The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-11 00:00:00

INDIA.

THE CALCUTTA MAIL.
We have received by the overland mail, via Mar-
seilles, news from Calcutta to July 2, and from Hong
Yang to June 22.
The following is from the summary of the Orer-
kusil Phrenix :

" The fortnight has been barren of news of as
exciting character, if we except the mutiny of the
6th Europeans at Berhampore' who deposed their
offieers and elected a colonel and a major from
among themeless. This caused the despatch from
Calcutta of a strong force of MK. 99th, 3rd Bulb,
and two guns, to bring the mutineers to their senses.
The troops lauded at Berhampors from the river
steamers and the men of the 6th being allowed
twenty-four hours to consider, returned to their duty
under a promise that their grievances would be in-
quired into. Some thirteen or fourteen, however,
remained refractory, and were is a consequence
made prisoners. The day before the troops marched
for Berhampore, an order of government we. pub-
lished as follows:

11rgrivern I. satisfied that the objections of the men
are founded, in the we of many of them, on an honer con-
viction that their rights have been overlooked. This convio-
llon hes been strecerthened by the expression of opinions
from high whacky in England, which naturally have had
• powerful edict on the minds of the men. It has been put
forward by the men for the most pert in • eoldier- like and
respectful meaner, alter the first excitement had passed
sway, consequently upon the orders and warnings of the
Coemmander-in-Chief. Such being the car, and it being
the desire of the government of India that there
should not be even an appearance of injustice deer
to any soldier, his Excellency the Viceroy and
Governor-General of India in Council has deter-
mined, with the full concurrenos of the Right Hon. the
Commander-in-Chief, that every non-commisaioned (Adore
and soldier in the three preldencies who listed for the
East India Company's fort" shall, If he desires it, be
allowed to take his discharge, under the provisions of the act
for limiting the time °freebie In the army (10 and 11 Viet.,
37), which direct. that soldiers taking their discharge shall
be conveyed to England, end there drily discharged; end
that in the meanwhile they shell continue to be subject to
the Mutiny Act and Article' of War. Each man will be duly
paid up end settled with to the date of his embarkation ; from
which date, accordieg to the regulations of the local forces,
try will rue. The repereatatioes of the men, as re-
corded by the Courts of Inquiry assembled for this purpose
et Meerut end other stations, will be transmitted for the con-
'Mention of bee If itity's government. But the Viceroy
end Governor- in Council distinctly annotuacte, that
he is nut authorifted to bold out any hope that the government
Mb,/ Majesty will recede hem the decision to which it has
aleeedy come in regard to enlistment end bounty. The offer
of discharge now determined upon will be made under
arrangements to be ordered by the Commenders-in-Chief
respectively at the three preddencre ; end the decision of
every man who elects to remain in the service is to be entered
le the regimental recorda, and will be considered final.
Men empties their discharge under this order will not be
prmitred to enlist into any regiment in India, whether of the
lir or of her liteleaty's Indian foram They will be lent to
the port of emberkallm, under the orders of their excellen-
cies the Commanders-in-Chief in Bengal, Madras, end Bom-
bay, and will be provided with parasite Englesd. Circum-
stances having recently come to the knowledge of his Excel-
lency the Viceroy end Governor General in Council, which
show that the 6th European Regiment, stationed at Bert'
hampore, has conducted itself in • manner which leads him
to doubt whether the priellege adhered by the General
Older, No. 883, of this day's date, eau properly be extended
to that repo, his Excellency in Council has determined that
the 6th European Regiment shell be excluded from the ope-
ration of the said order until inquiry shall have been lauds
late its conduct, and a report received thereon.
This order should have been issued long previ-
ously, as it moat have been known that there was no
prospect of the men abandoning what they consi-
dered their just rights, and any attempt at coercive
measures could not have filled to prove most disas-
trous. AU danger, however, is over now, and it is to
be hoped that no question of the kind will ever again
arise in this country.
Oude is pacific; it is itself free from rebels, and
never sees the face of one, unless when pressed by
hunger a band rushes through the passes from
Repaid, to find by plunder wherewithal to eke oat
existence upon. The visits of these marauders are,
however, few and of the shortest duration. They
' dash in like hungry hawke, seize cows if they can
get them, grain, and whatever else is edible, or
likely to purchase food, and are back again to their
mountain and jungle haunts before the small police
force which would be sufficient to punish them can
reach the scene of depredation.
The same annoyances are felt in Goruckpore by
the peaceably disposed. Here, too, the rebels dash
in from Nepal, plunder houses, carry off herds, brc,,
' all on a small scale, and sometimes, it is said, carry
off Zemindars and wealthy landholders, retaining
them to extort ransom. It were well that this could
be prevented, and perhaps a corps of police on the
principle of the Oude police should be immediately
organised for the protection of the Goruckpore
frontier.
Io Central India, Feroze Shah seems to have dis-
, appeared altogether from public view. Nobody ap-
pears to know anything of his whereabouts, and he
is probably hiding somewhere in Rajpootana, if not
further to the westward.
The country south of the Jame& and eastward of
• Gwalior appears also quiet. There were a few
bands of rebels in the neighbourhood of Sangor, and.
in the adjoining country, but we now hear nothing
I of them.