The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-02 00:00:00

INDIA AND AUSTRALIA.

THE BOMBAY MAIL.
The following telegram is from Malta dated Jan.
29: -

ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 26.

The intelligence from Bombay is to the 9th of Janu-
ary; all was well in the Madras and Bombay Presiden-
oies. In the latter the Chief of Peint has been taken
and executed.

.....
Sir Hugh Rose has marched from Indore to relieve
Saugor, and is expected to reach Sedoa on the 10th inst.
The Madras column for Saugor had passed Hydera-
bad.
The news from Cawnpore is up to December 19.
Three columns were on foot in the Doab.

Sir e-ofinjampbell marched on the 15th from Cawn-
pore for Farruckabad, and Brigadier Walpole for Calpee,
Mawah, and Agra.
Colonel Seaton's force defeated the enemy at Myn-
poorie on the 27th of December, and reoccupied the
town.
General Outram continues to occupy the Alumbagh.
On the 22nd ult, he attacked and dispersed a body of the
enemy, taking four guns: his own loss was trifling.
The Bishop of Calcutta died on the 3rd inst.
The Calcutta had arrived at Bombay with the Slat
Regiment, and the Matilda Atheling with the remaining
companies of the 72nd.
There was increased dullness in the import market,
with lower prices,
The money market was exceedingly tight.
Freights continued depressed.
Exchange, 2s. lid. to fld. for credits.
The European has brought a Calcutta mail vitt Ceylon,
with dates to the 26th of Deoember. -

MALTA, Jsn. 29.

The above came to hand per Tamar in 70 hours from
Alexandria, bringing the Bombay mail for Southampton,
whither she proceeds this evening.
The Valetta, with the overland mail, was to follow
three hours after the Tamar. .

The Vulture returned from Alexandria on the 27th,
and the Princess Royal this afternoon.
The Urgent, with the 92nd, arrived on the 25th, and
left for Alexandria on the 26th.
No local news.
AUSTRALIA.

By this arrival we have &dykes from Melbourne to
December 15th, and Sydney, 11th. Trade at Mel-
bourne since the despatch of the preceding mail had con-
tinued very dull. Several failures are reported.
Departures of goldships :—On November 17, the Aus-
tralia. for London, with 18,593 one.; 21st, the Breeze,
73,900 one.; 28th, the Blackwall, for London, 88,080
one,, December 1, the Donald fir Kay, for Liverpool,
23,219 one.
During the past year 2,582,793 one, have been shipped
from the colony.
The second session of the Victoria Parliament was
opened on the 3rd of December.
Tenders have been invited for the construction of two
lines of railway; one from Melbourne to the Murray,
and one from Geelong to Ballarat. A staff of Prussian
mining engineers are making a tour through the mining
districts. _ _

MALTA, Jan. 29, 9 p.m.
The Tamar left this evening for Southampton, carry.
ing gold from Australia to the value of £100,813
sterling.
The Valetta has just arrived from Alexandria, and
leaves at midnight for Marseilles with the overland
Bombay mail, the news by which has been already tele-
graphed this morning.
The natives at Bombay had given an entertainment to
the European troops in garrison.
The following telegram from Mr. Acting Consul-Gene-
ral Green was received at the Foreign-offioe, through
Malta, January 29, 4.25 p.m..

- -
ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 29.
The Bombay arrived at Suez yesterday, with Bom-
bay dates to the 2nd toot.
Sir Colin Compbell was dill at Cawnpore at the data
of last advice', but was shortly expected to move west-
ward with a powerful force.
Sir James Outrun, at the Alumbagh, attacked and
defeated the enemy on the 22nd of December, capturing
four guns, with trifling toes.
General Roberta hsa been appointed to command a
field force in Rajpootana, which is assembling at Deem,
and which is to !parch on Nusseerabad.

No fresh disturbances have 00-c;;;;d. in any part of
the Deccan and Central India.
. .

The Punjab is tranquil...—
This telegram arrived at Malta from Alexandria by
the contract eteampaeket Tamar at 11.15 a.m. on the
29th of January.

The following despatch was reoeived at the India
house on Friday night.

To SIR J. C. lievrtm, EAST 1ND1A410,7111.
Sir J. Outran% debited the rebels near the Alum.