The Express.
London, England, 1858-05-17 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 185$.

Logi&Lame sanctions—either directly et indirectly'
—the confiscation clause in his Proclamation, it will
nemmearily place the British Government in a-fibs
position in India. And Mr. CAILDWELI:B Resolu-
tion—inasmuch IA it censures Government !or etc.
damning the Proclamation—will be understood
throughout India as a sanction of the policy of
confiscation.

It is therefore to be
cannot say hoped—that the House of Commons, instead
of submitting to have its verdict dictated to it by either
party, should consult its own dignity and express
an opinion of its own. This it could easily do by
voting some amendment conceived in terms similar
to that proposed by Mr. DILLWTN, if it does not
approve of the exact wording of that amendment.
It might declare in emphatic language its general
approbation of, and its confidence in, Lord CANNING,
and might then go on to indicate the general prin-
ciples upon which it desires him to act with a view
to the pacification of India and the re-organisation
of civil government. Details must of course be left
to the local authorities ; but there are certain general
principles the observance of which concerns the
honour of England. It is the opinion of the
most able and trustworthy Indian statesmen
that justice ought to be tempered with mercy. The
first step ought to be the proclamation of an amnesty
to all who lay down their arms within a certain time.
provided there is no proof against them of complicity
in the massacres which disgraced the first outburst
of the Mutiny. A proclamation to this effect wash
enlist a majority of the population in our favour.
With due and prompt attention to the wasigalsip
Lion of the Indian Army, it would then be eempars-
tively easy to trample out the last sparks of mutiny.
That done, our course is clear :—To carry into east
a general disarmament ; to prevent the nobles and the
wealthy taboos from maintaining retinues of armed
followers; to dismantle all fortalices in the hands of
private individuals ; to concentrate all legal jurisdic-
tion in the Government tribunals; to extend perfect
security of property and of person alike to the poor
and to the rich. If each a policy is recommended by
the House of Commons, it must be adopted by the
bask Government in India; and if adopted it must
be imessiefaL If the House content itself, instead,
with dimply censuring Government for condemning
lard Ceirttnrolt Proclamation, the present state of
lawless anarchy in India will be perpetuated end
aggravated; and the cloud which is now palpably
gathering all along our Western frontier will burst
upon it in blood and devastation before we can be
prepared to meet the storm. For this the present
English House of Commons will be held respon-
sible now and in all time coming. Men will
say, and with truth, that instead of acting for the
benefit of the Empire they allowed themselves to be
made the passive instruments of personal friendships
and antipathies. It is doing Mr. CARDWELL'S Reso-
lution too mach honour to call it a party movement.
The ism raised by it fa not whether the leaders of
the Liberal party or the leaders of the Conservative
pertyshall hold the reins of government. If there
is a majority for Mr. CAnoweLL's motion, that
majority will be made up of three heterogeneous
sections. There will be the personal friends of Lord
Cuticino—all the Courtiers included—bent solely
open avenging the personal slight they imagine he
hue expeeiseteed at the hands of Lord ELLENBO-
ROTIOH. There will be the partisans of Lord Pat-
liihSTON, eager to avail themselvesof so favourable a
andancture for their untrammeled restoration tooffice.
And there will be a number of good-natured Liberals
sewing themselves unconditionally into the scale of
Lai Peateatrrote in the vain hope that the black-
IMmeor has been washed white in the shower of ad-
tandtg.
Pee ea our course is clear, and through good report
and bad report we will pursue it. We belong to the
post rational party of progress, and we are ready to
rappet any leaders—we make no exception a. to
11111111 who will give security that they are 'in-
anity bent upon promoting the views and wishes of
the majority of our party. Parties have been so
busken up and confused that we are not entitled to
abject to any man whose word is to be relied upon
blouse of his antecedents. He may be a relic of the
di CANNING party, like Lord PALMERSTON ; he may
been aid BEDFORD Whig, like Lord JOHN Roseau,;
be may be a ei-dowaril Tory Peelite, like Lord ABEL.
Dish or Mr. GLADSTONE; Its may even be such a
ausaber of what is still by courtesy called the Con-
aravative party, as Lord STARLIT or Sir JOHN

[acutely we

All that we ask is that the next
Liberal Cabinet that is formed shall be composed of
individuals in the sincerity of the liberal profession@
of whom we can have faith, and that they explicitly
avow at the outset the principles and policy upon
whieh they are to set All that we ask is a gua-
rantee that the Ministers who claim the support of
the Liberal party are themselves Liberals in reality
as well as in name, and that they will not accept of
office for the express purpose of baffling and thwart-
ing the wishes of their supporters.

d sod Viscousness ya, Lay
the CessgeseJossiWW, Cbtortobetteo-
- . Canine Cavendish venni), the
Bea. Mess linskaild Band ),• Hos. Kerr, Hmh
llaryarted, Ern Horan Ilto Hen. nen-
Peskin Bye& sad oa.
rHosour ; Lady Charlotte Copley Oar Veqedillie-
°Neater Tortes, Bedchamber Woolen; the Ms of
Basta, H.Q., Lord Steward ; Berl Delawarr, Lord Cham-
berlain; the flab of Heautort, Masks of the Horse ; no
Marquis of /thereon', K.G., Groom of the Stole to his Royal
Highame ; lard Claud Hamilton, Tree/am of the House-
hold; Viicouat Newport, Vses-Clumberiera; sad the other
afters dike Royal Household.
The Queen wore • *she of whits ilk, brocaded is wreaths
sad knobs. of Bowers in gram, gold, sad rod; trimmed
with white blades sad ruches of rem sada. The pettioort
ef white mein trimmed with white blonde sad white earn
runes. Her Mejesty wore s diadem of opals end diamonds
as a bed-dress.

hol4l;mm Mary of Cambridge wore a petticoat of blue
=doable skirted over bins ilea silk, trimmed with
of crepe, pink and white bin& roam, with two Somme
et Hennas Mee. The *Ma of Mee moire trimmed with
mess of We. crepe, blush rams, maim ribbon, and Monitor'
loss. The renege to esirreapamd with • stomacher of dia-
monds lad peed& A Mama widen end ear-rings. Her
royal Idglinses's head-dnes wee tomposel of a diadem of
disaseds, linekors, Hasten loos Isppess, sad diamond
anounsts.

The Primus ear sttanded by Lady Oms Wine Somerset
end ILI* Hem PIEIVA
The Qom Val ettandsd at the Coat by the foUowing
Miedisre et lbe Crows, via. :—The of ,
Lord Presidnit ,• leri of Herdwiont, Priarlylieba ,
Red el Derby, Ping of
el the Trees:try ; the ht Hon.
B. Dime* atimmeir of the ]whey the the Rißigght Hos.
Spencer H. weightfierretery of State far the Home De-
partment ; Lard Meshy, !Winery of State for the Colo-
nies; Grows] Pealaseretely of Slate bt Wor ; the Right
ana Has. Sir J Poet Lord of the Admiralty the
ht Hoe. J. W. , President of the Beard of Trade;
Right Hon. 3. W. • Poaeld.st of the Board of Trade
;d John liassan, Feet C.ommissitser of Public
rks

The angswedeee awl =inhere WON introduced,
lA= ibllflewYs pomielias Is bar Majesty took place
as
=By 2Untied;=.l , mi. Margaret Aix,/ Ward, of New
at, Maim
By the Osweare at lialsoistary, Madame la Be,.onn do
Brow, wig et the !hark= Minfeter at this court.
. - - - •

By thi ismelan Minister, the Duke of St. Azpleo, $
Nespolltse nolemen.
By the limelim Minister, le Beres Lewis de Telcolay,
=roe s la oohs de es Kageoth rimpereur de Ramie;
t G. de Smiting, Imperial Buira army.
The dipkenstio circle wee stlanded by the Turkish and
Trash Ambaesedors, the Belgian, Bavarian, Hanoverian,
Sardinian, Greek, Netherlands, Portuguese, Pre mien,
Brazilian, United States. Austrian, Guatemala end New
Grenada, Swedish and Norwegian Bulimia, and Russian
Mishima, the Haase Towns Minima', the Spanish Cbargd
d'Affaires, end the Charge d'Affaires of Haiti.
The general circle was numerously attended.
The list which has reamed as ccatains the names of 6
dues, 6 duchesses, 5 marquise, 9 marchionesses, 17 earls,
32 countemes, 8 viscounts, 14 vimountessee, 18 lords, 164
Wks, 13 right hanoorablee, and 10 honourable gentlemen,
with 66 honourable Maim, 22 baronets, 19 knights bachelors
I end a large ameba. d the awaken of the 1111111110 proles:
Mons, the naval and military service, aviary, &a., with their
ladies

Alter the Drawing Room, the Queen with the Printer
Lonim and Priam Arthur, drove out in • ceniege and four.
Ia attendance were the Hon. Flora Macdonald- and Lord

The Prime Consort rode out on horseback attended by
Lientersed-Colcesel Ponsouby.
In the es ern' her Majesty's dinner party included the
Duchess of Kat, the Primer Anna of due Weimar, Prints
Bdriail of Saxe Weimar end the Conroe of Di:irately, the
Prises of the Desires of Sutherland, Lord and
Lady Pohl, loorlsid, Lady Fenny Howard, the
Lady la Waling le Printer Anna of Saxe Weimer, the
Dame et Winder end the Hon. Mrs. Wellesley, Sir George
AConper, Litat.-Ciaseral Mr Gorge Bowies, end Admiral
—l—m_ the Queen and Prince Consort, the Primmer
ASss end Selina, the Duchess of Kent, the ladies and ret.
Seem at the court, and the domestic household, attended
DM= amnia in the chapel of the Baru The lion. and
Bev. the Doan of Winder officiated.
Her Majesty and the Prince Consort left Buckingham
Paha to per the night at the White Lodge in Richmond-
pest.
The Princess Mazy or Cumbria's, the Prier of Lenin-
gen, and Prince Viers of Holsalehe visited the Duchess of
Lent en Saturday at Climes Hoar, St. James's.

The Earl of Derby, Pint Lord of the Treasury,
gave • state banquet at his Mabel resideeoe In Downier
street, in bosom o her Ildejesty's birthday, to the following
maseters of the House of Poore : The Doke* of Hamden%
Manalestar, Butlend, and Cleveland;
litt=uie or Atlas;
dm Hark of Dartmouth, Womble, Pomfret,
Wilton, Lauda., Name, Beenolomp Bowe. tredbroka,
Amherst, Deralsy, Egmont, fiedeld„ Xaye, Bros, Loma,
end Dermot; Vimount Canterbury ; Lards Basra, &oda,
Dynevor, Wok:Meant, Revenrwortb, Forester, Wynfard,
Feverehant, Atingle, end Willoughby de Broke; and Mr.
Yearke Drummond.

The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, u Chancellor of the
Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons, entar-
Waal at dinner, at his private niftiness Grosvenor-pre,
the Dab of MOMVOSS, the Duke of Beoklngham and Cban-
fts, the Earl of March, M.P., the Earl of Donoughreore,
Lead John *ones% M.P., Lord Hoary 0. Lennox, M.P.,
Viscount Galway, M.P., Viscount Eboley, M.P., Visoount
M.P., Lord Colehester, Lord Mosteaglo, Right
Hen. Fitzroy, M.P., Right Hoot. Sir Thomas Fre-
Bart., the Right Hca. J. W. Holey, M.P., the
rilgatilea. Sir John Trollops, Bart., M.P. • the Hon. Chia.
Gera, the Hon. James Howard Sir WilliamJoilift, bat.,
M.P. •' Sir B. Bohm Lytton, Bart., M.P. • Sir C. Burreil,
Dist, M.P. • Sir John Yards Buller, Bat. 11. P
_,. • Mr. G.
A. Hamilton, M.P., Colonel Taylor, M.P., Mr. Whitmire,
M.P., Sir Charlie Trevelyan, K.C.B. Mr. Prosily, Hr.
Gramm, Mr. Edward Romilly, Mr. Holmes,B. Niers,
Mr. Dom, Kr. Thomas Baring, BLP., Mr. Deprii, M.P.,
Kr. Zoresed, Y.P., Mr. Miles, M.P., ColonelPien WO-
-11.P., Kr. ftowhad HIS, Mr.a.G=.lft. Trevor,
wad Hr. reek and Mra=rpilvate
The Merv& at , Lord President of the
pm a Alio Mum honour of the don yat hie
noidsuelin to the following —The Hon.
H. Ase=l,l4mt Hon. C. B. Additloy, Earl Bantry,
Colonel . 8. Bescradt, Mr. W.'Cubltt, Colossi
Cesolly.=.3:=4 Viscount Cambiums, Lord De
Void. Lod Downes, Lord Delmar%
Mr. Chaim Du Oess, Kr. George Dundee, Kr. W. Franks,
I:llPlinier, Lord
Oda,r Mr. A. L. Oodftril,
Wad Kr. C. Derby * J. T. Hopwood,
Lard Lord Kenyan, Hon. H. G. Liddell, Viscount
Liftrd, fte led of Limed* Mr. C. J. limas, Mr. Arthur
Mike, Kr. C. O. 8. Norm, Kr. J. Neeld, Hon. Gerard
Neel, Mr. Larnease. Pea, Kr. Kerr Berner, Major Sib
Zaftig Illogiftioa, Col. Talbot, Sir H. Wit-
rt7l, Or J. Wahli, Vie Hon. Z. T. Yorke, and Mr.
iftesk s.

The A* Non. Spencer Walpole, Secretary of
&no kr iie awsp_iChiperrimat, gave a grxl dinner at Grit-
We Nefill. to aded, Ike Royal birthday. The
eaukeei Odd Lad Olroedlor, the Lord Mai Jmurtrif
Tailesi. to Morteref the Rolla, the Lard Chief Baron of
the botas, the Right Hon. Sir C. Croswell, Vita-
Clernier Xi/denier,. Mr. Hama Brimmon, Mr. Berea
Cheek Mr. Judo, Colerldqrr. Jodie, Crowder, Mr.
Judo Baio. Mr. Jude, W Mr. Joan Bytes, Mr.
Base Mostli. the light Hoe. . Id URI
liir/R, SO Plar&I? ef Loudon, Lord Naleilik Mlle.
ode.' Ike Ad_worrileieral Jan.nd, Lew
rese, Mr. Mid, W. Sir ariChaerford,
Bige:Tablesearkr, the.
Barß:ig,h,t
andltr.T latonal,
Lead Way, lleeretary of State tee the Colonial
dotaidoed at doom the Red
filt Canines,
Yr. R. Morkale, Mr. J. P. Mot Yr. 14 IkM
rizt els' Mateab, asrlifetroa rad, Mr.
Mirka, Mr WMlesa , Mr. Jude, Halkodie,
ter Jeer Breaks, the of Guiana, Mr. J. Zak
Niko, Mr. J. B. Ft r. B. Weetatodel Ilita.
B. Darya, fir Joao Mr. H. B.
Mar. W
lb Jabot t:lir George fidieeTa
Mr. W. F.
The Ketqlrieri:eter fn., Laid Stalme al
kw Maketre HimisM, gave a wed dim ea
maks, at hie redheate he Giarri kg=
dos ether Mattgolarktlaky. The eereblei of
Led and Colonel the
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Illt Mood 71•WilaI Vlawkinivil Sir huitoid
CtliAll, Vaasa_ . ,CThayikil: the Ilse. =tit=
DEJOYS .1024 AdV,Wea ONA aid. CiAlia Ylag, &N.
The mai nerawarr, Lord umarramia .1 her Ma-
iesty's isieheii, pave a dos leloquid k beim of
at Itio sedinee k Weir Ordneasr-dvedi, ikkk dee la,
Beady illowidoi for ties eloulta. Tar
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Haan. cb.a.krbao. tho Tion. sod Vey DAL the Dow
of ffiediod. Mr. ai Col. Oka BegfA, Mr. Glom. ma
Mr Ilmoy leis/
The Attorney-Genera gave state dimmer ea
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Neteeda wades it the Qesee's teeasel mad the bean
imams at the fir es the JAM, Abisephreheli. Oeteus
woe Idd tor eloberteett. Time weseat : W. J. Alat-
alb, J. Asehelea, S. Asiteere, R. B. £I(, E. P.
rrJ. Mikan, D.C.L.. M. Dosiobsor M. HI"
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P. J. BMWS, J. Ilwaiss, B. 6. PdloN, J.
T. or. W. M. Grove, era. (Moonfo Lao
flaw.). Rosilm, W. Buidlestem,
%glom. Ides AMON Jewels, 0. W. K.
C. W. Loa, J. Looks, I. Lash,
I. Mamoiy, HP. J. MAW, K.P., H. Maldety, J. Keller,
H. A. Kenwebar, J. Meek W. 011.11111111. I. S. Paths.,
N. Peaky, J. O. Pblllmoo, T. Film, P. A.
K.Poodhogoil, D. Plow, R. P. Awl* C. J. (101ThlrtU,
fldapor, H. N. Moser, M. I. Cotta, J. G. Toad, C.

0. Temple, 8. B. Tolle., T. Twine, D.C.L.,
J. Walker 8. Warren, 31. P., W. Whiteley, C. Whitmore,
J.B. Wait C. F. Wadsworth, Bwjeant E. Gooltarn, Ser-
rtisti+
ii.it!m2a,mnfillrjeaot Seurt J. y 4:
A' J. B. imams, W. =in, H. Clemby, W. W.
Weisby, H. W. Itaysolds, H. Watson, F. J. Hamel,
H. B. Peacock, D.C.L., Eleneoust Woolrych.
Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable
Carp et Gentiesatm at Arms bad a tall dram dinner in cele-
bration of the day.
The Queen's Tradesmen dined together at the Free-
masons' Tavern. The Lord Steward of her Majaity' snows.
held forwarded two bucks far the entertainment.

FRANCE.

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PARIS, SLTVIDLT EVINIXO.

A very shocking duel was fought yesterday in the
Bois de Vesinay, near St. Germain. M. Henry de
Pens, a well-known literary man, who for some
time wrote the jeuilleton in the Nord of Brussels
which was signed " Nemo," and who has lately written
in the Paris Figaro under the same signature, made
some playful remarks in a recent article about the
sub-lieutenants of the army, and said, among other
things, that, owing to some new orders concerning
their uniform, they would no longer tear ladies'
dresses with their spurs. This article gave offence
in a mess-room at St. Germain, and in his weekly
article of last Sunday " Nemo" observed that he had
I revolved a very coarse letter from a person who
signed himself "A Sub-Lieutenant," and who talked
a great deal more about fighting than a gentleman
who means to fight usually does. This article produced
• challenge from the sub-lieutenant. When M. de
Pins and his seconds got upon the ground they
found some twenty officers there belonging to the'
garrison of St. Germain. The duel was fought with
swords. M. de Pens wounded his antagonist in the
wrist, and disabled him. Thereupon an officer of
cuiressien of the guard stepped out from the group,
and said, " Now, sir, you will have to fight me."
The brave man of letters accepted this second chal-
lenge, although it was obvious that the men of the
sword had come out in great numbers with the deli-
berate intention of taking his life. In • few seconds
he was run through the body. Dr. Guerin, who
sooompanied him from Paris, found it impossible to
stanch the blood. The wounded man was removed
to a little inn at Peoq, near the railway, where, ac-
cording to the latest intelligence, he was lying
without the slightest prospect of recovery. None of
the evening papers say a word of this most unfortu-
nate affair.

A Brussels letter of yesterday states that an
English half-pay officer living there had been de-
nounced to the police by a discharged maid-servant
as a man whose daily occupation was to write sedi-
tion against the Emperor Napoleon. A domiciliary
visit was in consequence made at his house, and it
was found that he was writing a work upon 1815
and Napoleon 1., but not a scrap of paper could be
discovered relating to Napoleon 111. All his manu-
scripts, however, were put in a bag, and carried off
by the police. The officer has complained to the
English Ambassador at Brussels, who has, it is said,
made a representation to the Minister of Foreign
Affair.

P &RIB, BVNDAT EVIXINO.

Everybody is talking to-dai of ths disgraceful
duel, and public indignation runs high against the
conduct of the officers. I am happy to say that
M. de Pine is not dead, and that there is even some
hope of his recovery. He is dangerously wounded
in the abdomen. Some say that the sword passed
through his body twice, but his seconds do not
think this can possibly have been the case. Not one
of the Paris journals has, up to this time, dared to
say a word of the matter, so great is the fear of a
prosecution for " false news" in an affair which con-
cerns the army. The particulars which I have
heard confirm entirely the account which I gave in
a general way yesterday. The number of officers
who came upon the ground with the determination
of ensuring the death of M. Pine was, however,
greater than I was at first told. I said twenty, but
I now learn, on good authority, that the exact num-
ber was forty-three. It seems that a number of officers
met at the Café du Helder, on the Boulevard, des
helium, to limn M. de Pine's articles in the
Figaro, and there it was that a list was settled of
the officers who were to call him out in succession.
It is said that the names were written out oa slips
of paper, and that a colonel's hat was used to draw
lots to sea who should fight first. M. de Pine's
seconds were the Duke of Rovigo and M. Petra, a
Breton gentleman, who was formerly in the 3rd
Gdards of Charlie X. He was also accompanied to
the ground by Dr. Guerin, as I have already men-
tioned. These four then found themselves in the
face of forty. The officer with whom he first fought,
and whose name I have not heard, is a nephew of
General Fapiname, the Minister of the Interior and
Public Safety. When this officer received the
wound which disabled his right arm, M. de Pine
said a few words to him expressive of his sorrow
for what had happened, and assuring him
that his article was not meant to be
offensive. The combatants shook hands. The Duke
of Rovigo, thinking all was over, gathered up the
swords, and [was walking away with them off the
ground when another officer stepping out from the
group struck M. de Pine on the face with his
glove and challenged him on the spot. How it
was that the seconds did not interfere to put a stop
to this manifest butchery I am unable to state.
Probably the second combat took place so rapidly
and with such determination that they were unable
to interfere. It is impossible but that the circum-
stances of this extraordinary ease must be publicly
investigated.

M. de Pine is a man of noble family and charm-
ing manners, who was the idol of the circle in
which he moved. Ile was married only six months
aito.

The appeal of Lieutenant de Mercy to a court of
revision against tie but sentence of the 'Lyons
oourt-martial was rejected yesterday. A statement
in an English journal that the sentence of death on
this officer had been commuted must be premature.
A telegram from Marseilles, dated this morning,
states that the Algid= and Ryles, stationed at Tou-
lon, had received orders by telegraph to get up their
steam, bet that their destination wee not known. The
Mocitessr mentions that these two vowels put to sea
on the 14th. I can inform you that their destination
is the Adriatic, whither they have gone to watch
the hostilities between the Turks and the Montene-
grins. They will probably be speedily followed by
other ships, and it is quite upon the cards, consider-
ing the attitude of Austria, that the Montenegro
business may become a very serious European diffi-
culty. Admiral Jurien de la Gravidre has hoisted
his Rag on board the Algesirse.
News received in Paris to-day states the loss of
the Turks in Montenegro to be 2,000. The follow-
ing despatch has also reached me:
Raonat, NAT 14.
The Turks bast jut captioned a naphary Gina at
°MIMI. Most of the taws were left on the ha l anon.
Thar nano sad Pump 611 late the heads of the Know
mesa. The musts of the Ottomans loos lea mho
Is the plated &ceder at Treblrms. The Miatsatides
have assented the Abusive.
The betrothal of Prince Ernest of Leiningen and
the it Mary of Berko was solassaly miebratel at the
jabot of Csslrshs on the 111116

INDIA.

The following telegram, dated Malta, wee received
at the East India House on Saturday, May 15,
7.37 p.m.:

TO J. D. DICKINSON, ESQ., INDIA HOUSE, LONDON.

Sir H. Rose's advance on Calpee has been delayed
by the fear that the Botah rebels will fall on Jhansi.
Orders have been issued to General Roberts to ad-
vance to Kotah to co-operate with Sir H. Rose.
This military movement is reported since the cap-
ture of Rotel. The Rajah is on trial before a com-
mission for not having saved Major Burton and his
sons from being murdered.

The Sikh (qy.) force, under Major Evans, alter
an obstinate battle of some hours, inflicted a severe
defeat on a large body of Bheels and Mekrivee (qy.)
in the Santpoora hills on April 11. Sixty men and
400 women were captured. Our loss was severe, 71
killed and wounded; among the latter five officers
Captain Birch, Lieutenant Basevi, Lieutenant Elan:
Lieutenant Atkins, and Lieutenant Paurent (gy.)
GcxxxAT.—The disarming of the Myhee Quinn
is in program. No new disturbances are reported in
the Southern Mahratta °entry. The rebel Des-
sayees are said to have entered the Sawunt Warree
country with a few followers. The outbreak, it is
hoped, is nearly suppressed.
ANDEIMON, Secretary to Government,
Bombay Castle, April 24, 1868.
G. MONTANAIO,
Malta, May 16, 1858.
(Supplement to Mr. Secretary Edmonstone's menage

from Allahabad, dated April 16.)

Ammostra.—On April 16th Sir E. Lugard re-
lieved Asimghar. The enemy retreated with regu-
larity, but lost three guns and a great number of
men. In the pursuit Mr. Venables, civil service
(qy.), and Lieutenant Hamilton were wounded. Sir
E. Lugard is pursuing the enemy to the Gogra.
CALPEE.—It is thought the enemy will make a
stand at Calpee. The rebel Rajah of Mynpooree
has arrived at Oursu (Sins?) with some forces.
ARDzaeoN, Secretary to Government,
Bombay Castle, April 24, 1868.
G. MOWUNAHA
Malta, May 16, 1868.

The following telegram from ?delta has also been
published
_ _ _

MALTA, MARcH 16, 6 a.m.
The following has just come to hand by the
Sultan:

The Panther is also signalled from Alexandria.
The 'Valetta, with the overland mails, arrived
from Marseilles last night, when the Pert left for
Alexandria.

Despatches received from Bombay state that Sir
Edward Lugard relieved Azimghur on the 111th,
losing only one officer and tire men killed of the
10th Foot.

General Grant bad marched from Lucknow on
Fyaabad.

The Commander-in-Chief had sent his staff to
Cawnpore on the 12th, and was to march to
Fnttinghur.
Brigadier Seaton had defeated the rebels near
that station ; they were totally routed, lost two
guns, and all their ammunition. Our loos was
slight ; the enemy had some 300 killed and
wounded.

Sir Hugh Rose when last heard of was at
Esaghur (?), in the Owalior country.

lis Botch fugitives are endeavouring to make
for Calpee. The Rajah of Kotah had been tried
for implication in Major Burton's murder, end, it
is believed, had been acquitted.
A small Bombay force has defeated a body of
rebels in the Maltpoora mountains; otherwise all
is quiet in the Presidency.
Prices in the Bombay import market have gene-
rally declined.
Pachange on London, 2s. lid. for credit billa ;
2s. lid. for scrip.

(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)
CALCUTTA, APRIL 10.
The results of Sir Cohn Campbell's Onde cam-
paign begin to excite murmurs. When finally the
siege of Lucknow commenced in earnest he had,
with Jung Babadoor's force, an army such as India
bad never yet seen, consisting, as it did, of 18,000
British and 15,000 native soldiers. Yet the result
was the old story—we enter on one side and the
enemy retire by the other ; a few Sepoys are killed;
an ineffectual pursuit is attempted, and the rebel-
lion has only shifted its headquarters from one
stronghold to another. The Commander-in-Chief
keeps 8,000 men in Luclmow, and sends the rest into
summer quarters. Meanwhile, Boor Sing, the
Behar chief, whose movements are so mysteriously
conducted that they are totally unknown to any
officer, civil or military, throughout the districts about
which he leads with impunity an army of 10,000
men, suddenly appears at Azimghur, surprises the
company of her Majesty's 37th, stationed there, and
takes possession of the town, and even of the very
baggage of the soldiers, who are forced to seek
i safety n a precipitate flight to a small entrench-
ment providentially erected in anticipation of some
such an emergency. Here, by the last accounts, the
small detachment was besieged, and was suffering
from scarcity of provisions. Reinforcements had
left Benares under Colonel Milman, and a force
under Sir E. Lugard was marching post baste from
Lucknow, to their relief. Colonel Milman'm force
oonaisted of 370 of her Majesty's 37th, two com-
panies of Madras Infantry, and four of Madras Ca-
valry. On his way he diverged to attack Atrowlie,
bat found the enemy so strong that he was forced to
retreat into the fort at Azimghur. The disastrous
result of this attack on Atrowlie was principally
owing to the misoonduct of the Madras Ca-
valry, who when called upon to charge re-
fused, thus evincing that sympathy with the
mutineers they have all along been suspected of
entertaining.
There is now no longer any doubt that
the cavalry and artillery of Madras are not to be
trusted. It was attempted to prove that the insub-
ordination of the Bth Madras Cavalry had nothing
to do with the mutiny. It is to be hoped now that the
authorities will think otherwise. The troopers are
almost to a man Mussulmana, as are the gunners of
the Horse Artillery. It is different with the in-
fantry, the regiments of which arm are composed of
almost every caste and creed in India. The Madras
Infantry have not yet had an opportunity of dis-
tinguishing themselves, as they have hitherto been
employed entirely in garrieon duty, but the Bombay
Infantry are said to have behaved with great gal-
lantry at the capture of Kotah and Jhano. e
have bat telegraphic reports of the capture of these
two places ; but, as the latter was said to have been
completely invested, it is to be hoped that the blood
thirsty Ranee has not been suffered to escape. It
will be remembered that at Jhansi the fort was
given up after the rebels bad sworn to conduct the
garrison to a place of safety, and that, when the
gates were opened and the Europeans had given
up their arms, they were treacherously seised,
the men and women placed in two separate rows op-
pulite each other then hacked to pieces, man
I first, husbands in sight of their wives, and, as dil-
-1 scribed by an eye witness, " the children clinging to
the skirts of their mothers' dresses." To Sir Hugh
Rose has been committed the task of avenging
fiendish butchery.
Mr. Montgomery is appointed Chief Commissioner
in Oude, and he has a task before him that, even to
I Inch an able man, will not be a light one. Onda
is still unconquered. We posses Luclmow, and no-
thing more, and even thrive we have still swarms
of enemies, as was proved by the murder of two'
young officers, Cope and Thackwefl, in the

native part of the town. Beyond the suburbs of
Lucknow Oude bristles with fortresses, the strong.
holds of powerful zemindars, many of whom can
command the services of thousands of armed peasan-
try. To these great landholders, excepting, of centres,
such es are known to have token an active part is
the rebellion, it has been proposed (it is said by Sir
J. Lawrence) to offer amnesties. Bet to the surprise
of all, Lord Canning will not consent. His lordship's
opinions since he has been at Allahabad have under-
gone a change, and now, far from being ioclined to
undue clemency, he will hear of nothing but the races
uncompromising severity. If the Oude Proclamation
be his, is sufficient evidence or his unbending mood,
With the exception of the estates of a few friendly
talookdars, every. inch of ground and every descrip-
tion of property in Oude is confiscated to the state
by this Proclamation. It has not yet appeared in
print, but will probably go home by this mail. Mr.
Montgomery's administrative abilities will be
verily put to the test; but it is on all hands conceded
that a better man for the work is not to be found is
India. Sir James Grimm takes the seat is Council
vacant by the retirement of the Hon. Mr. Doris.
Me. J. P. Grant becomes president, and Mr. Ricketts
will succeed General Low.

It has transpired that while Mr. J. P. Grant wee
Lieutenant-Governor of the Central Provinces Its
ordered the disbandment of a corps of polies,
composed of native Christians, which Mr. F. B.
Oubbins had raised for the protection of Banana,
This has revived the old accusation of having
released the mutineers captured by General NetilL
and doubts are thrown on the accuracy of Mr. Grant's
denial, which had hitherto been accepted as a nom-
plate exoneration. The real truth will probably
never transpire ; certainly it will not be made pubis
by the authorities here. There is apparently
no "public" in India. Government officials seem to
think that their own convenience is paramount to
every other consideration. The Telegram conveying
the important news of the change of Ministry was in
the hands of government twenty-four hours before it
was sent to the press. The reticence, too,of the Com-
mander-in-Chief is much blamed. We know that a
large number of officers were killed and wounded at
Loan° w , but no listof casualties hasyet appeared. All
the movements of troops are announced in an
absurdly curt and often unintelligible manner, and for
any account of the taking of Lncknow we are as yet
indebted entirely to private letters. As to the
Governor-General, for all that is publicly known of
his doings, he might as well be at Timbuctoo.
The Argo and Jason have arrived, the former
bringing about 300 men and the latter about 1,000,
Though these men are drafts for many different refl..
ments they Sr. all pushed up country with tie
greatest speed, and already than that arrived by the
Argo have reached Luaeram, where they aredetained
in the expectation of Boor Sing making an attempt
to cross the river and regain hie old quarters in
Behar.

But a hot weather campaign is not probable,
though it is seriously discussed by the rail. From
Sir Colin's distribution of the troops it is evident
that he means his army to rest, acting on the defen-
sive if need be. Desultory imetaes will of course
take place, but they will prob►bly only give
employment to the police. The fall and occupation
of Kotah and Jhansi will be a salutary blow to the
prospect of a Pindaree war, and the taking of Ba.
reilly will checkmate the last remnant of the Luck.
now mutineers. A very large force of British troops
has reached the Ponjaub from Bombay, and ensured
the safety of that important province. Altogether,
then, it is most probable that the hot weather will
piss over in peace; that the mutinous Sepoys, so-
bered by inaction, will desert their leaders and mike
away to their homes ; and that when the hinds d
the Nana and his cortfrs►a are exhausted, their Let
adherents, true to their Asiatic instincts, will deliver
them up to us, and claim the offered reward.