The Press.
London, England, 1858-02-06 00:00:00

INDIA.

THE BOMBAY MAIL,

INDIA-HOUSE TELEGRAM.

The following despatch was received at the India:
house cn the 29th ult.:—

To J. C. MELVILT, EASTTNDT• HOUSE.

Sir J. Outram defeated the rebels near the Altunbagh
on December the 22nd, and took four guns. His own lugs
was trifling.

Sir C. Campbell, on December the 12th, advanced
towards Furruckabal, and intended to proceed thenc'e
to Agra.

Colonel Seaton's column reoccupied Mynpoorie on the
27th of December, after defeating the rebels and taking
six guns.
. . .

Brigadier-General Chamberlain proceeds with a column
into Rohilcund, and ofterwarls joins Sir C. Campbell
at Agra.
The Dacca mutineers have enpred the Assam country
Her Majesty's 54th Foot are in pursuit. did
The conduct of the 31st Regiment of Native Infantry has
excited suspicion.
Sir Hugh Rose proceeds immediately with a force to the
relief of the garriSon. The population of I ndore have been
disarmed, and tranquillity has been restored.
Punjaub and Scinde all quiet, but strong suspicions are
entertained of the Kholapoor Rajah's movements. All
quiet now.
New depredations by the Khandeith Bheels bare been
reported, and the Hassick and Peinh rebels have been
severely handled.
A grand entertainment has been given by the native
gentlemen of Bombay to all the European troops in the
garrison.
ILL. ANDERSON,
Secretary to the Government.
Bombay Castle, Jan. 9.

The most important intelligence conveyed by tbis
mail is the acknowledgment of difficulties in the
Punjaub. Several mails since, affairs up there were
reported to present certain symptoms which induced
Sir John Lawrence to send an earnest request to
Bombay for British troops. From that period to
the present, intelligence from the Punjaub has been
confined to a simple assurance of tranquillit;,.
The postscript to the Bombay letter of the Daily
News by the present mail conveys to us the following
unsatisfactory intelligence :
Bombay, Jan. 9.
The news from the Punjaub is unfavourable. Sir John
Lawrence had other reasons when he asked for reinf.ree.
ments than that of a campaign in liohilcund. The Sikhs
are not safe, and besides this the Affghans threaten on the
northern frontier. With such an old man at the bead of
Affghanistan as Dost Mahomed, no reliance can be placed
on the maintenance of order there. It may he necessary
in consequence to reinforce the garrison of Peshawar.
This is sufficiently alarming, as a rising in the Pun-
jaub will paralyse all other operations, and, com-
bined with the tardy despatch of recruits from this
country, place Sir Cohn Campbell in a perilous
position. We sincerely trust that the next intelli-
gence we receive will dissipate all fears for the se•
curity of the Punjaub, and confirm our reliance upon
the fidelity of the Sikhs and the good faith of the
Affghans.
With respect to the rest of India, all intelligence
points to the one great fact, that our government is
only acknowledged under British bayonets, and that
we are everywhere compelled to assert our rights by
force. Even at the court of Holkar (writes a cor-
respondent), while Indore is overawed by the neigh-
bourhood of a division, " no justice is to b$ had with-
out the presence of British soldiers ":
The Durbar was obsequious only so long as the
troops were present. The brigade with Sir Hugh
Rose returned to Mhow after disarming the mutineers of
the contingent ; but it soon became evident that disaffec-
tion lay deep at Indore, and it became necessary to send
this brigade back. Indore was regularly invested on the
31st of December, and a host of rebel fugitives were seized
and brought into the English camp for trial. It is yet