Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-12-28
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| Judkins, from Liverpool at about three and
half o'clock on the afternoon of the 18th of
December, arrived at New York on Friday
morning.
Later news had been received in England
from India. Advices from China state that
| preparations were going on for the assault on
| Canton.
Financial affairs in London continued to
improve. The funds were very buoyant, and
| gold was flowing into the Bank. Neverthe-
less, On tho day the Persia sailed, there was a
large number of failures.
Monetary affairs on the Continent contin-
usd in a very gloomy condition.
A dispatch from Hamburg Of the 18th,
says: ''Ihe crisis is becoming yet more alarm
| ing-a general break up of credit seems i'm
mineut The Senate will sit in permanence."
The Levathan had only been moved a few
inches since the departure Of the Adriatic,
owing to the giving way of the moving tackle
| 1t was fear, as the vessel had reached slight
er incline, that her progress would be even
| slower than it had been.
An ambassador had arrived in England,
from Holland, to demand officially, for the
! Prince of Orange, the hand of the Princess
| Alice.
a large meeting had been held in London,
to consider the subject of the government of
India, and resolutions were adopted in favor
Of assumption Of supreme authority by the
| British government.
The bullion in the Bank of France contn-
ued to increase, and still further reduction
in the rate of discount was anticipated.
| Another act of rigor towards the press had
taken place at Toulouse, the Gazstte de Lam
gssedoc having been indefinitely suppressed
| 1t Is stated that M. Olivier, one of the
| Democratic deputies for Paris, has entered a
| protest the "moral violence practieed to-
| wards him in the chamber in not being being
allow ed to speak on the resignation of M.
Segur.
The official returns of the Bank of France
| show an increase for the month of II $3.50 900
francs in the cash held by the Bank and its
branches.
1t is stated, but on rather obscure authority,
that the long talked. of French expedition to
| China, comprising land force of three thou
sand men, is now actually to sail, in conse-
| queGce of pressing letters from the French
admiral in the Chinese waters,
Paris, Saturday, 12th.-An extraordinary
decree grants credit of one million francs
towards alternating the sufFerings of the un-
employed workmen.
General Edgar Ney is named Prince de la
Moskowa.
The Belgian elections took place on the
18th, and, as far as known. the result was
decidedly in favor of the liberals.
A Berlin letter states that ''the disturbing
influence of the American panic had extend
| ed as far as Warsaw" where numerous man
| utacturers had failed.
Accounts from st. Petersburg to Nov. so,
represent that winter had set in very severely.
! The Neva was frozen mp, and navigation COM
| pletely stopped,
1t is stated that the Cabinet OF ST. Peters
burg has peremptorily denied the right,
claimed by Austria and England, under the
| treaty of Paris, Of iuterdicting Russia from.
| blockadng the Circassian ports.
INDlA.-Greathed's column, after the battle
| of Agra, was pushing on with all haste tow
| ards Cawnpore, where, on the 18th. Briga-
! der Grant of the Ninth Lancers, Joined and
| took command. On the 23d inst, they ar
rived at Kanomi, where the enemy was cut
up by our cavalry, and FIVE guns captured
The force, now about $500 strong. reached
Cawnpere on the Goth, and being reinforced
to 5000, crossed the Ganges on the Both.
They reached Alumbagh without obstruction
on the Sd, and there wait till the Commander
in Chief joins them.
lucknow, said to e'surroundered by So.
600 insurgents. had not been relieved at the
( date of the latest advIces, but still held out !;
! and our force at Alumbagh, only three miles
frors LuskMow, theHgh in easy commHniea-
! ton with Cawnpore, had not received line
| from Lucknow for more than a month.
| Heavy fighting, with slaughter, is believed to
| have occurred
Sir Colin Campbell, who left Calcutta on
| the 9th of October, reached Cawnpore on
the Sd of November, where he remained till
! the 9th, waiting it is presumed, reinforce
ments, which must bring up the force at AL
umbagh, when he joins, to close on 10000
men.
On the LIST of November an action was
fought near the village of Kudoni, betwixt
| the Dinapore mutineers and detachment of
| eight hundred men, with two Founders,
under Col. Powell. Our success was com.
| plete, but loss heavy, Col. Powell being
among the killed. The naval brigade after
wards fellsback on Binkee, with the view of
! returning to Futypore, and the rest of the
| troops reached Cawnpore ON the I'd.
Mehidpore had been attacked on the 18th
! of November by body of insurgent tribes
from the neighborhood A portion of the
Malwe contingent joined the enemy, killed
| Capt. Mills, DR.. Casey, and Sergeant Major
| OConnell, and Nausea, captured the guns,
and compelled the other troops to retire
According to the latest accounts from
! Bombay, the LIST, Sd, and 4th division Of the
| MAN. cavalry unuer MAJOR Orr, attacked
| the rear guard of the rebels on the 10Th of
| November, at Barrowal, and captured the
whole OF the guns and stores taken from Me-
| hidpore, also, two of the enemy's guns; 100
| of the enemy killed, and IA prisoners. Our
casualties not yet received, but said to be
severe.
The column under Brigadier Showers,
captured Ahniur, Dadree, Nunood, and other
! places Southwest of Delhi, securing upwards
Of 100000 worth of treasury. Further
North, General Van Corlandt still keeps the
country in order. The district between Agra
and Meerut Is so quiet, that the post and
| passenger carriages run daily between the
two places. Eastward of Dude, Bungalore
contingent had gained two victories over
bodies Of the insurgents.
A reinforcement Of 900 infantry has pro-
ceeded from Guzerat to aid General Law
renee. All is quiet in Bombay, with the
exception of the Bheels in Khandeish, which
are being Put down. The Ghengis Khan
arrived at Bombay with detachment of Sd
dragons aud seth foot.
! An Qaietlh scinde and Punjaub, as, also,
IN the Nizam's county.
Dates from Calcutta direct up to NOV. 9th,
state nothing of importance. .af
A dispatch to the London Herald is Of the
following tenor: t4
"Grants column, of about 5000 strong,
after reaching Cawnpore, was reinforced by
5000, and crossed the Ganges with large con.
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