The Press.
London, England, 1855-09-22 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

there were none to spare. Some persons are of minion
that Russian agency and gold have originated the re•
hellion ; but this 1 doubt, though possibly some agent of
the Czar may have been at work to incite the discontented
to rise.

In the Overland Caleuttes Englishman we read that
a letter from Raneegange, dated 24th of July, says:—
About 600 troops arrived by Saturday's train at Ranee.
gunge, under command of Major Hampton, partly of the
87th and 50th Bombay Native Infantry; 100 were despatched
yesterday to Taldangah.
On Saturday last the rebels were opposed at Katna (a
village four cogs north of Nuggur) by the Ghautwall of
1100 Roy. The Tatter's son being cut down, the Ghent-
wall tied The Nuggur Rajah has a company of sepoys
from Soorey to defend his place, and it is to be hoped they
will be able to keep them in check, otherwise there will be
nothing to prevent them making a march on the Ranee.
gunge station.
Troops are to be despatched from here with every hope
of falling in with the rebels. One hundred and fitty men
of the 56th Bombay Native Infantry, under command of
Captain Halliday, started for Bancoomh, to protect
that place.
Ali the railway works about here are stopped. The rail-
way people have assembled together at the station for
security. Should the rebels be checked in their course
westward, they will very probably turn to the east again,
and, coming down the Kyrasole jungle, sack and burn all
the railway bungalows in that vicinity.
News has just, come in that the troops had fallen in with
the rebels at Nuggur, and that upwards of 3(t) were killed,
besides a number wounded and taken prisoneti.

The Bombay Overland Times of Aug. 23 re-
marks:—
We know as little now as we did a fortnight since of the
causes which led to the insurrection, or the catastrophe to
which it may yet lead. The insurgents in the field are
said to amount to 30,000—bands of them of from 600 to
2,000 strong are overrunning the country to the south-
eastward, spreading terror and desolation before and
around them. Two hundred villages are already said to
have been destroyed by them, and several great towns been
brought into danger. 'Wherever they have come in contact
with the regular troops they have, of course, been dispersed
with much slaughter, and they are not anywhere in a
position to offer effective resistance to the most moderate-
sized detachments. So soon as we have a sufficient force
in the field they will be hunted down or driven back to
their fastnesses, but the mischief they are at present occa-
sioning is as lamentable as their appearance in the field
was unexpected.
AUSTRALIA.
Some days' later news from Australia have been
received by the royal mail steamship Tamar, vii
Callao. The intelligence from Melbourne is to the
25th of June.
Serious collisions had taken place between the
Irish at the Maryborough diggings and the miners.
The " Tips," as the former are called, attempted to
take the lsw into their own hands relative to "jump-
ing" claims, but the miners rose en masse to the
number of 3,000, and obliged them to conform to law
end usage. The miners are known as " the Allies,"
in contradistinction to the " Tips." Military and
police were sent to preserve the peace in the
district.
A mutual protection society has been formed with
the sanction of the Government.
At the Ballarat diggings the Irish also placed
themselves in opposition to the English, Scotch, and
American miners, and scenes similar to those at
Maryborough occurred.
At Maryborough a " Tip" who rashly presented
his gun at a body of 2,000 of the " Allies" was fired
at twice and slightly wounded.
A monster nugget, weighing 1,000 ounces, and
valued at 4,8001., was found at the Maryborough
diggings.
In the commercial summary published in the
drgus we find the following :
The yield of gold is steady, and we have great hopes of
making our exports of gold this year 4 hundred tons.

A VERY DIRTY LOOKING AFFAIR has come to light
connected with one of the Paris lotteries for religious
purposes, which are too readily sanctioned by way of
exception to the wholesome common law which for-
bids lotteries altogether. The principal prize of the lot-
tery of St. Hoch, which was recently drawn, fell to the
ticket No. 120,360; and aM. Trucy having presented
himself with that ticket, and fulfilled the formalities
required, was offered, instead of 100,000 f. which was
due to him, 10,0($)f. ou account. He refused to re-
ceive this sum, conceiving the offer a mere excuse to
make him wait a long while for the full amount. The
profit on lotteries being enormous, the refusal to pay
the prizes at once is wholly unjustifiable. But while
the supposed fortunate proprietor of the winning
ticket was urging his lawful claims, an unlooked•for
impediment arose. He has just been informed that.
the directors of the lottery have received a formal
notification through a buissier that a publichouse-
keeper, named Desonche, of Villetaneuse, near Paris,
claimed the lot, on the ground that he had purchased
the winning ticket, and was the real owner of it,
though having lost it, and True), having found it.
Desonche has coninieueed law proceedings to estsh
limb his cilium. This is a very odd story; and the
claim coming in aid of the previous refusal to pq
tc, lay the least, 6111101011 Si