The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-21 00:00:00

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

By the arrival of the above mail we have advice.
from Bombay to the 28th October, and from Cal-
cutta to the 20th.

The Viceroy of India arrived at the capital of the
Punjab on the 14th October, and met with an en-
thusiastic reception from all classes of the Euro-
peau native communities. On the 15th his
Excellency the Viceroy, after a public levee, gave
private durbar to bia Highness the Maharajah of
Cashmere and thirteen other native chiefs. On the
I7th, his excellency paid vice-regal return visits to
the maharajahs, and conducted the ceremony of the
Rajah of Kuppoortula's investiture with the Star
of India. On the 18th, the grand vice-regal durbar
was held ; the Viceroy opened it with an effective
speech from the throne in Hindoostanee. Six
hundred rajahs and chiefs were present, and the
durbar is considered by the Indian press to have
been the most splendid and imposing ever held in
India by an English governor-general.
According to the Delhi 0 eszetk the Khan of
Kokan, having learned that twelve thousand
Russian troops had marched against Tashkuud,
started from Kokan with eight thousand troops,
and gave them battle at Taahkund. The Russians,
it is reported, were victorious, and the Khan of
Kokan was compelled to retreat. The Russians,
after taking Tasbkund, marched against Kukan
and occupied it.
Sirdar Maimed Amcor Khan of Candahar is
making preparations for war, and is resolved to
fight the Ameer of Cabool. He is fortifying Kelat,
and has put all his officers on oath to fight to the
last.

The Waghurs have again risen in rebellion in
Kattiawar, and defeated the Guicowar's troops 'ent
against them. A small British force, under Major
Dennis, accompanied by Major Ke►tinge, V.C.,
the political agent, has left itajkote to quell the
insurrection.

It is reported from Simla that Sir Robert Napier
will succeed Sir If. Rose in the command of the
Indian army.
. .

Sir C. Trevelyan is said to have been suddenly
attacked with severe illness.

Speculation is still rife in Bombay (says the
Gazette of the 28th of October). New banks, finan-
cial and joint-stock companies are daily projected.
The Rajah of Silliughut, tu Chota Nagpore, has
been accused of sacrificing a hutuau being at the
shrine of Retukonee, and has been arrested by the
police. He declares it is a conspiracy of his enemies,
and that the man said to have been sacrificed died
from a snake bite.

The deficiency of the rainfall during the past
monsoon is seriously felt in several districts of the
country, and it is feared that much suffering will
ensue.

Mr. David Sauoon, the well-known Jewish mer-
chant of Bombay, has applied to the Secretary of
State for permission to erect a statue of the late
Priuce Consort in the gardens of the Victoria
Museum at Bombay.
The Sheriff of Bombay, in compliance with arequi-
sition, had convened a public meeting of the inha-
bitants, to be held in the Town-hall on the 2nd of
November, for the purpose of devising means for
alleviating the distress of the numerous sufferers
by the late hurricane at Calcutta and surrounding
districts. Meanwhile, at the instance of his Excel-
lency the Governor, the opulent native community
of Bombay subscribed 10,0001. in one day for the
yclone relief fund in Calcutta.