New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-03


day weals very disastrous and threatening aspect
for the EDglisb, though as may be seen in another
column, our intelligent London correspondent
regards it differently. From Delhi We have details
tO July 49, and later report, to the effect that, in
consequence of the ravages Of the cholera the be-
sieging forces we're compelled to retire from before
Delhi ard tsie up their quarters at Agra. 1t is
true this report is admitted BY none of the Londn
journals, bat We can, at the very utmost, only
regard it as solnew hat premature. AS We know
from all the Indian correspondence the be.ieging
army had suffered severely in sorties made on the
18th, 18th and 23d of July. On those occssions
the rebels fought with more reckless yehemence
than ever and witt a great advantage from the
superiority Of their cannon, "We are firing"
writes British officer, "1S pouIders and S-nch
L" bowitzers, and the rebels are replying with
twenty. fours aud thrty-twos. "In the eighteen
/" sallies, says another letter, (which we have
" had to stand We have lost One-third Of our
&" numbers in killed and wounded" OF reGu-
fcrcements all that could be expected was
body of Skis under Gen. VanCOrlardt. Gen.
IiayelOck, after fighting several successful battles,
was forced to fall back on Cawnpore, abandoning,
for the time the relief of Lucknow. At the
same time " the rains bad set in heavily before
Delhi " necessarily adding to the virulence Of
the cholera. The dispatch which announces
the retreat to Agra and the Abandonment for the
moment, at least, Of the attempt to reduce the
capital Of the Great Mogul, must then, soon prove
true, if it is not so already.
On the line Of the Ganges the main interest rests
on the operations of Gen. Havelock, whose exploits
at Futteypoor, Cawnpore and Bithoor have natu-
rally been rather extravagenty praised by our Lon
don cOtemporaries. AS We have stated above, after
taviDg advanced twenty five miles from Cawnpore
he found himself obliged to fall back upon that place
in order not only to deposit his sick, but to wait
for Ieinforcements. This is cause for deep re-
ere. for it indicates that the attempt at rescue Of
Lucknow has been bafled. The only hope for the
British garrison Of the place is now in the force of
1900 GOOrkas sent from Nepaul t. their relief by
Juos Babadoor. Should they fail to raise the siege,
then the Cawnpore butchery will be reGnacted at
Lucknow. This will not be all. The capture by
the rebels of the fortress OF Lucknow, and the
quebt consolidation of their power in Dude would
threaten n the flank all British operations against
Delhi, and decide the balance Of the cOntending
forces at Benares, and the whole district of Bahar
CawDpore would be stripped of half its importance
and menaced in it's c1mmunicatiOns with Delhi on
the one slde and with Beuares the other, by the
rebels holding the fortress of Lucknow. This CON
tingency adds to the painful interest with which
pews from that locality must be looked for.
On the 10th Of June the gai'.ison estimated their
powers Of endurance at six weeks on fau,lhe BLOW
aLce. Up to the last date of the dispatches, five
of these weeks had already elapsed. Everything
there now depends on the reported, but not ye.
certain retnfoIcements from Nepaul.
If we pass lower down the Ganges, from Gavin.
pore TO Bensres and the district of Babar, the
British prospect is still darker. letter in The
Bengal Gazette, dated Benares, August 3 states
"that the mutineers from Dinapore, having crossed
"the Soane marched upon Arrab The European
inhabitants justly alarmed for their safety wrote
"tO Dinapore for re,niorcements. Two steamers
"were accordingly dispatched with detachments
"of her Majesty's jth, 10th and 37th. In the
middle of the night one of the steamers grounded
"in the mud and stuck fast. TIE men were
chastity lsuded, and pushed forward on foot
"but without taking due precautions. Suddenly
"they were assailed OH both sides BY q close
"aud heavy fire, and lj0 of their small force
"includiDg several officers, put hors de combat
at is supposed that all the Europeans at the
"statioD, about a. in number, have been mas
"sacred." Arrah, in the British district of Sha-
babad Presidency of Bengal, is town on the road
from Dinapore to Ghazepore, twenty-five miles
west of the former seventy five east OF the latter
Bepares itself was threatened. This place has a
fort constructed upon European principles, and
w,uld become smother Deh if it fell into the hand
Of the rebels. At Nlrzapore situated to the south
OF Bepares ard on the opposite bank of the Ganges
Mussu'map conspiracy has been detected; while
Bechampore, on the Gsnees, come eighteen mile
distant from Calcutta, the SD Native Infantry had
been disarmed In one word dsafection on the
one side and panic on the other were spreading
throughout the whole Presidency Of Bengal even
to the gates of Calcutta where painful apprehen-
sions prevailed of the great fast of the Mohurran
when The followers of Islam, wrought up into a
fanatical frenzy, 60 about with swords ready to
fight on the smallest provOcation, being likely to
result in general attack upon the English
and where the Governor. General has felt himself
compelled to di.arm his own body guard. Toe
read er will then, understand at once that the prin.
cipal British line of communications, the Ganges
line. is in danger of being Interrupted ntersected
ard cut off. This would bear on the prCges, of the
rc,nfcrcements to arrive in November, ard would
isolste the British lire of operations on the Jumna
Iu the Bombay Presidency also, affairs are
assuming q very sericus aspect. Tue mutiny at