The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-19 00:00:00

THE STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT OFF

ERKBRIDGE.

TO THE EDITOR OF TER EIMER.
SIR,—In your report of this untortuoate occur-
recce you state that " several pilot-boat. were near at the
time, and rendered pest auistanoe," kc.
Will you allow me to state that the only pilot to whom
we are indebted is Alfred Newman, the muter of pilot•boat
C 29, who with most praiseworthy promptitude rowed
alongside the steamer and took the pa...tigers on board his
own realist, in which he oonseyed IL to Portsmouth, and
landed us in safety
I hope the Steamboat Company will make him some tan-
gible aclutowledemeet of his services, and I shall be glad if
you will publicly thank him for his timely mellows. —I
, ONE OP THE PASSENGERS.
Landon, August 18.

The Dinapere scandal has ended by Colonel
Burney gaining the case in the High Court, and
recovering damages to the extent of 50,000 rupees.
Lieutenant Hutchinson, her Majesty's 23rd
R. W. F., and Ensign Kenny, her Majesty's 27th
Foot, have been tried by court-martial at Lucknow
for committing rape on two native women. The
decision of the court bee not yet been made public.
The General Simpson, 1,121 tone, Coxbesd,
commander, which sailed from Bombay on 7th June
bound to Liverpool, with cotton, was totally
wrecked on the 19th idem on a coral reef on the
north-west aide of Chides Island, lat. 11.40 N.,
lon. 72.40 E., the northernmost of the Laccadive&
The government of Bombay has despatched the
steamer Seminude, under the command of D. J.
Kennelly, Esq., assistant dock master, to the Lac-
cadive Islands, with provisions for the people who
are suffering from famine.
Isaac Mason, engineer, Fort Praia, Bombay, has
filed in the office of the Secretary to the Govern-
ment of India in the Home Department, a specifi-
cation of invention for a screw and lever combined
double acting cotton press.
On the 2nd and 10th of July smart shocks of
earthquake were experienced at Lahore. The di-
rection was from north to south, and the duration
full 20 seconds. Similar shocks have been expe-
rienced in other places in India, and on the 14th
of July at Bombay at 10.40 p.m., which lasted 15
seconds.
Kurrachee bas been visited with a violent storm
of rain and lightning. It lasted two hours. Nearly
five inches of rain fell. Merchandise estimated at
14,00,000 rupees was destroyed.
During a heavy fall of rain at Agra between 80
and 90 yards of the lower ramparts of the Agra
Fort fell, and nearly filled the moat in the vicinity
of the Thames. Singh Gate. The wall was thrown
down by a thunderbolt.
There had been heavy rain throughout the country
during the fortnight preceding the departure of
the mail, especially in the Punjaub.
The health of the town and inland of Bombay
had declined during the fortnight, and the mortality
had been heavy.
The Hurkaru of the 13th July says :

While the British parliament was ;loreming its indigna-
tion at the cruel and unjust treatment of the late Sergeant.
Major Lilley, his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief was
aajoyieg the gaieties of Simla, dancing with all the hilarity
of three-score. And while the " mighty cbier is thus dis-
porting himself in the Hills, unmindful of the Arab pro-
verb that there are leo things colder than ice—the old
young man and the young old moo—irregular and immoral
practices are bringing disgrace upon several stations in
the Plaine. At Meerut, at Fyzibad, at Secures, " scandals"
have occurred of a very serious nature. nor dose it appear
that a very strict discipline is maintained at Barrackpors
or in Fort William.