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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 613, 22 September 1858, Page 5

Destination oi? the King op Delhi. —The Calcutta correspondent of the ' Argus,' writing on the 3rd of June, says,—" Since my last letter the fate of the King of Delhi has been made known here, and, strange enough, the first announcement reached Calcutta from the speech of Sir George Grey, in opening the fifth Parliament at the Cape. The Indian Government, although carrying on an extensive correspondence upon the subject, kept it close as wax, as they do all else they can, from the public and the press, even down to the number and names of killed and wounded. The 'Indian Field,' speaking of this, says: —The concluding paragraph which we extract has completely taken us by surprise; by it we learn Indian news which has been kept in strictest secresy from the public and the press. Various have been the speculations as to the fate of the ex-King of Delhi, and now we learn for the first time that instead of the Andamans, the venue is to be changed to British JJaffraria. Sir George says,—' A correspondence will be laid before you, detailing the reasons for ■which it is intended to detain the King of Delhi in confinement in British Kanraria,' &c. Curious indeed are the moves on the political chesshoard—Commissioner Yeh vegetates in Calcutta on some 50 rupees a month; and the hoary exKing of Delhi, in his 90th year, is to undertake a sea voyage to the Cape, to eke out the remainder of his miserable existence amidst the thick-lipped Ethiopians of British Kaffraria." Crossed Cheques. — A trial in the Exchequer Court lately settled that in the present state of the law no real protection is gained; from the practice of crossing. cheques. Some months back a cheque for £126 crossed "and Company" was stolen from a letter, and the thief, having erased this writing, obtained payment at the London Joint- Stock Bank. An action in the Court of Common Pleas to recover the amount from the bank proved unsuccessful, —the Court having ruled that the crossing was merely to be regarded in the.light of a direction, which any one might recover or alter at pleasure. The case was then carried to the Exchequer Chamber, hut the result has been a confirmation of the original judgment.— lllustrated London News.

The Emperor Napoleon and an Invasion of England.—l can answer for the following anecdote:—A general officer, with whom I am personally well acquainted, dined last week with the Emperor. After dinner the talk was of Bernard's acquittal. The General I allude to was standing close to the Emperor, and condoled with him upon the latter circumstance; when, passing ■from condolence to another tone, he all at once said,—"Ah! sire! when shall I again see those Englishmen face to face, as at Waterloo? The Emperor smiled graciously, put his hand on the speaker's arm,and said, —"Hush, hush, General! don't take fire so readily." A bystander who witnessed this little scene observed—" The Emperor's look, voice, manner, and entire air reminded me of the times when, in 1851 and 1852, he used to say to those who asked when France would be again an empire? ' Hush! France can never "be anything but a republic.'" I tell you this because I can vouch for it.— Paris Correspondent of the Manchester Guardian.

Orders have been issued to the officers in command of the several calvalry and infantry depots of those regiments serving in India, directing them to hold in readiness reinforcements to the number of about 10,000 men of all ranks, to emhark for India immediately. The following reinforcements are ordered to be held in readiness to embark on the dates mentioned, viz,:—2,930 non-commissioned officers and men, for Calcutta, June 26; '1,130 men of all ranks, for Bombay, June 29; 820 men for Madras, June 30; and 790 non-commissioned officers and men.forKurrachee June 24. Tonnage has also been taken up for conveyance of 1,100 of the East India Company's troops to Calcutta during the month of July. The following is the correct list of the vessels taken up by the East India Company, up to Saturday, for the conveyance of the numerous reinforcements to India:—For Calcutta —Holmsdale, JVictor Emanuel, Blenheim, Merchantman, Tyburnia, Brunelle, Alnwick Castle, John Duncan, Sir Robert Sale, Harvest Home, and Violet. For Bombay—Earl Balcarras, Maldon, and Clifton Belle. For Madras—Clarence, Mersey, and] Bucephalus. For Kurrachee—Confidence and Pomona. When the whole of the reinforcements now about leaving England have arrived- in India the number of Qneen's troops in that country will be nearly 100,000 men.

Navai, Force of France. —According to returns lately prepared at the Ministry of Marine, by order of the Emperor, France will possess, in the year 1859, an effective force of 150 war paddle and screw steamers, of great spesr*, independently of the sailing ships of war fitted with screws. These 150 war steamers will be composed of ships of the line, frigates, corvettes and cutters. Neither gunboats, steam transports, floating batteries nor fireships, are included in the number of 150.

General Wolfe.—The William and Ann, the vessel which conveyed General Wolfe to Quebec, and which was lately lying at Newport, has been lost in the Mediterranean.