Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-11-14
INTERESTING DETAILS OF THE FOR.
ElGN NEWS.

INTERESTING DETAILS OF THE FOR.
ElGN NEWS.
BY the Arabia at New York.
The great feature Of the news is the fall of De-,
hi, Of which me British are again masters. Full
details of the entire attack have not been re-
ceived, but enough was known to show that the
dislodgment Of the mutneers from the old city
Of the Moguls was no easy task. The sepoys, |
driven to desperation, appear to have fought with
more than their ordinary bravery, and the sever
ity of the struggle may be inferred from the fact
that the British lost in killed and wounded near
ly hfty officers and more than five hundred men.
w hen the troops had effected an entrance within
the wallis, numbers of the insurgents secured
retreat by the bridge of boats which crosses the
Jumna, and amongst these retreating heroes were
the King and his two sons, disguised, some of
the accounts state, in woman's APPAREL 1t seems
to have required six days of desperate lighting to
reduce Delhi. 4
We are only in possession Of the particulars of
the first two days struggle. The assailing force
amounted to 10000 the besieged exceeded three
or four times that number. General Wilson, be-
fore the attack commenced, issued an address to
his band In which he stated that no quarter was
to be given to the mutneers, but that the women
and children were to be spared. The address
| strongly impressed the soldery with the neces-
sity Of keeping well together, and by declaring
that all the booty should become the common
stock of the assailants, the commander restrained
the indiscretion of the troops he led. A writer
| from Bombay states that I" the principal loss sus.
tanned by the British troops was due to the OBJ
stinate resistance they met with in clearing their
way along the ramparts to the Cabul gate. and
afterwards in an attempt to penetrate beyond that
point into the denser parts Of the city in the direc-
| tion of the Jumna Musjid. The London Times
in announcing the triumph of the British arms,
| SAYS:
| Delhi has fallen. On the 10th of September the
| city was completely in the possession Of the be-
| sieging force which appears to have stormed and
carried the Notifications on the 18th Of that month
with great loss on both sides, our own being
| reckoned at forty officers and six hundred men
killed and wounded. Until further intelligence
arrives. the imagination of each of our readers
must picture to itself the CHASTITY sights Of blood
and flame and spoil which filled the streets Of
| the devoted capital during the six days which
| came between the assault and the final cong est
| The first act OF the great Drama Of Retribution
WHICH we are now playing out In the East has
| the spectators have time to mediate on the plot
OF the piece and the actors who have assisted in
its development.
| Although the ewes Of all the world have been
fixed upon Delhi, and il has been naturally con-
cluded the turning point OF the struggle, yet we
are not to suppose the difficulties of the war over;
| nor Is this even without its drawbacks The
capture Of Delhi must have the effect Of liberal
| ing many OF the mutineers, who will present
themselves dis w elsewhere swelling probably other
them whether to retreat to some strong place low
| er down the Jumma, so as TO gain at least days
breathing time, or to join Nena -ahib and the In
| surgents Of Dude. The probability is, that the
greater part will wander over the country in suf-
| ficient bodies, and at such a distance from our
troops, as to live by the indiscIimihate plunder
| OF the peaceable inhabitants. Such a mode of
! life is familiar TO the military tribes Of India
| IL will be task of no little difficulty to dis
| possess the soil Of marauders who may gather
| some courage from despair, and who will GER
| tainly multiply their Atrocities in proportion to
| the shortness Of their time. Nor can we regard
| without apprehension their desultory attempts to
: intercept our communications between the Lower
| and the Upper Provinces, and their possible sue
| cess over small attachments on the march. But
this is all that we fear. BY this arrival we learn
| the good news that Gen. Havelock. having been
| joined by Gen. Outram, had crossed the Ganges
and that the relief Of Lucknow may be confident
| ly expected. We conclude therefore that the
| neck OF the mutiny is now broken, its head
| crushed, and that nothing remains but feeble
dislocated, writhing fragments. In the end what
escapes our arms will be absorbed into the mass
| OF the people, and, befriended by time and re-
turning prosperity, may so escape the retribution
| due to its crimes.
| The suspension of the New York and Boston
| banks had been received in England with salts
faction, as the only course fitted for the occasion
| Tue epidemic which now affects Lisbon is
sweeping away large numbers of the upper and
middle classes The average mortality is so per
| day The letters from the ptal state that the
shops are closed, Lisbon nearly deserted and bus
| mess all but suspended. The medical authori-
ties appear to be unable to decide whether the
| afhctlon arises from typhus yellow fever But
| it's certain the visitation is most destructive
| Lisbon is one Of the dirtest cities in Europe and
tyPhus is the most natuI al form that the unclean-
| Illness would assume
The last despatch from Lisbon says, from 100
| TO lao persons are falling victims to the fever
daily. Commerce is suspended
| The cholera has begun to decline in the soutb
| Of Sweden, but it is ascending northwards by
| the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia Since its inva-
sion of Sweden it has carried of more than Ave
| thousand persons. In some districts of that
| country dysentery has caused the death of not
less than one-tenth of the population.
serious collision has taken place at Frankfort
between soldiers Of different corps 1t is thought
| he fror, m.
| city.
| PRIoREss BEATEN AT New MARkK1.-Tues.
day, Oct 27-The Camb! idgeshire Stakes of IS
sovs each, 10 fl, and only If declared with 100
| added Cambridgeshire course
| MI T. PARIS Odd Trick, 3yrs., 7st lib, Ford
| ham l.
Lord J. scott's Moestissima, yrs, est 5lb.,
| French
Mr.. Jackson's saunterer, yrs, sst lib, os-
| borne 3
| The following also ran: Artillery, Kestrel,
sydney, Sweet William, Prioress, whistling
| Willie, Bashi bazouk, Fright, Bay fIilton Bird.
ln-the. hand, Rosa Bonheur, Prestbury, FANNY
Tom, Dusty Miller, Relapse, Mdle de Chantilly,
| Babylon, Sluggard, Dunboyne, Plush, Queen
| Bess, Trcolor, Cyrcne and Giliver.
| HI Hdkim took the lead to the Dukes Stand
where falling commenced. Odd Trick then took
| the lead and won easily by two lengths: a neck
| being b-tween.the second and third horses.
| UNITED STATES NAVAL BALL-Tbe officers Of
| the United States steamer Niagara. in order to
evince their appreciation of the courteous recep-
tions received by them in England, gave a pub
| lie ball and supper at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth
| on Thursday night. The decorations of the ball
room displayed the good taste that prevails in
| the American navy, and gave full evidence Of a
| warm attachment TO the British navy. There
1 was numerous attendance of the nobility and
gentry, with heads of the naval and military de-
| partments.
| II Some most admirable reading is to be
found in the November number Of the Young