INDIA.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 1, Issue 51, 11 September 1858, Page 3

INDIA.

[From Correspondent of Sydney Merald.~] Point de Gralle, - June 26, 1856; Lord" Canning has been recalled. His" proclamation to the people in Rohilcund will not be received by the English nation with less astonishment than thaf of the" Oude proclamation. In this^eircular,. all Btit the" leaders are to be" freely pardoned, .The result of allowing the reb'eTs to es>cape from every town- 'we capture will be anything but satisfactory. We >.aye already had instances ! more than sufficient fco warn us against acting on | the principle of conciliation. "Whilst the Legislature at home is squabbling for party purposes, ss> to how the rebels should be- treated, the wild - Hindoo is still murdering and ravaging right and?, "left. This mail will convey you very little of a - cheering, character. It ■will be observed, our force • in India is far from adequate to keep the country ' in subjection. We capture towns, completely dis--perse the enemy, and then march to other places, where the same feats are enacted, "but generally with the same result — the re-occupation by, the rebels of their old strongholds. There is no knowing when the rebellion will be quelled, if the war continue to be carried on in the way it has hitherto been. What is the utility of conquering a place, and then allowing the enemy to re-occupy it almost immed'ately afterwards ? We may continue to "conquer" in this way for a century -without advancing a step towards the pacification of the country. It is rumoured, that Sir Colin Campbell has demanded 20,000 more troops. Lucknow has again been threatened ; the rebels from Bareilly and Shajehanpore were reported to be concentrating near that place, with an intention of laying siege to it ; succour has, however, been sent,, and the force there now is more than sufficient to repel any attempt that may he made upon it. Shahjehanpore, which was captured by Sir Colin Campbell, was retaken by the rebels. " From advices last received, the town -was again, however, in our possession. It appears that the attack by the enemy upon the forces of Sir Colin Campbell and Brigadier Jones was most audacious, and the fighting has been extremely obstinate and. severe. The rebels, in like manner, have resumed possession of Chundaree in Central India, which was captured by Brigadier Stuart. Brigadier Smith, however, took back the place on the 27th May. It will be seen that the rebels have taken advantage of the absence of Sir Hugh Hose to occupy many of the places from which that Greneral had previously driven them. They are becoming very troublesome in Central India. Esanghur is at present re-occupied by the insurgents, and the Rajahs of Baupore and Shanmr are reported to be within forty miles of Sougor with considerable forces. Although we hold some of the principal cities in Oude and elsewhere above Allahabad, the country all round is still in the possession of the rebels, and disorganization prevails to an extent scarcely conceivable. The rebels go about plundering and destroying villages, 'and infesting the roads between Calcutta and Delhi in every direction, so as to make them very unsafe for unprotected travellers. Throughout most of the stations in Bengal a feeling of insecurity prevails. The mortality among the troops from exposure to the sun has been fearful ; apoplexy and coup de soliel carry them off in hundreds, whilst the bullets of the enemy scarcely do so by as many dozens. Greneral Penny is.dead. Through false.intelligenco he was led into an ambuscade, where he and a few followers were surrounded and shot down. The death of ELooer Singh, which was reported to have happened, is not yet positively ascertained. Bareilly has been captured by the Cornmander-in-Chief. His advance from Futtyghur to Barieliy was not opposed in a single instance. Thß plan of attack was, that Brigadier Walpole was to advance on the one side, while Brigadier Jones moved forward from Moradabad in a like direction. Major-Greneral Penny was to cross the Ganges, advance through the Budaon district, and unite himself to the column under the Commander-in-Chief 's orders. The attack commenced on the sth ' May. The enemy, who had come out of the city, fought with great desperation. On the morning of the 6th, the whole force advanced into the cantonment. Calpee was stormed on the 23rd May. The enemy, as at Barieliy, came out of the town to attack car Hugh Hose's camp ; but in this engagement the rebels are said to have been so panicstricken, that, after firing a few shots, they fled with great- precipitation. Sir Hugh made an approach from the river side below Calpee, and entered into communication with Colonel Maxwell, whose brigade held a position on the left bank of the Jumna, so as to shell the town and port. The city fell without los 3on our side, the enemy offering no resistance. A rapid pursuit was made by cavalry, and the result was, the capture of all the guns, ammunition and elephants, belonging to the enemy. From the last accounts it will be seen, that the Calpee rebels were concentrating themselves at Grwalior, where they are making preparations for another Btand. Sir Hugh Rose reported, on the 4th inst., that our troops are marching as fast as they can to G-walior. . .. . i