INDIA

Colonist, Issue 60, 18 May 1858, Page 3

INDIA

(Abridged from the Corresjyondence of the Sydney Herald.) Point de Galle, Ceyl >ri, 22nd March; 1858. The steamer Canilia, from Calcutta, and the Aden, from Bombay, arrived here on the 17th instant. The intelligence received by them is as follows:—• It is said that a general amnesty will be offered to all who would lay down their arms, but those who have signalised themselves by cruelties and atrocities will be excluded from. this act of grace. . The ltdjpootana troops, under General Boberts, are closing upon Kota, and the force under Sir Hiigh Eose is clearing the country round Saugor. On the 25 th' February, the enemy before Alumbagh came out in .great force, but was repulsed by Sir James Outram, killing a great number. General Hope Grant stormed Merungunge, and took it, killing 500 of the enemy. Sir James Outrain has taken the Chuckrawally Kot arid the Badseulaum, on the left bank of the Goomtee. He had crossed the Goomtee on the 6tb, \vith 6000 men and 30 guns; he had on the same day been attacked, but repulsed the enemy. On the Btli the rebels came, but were again repulsed. Sir Hope Grant then made a sweep, with cavalry and horse artillery, to the north-east, through the cantonments.

: Froni a, telegram, dated Allahabad, 10th March, intelligence has been received that Sir James Outram, having effectually burned and enfiladed the enemy's first great line of works, the Martiniere was . stormed after it had been very heavily cannonaded. The line of works in the canal han been seized by our troops. The army under Maha,-Rajah"Jung Bah'adoor had arrived within two marches of Lu'cknow. The British army is now before that city. From last accounts, Dilkoosha, a palace about one and a half mile from Lucknow, was,occu-

pied by the Commander-in-Chief on the 3rd. This place will be. a convenient spot for headquarters. The.enemy at Lueknow.is said to have made every..preparation for defence, and the conquest will hot be a very easy one. As soon as the heavy guns .were in position, the attack was to begin. The place is believed to be so surrouuded by our troops, tha.t it will be impossible for large numbers of the enemy to escape, unless as fugitives without arm's.'- With the fall of Lucknow, the campaign iriOude will in all probability terminate. -._ ;

The trial of the King of Delhi has been brought to a close. The hoary-headed villain has been found guilty of aiding and abetting the mutineer?, and has been sentenced to transportation for-life to the Andaman Islands. It is also reported, however, that fhe Cape of Good Hope is the place which his Majesty is to honor with a visit. The defences ana fortifications of Delhi are to be destroyed The walls aro to remain intact, but the ditch is to be filled up, and the bastions and other flanking defences destroyed.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ava, from Calcutta, was wrecked off Trincomulee on the evening of the 16th ultimo. The Ship went down with all the' mails, and a large amount of treasure. A great portion of the mail boxes were taken up, but from the condition in which the letters are, only a few of them vvill be. Ultimately saved. •