The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-19 00:00:00

ASSAM.

The only coherent account of the state of affairs
in this district that we have seen is contained in the follow-
ing letters from Calcutta, the first of which wee received by
the previous ineth and the wood by that which arrived het
week

Cskatta, Sept. 24.

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The Assent troops have not actually risen, but they ham
shown that they are about to do so very shortly. The Ist
Benefice at Debroghur openly declare that they are about to
set their fanner Relah on his throne again, and the find
Battalion at Climrhatty hem been sending away their wives
and children, and hays been discovered plotting with Rawer
Slug. Moat of the Europeans, tea-planter, and others, have
taken refuge in the neighbouring statics of Selimangor. The
only loyal native troops in Amain are a few Ohporkas ender
Major Hannay at Debroghnr. The church there has been
provisioned and fortified, and guns protect the mere in which
the church is. Speaking of the disaffeeitke among the
Assereas the Friend of India says, " The King of Delhi is
still looked upon as the titular sovereign in many parts oldie
country. Nearly the oldest titles to land are documents
raided by that sovereign or the local governor of Range-
=atty. The better clamors in Assam have hardly yet become
remedied to our rule. Thu resumption of Likely° or Led
held by the great aloes of the eats during the time Amain
was seder native government, in Upper Assam, and the
emenelpsiion of the slaves, together with the aliened= of
land in Lower Assam, reduced all the hater dames at the
time to great distress, and they have never recovered their
former important». Both the rerucopelons and the emend-
potion of the slaves were necessary and beneficial to the
people at large, who are more contented and richer by far
than the majority of the peasantry of Ladle; but the doing
justice to the mazy has raised us up some ene-
mies who may take occasion of the present disturbances
to work us harm." If the Assam troops do rise the Ilylhet
Regiment, the 73rd Bengal Native Infantry, and the four
remaining companies of the 34th Naive Infantry, at Chitta-
gong, are almost mesh to do so also; said If the Armless
generally dot, the immediate consequenoss may be very dia.
aatrous. All those districts form one boundary line with
Burmah, and when the cold weather sets in the Burmese,
who are not very likely to remain quiet amid all these dis-
turbances, might, without any difficulty, march an army
through Amato even to Calcutta Itself, It would require a
good form of Europeans to Mass the torrent of rebellion to
our eastward. The government have met off fifty English
sailors, with a oomph of &pounders, Into the disturbed dia.
trate 'Piny can be of no minim whatever except to protect
the Europeans in their Sight from that part of the country.
Jima In this little matter of mending off laity sailors the gu-
mmiest ofeciala must mismanage the affsir. These sailors,
I meat mention, are not of the Royal Navy. They were
engaged kr service as policemen, two guns were given to
them, and they formed a very effective little artillery force
for the protection of the town. They were under the imme-
diate anamand of Roberts• (assistant to the chief magistrate),
whim old Calcutta men will recollect as Pip's friend,
" Robsitsikieh." When they were sent off the other
day, they were distinctly warned for Dacca, and for nowhere
else, sad the consequanoe was, when they got to Dacca, and
were Grand off to Amain, they most positively refined to
go. Lineament Lewis, of the Indian navy, behaved with
peat firmness; ordering out his own sailors and guns, and
surrounding the others, he told the latter that ha must um
form If they did not go. They then said they would go, de-
claring, however, that they would throw down their arms
when they got there. Now there must have been soma grace
mismanagement in this affair somewhere. But it is only a
continuation of the old system of despising and M-tenting
English soldiers and anion, and petting Mrs. Mangled
"simple-minded and almost child-like' sepoy.

Calcutta, Oct. B.

Aasam, strange to say, Mall remains quiet. This is pro-
bably owing in a great measure to the sudden and well-
planned wizens of the Rajah of Debroghur, which has
somewhat defeated the intentions of the disaffected belts-
, Boma The sailors, whose objection to proceed further than
Dana I mentioned in my kat, have arrived in Assam, and
Wu appoints°, has leaded to keep matters quiet there.
The Redth el Debroghur is now on his way to Calcutta, if he
is net already kin. While still in his palace, and concocting
or Isonraibig the plots In his favour he was surprised and
wised by a party of 20 picked Ohoorkaa. They had a long
and weary march from the evening to the dean of neat day,
across a jungiy sod marshy country-110W on elephants,
now on foot, and sometimes in brats. They arrived at and
surrounded the Rajah's palace just before daybreak, while
he was fast asleep. They eared him, his wives, and a num-
ber of his followers, without tiring a shot, took
two loaded guna and spiked them, and then
cleared his palace and the neighbouring bazaar
of everything that could be picked up in the shape of
arms. Hi. bead Mookteser, an educated Bengelee, was also
taken. When the whole palace and bazaar had been tho-
roughly decoded of arms and weapon. of every description,
end of all documents or correspondence likely to throw any
light upon the villains' plane, the little pasty left the place
with their prisoners, followed for some distance by the in-
habitant., to the number of about 2,000, wbo had crowded
round to watch the proceedings, but who did not attempt to
interfere with them. They got back to their boats at ten pm.,
sad soon after reached Debeoghur, utterly worn out, having
effected an Important service in a most creditable and daring
manner. Along our eastern frontier, from Chittagong
through Tippersh, Bylhet, MOIM, up to the Coasia Dille,
and away age& to Darjeeling, all seems now quiet.

Korniebee, Oct. 12.

Dear Sir,—We have had difficulties in our
garrisons all over &lade, owing to want of more European
soldiery. The panic of Wee beyond belief, and be
would have denuded Scinde of defence had his requisitions
all been available; but great caution became obviously neces-
enry has when the rations native regiments perceived our
weak European mecums. Instructions of the general have
been sdmirably carried out, and at the three large stations in
&Inds (13hikapore on the frontier, Hyderabad on the Indus,
and Eurrachm on We coast) mutiny has been arrested just
in time—and oily just—for at Eurruchee, on the night of
13th September (when the 21st Native Infantry were dis-
covered partially under arms), had not our little army, and
the general with it, been down on the 21st Native Infantry
lines at midnight, this whole atauon, in half an hour more,
wee to have had confusion rushing front end to and.
The intention of the rebel portion of the 21st was to rob
the Treasury during the combustion of the hour (on a re-

• ♦ pessing allusion to Kr. Roberta is not out of place
ben. H• Is the reel chief magistrate, and he has rendered
met walweltle eirmee towards keeping Calcutta quiet during
thsesllthimeene time.