The Express.
London, England, 1858-10-20 00:00:00

THE MHOW FIELD FORCE.

At the date of our last General Roberts had
driven Tends Topes, with the last fragments of the
Gwalior Contingent, across the ChumbuL He nar-
rowly escaped Brigadier Parke, who had taken up
the pursuit, by the sudden rising of the river, and
got off from Colonel Lockhart before his force could
make up with him. He was now without guns or
stores of any kind, wandering about in Central
India environed with enemies, and in as hope-
less a plight as well could be. Suddenly he made a
dash on the large walled town of Thera Patton, and
captured it on the 29th ult. The chief did his ut-
termost to resist, and when unable to maintain him-
self after his troops joined the enemy, escaped
to our camp. A ransom of 100,0001. to
protect them from plunder was exacted from the
merchants and bankers, and forty new brus
guns were taken possession of. The Nana Sahib
was proclaimed governor of the country. An at-
tempt was made to get possession of Gagrone, a
strong fort about two miles distant, when the go-
vernor shut his gates and bid them defiance. On
the approach of our troops, Tantia Toper now
judged it expedient to decamp, taking with him the
artillery and treasure he had just secured.
He was attacked on the 16th betwixt Rhagur
and Beers by the Mhow Field Force under
General Michel, and defeated, and his troops dis-
' persed. with the loss of twenty-seven of his guns.
The rebels made a running fight of it. Their artil-
lery stood at two points successively, without hap-
pily doing us any injury. It is remarked in truth
as marvellous that the shower of balls which these
guns threw into the advancing column when de-
ploying produced no casualties. The impetus of our
attack carried all before it, the enemy losing twenty-
seven guns abandoned at intervals. The cavalry,
headed by Sir William Gordon, of the 17th Lancers,
made tremendous havoc amongst the fugitives.
Three hundred dead were left upon the field. On
our part we had three men wounded. Lieutenant
G. M. Shaw, of the 3rd Light Cavalry, struck by the
sun during the pursuit, fell down dead, and this is
the sole casualty we have to deplore.
The following congratulatory order was issued:

" Field For; Orden, Sept- 15, 1858.—The
Major-General congratulates the troops on the bril-
liant result of this day's operations against the
enemy in the plains east of Rajghnr—a success
achieved by their steady gallantry and endurance.
The result has been the capture of 30 guns, and
all their materials with severe loss to the enemy and
their atter dispersion.
(Signed) "J. H. CHAMPION, Captain,
Assistant Adjutant-Generale'

OUDE.

From Onde we have scarcely any intelligence.
There are still believed to be some sixty or seventy
thousand in arms in that district against us, with
sixty guns in their hands. But the number alone
seems formidable; they are expected to vanish like
smoke on the first burst of the opening campaign.
Sir Hope Grant continues at Saltanpore, from
which the enemy have retired, awaiting
the development of the plans of the Com-
mander-in-Chief. General Berkley will, it is
believed, proceed from Allahabad with a force north-
ward, while a massy wall of troops will leave the in-
surgents no alternative but surrender or destruction
among the mountains of Nepanl. The landholders
are flocking to Lncknow tendering their submission,
and, once re-established in their estates, will form

our most efficient allies. Captain Browne, with a
small party, but without guns, defeated a thousand
of the enemy with four guns near Satiny, cutting
off one-half their number, while Lieut. Finch per-
formed a similar feat on a larger scale in Saugor.

Trade is now brisk, but freights low.—We have
had a fall of nearly a foot and a half of rain within

the past fortnight_—The

Commander-in-Chief continue at Allahabad.—
There was a meeting of Council on Tues-
day, supposed to have had the royal pro-
clamation before it, the document having, it
is understood, been for some time in the secretariat
—The Governors and Commissioners-in-Chief of

Madras and Bombay are in the Neilgherries and
the Deccan.

DEATHS.—Lieut-Col. Alexander Cameron, 42nd
Mgtlandau at Bannly, August 9 ; &twat W. H. Piga%
Bombay medical minion at Poona, Bop Weiss 10; Ulla.
W. T. Anderson, Nub Bombay N. 1., at Owalior, August
24 ; Lieut. W. B. Cowbars, 71st IDgblauders, at Gwslior,
August El ; Lint. W. Y. Wass, Bombay Pulliam Mad
at gooltim, August 31; Najaf B. B. Milk, 6th Bengal
Native Infantry, at Harts% &pt. 3; sad David Wad-
loch, Esq., at Bombay, Sept. 12.—Isaskoy Tian.

ICI an ."
extra" of tie Bombay Siandard we find
the following paragraphs

" The Ottava, with the Bombay Nestle, the broken dawn,
her mate theft harlot seta eed Wary."
" we have been stetted ea the beet eathorlty that the rer
port of the death of Coked A le thiottaded. When
hut heard of be wee ea Ws way to Gwallor."

It will give some kiss Of the activity of the war,
at a seam whoa page la talk edam cc ever take the
Cold, when we (Batas, Staslari, Sept, 24) -sate that
between the 31.1 August sad 16th September, the latest
date to which our ddlage reach Imes the NNW of battle, we
have had sound sake; the sappreesisa at the Pullouts
mutinies—at Madan on 31st, at Pldlehinat ea the 30th,
terracotta on the 3rd, at Bulgur* at the 6th, st Boors ea
the 15th. The numbers supposed dela at these ocoselons
respectively being 1,150, 210, 460, sad 111.—or 1,110 is ell.
If we make allowance for Muir stadtkas sad seenattlia, the
1041, of the earvoy wilMa the farialgtot wal probably tot
fall short of 1,510.

On Sunday the Faiperer Napoleon gave a fors
well audience at the Pane el at. Clod, to hie lizoelleaoy
Pawl Pacha, Tarkiett Moller et Pleodot lad
Plenipotentiary of the Sultan at the late Cleallemetwa

A member of the Mortara family. who* beet
already received at Rome by the Duke et Onement, le
expected to shortly emir. to Peels. It is andletaleell thet
the object of hie visit ia to wee the Pima erseement
to take further proosedinge ea bade el On MIL
A telegram from Vienna, &fel rietsiday, says:
—" A decree has been published Whit Mal posits at ddls
day, according to which the Naked brat of Auld& fie,
from the let of November next, to dies rat bale sal man
payments on account of pubHo loans (Stsets-papier-Dwrishos)
with new bank note.. The old notes ax, to be taken by the
National Bank at 105,"