The Express.
London, England, 1858-09-04 00:00:00

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BOMBAY, Argun 4.

The most interesting, though not the meet
pleasing, news this mail will bring you is the plun-
der and abstraction of the Jhanai prize treasure.
This treasure, which fell into our hands at the cap-
ture et Jhansi, had • wide celebrity in Central India,
and was always believed at Gwalior to be worth
little short of 33 lakhs of rupees. It oonsisted of
numerous native ornaments of diamonds, pearls, and
other precious stones, and was considered likely
to realise at least 200,0001.—a sum which
ensured to the army of Sir Hugh Ross
a tolerable share of prize money. This treasure
was entrusted to Colonel Liddell, of the 3rd Euro-
peans, at Jhausi, and was guarded by soldiers of
that corps. In one night the whole of the boxes were
rifted of their contents by persons who were enabled,
either by the connivance or help of the sentries, to
lift from their hinges the doors of the house in
which the treasure was kept. A committee of
inquiry was held immediately after the lom was
ascertained, but as yet the facts connected with this
gigantic robbery are unknown. The loss of Sir
Hugh Roes alone by the abstraction of so rich a
prize is calculated at 26,0001.

Whilst the traits of long toil during a saeareftd
campaign are thus snatched from the bands of
the genies! who should reap them, densamarations

most flattering to his feelings have boos mode both
here and at Poona. Sir Hogh bas bees received
and cheered at numerous entertainments. He wee
feted at Poona by the Commander-in-Chief, who
gathered round him all the heads of the army, by
the 18th Royal Irish and the 33rd Regiments, and
he hu acoepted an invitation from the °Moire of the
Bombay Artillery. Yesterday he was present at a
dinner given in his honour by the Byculla Club, of
Boni bayat which upwards of 100 persons were present.
Sir Hugh's health was proposed by the Hon. Mr.
Malec, who, in a short and dignified speech, narrated
the great deeds and rapid successes of the diatingniabed
guest. The toast was drunk with an enthtuisme
which appeared to affect the general, for it was not
without some tremor that he rose to return thanko,
dieclaiming, after a few short sentences, any habit
of public speaking. There seemed, indeed, to be a
moment when the speech was to have an abrupt ter-
mination, but, rallying after a pause, Sir Hugh
warmed with his theme. He described with a few
bald touches the comparative smallness) of the Bom-
bay army as compared with that of the rebels—the
former, composed of men whom it was his pride to
have had to lead, and many of whom he could eulogise
by name; the latter, not a common rabble of
insurgents, but well equipped, highly disciplined,
and powerful in numerical strength—men who had
fought against us with our own guns, in oar own
uniforms, but " Thank God," said Sir Hugh, " with-
out the spirit or indomitable courage of British
soldiers." Sir Hugh proceeded to show how advan-
tageous it would have been to attack the
numerous sassy with rapidity, and take, in
American parlases, the " bull by the horns,"
but there were eireametescom which prevented
a rapid series of neameriss. Saugor hod to
be relieved. Them sass tie heat--a deadly
enemy, which, whoa we lay before Colima
opposed to a mums= anew straitly posted be-
hind walls, sad pretested hy a thread of dangerous
pasha threatened peelthay to annihilate the
are Ber He& I send tie words of the chief
Aar Ms &Aden, who had thought At to
Inform him at Oelpe that the total destruction el
the fens by the we weld be calculated aritluseti-
rally. Yet it wee with this army, and by the spirit
which anineted it, that Callas was carried, and the
rock of °wilier finally ocenpied. Sir Hagh con-
cluded amidst deafening chews, by pasting
a well-merited 'alarm upon the maths
army of Bombay, frees which be specially
chose for u object of prune, the 25th sad 24th Re-
giments, the 10th, sad the Hydrated Ofintingest.
Mr. Westrepp, sae clear most able barristers, than
proposed " The Army and Neyy " to which Colonel I
°teethed and Oammedere 11-shook; severally re-
sponded. Mr. Watropp teethed apes the great
services of the solemn, which, seder °method's com-
mend, had sweet the Deo, and won the battle of
Agra y ha dwelt on the serene" rendered by the
navy, and delicately alluded to tile Indian fame
of the Welleeleys. Colossi °teethed, with that
tire, and, to use a French expression, rune,
which characterises all he does, passed over
his own deeds, to recall to the memory of his hearers
the daring of Yousighasbeed and the bravery of
young Watson. He also praised the Native Tree-
galer Corps, and told how happy it was for the Pm-
novae, of Bombay that its army had been faithful.
Than followed the health of Lord Elphinstons, pro-
posed in a sonorous speech by Mr. Berkeley, of the
Great Indian Peninsular Railway. Other toasts
were drank, songs enlivened the rest of the evening,
and the company separated.
It ins remarked that Sir Hugh conceived it
altogether unnecessary to reran the statements
of Mr. Layard. The public had already dons jos.
ties on the charge that Sir Hugh had kilted the
enemy's " ambassador," and everyone in India
knows that the executiose at Bhopal were only the
carrying out of sentences la which Sir Hugh had no
voice.

The rebellion offers little matter of remark ;
with the exception of a few isolated move-
ments, the fortnight has produced no event of
note. Tentis Topee's men are still in the
neighbourhood of Took, where General Roberts re-
mained up to the 19th alt. The insurgents seem to
be divided ; for, on the 16th ultimo, a party of them
was attacked in the country lying between Took
and the Chambul by • ioyal thakoor—the chief of
Jhallai. Their root was complete, and their leader,
• well-known girder, named Ahmed Oollah Khan,
11 men, some horses and elephants,:and 4,000 rupees,
were brought in.

la (Jude Sir J. Hope Grant has been induced to
move out towards &sabring, south-east of Lack-
now, with a column destined to relieve Mann Bing
from the pressure exercised upon him by the
Chubleder Rhoades Hussein. The column is
composed of the let Madras Fusiliers, the tad
Battalion Ries Brigade, let Regiment Panjaub
Infantry, 7th Hussars, aad Hodson's Horse, with
two field batteries and a siege train. It started on
the 21st of July for Fysabad. The 88th and 4th
OtirrCavalry have been ordered to Luaknow.
a borders of Dade, and by the Ganges' left
boatv a few miles from Allahabad, Ike the
lrege of Burson, 'where a band of rebels,
aaoliskag upwards el 12,000 men, have
=llllhitained themselves. Early this year we
a check at this very place, which had not
sines been attacked. On the 10th of July, however,
1,000 Raropeans, with 600 Sikhs and a detachment
of cavalry mid artillery, were ordered oat in that
direction, under the command of Colonel Berkeley.
They toad the enemy occupying, not only Sarum,
but several mall farts in the vicinity. One of thine
was attacked with great 'meow. as you may MO
from the following letter, dated .Clahabad, the 18th
of July :
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Fri= dam it appears that Camel Berkeley's was
a ser• ea tioa—a art of raid, and not a regular
ow, .tined to throw back the enemy into
the intoner.