The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-10-17

/ on Monday, bringing Liverpool dates to the
! 30th ult. She brings two weeks later news
/ from India, the dates by the last India IN all
being from Bombay to the 2lst, and from
! Calcut to the 23d August.
These dates some IL days later than
tina dates Of the Calcutta letter which V,
publish in another column from the New
York UeraiJ, AMI yet these later accounts
confirm nothing in reference 10 the fall Of
Lucknow, SO that the HcraLi letter IS = false
report, il not an Intentional hoax.
BY these latest accounts, Delhi Was Still
IN the hands Of the insurgents. y good deal
OF sklrm'sh,ng had taken place, TIE rebels
being invariably defeated, but with corsi =
erabe loss to the Br tish
/ Gen Nicholson arrived before Delhi on
the Sth OF August, in advance Of his force,
/ winch was expected between the 18th and
/ 18th, when the number of beSie.ers would
amount to 900. Further Ieinlorremcnts
were loOHed tor early III September, iUcreas-
ing the army to $4,000 The assault was
: expected To take place on the goth OF August
The account in regard 10 Gen. llavelock
and the position 0! affairs at Ca"nporc, are
conflicting According TO one statement,
the General, after marching second time
towards Lucknow, and defeating the encu
III two engagements, fond the beiS 10
l lumber 1900, strongly enIrenched at
Lucknow, and had to fail back upon Gavin
pore, here reduced to only 900 followers,
lac was expecting an attack from the insur-
gents.
The Trieste correspondent Of the London
Morning Post telcgrapiIs that Gen. Neil had
attacked and defeated a larger force near
/ Cawnporc and that Gen. ilavelock has sue
/ cc.dcd III reaching Lucknow, the garrison
of which had been III most pIecarlou~ con-
di,ion. his report, however, VAS doubted
I ia London, and much anxiety wa felt IN
reference to Gen. Have!ock and the Grr:isOn
Of Lucknow.
+ Aga dates Of the 18th state that all in
tho Fort were amply provided with Irovi-
SO :, but the force was very weak and call
img frcqu rtly for rcii f. The whole Chris
tan poj.u atom was within the Fort.
Bihoor was re-occupcd 10y 1000 mutt
neccS. but on the 10Th of August, was at
tackled and the Brush carried the position.
The most loyal spirit prevail, d among the
SIKH soldiers and the population vi the Pun
jaub.
From most OF the native states of Central
India the accounts are satisfactory, although
Ia some instances dissatisfaction had broken
out
\ few more mutinics anon: the troors Of
thr bombay Presidency are reported. Ihry
were generally easily suppressed. S~yyral
>u>pe, til regiments tad been Ills rmed.
4 Telegraph despatch from Paris to the
Lor don Post, dated Srpt. 2gIh, says that
the p'pu,aliun * beginning T. r.sr ia Ben
ga. pursuing and hi iug English settlers,
and that the rrv"lu l.'u j. ''rcOutln. genera.
Merchandise nor. the interior no IonLcr
reaches Calcutta, and the imports are accu-
mu aIIug ~ the dcpo'S
Mon'y .. disappearing, and the paper Of
the East India Company Is at p per cent.
discount
Lord Egin was about to return to China.
Cen L.yd had been suspended and WIS
TO he brought To trial
Marital las had been proclaimed IT u .h'.
Paris papers contains a rurnpr thai >rll"us
DIS, ntiol,> existed between Lord Canning,
the Governor G.uei.,', and 50 c 10 Camp
hyll. the Commardvr-Iu-Cui,t o5 t.r army
Loud E'giu sid 4 with the Latter, WHO was
also supported by publ opinion.
CnI>.-Iinns Kon- dates are 70 August
slu. Adm! Il. Seymour had declared Tn
ton under blockade.
la, had advanced at Shanghai AMI at
Annoy.
The meeting Of tie Emp,ror> a, S,u,gar4t
terminated OH the 2oin. The Car had gone
70 Wrimer tu met the Emperor Of Austria.
GEEAT BE:rAIN.-Th.. LONDON Morning
Chronicle SAYS the c-lI !0r the immediate
>euh age al Parliament J. general through
out thv country. Ilie ministry afe .aoHt
;o DC ibeIatc upon the time for ~G.ainan.ng
them.
Grn. HavcIoek has been promoted Il
M,Ior Ueucral-isjp and made X ,.:st Com
maudcr OF thc Bath. and five Other Ir.eiau
Generals are made companions ci the same
order.
The Board Of Trade returns snow an in
crease of exports IN the tir-t eight months
OF the year 81 s Il. 900 600.
The decrease forLIIding the eXror, Of
of corn and :a' iitatIu. it, importation, has
nrcn extended I" the 3U'h :, ptcmber, 4. ID,
1858, on France aud Turkey.
Lireryooi .uarEtt-f'"ur qnirt and slight
~ easier, tho not qun,aby. Wheat buoy
ant at the full prices advised by the Niagara
Corn dull at former rates.