The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-09-27 00:00:00

INLIA.

THE REBRI.a.—Tho arrival of the Bombay Mail gives
us little news of the rebels. If we may credit some
letters that have been published in the Bengal papers,
they are almost in a state of starvation. They prowl
about in bands from r.O to fint/. and tire dispersed over
the lower ranges south of Nepaul. A letter from
Itoltil I in the Ittiigitl ilorkur” mentions that Bala°
HMO, bro,her tO the Nana, iftirilut Sing, of
'gamin., Hear Baraitch, and the Nawab of Nujeeliadail
have died fr..m the elfecta of the climate, somewhere
near Ifoolawal, where the Begun' is. The Nana was
auffering from fever. l'he Region still held out. A
lettxr in the .11,1N.unlite, from Et.twali, on the frontier
of Inwilekpore, states hlat " intelligence is regularly
received at all the principal outports of the remaining
few of our late antagonists, the Pandies. They seldom,
if ever, venture beyond the frontier. The only eon•
siderable body of them who appear at all tlispoae‘l to be
mischievous is enitimaneed by two rascals, called Ilullie
and liulkurren Singh. Their gang of WU is reported to
ho hanging about soinewhere in the vicinity of Towllea,
where the nature of the country would render a surprise
on them at this SeMOll almost impracticable." t!,everal
arrests have been made in Gude and hardily, and the
prisoners are accused, some of having taken part in the
massacre of Europeans during the mutiny, and others of
attempting to seduce soldiers from their duty. Some of
these rebeht have been transported. One Rang fiat, was
sent by the Nana as an emissary to llyderabml, where
he was arrested and sentenced to death ; but the
tiovenior.Geueral has ci the sentence to trari-
aportation for life. Mo.t of the leading men among the
rebels are falling into our hands. One or two have been
inductsl to put an end to their lives by poison to avoid
the risk of being caught. Suffern. KIVU), formerly a
l'athan Resitabla, in the employ of the lieguin of Ittiphal,
adopted this plan when lie found himself in a difficult
position, and that nothing could avert his ultimate
capture.
Isoisx Tampa Ton CHINA.—The lionalay aa:elte
of the :filth uIL says :—" To guard against any emer-
gency that may arias the lion. Mr. Bruce lisp applied
to the Governor-General for troops: but where are
they to come from Having been presented with their
discharge, alxmt 1000 men men are at this 'Houtent on
the point of leaving India. Two months ago no one
thought there was any difficulty in settling the claims
of the soldiers for bounty, created by their transfer
to the service of the Crown. Lord tanning met the
difficulty by giving them their discharge, conceiving, we
fancy. that in this limiter they would consult their own
interests, and find it inure to their advantage to remain
in the service. Has it NO turned out? Every day we
hear of the withdrawal of large bislies of soldiers from
their regiments, and the army itself is rapidly dis olving
away. In the Bengal regiments ri.Plat men have taken
their discharge, about 2,:ino are espect,sl to embark
front Madras, anti 2.110 from Bombay. About 50I)
charges, European soldiers arrived here on Sunday last
from Mom, by rail, and many are on their way to the
Presidency from the various military cantonments in
the interior. We were informed the other day that
the ships Contest, Hope, North, Nugget, and Hertford.
shire have been chartered by liovernment for conveying
the men to England ; the first two vessels will sail in a
few days with about 415 men on board each of them.
This is • matter snore important than on the surface it
appears. It is indeed • lamentable fact that the Itritish
force in India is inadequate to the requirements of war.
Soldiers cannot but nisirifactureil in a few months. nor,
when they are stripling* at the time of enlistment. in a
few years. But admitting that we are enlisting at
double the rate of any previous year—ailinitting that
we have done all that could be done to raise recruit.,
still there conies the question, ' How are we to replace
European regiment* of long Indian experience, and at
mice raise Itritish troops seasoned and fit for the hard.
ships of au Asiatic campaign "

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HOIIOIIEO I)ImAITECI'I..N IN THE PI'N.I.‘H.—A
little before the festival of the Moburrtun, the Punjab
was in a state of excitement in consequence of some
rumours, more or less exaggerated, regarding tilt:Wee-
tieti among the Ilahommeilatis of Mealkote, Ciiiritsur,
I. iltore, and dollundur. A faker was first arrested in
Sealkute district with wine treasonable papers: in his
possession. Ah this man appeared to be acting for
..thers, the police were ordered to keep is sharp look out
in all towns where the Jlalminniedans inustered strong.
It seems that those at Lahore were full of 1411110 nor 5C1.14)
about the birth of • new prophet, and expected that a
revolution was at hand. This silly story was eagerly
credited and canvassed by the religious section of the
j,shore Mah slans, and the 161: 4 preached at
the inotines referred to the advent ot the prophet, and
were calculated to unsettle inn's minds. Seeing that
mischief might be done by thew Hied fellows, it was
considered advisahle to make 4111 example of some of the
foolish talkers. Four persons were put on their trial,
and they were punished by lilies and impels° 1111 l mit for a
few ths, It is said that the 7411 Madras cavalry,
chiefly composed of Ilahommedans threatened to create
military disturbances at IlyderaCad, 'huller to those
that took place in the Northwest Provinfts, if the
tioveminent did not take from them the greased car-
tridges which were lately served out to them by mistake.
Placards were put up in the public streets which showed
that a movement was on foot for drawing the sword in
defence of thsir ndigion, and killing all the Christians of
the place. These facts give us • glimpse under the sta.
face of Mahounnedan politiend society.