The Express.
London, England, 1858-07-19 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY
.4TENING, JULY 19,

is the inevitable concomitant and complement
el the evil, as regards the perms who °outdate
the clue of candidates at elections! The °twicq
and inevitable tendency of thajpespesedchang‘bolig
to increase enormously the cost of contesting eannthe
and large towne,and matilelally to add to the *
in every piece where there happens to be a number
noemident voters, the result will be in the first
tostenee to drive every man who Is not both rich and
yields= oat of the Bete ; and eventually, as the only
IMMO of mitigating such as evil, the extension of
the system et nominations by party clubs and the
payment of election expenses out of party &ride.
These dubs and parses, as we all know, are of mosa
sit, pert and pared of centralised schemes of ha
the, the most thoroughly aneonnd in their very
sows and the most thoroughly deteriorating in
their rhea. A sleet cabal, escorting usually of
Must serapakm and lean worthy retainers
of party, it in the metropolis on the eve
of a general election, communicate with the aristo-
cratic heads of the party as to their pommel wishes,
nerve proposals from the riffraff el hake and
secesselnl gamblers in commercial speeniatioe,
make out lists, weigh plausible pretensions,
balance conflicting claims of large contributors
to the joint-stock fund, and then fling the can-
didates of their choice at the constituencies, with
confidential letters of guarantee of so much in hard
ash towards their return. A more efficient plan for
cutting the thews and sinews of representation and
rendering the whole system one debilitated, nerve-
km, corrupted, and paralytic mass, it is impossible
to 0000111•11. Local squabble, and local blunders in a
selection of representatives are bad enough,
but they carry with Am the elements of their
own cure ; sad at want they do not tend to destroy
individual impertenes, senrgy, and will. But a
centralised meldnery for dr wholesale forgery of
Parliamentary retaras is, of all dangers to our poli-
tical existence, that which honest men of all parties
ought mast sealously to combine to avert. Yet this
M the danger with which Lord PALIMITON'S Par-
liament, now that it has broke locus from even the
frail ties of discipline, threatens as; and against which
it behoves all sincere Liberals, and we will add all
boort and independent Conservatives—all men of
every clue and party who sincerely loath and fear
I eorraption—while there is yet time, to make a stead.

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lest leftism JAW shims dander! broke oat Interns
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repahtlea for rally, hr ibrated Wit fro ea Mismodoat
▪ party cella "Its stet of lets believers." Mb
lest is meld to be het lacesulag. Its Isatiatehe ere very
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dr Bahia he this of protester of the tree belisvers sad
Imparel list of Ms Awls, Ilitesabeersorldelsos Lamar
of the Ottosers, be bes hone without &pale Ike way
esatarles. This Mote of *bp dooms modew no right,
of the "MOD= bed of the Ohms= use incontestable.
Their osialmorm h moadd lo the tramisillity at the
Zoe.

A letter from Were& (Croatia), on the frontiers
at Bemis, of Jaly 11, says:
We are wet esdotrakr wood! the Archduke Leopold,
who le sew repettlag the ihrilkatkies of Agoam, end
whom promo Is vary wassarry to the taking at mammas
ibr *alas r Ode rerry to a date el reality. Width
the het two dye arrarde of 6,000 Chtiedot maim Ara
Breda have rhea reap on the Audits territory, 6711(
from the Tab, who esaimit all sorb at Orme and an.
error. Than aoltattrate people dale that browser the
18th sad 286 et Jens, IRON than 180 yams Christian girls
were rented 4i by Todd& addlire, end that ever Ude
°singe Asbestine devastated ceirchse sad palmed home.
The Christine, who were measelme Awe dimmed by Chair
Peels, delhaded themselves se they bar Gould with pleeil-
therm, myths% sad pitchforks, sod for a time they rade a
pod has eopliat their esselaaste, but an July 8 they were
completely Misted sad pat to fight, with their woman sad
&Wise. Or radhorities received than kindly, sad aid-
bated proviekre soma thaw

The acessiiis erne
lards the reernineat meets with gnat sippeeitiat
la the preview of Bagdad. A. letter that city,
d the 9th, in the Presu "Orient, antennae that
ileasquenee of some manifestations which have
lan place on that subject, Omer Paoha, instead of
being able to act, as he had hoped to do, against the
asuiderea of Jeddah by sending a detachment of his
Imp to that point, has been obliged to keep them
war him, and to postpone his intended expedition
liato the Kurdistan, in order to put an end to the de-
predations of the tribe of Bari-Lam, who had re-
volted and pillaged the country in all directions
within only about forty-five miles of Bagdad. A
great number of farmers have taken refuge in Persia
in order to nape the recruitment. Some partial
engagements had taken plate between the troops
of Omer Pacha and the insurgents, bat the latter,
who are about 15,000 strong, keep their ground, and,
by adopting the Arab tactic of dispersing whem abject
to attack, manage to nape the punishment which
threatens them. It is, however, feared that the re-
volt by being joined by other tribes may become
more formidable and call for fresh troops being sent
by the Turkish government.

aa far as re-

INDIA.

THE BOMBAY MAP,
(ma OUR BPICIAL CORIMPONDIII4,4
BOMBAY. Juni IL
The mall which r "seeded this informed you that
we , had" sward him a swim danger in the
Southern Mahratta country. The present mail will
tell you that the mutiny has at last spread seriously
into the State of Owallor. With what perseverance
and swoon the Maharaja Bain& bad been able
hitherto (te keep down insurrection in his
territory I need not now dwell. I have already told
how, during the siege of Delhi, he held back
hie mutinous contingent; how he succeeded in mak-
ing the regiments infected with rebellion quit the
principality, retaining a few tried men, and recruit-
ing the ranks of his army from the followers of his
subordinate chiefs, and how °walker was preserved
to the present time in a comparative state of quiet-
us. The Maharaja, however, was not supported in
hie adherence to England by any large number of
friends. A few personally devoted chiefs, and a
body guard of some strength, were all on whom he
seemed able implicitly to rely. There were intrigu-
ing people round him, and plotters in commiutica-
don with the followers of the Nana at Calpee. When
the appearance of Sir Hugh Rose and Brigadier
Maxwell before Calpee made it apparent that no
farther hope could be entertained either of holding
out at that place or running through the Doab into
Oude, Tantia Tepee, the agent of the Nana, and
now the life and soul of his party, secretly left
Calpee, and proceeded to Owalior, where he lay
secreted, and prepared the outbreak of the con-
spiracy, which he seems to hare been weaving for
some time past. The Calpee rebels, probably in
obedience to hie instructions, made no great resistance
to the moult of Sir High Rose t and they fled
rapidly towards Gwalior, near which, after being
deprived of several guns and much ammunition by
Robertson's pursuing oolumn, they appeared
in considerable force on the Ist of Jane. They
lay at a distance of about two milts from the
Moores cantonment, when Maharaja Scindis re-
solved to go out against them. He drew out
hie troops in three divisions, placing him-
self in the centre, in the midst of his own staunch
body guard. Treachery apart, there was every chance
in favour of Scinclia, for the rebels though strong
in cavalry were weak in guns, and had little ammu-
nition. The rebels, however, confident of sympathy,
threw out their cavalry in skirmishing order, and
advancing towards the left division found, as they
expected, friends instead of enemies. This division
of the Maharaja's force threw down its arms, aban-
doned its guns, or fraternised with the rebels. The
right division stood somewhat longer, the centre,
composed chiefly of the body guard, showing a good
example by manfully fighting. But a flank attack
against the waverer' on the right soon brought
matters to a crisis. The guns on that side were
abandoned, and the whole energy of the
attacking party was soon concentrated on the
Maharaja's body guard, which now felt back and
kept their opponents at bay by repeated charges. A
retreat was thus effected with partial emcees to the
parade-ground near cantonments, the Phoolbagh,
where the body guard and Mahrattas made a final
stand. But the artillery, which had now been
brought to bear, was too much for them, and the
partisans of Scindia were beaten and dispersed. The
Maharaja, who had already seen the hopelessness of
resistance, made his escape to the residency, from
which he continued his flight to the Chumbul, where
a party of horse from Agra met him. On the Brd
he entered the capital of the North-West Provinces
under • royal salute, accompanied by several
girders and followed at intervals by crowds
of fugitives Fnnr hnnared of the beady guard had
fallen, and as resistance misted plunder commenced
in °wailer. The Lushhur, or cantonment town,
was pillaged and burnt, and for some hours the
place was given up to devastation. Tantia Topes
then organised a government. Rao Sahib, the
Nana's nephew, was placed on the throne, as the
representative of the Nana, and proclamations were
issued for the purpose of restoring order. The fort
of °wailer, in which the Hilladar was supposed at
first likely to resist, was occupied with a consider-
able force, and guns brought in to strengthen it.
You may judge from the following description of
the difficulties wis shall encounter in reducing it.
" The fort is very strong, being on a conical hill
scarped by art and by nature, and accessible to a
certain height only by the detritus which has fallen
and formed slopes from the ban upwards. The
summit, which is 2,000 feet long by 300 wide, is sur-
rounded
by a rampart, the entrance to which is on
the northern end of the eastern side. This entrance
is led to by a steep road, and steps protected by
parapets and ordnance. At the north-east extremity
is the citadel and a palaces, the former consisting of
six enormous towers tied to each other by curtains
of massive strength and considerable height. There
are other eminences in the neighbourhood of this
one, but none offering great facilities for battering
the fort. On the only occasion on which we see-
oeeded in taking this place the capture was elected
by surprise and by escalade." It is consoling to
think that no repairs have been made to this fort for
many pars.

The unexpected revolt of °walk, was Mot known
in Bombay by a telegraphic announcement of the
plunder of the Agra mail. Fears were entertained
lest detached bodies of rebels might advance towards
Indorerend the 92nd, which had been under ceders
for Belgacun,was instantly despatched from Bombay
to Mhow. It was a necessary move, for it was
urgent to keep in awe the people of 'adore and pre-
vent movements at :Oojein and Mehidpore. At
Oojein alone wee an attempt made to disturb us, bat
the movement fell of its own accord.

Fortunately we had plenty of form at oar disposal,
Brigadier Smith's, comprising the Bth Hussars, 96th
and 10th N.L, was near Bolero on its return from
Chundaree, and marching to &spree. It reached
the latter place on the 9th, and proceeded onwards
towards Owalior on the 10th. A column compri-
sing eight companies of the 26th Bengal Native In-
fantry, a wing of the 88th, some artillery, and four
squadrons of the 14th Light Dragoons, and Hydeva-
bad Irregulars, had gone in pursuit of the fugitives
from Calpee, and found them at no great distance,
encumbered with guns, baggage, and ammunition;
sight pieces of artillery and several elephants were
taken from them. The force mutinied in punk,
and reached Indoorhee on the Sind, on the 4th of
June. Oa the Ist, Brigadier Stuart had bean sent for-
ward from Capes towards Gwallor, with the mond
wing of the 88th, the 71st, and some cavalry. He
reached Imberhee on the Sind on the Bth, Sir Hugh
Rose himself left Calme in charge of the Bed
Europeans, moms sappers, and native Meer, and pro-
ceeded towards Gram on the night ef the 4th of
June. Major Orr, who had been mot bask to
Jhansi, was on his way thither, after taking the fort
of Belowa, between Leona and the Betwa river,
when be received orders to march towards Owalior
she. Colonel Hittites, in commaad of Jhansi, has
received similar orders. Troops will be sent from
Agra, it is believed, and the concentration is sup-
posed to have taken place on the 17th intent, at

Owalior. Everyone hopes that the rebels will make
a Anal stand. If so, none of them will escape, and
we may aware the lasting peace of Central India
by destroying them.
In Rohilcund everything boa been restored to
order, and the partisans in the Busily and Bndoon
districts put down, a strong garrison was left in
ahaldflikneils cider -Wird* &atm whilst
Futtehghur was entrusted to Colonel M'Causland,
the energetic leader in the tint action against the
hordes of Fyaal Hak. Preparations had been made
not only to keep the Onde rebels from returning
into Rohilcund, but to keep them from creaming
again into the Doab. Mohumdce had been destroyed,
the Ghent& of Kumpil Lumpur and Soorujpore
were watched. There was no longer anything
to fear from any of the Calpee rebels,
3,000 of them, who had mewed the Doab,
and interrupted the telegraphic communications, had
gone into Onde by Pelee and Jelalabad, but they
had paired the latter plaoe, which was held by an
European garrison. Sir lin Campbell, third:ire,
had nothing more to do at Futtehghur, and he was
to have left for Allahabad on the 3rd of lone. The
tidings of the 0 walior mutiny must since then have
reached him, and perhaps the general-in-chief may
come to Agra rather than proceed to Allababad. I
hope he will leave the conduct of the Owalior siege
to Sir Hugh Rose, who has shown such energy and
talent in conducting the Central India campaign
that he has justly earned the applause of military
men, even amongst those most disposed to cavil at
his appointment when he was less known, and, con-
sequently, unappreciated.
Calpee will, it is said, be reinforced by a regiment
from Cawnpore specially called up for that duty, for,
at the fall of Calpee, Colonel Maxwell, with the 88th
and 80th, returned to his head-quarters, his services
being supposed to have become unnecessary on the
Juana side of the Doab. It is said, however, on the
other hand, that General Whitlock's division had
advanced to Calpee through Humeerpore, and there
is no doubt that he has commenced his march in that
direction, having already reduced, on his way, a
refractory rajah, who was gathering men and stores,
and who seemed disposed to be refractory.

In Oude, from which we have news to the +Rh inst.,
the rebels have been gradually approaching Luck-
now from the north and north-west, and have burned
the villages up to within Ave miles of the city. They
would have done the same in the south and south-
east quarters, but that Sir Hope Grant moved with
his division to Nawabgunge and Bonne.. (This
Nawabgunge must not be confounded with the place
of the same name near Fyzabad.) On June 1 a portion
of the Sikh troops belonging to the Rajah of Kupoor-
thulta garrisoned Bannee, and there is a plan of
operations resolved on for keeping the Cawnpore and
Luokuow road open by keeping the Rajah's troops
where they are, and part of Grant's column, south of
Bunnee, at Poorwa.

Mann Sing, the great reminder, by trimming,
seems to have imperilled his position seriously. A
body of rebel Sepoya has been to attack him near
Pyzabad ; but he retired with his adherents into
his own fort of Shahgunge. We still have garrisons
at Ghorruckpore and Bastes, in the districts recently
evacuated by the Nepali's,* ; bat the enemy are
very numerous there. The Hoorangotty, a fiat-bot-
tamed steamer, heavily armed, is on the Gogra.
The Jugdeespore jungles have been finally cleared
by Sir Edward Lugard, who by the gigantic
labour of cutting roads through the jungle suo-
seeded in isolating the enemy at first and finally
expelling him with heavy loss. We have recap-
tured the two guns taken from Captain Legend ;
and the nick of the rebels is now said to have again
fled across the Ganges into the Azimghur districts.
In the Nagpore districts two reminders have been
giving us trouble, but they have been punished and
dispersed by a Madras force under Lieutenant Nut-
tall. Jeclma, threatened by Rohillas from the
Nizam's territories, was occupied a few days ago by
a detachment of Europeans from Poona and Ahmed-
nngger, and it will shortly be the station for Beat-
son's new regiments of horse.
In our own presidency all fears for the Southern
Mahratta country have been brought to an end by a
judicious display of force. The Raja of Nurgoond
having been tried and executed on the 12th inst. at
Belgaum, measures were taken to overawe another
petty chieftain, whose head-quarters were at Mind,
north of Belgaum, and who has !erg, posreadons all
over the country. He surrendered his guns and
stores, of which we now discover that he bad vast
quantities, and there is an end to all oppo-
sition to ns in this quarter. The deaths of the
Rummages and Moondurgee Dammams had already
assured the pacification of the country on both
banks of the Toomboodra. In Sawnntwarres alone
rebellion still exists, because the chiefs remain out in
the jungles, and our troops will have to but them-
selves where they are—namely, at the posts most
favourable to the watching of these rebels.
The same thing may be said of the Bheel coun-
try, where the savage tribes remain unquelled, and
where the concentration of Major Evans' force has
. .

resulted in little good. The doozerat disarmament
has led to no open resistance as yet, and is sot ex-
p mita to do so.
I had almost forgotten to say that Meerut and its
environs have been subjected to the disarming pro-
-00111.

A resolution which has caused much uneasiness
amongst us, has been the rearming of the 21st and
27th Bombay Native Infantry. The 21st mutinied at
Burrschee. It has been weeded of disloyal men,
reorganised under the name of the 30th, and sent to
Malligaum, where some people fear it may infect the
hitherto loyal 23rd. The 27th, similarly weeded,
has been sent to Deena.

In Bombay we bare now three or four native
regiments; but her Majesty's 67th, recently arrived
from Malta and Aden, will keep them in order.

We have received here with the utmost astonish-
meat the news of the pablkation of Lord Ellen-
borough's secret despatch. There is but one opinion,
which is condemnatory of the policy of the noble
lord. We cannot as yet tell the effect of his memo-
rable words on the province of Onde, but that effect
cannot bat be most unfavourable.

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