The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-06 00:00:00

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The coming of age of the Marquis of Worcester,
in May, will be celebrated with extraordinary rejoicings at
Badminton.
The Earl and Countess Grey have arrived at
Mickleton Hall, on a visit to Viscount and V isoounteas
Halifax, from spending a few days at Ossington with the
Speaker and Lady Charlotte Denison.
Viscount Hamilton, M.P., arrived in town yes-
terday from Vienna, after attending the funeral of the
Emperor Maximilian.
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland,
after spending some days in Paris, left yesterday for Rome.
The members for Oldham, Mr. J. T. Hibbert
and Mr. J. Platt, addressed their constituents last night,
in the Oldham Town Hall.
Prince Phillip of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha has arrived
in Paris.
Baron Alfred de Rothschild, of London, is at
present in the French capital.
The King of Portugal, followed by tho court,
has gone to the residence of Villaviosa, where his Majesty
intends to spend the month of February.
Wo read in the Malta Times :—" A step showing
much loyal and good feeling bat lately been taken by the
elected inembersof the council of government in this island.
These gentlemen, who are all native Maltese, have soli-
cited the governor, Sir Patrick Grant, to obtain at
an early date a portrait of our Most Gracious
Sovereign Queen Victoria, with the object of hanging it
up in the tapestry-room of the Palace, where the council
holds He sitting.. Her Majesty will be asked to conde-
scend to sit specially for this loyal 'purpose. It is also
proposed to erect a statue of her Majesty in one of the
public squares of Malta."
The sittings of the Corps Ldgislatif are just now
attracting a number of fashionable people. The other day,
when M. Thies spoke on the Press Bill, there were in the
President's tribune—Madame Schneider, Princess Julia
Bonaparte, Madame de Pennell's, the Duchess d'lsly,
Madams Welles de Lynette, and Madame and Mdlle.
Vuitry. In the tribune of the Corps Diplomatique—The
Countess Pozzo di Borgo. Madams Liadieres, Count de
Laferrihe, and M. Conti, secretary of the Emperor. In
the tribune of the Senate—the Duke de Pemigny and the
Marquis de Lavalette, ex-Ministers of the Interior, Count
de Bourqueney, M. de la Gueranniere, formerly Director
of the Press, Le.
The Edo) du Nord states that M. Esparbi4, chief
editor of the Mimetic./ of Lille, has been cited before the
Correctional Police by M. Oery-Lsgrand, the defeated can-
didate in the department of the Nord, for having alleged
that English money had been 'applied by manufacturers
of that country to defray the eons of his canvass.
The Odd Fellows Grand Lodge has reported the
strength of the Order in the United States. It has 2,860
lodges, with 214,561 members, and 697 encampments with
34,842 members. During the year ending September,
1867, the aggregate income of the order was 2,020,111 d 01..,
of which 692,629 don. was expended for various charitable
objects.
The American Colonisation Society reports having
sent 633 Africans to Liberia during 1867, 12 more than
during the previous year. It now has applications for aid
in emigrating from over 3,000 negroes, and during the year
expended 84,000 don. It has a ship called the Golconda,
which makes the voyages to Liberia, and it supports the
emigrants not only on the passage, but also for six months
after landing there.
The official report of the number of immigrants
that indeed at New York during 1867 Terns somewhat
from the newspaper reports previously made. The total
immigration for the year was 242,371, as compared with I
113,396 for 1866, and it is much larger than for any year
sines 1854, During last year 117,591 Germans emigrated
to America, while Ireland sent 65,134, England 33,712,
Scotland 6,313, Wales 142, Sweden 4,843, Switzerland
3,983, Franco 3,264, Holland 2,156, Belgium 1,623, Den-
mark 1,312, and Italy 1,632. Two Turks, two Africans,
87 Japanese, 17 Chinamen, and four Malays are also re-
corded among the immigrants.
Female suffrage, although defeated at the last
election in Kansas, has, it appears, produced a tangible
result from its agitation. The Kansan legislature has
elected a Miss Emma Hunt an enrolling clerk, and that
lady having hikes the necessary oaths of office, is per-
forming its duties.
About 700,000,000 letters now pass through the
Post-oflces in Great Britain and Ireland in the course of a
year, and nearly 6,000,000 telegrams peas through the tale-
graph stations in the United Kingdom during the same
period.
The officer in command of the night guard over
the armoury of the 2nd Hants Volunteers, in consequence
of a threateeed Fenian attach, is Lieutenant Patrick
Keane, an Irishman and Roman catholic.
Two thousand pounds has been already sub-
scribed towards the National Cottage Hospital at Vintner.
A new cattle market is to be opened at South-
ampton on Friday, dose to the railway terminus. No tolls
ass to be charged.
The charge of conspiracy in connection with
the Merchant Token` Company in Manchester again tame
Woes Mr. Fowler, at the Manchester pollee-o°on, yester-
day ; and after a geed deal of evidence had been added
to that already gives, the magistrate said there was so
ass for a jury, and dismissed the charge.

0 :1- . IT MAIL.
ENGAC . WITH THE
CHEERS.—TWO OFFICERS KILLED.
The Bombay papers of the 14th ult, contain
accounts of an engagement, on the 29th December,
between some Bombay native troops and a gang of
Wagheer outlaws, in which two officers were killed.
It appears that the Wagheers are a Scythian tribe,
inhabiting the north-west portion of the peninsula
of Kattywar, and, being skilful and daring boat-
men, many of them become pirates. It seems that it
is against the Guioowar that the Wagheers declare
themselves to be opposed ; but they recently gave
notice that if their demands were disregarded, they
would strike villages in districts under British
protection. They subsequently carried their threat
into execution, and the result was that an expedition
was sent out against them, consisting of a few
' British troops, together with the militia of the
Guicowar and another chief. The expedition was
directed from Rajkote by Colonel W. Anderson,
the acting political agent, and was commanded by
Major Reynolds, 17th Native Infantry, who him-
I self was badly wounded. Although within small
compass—the whole of oor force not exceeding 140
men, accompanied by the G uicowar's levies— the con-
flict was a very determined one. The Wagheers, the
number of whom is not known, on seeing themselves
surrounded, evidently resolved to sell their lives
dearly ; while the attacking party had to charge
up the hill, exposed to the deliberate aim of the
outlaws who, on this occasion, there is reason to
believe, were possessed of arms of more " preci-
sion" than their antiquated matchlocks. One of
the British officers died in avenging his brother
officer, and both were interred in one grave ; they
each leave a young widow. Three leaders of
the band were killed, one being Dews Manik,
the fiercest of all, but the chief leader
of this expatriated tribe—Muloo Manik, the
dispossessed chief of Dwarka—is still free.
Captains La Touche and Hebbert, who belonged to
the 17th Native Infantry, were in 1859 both re-
commended for the Victoria Cross for their gal-
lantry in carrying off wounded men under a heavy
fire at Gossee Talso, in an action with the
Wagheers.
In addition to the above particulars, supplied
by the &mho!, Times, the Kattyawar correspon-
dent of the Bombay Gazette says that when the ex-
pedition under Colonel Anderson had reached oo-
melee, it was reported that the gang had been
started out of a sugar-cane field, at the village of
Chawurdee, and had taken up a position on a
rocky hill about five miles off, and were
defying the patrol. Thereupon the 17th Na-
tive Infantry and the federal Seebundy were
ordered to proceed with despatch, and the
cavalry galloped on and reached the hill at 5
p.m. This hill was about 300 feet high, and the
gang entrenched themselves behind rocks and
stones which they had piled up to form barriers,
from behind which they kept up a sharp fire. This
position being very difficult, an attack by the
cavalry was found impracticable, and the arrival of
the infantry was anxiously awaited. The infantry
who had made great haste and pressed riding
camels into their service, arrived at 5.30 p.m.
Immediately on their arrival Captain Ls Touche
placed himself at the head of the federal
Seebundy, of which ho had lately been
placed in charge, and attacked one position,
Major Reynolds, of the 17th, another, and Cap-
tain Hebbert, taking a portion of the 17th
under his command, attacked from two points.
While the infantry was climbing the hill, the
cavalry galloped to the base to cut off the
flight of the rebels, and a party being
left at the foot, the remainder with much diffi-
culty went up the summit, which was very
rugged and broken, and helped to drive the
outlaws from their position. The infantry then
charged. The late lamented Captain Hebbert
having taken the lead was the first to open fire,
and his shot told and knocked over one of the
Wagheer leaders, Poonja Manik, but he was in re-
turn mortally wounded and fell. Capt. La Touche
immediately came up, and seeing his friend and
brother in arms in that plight, vowed to revenge
his blood, and made a dash at the outlaws, killing
three, and while in the act of despatching the fourth,
was himself killed. The outlaws (seven in number)
that were left of the gang managed to effect their
escape in the confusion and darkness that pre-
vailed, but as four of them were seen to have been
wounded, detectives were despatched on their track.
The only other leader that remains of the Wagheet
gang, Muloo Manik, is said to be sick, and hiding
in the Burda hills, but as active and efficient
measures are in progress to trace him and his party,
and considering that our political agent is not a
man to be either trifled with or to rest content
with the victory he has already achieved, we may
expect the restoration very shortly of peace and
tranquillity in the province.

Letters from Cambool, quoted by the Calcutta
EngliAhman, speak of a rising of the Khutas
against the Russians. They were, however, de-
feated with great loss. The Russians are reported
to have built a splendid cantonment at Samar-
kund, and to have protected it by a fort capable
of mounting 24 guns. Detachments of troops are
constantly arriving at Samarkund with large trains
of matjricl, and the force there is said to number
upwards of 50,000 men of all arms.

The Calcutta Board of Revenue have published
a paper on the mortality occasioned by the famine
in Orissa, giving the following figures :
Population per square mile before the
famine 354
Ditto after the famine
Total population .
1 Number wbo hare perished
Emigrated, Le. 115,028
Total lam
Total par mime of lea to pepthitien 30141

ITALY.
THE BATTLE OF MSNTANA.—RIOTS IN
PADUA.
The Rinnoramento of Venice publishes the follow-