ONE DAY LATER NEWS FROM EUROPE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 576, 12 May 1858, Page 4

ONE DAY LATER NEWS FROM EUROPE.

By way of Wellington and Nelson we are in possession of English news to the 17th Jan., which reached Sydney in a manner not recorded before the departure of the Ocean Queen for Nelson. The news is not important, and is summarised in the following manner by the " Wellington Independent:"—

The Queen has bestowed the Victoria Cross on Lieuts. Crowe and Havelock, and Privates Hancock and Purcell, for the following acts of bravery in India:—7Bth Regiment: Lieutenant Joseph P. H. CroAve, now Captain 10th Regiment, for being the first to enter the redoubt at Bourzekee Chowkee, the entrenched village in front of the Busherut gunge, on the 12th ef August. (Tele-tram from the late Major-Gene- • ral Sir Henry Havelock to the Commander-in-Chief in India, dated Cawnpore, 18th August, '1857). 19th Regiment: Lieutenant Henry •Marshman Havelock, now Captain 18th Regi- • •ment—"ln the combat at Cawnpore, Lieutenant 'Havelock was my aide-de-camp. The 61th hadbeen much under artillery fire, from which it -had severely suffered. The Avhole of the infantry" were'lying down in line, when, perceiving that' the enemy had brought out the last reserved jrun, a 2i-pounder, and Avere rallying round it/I failed up the regiment to rise" and advance. Without, any other word from me, Lieut. Have- r lo :k placed himself on his horse, in front of the : centre of the 64th, opposite the muzzle of the gun. Major Stirling, commanding the regiment, was in front dismounted, but the Lieut, continued to move steadily on in front of the regiment at a foot pace on his horse. The gun discharged shot until the troops were within a I ■short distance, when they fired grape. In ] Avent the corps, led by the Lieutenant who still steered steadily on the gun's muzzle until it was mastered by a rush of the 64th." (Extract of a telegram from the late Major-General Sir Hi-nry Havelock to the Commander-in-Chief in India, dated Cawnpore, August 18th, 1857).— 9th Lancers: Privates Thomas Hancock and John Purcell—"The .runs 1 am happy to say were saved, but a wagon of Major Scott's bat- • tery was blown up. I must not fail to mention the excellent conduct of a sowar of the 4th "Irregular Cavalry and two men of the 9th Lancers, Privates Thomas Hancock and John Purcell, who, when my horse was shot down, remained by me 'throughout. One of these men and tlie sowar offered me their horses, and 5 was dragged out by the sowar's horse. Pri.vate Hancock was severely "wounded, and Private Pureel]'s horse was killed under him. The tiowar's name is Itoopur IChan."—(Extract of a letter from Brigadier J. H. Grant, C.8., Commanding Cavalry Jh'igade of the Field Force, io the Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General ol' Division, dated Camp, Delhi/Jane 22, 1857.)

Colonel Inglis has been promoted to the rank of Major-General, for his persevering gallantry in 'the defence of -the liesidency of Lucknow for 87 days, against an overwhelming force. A monument is to be erected to the memory of General Havelock at his native town, Sunderland. Every succeeding despatch from Naples increases the estimate of the loss of life caused by the series of frightful earthquakes which have ravaged so large a portion of the kingdom. An official report, not made public, states that above 30,000 people have been killed, and 250,000 rendered homeless.

From further advices from America it appears that the Mormons will not retreat from Utah, as was expected by the Government, but will fight it out where they are. This insures a bloody war in the spring.