The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-01-01
FROM EUROPE.

Further ners from India-Luek"os sur
rounded by $4,000 insurgent'-Hedvy
fghfing-Grcat slaughter. ~
The Cunard steamship Persia, from
Liverpool Dec. 10Th, three days later, ar
rived at New York Thursday morning
By this arrival We have later dates from
India and China. The dates arc Hong
Kong Oct. 3Oth, Calcutta Nov. 10th, and
Bombay Nov. 18th.
India.-Lucknow, said to be surround.
ed by $4,000 insurgents, had not been re-
licycd at the date Of the latest advices,
but sill held out; and our iorcc Mt Alum
bagh, only three miles from Lucknow
though in easy communication with Gavin
pore, had not received q line from Luck
now for more than month. Heavy
fighting, with slaughter, is believed to
have occurred.
A despatch to the London Herald is o.
the following tcnor:-
.Grant's column, Of about $500 strong
after reaching Cawnpore, was reinforced
by 5000, and crossed the Gauges with
large conveys Of supplies for Lucknow
which is surrounded by $4,000 insurgents
Outram aud Havelock hold their owl
with less than 1000 men. One OF the
sons of the King Of Delhi escaped; b,
was under civil charge. A commission Is
investigating the charges against the
King. Delhi is in ruins, from the effect
of heavy artillery fire.
The London Gazette contained despatch
cs from Delhi, with lists Of the killed AMI
wounded up to the 3lst OF August, show
ing an aggregate loss OF 2ll0 officers am
men and 263 horses. Including the sub
sequent loss in the assault and capture o
the city, We NAV. therefore, estimate tina
1000 men were killed or wounded in re
gaining possession Of Delhi.
Nena Sahib has issued another procla
nation calculated to influence aud excit,
the religious feelings Of the natives.
The London News in speaking Of th'
aspect Of affairs at Lucknow, says -
"Although Gen. Havelock succeeded il
relieving the garrison Of Lucknow, It wa
at an enormous sacrifice Of life, 20 oil
GERS and 900 men being killed, and 81
officers and 700 men wounded. Still h
succeeded, and earned the credit OF savin,
our countrymen and women from death
No sooner, however, was their safety az
parently secured than he was himself be
sieged. He is now occupying the posi-
ton so long held by our garrison, but Q
his whole force there are barely 700 Il
for duty, while the attacking force mum
bers thousands, and is daily being rein
forced by the bafiled garrison of Delhi
These latter, although worsted in ever.
encounter with our troops, are crecpln,
gradually into Dude, determined to max
their last and fierccst stand in the land O
their birth. Still there is no fear 70
T Havcock so long as his provisions las
and these are in sufficient abundance +
last till the 10th instant (thc letter bcini
dated Nov. ~ Before that date ca
come round, in all human probability
force numbering from tour to five thou
sand Europeans, under the personal com
mand of Sir Colin Campbell, will have a
least attempted to extricate him from hi
position"
Emyiand.-In regard to the social con
,lition of England, the Liverpool Time
rcmarks:-
THE winter assizcs disclose a fearful
amount Of crime, in which mar,len, poi
sonings and manslanghter, of the mos
aggravated descr ptiOn, stand out 10 ap
pal and tcrrity. One unfortunate wretcl
has had sentence OF death rccordcdagains
him at Liverpool. Crimes against prop
crty of deep dye are also lamentabl.!
frequent, as these criminal trials prove
The morality OF the world is ccrtainl!!
not, improving