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[From the Correspondent of the Sydney Herald.] Point de Galle, 15th May, 1858. The aspect of affairs in India, so far from having improved, exhibits a reverse picture. The hot weather has begun to tell upon the soldier, and sickness prevails to a large extent Besides this, our troops have sustained several serious reverses, which will no doubt encourage the mutineers, lessen the dread of our power, and add for a time to our troubles. General Wai pole, through bad mismanagement, has been literally defeated in his first movement. He attacked lloowal on the 1 oth ultimo, with Her Majesty's 42nd, 79th, and 93rd, and the 9th Lancers, 4th and 11th Seikhs, with Cavalry, Horse Artillery, and heavy guns. Without listening to the advice of his subordinate officer, he directed the Highlanders to advance from a wrong point, without so much <is even protecting the advance by Artillery, and the men fell in great numbers, until the retreat was sounded, and, instead of taking f mud fort only defended by fiOO men, the troops had to retreat as fast as possible, theGeneral himself leading the way. The enemy bolted during the night. The Government has not furnished a report of this affair, and the above particulars have only been gathered from private letters. The army has sustained severe loss in the death of Brigadier the Honourable A. Hope, Captain Willoughbv, and Lieutenant Bromley, who fell on this occasion. Another reverse, more serious than the first sustained by our army, has been that the garrison of Arrah were not only repulsed but totally defeated, by Koer Sing, with the loss of Captain Le Grand, Lieutenant Massys Lieutenant Waller, and Dr. Clarke, and about 250 men. It had been reported before that Koer Sing was defeated, with the loss of 200 men, and himself severely wounded, in an engagement with Brigadier Douglas; but, notwithstanding this, we find him suddenly appearing at Jugdispore, making prcparatio is to advance upon Arrah, and it was when the garrison of that place, numbering about 300 men, marched out to oppose him, that they were repulsed with such a heavy loss. The remainder of our force escaped destruction by the aid of the Seikhs. The Calcutta Englishman also says, that the Barar report was, that 100 men of the Naval Brigade, with Captain Vaughan, had been cut up by the enemy, and that Her Majesty's tirh Regiment, that left for Benares, had been attacked, and sustained serious loss. These reports, if true, will have the effect of inspiring the rebels with confidence; nay, even supposing them to be false, they nevertheless ! gain circulation and credence among the natives, who maintain that Government withhold the intelligence, as they do that of the repulse of General Wai pole and the defeat at Jugdispore. The dispersion of the Lucknow rebels has caused our forces to be distributed all over the disaffected districts, and the consequence has been that, with regard to several places, the strength is barely sufficient to act merely on the defensive, much less to engage in active opeifUions. In the meantime, Arrah has been reinforced by a portion of Brigadier Douglas's force; additional troops have been sent to Buxar, a detachment has gone for the protection of Gyah. Peel's Naval Brigade is to hold Sasseram, so as to prevent a junction of Koer Sing's and Ameer Sing's forces. Every day brings additional followers to the foice of Koer Sing, who exercises great influence among the people of Belina, and until he is crushed our troops will be hampered. Nothing was heard of the movements of the Nana, but it is supposed that he is either at Bareilly or Calpee, which are the concentrating points of the fugitives from Lucknow. He has been offering a large sum for Lord Canning's head ! ! ! The nation has suffered a severe loss" in the death of Sir William Peel. Whilst he was recovering from the wound he recei v ed during the advance on Lucknow, he was attacked by confluent small-pox, and succumbed to its virulence. The Lucknow despatches have been published, arid every one perusing them would be impressed with the conviction j that the result is far from being adequate to I the heavy sacrifice at which it has been obtained. Military men, as well as people among all classes, are much dissatisfied ; not knowing the cause vvhv such a sacrifice of life has been made for accomplishing nothing. The escape of the mutineers from Lucknow has damped the valour of many, and has caused much disappointment. Whilst all the people looked upon the capture of Lucknow as a death-blow to the hopes of the mutineers, it is clear enough that this is far from having heen realized. Even at Kotah, whilst having a fine opportunity of cutting up the rebels, they were allowed to escape, and neither cavalry nor horse artillery sent after them till they were fairly out of reach. The troops, it is reported, were perfectly disgusted at the enemy being allowed to escape so easily. There have been, however, some subsequent victories achieved by our army. General Whitlock has beaten the rebels who opposed his advance, and has reoccupied Banda. A large body of the Rohilcund mutineers was attacked by General Walpole at Soorsak ; killed 500 or 600 of them, besides capturing guns ; and the Roorkic force attacked the Bijuore rebels at Nuzenah, entirely routing them, and slaying a great number, besides capturin*all their guns. The Mooltanee horse have caught the Jullaloodeen, the younger Nawaub of Nujuhabad, with. his brother-in-law, and 45 other prisoners. The Nawaub was immediately hanged ; the others undergoing trial. At Bilwa the mutineers were defeated with heavy loss by Colonel Rowcroft ; the Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry greatly distinguished itself. The loss (if the enemy was about 150. Cornet Troup and trooper Brown have been killed, and Adjutant Bridueman was severely wounded with a musket-bail shattering his arm, besides fourteen other officers. The fighting is said to have been desperate, and the loss was not entirely confined to one side. The enemy i> said to have been 7,000 strong, whilst om force in all amounted to 1,000. The fort at Bilwa is still held by some thousands of mutineers. A letter from Camp Ghazepore, dated April 27th, states that Brigadier Rowcroft, with (>OO men, was closely besieged by a large body of the insurgents, who had attacked him on all sides. Ihausi, the fall of which I have mentioned in my last communication, is

said only fo be second in importance to Delhi <w\ Luckuow. Our loss on that occasion is [ said to have been about 28 officers, and 6'UO I men, and among the rebels 4,000. The ■nassacre of our men, women, and children, m»e beenamply avenged, no quarter asked or given. Sir Colin Campbell, head-quarters, and suite, left Cawnpore on the 14th ultimo for Rohilcind. Revardsof 25,000 rupees each^have been offered for the apprehension of the Oude Monwee, and of Koer Sing. Raven, one of the clerks who robbed the English, Scottish, and Australian Bank at Melbourne, some time ago, has been apprehended at Jaffua, by a detective officer, sent from Australia expressly for the purpose. The prisoner has been brought to Galle, and will be furnished with a free passage to Melbourne by the steamer Emeu. The Madras Athenaeum, of 4th May, supplies us with the following summary of war news : — The following intelligence received from Allahabad, dated 25th April, was communicated to the Press yesterday afternoon :—: — " Intelligence has been received of the occupation of Banda, on the 19th, by MajorGeneral Whitlock, after an engagement with the rebels, in which they were defeated with loss of guns and elephants. The Banda Nabob had escaped " The Commander-in-Chief expected to be in Futteghur on the 26th. About fifteen miles from Allahabad, near Mhow, and on the frontiers of Oude, there are about fourteen strong forts in the possession of J rebels, and an Allahabad correspondent of the Englishman writing on the 15th ultimo, mentions that a force for their destruction was being organized, and would soon be sent across the Ganges. The rebels referred to, it must be recollected, are within a few miles of the Governor-General. A Singapore correspondent of the Englishman, writing on the 7th April furnishes, the following important (if true) news: — "News has just come in from Sarawak, that | certain intelligence- has been obtained by the Government there, that the Rajahs of the j interior were coming down the river in force, and that there was to be a general rise to drive out the Europeans, and that one great cause of this move was the mutiny and its consequences j in Hindostan ; many evil disposed Mahomedan j emissaries being in the I&land of Borneo. An urgent application, it is said, have been made to the senior naval officer in the Straits for instant help. Are those English gentlemen and ladies to suffer in the Cawnpore fashion ? The Dutch have their hands full just now, and would not be able to assist as they did when the Chinese rose." Contradictory statements are in circulation as to the disposal of Jung Bahadoor's force. A correspondent of the Englishman states that its destination is Fyzabad, as soon as the men, j gorged with the plunder of Lucknow, can be moved from their present camp at Nawaqgunge, while a correspondent of the Delhi Gazette, writing from the Goorkha camp at the same | place, says :—: — " Maharajah Jung Bahadoor has evidently not got his heart's desire, no doubt, from asking too much. At least so we infer, as he has ordered his brother Bug Jung, who is in command there, to march as straight and rapidly I as possible to Segowlee, and to avoid fighting. None of the European officers are sorry at this, las we all lonjf to see the last of them." Thakoor Bissonath Sahi, a near connection of the Rajah of Chota Nagpore, was, we learn from a correspondent of the . Indian Empire, hanged at Chota Nagpore, on the 15th April. He was concerned in the recent disturbances. Another rebel chief still awaits his trial. The Calcutta papers of the 22nd ultimo publish the following telegram :—: — Allahabad, 19th April.— The magistrate of Azimghur reports at Ghoosee,that, on the 17th, our troops attacked the rebels at the village of Negha, and severely handled them. The enemy had, however, escaped with their elephants, baggage, and two guns ; we were to have attacked them again on the 18th, on the road to Nugra. Koer Sing, it is said, intends escaping via Nugra, and to cross the Ganges at Bullia Ghat, where he hopes that friends are to have boats in readiness for him. Cumberlege has been written to, to move up from Mhow to Nugra. The Commissioner at Patna, and the magistrates of Ghazeeporte Buxar, andChuppra, have been warned. From Cawnpore we hear that a column from Walpole's Division went to attack the rebels under Nirpnt Sing, at Kooree, but the enemy evacuated the fort, and dispersed. The Commissioner of Meerut informs us, by telegraph of yesterday's date, that, on the preceding day, Brigadier Jones, of the 60th Rifles, whose column had crossed the river at Moghulghat, near Lulkul, that morning, came across 2,000 rebels, with six guns, in the jungles eight miles in the direction of Nujeebabad, and drove them before him, inflicting considerable loss and taking four of their guns. The rebels subsequently evacuated Nagul, some dispersing to their homes and others, with two guns going to Nujeebabad. A telegram from Sir Hugh Rose, dated Jhansi, 21st April, says : — "The father of the Ranee of Jhansi was wounded here during the siege ; he was taken prisoner, when trying to escape, near Dutja; he has been executed. Mrs. Nutton and two children were found safe in Jhansi, after the capture." The recent Action in Kandeish (Reported by the Poona Observer) :—: — Rillawud, 15th April, 1858.— The centre column of the Satpoora Field Force, consisting of the head-quarter wing of the 9th regiment N.1., one company of the 4th Rifles, detachments of the Bheel corps, and Poona horse, with two mortars (the whole commanded by Major Evans, of the 9th Bombay N.1.), arrived at Barwanee on the l Oth instant, after a most difficult march from Shada. Along the route, we found all the villages deserted, and most of them burnt to the ground. Wood, grass, and water were in abundance, but everything else we had to take along with us on bullocks. The scenery is very grand ; from the valley of the Taptee the country is a mass of magnificent mountains, covered with dense jungles, intersected with precipitous ravines.

On our arrival at Burwanec, the left column, under captain Scaly, consisting of a wing of the 19th Bombay N. 1., detachments of the Poona Horse and Bheel Corps, with two mountain guns, were ordered off to Dobakowree, and the next morning (the 11th) a combined attack was to be made on the enemy, who were in astrong position only six miles due south from Burwanee, at a place .called Atnb Pawnee. Sealey's column was six miles to the east, and Langston's or the right column, consisting of 100 of the 4th Rifles, left wing of the 9th N. 1., and detachments of the Bheel Corps and Irregular Horse, with two mortars, which had marched direct from Saerpoor, were encamped at Pursoon, fourteen miles to the south of the enemy. At daylight each column commenced its march. So much for the plan, now for the result. Our column (the centre), under Major Evans, duly started, and we were soon in the midst of one of the strongest passes I ever scrambled through ; fifty of the sort of men we afterwards came across, could have closed it against three times our force. When we had gone ' about three miles, our flanking parties came across some of the enemy's scouts, but they made off over the hills to report our arrival. On coming to a small plain we halted to refresh, when some one called out that the enemy were in force in our front ; and sure enough they were occupying the spurs and ridges that intersected a kind of hollow, of large extent, and which was in fact, the Amb Pawnee ; a stream takes its rise tore, and winds away to the Goee River, which falls into the Nerbudda. We here loaded; the Rifles and Bheels were thrown out in skirmishing order, and we pushed on ; and very rouj.h work it was. We soou came within shot, and as the enemy seemed inclined to retire to a high ridge on their left, we objiqued to the right, gradually closing in on them ; the firing soon got very hot, and it was clear we were gaining on the foe. Many now began to '• escape by their right flank, and to prevent this, Major Evans ordered the troop of Poona Horse round to a small open space where cavalry could act, and they did their duty well. We had now got well into the thick of it, when to our delight, we saw shells from another column, bursting on the opposite side of the great ridge, up which we were forcing the enemy. We gradually worked up the slope — an awful undertaking it was — what with the excitement, the heat, and the labour of climbing, the thirst was fearful — not a drop of water to be had. On topping the ridge, we found Langston's column at the fcot of the south side of the ridge, and they met the enemy retreating, and had a great deal of sharp skirmishing. It took us from eight a m., till three p.m., before we could entirely subdue the enemy, as they defended the great rocky ridge with wonderful resolution, using the clusters of rocks as so many little forts, resting their . matchlocks on them lill we got close, and then they made a final stand, sword in hand. One spot in particuler, on the top of a steep crest, gave us much trouble ; but after a time, Lieutenants Hanson and Sibthorpe, of the 9th Regiment N. 1,, and Scott, of the Bheel Corps, followed by a party of the 9th N. J., crept up the slope and made a rush for'the rocks. They lost four men in the attempt, but had the satisfaction of killing e\ery man in t the place — twenty-three MakranefS. Another very plucky feat was performed by Bassevi of the Artillery. There was a nell dressed fellow, who he thought must be a chief, and made at him up hill ; he came up with him and closed, and they had a regular set-to ; Bassevi got a severe cut on each arm, and gave his friend a severe wound on the forehead ; they then seized each other, and rolled down the hill. Some of the Golundauze soon rescued Bassevi and shot the fellow, who was a strapping big Makrauee. Our loss was severe, viz. : — 71 killed and wounded. The force engaged numbered 750 infantry, 100 sabres, and 4 mortars. I forgot to mention that Sealy's column found it impossible to join in our attack. The road they marched by was strongly barricaded ; and, after a sharp skirmish, in which they had four officers and upwards of thirty men killed and wounded, the attempt to reach the Amb Pawnee was given up. Our attack was admirably planned, and as well carried out ; and, had Sealy's column | arrived in time, our success would have been complete. The sepoys behaved splendidly, and are very proud of their fight. Nothing could exceed their steadiness and pluck under a very heavy fire, and over a country, the like of which is not to be found on this side of India. News from Kotah, supplied by the Gazette. "Camp Kotah, 14th April. — Since my last letter the cavalry have returned to camp, bringing with them seven or eight prisoners, and six of the enemy's guns which they found abandoned. Lahan Sing's treasurer, his intelligencer, and head accountant, paid the just penalty of their crimes, by swinging from a tree close to one of the chief gates af entrance to the town, the Lalpoora, yesterday afternoon. I believe that a free pardon was offered to the treasurer, if he disclosed where the rupees were hid, but to all inquiries he was silent, and so he was hanged. To-day a General Court Martial is sitting, Major Vialls, 95th Regiment, President, to try those men the Cavalry brought in. I little doubt their fate will be death. "The successes of General Rose*s force reached us on the 12th instant, and no doubt you will have heard of them by this. He assaulted Jhansi just about the same time that we attacked Kotah, and the news tells us that the beaten rebeis were in full retreat on Calpee. We were waiting here to see which way they might come, but as they appear to have taken the other road, it is supposed we shall be soon moving off towards Neemuch. " There was a large sale of prize property this morning at the tent of Captain Lucas, on the other side of the water. It consisted of great quantities of brass lotas, silk flags, silver and gold ornaments, and the prices fetched were good, considering all thhigs. The Rajah has said in his defence that he buried what remained of Major Burton (after the scoundrels cut off his bead, loaded a gun with it, aud fired it off) aud his two sons, in the C^r.istian burial ground outside the town ; the spot wss pointed out, and the bodies examined, when it was found that his statement wns correct."