The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-28 00:00:00

INDIA AND

TIIE OVERLAND MAIL.

We have received our Indian despatches by the
Overland Mail. The dates are :—Calcutta, Svp:.;!tr;
Bombay, Sept. 28 ; Hong Kong, Sept. 9; Sydncy,
July 28 ; Adelaide, August 8.

The following is' the summary of the Boinky
Times :

1. During the put seventeen days very little has
occurred to break the monotony of Indian life, 60 that
we have not much in the shape of news to lay before
our readers. Burmah continues infested with Deceits
whose atrocities, if not exaggerated, are of the most
cruel and barbarous nature, and it is the general
opirion that the Court at Ava, finding the hopeless.
nees of contending with us in open warfare, have
simply changed the character of the war, and
that these Dacoits are nothing more or lead
than the king's troops, augmented of course by
every vagabond in the country, whose desire
for plunder induces him to join the marauders. The
subjugation of Burmah is far from complete. and
an advance as tar as Ace, it is supposed, wit
eventually be:inevitable. Captain D'Orgony, a French.
man, is drilling troops in Ave; when he first en.
tered Burmah, he managed to convince General God-
win that commercial enterprise had clone intleved
him to do so, but such seems to have been far from
the case.l There has been so little raiu in the
north-west, that sickness, we regret to sar,
is very prevalent, and the crops have be
come so far blighted that it is feared that no
amount of rain would now serve them ; hence a great
scarcity of provisions may be looked for by-and-ke;
indeed letters state famine to be inevitable in aims
places. Severalshocks of earthquake have beenfeltin
Peshawur, there were six distinct shocks experienced
on 27th ult., but happily no great amount of damage
has been sustained. We regret very much to record an
attempt, and we fear a successful one, to assassinate
Colonel Mackeson, Commissioner of the Peshawar
Division. On the 10th instant, a religious fanatic
from Koner rushed into I the veranda where the
Colonel was sitting, and plunged an Afreedie knife
into the breast of his victim; he was immediately
seized and is now in custody ; he denies busing
any accomplices, but strong grounds exist for
disbelieving his assertion, he also confessed his
intention of murdering the deputy Commissioner
Captain James ; the motives which instigated him, he
alleged to be,the report which he had heard from some
travellers, of a mountain train being organised for the
invasion of S wat, in which country he has many fi lends;
he added that he thought the best way to stay the in.
elution was to murder its projectors; the latest
accounts record the death of Colonel Mackeson, but
this requires confirmation. There has been a fight at
Goreer,a village in Shekwattee,between the followers
of the Tbakoor of Sourujghur, and the retainers
of the Ranee of Ketree. The lady's troops were
victorious, and after an obstinate fight stormed
the village. Her ladyship has since fortified it, and
built a fort for its defence. From the l'unjaub we
learn, that the son of Azeem Khan, elder brother
of Doet Mahomed, once governor of Kashmere
and subsequently ruler of Kabul, died in great
destitution, at Lahore. The Nuwab of Blue el-
poor pursues his dissolute course, and it is
reported that the Nuwab Eniam-ood-Deen hes
been selected for the post of British Agent at Bha-
wulpoor, Mooltan and Derajat continue tranquil,
the eldest son of the Nuwad Surfaraz Khan, whom
Runjeet Sing dispossessed, having died at the former
station. Accounts from Lucknow still represent the
King as passing his days in debauchery and riotous
living. Colonel Sleeman, our Resident at that Court,
paid his majest y a state visit, and pointed out to him the
extreme impropriety of his conduct; the monarch
promised amendment, but is still as bad as ever.
His Majesty's debts now to amount to 800,000.
In Cawnpoor and Benares sickness still continues,
but is chiefly confined to the native populatior.
From the Nizam's territories in the Beam
we learn that a fight had taken place, near
Aurungabad, on the 21st instant, between a detach.
ment of the Nizam's Troops under Brigadier Mayne,
and a body of Arabs, who had seized upon a fort near
Bajeepoor, the property of the Rajah of Dewalgaum;
the Arabs were of course defeated, but not before
numerous casualties had occurred on both sides,
and we are concerned to add, that two European
officers have been killed, Captain Parker, com-
manding the Nizam's 6th Regiment of In.
Pantry, and Ensign Bosworth of the 26th
Regiment Bombay Army. This latter officer
who was on leave from Ahmednuggur, gallantly
volunteered his services, and fell in the encounter.
The committee appointed at the public meeting eon.
vened at the Presidency for the discussion of the
Overland Mail question have petitioned the Lords
of her Majesty's Treasury, praying for reform ; they
have also addressed the Hon. the Court of Directors
on the name subject. The Governor andrommander-in-
Chief are still at Dapoorie. It is the intention of
the latter to form a military camp at Poana
during the cold weather, after the fashion of the
" Camp at Chobham," and his lordship's announce.
ment has been favourably received by all parties.
Our rains are now over, and we are anxiously leak-
ing for the advent of the usual elephants., in order
that the atmosphere, which is almost unendurably
hot at present, may be cooled at least to a bearable
temperature. The market is rather slack, and very
little business has been done during the past fort-
night.

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
Casualties by death in India since the departure of the
Mail on the 12th September:
H. M.'s Troeps.—Dr. Charles St. John, Inspector-
General H. M.'s Hospitals, at Umballs, on the 12th Sept.
Bombay.—Brevet Major George Fulljsmes, 25th Regi-
ment N. 1., Political Agent at Hews Rants in (lomat, at
Broach, on the 21st September. Lieutenant and Quanta
Master E. Henderson, 23d Regiment N. L. 1., at Nusuera•
bed, on the 18th Sept. Ensign Bosworth, 26th Regiment,:
N. 1., killed in action with a body of Aube, near Aurungs-
bed, in the Nineties territories.
Bixam..—Captain W. W. Repton, 56th Regiment N.I ,
commandant of the 3rd Regiment of Seikh Infantry, at
Abbottabad, on the sth September. Colonel Mackesoet
from the eff, ct of wounds inflicted on him by an Afreedis
fanatic at Peshawar. Major Joseph Ferris, C. 8., 30th
Regiment N. 1., and commandant of the 2nd Seikh Lori
,Infantry, of apoplexy, at Dburnmsala, on the 14th Aug.