The Express.
London, England, 1858-07-05 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 6, 1868.

INDIA.

Infantry, with artillery and a siege train, partly
went out on the evening of the 31st, and the rest
were to follow on the Ist of June, their destination
being Nergoond. a the meanwhile troops had
been marched from Hillary, under the command of
Major Hughes, of the Madras army, and the rebel
Dainties were encountered*t Kopul and beaten, the
two chiefs, Hambgee and Moundergee, being, it is
said, amongst the slain. The rapidity with which
these rebels have been crushed shows how carefully
they have been watched. The Nergoond chief will
probably share the fate of the Daisaies, and the peace

°fess Southern Mahratta territory will thus be resiored
Five sompanies of the 92nd Highlanders are under
order!, to leave Bombay for Wagohm, on the south
omit, tar destination being Belgaum, whilst four
squadrons of the 17th Lancers have left Poona for
Sho!spore.

Previous to this outbreak, the Robilla plunderers
of the Hydrabad territory had been on a plundering
expedition to the north-mat frontier of the Nisam's
igniter), and plundered the country about Janina.
Two roginwou of Sedition's new hone have been

lileadiffietterel4l7th Lancers and
the lith Royal Irish from Poona.
WkEst disarmament is thus the source of trouble
in the Southern Mahratta country, it is no less a
cans of anxiety in Gwent. Sir Richmond Shakes.
pear seems to me to have pressed that measure with
a good deal too much haste on the Gaekwar of Ba-
nda and the chiefs dependent on him. He ought to
have waited till such time as he could effect his per-
pose with a sufficient foroe. The Gamest chiefs
have shown no violent symptoms of disaffection,
and therefore delay might have been expedient on
that groend alone, but in addition to this,
it was politic to pause, because none prize
the light of bearing arms so highly as the
Rajpohts, and the disarmament was certain to create
io great ' ntent. It has been partially effected in
t the cts about the gulf of Cambay, but not
with resistance. The Nawaub of Cambay was
only e to disarm by threats of force, and the
chief Pahlumpoor by similar means. The
Yat people remain armed, as well as nnmer.
one in parts of Gamed 1 the measure, so far
as it been carried out, having caused a violent
mei t throughout the whole of that country.
ihedeish remains in a bad state from other
MOIL The Bheela, who, left alone, would perhaps
never have risen, are worked upon by fugitives from
Hairston', and partisans of the Nana. Raja Sing
is still out in the Saulpoora range, and after his
defeat sear the Tare", has been in the neighbour-
hood of Sooltanpoor, plundering and burning as
nonal. In Rajpootana itself there is news of the
Awa Mersin being again in arms, with his fol-
lowers, la the chain of the Aravulli.

oo;npanies of

It is time now to revert to the operations of the
Orsinal Lodi= army. Calpee has been taken by
Sir Hash Bose without much difficulty. Yoa may
judge of dm deadly nature of the warfare our troops
are engaged in by the following letter, relating an
episode it the battle of Koonch.
Koos& l ideas was attached by etz H. Rees as the 7th.
Tile OMIT tam up a gethien swthaPoseith road, sad
bad a battery sad El gene ea tt. The thed brigade, under
Brigadier Stuart, et lie 14th Dragoons, sitsoked in that di-
reetkoa. Orr, of the Hydethbad Oesithgend, attacked from
the Alt road, and the pascal with the let brigade circled
mad to the led thwards the Neddygaca road, thus making
a flank seeremet, and taming the esemy's batteries and
defame.

Tin general then amend the lest brigade towards the
town on the ids of the old het, and than wee a mutual
cannonading. The general now got knocked down by the
son, and was obliged to lie down maw a tree and have cold
cloths and water applied to his head. This mama a delay
of about 12 hours. When be got a little strong he at ones
mounted his hone, and putting himself at the bead of the
Ist brigade led it against the town, took the old fed, which
onnmanded the whole of the annars panties, and soon
randarad it nntssabla.

The puma wee a mond time dossed by the inn, end
would have fallen frees his hem had he net bees Med el.
Water, ite., wee again applied. Is the mesatime the Hy-
derabad Contingent had also attacked a pram, and two
companies carried It to the right of the dad brigade, but es
they were not supported they was obliged to MI tack.
la about 20 minutes the germs: main got better, and met
of an order to Brigadier Stuart to attack, end the general
made straight through the town to take the enemy is rem
Has be bad a third sun stroke.

The Dragoons made their Ilret charge end killed 70 nail-
seers of the Owelive Contingent, 32nd, 12th, 52nd, sad
other regiments.

Thee; was some delay in Brigadier Smart.' advaactog,
masequeatly when he got into the enemy's position sway
sea had bolted. The general, recovering a little epic, got
on his horse, and lasertag that the pursuit wee elm* Masted
off at gallop, &Booted man hone sad es off is porn&
400 &Toys were Med, mad gee gam mad much eammaitioa
taken. The force did not get back to camp till nine p.m.,
haring been out shies tea of the previous night. 13 Euro-
peans dropped down dead from sea stroke, and many others
are suffering from it. Including them 13 we lost about 25
killed.

The moral showed run pluck sad much sldll.
The non day (ki)** hem wan treased to halt, and on
the 9th It meacird te Itudoce, whore four more gnu were
trim Total, U. no fors an the 12th instant was s
Sashes, karma slim from Gapes, is whir pros there sus
skeet 5,000 se 9,000 lobar ad ratinmes, with the Bran
et lbasker, Tarter Tepee, and the Handal Minsab.
Brignikr Marna in I hair, a the rim ids at the
.1 urns, to mist Oared Rom
The Tars Itai, hen husband ad Karim, whoa the Owen
liar Contingent bad net up as rims is Morn, have all tinin
thromalves up to Captain Tram, the &put, oorrindowsr,
who Is is oamp.

Mural Whitlock is still at Baadsb, 'lvied la what be
lova best—playlag at soldiers; sad it all aoteuals be arm,
be sad his foreman Willy to hare good prise may.

His emceed brigade. tinder Briia Aki; Maeda: and in
this hare joined him, ea they left lie o& on the 16th. Ham
dennend Proprr is said to be tall at rebels and mutineer',
and yet 'ornament hen left bat very tow troops in the
Jabisalpors districts.

The following letter from Cairo describes the
capture : _

CALPZ2, May 96.

. .
Crapes was token by earnit by ear force, la coeds's:dr
with Brigadier Maxwell's boigeds, es the 23rd. Before
giving you an account of the action, I art tad yam that
for live miles round and about Cairo, fro= the temidatioes
of the Janina river no doubt, the ground is frightfully
rugged end uneven, and impassable except by lefestry, sad
that leo with the aura didaulty—reep revises, with
yawning gulfs between. Thia of course proved very ad-
rastegeous to the enemy, who oared us no call annoy-
ers fees these mores. Oa the 72nd, the day previous to
the storm and areelt, the =my ease out is fall force
ober Afton or twenty thessand, chiefly =ashy, mil
iris bold to attack as. Heavy fire we. kept up
Till late in the day, when the amity, r rad,
.hued off. The 86th slaughtered a feerful niter es the
river bank, whore, it is rid, their tab try were so thick
that the County Dowse we. bads, dna late the vater
end pepping then off Kb duds. The TIM, tee, did its
i dry. We bud the Orel Orr of Marrero BAP,* 1
who deo did capital wart; bet lee tier three of our pass
wield her been eiplareL The hileirlog wing, the
211•1, et 2 p.a., the wide bow sort eff to thorned;
the tarry err dr der nabs§ esd the snaky resod
le a reed lesdirg ble Capes; bed is their greet dinp-
peintrust they diseerned. that the pester peados of the
mew bed weds of earl nor Miffs DO Mr shot