The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-01-03 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA.

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Letters and files of papers have been received from
Caleatte to the 22nd of November, and from Hongkong
to the Illth of November.
Mr Hope Great lass arrived in Calcutta, to orpnise
the Indian expedition to Chins. It is sot, I ain assmod,
In any ease to mead 13,000 rem, and will probably not
weed 10,000. Of thess, one-half will be Sikh., bet the
;tit'lame set yet been requested to volunteer. The
MdHullit woes hispelebed some time sines to
peoteet the InyMems to Illemskimg and Shanghai, sad
, bard. OW TM, seer Nth, with the Ist and
lad ham been warned for service in
China.B.t isMlXam'possible, however, that the names of
some of these regimeok 'say to changed before the ex.
mirk mak as orders from home frequently
toterropi an pions. Two betawrias of Artillery are also
Mb* rah I boa**, the Royal Engineers
available. There is talk, ohs, of amain, • regiment
from Bombay, mobs* the 3rd Europeans, es the men
of the Jagsm who have refilled the ranks of that eorps
will be nom the worse for survies. No appointeneuta
liam yet been mole to the MA but the departments
have ressimil orders to provide everything rnewora7
Mr 10,000 nos.
The Bershay emil he. arrived with dates to the 16th
of November.
In Se summery of that date the Beraise Goma* says:
"The actual Asks of the rebel army to Norma eon
be better mibusted ba calculation of what it
arrintiltaC than by our reports. The rumours are perfectly
matradielory. It is now stated that the Nona rather
intsods to maintain his position than he intends to
meat. (toe One report is that he is dead, swam that them
woe • mmenitatios in his mop, and that the seeleal

leaders agreed to unite their forces and place them
under his orders. Side by side with them reports are
details of the dispersion of the Nide{ followers in all
directions, and the miserable plight to which they are
reduced for went of food and clothing. One thing is
oertain, that our troops have taken thentlizahist the
rebels; the 54th (Queen's) have proceeded to the
Oorutre frontier, and one or two engagements have
retired, k
taken. jgilatri,mnsiepoweshit,jusengl:szalan,d the rebels
way places. It is now stated that Jung Baluidoor
is
going to assist us in expelling the rebels from his tern-
tones. About eight or ten thousand Goorkha troops
with forty guns have already marched down the hills,
and Jung will join the army at Bootwall. If this be the
ems the discomfiture of the rebels will be a quick and
work.
cording to a, letter in the Englishman from the
Nepaul frontier, it is believed that the rebel force in
that quarter consists of about 6,000 of all kirds, of
which about 1,000 me sowers. This number includes
also camp followers, women, and children, so perhaps,
bookies the mowers, only 3,000 semi. remain.
"In Central India it is feared that it will be neon-
eery to carry OD the war in the jungle. A body of rebels
ender the DotOliollll Bhagojee Nash lately found their
way to a village about twelve miles from Musick.
About 100 of the Ahmednugger and Nassick police, led
by Mr. flouter, went after them, and succeeded in cap-
turing the leader, who was hanged on the snot where
be lolled Captain Henry, a year ago, and in killing
another chief and fifty-one men. Minor insurrections
are going forward in other parts of India. The hill
tribes in the Deccan are giving some trouble; and a
party of Rohillas have been creating disturbances near
Ilingolee. Troops
.Intre sent after them, and they were
alrralleidolooia. a ravine
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their leader, the Rollins Jemadm, Shirred Khan. The
Rohillas have also advanced on some villages near Hy-
derabad, end we fear that their movements will not be
checked without considerable bloodshed."
The health of the British army is admirable, and the
Government is paying attention to the hill sanitaria.
The Bombay Tines says that an important change is
about to take place in the constitution of the Execu-
tive Council of the Viceroy, which is to be modelled
somewhat after the fashion of her Majesty's Cabinet.
" The members of Council will becorm Secretaries of
State, and, as such, responsible for the conduct of all
matters in their several departments. The present
Secretaaies will become Under Secretaries, we presume;
and, should this important change really transpire, we
augtr the happiest results therefrom. The sinecures
of the Council Board will no longer remain a standinh
offence to grievanoe-mongers • and, with distinct respon-
sibilities devolving upon each member of the Govern-
ments, we shall have the best gurantee of efficient
departmental conduct. We are told that the new
Indian Cabinet will stand as follows :—President and
Secretary for Political Affairs, Lord Cadniug ; Home
Secretory, Sir Bartle Frere ; Secretary at War, Sir
James Outram ; Minister of France, Right Hon. James
Wilson. The power of opinion will give India a good
Government yet. We are also assnaed that the admis-
sion of non-official members to the Legislative Council
oi been decided on."