The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-09-05
THRERDAYsLATERF R0MLUR0PE.
ARRIVAL or THE AHER1oA At HALIRAx.
THE CABLE BROKEN!
Three Hundred ana Tbirfy-fve MILES
~ Only Laid.
- rmponrAnr- RnrM Yxn1.t
IMPORTANT RRTsN INDIA!
= 800 u.s. - - 49,.

DELHI NOT FALLEN.

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,aes, MORE MUTMrEs
!, = DELHI NOT FALLEN
HALrFAx, Wednesday Aug. %.
The Royal Mail steamship Alserieo arrived
mere at IL o'clock this morning. She left
Liverpool at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon,
The 18th inst Her dates are consequently
three days later than those already received.
The Atlantic Telegraph is bToken, and ope-
rations for the present are suspended. The
British steamer CIc1ops had returned to Va
|entia, with Mr.. Field on board That gentle
man repaired Immediately to London to con-
fer with the Directors as to future move
ments He telegnphed ths information to
Mr.. Richard Stuart, Agent Of the Associated
Press at Liverpool. Is.
LONDON, Saturday Morning.
Her Majesty's steamer Leopard arrived at
Portsmouth on Friday evening, the 18th inst.
and reports that the Atlantic cable was lost
at 3 "a O'Clock on Tuesday morning. the 18th
inst, aftee having paid ont successfully 335
nautical miles of the cable, and lost over 100
miles of it in water over.two miles in depth,
and the greater part of this at the rate of
rather more than five knots an hour.
At the time the accident occurred there
was heavy swell on. THE Niagara was 60
ing at the rate Of four knots per hour, ard as
the Engineer thought the Cable vas running
out in too great proportion to the speed of
the ship, he considered it necessary to direct
tho breaks to be applied more firmly, when,
unfortunately, the Cable parted at some dis
lance from the stern of the ship.
The Agamemnon, Niagara and Susque-
hanna are to remain short time where the
cable parted, to try some experiments in the
deep water Of that part OF the Atlantic, two
thousand fathoms,) which it is considered
will be ofgreat value to the Telegraph Com
pany, and then all go to Plymouth, Eng.
The Cyclops wus sent back with despatch
es to Valentia, and was Their, TO ioin tie
Leopark, at Portsmouth
Although the unfortuGa,a accideot viii
postpone the completion Of ibis great under
taking for short time, the resultsof the ex-
periments has been to convince all tose who
took part it, Of the entire grscticsbiEiy ofthe
|fnterprise; for with soule sight alterations
in the paying out machinerF. there appears
to be no great difficulty ii laying down the
cable; and it has been clearly proven that
You can telegraph successfully through TWEEN
ty-five hundred ni'as Of cable andknow that
its submersion at gress lsel.,. !. -l-s,.ss4s-
ceptible influence on the electric caFrent..
There is no obstacle to laying It ioygu a. lie
rate of five miles per hour IN The greatest
depth of water on the plateau between lse-
land and Newfoundland. @
The experience now OF ta.ned must be OF
great value to the Company, md il is nIder-
stood that the Directors VIII 1ecide Whether
it is best to have more cats and try again
immediately after the Equinoctial gales a-a
over, or wait until another summer. IN Liy-
eirool an impression prevails thai another tri
4 viii II, take place in October
8 "A Liverpool papers reports The ARRIVAL OF
the Niagrs, Snsauehanna and Agamenon at
Plymouth, on Friday. but doubtless it wasa
mistake.
S The overland mail arrived at Trieste on
the 18th inst, and the telegraphic dispatch
from there states that the Bombay dates are
to July IA, and Calcutta to July S.
Delhi had not fallen up to the 37th ofJurc.
The rebels had made several desperate sor-
ties, but each time were repulsed with great
Slaughter The city was reported fall Of
sick and wounded, and cholera pievniled.-
Reinforcements continued reaching the Brit
ish camp. Further mutinies in several dis
tricts had been reported. The Bombay and
Madras armies remained loyal. Punjaub
continued. quiet. At Sirsa Gen. Van 0orti-
andt had attacked and completely defeated
the insurgents, inficting heavy loss. Gen.
Woodburffs column had eompetely crushed
rebellion 1t Aurungzebad Intelligence had
been received of the .mutiny ofthe troops at
Mosaudabad, Tyrabad, Soctopore, Sanger,
Nogwang, Puttyghur, 1nbour snd Indors.-
Pishawar is di sturbed, and three regiments
had been disarmed there.
Sir Colin Campbell arrived at Alden on the
28th of July. qfSis8 -
The first batch Of the China Cor,rs had ar
rived at Calcutta.
The British force before Delhi is stated ID
be from 1000 to 5000 Europeans. and s0o,
natives. The native portion of the force had
proved trustworthy.
The rebels had been dispersed at Alfalfa
bad, and the post saved.
The barracks at Carompere were closely
beseiged by the insurgents, but held out
bravely. Reinforcements were marching to
their relief
The whole Of Dude had risen, but Sir Hen
ry Lawrence, with his small force, kept tho
enemy in check:
There are footing rumors, as there were
on the receipt Ne last mail, Of the cap
ture OF Delhi, pG they are; wholly unreIia-
bic. -
The Bengal Bwkara says s'we have re-
ceived letters to sly thatahe Government
had got telegraph message from Napgpore
that Delhi had fallen on the 9th of June de-
scribing the battle, and saying that upwards
OF 1OOO rebels were killed. =
Caicutta was more trdoquil, and the native
banken were gaining con11dence. The pa
pers say that We have seen fhe worst Of the
troubles for there are no more regiments TO
mutiny, except those of Bombay and Madras,
the fidelity Of which there is no reason to
LATEST.
The In1ia mails reached london on the
14th ina, but the correspsndence adds moth
ing of Importance to the felegraphic accounts.
The correspondent Of the z1snes gives the
details d the new outbreSlks, which appear
to have been less seriouein their conseauen-
ces than he early ones. He thinks the food
of the instruction has been passed.
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