The Express.
London, England, 1852-06-14 00:00:00

were about to proceed up to Pronto to 61-0 what the
enemy were about—and it IS not iniproluble these
vessels may give them a taste of what is in store fur
them. Colonel lteignolds, Idth ILI., had nssumed
command of the Bengal brigade, when Brigadier
Warren was struck 111.11%.11 by the suit ; the latter bad
returned to Calcutta—it is not stated whether or not
lie goes bock to Rangoon. Colonel Ctott•,
had completely recosend from his sus-stroke. flu
the night of the 1411 t April the Burmese thought to
catch us napping It Nlar ahem said uct•urdetgly
entlettvotned to surprise us, with what result me
follewing account of the affair, copied fru:st the
Morelmein 7'intra,will Show :
On %Veda( relay morning lut•t another inaiitioue attack wit
made upon our truops at l4urtaben by a party of the +ooty.
au puoind to lie about a,W.t airtrug. Thry ee ad, tl the et:delay
of the parquets on the heights, and eauic down to about the
distance, us we are credibly informed. of not more titan
:100 yet da from the Vamp, and km lit up a smart tire on our
troop■. The piequo le then retreated to the camp, alp,
the guns were kept in reitilmeaa to oµ•n a tile upon the
enemy ea sow ita they enter d the gete. Thy tiring tom-
, menet d, according to the best accounts, ut lu den ht, tot
did not cease till four o'clock a.m. lie daring mist drls.r.
mused were the eiti of that hitt bur the guns our troop,
would have int ettattly la rn all killed. Fortutiate:y ate
Aare only two artillt•ryuiea slightly notiloied,
WO w a driver, awl Li,ut. 11.1 W Kra,.d by a Ion:. tun the
1.1 knee. We cannot tV4 11 gut, the camAlii.,, ou tic
enemy's aide, tor the deed and woutitled ilfll 11 them seem
to have bet n removisl loom our eiallt. ci• „m l„
dreadful eat:cotton ue beeeve no • thmigt,; Ilti lire Ir..
our Mope 16101 murderous—abut, Omit, crape,
rocket•., and Certesses were wait among them with 1,. et
rapidity--the discharge of ittutki try was raking, kW :0
the enemy woo strong. amid thickly ml togethir, wu
doubt 1101 lull that Ihrlf h., was etn,vitleraige.

111 my last I stated that Sir Colin Campbell and
his force had returned to Peshawar from Shuhkudr,
the Momunds haring retired from the neighbour-
hood of that jolter. Latest accounts from Pe hawur
inform us that another hiree h rd been ordered out to
the Swat ltiver, IM re to encamp anii await further
orders. This is to consist of her Map sty's 22m1, the
2f4th N. 1., 120 troopers of the 2nd irngular cavalry,
and a few heavy guns. The Swat teem are to be
severely chustiaed this ti tttttt if they cm he got at,
but there's the rub—we never can get a fair fling at
them. The bridge of boats acrows the Cabool riser
had been swept away, and boats for the crossing of
the troops were being colk-cted from all parts. The
%chiles! Motounds were inclined to treat with

us. and had Nent a party to an iuHur•utial
native in our service to intercede fur them.

The terms they demand are said to he as s:—
'l'he The hirt at Miehnee is to be made over to them, or if
this is refused, a certain allowance is to Ix nude
them for protecting the road, they considering them-
selves in the pay of the Btilish, and conducting
themselves in all things as British subjects. It is
said that the nuthorititu have sent a imsitive refusal
to agree to these terns, stating that the tort will re-
main in our possession, and that unless they give
hostages they will not treat with them. T•he Mo-
munds of Miehnee are also said to have been disap-
pointed in the jagheer of +4,04)0 rupees promised to
them by Gholam Itaider Khan, and thi-, combirud
with an evident desire on the part of Saadut Khan to
throw them over, is gieen out as the reason of their
wish to come to terms. . _ .

Major Mackeron had returned from Kohut, hav-
ing succeeded in bettling the quarrel at the village of
Murree Aboo, at which pace he ordered 300 Wm.
try, a troop of cavalry, anti two gun., to he htatiuned
tiff the future. The Moutunds who had been fined

.5001. had refused to pay it. and those of the people
who had sided with our force had been illtrested by
the Eusuizaiees, one of their head men haring been
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murdered. Altogether matters are now in as bad a
state on our north-west frontier as ever they were. A
good deal of sickness prevailed at Peshawar, and the
32nd Foot had lost seventeen men since their arrival
at the station. Colonel Franks, 10th Foot, had
reached Wuzeerabad, and assumed command of the
station. The 96th Foot was to go out on the 3rd
instant from Anarkullee to Mean Meer. Very
stringent orders had been issued to officers pro-
ceeding on leave to Cashmeer, that they were on
no account to take provisions or provender
for their cattle without paying the full re-
gulated price for every article supplied them. To this
day in India it is a common thing
.for the servants. of
civil servants especially, to go into villages when
travelling and take whateser they like fur what they
like, often not paying a penny. Of course, this
zoolum (imposition) is placed at the door of the
masters, who all the while arc being charged by their
servants double and treble the fair value of what
their menials, in fact, steal from the villages. Rules
for the guidance of officers going on pleasure parties
in the Punjaub, pointing out to them which places
are dangerous to travel, which safe—but, unless there
be danger, an Englishman thinks there cannot be
pleasure. Hereafter, should misfortune overtake
officers when out sporting. by their not attending to
the Governor-General's parental warning and advice,
they will have none but themselves to thank for it.
We have no news from Scinde. A tremendous

thunderstorm and fall of rain hail occurred both at
Kurrachee and Hydrabad on the 30th April, and
again at the former place on the 2nd of May.
Lteut. Lambert, A.D.C. to General Godwin, who
was struck down by the sun before Rangoon, and
who brought the despatches to Calcutta, goes home
on sick furlough : he has been appointed an hono-
rary A.D.C. to the Governor-General. Messrs. A. F.
Bruce and Swetenham have resigned respectively the
Madras and Bengal civil service. Dr. J. E. Mayer
has been appointed acting assay master at Madras.
Mr. It. Burgess has been removed from the office of
First Judge, Madras Small Cause Court, by order ofcoart
of directors, and Mr. K F.Elliott, whose hands were
already full as chief magistrate and super-
intendent of police, been put in his place,
because be was thought deserving of a higher
salary than was allowed for the appointments he
before held, so another was given him, the duties of
which with these of magistrate it is utterly impos-
sible he can properly perform. Such is the way busi-
ness is managed for a protege by the Honourible
Court of (blockheads) Directors at home. The Seth
Bengal N.I. have gone quietly to their destination:
eight of the ringleaders in the Barrackpore mutiny
have been dismissed the corps. The 37th Bengal
N.I. at Berhampore has volunteered to a man fa
Burtnah. The ship Earl Grey, from Bombay to
London, grounded on the 19th ult. off Cochin, but by
the exertions of Lieut. Selby and the officers and
crew of the lI.C. brig Pahnurus she was floated
again on the 22nd, with little damage. Dr. Doig
has retired from the Bombay medical service. Dr.
Boyd has succeeded him as superintending
surgeon, and Dr. !Woke replaced Dr. Boyd as
medical storekeeper at Bombay. Mr. Gustav
Vents has been appointed Consul for Hamburg at
Bombay. The attorneys have sent home a memo-
rial against the late fee reduction order of the
Supreme Court. During Ap•l 1,601 people died in
Bombay, 264 of whom were cut off by cholera or
small pox ; 22 Europeans were amongst the nunalwr
of deaths. Mr. It. X. Murphy has succeeded the late
Mr. Vaupell as chief interpreter, Supreme Court.
Lieut. G. H. Wilkinson, 16th 80.N.1., is said to have
been killed by a tiger while out shooting near
Asseeghur. Lord Falkland continues at the Hills: it
is expected he will pay a short visit to the presideney
before settling at Poonah for the rains; he and lady
Falklander*. now said to be quite well in health.

The following appears in the Calcutta official
Gazette of the let inst. : the omissions here apolo-
gised for had been made the subject of severe ani-
madversion by one or two Calcutta papers
Fort William, Foreign Departraint.
May 1, 'SU.
The Most Noble the Governor-General in council three:.
that the following 'street of a further despatch recciit3
from Lieutenant-Gen, cal Godwin, C. 8., COMITIR11111:16: the
forces in Ave, Arracan and Tenaserrim province', bited the
22nd ultimo, be published for general information
" I sincerely regret having omitted to bring to the DOW,
of the Must Noble the Governor General in council, in sir
despatCh No. 3, of the 15th instant, how much l am in-
debted to Mr. Crisp, junior, for his able assistance in e,'n'
ducting the army through very difficult ground. on i"
grew to the Great Pagoda, which he pert°, ro,d antler the
are of the enemy with great coolness and courage.
"1 rejoice greatly to say the wounded are doing re*,
the skill, the labour, the attention, and the hunniad7
Supenntending Surgeon Montgomerie, and of the me hou
department generally under him, call for the warrant tf
probation of the government.
" Major Fraser, Commanding Engineer, ha. been cadet,tigable in his exertions in his own department, and
everywhere, to get this place into some order and oleo.

" Ile has requested me to bring to the notice of the
vcrnor•Oeneral in Council the gallant comfit et of
Lieutenant W. S. Trevor, assistant field ea¢ineea *lO
the first on the ladder, and there wounded, at the tit''''
House Stockade. on the 12th—as also of Lieutenants (r,'
ter, Bengal, and Mayne, Madras engineers, who wee'
forward on the same occasion.
" My greatest pleasure, however, is to bring Itefdre Ito 9 i 1
ship in council the admirable conduct and temper of