial, and we may
look forward to further improvement.

The first name on every lip will be that of HAVE-
Locx—the first thought of every heart, that respect-
ing the proceedings of his " handful of heroes." It
was known by the last mail that after a succession
of triumphs he had been compelled to retrace his
footsteps, in order to leave his sick and wounded
in a safe position, where they could obtain the as-
sistance so urgently required, and where the cap-
tured guns which could not be rendered avail-
able, might be secured against any probable con-
tingency. He did not long remain in the enjoy-
ment of the ease so nobly earned, and so much
required. Although his force had been " reduced
by exposure, fatigue, sickness, and constant fight-
l'ag," he only rested a few days. He again
started on the 4th of August, despite the over-
whelming odds he was compelled to encounter,
en, route for Lucknow. Two battles were
fought, in both of which he was suc-
cessful, capturing the guns of the rebels.
Bithoor had been reoccupied by 4,000 men
and five pieces of cannon ; and though his re-
turn to Cawnpore was only on the 13th August,
be had again routed the mutineers and taken the
stronghold, which, as the residence of the mis-
creant, NANA SAHIB, is greatly thought of by
friends and foes, on the 16th. He was, however,
Compelled to await adequate reinforcements before
he could attempt to relieve Luck-now, which wa
still placed in jeopardy, and where the gallant
-BANKS had shared the fate of his distinguished
leader—Sir H. LAWRENCE. To move onwards,
Under existing circumstances, would be an act of
nn/pable folly, almost of insanity—leading to the
'certain annihilation of his followers, who bad
been reduced to 900 in the formidable trial;
they had encountered. It is feared that he could
not receive the indispensable reinforcements be-
fore a fortnight from the date of the last
espatches. The fate of Lucknow must be am t
ter of the deepest solicitude during the interval.
The great, indced almost the only danger was the
failure of provisions, which were not sufficient for
that sought refuge in the
the numerov.s fugitives
citadel.

to the absence of Lord PALMERSTON from the
court circle. The resolution was adopted in the
north of Scotland, not in the neighbourhood of

the metropolis of the United Kingdom. Had the
Premier been present we believe it would have
been very different. The members of the Council
in attendance were the PRINCE CONSORT, Earl
GRANTILLE, and Lord STANLEY Of ALDERLEY.
They are alone entitled to credit (!) or censure.
It is, however, strange that members of the Cabi-
net of which Lord PALMERSTON is the head should
take a step so diametrically opposed to tho pub-
lished views and opinions of their leader.

COURT CIRCULAR.

Notl'iing certain is said of the reported suicide
of IiANA SAHIB. It is incidentally mentioned
tb'At the assailants of Lucknow are under his coal-
.Mand, and it is therefore possible that a fictitious
rumour obtained currency, and that the atrocious
miscreant was stilll "cumbering the earth" at the
time of the last advices.

BALMORAL, SEPT. 27.

Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal
Highnesses the Princess Helena and Prince Arthur, and
attended by Lady Churchill, drove out yesterday af-

ternoon.

The Prince Consort, accompanied by Prince Alfred,
went out deer stalking.
Earl Granville has left Balmoral.

Despatches were rcceived at the Colonial-office yes.
terday from the Governor of Bermuda.

At Delhi matters remain/in state quo, but there
was every reason to hope that a fow days would
greatly alter the stat'e of affairs. General
Nicuorsorr had actually arrived on the 12th of
Aurgust at the British Camp, and his troops were
expected on the following day. Several sorties
have been made by the rebels, but in every
instance our brethren have vindicated the honour

The official journal of Berlin announces that Prince
Frederick William of Prussia had left for Weimar.
The Due de Grammont left Turin on the 25th for
Paris.
The experimental squadron of Admiral Trehouart
arrived on the 24th at Mahon from Barcelona. Its
officers were most cordially received by the population.
The Swiss journals state that the Swiss legation at
Paris, by order of the Federal Government, recently
asked the French Government if Swiss officers would be
allowed to attend the camp at Chalons ; and the Minister
of War replied that though no official reception would
be given to any foreign officers at the camp, all who
might go wonl I be certain of being well receive 1, and of
having every facility afforded them of witnessing the
" The relations between Switzerland and the Grand
Duchy of Baden," says a letter from Berne, " are
becoming every day more friendly, and it is permitted
to hope that the animosity which arose from the insur-
rection of 1848—when the Confederation gave an
asylum to numerous refugees from Baden, and even to
a battalion nearly complete of the Body Guard of the
Grand Duke—will soon have ceased. It has already
been stated that the Government of Baden has removed
the sequestration which was placed on the property of
religious congregations of Switzerland in the Grand
thaendejnd
inieacdrdatitioionn,
and
between attrheeatyGrjaunsdt concluded Duchy
sti-
pulates amongst other things that the sale of real pro
perty by the citizens of each State in the territory o( the
other shall pay the same amount of duty, and that the
citizens of either countryiest:t,blished in the other shall
be free from militaryee
MASSACRE OF MRS. PAge.7keßadsot—Mr. W. Far-
quharson in writing to the Tine 3 says,—Under the
head of " Ireland' and"Scsepoe
hoAtrocities"rrid in your
paper of yesterday, the 2613
of Mrs. Farquharson. I shall feel obliged by yourmassacre
scicorne
con-
tradicting the whole story. My
late brother, Colonel
Farquharson, of the 7th Fusiliers, died in April, 1856.
and his wile some years previously. The lady alluded
1 to in this paragraph is the wife of another brother, and
she is residing on the continent ; only yesterday I re-
I ceived a letter from her.

E SON, ONDON, TUBS A:- Nr 1411 ; N N 6r', ES =P-TEMBER 29, lB5

and 4 guns—had been detached by the political
agent to intercept them if possible, either at the
Sohages Ghut of the Jonse or at Sorce. In the

found necsssary to disarm 105 of the 12th Bom-
bay Native Infantry, they having refused to obey
their commanding officers, on the occasion of a
drunken trooper raising an alarm that the Euro-
pean troops were about to murder them.
A Court of Inquiry is now investigating this
affair.

lirection of Allahabad, the Kuttra Pass was do-
'ended, and it is hoped that by the one force or
the other they may bo attacked and dispersed.

SURREY THEATRE.

An adaptation from the French drama of " Catherine
Howard" was produced at this theatre last evening
under the title of "-Ambition; or, the Throne and the
Tomb." The drama is one of painful interest, the most
effective portion being the last two'acts, when the ven-
geance of the wronged husband, Ethelwood, is attaining
it 3 terrible climax. The two principal parts were ade-
quately sustained by Miss Eburne and Mr, Creswick,
the tatter of whom played with great power, and elicited
lavish applause. King Henry was well personated by
Mr. Potter. These performers received the honour o'
a call on the falling of the curtain. The raise en scene of
the piece is excellent, and the lovers of the deeply tragic
will derive much enjoyment from witnessing this new
production.