The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-16 00:00:00

aitu,„oakrenerrs, has hitherto been anxiously eon
sohu hum the German public. The CoGvne fiasegte
of the 13th announces that it has obtained a copy of
the d..utent, of which it publishes an abstract.
T. aunts prospectively imposed on artichs im-
port! Irons non-Gerinall:C states are in nearly every
csesnee. much higher, especially in the case of iron,
cotton, and silk, than those of the Zollverein.
A telegraphic despatch from Mongate, on the
mining the Ilth, states that the Emperor of Aus:
his arii.ed there tram Seigeth, iu company with
Archduke Albert.
The ruin,, (;m:.,tte states that orders have been
inn for striking a medal in honour of the Emperor,
losing on one side his head in effigy, and on the
odk r A triumphal arch with the inscription, "To
Etsueis Joseph the victor over the hearts of his
Meets, ,rat.ful

INDIA AND CHINA.

TIIE OVERLAND MAIL.

THE WAR WITII RI:11MM"

We have received our journals and despatches in
osiiiipation of the Overland Mail. The dates are as
heolv.:• -Bombay, July. 5; Calcutta, July 2; Hong
Km .:. June 22. (If the tuisoing mail there is no in-
seesj.iiwe. as already announced on Saturday in our.
eel ,raphie dispatch. nt he following is our Bombay
sett!-iseident's letter :
BOMBAY, Jetr A.
Tea noire small affairs have occurred in Burnish,
WIN of a Melt reached Bombay the day after the
eipa,,b et last mail, and which is very likely to
belt arrited here by the Governor-General's express
i tune for despatch by that opportunity. A force of
'bow 1.•410 Burmese thought to surprise the garrison
d Nlartalmn early on the morning of the 26th May,
bet is happencei on a former occasion, Jack Sepoy
eas on the +skit. and gave them so warm a reception
that they were fain to beat a retreat as speedily as
mug
bt be• The )fort/mein Times during that day
lewd an extra, gluing an account of the attack,
boor. sloth I take the following:
Tl• pi.,paets on the northern eminence were chased from
tile.' ;. • tool, acid Illinois, r which were guarding the White
rev: e.ll the hill, wile called down by Major 11.11, rout.
....i. ii: the rob N.I. Lieut. Holmes was subsequently
wit ...to A .tsong party to reconnoitre, hat they were
abbi...l io return with several wounded. The Burmese had
fAs• . - cited is large number* not above 200 yards from
the runt., and kept up a smart tire. The artillery then
War t. play upon them, and after several roan& of grave
they do:4mi', taking up their positsos near the Pagoda
se On lila. now under repair. Here they put • flog, as it
ilia rduso d to stood by it to the last, but this manceuvre
est ! not draw our tr.ope out of the camp. On the me-
w, I..,iievir. the artillery kept up • well-directed lb*
ara,: ~, wail 51 was at last taken down. Tbe ea-
...',..t• ow ear aide are three killed and H wounded;
emeae-t the bater ose native officer ; and a Bunsen
vs. ...., taken prisoner. The Burmese are said to
Is. ..rin Xth ,owed strong, near the White Pagoda below
the ' • . not far from the camp, sad a thousand or more
ales.' half a mile removed from this, kept as a merve to
ono; f • it., firmer. They are said to be oesimasded by
11.14, 6: liyoak Rioting sad Mann Bwosh, the Govertiora
Mart..o.tn. The Bonnese had determined to recover Mar.
tab. Item us, but is this have sigeally tailed, as we hope
they will ale.. do. Commodore -Lynch, with three of the
isUrs, of the Fero., has proceeded up the Malween to in.
New the Burmese, white Captain Tapley in his armed
mei. with a boat of the Medusa, mad the Marines of the
Pena sad Medusa, have proceeded south of Martaban, and
will Nat to the weetward to gain such intelligeace as he cam
d chi m The battle is raging as we sow write, the parti-
alness of which will be given in our regular lime. Irame-
distely the alarm of the attack on Martaban was given, the
Sik N
h . 1., and two companies of her Majesty's Met Regi-
ment. acre ordered under faros, and the latter embarked
en board of bouts, and were sent to Ilertaban.
The Femme steam frigate was lying at anchor off
the town of Nlartaban, and seems to have aided
materially in hastening the flight of the Burmese.
Ire further particulars of the attack have as yet
been received. I mentioned in my last that the
Paguers had been worsted by the Burmese troops in
two encounters, and that the town was in their
has& They committed such wanton atrocities on
the inhabitants—cutting the men to pieces before
their wives and families, the women and girls being
violated before their husband. and fathers, and chil-
ies cruelly tortured to death before their parents—
that they urgently implored assistance from General
Oedwin, who accordingly ordered a detachment con-
siting of 100 men of the 80th foot, a like number
of
the 67th Bengal Native Infantry, a party of 30
sappers, with some marines, to leave Rangoon on
heard the Phlegethon steamer on the 3rd June. The
intim force was under command of Major Cotton of
the 67th. The following, by a correspondent of the
el.frutto Morning Chronicle, is the best account I
have seen published of the operations of the force:—
At 7 p.m. the fislegethon, with sundry boats in tow,
i_shed the math of a mall creek that rune up to Pegs,
mid at .t a.m., on the Ith, all the troops were placed in the
thole-of-war end other busts, ready to start when the W.
Wised This, however, did not take place until after 6
@Week, men and officers being all the time horribly walked
kw by mosquitoes of dragon-like magnitude. At half.past
gas. the start took place, and after the blue jackets bad
polled for some three hours, Bring was heard on the right
lank. Tile troops were immediately landed, and advanced
shitasAing with the enemy. la the meantime another
hew of the Burmese opened In ea the boats from the left
MM. Captain Tarleton, of * Majesty's ship Fox, not
Ming prepared to receive the assail= whitest sewn,
boded his naval force, drove the Bermes* behee him, sad
lamed them up for some dl sac Whilst hie perdu
woes engaged as above mansted, • report resebed them
that the Coate which had bees left unprotested were
is lb. hands of the seamy. Sold Ind im-
am harried back, wed to their dawn mod am
sepert too trot. the Bermes* had plumbing the bests, how
limmasoly, from the rapid ssisza et our hid dome
es farther damage. • Bushey wee Med-
emi aid stripped. Ilse Imbed hew sow wand ow. to
the left bank at 3 p.m. The Iheweee leering the pagoda
iii,
as boldly out Otte tie ghee, beaded two or three gilt
shettato, and angled 11147,0111 t . Cellos very
jediamsly restrained the a dr he a time,
sin the purpose of initiag the lee te i et • gime
Opal koropeass and madras rooked es molded Bur-
nam, and drove them beedlesg late the mods, which
imitly after wee stesmad is two plasm lopihe audio sad
leht. • ossatity of seas end pais we head in the
peres. Two very helm gem erre espeared, two
MB ditto. Those ware sways sedstre:sis math
mar to Presses elem. whose halls awe in the
isewiending ji. Os the wwwisi of dr di, the
beep, alter s.ak ever doe peek and • geretity of
Use to the Peposes, esetembaisi la Oak Mars for
Ilmgws. The Parkw and seam Of ear authorities
wry, that Pegs ten be held by ism imeupants. 1
deem, however, now IMPTIIIL Vin be to ppLean
W the forward positioss thee eunal sled fella
rein Leto Barmen Maas The Phlspens, las sorry
le we. got opened an km wog dews. and se severely
doused berseltest she is eldlesd to go ism desk. Oar
lam is the above dale wee, use sea killed, two seamen
ewe two men of the /nth Regt. 14.1. weimil4. The best
ens wry strati ; several suffered from comp de seise, but
heseevely none of the ease ended fatally. • bladag see
• senitwed, mad sore's legs up to the Immo ia water tee sem-
se area is so joke.
The force retunredlto Rangoon on the 6th. The
IN policy of abandoning Pegs attar it had °sae
Men into oar bands has been condemned by all, for
it ie finite certain the Burmese would re-occupy it
immediately, and treat the unfortunate inhabitants
with still greater cruelty than they bad before done.
It is true we can easily drive them out again, but
the people suffer in the meantime, end are mot likely
he Jere us a bit the more for abandoning them to the
tender mercies of their opprebors. Our force in
ftwmah is snail certainly, and we cannot afford to
IN. many outposts at premet ; still, a couple of
Ilaselred sepoye in Pegu would have kept the people
bee li harm and would hardly have been missed
him Moulmein. The fortifications of Pegu were
fhates,sed by our troops before they left. Rangoon
was keoming crowded with people, and the city bad
alai l) beta rebuilt. The markets were abuntbotly
Meld with artielesof all kinds, and the inhabitants
rased bent on making a feed thing of their inter-
coms, with our troops. The km wee healthy , •
lir. louray, 3rd officer et the Tummies. bed died
dam. ra, of which dhow a law eases eeseelenally
eammed. The :chief anilines hem deems bed
Ism the 31st Queen's sad the Si god Sidi Karam
&rat Infantry. Calomel Thenfellai MI NM*
Halm In an try, who hid ems time bake gene
away to Moulmein via, bed Mersa and rammed
ameseand of his corps. Brigadier Warren ham been
111 "me time et Calcutta ; it as maid he is to be
*ward to resume command of the Barrack-
Parr brigade till the time arrives when opera-
tions will be resessed in Burmah, when be
eddl premed thither end rejoin hie brigade. Hat
ohs an hardly be believed: such favoritism
wed hardly he attempted. The steamer
thwerpine was up neer Prone: the people never
atheipted to molest bee, but assembled in
.groups to
Oak niplAte the wonderful little Tema moving along.
A imago duty of 6d. • ton had been ordered by
Omeral Godwin to be levied on all merchantmen
enlermg the poet of Rangoon, where an excellent