Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-10-17

sons here who certainly not belong to the war party
that the French army could not safely be materially
from its present strength which required they
say not for the defence against foreign foes but for the
maintenance of tranquility at home.'
Another correspondent writes thus from Stuttgart:
"The general rSsunS of the information have been
able to collect with reference the nature of this meet
ing and its political results amounts to ths The
Emperors have had the satisfaction of making each
others acquaintance and of exchanging the expression
of their individual views Wishes and aspirations but
nothing beyond this has been obtained except be
matters of very trihng as not to be worth
citing in connexion with this event. What little nave
learned shows me that however much satisfaction the
Emperor Napoleon have experienced at the oveur
made to him, and however grati6ed he may be BY the
homage thus paid to the position he has acquired fer
France in Europe, and at the additional prestige these
events will give him in the eyes of his people. he
has not betrayed any inclination to leopard
per with the English alliance which he looks fun
damentay essential within certain limits to the web
ing of France and his stability The idea which
has been frequently expressed in the press of ate that
object of the understanding to be arrived by the
two Emperors the reduction of both their armies
is evidently without substance nasmuch as the reduc-
tion Of the Russian army to very low peace footing
with the exception Of the detached corps in the
Caucasus and about the Caspian Sea- had already
ordered and the nature of the reductions published in
St. Petersburgh before the Emperor left and
could not be made the subject of further negotiations
while, the other hand however sincerely Louis Napo-
Icons aphorism, II Empire cest la pair may be meant
with regard foreign countries is highly improbable
that he WILL for many years to come consent to
duction of his military force"
| GENERAL HAvELoCK AND THE MUTINEERs
The following despatch, says the London Times of the
Sd, which contains precise intelligence respecting
the latest operations of the force under Gen. Havelock
received by the Bombay Government from Poona on
the 31st of August:
We have news from Cawnpore dated the 18th instant
On the 10Th General Hayelock engaged the rebels about
twelve miles from Cswnpore Two guns were taken.
Captain Mackenzie and fifteen were wounded none
killed
"The troops were very hard worked The cholera
was bad fourteen men and Lieut. Campbell of the 18th
Highanders had died of it.
The last accounts from Lucknow were dated the l4h
of August, and report all well.''
Great confidence seemed exist at Calcutta that Delhi
would be assaulted the Goth of August the day pre-
vousy reported and that the assault would be
full SO, large force would be set at liberty for the
relief of Lucknow and the reconquest of Dude In Eng
land however, the sanguine expectation does not
appear to have prevailed confidence resting rather upon
the hope that the renforcements from England would
arrive out in time to prevent the and more
disastrous consequences of the revolt There is one
feature which favorable to the early resumption of
British supremacy though the time for re-esabshing
absolute sway the revoted territories may
distant Time seems to be telling unavoraby for
the mutineers than for the Europeans Dssenson and
distress seem to be doing their work in Delhi The No
hammedans and Hindoos quarreing for the use IF
the water tanks and they were all greatly sheartened
by the uniformly disastrous result of the sortes made
upon the besiegers.
THE CAMP BEFORE DELHI.
CAMP, DELHI, AUGUST 10.-We are in much the same
state when last wrote The last reinforcement from
up country consisting of 400 more Europeans will be in
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assault will take place at once whether we shall wait
for Sir Patrick Grant. hope may, as should not
like to punish these villains by halves Our are
mad to get them. We have been very much annoyed
by their guns lately; they have taken up new posi-
ton the right which completely enlades several of
our batteries An expedition in which was to have
had two guns in orders, but was countermanded,
the ground is excessively bad and they afraid
our loss would be very heavy.
For the last three four days have had very heavy
firing on both Sides We expend about one hundred
away when the day before yesterday $50 round shot
were picked up which they had fired. Two three
days ago fifty maunds of their powder blew up in the
city. There has been much discussion in consequence
they have accused the Prime Minister of having been
concerned in it. and have got him prisoner continue
very well, except bad ear-ache which comes from
being exposed at night the dew is very heavy and
we have Shelter however, ought not to complain
The horse artillery duties light compared with those
Of the foot; of 157 men fit for duty we have $50
always on you fancy what work they have with
heavy guns DAY and night.
The engineers have been trying to blow the bridge
Of boats with Internal machines but at present have
been unsuccessful and do not see that gain much
if we do destroy boat two, the river is low
they can easily repair it. believe the city win be given
up to three days plunder. l fear it will make
Europeans very undisciplned. Heaven knows they
hard enough to control here but when they have
gone in like bloodhounds and been allowed to punder,
they will be downright demons after the way in which
the 9th behaved at Aahabad, embracing their officers,
assuring them and again of their fidelity, and
with tears, enreating them to trust in them till the of
fcers thought they might rely men with whom they
had been long, and did so and the result they cut
them all up in the night-twenty of them, and some
mere boys who had been doing duty with them. | am
sick of writing of The papers will give
circumstances do not remember well enough to detail
myself. 4
'sAt Peshawur, am happy to say all is yet quiet,
but very much afraid to hear bad news more espe
cially of the 7th irreguars who mutinously in
clined A good many Of my friends lying close by
here in their graves and several gone away sick As
long you keep well and get shelter think the weather
is very pleasant, much than ever imagined the
season could be in the rains at Peshawur this is the
hottest and most trying season in the year.
FROM CHINA.
HoNG KoSG, AUGUST 10.-The principal item of inte
rest which have to call attention TO by this mail is the
notification in the Government Gazette Of the 4h instant
established the 7th instant We understand Admiral
Sir Michael Seymour has been induced to adopt this
course in consequence of the American steamer Antelope
having proceeded up the river far Whampoa, and
was the impression that the Americans and some other
foreigners desrous Of forcing trade with Canton
which, it Is sad Yeh would object to- We have yet
to the effect this will have the small trade
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