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THE NEW YORK HERALD. /HOLK NO. 7807. SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, 1858. stances.” But Mme, Jeafouse f give old régime, SRIVAL OF THE AMERICA AT HALIFAX, amd M. Duile Guittot ponent is, therefore, 2 feud between the Brabimixs and the Pariah—the high REE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE, | “ete ard the oxtcast—and every fect of the orimi nal prosecution has been viewed through this spe- cious medium. Inthe faubourg St. Germain, Mime. de Jeafoese wes justifted in ordering her keeper to shoot down Guillot as he would: wolf or a fox who ‘hhad the audacity to prow! about her demesao. In the faul St. Artoine M. Bmile Guillot isa popa- larmartyr, w! blood cries for vengeance against the a its, Between these extremes, however, it is pe ‘ing to ‘find a wholesome tone of feeling, which, without having the dlighteat sympathy for a ‘contemptible vagabond like Guillot, or a1 rejudice in favor of or against the order to which Mme. Jea- fosse belongs, dees not hesitate to condemn her con- duct as. not only unjustifiable, but as crimi- nal in a high degree. Emile Guillot, whatever he turned out eventually. had been on closest terms of intimacy with the Jeafosse family. ‘He made use of it for pw 8 which, while exciting contempt and indignation, did not cause him tobe feared as a robber or assassin. He possessed a thousand pounds “a year, and had an unmistakeable pesition. the Was a trespasser, and 2 most imputient, shameless one, is perfectly true; but it is not'to be supposed that Mme. Jeafosse, unless she is avery sanguinary personage indeed, would have ordered any such tres- eg to be shot down in a similur manner. The a TAILS OF THE (INDIAN NEWS. 00 REBELS KILLED AT LUCKNOW. BELGIAN MINISTER TQ WASHINGTON. THE SPANISH-NEXICAN QUESTION, OTTON ADVANCED. CONSOLS 94 14 a 9 338, *o., ko, ao. royal mail steemship America, from Liverpes! on prduy, the 2d'inat., arrived at ‘Fialifex at ten o'clock Herlay forenoen. dy ordered her keeper to load and kill, not ao much advices are three days later than those by the | the trespasser on her demesne, but the foul Ameri an a: Portland. libeller who had dared to mdke sport of her ¢ America brings 89,615 in spacie for Boeton. daughter's character. I believe this to be the de- berate opinion of the most temperate minds, and” that Mme. de Jeafosse may congratulate herself on having secured the able services of M. Berryer, ani the presti; which, in the words of ‘a jury, surrounds the name of an ancient gai As to the young men of the Jeafosse tamily, nothi tempt seems to await them. Guillot had been their friend, and if he dared to malign their sister, they ‘might well have violated the law under much lese uestionable circumstances than that of lending themselves as parties to his assassination. After the trial, it is stated that the sons and the gamekeeper, Crepél, immediately left the prison, but that the mother was so completely exhausted by the emotion she experienced during the five days’ pro- ceedings, that she was unable to quit the durance in which she had been placed. Mademoiselle de Jea- fosse, who is also ill, has, it is said, retired to a con vent at Evreax. Altogether,a low scoundrel has contrived to irreparably ruin the peace ang good name of a proud family, in evoking passions produc- ing a catastrophe so like murder that it diffi- cult to find a more appropriate term for it. A letter has been xent by the Duke de Montmo- rency, Count de Montalivet, and M. Scribe, peg an advocate of the Court of Cassation, and M. Rocher, administrator of the affairs of the Orleans family, relative to the motives assigned lately by M. Dupin, for accepting the office of Procureur Impe- rial at the Court of Cassation. The letter says:— ‘When M. Dae, in order to explain his return to office, speaks of the full accomplishment and doterminatioa of his duties ag testamentary executor of King Louis Phi- lippe, he authorizes, nay, obliges, those who shared with mong the pessengers fire Eola‘Montez, who was re- Jy married to the Prince of Shulosky, in Paris, and Alfbone aad family, of PRilade'phia. s be poktical pews by this arrival is not ofan important cription. Financially, 1t is quite favorable. There a continued crewing ease ia the Engliéh money market, ne reductieo of the rate of interest by the bank had jen place. 0 holidaye had checked all kinds of busimess. Little Inet! ing hag boen done for severat days. fn the Tonden market money was slightly easier, the ent rate ip the discoun: market being 7 #8 per cent. ons?s closed at 9434 a 9439 for account. Dn tt > Slst ult. some little disappcintment was felt that urther reduction in the rate of discount was not made the Raul of England, but it was supposed that the fasure wad postponed until after the peyment of the Fnuary dividends, and there was only eslight demand woney st the Bapk, No oew failures were announced. On the Ist inst. the demand for discount was very light. he Liverpool cotton market sccording to the Brokers’ -enlar, had assumed @ irmer tone, and prices owsed id. pound higher than on the previous week, The saios the four days ending Turaday (no market being Leld Friday or Saturday) were 40,000 bales. The Liveryeol breadstut’s market was generally quict, steady. Provisions were dull The deteils of the Indian news by the overland mail twin little news in addition to the despatches from ieete, reported by the Nort American. The joss of the rebels at Lucknow was estimated at ven thousand men. The United Siates ateam frigates Minnesota and San Ja- pte, and the sicop-of-war Portamouth, were at Hong ong. Great activity was perceptible amongst the British him the signal honor of that position, to provest agatust an assertion which, in their opinion, is not correct. and which their conscience rejects. According to law, the mission of the testamentary executors is not accomplished when the sons are #tii] waiting to bave their father’s inheritance hanced over to thes, eben the liquidation remains to be effected on the property left, and when the difficulties ansing from such liquidation are still to be regulated. According to fact, the testamentary executors of late king were not merely charged with a mission of an infi- nitely more extensive and more intimate charac ter—that of directing, as law advisers, all at Hong Keng, preparatory to the investment of | the operations, and of deciding as arbiteators, nton, which was expected to take place about the Jat of | all the questions originating in the decrooa of Jan, 22, 1852, substituting so for as the Orleans princes are concerned, for family arrangmcnts and the commonloss. That doub’e taek has been fuliiiled by all a» to the pre sent day, but itis far from having arrived at its term; apd when for us, at least, the mandate still subsists in the full plepitude of its rigtits and obligations, we cannot con- sent that our silence should be ioterpreted as an aban- donment of our duties and an oblivion of our affections. The absence-of two of us at @ considerable distance ex- plains why thie letter was not transmitted to you the day after that on which M. Dupin pronouaced his receptional adress, ‘The melancholy position of the Leviathan is a subject of considerable interest bere among the scientific world. A popular theory-is that she might be floated out by enclosing her ina water tight wall #0 as to form around her a reservoir large enough to contain @ paper ga ge ef water to float her. That the depth need not be very great, for the hull being empty, the draft of water would be «light, and that her specific gravity might even ‘be lessened and her floating rendered more easy by attaching to her sides a number of lighters. In the theatrical werld we have at the Italian Opera Rossini’s “L'Italiana in Algeri,” bein, formed to coertewing hese. Mme. Alboni inadella, and sings—though she not took it—the cember. . M. Blondel has been appointed Belgian Minister to Fashington. Ht was stated that the Spanish government will consider he mediation of Eugland and France ended if Mexico re- Wo aceept all its conditions. Covsideradie activity was apparent in the preparations Spanish porta for the expedition to Mexico. On the diet uli. the Plen potentiaries proceeded to a ra- n of the teaty rélating to the new frontier of abia. Official accounts from Naples leave no doubt that several nls perighed during tbe late earthquake, and some punts go us high a8 10,000 or 20,000. ‘Fhe process of iaupching the Leviathan was to re-com- hence on Saturday or Monday. ‘The America, January 5, at 7 P. M., passed the steam- tp Ruropa for Liverpool. ‘The Aric! left Southampton for New York on the 31st, ‘The Amcrisa sailed from Halifax for Boston at two plock yesterday afternoon, where she will be due at two *elock, A. M., op Monday, Thick snew, which would . in a manner which places her at the head of turn to rain, was falling; and a strong south-east galo ean The fi pee bye g ; sy the Pragcaie M. Alfred de Vigny's drama of Our Parts Correspondence. . 'y Panis, Dec. 24, 1857. “Chatterton” has been revived, with . Plesay in js . ard 4 : the role formerly performed by Mme. Darval. The error D Festivities and Religious Observances— | of the piece is that the scene is laid in England the Mr. Buchanan's Message as Read in French— The Jeafosse Trial Sensafion— Politics and Place Propensities of M. Dupin—Theatricals—An An- glo Prussian Marriage Feast by the Empress. ‘The period which, especially in England and merica, is held as @ sacred jubilee, commemorating birth of the great founder of Christianity, is not e which takes the form of exuberant joy in France. there is ne “Christmassing,” as we Angle-Sax- understand the term; high mass at the Metropo- jitan cathedral, and grand chaunted masses at the hes of St. Reche, St. Eustache, Notre Dame de orette, the Madeleine and St. Germain |’ Auxenois, h musical vespers at 3 o'clock P. M., invoke the ithful to congregate within the portals of these sa- d fanes; and the same thing prevails in 4 more or degree throughout the departments. Bat the ‘habits and customs of which are ever a terra incog- nita to the French. For instance, one of Chatter- ‘ton’s patrons being anxious to p rovide suitably for the ambitious poet, procures him the - ernment sit valet to the Lord Mayor of Lon- don. it is, notwithstanding, a very fine play, and Mme. throws into the conclading scenes an abandon and depth of pathos which proves her to be an artist of a very high order of ex: moe. M. Legouvé, the author of “Medei,” is engaged on a new tragedy for Mme. Ristori, which is re; to be the finest of this writer's productions. od first appearance in Paris the great panier formed the Biblical character of Jndivh, in a new ragedy of that name, with immense success. This vole i# looked forward to ax one of Mme. Ristori's leading attractions far the approaching season—that ry m never really beginning tll after the Jour de In. I had nearly forgotten to mention that the Empresa Eugenie, in honor of the Princess Royal's ae with the Prince of Prassia, pu to give af style of magnificence which is to outrival all Christmas holly and its crimson berries, or the para- ins w re ; tical miseletoe, is nowhere seen; nor is the air.| tl yet been sccomplighed in this way. The i greater number of the guests are to be Exy » bat olent with the inspiring carrol; nor does elther } Sir netiong in cordial « fiance with Great Britain are all or cottage deem it necessary to fling on the As to making it solely a there to be re ee, féte for the Englich themselves, the English, on ir ay would be the last to desire anything of the Tote nop rm are not unaware ity they are no match for the French when en grand loiletie. Indeed, it is difficult to account for the the eutire absence of taste which on great occasions they @splay in Paris. With the Americans it is quite otherwise, and except by their speech, it is — to distinguish a well crommed American lady a French one; and as in point of complexion and delicacy of features they have a $ su ‘ity, the; free of the “Rowana” ‘style of beauty ‘than the daughters of the Mother Country. Our Berlin Correspondence. Bruin, Dec. 22, 2857. Effects of the Financial Crisis—The Cutlery and Small Arma Trade of Solingen— General Pressure and Failures—Posttion of the Banks and Inew- rance Companies— Tariff Rates of the Zollverein — Approaching Opening of the Legislature —Con- vietion of an Incendiary. The stagnation of trade throughout Germany and the non-arrival of orders from the other side of the Atlantic have had a disastrous effect upon the great steel and cutlery manufactarers in the province of Westphalia. The town of Solingen, with its envi- rons, is the centre of that branch of industry; they produce the finest as well as the commonest articles of cutlery, of which large quantities are exported, particularly to Sonth America, via Hamberg and men. For amallarms Solingen is unrivalled in Europe, and in hardware it competes successfully with Sheffield. By the last advices the pressure had reached that remote district, intensified by the fall of the house of Schulte & Schewam, at Hamburg, known as the greatest hardware dealers in all Ger- many. They were always considered a most respec: table and substantial house, and had an extensive connetcion with the United States, from whence they imported India rubber fabrice, out naila, &o., in which they did a thriving business; but the terrible state of things that has prevailed lately in Hamburg has been fatal to them, as it pas been to so tnany firms of the highest standing. Every day there are official accounts from the provinces of baukruptcies in the woollen and broadcloth trade, occasioned by over production and the non-appearance of purchas- ers at the late Frankfort fair. Other branches, in which no large stocks are supposed to have accumu- lated, suffer eqnally from the general dulness of the market; for instance, there is » colony of weavers, originally emigrants from Bohemia, (under the reign of Frederick the Great), now settled at a smal] town, a village near Potsdam, called Novares, Christmas hearth au extra Christmas log, The shops e groaning with good things, it is true, and food, bh for body and mind, is seen in unusual sban- nce; but it is for a festival which occurs some six ye later, and not for the anniversary of Christmas. Bir Roger de Coverley would be out of place here, d Washington Irving's charming description of Christmas hospitality, had he done what so many [Americans do now-a-days—just glanced at England pd settled in France—would never have been writ- Here the Jour de!’ Anis the day of days, and is solely for it that all that glixtening gulaxy of 0 design decks one continuous line of shops, p the Faubourg du Roule to the pillar of St. An- pe; and it is for it only that that luscious array of t matter, whether of beef or bons bons, is read abroad throughout the entirety of France. To advert to more important matters. The address lof Mr. President Buchanan has placed in shadow all subjects of political interest. At the time I write | hawe not seen any remarks of the preas on ‘the subject; but I can assert with perfect truth that the feeling with regard to it in all private circles, and various diplomatic coteries, is in the highest de- gree favorable. The general opinion seems to be that, independent of the matter, the manner and style are in excellent spirit and taste—that it bears the impress of a mind replete with instruction on the various topics on which it treats, as well as one easen- tially and selfreliant, that the voice is really that of ® bold patriot, who will eave the republie while he fearcth not to smite the evil that is in #. The opin- fons ect forth on the monetary crisis, and on reckless speculation generally, are everywhere loudly com- mended. France, at the present moment, being exceedingly sentient on such matters, and the suave tone adopted towards France, with the neat way in which the case of Ceutral America is tarned against Lords Clarendon and Palmerston, elicits great ad- miration. As for the Mormon rebellion, every soul eries—God speed the President in all he says or thinks to do. . ince the murder of the Duchess de Praslin, by her husband the duke. we have had not! like the excitement cansed by the Jeafoase trial. a peg can be found on which to a in France, it is seized hold of, proved no exception to the rale. Had Mine. Jeafosse and Emile Guillot been «in ple citizens of the same caste, residing by the «ile of each other, at the little town of Evress, the enc might have shot dewn the other perbape without much ado, for while the Jaws of France are extremely jealous on all matters of real punishment aa regards hitting or maim- , when it comes to killir ig curions to observe bow fertile they ore in finding “extenuating circum. ing but con: | who earn their livelihood by hand weav- ing of musiins an’ mixed cotton and woollen stuffs, and whose business was quite flourishing a little while ago; wheregs at present there are be- tween five and six hundred hand looms at a stand still, and applications are made to the wealthier part of the community to keep the workmen from starving. The intelligence from the manufacturing districta on the banks of the Rhine is also very dia- tresaing. A» I mentioned before, a great number of banks and banking associations had sprung up during the last two or three yeurs in various parts of the coun- try; most of them have had the capital pee up in full, aud it is impossible in these times that they can all get off without serious losers. Some of the +bures have falien considerably, and are likely to go down still more it it should turn out that they pay no dividends. We hear already of ove—an insurance company against damage by hail—having concluded upen winding up its affairs; but they have first to make a call of 40 thalers per share on the stock- holders to wy the losses incurred, and it is not Sought that this will cover the whole deficiency. In this city failures of second rate houses continue; the bankruptcy of Donnwald & Co., a forwarding and commission house, who were just engaged in erecting splendid warehouses and stores, and seemed to be carrying everything be- fore them, is more talked of than many others of greater account. On the whole, however, the ex- treme tension ip the money market has relaxed. Yesterday the Bank of Prussia reduved its discount to 64 per cent, and money is to be had now on ‘Change, for first rate bills, at 53 percent. It is ‘hoped, therefore, that the crisis has passed its cul- minating point and is about to subside, although its banetul consequences wil! be long felt, and perhaps may serve as a lesson that only such establishments are to be trusted as carry on their business with their own funds, while those who trade on borrowed capital must ultimately go by the board. (I believe this dictum is plagiarized from old Col. Benton, but it is true, nevertheless.) a The refusal of the Bank of | to assist the mercantile community of Hamixs,: is commented upon pretty severely, and contrasted with the con- duct of the Austrian financiers, whose loan of ten millions came at the very nick of time to save the greatest commercial emporium of Germany from a complete crash. It should not be forgotten, how- ever, that the Bank of Austria suspended specie ig ibe years ago, and has not paid outa dollar in hard cash since. During all this time the bullion bas been accumulating in their vaults, and they are consequently much better able to spare it than the Bank of Prussia, whose notes are redeemed on de- mand, aid who, therefore, must always be pro- vided with sufficient funds in case of a war. Au reate, it remains to be seen whether even the ten millions will save Hamburg from insolvency. Many people are of opinion that the entire business in that city is so rotten that no amount of assistance from abroad can restore it toa bealthy condition. While even Russia is reducing her tariff of duties the Zollverein seem beut upon raising theirs. You will recollect my account of the Congress that met here last fall to discuss a proposed increase in the duty upon beet root, although by so doing the price of an article is increased whicl at present may be called, nota luxury, but @ necessary of life. Kver since the time of the first Napoleo.. the governments of the Continent have encouraged the growth of the beet and the production of sugar from that root, for the purpose of Smehing the importation of raw and clayed sugars trom the West Indies. By im- posing heavy duties on the latter the refiner3 are forced to use the beet root sugar, and in conse- quence of the ene demand, extensive tracts of land were sown with beet, which proved so jucrative that the Zollverein thought Fs Cond to levy a tax of six silver groschens (about twelve cents) upon the cwt. of the raw produce, Now it has been resulved to raise this tax 26 per cent, or from 6 silver groschens to 7}, which, of course, will lead to a cor- responding rise in the price of the clayed and refined article, which may amount to about half a silver groschen per pound. The government of Hanover, who demurred to this rate of duty, and proposed a still higher figure, was appeased by a pro- mise that, after the expiration of three years, a fur- ther augmentation should be taken into considera- tion if the present resolution was approved of by Legislatures of the different States re presented in the Zollverein. According toa decree dated the 18th, but only published yesterday, the two Chambers will meet on the 12th of January, and be opened by the Prince of Prassia, Nothing certain is known yet about his journey to England. It is necessarily contingent — the state of the King’s health, respecting which the most contradictory reports are in circula- =. The aaa of a bees William to the daughter of Queen of Victoria is to take plice on the 25th of January. On the 4th of Poenaes the ing couple will pass the Prussian fron- at Aixla-Chapelle and continue their pro- gresa to Cologne. On the 6th they will arrive at Potsdam, aud make their solemn entry into Ber- lin on the th. G: tions are being made, beth by the municipal authorities and by indivi- duals, for the illuminations and other festivities that are to the auspicious day. Lord Bloomfield, itish ambassador. has ordered some thousand gas lamps todecorate his hotel, and all the beau monde are on the tiptoe of expectation. We have received information from Lissa, in Western Prussia, that the incendiary who set fire last summer to the town of Boyanowo, by which the entire town was destroyed and many lives lost, has been found guilty by jury, after atrial which lasted three days, and condemned todeath. He is a wheelwright, by the name of Rugelt. His wife, who was accused of being accessory to her husband's crime, has been acquitted. THE WAR IN INDIA. fituation and Boundaries of Lucknow— Relief of the Garrison—Oficial Reports of the Indian Government—Is the Kebeliion Ended!—Executions at Delhi. Our files by the North American coutain the fol- lowing important details of the gallant fights made by the English army in its struggle for the relief of the garrison of Lucknow, as well as‘of the state of affairs in and around Delhi city:— REPORT TO THE EAST INDIA HOUSE, LONDON—BOUNDA- RIKS OF LUCKNOW—THE CITY AND RESIDENCY. From the Hombay Times, Dec. 4 Perhaps it may help to give the reader a some- what definite idea of the ys and rations of our forces at Lucknow if we describe localit with reference to the map of Delhi, with whic every one is now familiar, and to which that of Lue! exhibits some pointa of resemblance. As Delhi is bounded on one #ide by the Jumna, so Lackeow is bounded by ado oes and the wall of ji ie rey wut intly for our purpose the opposite side of Luck- by acanal which now. The Palace at and the fort of Selimgurh are in the position - ney and the Jid on one side, and the Delhi, Turcoman and re the other, are a number of extensive build- , OCCT bly walled inclosures— toe behanortege Motee M: . the barracks, the mess house, &: ite these on the outer side of ce the canal are the Dilkoosha Park and Palace, and La Martinitre, a large school for Christian children, maintained on funds bequeathed by General Claude Martine. The school is situated at the junction of the canal above mentioned with the Goomtee, and the Dilkoosha adjoins it. The Alumbagh, so often mentioned lately, stands in relation to Lucknow toy graphically much as the Flagstaff Tower does to Delhi and about two miles from bridge over the canal which leads into the city, and which at Delhi would be the Cashmere gate. Residency lies due north from the Alumbagh, and the tions which we have mentioned are to the ea tward of the Residency, ocean, yas a suburban district between the Goomtee ond t canal, about two miles in length, and vary- ing in breadth from a mile to a mile anda half, § kundebagh is the farthest and most eastward end from the Residency. Then come the barracks and «s house, then Motee Mahal (Pearl Palace) which is close w the bank «f the Gomtee, an only a few bundred yards from the Resideucy. AIR COLIN CAMPRELL'S RIDE TO LUCKNOW—ALARM AND ALMOST FATAL MISTAKE OF THE GARRISON, [From the Bomtmy Tinves, Dee. 4. It had now become known that Outram and Have- Jock were not only their own, but were gnf- fering oy mg tte A little injury from the almost unceasing fire jnon them by the enemy. They were provisi for weeks, and as there were under- stood to be above 100,000 rebels in arms around, Sir Colin Campbell wisely resolved to delay the final at- tack until the force at his disposal should have as- sembled in sufficient strength to be irvesistible. Sir C. Campbell left € on the 11th, and rode forty mi at a stretch in the direction of Lucknow. The rick and wounded ieft by Havelock at Alumbagh, were sent into his camp, with a view of returning to Cawnpere, nnder a guard of Sikh horse- men, an arrangement tht nearly proved fatal. As they epproached the British camp, they were mis- Luckily, the face of the European surgeon was re- | cognized in time to prevent mischief. STRENGTH OF THE BRITISH RELIEVING FORC®- The Commander-in-Chiet had with him a Europe- an Storse battery, two troops of horse artillery, 60 royal artillerymen, with two eighteen pounders and | two eight inch mortars; 326 of the oth teers; de- tachmenta of her Majesty's 5th, 8th, 53d, 76th and 93d, and three hundred of the naval brigade, or, in- cluding the 900 joining him from Alumbagh, above 3,000 Europeans in ail; besides @ squadron of Sikhs and of Hodson’s horse, 1,000 Sikh infantry, sappers and miners, + yr an additional 2,000 natives. 81K COLYN CAM! 3ELT MERTS OUTRAM AND HAVELOCK. Sir Colin Campbell now approached the brave | gustos: sho had been closely watched since the | Sth of september, when Generals Outram and Have- Jock came out to mect him. Although the enemy | was pot et completetely subdued, the communica the rear were all re-opened, and the sick | nded, the ladiew and children, were de- spatched under escort to Cawnpore. | OFFICIAL RBYORTS FROM THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT. The following intelfigence from Oude has been que by the government! India to the press at ‘al outta: — . Cawnrort, Novy, 15—8 P. M. From General Windham to the Governor General News from the Commander-in-Chie!’s campat Alum- bagh, 9 A. M. of the 13th; afterseveral skirmishes in the day, ending in the capture of two guna, the fort of Jellalabad was taken and blown up. The Comman- der-in-Chief has communicated with Sir James Ou- tram. Cawxrors, Nov. 16—11 A M. From Captain Bruce, by order of his Excellence the Commanderjn-€hict, to the Governor-Cieneral: The Sa gpm occupied the Dilkhoosa and the MarfMiere after a running fight of two hours, yesterday at noon. The enemy came forward t attack at three P.M. After a struggle of an hour he was beaten back, and repulsed heavily. An ad- vanced piequet having cleared some villa, across the canal, we bed post there for the night. Our loss was very trifliug— Lieutenant Mayne, Horse Ar- tillery, Quartermaster-General’s Department, and Lieutenant Wheaterort, Carbineers, killed. AtumpaGn, Nov. 17-—9 A. M. From Maj. Sibley to the Secretary to Government: The Commander-in-Chief in Lucknow; heavy can- nonsde inthe direction of the palaces. Dilkhoosa and Martiniere oceupied by our troops. In reference to the foregoing the Hurkaru re- marks :— Many of our readers may not understand the pur- port of the above despatch to government about the cannonding in the direction of the palaces; the ob- ject of the cannonading may in cons cc be quite unintelligible to them. “Being, how » well acquainted with Lucknow, we are enabled to that the palaces consist of a group of buildi called the Mahals, or the residences of Wajid Ali Shah's 300 wives. These palaces stand between the Pirebels to about five thousand men, with nine guns, at Dilkhoosa (Heart's Delight) and the Martiniére, at prevent in the occupation of Sir Colin Campbell, and the Ballyguard, or ieee in the occupation of Sir James Outram, is thus placed between two fires, and the rebels have to be driven from the Mahals; after which the force under Sir Colin Campbell will taken by the seamen of Peel's Naval Brigade for the advanced guard of the enemy, when the guns, loaded With grape, were levelled aud about to be fired. . join that of Sir J. Octram. Though these palaces are an extensive structure of brick walls and houses, they are of very weak construction aud would soon crumble ander a cannonade of shell aud round shot. Marneray, Tuesday, Dec. —, 1857—9.35 A. M. From Lord Elphinstone: The following mes: was received this morning from Lord Harris, dated at Madras Nov. 30 :— Alma arrived F gesae 4 from Calcutta. Severe fighting from 15th to 19th November. Sir Colin Campbell had taken most of the important fortilied posts in the town. Great slaughter of the rebels, but they had not yet been eutirely beaten. Sir Colin Campbell slightly wounded. The British forces were united. The women and children from the Residency were en route to Cawnpore. ‘The 93d Highlanders and the naval brigade have sufiered seve ,and Gen, Windham Gwalior mutineers at Calpee supposed to have lett Cawnpore to attack them. J. J. Sr. Chat, soy ee in Charge. Poonan Sica Oxrics, Dec. 1, 1557--11:55 A.M. ALLAHABAD, Nov. 20, Friday—12:10 P. M. From the London Star, Dec. 29.) We are afraid we were right in saying that it was lucky nothing but the bare news of the fall of Lack- now reached us before our Christmas festivi- ties. The later accounts, meagre us they are, prempt us to ask whether the city can indeed be said to have fallen? Is sir Colin Campbell really master of the capital of Oude? The India Houre Calcutta despatch :—"The city of Luck- new will be held in check by a strong movable co- lumn, with field «nd heavy artillery occupying a 4 military position outside the town. The fort of Tnsrowahes ‘evacuated the ground by Golonel ithden, who intended re- tiring instantly to the Jaunpore frontier, aa it was still threatened by a large force from Onde.” The city is still to be held in check—by whom? We are afraid the meaning is that the English are only in | of “lac ueyi porition before it, that they huve net been able to | of Delt disperse the beleaguering force, though with reat bravery and great loxs they have managed to force | asked to accompany the commissioner on @ visit | with several officers, | ove of them holding high official rank in the army, | to the house where he was confined. Before leav- | ing. Jumma Bukt, a son of the King, sopecentty © | their way from Alumbagh so far towards Lucknow as to open communications with the gurrison, and relieve them of the charge of sick and wounded, and of women and children. ‘These, the first despatch infermed us, were rent to Cawnpore. We now learn that they are sent “to the rear.” This we fear means to Alumbagh, where they will be placed with the sick and wounded of Havelock’s force. It then becomes a very grave question: whether Sir the Merge pr razed to | your puper of the Lith November, to an Englishman's feelings, and the press call loudly for the suppression of it. It would seem that some. has at last been done at Delhi in the way of out retribution on the leaders of the rebellion 24 of the inferior members of the royal family were executed on the 18th ult., under a sentence of a military commission before which they were tried, L hope this is only a beginning, and that such good work will go on. Lai ntities of prize property have been seize at Delhi, consisting of mugnifivent jewelry, precious stones, shawls, kincobs and other valuables, which it is thought will be sent down to Caleutta tor sale as soon as the roads are safe. That which has hitherto been disposed of at Delhi consisted of ar- ticles of but trifling value. We have other victories to announce besides those at. Lucknow. On the 16th alt. a force from Delhi, } under Colonel Gerrard, attacked the mhutineers of the Jodbpore Legion, reinforced by refugees and Narnoul, about eighty miles southwest of Delhi, and completely defeated them, capturing all their guns. iyo was 15 killed and 45 wounded. Among the former we are ys to say was Colonel Gerrard, the only officer who fell. " We extract the following from the Friend of dndia:— The King of Dethi’s life was spared, it would ap- pear, by order of General Wilson, who also acted in obedience to command. Elsewhere he «itys that Lieutenant Hodson bad no option in the matter of the King of Delhi. In connection with this matter of the culpable leniency displayed towards the King of Pelhi aud his family, we may revert to a curious statement made by the Hurkaru so far back as the 22d last, on the strength of accounts frem Agra—w! 4 us we have reason to believe, our contemporary’s authority should be good—to the effect that “the King of Delhi's son was in the statien, staying with Mr. Muir,” the object of his visit being “to show that his family are in no way connected with the outbreak.” In the prevailing excitement of the time this curious statement escaped notice, or perhaps was refused credit; but now, coupled with the fact that the excessive “clemen exhibited towards the royal traitors and murderers is ascribed to the influence of the late Lieutenant Governor, the assertion acquires wonderful signi- ficance. We have not seen in the official corre pondence, as published in the blue book, any inti- Mation of this alleged visit, and it seems incredible that it should have taken place tioned to the Governor-General, with whom Mr. Colvin was in daily communication. On May 14, the icutenant- Governor, in a telegraphic message », sad :—**We have authentic intelli. gen a letter from the King, that the town and fort of Dethi and his own person are in the hands of the insurgent regiments of the place which joined about 160 of the troops from Meerut, and opened the gates.” Hence it is certain that the King was in comme tion with Mr. Colvin, and he 1 it have sueceeded in persuading bim that he had no concern in the outbreak. Mr. Colvin may, upon this, have issued instructions respecting the treatment which bis Majesty was to receive on falling into the hands of our forces; but we can hardly believe that he remained undeceived to the last, and left those orders in foree, or that even, if he was so deluded, General Wil on would fora moment regard such orders 80 long after Mr. Colvin's death, or allow himself to be in any way hampered by them. The Friend of India adds :—We would call the at- tention vf the government of India to the state of things existing in the city of Delhi. It demands in- stant and stern reform. We are certain that the freaks there committed have no sanction from the Governor-General, and if the message costs £10,000 in bribes, written orders should be transmitted per- emptorily forbidding them. The youngest sh of the King, eighteen years of age, has been declared innocent on account of his youth, and rides through Delhi on an elephant with two British officers be- hind him to do him honor. The statement appears so incredible that it maybe set aside as a mere newspaper report. We entreat government to be- lieve that it is one which we would.not publish with- ont such information as V aie orgy absolute certainty. The King, also, it is suid—but for this wevhave only the authority of the Lahore Chronicie—has a re- tinue to attend him, and coolly insults the British officers who visit Lim. It is things such as these, the honors paid to our murderers, which exasperate pe 9 to frenzy. bg are not ordered or sanctioned by government, but they should be stop- ped by courts martial, if necessary. A charge brought against Colonel Hogge, with re- ference to hia public genes in Delhi with the son of the King of Dethi, has produced the following Jetter from him, addressed to the Lahere Chronicle: — ‘thout being men- Although I do not notice statements made by | anonymous correspondents in newspapers, yet, as | editonals of as one of the offi- cers who had been geen riding with one of the sous of the King on an Mephant through the streets of Delhi, 1 send you for publication the following state- ment of the facts, leaving the truth of your charge ing the King’s son about the streets to the judgment of your readers, es- pecially of those who know me. Having been you huve given my name in one of to the King, 1 went, alon lad of fifteen or sixteen years of age, asked the com- missioner if he might be permitted to go out occa- tionally for airing along with any gentlemen ’ yonld take him, and as I was in the habit of yut y evening on an elephant, the com- Colin Campbell is not in much the same position as | missioner aske Tif I should mind occasionally calling Sir H. Havelock was by the last mail. One account reports the strength of the mutineers at 100,000; and if the force of Sir Colin Campbell be, as we ae hend, 12,000 strong, with a fair amount of artillery, including the heavy guna of Captain Peel's naval brigade, the desperate resistance luduces us to think that the above estimate of the enemy's force is more likely to be under than over the truth. The English flank is menaced in at least three directions. From “the places printed as “Majher, and “Meyar” and “Marnear” we learn that disturbances are appre- hended. Not to trouble the reader with our conjec- tures as to the right reading of these places, suliice it to say that they must be all around Rewah; there- fore danger ma: feared by Sir Colin on his south flank. A considerable body of mutineers, we may be sure, including « large portion of the refugees from the Delhi force, are there. Again we have news of a “ body of mutineers near Meezapore”—to wit, Mirzapore {s about the sume line of country, though farther north. Col. South- den,as we have seen, alter razing the fort, which the telegraph is pleased to call “Antrowahes,” hastens to protect Sir Colin on the southeast, at Jaunpore, from “‘a force from Oude.” One more item may be noticed ax showing that in one sense the Sepoys still neutralize the eflect of our conquest The fort of Dhur was occupied by our Sa on the 15th, but the rebel garrison escaped.” is seems unl pily to have been the case in most of our fights, with the exception of thove of Nichol«ou, who man. aged to destroy his foes. Now allowing (which is gry, an excessive allowance) that the Sepoys have Jost 2,500 men in the rebellion, we till have surely an ample residue left to make up before Lucknow of ys alone, which leaves the whole warlike ulation of Oude to molest nx in any direction within their Tt ik true that reinforcements are pouring in from England, but the question is whether there ix anybody in Calcutta who haa sense enongh to send them up to Lacknow With reasonable ” We confess we could hardly believe the ment that Lord Canning could have saved Cawnpore and Lucknow inde- yp of the assistance of the Goorkas by he despatch of tréops as early a« the 16th June. Yet how can it be doubted now! Sir Colin Campbell, as the Globe states, marched op to Cawnpore with his staff in six da; Lord mya! telegraphed to Sir H. Lawrence, in June last, that it was impossible to send up even a wing of fusileere in less than twenty-five da; Now, as any amount of carriages, horses and bullocks, might have been made available | te at Caleutte, and as six days | W with the «tallest energy from Calcutta to Cawnpore is but little more than at the rate of four miles an hour, we think the public has good reason to ask sg Annee have been sent up faster? Sir Colin Campbell, we may be sore, was in no it harey, would have to wait for his sieze train at Cawn- pore. He travelled simply at the rate at which every traveller goes. Is it then too much to aay that government might have sent up 2,000 or 3,000 men at the same rate, along @ road about which Se ,' alwa; iting as the wonder of the world’ If they ent): could not do ft in Jéwe will they ‘be leas imbecile ix | {reps November? C fe The list of killed and wounded appeared is, it now torns out, only t! days’ fighting. We have no fear of the ultimate result; we little doubt that the women and wounded will get to Cawnpore in safety; but we think that incapacity at Calcutta will still lead to the sheddin, of much unnecessary blood, and that the lack timely reipforcements may keep Sir Colin Campbell inactive du the greater of the fleeting cold weather, which ends in February. cers which has the whole force | py owing that he | officers. The vo; are | of top deck, noticed a result of two | of all, the for him. I replied that if there were no other ob- Jections, 1 would do so, and as both the commis- sioner and the officers before alluded to appeared to think there could be none, I consented to call for him, and ac povvigs =f on two occasions, I took Jumma Bukt out; the first time having nothing but a pad on the elep! and being ruther afraid that he might i and e« . 1 put him in front to pre- vent him sipping off; the second time having a “charjamab,” I sat in front, though I must say I con- sidered it a matter of very little moment which seat I occupied. As to parading through the streets of the city, the first time I went out through the Cash- mere gate to Ludlow Castle, and home when it was quite dusk through the Lahore gate and Chandnee Chowk; the second time 1 4 up the Vhandnee Chowk, and returned by the Lal! Khoa street, hav ing been induced to go there by Jumma Bukt, ex resting @ Wish to show me the house he lived in. Vithout entering into the question of his guilt or innocence, but presuming that, if guilty, he would never have been allowed to accompany a British officer in public, 1 can only say that | foand him a very intelligent lad; he gave me a good deal of in formation about the mutineers, their leaders. and their plans, and had I remained longer at Dethi I should probably have taken hia out oftener, but havirg returned to Meerut on the 26th of October, I had no further opportunity. ‘The Barning of the Sarah Sands Transport Seamer! Preservation. age the London Post, Dee. 29.) to announce a most fearful ny We rey fire ppening to the Sarah Sunds jeamer, « Nor pasenge to India fram Portaneeth, with the warters and « large mn of the men of the 64th regiment on board, whose preserva. tion and that of the crew may be fairly considered one of the most marvellous on record, as may be in- ferred from the fact that the ship was burning fu- rieusly in ahbeavy gale of wind sixteen hours, the whole of her after part being burned out to a shell. The Sarah Sands is an iron ship, vpwards of 2,000 tons burden, and wax formerly employed in running from Liverpool to North America. She re tered by the East India Company for ihe conveyance to India: and on the 16th of August she uth for Calcutta, under the command of ion of the 54th regi- Lieutenant Colonel Mof- Lieu- of tre left Pi 1 Capiain J. 8. Castle, with a ment on board, comprising fat, Captains Brett, Thomeon and Gillam; its Galbraith, Ly rs and Croupe . Lieutenant and Adjutant Houston, Gront, Assistant Surgeon Donovan, Quarter Hipkin, Paymaster Daniel, 21 sergeants 6 —_ 1) drummers, 306 rank and file, 5 women, 7 children, and a number of Indies, relatives of the yh appears to have been fave until the 11th of November, when the ship had reached lat. 14 &., long. 56 K. (upwards of 400 miles from the Mauritius), About three o'clock in the at ternoon of that day the are berthed on the after amell of buruing, which ap- oe from beneath them in the hold. ly increasing, the alarm was given to Captain . who at once the afterhold to be ex amined, and to the astonishment, and indeed horror stowed there to be on fire. It was «tated that the bulk of the cargo consisted of government stores. Bale after bale was hauled up in the (AO seat of the fire, but in a short time the smoke became #o dense as to defy any of the crew getting farther intothe hold, and, fill- ing the§whole of the cabins with the suffcateing effu- via forced the ladies to seek relief on the quarter deck. By this time the outbreak became general throagh- STATE OF APPAING AT DELAY—axKcUTIONS oF | Out the ship, and as a natural result much alarma was PRINCES AND PRINCESSES. 4 of London Post.) great deal is being said rding the treatment can- hi and hie sons by British is certainly most repuguany [Rom ba: You will Seorve that a by the press of India re; ceded to the King of 1 officers. This excited. Tre was no confusion, however, ard eve: ry order was obeyed by the men with coolness end courage. The course of the ship was stopped. Col. Moffat was seen in early consultation with Captain Castle deciding upon measures for suppressing the flames, while the crew were actively ewployod ig taking all rail in and bringing the ship before the wind. Others ran out lengths of hose the fire engines, which were passed down to hands below, while hose 140 put on to the donkey engine. It soon hecame apparent that all these exertions failed in checking the progress of the fire. Col. Moffat, at the suggestion of the commander, directed his men to at once cast overboard all their ammunition, and in w short time icy succeeded tn clearing out the starboard magaZine. The remainder of the powder in the port magazine, however, excited it ay y hensions. Already had the after part of the ship © almost impenetrable, from the dense smoke and heat which filled every portion of it. ‘The colone? appealed to his men for volunteers to attempt to rescne the contents of the magazine now so threatened. Several brave fellows instantly came forward, and heroically succeeded in reaching the magazine and clearing it, with the exception, it is supposed, of one or two barrels. It was a truly hazardous work; several nearly lost their lives; hav- ing heeeme overpowered with the smoke and heat they fell, and when hauled up by ropes to the deak they were senseless, The flames soon afterwards burst up through the deck, and running Lage Teng various cablus, speedily set the whole on fire. re was a heavy gale blowing at the time, and the ship was rolling and pitching. Captain Castle, pereeiv- ing the critical position of the. ship, at once took measures for the safe lowering of the boats. They were launched without the least accident, and the troops were mustered on degk, e was no rush tothe boats, and the men complied with their offi- cers’ commauds with as much order as on pa- le. Colonel Moffat informed them that Captain ustle did not despair of Joning the ship, but foy their own preservation it had heen deemed ad- vibable to the boat off so as to act in case of emergency. ¢ ladies, women and children were lowered into the port lifeboat, and she was directed to stond off until further orders. All hands then turned to constructing rafts of spare spars. In a hort time three were put together, and which wonld have been capable of saving # large pees of those on board. Captain Castle succeeded in launching two overboard, and the third was left across the deck to be lowered at a moment's notice. In the meanwhile the flames had made terrible progress. ‘The whole of the cabins, saloons, &c., were ome body of fire; and about nine o'clock the flames burst thresgh the upper deck and ignited the mizen rig- ging. Through the forethought of Captain Castle, in bringing the ship before the wind, the fire and smoke were swept sternwayx, but serious anxiety was felt lest the ship should pay off, and xo render her destruction inevitable. Amidst this fearful suspense a dneadful explosion took place, no doubt arising from one or two barrels left in the port magazine, which blew out the port-quarter. All was con- sternation—the ship, from the main-rigging to her stern, was in one general body of fire. Captain Castle still had hope, although he expressed his fears to the commanding officer of the trocps that the ship would be lost. Providen- tially the bulkhead of the aiterpart of the ship with- stcod the action of the flames. Here all efforta were concentrated to keep it cool, Party after party of the troops volunteered for the work, and so endea- vored to prevent the fire making its way forward. Asit was, several fell senseless from the suffocating intivence of the smoke, and were dragged up appa- rently dead. With the greatest honor to the troops, they obeyed the direction of their officers with @ calimess and energy which were almost astounding, and but for which the ship must have perished, and doubtless many of the lives on board with her. For hours did this state of affairs continue. Althongh the men kepé the fire at bay below, it gained the main-rigging. Mr. Welch, the chief officer, with several of the soldiers, at once went alott with wes Wankets, and after considerable peril and risk suc- ceeded in extinguishing the flames, As it was, how- ever, some of the yards were destroyed. To- wards two o'clock ‘the following morning the men had the satisfaction of seeing the fire di- miinishing, but it only had the effect of inducing them to continue their exertions with, if possible, almost double energy. The flames were cotely beaten back, and by daylight was accomplished their enitre annihilation. It was not till then that the feartul havoc made by the fire was clearly ascertained. ‘The afterpart of the ship was burat out, merely ita shell remaining; and now another fate threatened her. The gale still prevailed, and the ap was roll- ing and pitching in a heavy sea, constantly shi ning considerable water at the port-quarter, fem 5 been blown out by the explosion. She had fifteen feet of water in her hold, and active steps had to be taken to prevent her foundering. All the men were ret to the pumps and baling water out of the hold. j Captain Castle, fearing the stern would fall out, got two hawsers under her bottom and made them taut; the next difficulty was to stop the water which was pouring in through the quarter. Spare sails and Junkets were placed over the opening, and the leak wus partially stopped. There was no abatement in. the gale during the morning, and in every heave of the ship the water tanks in the hold, which had got. loose, were dashed from one side to the other. The state of the ship, and the continued seve- rity of the weather, rendered the constant workih, of the Lge and the baling imperative. It was till two o'clock in the afternoon that the boat con- taining the women and children could be along- side. They were got on i« ard, and the boate, which had been ordered off during the raging of the fire, returned, with the exception of the gig, which had been swamped during the night. The officer in charge of her, however, Mr. Wood, and the hands, were picked up by another boat. During the re- | mainder of the day, the following night and suc- ceeding day, the whole of the banda an were engaged in working the pumps and clearing the ship of the water. By the evening of the Lith the crew sneceeded in securing the stern, and getting steerage way on the ship. She had then drifted as far as long. 13128. Capt. Castle then set c'' sail, and bore up in the hope of making the Mauritius, and, to the jey of allon board, made that port in eight dayx, where her arrival and marvellous escape ex- cited considerable rensation, The offfvers in com- mand of the troops speak in the hi conduct of Captain Castle daring tl The Sarah Sands was heavily insure: Commusoners of Emigration. AN EMIGRANT LUNATIC ASYLUM TO BR BUILT OV WARD'S IBLAND, The regular weekly meeting of the Emigration Commia- sioners was held on Wednesday—Galian C. Verplanck, President, in We chair. A NEW LOWATIC aevLOM. A committer was appointed! at the previous meeting of the Board to inquire into the propriety of building a luna- Ue asylum at Ward's Island t accommodate the emigrant lunatics, of which there are about two hundred chargea- bie to the Commissioners, some of whom are on Biack- well's Islan rthe care of the Ton Governors, but the Commiasionera are responsible. This committes, of whieh Mr Cyrus Ourtia is chairman, have held meetings during the past week, and have coma wo @ unanimous determination to build the asylnm and put it under the care of & competent superintenient. The ex- Ward's Inland who are not cared for properly. Pored t build this asylum forthwith, so vhat it will be ready for occupancy ‘Dext winter. REMGNATION OF MR GARRIOTR Mr. Reoarn Ganuere, President of the German » announced to the Roard that he ia. to resign, and stated that he would ,meet the Board. He regretted that to leave, and hoped that se Ik i« pro- Tho President, Mr, Vanrtavex, regretted that Mr. G - was compelled to leave the Hoard, and assured the good wishes of the members for his fut: promperity. Al transacting some unimportant routine business, the Board adjourned. Nombe of emigrants arrived,io Jan, 6, 1868 Nomber ar jan. *ees Number of emigrants arrived since to Jan. 15, 1808. . Ralance in Ly 2888 ‘iia’ to Jan. 6, 1858. Receine eines to Jan. 13, 1868, for commutation of alien passengers, &c. 298 00 Fatat Benning Cast arty m Broapway.—Corover Gam- bio held an inquest yesterday at the New York Hospital, upon the body of a woman named Sarab Collen, who diet from the effects of injuries received by failing from the first to the basement floor of the new building in course of erection in Rroatway, betweea [evoand ani Worth streets. The deceased wat engaged in picking up some fragtmonts of wood, when sawed her (voting and feil veh severe injaties toehe hours eiterward, Verdict, eccidental death. Deceased was 50 years of age and wan % native of Ireland.