INDIA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XII, Issue 723, 12 October 1859, Page 3

INDIA.

We have papers from Madras to the 9th of July • Bombay to tho sth ; and Calcutta to the 2nd. '

Of news strictly military, there is almost none. The 'Madras Athonceum' of the above date says • —There can now be no doubt as to something very unpleasant having taken place at Berhampore, for the' Viceroy and Governor-General has excluded the Fifth Europeans, who are stationed there, from tho benefit of the general order, issued by him allowing the noncommissioned officers and men of the late Company's European troops to take their discharge and to proceed to England, if they feel inclined to do so. His lordship thus refers to the matter :— "Circumstances having recently come to the knowledge of his Excellency the Viceroy and GovcruorGetieral in Council, which show that the sth European regiment stationed at Berhampore, has conducted itself in :a manner which leads him to doubt whether the privilege conferred by the general order No. 883 of this day's date, can properly be extended to that corps. His Excellency in Council has determined that the sth European Eegirnent shall be excluded from the operation of the said order, until inquiry shall have been made into its conduct, and a report received thereon." On the morning of the 23rd ultimo we learn from the' Hurkaru' atroop of artillery,-with guns,-waggons, horses, andbaggage, and-a wing of H. M.'s 99th left Calcutta for Berhampore : and on the following day, according to the ' Englisman' a detachment of the Buffs, with two additional guns, were forwarded to the same place." News fromOudeis given by the 'Lucknow Herald' of the 22nd ultimo:—' The rebels, as expected, have been shewing themselves oti the frontier again. Major Vaughan and Captain Cleveland have each had a skirmish with them in the passes between Toolseepoor and Sindhonia Ghat. The former killed about fifty, the latter twenty of the enemy. The sth Punjab Rifles have returned to Barraitch. The Moradabad Levy has reached Nanparrah. The Oudh Police take up their respective posts on the frontier by the 20th instant. H. M.'s 73rd are to remain for the present at Nawabgunge, Baraßanki, where temporary accommodation has been provided for them. The Rifle brigade maybe expected in Lucknow in a day or two. The disarming operations have been brought to a close in the districts. The rebellion may be said to have stung itself to death. We hear of not one who took any part in it who is not disgustingly sick at heart.'

The Shabjeanpore correspondent of the • Delhi Gazette, writing on the 18th ultimo, says:—"The rebels have relieved the Sub-Himalayan tracts adjoining the northern parts of this district of their presence. Hitherto they have much disgusted us with hovering about the neighbourhood of the Kowreeala Eiver. Now they seem to have pone after the main body to Nepal by way of the Gorruckpore. teraie. Their chief leaders seem to have been Goolab Sing, a connection of Nurput Sing of Kooeed, and two Peeleebheet Mahommedans called Choon Moona."

The • Bombay Gazette' of sth July reports that the state of things in the northwest, wherever the troops of the late East India Company are stationed, has indeed become very critical, and any hour may bring intelligence of a serious nature. The Government is' thoroughly "aroused, and Courts of Enquiry have been sitting at various stations, and their proceedings are now before the Government. The last accounts from Calcutta mention that serious disturbances have broken out at Berhampore. The European troops are in open .mutiny, and have entrenched themselves in the barracks and elected officers. The magistrate had removed the ammunition and powder to the hospital, but the mutineers had proceeded thither arid brought them away. Troops have been ordered to Berhampore, and some must have left per steamer a week ago. The military disturbances, arising from an impression among the European soldiers that the Government has not kept faith with them, are extending, tft theMadras;;Presidency. The ' Bangalore Herald' mentions " that at the halfyearly inspection of the artillery at that station, a great number of artillerymen, most recruits, fell cut on parade, and stated their grievances with reference to their attestation, transfer, and re enlistment from the Company to the Crown.'.' The Madras Fusiliers have followed the example of the Bengal troops. It is well known that Courts of Enquiry have been sitting at Meerut, Allahabad. Lahore, Gwalior, Sepree, and other stations, before which the men were called upon to: make their representations, and state the grounds of their claims; but after all that has, been done to ensure their case a fair and' just investigation, there is no immediate prospect of the dissatisfaction and insubordination recently exhibited by them coming to an end.

Everything in Central India is quiet. The accounts of the rebels in Nepaul present no facts of importance. Steps have been taken to strengthen the police in Oude, and the districts on the frontier are now properly guarded. The rebel army is broken.up, and it will be harrassing work for our troops to be constantly in pursuit of the detached wanderers, who have many opportunities of ambush in the mountainous regions south of Nepaul. It is not likely they will quit Nepaul so long as there is a corner where the}' can find refuge; they are reduced to this alternative, knowing that if they emerge out into the open country, our troops will leave them no chance of escape.

We have had no intelligence of the whereabouts of the Nana, though it might be inferred that he is yet with the rebels in Nepaul. His followers, however, seem to be worn out at last, and the insurrection headed by him is nearly suppressed. The ' Delhi Gazette' has a letter from Lucknow, which mentions the arrival of Sir Hope Grant in that city. The 2nd Battalion Rifles and her Majesty's 73rd Europeans are expected from the frontier ; there will then be a large European force in the station, but not "more t nan'can be accommodated, for the extensive barracks at the new' cantonment will shortly be ready, and all the regiments of infantry and cavalry will "have ample and comfortable quarters. ,

The ceremony of the investiture of Major-General Sir Hugh Rose with the insignia of the Order of the Bath took place at Poona on the 27th ultimo. Nothing could have gone off better. The leading military officers'.at .the station assisted at the ceremony; the.troops in attendance looked remarkably well, and .the Jagers for the first-time appeared in their new uniform, and were headed by a fine brass band.

From the 'Overland Bombay Standary,' of the same date, we quote the following'item of war

news:—

Borders of Nefaul, Oode, and North-West PftoviNCESi —-The campaign in this part of India has been brought to an end, without any important result from the successes of the English soldiers engaged in it. 'The mutineers who have fled into the fastnesses of Nepaul and sought the protection of our faithful ally Sir Jung Bahadoor,' G.C.H., may consider themselves at present safe from molestation. The present campaign has resulted in nothing is probably not to be attributed to the improper conduct of it, but to the want of vgour and alacrity displayed in conducting former military operations. It is much to be regretted that Lord Clyde did not enter NepauMong ago. To have done so was evidently the wisest course. Sir Jung is cither unwilling or unable to assist us. The presence of the most influential chiefs of the mutineers in Nepaul may induce the Nepaulese to join with them, and thereby revive the war. Our soldiers, moreover, occupy at present a most unhealthy position, white they are effecting nothing. The other news from this part of India which we have to relate can be compressed into a very small space. Sir Hope Grant;'is,, according to the latest accounts, at Luclcnovifi\ Tlorsford is at the same place very sick;:U consequence, we understand, of having been attacked by jungle fever. 11. M's 20th regiment of tha'ik Sikh Infantry, the 2nd regiment of llodson's Horse, with Artillery, arc stationed at Gonfia. The Ist Punjaub Infantry with.Artillery are stationed

atlSaraitch. The 3rd regiment of Hodson's Horse is Jit Bulrainpore and Toolsepore. Tlie Moradabad Levy is at Nanparah. Major Vaughan and Captain Cleveland have had several skirmishes with the enemy between Toolesporo ami Similionia Ghat. Bala lloa, it is said, has no more than 1200 mutineers with him ; and these are daily deserting him. Uunjore Singh seems to be in the Hume'erpoor territory.

We learn, says the' Madras Spectator' that orders have been issued to horse all the companies of Artillery in the Hyderabad Contingent, which is hereafter to be coin posed of Europeans. With European Artillery attached to the force, the Hyderabad'Continpent will be perfect in all respects. The same paper says—" We have been favoured with the following extract from the letter of an officer with Lord Clyde's camp :—'• Lord Clyde has got the plan for the re-organization of the Indian army. There will be thirty-five more European corps, all the native regiments are to be turned into irregulars, and oilicered according to the irregular method. The new European regiments are not to be local corps, but are to go to any part of the world in which their services may be required." On the night of the late attack, says the'Seindian ' upon our troops at Kughur Parkur, " we hear that the coolies came down by surprise, and released all the state prisoners that had been secured by our forces since the commencement of operations in this quarter. It is said that Tyrwhitt's levy, who were in charge of Nughur at the time behaved well."

The following extract, says the 'Bangalore Herald,' of a letter from an officer commanding a field detachment, and dated Camp, near Akonah, 2nd June, 1859, has been kindly forwarded to us by a gentleman at this station:—" An excellent spy of mine returned yesterday, after an absence of six days, and reported as follows:—I went north-east of your camp 16 koss distance; and at a place called Fargeepore Kutgutwar, beyond the first range, in the Nepaul C. Hills I found the Nana's and Bala How's camps; they are close together, and I remained with the rebels two days, and saluted the Nana and Bala Row repeatedly. They have about 3000 men with them, and sickness amongst them so great that the air actually stinks."