Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1858-07-10 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.  INDIA.  The Bombay Mail arrived in London on Saturday night. The summary of the Bombay Times gives the following interesting particulars:— The capture of Calpee, by Sir Hugh Ross's !tree, is the chief event of the fortnight, our troops in Outle and Rohilcund being engaged in a wearisome attempt to end the war there. The numerous bodies of independent rebel forces collected ill these provinces, and the desultory nature o their movements, make the duty cl the troops extremely harassing, while the result of the incessant marching and counter-marehing seems all but inappreciable. The game, however, is in Sir Colin's hands. He is wise, perhaps, to risk nothing, and as the enemy is everywhere beaten in detail, the final checkmate may impend more closely than we ; imagine. Calpee was invested on the 18th of May, and captured on the 23rd, Brigadier Maxwell co-operating from the left bank of the JUTTIIIa with Sir Hugh Ress's force. The follewing telegram gives us all the infermaticn we possess on the subject— On the 22nd inst., the rebels attacked the front and right line of Sir Hugh Ross's force, at his camp Agowlee, on the Jumna, in large numbers, and with great determination. Sir Hugh Rose's right, being hard pressed, the Camel Corps was brought up, the rebels were charged with the bayonet and jut to flight. Sir Hugh Rose's line then moved forward, and the rout became general. Calpee being their last retreat, the sepoys had sworn to destroy Sir Hugh Rose's force. On the morning of the 23rd instant, Sir Hugh Rose marched from Pgowlee against Calpee; the rebels were panic struck, and fled with great precipitation, after firing a few shots, leaving Sir Hugh Rose master of the town and fort of Calpee. The Cavalry and Horse Artillery were sent in pursuit. The officer commanding the pursuit reports that he quickly came up with the rebels, and killed a great number, and all their guns and ammunition were taken. Colonel Maxwell shelled the town and fort of Calpee from the left bank of the Jumna with great effect. A subterranean magazine was discovered in the fort, containing four hundred barrels of powder, and immense quantities of ordnance stores. In the town and fort, foundries and manufactories of cannon were discovered, and several _ . . .  brass guns made thereat. Colonel Robertson, at the head ot a flying column, was following up the fugitives who were making for the fort of Shapun.  Suicide of the Rajah of Shorapore.  The Rajah of Shorapore committed suicide on the I 1 th, and from our Secunderabad letters, dated the 'Nth, we glean the following particulars. The rajah, a young man of twenty-three, had been tried for levying war against the British government. He was sentenced to transpormion for life, and at 4 a.m. on the 111 h, was sent trom Secunderabad under an escort of 80 non-commissioned rook and tile of the 9th, 10th, and 49th M.N.L , commanded by lieutenant Pictet. His destination was Chingleput, where he was to remain until transported to some penal settlement. The rajah's hands and legs were ironed. On arriving at Umbarrapett, twelve miles from Secunderabad, he was unhandeX,d in order thi3 he might mita hisbreakfast; the leg irons being still kept. rle was then placed in , a dooly, and the dooly was put inside a two-poled tent, double sentinels, facing inwards on each side of the dooly, inside the tent, being posted. At eleven a.m. the report of fire-arms was heard, and on Lieutenant Pictet arriving at the tent, he found the rajah in the agonies of death. The unfortunate man espired in about ten minutes afterwards. The corps was escorted back to Secunderabad, and, as soon as it reached there, an inquest was held on it in the hospital of Her Majesty's Ist Royals. From the evidence then given, it appears that, when the handcuffs were taken off the rajah, by the officer commanding the escort, the latter, at the same time, divested himself of his belt, to which was attached a revolver. The revolver was laid on a dooly pole, and given in charge of the sentries, who were told to take care of it until his (Lieut. P.'s) tent arrived. Up to this point, acec riling to our correspondents, all is clear, but now comes the mysterious part of this tragical occurrence. Was the rajah allowed by the sentries to obtain possession of the revolver ? No one as yet knows. The two sentries are, it seems, Musselmans, and belong to the 10th M. N. I. They are prisoners, and an investigation is going on. The rajah shot himself in the stomach, and the ball passed right through the body, and ouc of the lower curtains 01 the tent.