The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-04-20 00:00:00

SOUTHERN MAHRATTA COUNTRY.

The Chief of Chamk Hundee, one of the great Pntwur
Dhun family, has been arrested, and his fort occupied.
A. D. ANDERSON, Secretary to Government.
Bombay Castle, 24th of March.
ALLAHABAD, Mance 26.

Commissioner Yeh reathed Calcutta on the 22nd inst.,
and will be under surveillance until further orders.
Mehundie Ale Khan, styling himself Prince of Rarnpoor,
who was arrested on the 2nd, has been released from
confinement, and required to live under surveillance.

Tug ENTRY INTO LOOKNOW.—The Commander-in
Chief held back judiciously until he should feel certain
that the forces of General Franks and Jung Bahadoor
had come up, and thereby preclude the rebels, driven
down on Lucicnow, from breaking through in a south-
ernly direction. On the Ist of March, the Commander-
in-Chief placed himself at the head of an army about
40,000 strong, 25,000 of which were Europeans, with
150 pieces of artillery. On the 3rd a heavy force under
Sir Colin Campbell pushed on and occupied the Dilk-
hoosha Palace and gardens between Alumbagh and
Lucknow, and within two miles of the latter, after a
alight resistance. On the 6th Sir James Outrun crossed
the river Goomtee some way south of the town, and,
moving northward, took up • strong position on the
further side of the river ; here he was stoutly resisted
and suffered considerable loss. He was now posted
opposite the Kaiserbagh Palace, which again is close in
front of the Residency. The force of General Franks
arrived from the Goruckporefrontier, and took up • posi-
tion betwixt the head quarters under Sir Colin Camp-
bell and the division under Sir James Ontram ' • Jung
Bahadoor with the hoorka f orce follo wed • few daysafter-
wards completing the circuit to the south. On the Bth
the enemy attacked Outram in great force. They were
repulsed, but not without some law on our side. Sir
Hope Grant now made • wide sweep with his cavalry
and horse artillery to the north-east, but expe-
rienced no resistance. Sir James Outram having
now effectually turned and enfiladed the enemy's
first great line of works, the Martiniere, in ad-
vance of the Dilkhooaha, was, after a heavy cannonade,
stormed by the second division under Sir Edward Lmard.
The action was almost wholly one of artillery, end our
loss was alight. The following day, the 10th, Banks's
house, in the direction of the Residency, was stormed,
and here the resistance was very obstinate. General
Outram now commenced shelling the Kaiserbagh, and in
this three days were occupied. On the 13th the palace
was stormed, after a severe contest of many hours. On
the 11th the Queen's palace was captured, the 42nd and
91rd Highlanders leading the assault. Our casualties in
killed and wounded amounted to about 100, including
Captain Idoorsom, of the Staff; Captain Cooper, of the
Rifle Brigade; Captain WDouald and Sergeant-Major
Hodgson, of the 42nd Highlanders. The enemy lost
about 500. with 22 guns. linmediately after the capture
of Kaiaerbagh, on the 13th, a sap was run under the
Imainbarra, a former residence of royalty. It was af-
terwards breached by artillery, and stormed. On the
14th it was reported that the enemy was streaming out
of the city in torrents, and Brigadier Campbell, who
was in a favourable position on the left of the Alum-
bath, started in pursuit with • strong force of cavalry
and horse artillery. At two o'clock on the morning of
the 15th, Brigadier-General Sir Hope Grant advanoed
at the same time with 10,000 sabres and two troops of
hone artillery towards Seetapore, to intercept the fugi-
tives Campbell might turn aside from their line of flight.
On the 16th an infantry brigade and heavy battery were
to proceed to Seetapore on the direct road for Rohilcund,
and there to halt for instructions; Her Majesty's 75th
being ordered at the same date to start from Citwnpore
to Meerut.
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THIS LADIES OF THZ AGRA 01.11111801 C-AB Agra
convoy has arrived at Cawnpore, and thus one great
canoe of anxiety was removed from the mind of the
Chief. "Thee, ladies and their little ones," says a cor-
respondent of the Times, "have been • most embarras-
sing ingredient in Mir Cohn Campbell's calculations. At
Lucknow he was in • fever at the various small delays
which they considered necessary. In order to make •
proper effect, most of the ladies came out in their beet
gowns and bonnets. Whether 'Betty gave the cheek' a
little touch of red or not, I cannot say, but I am assured
the array of fashion, though somewhat behind the
swoon, owing to the difficulty of communicating with
the Calcutta modistes, was very creditable. Sir Cohn
got fidgety when he found himself made • maitre
cr etiquette and as, arbiter monism among piles of band-
boxes, 'best bonnets,' and 'these few little clothes
trunks' but he sustained his position with unflinching
fortitude, till at length, when he thought he had 'seen
the last of them' out of the place, two young ladies came
trippingly in, whisked about the Residency for a short
time, and then, with nods and manse, darted, laying
graciously, 'We'll be back again presently." No ladies,
no; you'll be good enough to do nothing of the kind,'
exclaimed he; 'you have been here quite long enough,
I am sure, and I have had quite enough trouble in
getting you out of it.' The Agra ladies ought to have
been ready long ego."

CHINA.
HONGKONG, Feb. 22.
That the country round Canton is arming, say* the
Times correspondent, there Is no doubt, but the elders
of Fatahan have in • formal petition assured the Admiral
that the purpose Is only defence against the rebels, who
threatened thattioh city. They implore the Admiral not
to take any step that may frighten their braves. The
General doubts, but I believe the Admiral and Lord
Elgin for onoe put faith in Chinese prolusions. I put
implicit faith, not in their profusion*, but in their fears,
and have no more idea that the Chinese will attack
Canton than that they will attack the Tower of London.
Unless, therefore, this remote possibility should occur
China will for some time present only a faint diplomatic
and oommereig interest. The four jreat Powers allow
the Emperor until the end of March to send down his
plenipotentiary to Shanghai, and in the meantime they

cease from what diplomacy le pleased to coil their
" quasi-belligerent" proceeding,. Lord Elgin mune
down on the evening of the Oh. Probably the nest
mail may bring you news that he la on his way to
Shanghai.
We want interpreters—plenty of them. We cannot
pay too high for them ; for we must bid high to have
them of • good quality, and at present even our Courts
of Justice are brought to • standstill for want of them.
We want also Chinese scholars. But we want them to
Interpret the policy of English statesmen, not to origi•
nits a policy of Chinese crotchets. They know nothing
of the national interest* of England, nothing of our
commercial wants ; they are trying all their lives, betide.
bly and sealouely, but rather vainly trying, to learn the
Chinese forme of official writing, and the practice of
Chinese oeremonial.

Yeb is—oiro-FaCutta in the Inflexible, another blank
regiment (the 66th) is coming to garrison Hongkong,
and the diplomatic body is dispersing for the short re•
was which precedes the on at Shanghai. I shall
take advantage of the general holiday to accompany
Yeh to Calcutta. It may pouibly be interesting to
study the character of a caged Mandarin.
The Inflexible arrived at Singapore March 1, on her
way to Calcutta. Yeh has endured the discomfort of his
sea-sickness much better than we expected. He eats •
peat deal, sleeps • great deal, and washes very little.
He may be pronounced, therefore, to be in very good
ease, and we hops to deliver him over to the Governor-
General safe and sound. It was said at Hongkong that
Lord Elgin had left it to the discretion of Lord Canning
to detain him at Calcutta, or to send him to England.
Should the Governor-General resolve upon the -latter
course, Yeh will make but an intractable London
lion. You will never get him to shake his mane and
roar. _

The Chinese new year holidays have passed over
quietly both at Hongkong and at Canton. At the latter
place matters appear to be proceeding satisfactorily, and
the people in the city and suburbs are seemingly becom-
ing more reconciled to the presence of foreigners. In
the country around Canton, however, the same hostile
feeling as formerly still exists against foreigners. A
party of officers who had gone into the country a short
distance were obliged to return, having been fired upon
by some Chinese soldiers, or "braves.' Trade is slow
in being resumed, and only one vessel has as yet gone up
to Whampoa. Consuls are now established there. The
Chinese show a willingness to commence business. The
estimate now given of the quantity of tea available at
Canton is 60 chops of this season, some of them fine
copecks, for which 37 to 40 reels are asked, and some
MO chops of the two past seasons, the quality and con-
dition of which are very questionable. To the present
time foreigners have shown no disposition to make pur-
chase'. There is a sanguine feeling among many that
the demands to be made by the repr•sentatives of the
Four Powers will be acceded coat once by the Emperor,
A representation has been made to Lois' Elgin by the
members of the Legislative Council of Hongkong of the
inconvenience caused by the mandarin at Heangshau,
near Masao, interfering with the compradores and
house servants in establishments there. To prevent an
occurrence of such annoyance we trust his Lordship will
consider it necessary to take notice of the matter. The
site for • foreign settlement has not yet been decided upon.
1 A requisition has appeared from the American Minister,
' addressed to the Consul of the United States, calling
upon him to arrest by all !eel measures the Coolie
traffic in American ships, which is declared
We in England certainly do not want either toreador
speak Chinese. We onl7 want to know to what extent
It is necessary for our interests that Chinese shall be
spoken and written by Englishmen in China, and what
are the conditions of the necessary supply. In a country
were the roses have no fragrance, and the women no
petticoats; where the labourer has no Sabbath, and the
magistrate no sense of honour; where the roads bear
no vehicles, and the ships no keels; where old men fly
kites; where the needle points to the south, and the
sign of being puzzled is to scratch the antipodes of the
head; where the place of honour is on the left hand,
and the seat of intellect is in the stomach; where to
take off your hat is an insolent gesture, and to wear
white garments is to put yourself in mourning—we ought
not to be astonished to find a literature without an
alphabet and a language without a grammar. If we add
that for countless centuries the government has been
in the hands of State philosophers, and the vernacular
dialects have been abandoned to the labouring classes
( I am about in the next few words to cell forth the ex-
ecration of every Sinolouge in Europe and Asia)—we
must not be startled to find that this Chiaese language
is the most intricate, cumbrous, and unwieldy vehicle of
thought that ever obtained among any people. There
are 18 distinct languages in China, besides the Court dia-
lect ; and although, lir a beautiful invention deserving
of all imitation, the writtten language is so contrived as
to denote by the same character the sounds of each of the
19 different words, all of which it equally represents,
this is of no great use among the multitude who cannot
read. There is not a men among our Chinese seholArs
who can speak three of these languages with fluency, and
there is not one who can safely either write or interpret
an important State paper without the asaistanoe of a
" teacher."