The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-29

faction, that at the late date to which our fnfprms
.ion n3w extends. Haveioek and Uu,ram we're still
inHtntaining their positions at Lucknow and AInnl.
bsgh. We may aimcst venture TO feel confident
fat they would, therefore. bs able tn hold out un-
I'll the suecors which had already reached the latter
place were able to cut their way through to the
capital The next mail viii. we fully trust, bring
Us word of the fnal relief ef Lucknow and the ,e-
lease VI the gallant mep who have remained shut
up there. with their wives and families ever since
the deal nj Sir Henry Lawrence as well as of the
enterprsiDg soldiers who forced their wsy 10 the
assistance OF the beieaguered garrison, only to
share its perls. 1t must be remembered that the
great struggle has to take place between Lucknow
and Aiumbagh The communications bet wsen ths
TWO positions held by the British trnops In GUIDE,
are said to have been entirely of for some tins
past; ana no Efforts on the part of the besieged
have been effec,uai In re opening them: All wa
know, therefore, of the fate of the garrison at the
resideney, ID the simpls fact that at the last mo-
inent up to which the information which bad reach
cd caicntta extends, they bad been abie set the
Numbers OF the enemy at defiance. 1t is Imp. ga.
BILE TO think of their situation however without
great anxiety, when we reflect how faarfaly near
was the destruction from which Haveiock's arrival
J lust saved the survivors OF Lawrence's band. A
days delay might have cokt the lives of ALI the
helpless ones enclosed in tho place, as we'll as Of
their gallant protectors; ard who can preteud to
say that the danger may not again be almost as
iminlneatf However, it l. satisfactory TO know
that toiunel Greatheo's column, of which Br,ga.
retniore5aneats which swel!ed its toree to bp0o
men, had made Its way 20 Alumhagh. It appeors
that this force, whose arrival at Cawnpors took
place about the 9Th OF October, must have march
cd on iRto Ou9e without waiting for the comman.
derin CHIEF who seems to have crossed the tianges
few days later with the remainder of his force
varionsly stated at from ] $50 to 5000 men: the
iormer being much the Gors probable Dumber-
from Alumbagh hs will ia all probability have
marched straight upon Lucknow; nor IA it likely
that the rebels will have been able TO offer any ef
Ieci uai Resistance. They have never disllayed
either courage or skill during the whole of tho
contest in Dude; and the cowardly assassin who Is
said to be in command Ia not likely to prove for
mldabie antagonist t. Sir Colin Campbell
From other parts Of India the news is on the
whole, sleh as to give no ground for uns mess
IN one or TWO quarters the state of irs Ia said 10
oe unsatisfactory. but We not informed of the
details, 80 that it Is impossible to form any reliable
opinion of the real nature and importance Of the
dlnicutles in question. One mutiny has indeed oc-
curred, but SO far the mutnecrs from the scene
OF operations, aud with go little chance OF recely.
ing any assistance, that they will probably be
speedily crushed and chastised. More than this
the telegraph has told us; aud this IL but lust
enough to ~het our appetite for more. Tbs It'd
ings received by this mail will only tend TO excite
more intense interest In he contents of the next
aud more eager anxiety for tho period of lts ar
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