Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-01-27
NEWS BIZ THE MAILS.
IMpoRrANr FOREIGN ITEMS.

which it will be seen that some OF the Items are
of peculiar interest:
INDA.-The semi-monthly mail from India ar
rived at Suez on the LIST of January, with dates
from Calcutta TO the (not mention0d), and Bonn
= General Haveloclt died on the 25th of Novem-
Der from dysentery, brought on by exposure and
anxiety.
On the 9th Of November an engagement took
place near Cawnpore, between General Wind
hams division and the Gwalior mutineers, In
which the British troops retreated with the to-
tai loss of the tents of three Regiments, 30O0in
number, which were burnt by the enemy. The
9th Regiment is reported to have bean nearly
cut up in the encounter The Gwalior ulutlnr
GERS numbered more than 5000 men, completely
organized and equipped.
Sir Colin Campbell hearing of the disaster,
Quilted Lucknow for Cawnpore. On the 9Th of
December he came up with the Gwalior mutin-
GERS, and totally defeated them, capturing l6
guns, 26 carriages, an immense quantity OF am
munition, stores, &C., and the whole of their
baggage. The British loss in this action wasin-
significant, only one officer being killed.
All the woman and children, sick, &c, from
Lucknow, had arrived in safety Mt Alahabad.
The official report of the defenceof Lucknow
is published, and shows that the privations en-
dured by the heroic garrison, and particularly
by the Indies were fearful.
| Colonel Rookie, 10Th Regiment, died at Cal
cutta from Cholera, on the 30th of November;
and Captain Day, of the Gath, is reported killed
at Cawnpore.
Troop ships continued to arrive rapidly at
Calcutta and among the others the celebrated
American built clipper Lightning had arrived
out in passage of 81 days from the Downs.
Exchange at Calcutta Is 24d.
GREAT BRIrAIN.-0perations were resumed
upon the Leuipthan on the 9Th inst. with sue
cess, the vessel being moved several feet The
proceedings were continued up to the departure
IOft ha EuI,oyln each IlaV nmOUnfinp
to eight or ten feet The evening before the
Europa sailed the ship had only 81 feet to be
moved.
It is understood that bill authorizing the
East India Company to raise a loan in England
will be Introduced Immediately upon the assem-!
bling of Parliament
The returns of employment in the cotton.mills
of Manchester show a gratifying Improvement,
the number of4hands working full time, being
largely on the incresase.
The Daily Nelcs says that Lord Palmerston's
forthcoming India bill will transfer the direct
management of the political affairs of India to a
Cabinet Minister, who it is understood shall be
a peer and in whom all patronage with one eX-
ception--is to be vested This member of the
Cabinet is to be President of coucil of six to
whom simply consultative functions are to be
entrusted. The European portion of the Indian
army is to be greatly augmented, and all regu-
lations regarding it are to emenate from the
Horse Guards. The same journal intimates that
Lord Clanrlcarde is to be the hrSt Minister Tor
India under the new arrangement
FRANcE.-Mde. Rachel, the great tragedi-
enne, died on the Sd January, at her estate in
Cannes. Her last professioai performances
were those which took place in the United States.
A great increase of confidence in commercial
circles in Paris is reported. Among the meas
ures of relief negotiation is spoken of as going
on between the Bank of France and the Nation
nj Discount Office for the advance of &C, 100000
francs to the Paris merchants on the security of
goods in store.
Very little business was doing in brandies,
and prices generally had downward tendency.
Trade at Lyons had began to revive, ind
better demand had sprung up in the silk mar
ket of the South.
Considerable sensation had been created in
Paris by the publication of an article in the
SPectGteur, in which it is asserted that secret
treaty has recently been negotiated between
England and Austria. Semi-oficial contradc-
tons had appeared in the Government Journals.
The Empress Eugene was ipdispoSed.
The Funds closed on the 9Th at 7O10.
The Ministerial organ intimates that the Gov
ernment is not likely to stop the free labor"
| movement
BELaIuM.-The Bank ofBelgiuln have reduced
their rate of discount to Al percent.
SPAIN.-The Espand of Madrid, in the course
| of a long article on President Buchanans Mes
sage, expresses the opinion that the Spanish
Government will continue firm in its refusal TO
give satisfaction to the United Stated in the af.
fair ofthe Dorado, since no insult had been
committed, and that it will theoretically reject
the Insulting proposition relative to Cuba"
SARDrN1A.-rurin letters report considerable
Improvement in commercial and financial affairs
The Bank had lowered its rate of discount from
| 10 to per cent.
After an important debate in the the Peid-
montese Chambers, Count Cavour's motion for
an enquiry into the conduct of the priests at
the late election, was carried by voIc ofss to
n
A slight ministerial crisis had occurred, NJ
RatazZi, Minister of the Interior had resigned
NAPLEs.-Shocks of earthquake continued to
be experienced almost daily at Naples, butwith
out any serious results
PoRTUGAL.-I.isbon had been at length decIa.
red free from yellow fever. The official report
of the rayages of the disease shows that between
the 9th of September and the 24th of December
there were 1892 cases of fever and 400
deaths.
wuRrEMBuRs.-A telegraphic dispatch re-
ports the rather serious illness of the King of
Wurtemburg.
AUSTRIA Field Marshal Radetzky is dead.
The event took place on the 9TH of january; its
immediate cause being paralysis of the lungs,
after an illness of a. week The Marshal was in