The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-06-15 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA.

ALII.ANDRIA, JUDO 4.

The Calcutta and China mails leave to-day, with in-
telligence from Calcutta to the sth of May, Madras the
10th, Ceylon the 14th, Hongkong April 23rd, and Mauri-
tius May 10th.
Sir Hugh Rose defeated the rebels at Bul Sir Kooneh
about the 3016 of April, killing 400. They are making
another stand near Calpee. The Nana, with all the
cavalry in Buellly, was trying to mom the Ganges to
join his brother at Calpee, and Menu escape to Central
India.
Chide is quieting down. Mr. Montgomery has restored
the Talookdars, and established the Zeinindaree system,
to the content of the people.
Jung Bahadoor had reached Azimghur, on his return
march.
There hu been some slight disturbance mused by a
hill tribe in Assam.
. . _ . .

A small detachment of European' and aboorkas hay.
in followed them into the mountains had been repulsed
with loss. . . . .

At Calcutta imports generally were in active demand.
The export market was dull, but without a decline in
priors, owing to small supplies. The money market un-
changed. Freights had fallen.
Exchange, 2s. id. for credits, and 2s. lid. to 2...1id-
f0r documents.
At Madras there is no change in the market. Ex-
change has not varied.
The Victoria, with the Australian mails, started from
Aden for Sues before the Nemesia, but has not yet been
heard of.

A despatch from Pekin direots the foreign Plenipoten-
tiering to return to Canton to meet the new Commis
-
'loner, who, it is said, ig gathering forces with the inten-
tion of attempting the recapture of Canton.
Lord Elgin and his oollesgues had left for the Pith°,
The transaction' in the import market at Hongkong
were very moderate.
Exchange, 44. 9d. for ant-olage paper. Price. of tea
In the Chinese markets unaltered.

SHANaitAr, April 14.

Considerable operations in ailk ea former rates. Mid.
Ming and inferior somewhat lower. Exchange, 80. lid.
b es. 24. for credits.

Axxxernaza, June 8.
The Victoria, with the Australian malls, reached
Sues on the 6th inst She brinp specie valued at
1113,726, and 123 passengers. Her dates are—Sydney,
April 11th; Melbourne, 16th; Gall*, May 10th and
27th.
Bombay mails have also arrived, with intelligenoe to
the 19th of May.
The least dates from Smelly are to May 8.
Brigadier Jones entered the town on the 6th. The
Commander•in-Chief occupied the cantonments the
same day, having defeated the rebels at the Neese-
bridge on the fah.
On the 7th the whole of the city was in our hands.
On the Bth Jones's column was deepatohed to expel
rebels from Shahjehanpore.
The enemy had re-oocupied the town after the Chief's
departure, forcing the garrison, which ...attested of six
sampan's' of the 82nd, to take to the gaol. Khan
Bahadoor and the Nana had eseaped. Faroe Shah
we said to have fallen.

Our loss wits very small.
The reported death of General Penny is oonfirmed.
Him oolumn joined the Commander-in•Chist during his
advance upon Sergilly. The General himself fell on the
4th of May by grapeshot from guns on the road. The
guns were taken by a charge of C,arbineers.
Sir Edward Lugard moved frost Arrah to attack Jug.
despore on the Bth.
Kooer Singh was dead.
Sir Hugh Ross., aft,r defeating the Calpee rebels at
Roonsh, marohed to Calpee, and was at Gorake on the
Bth. No ofiloer was killed at Kooneh, and only one
wounded. _ _

--T7a-4-e— at Bombs" was dull. The money-market
easier. Freights had decreased. At Melbourne the
Import trade was dull. Gold, .23 13a. 34. per ounce for
standard. Bhlpments.—On the lit of April the Norfolk,
for London, with 82,570 ounces. On the 11th, the
Royal Charter sailed for Liverpool with 93,732 onnoes.
Money abundant, Exchange on England for 60 days'
eight, 1 per cent. Tallow in steady demand for ship-
ments; mixed, £4O per ton. Wool (greasy), 94. to la.
per lb.
MALTA, Jane 11.

The Colombo arrived from Alexandria, and loft for
Southampton at 8 o'clock, and at the tarns time the
Panther, for Marseilles, with the Calcutta mall to the
14th of May.
All the spools but 43 boxes had been saved from the
wreak of the Ave at Ceylon. James Swan and Co.
have failed there. Their liabLlities are £35,000, assets
£22,000. The prospects of the °off's crop are good.
Lord Lyons, in the Royal Albert, with the Conqueror,
Princess Royal, and Centurion, left Malta on the 10th
for a three days' cruise to exercise at the great guns.
The Wanderer, from Gibraltar, and the Sport had
arrived there; off the harbour were the Renown and
the Itattowou. . . .