The Express.
London, England, 1858-06-16 00:00:00

THE CENTRAL INDIA FIELD FORCE.-THE

VICTORY AT HOONCH.
(From the Banks),
_Btoosiiard.)

We gave in our last particidare of the proceedings
of the force under Sir Hugh Rose, then on the left bank of
the Shim., up to the 24th April. Our tidings—which are
of great importance now—come down to the 14th of May.
At the former of them dates Msjor OR, with a portion of the
Hyderabad Contingent, Colonel Hall, with a wing of the 14th
Dragoons, having made a sweep southwards to a place celled
Mhow, were in the direct line of the march, oonsiderebly la
edema of the main body, and about forty miles
from Calpee. The Ranee of Planet with about 12,000
men and twelve guns was understood to be In a strong poet-
lion at Koench and Atite, resolved to resist our progress
and fight to the last. A picquet of the Hyderabad Irregu-
lars near the village of L►bor', which professed to be
friendly to us, having gone In search of provisions, were
fired upon, and an attempt made to surround them. Colonel
Gall, of the 14th Dragoons, with a single orderly rode up to
the gate, and demanded an explan►tion of what had occurred.
Hi wee met with shouter of derision, insults, end direst' of
being fired upon. He accordingly fell back on Sr
Hugh Ross's camp at Pooch, close by, and
having obtained reinforcements left at midnight on
the let of May to attack the place. A very obsti-
nate resistance wee offered at first, when a party of the 3rd
Bombay Europeans burst their way through all resistance,
and behaved so heroically that the commander of the force
said that be could find no words to express his admiration of
their conduct. The Dragoons followed. Some twenty
prisoners, including the chief, brother•in-law of
the Banes of ihansi, went taken, and not one
male adult left alive in the place. LieUtl. Deane
and Newport were wounded dangerously ; Lieutenant
Armstrong, of the 3rd Europeans, who had risen from a sick
bed to be present with hie regiment; and Lieutenant Rose, of
the 25th N. 1., slightly. Eleven of our men were wounded,
many of them esveredy, but acme were killed. The force
started from the encamping ground at Pooch at two o'clock
a.m. on the 7th May, and reached their destination in front
of the strong fort of !Loon& a little after six. The place is
shout is miles in eircumferenoe—this including a straggling

suburb with temples, orchards, and gardens, where every
desperate resistance might have been dieted. We were not
strong enough to surround it, and we rewired to get into the
rear of the heavy works they had blown up, turn their flank,
storm the town, trusting that our cavalry said horse artillery
might, as at Jhanei, give a good sooount of the garrison as they
retired. Pioqueta were immediately thrown out. The enemy
were understood to be in great faros inside, consisting of
the let, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 6th Regiments of the Owalior
Contingent, and the 12th and 56th lleagal Native Infantry.
Our iroops having rested for an hour, were, about seven
o'clock, ordered to the front. They now marched and

oountermsrched for several hours, the enemy retiring an we
advanced. One column formed teen them ; the flank of
the whole wee threatened by some troops hid in a
grove of true, and was protested by a coluirn moving at
right angles to the first. Scene of their cavalry having
stood firm for • space were dispersed by ahrspnell. A repl-
ier artillery action now commenced, the rebels returning gun
for gun. At two o'clock, when the heat was terrific, the
thermometer being 160 in the ma end 116 under the
thickest tents, grog and biscuit were ordered to be served
nut to the men. In the midst of this light repast, an
order was received for five companies of the 86th, under
Major Stewart, of that corps, supported by cavalry
and artillery, to storm the town. The little co-
lumn rushed on, but found that the enemy had fled
by the opposite side. A party of Horse Artillery and a por-
tion of the 14th Dragoon, prooeeded Instantly in pursuit. A
number of the Sepoys for a time stood their ground, gave the
Dragoons a volley, by which several addles were emptied,
end were busy loading when their pursuers wen upon them,
and cut them to pieces to • men. The pursuit was pereevered
in until the horses could no longer keep their bee, when they
returned slowly to camp. About seven hundred of the rebels
were cut to pieces ; one large braes gun with a large qua-
thy of flour, and many cart loads of (-imp aqui-
' pigs were captured. It turned out that the main
tome had fled early in the day, leaving only
their rear guard to keep us in play. Some ten of our men
were killed, twice this number dropped dead on the field
'from sun stroke, and at least u Duey more are sue to be
married away fn hospital from the suns cause. The fatality

was aggravated by the utter unsuitableness of the dresses of
the men for the climate they are now esdaring—an evil only
likely to be cured by hanging an army taller or clothing
committee man for every soldier who perishes through their
mesas from unfitting dress. Sir Hugh Hose now pasha on
towards laloan. a strong fortress shoat lady moss
ahead, about sin miles to the westward of Ceipee,
where the rebels were raid to be concentrating with a view of
making for Gwaliar if pressed. At Oraie he ontared four
more gnus, and the people here stated that the rebels la
pawing through spoke of their cause as honkers. They
stated that the entire battalion, the Bengal 32nd (62nd, we
should Nippon) had been destroyed, but that the rest had no
resouroe but to plunge into the J ttmna. The greaterpart of
them would have been destroyed but from the
of the heat. The whole of our men continue, despite their
sufferings and fatigues, in the highest spirits, Impressed with
that confidence which mourn and respect for their
leader inspires an army. Sir Hugh tine would probably
reach lateen or Online about the likb, • march of ten mike
• day, which must be performed before dawn, being more
than sufficient foe such a climate, and when there was much
likelihood besides of obstruction is the way. We fear there
is not much hope of the rebels themselves being disposed
of. With our limited force and these fearful heats to be con-
tended against, it becomes impossible to ettrrodhd a town
even of the most ordinary nee, just as much so to madame
• protracted pursuit.

A Berlin letter of June 13, published in Paris,
mays —" The King leaves in a few days for Bavaria. Not-
w►thstanding all the statesman insertsd in the journals, I
most repeat that so far from befog cured, his Majesty Is
altogether inospable of resuming the direction of affairs.
His memory is anon entirely gone, end his latelleetasi
Amities are 'mostly weakened. The Queen never leaves
him for a moment. Ha may possibly live a long while in
his present condition, but It bemuses every day more evident
that the provisional government cannot be angered to lest
mach Wager."

The King and Queen of Greece left Athens on
the sth for an emereion In their dominions. The following
is their itinerary :—Tbebes Leredie, Macroomobi, Lamle,
and Chalets. It la deer his ream that the King will vet out
for Germany.

A letter from Munich, in the Augsburg Gazette,
tneatices as accidsot which occurred • few dale ago at
Braesebrum, while the Queen was ta►ing walking exercise.
Her blsjesty, In attempting to pick a flower on the banks of
the Isar, ilipt down the slope, but succeeded in stopping her
downward Goan be clinging to • shrub which was growing
there. A lady of the court was lees fortanete, for having
also dipped down the bank, she sprained her sack, but alas
escaped immersion. Both ware quickly extricsted from their
unpleasant position by the 'id cf the servants who were
near,

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(111011 003 OWN CO333SrONDINT4
PARIB, TUMIDLY EV33130.

Mr. De'angle, the new Minister of the Interior,
was for many years one of the moat eminent &dye-
oates at the Paris bar. Bo long ago u 1838 he WU
elected by his professional brethren bdtonsier of the
order. He was appointed Advocate-General to the
Court of Caseation in 1842, and when the Revolu-
tion of 1848 broke out he was Procureur-General.

He resigned that office when the republican, M.
Cremieux, was appointed Minister of Justice, and
re-inscribed himself on the list of advocates. His
great legal talents brought him immense prac-
tice, which he enjoyed until he was ap-
pointed President of a section of the Council of
State after the coup d'etat. He was once in the
reign of Louis Philippe elected a deputy for the
Nievr4. He sat on the conservative benches, but
did not lay himself out to take any leading part in
the debates. He was not a member either of the
Constituent or National Assemblies after 1848.
When in 1862 M. Dupin resigned his post as Pro-
. earenr-General

of the Court of Caseation, in conse-
quence of the confiscation of the Orleans pro.
perty, the Emperor selected M. Delangle as
his successor. He was subsequently made
first president of the Imperial Court of Paris.
He was selected to try the murderer of the Arch-
bishop of Paris, and Orsini and his fellow COI.
spirators. M. Delangle's present elevation must be
considered as a manifestation of a desire on the

Emperor's part to return to a regime of legality
which has been suspended, more even in theory than
in practice, by the extremely unpopular ministry
of General &plasma. M. Delangle is entitled
to expect a fair trial at the bar of
public opinion. A more unobjectionable appoint-
ment it would not have been in the Emperor's
power to make.
The Bourse, which was probably favourably
affected yesterday by anticipations of the appoint-
meat of M. Delangle, has not quite maintained the
rise to-day. The Rent., for account, fell 10c,,
closing at 88fr. 25c. Mobilier fell Bfr. 26c. The
Southern Railway rose 10c. ; Western and Northern,
2fr. 50c. each, but the market was dull at the close,
and other lines fell 2fr. 50c. to 6fr.

M. Mires, accompanied by some directors of the
Roman railways, was admitted to an audience of
the Emperor at Fontainebleau yesterday. It is tad
that the object was to obtain permission to ism
obligations in Paris.