The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-01 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

W. I .re net iced our advises rid Trieste, in anti-
ticution of th. thetl...id Mail. The following sum-
ear.o. I.A. a Irons the lion,/ay rilaell of the 3rd of
November :
Me :i;smatid in our lief. that the Lt division of
be al .v of Runtish. enas•istiu.r of the 18th Royal
164. 11,r Majesty's `.4lh. batta the 30th Madras Ns-
", I,:huilry. a livid buttery with two rein. howitzers
ad the reastoder of the Sappers and Miners.
.ctt Ranoun her Protne betwixt the Intl and 22nd
Sil* mini.. and that on the 21th Gen. Godwin, with
a neurally of the I.b Imitation of artillery, followed
them ue tie steamer Pruserpine. They 1111COnded the
met without interruption till the morning of the Uth
Litt., when they approached Praia. The defences of
tt. It.. i mese consioed ut a lona stockade on the edge of
th.• hi... on the tight bank, a breast-work of
Mary on the point. sad guns planted on every
p.iiiiou of edvautage on both sides of the river.
flu eve as the squadron came within range they
were fired on from all the points by the
any. This was returned by the Phlegethon and
Naleauddy. and by the rest of the squadron as
they time within range. In two hours the fire o
the rimier wag completely silentvd. As a sharp
&based of musketry was still kept up from behind
th. courrerous piaodas which lay on the bank of the
nor and the irregular portions ..f the ground when
'airbus. n voil.l be concealed, the steamers came to
amber. and commene..l about noon throwing shells,
which spedily neared the neighbourhood. As the
Lai a the day diminished, preparations were made
Ix lading. At 5 p.m. a wig g of her Nlajesty's bUth
laded from the fiuierprise. They experienced
wan ly any opposition. on touching the shore
that threw out skirmishers and pushed rapiTdalnyciox
ea Li.. disloelging the mem as they ad
The tsarina Pagoda in front ot them we* defended
by :at men ;a sharp but short struggle here ensued ;
the enemy, after neen ing two or three heavy vol.
lei., beat and tied in ail direr-time. At so late an
hear it was sot deemed expedient to attack the town.
In the tourer of the night the troops, in all amount,
tog to shout 3,000 men. of whom WO were sea-
ms, were land. d; next morning they marched almost
without opposition into Prom*, which had been aban-
doned by the Burmese. it is said that there are about
LOW Burmese defended b• strong stockades about
as miles from Procne, and though the opinion
to be that they might have been dislodged
without the slightest trouble by the present
face, the Generalise it is sad,' determined to
suit the arrival of the 2d division before pro-
ceeding further. Our troupe meanwhile are com-
fortably housed within the town. The people had
not begun to bring in supplies, and the men had
been feediug for some days on salt provisions. There
seemed no apprehension but that they would speedily
be plentifully provided for. The casualties in the
ray are—David Reid, A. 8., her Majesty's ship
Fox ; David Evans, A. 8., her Majesty's ship
Winchester; and two natives of India on board the
Hon. Cowpony's steam vessel Mahanuddy, wands&
In the military arm—one sergeant of her Majesty's
both Foot killed; one soldier of the Engineers and
one of the bOth Foot severely wounded; five *oldie. a
of the bOth Foot and one of the 36th Madras
Native Infantry wounded slightly. General
Godwin had returned to Rangoon on the 16th,
leaving Procne in charge of Si John Cheeps. Nothing
was known of one future plans, but the fighting was
considered nearly over. The troops Inn all in the
highest health and spirits everywhere. Admiral
Austen died of cholera about 4 pea. on the Bth; his
remains were conveyed on board the Rattler to Trin-
comalee, where his family are. He was a great
favourite with the fleet. He was in the 74th year
of his sge, and was believed to be under orders fee
China immediately. The Burmese war may be
said now to be over; it only remoras foe es to
take quiet possession of whatever portion of
those territories we desire to annex, end leave a
sufficient force to pacify and protest tbseeis•eue
groundless have been the fears entertained ea
these subjects at home, so hilly and so c
have the predictions of the Indian pries be=
fied. We have scarcely any news hem any ether
Far of India. The heats of October hem bees un-
commonly intense, and caudated to an unminally
late period of the season, the mid weather only
commencing as November approached. There
bus been great siekneea amongst the tramps, new
ci.illy amongst the Europeans, n Melva mad Central
India, in the upper provisoes of Bengal, through-
out the Punianband Lower Sonde. India rams
universally tranquil at present The semen, though
a most singular one, has turned out on the whole
favourable for the agriculturists, and the people seem
comfortable and contented. The Governor-General
is at Calcutta, Sir Henry Pottinger at Madras; and
Lord Falkland, who left us in March last, returns
nret weeks hence to the slat of Governmeet to be
nudy to receive It brother-in-law, the new Corn-
minder•in-Chief—looked for &boa: the 24th inst.
'I he et idemeaos the India Bill before the Coamittera
of Parliament has been received; the unskilfulness
displayed by the Committees in interrogating the
witnesses—the wetness and frequently the con-
tradictoriness of the :splice—and the general Indif-
ference manifested towards India, at this most im-
portant crisis of her fate, is absolutely astounding.
The egirwths Englishmas of the Bth October pub-
Uses a letter of the 2d from giving ac-
counts of the Prow/division to September,
at which date the flotilla had reached Tamp& 8
The General and the Commodore with the
of the Division, had goes on the day pre-
*long with four of the steanwes • the remainder
were to follow next day. It is Meted that the
country people had repaired is Siliben ea
board to solicit OW pietistic* Lon the Medial by
which the land was means no Ava is
representedas taking maths t h• will
wri*ef
slaw us to remain in ble eseibtaa fileri
the Mine.
whew be will take a sus dorm his capital and
Yoh no eat at it I A 'bid eel lib Wessel Wt.
Ws takes pdolosecthroogh the law
11:losallaMelthe exlierionor of Pop. Iteeesogolei
that Peep woo het law with Issesso the
river stormsejest ontrad et Iteagosa h
were shot to stet it the rive, via tee_
Major Reid's haw aeon 'many, eel t:
ig.pead bewitnee. ; sad on the Mara of the
the remainder of the ei.."*TY, with the second dials")u
mill ha tramported to Proms.
The mit= brought on from Rinses by fho
Terme ex to the 6th October. The down
having the Commodore and Admiral ome boil hoi
reached Prone, and been Ared ea by the Bermes&
The naval commend—s are said to by
indented