The Express.
London, England, 1858-07-27 00:00:00

THE CALCUTTA MAIL.

RECAPTURE OF GWALIOR.

We have received advices in anticipation of the
Overland Mail, the dates being Calcutta, June 18,
Madras, June 26, and Hong Kong, June 7.
We find the news of the recapture of Owalior
in the Madras iithenaum of June 25, contained in
the following telegram, dated Calcutta, 20th June,
from the President in Council to the Governor of
Madras :

" Sir Hugh Rose has taken Gwalior after a gene-
ral action which lasted five hours and a half.
The enemy has evacuated the fort, and our cavalry
and artillery, are in pursuit. The Ranee of Jhansi
has been killed. Sir Hugh Rose writes this from
the Palace of Gwalior on the 19th June (yesterday).
" The Governor-General requests that the news

may be spread through every part of the Deccan
and of Southern and Eastern India, and that the
restoration of our brave and faithful ally, Scindia,
through British arms, may be lordly proclaimed."
" It seems," says the Madras Athenesum, "that
u soon as the rebels got possession of the fort they
installed a nephew of the Nana Sahib on the
guddee. The name of this individual whose dignity
has been so short lived is Rao Sahib. Of the
action in which he and his subjects were
defeated, but few particulars have been
received. It lasted five hours and a half
and must therefore have been a desperate :engage-
ment. The rebels managed to escape, but ca-
valry and artillery were sent in pursuit, and as
the general who commanded the troops was the
gallant Sir Hugh Rose, we may be sure that he
will ' account for' a large number of the insur-
gents. It is stated in the telegram that the Ranee
of Jhansi was killed, but whether she met her fate
during the battle or afterwards is not mentioned.
Another account states that the Nana Sahib was
proclaimed sovereign of °wailer, but it would ap-
pear that this miscreant was not desirous of per-
sonally performing the duties of his new
dignity, for a Lucknow correspondent of a con-
temporary mentions that the Nana and the Nawab
of Furruckabad have escaped into the Nepaul,
hills. 'He must have left the conclave at
Mohundee or Bhitowlee, and with seventy-five doe-
lies, containing his family and doubtless all his
tresaure, crossed the Gogra into the district of Khy-
reegurgh. From thence he will proceed to Bun-
bunt, and into the Nepaul hills.' The correspon-
dent is of opinion that the Nana, rather than be
taken, will abandon his family and retire to some
monastery or temple in Thibet for the remainder of
his days."

The Calcutta Phoenix dwells with gratifioation
upon the fact " that the operations of Sir Colin
Campbell at Bareilly and subsequently at Mahom-
dee have resulted in the pacification of Rohileand.
That province may now be said to be almost tran-
quil, and, what is better, its inhabitants, from the ex-
perience they have had of Mahomedan rale for the
last twelve months, are mot likely to long for its resto-
ration. Indeed, some of the zemindars have rendered
most valuable assistance in the re-organisation of some
of the districts. The last that was heard of the
main body of the rebels from this province was
from Mahomdee, which was taken by Brigadier
Jones towards the close of May, the rebels as usual
bolting before the British troops could come up with
them."

In Oude there were several bodies of rebels still
in the field, but they are harmless and inactive,
if we except the depredations they commit on
their own countrymen. " They will not abide
a fight, and all attempts to hem them
in have hitherto been futile. The important towns
and cities are garthoned
iby British troops, and
re we need not say that there no prospect of the
cowardly enemy attempting to dispute such
occupation. Their efforts, however, have the
effect of retarding the re-establishment of
anything like civil administration —or indeed
of any anthority but that of the bayonet—through-
out the country, and will
.probably continue to have
such an effect until a commissariat capable of keeping
up with flying columns at the rate of thirty-five, or
forty, or even a greater number of miles per day,
Towing had been received from govern-
ment:

Service Menage from O. F. Bdmonstone, Beg., dated
Allahabad, June 18.
The Maharajah of °wailer left Agra on the 13th June, for
the purpose of joining the Central Indian Field Force, now on
its way to biwalior. All well at Jaepoor on the 13,h, Bhurrut-
pore on the 14th instant. Sir Hogh Rues force reached
Soopoolia on the 14th June. The rebel force seemed disin-
clined for a contest, and there were many desertions. The
&spree Brigade wu at Snorjepore on the 10th, and Wei
tote at Nahum on the 11th. Several of the rebels are said
in have fled from Genitor in the direction of the Hotel'
boundary.
(Service Message from G. Move's's, Beg., dated Nagpore,
11th Jana.)
Yakut Rao, the rebel &minder of Axpelie, in the Cheadah
district, has been captured by a party in the pay of Loch-
meebaee, Zemindarin of Ahem*, • no partMtders received,
• that many persons were killed and wounded on both
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