The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-02 00:00:00

BENGAL AND THE NORTH-WEST
PROVLNCES._

The Governor-General continued at Calcutta ; Sir
W. Gomm had just returned to Umballa from his
trip to Roorkee. A very severe winter has this year
been experienced at Simla; several cottages fell in ;
the snow on the roofs of the buildings was four feet
deep. Colonel Luard's cottage was burnt down ; the
roof fell in on him, and he had a narrow escape
from death. The Bengal commissariat has been
taken out of the hands of the Military Board,
and placed under the sole control of the Commissary-
, General, who ceases to have a seat at the beard.
Mr. R. I. Cunliffe has resigned the service. It is ru-
moured that Mr. H. Palmer, recently removed from,
will shortly be restored to the service, by order of
the Court of Directors. An augmentation of twelve
captains to the artillery is about to take place imme-
diately. A tremendous hurricane, equal in violence
to that which occurred in England in 1839, swept
over Chunar on the sth ult., uprooting the longest
trees, and demolishing houses in all directions. For-
tunately only one life was lost.

his jacket.
I have now some more news, and, I am happy to Bay, of NEPAUL.
a much more satisfactory nature. The Commodore last The Delhi Gazette of the 16th ult. gives the fol-
month ordered Commander Bennie, of the Indian navy,
the Zenobia, with the Nemesis nester his orders, round to I
'ci ^ lowing from a letter from the frontier of Nepaul :
1 Our Nepaulese neighbours are perfectly quiet. Jung
Bassein to carry on operations against the deceits
.iu that
, Bahadoor has gone towards the Kemaon froatier, and it is
quarter, who had collected in force. Rennie arrived at
!, said he intends to extend his journey across our provinces
Bissein on the 19th January. • Ito Hurdwar. He had a very narrow escape of being taken
On the 21st he started in the boats (about 86 strong.) with ,
out of his howdah by a tiger about two months ago, the
ten officers, towed by the Nemesis. On the 23rd, at 6 a.m.,
brute having succeeded in reaching the howdah, and pulled
ho reached the enemy's outposts, who pushed on to their
..s it partly down on the side of the elephant. The elephant
stronghold; he there landed four small
which he took with him, and marched field
p ae'riecUes' is reported to have died a few day
Il miles s afterwards from the
wounds received from the tiger during the scrimmage.
country, about fl miles from the back of "Donabew "—how
close he must have been to the place of poor Capt. Locke's CENTRAL ASIA
subsequent disastrous business—came suddenly on theßur-
Uleße about 1,200 strong, drove them before him, killing Has been the scene of conflict. 'rhe Candahar and
one chief and live men. The next evening he returned , Herat troops met on the confines of Fudda, when a
to the boats. Men all well. As this affair has been so ', severe engagement took place, in which the latter
re,' .ttrces,ful, Captain Rennie determined on attacking ( were defeated ; the loss on both sides being great.
another large Line a little higher up the river. On the The Herat horse had been unexpectedly repulsed, and
24th January he again started the Nemesis, towingthem up
as far as a large village; above this there was not water had shamefully fled. ]bath
armies were, by last
enough for the steamer, so they set to and pulled. Or. the accounts,
encamped in. sight of each other. Toorkistan
26th the boat.res..•hed " Lamena." At *lark the gun. I was in the hands of the son ol• Host Mahomed. A
wire Veldt ,1 (2 field ri..e,•s), snot at ilas light next day come city called Nlivlouna, tight data' journey 'rout lieral,
menced their march, and ,pair. halted at midnight.
.At I hail becu token by him; and on Lis force joining that
daylight en the 39th started again, and in a very
short time found himself directly in frJat of some of I • sin' front Candahar, it was expected a grand
110 COU b
d,18.8) armed urn, who came on boldly. Capt. Ronne attack would be made ou the Ileratted.