The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-31 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

We have received our despatches by the overland
mail. The dates as advised by telegraph are :
Bombay, May 1; Calcutta, April 22; Hong Kong,
April 18.

The Bombay Times of May lit says:
There has not been a sirgle foray on our borders,
nor squabble anywhere. From the north-west we
learn that Brigadier Chamberlain, accompanied by
Major Edwards., with a force of 3,500 men, consisting
of cavalry, artillery, and infantry, marched towards
1
Meeranzare on the 4th alt. No oppposition is ex-1
pcted, and it isthought that the force may return tol
Kohat in about a month. Rajah Goolab Sing and 1
his nephew Juwahir Sing threaten to settle some
long existing differences between them by recourse to
arms; and as this will be an infraction of the treaty
of Mooltan, entered into by Goolab Sing with the
British government, in 1846, the Governor-General
has directed a watchful eye to be kept on the move-
ments of Goolab Slog's troops, resolving not to espouse
the cause of either of the chiefs, unless the other should
Idisobey the orders of government.
Colonel Brown, of her Majesty's service, has been
honourably acquitted by a court-martial on the
I charge of eta) ing a Punjabee, alleged against him.
Promo has been the scene of another con-1
flagration : this is the second fire that has
occurred in Pegu within the last few months.
Sixteen miles more of the Bombay Railway, making
fifty in all, have bean completed; and the contractor,
liamserjes Dorabjee, an enterprising Parsee, yester-
day invited a large party of European and native
gentlemen to visit the works, of which he is naturally
and justly proud. On the new portion of the line
'three viaducts have been constructed, of 15, 12, sod
15 arches respectively; and after inspecting these
and other works the party were sumptuously enter-
' tained by the contractor. Government are endeavour-
ing to complete their arrangements for working net
the great educational scheme. H.M.'s 14th Dragoon
have just arrived at Kirkee from Meerut, and will be
prepared to proceed to the seat of war, if their services
should be required. Bombay ham had one of the
finest springs, from February up to the present time,
ever experienced. The import trade, in all its
branches, continues without change for the better.
Freights are dull, and slightly easier than our last.
Exchange is favourable for remitters, but money is
still tight, and in demand.

A MONSTER OF CRUELTY.
We (Calcutta iimiliskssart) have the following from
Lucknow
" March 29.—We Dave read of the terrors of the Spanish
Ingeisition, the horrors and barbarities of the reign of
terror, and the persecutions of Christians by the Roman
Emperors, but the atrocities of the fiend Juggereatb, it
not exactly unparalleled, are of a nature err revolting and
brutal as to instil loathing end disgust The inordinate
love of cruelty and refinements of torture practised by this
robber, lately elicited upon his short trial, ate supremely
barbarous. A little while previous to his arrest, Juggernath
seised and carried off to the fortress (the pandemonium
when the worst steam were enacted) the child of a maha-
jun, who was reputed to be rich. lie offered to ransom the
boy fora sum of money PO exorbitant as to be out of the
father's power to pay. The robber,determieed not to be
outdone in his nefarious scheme of extortion, put in Lace a
diabolical threat which be had previously communicated to
the child's parents. lie cut off the unfortunate lad's ears
and noes, and placing them in a brass dish covered with red
cloth, sent the hideous specter:de as a gift to the father, with
an intimation that if, an event of the amount demanded
being not forthwith remitted, he should be greeted with a
sight of the other members of his son's body. As no blood
can be knocked out of a stone, and the sem was far beyond
the perenVe mesas, he earnestly implored for his eon. The
inexorable Juggernath was u wood as his word, the Alien
and toes followed next, and finally he dashed out the boy's
brains against the wall of his fort. The boy's parents are
the principal acumen against this inhuman crineinaL

CASUALTIRS BY DILATE Ili Tall ARMY 01 INTRA 7101[
APALL Ma TO MAT I.—Has lloairrY's hßoot*
Lunn. /labor, 10th Foot ; Liaat. Hatkowood, 32nd Foot,
Matins. Servos D. D. Foglia, 20th Regional, N. 1.,
Bawd. Major F. A. Willioassoe, 63rd itepotont, N. I. ;
Dr. G. Groot, 67th Bogiguat, N. I.

We regret to notieo the death._ at Poona on the 23rd
April, of the Rev. base N. Allen, 8.A., Denier chaplain at
that statics. It may have been forgotten by many of our
readers that this is the lir. Allen who was chaplain to
General Nett's fore* at Candelas., sad who anneepaniod
the semy in its triumphant mane to Cabool and so to
Ferosepoor. He seemed at all times to have hoes enthusi-
astically devoted to his duty. He received a ()Moose
medal sad ribbon, and had the permission very properly of
the Metropolitan of India to wear them on all public caw
alone, and was one of the very few clergymea to b. sees in
public pleas with a warlike modal on hie perooo.—Bombay
rims.