Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-09-01

Ing. Loru dinerSton Sad the government would offer no further opposition to the bl
 The new divorce bill was debated, and stre- nuous opposition was shown to it, but it was ordered to a second reading
 In the House of Lords, Lord Peterborough attacked, and Lord Granville defended the pre- sent Governor General of India-the latter stating that Lord Canning was proving himself quite equal to the emergency.
 The royal assent had been given to the bill incorporating the Atlantic Telegraph company.
 All the vessels comprising the expedition for laying the Atlantic telegraph cable had arrived at Cork. It was intended that they should leave that port for Valentia on the 3lst of July or the 1st of August and that the weather per mitting the shore rope should be landed, and the vessels commence sinking the cable on the 3l or 4th of August. It is intended strictly to avoid giving priority of information, and to afford no facilities for jobbing or specuating during the laying of the cable. house was being constructed at the terminus, into which would be introduced the end of the cable, and during the progress of the laying Of It no one will have permission there excepting the secre- tary of the company and his assistants, and they will avoid all communication with persons outside. Progress will be reported daily to all parts Ol EufOpt. uo pay iiIS Ouu 0APOiihi0hU from the Agamemnon, between Dover and Queenstown, was perfectly successful
 The following was the latest teegraphlc de- spatch received regarding the cabie
 To Richard Stuart, Agent of the Associated
 Press Lverpool:
 QUEENSTOWN, July 31 1857.
 The submarine cable on board the Niagara and Agamemnon, over twenty-five hundred miles long, was joined together last evening, and messages sent through its entire length in less than a second. Everything works beauti- fully, and we are all in high spirits. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is expected to witness the commencement of the proceedings.
 Signed, CYRUS w. FIELD.
 The American horses Pryor and Prioress made their first appearance on the English turf in the race for the Goodwood cup, on the Both ult and were beaten. Fourteen horses ran, and the Americans came in the fifth and sixth on the list. The first favorite and two other horses fell, so that the race can scarcely be re- garled a criteron
 Prince Napoleon had visited Victoria at the Isle of W ignt.
 Runors were current that the government intended to send ten thousand additional troops to India.
 A large and influential deputation from the Cotton Supply Association of Manchester had an interview with Lord Palmerston for the pur pose of submitting to him certain proposals, by meats of which a largely increased supply may be obtained from lnda The result of the in- terVlew was not stated.
 Mir. Muntz, the well known reformer, and member of Parliament for Birmingha for venteen years, died on the 3Oth. There was some talk of putting Mir. J ohn Bright in nomi- nation 10 fill the vacancy.
 There hal been d great political demonstra- ton at Rochdae composed principally Of non electors Resolutions passed declaring that 1t is the right of every man who has arr!v- ed at the age of twenty-one years, to have a vote in the election of members of Parla- ment and to have the protection of the ballot in the exercise sof that right and that there ought 10 be distribution of the constituencies throughout the United Kingdom, equallzed in proportion to the population.
 The journals from the south and middle wards districts of Ireland state that the greatest anxiety began to prevail with regard to the safety of the potato crop, although the disease 1t Is generally admitted, had only partially manifested itself
 The clipper ship Lightning arrived at Liver pod on the first inst, from Australia, with 33, 9OO ounces of gold.
 India
 The details of the Indian news already tele- graphed reached London on the night of the 3lst
 Rumors were very prevalent that Delhi had been taken, but according to the last authen- ticated accounts, dated June IT, it was still in the possession of the insurgents. It was very generally believed in London, on the evening of the 3ls', on the strength of communca- ton from the East India House, that Delhi had fallen, after the close of official hours and ac- cOrdugl gly all advance took place in consOls
 The Bombay Times, of July l, says the re- belhou is universal in the Bengal army, and even the 70h regiment of native infantry. which was publicly thanked by the Governor General in person, for it's loyalty, three weeks before i; had been d'sarmed.
 Not symptom of classification has as yet appeared in the Madras army, which manifest ell perfect loyalty and repeled ind guantly every attempt made to seduce them from their allegiance, by emissaries from he Bengal troops
 A list is given of the fifty six regiments or portions of the regiments which have mutiued while thirty have been disarmed and one dis banded. Iu fact the Bengal army has ceased to exist
 The fall of Delhi will do more to quench re- bellion than anything else. There is some anxiety about the Nizam's country, as the 1st regiment of cavalry had mutinied, and there were great atrocities committed at IIanzie and lesser, but many Europeans escaped. No Flu ropeans were killed at Arungahad. The Bhurt- poor Levies had mutinied, and the officers were obliged to fly, but none of them were injured At Albadad twenty-six Europeans and their families were killed, including eleven officers
 The ex King of Dude and his Minister had been found to be at the bottom of the conspir- acy ill conjunction with the pensioned King of Delhi, and 1t is asserted that discoveries of other Mahomedan Princes being concerned in it has led to the disarming of all the native troops at Calcutta and the neighborhood, with the ex- c-ptiou of body guard which is composed of picked and well tired men. Many of the dis. armed men have since deserted. The defence of Calcutta had become subject of great anx- iety to the government which had yielded u the pressure and consented to the enrolment of a corps of volunteer guards who patrol the streets at night.
 h. Calcutta and the neighborhood great ex- ctement existed owing to the discovery of conspiracy for general uprising ou the part of the MusSelman population and seizure of the city by them. The inhabitants keep them selves armed, and the public buildings, hotels and other principal places are garrisoned by sailors belonging to ships in the river. The French Consul at Calcutta called together all the French inhabitants and captains of French vessels, and desired them to equip force of armed men to watch over the European com munity. French families were being taken on board vessels.
 letter from Binnev & Co., Ca highly re- spectable firm dated Madras, June 27, states, positively, that official intelligence had reached Madras on the previous day of the fall of Delhi.
 China.
 Further details of the naval operations on the Canton river, state that on the 27th of May, thirteen junks were destroyed, and that on the 18th, twenty heavily armed junks were captured.