The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-01-07

Ip.NrNo m ihma way Of Europe. are as follows
GDomoay 90 octoberA 3adras 18th and Calcutta 25tl
September. The greA- news is the fall of Delhi to h,
brIush troops. The Commandment of this place com.
menced on 9th September, as we learned oy advices
received here direct from India ria Singapore and
Hongkong. The city was stormed by the British
troops on the 18th, who entered by the Cashmere
gate, and after a terrible struggle with the sepoy
mutIneers took the northern portion of it. On the
10Th they captured the magazine and one hundred
and twenty-five cannon, and, according to native
authority, the English fhg waved over the entire city
on the 10th. The newly proclaimed King, with his
two sons, fed, disguis( in women's clothes. Nc
quarter was given to thi ARMED mutineers, but the
women and children weise spared by the conquerors.
The British loss, killed Ind wounded, up to the 10Th,
was 600, including so officers. 1t was said that the
expelled rebels had taken up a strong position about
eight miles from Delhi. Agra remained quiet. Luck
now still held out The northeastern frontier was in
a very disturbed state, and some new conspiracies had
been detected at different points.
The Times, in various leaders, thus speaks of the
India news: (see 4h page.)
The capture Of Delhi has been the great event of
the fortnight, and we now expect that the rebellion
will be speedily crushed. With the stronghold a. Of the
mutineers in our power, there will be no difficulty in
destroying the rebels wherever we may meet them,
and thus restoring tranquility throughout the coun-
try. The arrival of fresh re-inforcements from Eng
land, both at Bombay and Calcutta, has contributed
to strengthen our hands, and Confirm the wavering
loyalty of the neutral provinces. Although, however,
Delhi has fallen, and the relief of Lucknow is near at
hand, there is still q great deal to be done before
India is perfectly settled, and order restored through
out its bIoOd-stained provinces. For the gigantic
work before us all our efforts and resources will be
required, and our energies cannot be abated until the
before.
The neck of the mutiny is now broken, its head
crushed, and nothing remaining but feeble, disloca-
ted, writhing fragments. In the end what escapes
our arms will be absorbed into the mass of the people,
and, befriended by time and returning prosperity,
may so escape the retribution due do its crime.
Noxf IA Tho ornopfou ,prf1onf r. fbo foil n no1I,s
and the actual re-advance of our soldiers to the relief
OF Lucknow, the most prominent feature of the last
intelligence from India is to be found in the continu-
Gus extension of mutiny through the ranks of the
Bombay army. There can no longer exist any doubt
as to the reality or comprehensiveness Of the conta-
gion.
The wonders of India rubber are not likely soon to
be exhausted. Lately, what are called "hard India
are manufactured from a newly invented
composition, which consists in mixing coal tar with
the rubber. From this results a substance resembling
solid stone, as black as coal, out of which articles are
made, solid, elastic, and elegant, needing no finish,
but exhibiting as beautiful a polish as metal is sus-
ceptible of.
Bank of England returns showed q continued
of bullion. Consols closed on 9Th Novem-
at sSa@SS4 for money, and for account at
We see that Louis Napoleon has forbidden the ex-
of any grain until after next years harvest.
Three millions of acres of PEI. sei hs We been blighted
in the empire of France, while the amount of Wheat
estimated to be wanted in Great Britain is about
forty millions of bushels.
General Cavaignac is dead. The event took place
he was out shooting, ON the 18th October,
near Tours. The General was in the act of raising
gun to his shoulder, when he felt a weakness
creep over him, and he had scarcely time to
hand his gun to an attendant, who stood by, when he
fell<o the earth and expired. He had just completed
Wear.
AMERICAN HORSES BEATES.-The American horses
Of Mr.. Ten Brock, Prioress, Ba6ylQQ and Belle
made an inglorious performance in the Zee for the
Cambridgeshire stakes, and sweepstakes at New
market. Thirty-one horses ran. Babylon came in
Odd Trick was the winner.
The "GREAr EAsrERS."-The attempt to launch
he Great Eastern was made on the appointed day,
resulted in a failure, and the second trial had
been postponed one month. Several persons were
injured, two of them seriously.
At an early hour a large party of distinguished
visitors arrived, including the Duke d'Aumale, the
Count de Paris, the Bavarian Minister, the Siamese
ambassadors, the Lord Mayor, the Lords of the
Admiralty, the Bishop of Nova Scotia, and several
and officials connected with the city of
London. The river was crowded with boats, and the
shore was lined with dense masses of persons anxious
% witness the ceremony. At II o'clock the vessel
vas chrstened by Miss Hope, the daughter of the
of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company;
he name given to the vessel being the s~Leviathan.''
When the hydraulic rams began to work, the order
vas distinctly given to wind up" meaning to coil
the slack between the drum and the cradle. This
vas accordingly done at the forward drum; but, I'M
at the stern of the vessel the men did
,recisely the reverse, and uncoiled more slack chain.
Among the number of engineers who were looking on, |
he danger of this was seen at a glance, but there was
10 o6iciat TO check the men. The fore part of the
essel then slipped, and the stern rushed down rapid
seemed to slip some three or four feet.
At Lao everything was again ready to move her
till further; again, from out of the dense mass of the
of the cradles came the little Kissing noise, at
ocular intervals, which told that the enormous pres
ure of the hydraulic rams was found requisite to
her-still, in spite of all, she never moved, or
the slightest symptoms of being affected by
he terrific pressure. The chain from the bows snap
ed. The stationary engine, which was put to haul
% the chains to the bows at last gave way, and the
hahn snapped in two, though not until some of the
of the windlass of the engine had also broken
efore the strain. At the same time a pin in the
of the foremost hydraulic ram also gave
-ay, and these two accidents were irreparable- The
ignals were made to cease hauling, and in a minute
r so afterwards the officials of the Company an
that the launch was over for the day.
The latest account received by the mail of 9TH
i~ovember, says: No further attempt has been made
launch the LeridfhaR. An examination showed
lat there was not the least twist or DETECTION in the
nip, and that she sits as fairly in her cradles as she
id on the morning of the attempted launch. There
now no more liability to settle than there was
esore. The I'd of December is the day fixed for the
cond attempt. The engineers are confident of n
~u~sssful result. The pressure of the ship upon the
lie earth is equal to 1900 tons.