The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-16 00:00:00

(Stamped id. Additicaml.) (TWOPENCE.

Cornet Blair, 9th Lancers; and Lieuil.sT worth,
Bth Foot, all severely. Captain 9th
Lancers, was severely hurt by the fall his
who wan shot under him. On the 28th Colonel
Greathed sent out a party of cavalry to take the fort
of Malagurh, which the enemy had evacuated.
Some of the rebels went in the direction of
Meerut, and have penetrated into the. Moozuffer-
nuggur district. In the meanwhile the little garri-
son of Meerut hu not been idle, u the following
letter of September 19th testifies:
At midnight, on the 17th, Major Stoke. and Llsut. Arm-
strong, with 210 ASA= and Mooltan Horse, accompanied
by Captain Crates, with about 100 irregular cavalry, went
ont on a secret expedition along the Delhi-road. At sunrise
on the following morning they surrounded the village of
Tooradnuggur, about half way between Meerut and Delhi,
where the enemy's cavalry have established themselvee in
force. Secretly a. everything was arranged, the enemy were
not completely taken by eurprias. Some 200 of them were
ready mounted outside the village, and the remainder
denuded the place from inside ; however, after herd flight-
lam Use sang wens defeated and driven out of the village,
and the place burnt ; 67 of their number were cut up, end
amend taken prisoners. Our people had nine killed and
wounded, amongst the number, I am sorry to ray, was Lieu-
tenant Armstrong, who received three severe sword cuts, but
Is dein well.

From the north-west of Delhi we learn that
General Van Cortlandt has left Hanel, and reached
Bowannee, a considerable city south-west of Rhotuck,
where British authority has been restored. It appears
uncertain whether Jamaulpore, west of Huai, has
been taken. It was strongly garrisoned by up-
wards of 1,700 rebels from Delhi and men of the
60th and 6th Bengal N. 1., fugitives from timbale.
They had with them three guns, one 12-pounder
howitzer, one 6 and one 3-pounder; and had
not been attacked up to the 12th of September. On
the 20th the fall of Delhi was known at Bikaneer,
and celebrated by a royal salute.
The state of the Punjaub is unsatisfactory, but the
predatory tribes of the Dubs are the only enemies
we have yet bad to deal with. Still they have given
our detachments between Mooltan and Lahore much
trouble. The first intelligence of the rising of the
tribes reached Mooltan and Lahore on the 18th of
September. Simultaneous gatherings bad taken
place in the Bum Dail) between the Sutlej and the
Ram, and in the Reeehna Doab between the Raver
and Chenaub. Marauders of the Khania and hurl
tribes plundered Huruppa, on the Ruse, and other
stations on the road between Mooltan and Ooogaira.
These Khania@ and %hurls, who are inhabitants of
the Jungh-Bar, are nomads, and live on the produce
of their lards. Their chief, Ahmed Khan Khurl, and
his son, were on the eve of an outbreak at the time
of the rising in Goopire gaol towards the end of last
July, but, being closely watched, lost their oppor-
tunity. Since fir John Lawrence was forced to de-
nude the Punjaub of troops, a bold step which gave
as Delhi, Ahmed Shan Shari has watched for an
opportunity to rise, and, unfortunately for himself,
carried out his intentions about the middle of Sep-
tember.

Major Chamberlain and Captain Fraser, with 180
Irregulars of the let Punjaubee Regiment, marched
from Mooltan to Huruppa, and fell in with a party
of insurgents on the Reese, at Cheechawntny. An
obstinate engagement coined, in which the numbers
of the enemy were too great for successful resistance,
and Major Chamberlain took refuge in a semi (stone
edifice) with his force, where he defended himself
sisocessfally, though suffering much from shortness
of provisions. The marauders in the meanwhile
crowed the Ravee and plundered Kumalia, on the
right bank. Reinforcements soon after reached
Major Chamberlain, who again engaged the rebels
and killed 60 of them.
A second party from Mooltan, oonsisti of 100
horsemen, under Major Voyle and Gift
was sent simultaneously to the southward, struck
the Scaled between Sahooka and itimlera, and was
attacked at the former place by upwards of 1,000
marauders. Major Voyle soon repulsed these dis-
orderly masses by a steady fire from him cavalry and
levies. He then attacked Jungers itself, burnt the
village, and seised the mules and cattle belonging to
the tribe.

itiCToogaira, on the Rave., Captain Elphinstone,
Deputy Communions?, having received accurate in-
formation on the 20th inst., that Ahmed Khan
Khurl and his men had taken refuge about twelve
miles distant from that station, a party of the Pun-
jaub police, horse and foot, under Capt. B. Black, a
detachment of Capt. Wales's Sikh cavalry under
Lieut. the Hon. F. Chichester, and of the 0=
levy under Lieut. Mitchell, were forthwith
against him, and the result, after a somewhat severe
fight, was that the Khurls were cut up, Ahmed
Khan himself and his can being among the killed.
Thisrpt2L, outbreak has thus received its death blow,
it is

Ahmed Khan and his followers are said to have
fought stoutly, and Capt. Black and Lieut. Chiches-
ter to have been surrounded more than once during
the melee, the country being by no means favourable
for the action of cavalry. Our loss was rather severe
considering the small number of men engaged. About
ten killed, but particulars not yet received.
Another party under Mr. Leopold Berkeley, extra
assistant commissioner, had been detached with
some cavalry, and a party of Kutar Mookhees (3rd
Police Battalion), to try and open the communica-
tion towards Mooltan, which had been tat off by the
Futtianahs, Bhurmanahs, and other tribes. Mr.
Berkeley attacked the insurgent' in a very spirited
manner, but in the melee he was cut off from
the party of the Kutar Mookhees, and was
overpowered. He fell fighting manfully, and cut
down five or six of the enemy with his own hand,
besides shooting Shawn!, one of the leaders of the
Futtianahs ; Moorad, another of their leaders, was
killed on the same occasion, and their total loss is
estimated at not less than 100 men.

The Bhurmanshe and Fattianahs have entirely
dispersed. The Ktiurruls have also fled to a place in
the Bar, some 40 miles from Googaira. They have
come in to give over their arms and all plundered
property. We may now hope that order will shortly
be restored in this part of the Punjaub.
At Peehawur, on the 10th of September, a hill
tribe came down to attack the small fort of Manes,
bat it met with a warmer welcome than it eared foe.

With the exception of a mutiny at Bunnoo in the
9th Irregular Cavalry, sent away some time since
from Delhi for disaffection, and a speedy settlement
of the mutineers by the staunch men of their corps,
there is nothing more of importance to tell you from
this quarter.
Our successes on the left bank of the Ganges were
not confined to Gude. You may recollect that 3,000
Chucks', encamped at Gorruckpore in August, were
ordered to Benares. They marched by Jannpore.
Two thousand of them escorting treasure reached
Benares, whilst the remainder, being the Sher* re-
giment of Ohoorkas, under Captain Boileau, with
Lieutenants Wynyard, Venables, Dunbar and Haig,
and Dr. Wright, marched to Azimghar. This town,
which was said to have been abandoned, was still
held by • small force under Captain 0. W. Biden,
large parties of rebels hovering about to the south
and eastward of it. Captain Biden took advantage
of the reinforcement he received to attack a large

body of insurgents at Nundowlee, near Mundre,-•
town within ten mike of Azimghur. The rebekt
had three guns, at sight of which the Ohoorkas
broke into five columns, and, advancing steadily,
charged and carried them. The rebels hardly
waited for the attack,but fled in ler than ten minutes
after the first shot was fired, leaving their guns be-
hind them. They were pursued for three miles into
jungles, their lose being between 150 and 200 killed.
Of the Ghoorku two were killed and 26 wounded.
This action was fought on the 20th September.
Moobaruckpore, ten miles south of Azimghar, next
fell into our bands, as well as Atrowler, a fort
25 miles north-west of Azimghur, on the road to
II Sultanpore. This fort was held by two rajahs, Madho
and Madho-Persaud, who escaped from us in the night.

These energeteoperations decided likewise the fate
of Mahowl, a fort east of Azimghur, whose rajah
took to flight when he heard of our successes. Thus
the honour of our arms is being retrieved in the
eastern division of the province of Allahabad. Chupra
Is no longer threatened. Benaree is quite safe, and
we may now devote our time there to the long pro-
jected preparation of ammunition carts and army
stores.

Behar remains unsettled, but the rebels of the sth
Irregulars and Ramghur battalion have passed the
Beane, joined Ummer Sing, brother of Koor Sing,
and encamped at Ghorawul, 26 miles south-west of
Mirzapore. I do not find that the Raneegunge
brigade has made any advance northwards. It was
encamped four miles beyond Raneegunge on the 29th
of September. Its commander is Colonel Berkeley,
of the 32nd, and the force composed as follows :-
63rd Foot, right wing; 2nd battalion of the Royal
military train; 2 guns Royal Madras Artillery, one
company of Madras Sappers and Miners, and a de-
tachment of the 27th Madras Native Infantry.
Another brigade of this force, under Col. Fisher,
comprising the 63rd left wing, the greater part of
the 27th Madras Native Infantry, and Capt. Ripon's
battery of Madras artillery, has arrived near the
banks of the Scan. Licit Staunton, with 200
L anclexe, and a part of Battray's Eillths, Is en-
at Dehree, between Mirzapore and Oboes-
wuL A wing of the 17th Madras Native Infantry
moved, on the 3rd of October, against the latter
place, but has been since recalled to Mirzapore. The
kh :Irregulars, who were at Dowdnnuggur, on the
right bank of the Sean, on the 10th of September,
marched down the river's bank past lineal, plunder-
ing everything on their way ; found boats at Newer-
gunj and Bhotas, prepared for them by Ummer
Bing, and crewed over into Shababed. The last
of the Ramghur rebels crossed the Scan about the
same time at Rhotaa. The force at Ohorawul is
stated in letters from Mirzapore to exceed 4,000
men. If this were not an exaggeration we might
suppose that some of the Dinapore men under Boor
Sing had joined. The movements of that chief are
not known—Central India from N re to Alban,-
bad being thoroughly • There is no
doubt, however, that Hoot ing and the Dinapore
rebels marched towards Nagode having ascended the
Khans Chant in the first week of September,
Nagode being about sixty miles north-west of Berra,
halfway on the road to Banda. Since then, Lieu-
tenant Remington, commanding at Kallinger, has
written to say that 3,000 rebels had inched Banda.
This favours the supposition that Koor Sing moved
up towards Kalpee, where he might hope to cross
the Junius, and I am the more confirmed in this be-
lief because the officers of the 60th Native
Infantry who escaped after the mutiny of that regi-
ment near Nagode, succeeded in bringing together
about 260 staunch men, and reached Mirzapore in
safety without encountering en enemy.
The mutinous 60th and 62nd Bengal Native In-
fantry have no doubt joined Koor Sing by this
time, which would give that chief an Important
force. But if I may judge from that person's pniceed-
ings, he is more anxious to seek his own personal
safety than to fight. Sanger, only garrisoned by
130 Europeans-so weak that its walls are said no
longer to be shot-proof—world have been an easy
prey; yet he did not attack it. We have letters
from Saugor of the 26th September, from which it
appears that the little garrison under Brigadier Sage
was safe, though not a little incensed at finding that
Captain Madras column, after advancing as
far as Drunmoh, had fallen back on Jubbulpore. The
result was, that Dummoh was almost immediately
reoccupied by Boondela rebels, who bad previously
held a position within ten miles of Saugor. Briga-
dier Sage, not liking their vicinity, had thought it
imperative to attempt to dislodge them. With the
few Sepoys at his command, some 200 police, 40
Europeans, and three guns, he proceeded on the 18th
September to carry out his hazardous undertaking.
The attack was a complete failure, and the force was
obliged to retire atter losing Colonel Dalyell of the
42nd Bengal NS., who was shot, two officers and
upwards of 40 Sepoys and police wounded. Capt.
Millar's column entered Jubbulpore on its return on
the afternoon of Sept. 30, having stumbled on the
mutinous 52nd Bengal N.I. on its march out of the
town. An engagement ensued, in which the Madras
troops behaved admirably, leaving 150 of the rebels
dead on the field. Still, Sanger is in danger; andl see
that government, sensible of this, have despatched
Orr's column of Hyderabad Contingent, troops
amounting to 1000 infantry, 400 cavalry, and 8 gun%
from their camp at Edlabad, in North Berm. Major
Orr, however, did not move till the 4th October, and
has a long march before him, at a most unhealthy
season of the year. He crossed the Poorna and
reached the banks of the Taptee on the morning of
the 6th. On the Bth he encamped at a place called
Aasurghur, on the road to Hosangabad, the speedy
occupation of which seems important. Bands of
rebels are out in several quarters, at no great dis-
tance from it; to meet whom • column of the 28th
Madras Native Infantry left Hosuogabad on. the
morning of Oct. 9.
The forced inaction of our columns on the borders
of Rajpootsna has given courage to gangs of insur-
gents now hovering about the camp at Mhow ; one
of which, no later than the 10th of this month,
plundered and burnt the stations of Bhowapoor and
hlehidpoor. Colonel Durand, the Resident at the
court of Holkar, remains at Mhow meanwhile, and
may, for all that I know, have communications with
the Durbar at Indore. I can tell you nothing how-
ever respecting the state of feeling at that court.
The Maharaja Scindia of Owalior, on the other
band, has evinced a really staunch spirit, and shown
• considerable amount of skill in keeping his mutin-
ous contingent in hand during the troublous times
at Delhi. The troops discontented with the
Maharaja, had withdrawn to Moorar, at no great
distance from Owalior, taking with them treasure
and guns. They were joined there by mutineers from
Indere and the 23rd Bengal Native Infantry, which
mutinied at Mhow. The Maharaja on his part
assembled his subordinate chiefs, who seem to have
had little sympathy with the contingent, and with
their assistance kept a bold front towards the muti-
neers, erecting, it is said, batteries of artillery to op-
pose those which the Moorar men had erected
against him. In the meantime the ladcwe
and Owalior contingents quarrelled, as I informed
you, and the former moved across the Chumbul
to Dholpore. Matters became gradually worse at
Delhi. The prospects of rebellion darkened, the
Maharaja took advantage of all this, bore at times
hard words from the contingent officers who came to
the Durbar, but at last succeeded in enticing back to
their allegiance first one regiment, then another,
and so reduced the whole of his army to comparative
obedience.' What our political agents are likely to
do when the relations of the independent Reboot
states and the subject of contingents again arises I
cannot say. For this much we may be thankful
during this eventful rebellion—the troops of Scindia
and Holkar have been fortunately inactive.
We have received the last batch of troops from
Bushire, including the 2nd Retouch Battalion from
Kurrachee. On the 16th General Jacob arrived.

From Glentta we learn that sir Colin Campbell
intends to proceed with the 83rd Highlanders up
country. Three more regiments have arrived at
Ceylon—the 34th, 38th, and 42nd—and are expected
to have reached Calcutta.