The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-17 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MON DAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1863.

anfordable from the heavy and unusual fall of rain
which had occurred all over the country; he was to
start again on the 18th, and is looked for back at
Busboy by the 26th. His lordship is looked on as ra-
ther a rum gentleman in the matter ofdress—nothing
seems to please him so much as being buckled up in
"leather stock, which he is said to wear constantly
in-doors as well as abroad !—and of course his staff
must follow his example. Now there is no part of a
soldier's attire in India which has been more decried
than the horse collar, as it is termed, and experience
has proved the reasonableness of the allegation that
it has been the exciting cause of innumerable cases
of apoplexy and other diseases ; so if his lord-
ship attempts to make its use general in the army,
ho will be looked on as a Tartar. General Somerset
has been appointed to the command of the northern
division of the Bombay army; and Brigadier-Ge-
neral James resumes charge of the southern division.
General Staveley returns to Poona on the 22nd. All
three generals are still at the presidency. Conse-
petit on these appointments, Brigadiers • Stalker,
Wilson, Roberts, and Cavaye, have reverted to their
brigade commands at Rajpoutann, Dee,a, Kurraehte,
and Rajkote. There is no further talk of General
Robertson going to the Cape. The Governor
is at the Presidency in good health,—as
also Lady Falkland. A grand ball is to
come off iu the Town-hall on the evening of the I
20th—to be given by the Bachelors—at which it is
expected all the great men at the presidency will be
present. During the first week of the month the
weather all at once set in wet, and some half an inch
of rain or more fell at the presidency, while in the
Deccan, in some parts, upwards of four inches were
measured. The 6th N. I. ou their way to Kurrachee
' tell in with stormy weather, and a large number of
the native boats in which they were embarked had
to return to Bombay, after tossing about for some
weeks at sea. Another writer has been convicted of
having been concerned in the Baroda Khutput busi-
ness, and discharged from government employment.
Still the lower class of culprits only are punished—
the higher are not meddled with. Colonel Outram's '
blue book is anxiously looked for here ; it will arrive
by the mail on the 20th,—and then I have no doubt
the Times will come down on the authors of the gar-
bled documents it is said to contain. The right win
of the European Fusiliers go to Aden by the mail
steamer of to-day, to relieve the wing of the 78th
Highlanders now there. The wing of the latter carpe
at Colaba stand fait for the present, the re-
staining wing of the Fusiliers ordered to re-
here them remaining for the present at
Coon, owing to the disturbed state of a large
portion of the Candeish co!lectorate, which is alluded
to at length elsewhere. 'lle Earl of Balcarres has
arrived, with large numbers of recruits for her Ma-
jony's regiments serving in this presidency. Capt.
142, assistant superintendent Indian navy, halt rc-
that appointment, and been appointed to the
end of the steam frigate Queen, Capt. Daniell
taking his place in the marine office. Commodore
Leeke gives Captain Young the highest praise in the
order announcing the above exchange, and all agree
in thinking the commendations well merited. Captain
Young has an eye to a commodore/hip, which has in-
duced him again to tempt the ocean, while he might
have remained ashore for a long time to come on a
much higher salary than he will receive as com-
mander of a steam frigate. Mr. Oliver's berth as
first assistant to the Master Attendant has not yet
been filled up: the Commodore's son is not to get it,
neither did he ever apply for it. Mr. Oliver gives
promise of becoming a very efficient magistrate in a
short time. Mr. Eight, the balloonist, is about to
astonish the natives by a balloon ascent from Fort
George. He has already astonished the good people
by stating the price of a ticket of admission to
be ten shillings! when all people have to do is
to assemble outside the fort walls, and they can
have a sight of him and his balloon for
nothing. Professor Lees and his three sons have
just lett for Calcutta: the accomplished family must
have netted while in Bombay at least 1,0001.—1 n
the bottom of the ship Margaret, just brought into
dock, was found a portion of the horn of a sword-
fish, which had entered one of the timbers to a depth
of nine inches and split it up. The vessel was in
the midst of a shoal of whales when the sword-
fish made a desperate onslaught on her bottom! Can
itibe that the creature was endowed with under-
standing of the objects of those on board, and thus
endeavoured to protect his brethren of the deep?—
The criminal sessions occupied only four days in all;
the calendar on the present occasion being one
of the lightest on record. Sir W. Yardley's patent
as Chief Justice having arrived by last mail he was
duly sworn into office under a salute from the
battery, on the Bth. Nothing certain is as yet known
as to who is to succeed Sir William as Puisne Judge. I
Much regret has been felt here at the death of Sur-1
geon L W. Ryan, which occurred at home on I
the 22nd October, the deceased gentleman having'
been long a member of society at the presidency I
while holding the appointment of garrison-surgeon. I
Ensign Elrington of the 78th is now on his trial at
Colaba, charged with disobedience of orders: he
should have been so long ago for conduct unbecoming
the character of an officer, &c. Should his commis-
sion be taken from him, he will only meet with
his deserts. An officer of the same corps, of sport-
ing celebrity, is also said to have been lodged where
an officer holding her Majesty's commission should
not be. Brigadier Wyllie, commanding the garrison
of Bombay, has been seriously unwell, but is now
considered out of danger. Dr. Seaward has obtained
a furlough to Europe on medical certificate. The
case of the Rev. Mr. Fewer, of the free church,
still occupies public attention : one party assures as
that he has been very ill-used; another that he
has been dealt with very leniently and properly.
Faction amongst the members of the free church
congregation runs high unfortunately; but it is the
general belief that Mr. Fraser would never have
forsaken the church had he not been told he had
better leave it and go elsewhere. My own opinion
is, that once having been ordained a minister of
the gospel, no consideration should induce any man
to forsake the church; but many pious men seem to
have an eye to worldly as well as heavenly wealth,
and cannot resist the temptation of higher=
no matter by whom offered. A more e
man than Mr. Fraser does not probably exist, bat
many consider that he should not have forsaken the
church on any aooount.—Mr. Leake, son of Sir H.
Leeks, is, it is reported, to be Sheriff of Bombay
dar.ng the ensuing year. He may be a very clever
young man, but what he can know of the dottrel of
the shrievalty it is hard to surmise. The berth is in
the gift of the Governor, and Lord Falkland has on
this occasion attended more to personal than to
public claims. It was understood that in future the
sheriff was to be a man chosen from the legal profes-
sion, and that the office of deputy sheriff was to be
abolished—bnt all this has apparently for the present
been set aside. In the Budder Adawlut, the other
day, we find Mr. W. Howard, a barrister, accused by
' Mr. Lerneesurier, the Advocate-General, of having
used language "most unwarrantable, unjustifiable,
and unprofessional," in a case in which the learned
I gentlemen were engaged on opposite sides—and Mr.
Howard retorted by stating that he was " not desirous
lof saying anything which should further inflame a
naturally inflammatory mind." This is really
ri:Late ; both are able men, but both are but poor
nature after all. Mr. Millen, the second
mate of the ship Dauntless, fell overboard as that
vessel was entering the harbour, and was never seen
mere; the melancholy accident occurred on the 9th
Instant. Dr. Morehead, principal of the Grant
College, and surgeon to the Jamsetjec Hospital, left
yesterday on four months' leave to Madras ; Dr. Cole
performs his duties till the return from the Neil-
gherries of Dr. Giraud, looked for by the beginning
of next month. News has been received from the
Cape that I/r. Peele's health had materially improved
and that Captain W. F. F.des, of the Indore Real-
dency, whose life, on his leaving Bombay, was der
paired of, was fast recovering from his sickness.
Captain Hamilton, of the Artillery, goes home oa
sick furlough. Mr. V. Hervey, chief officer of the
brig Sassoon Family, a brother of the governor of ,
Hong Kong's secretary, died on the Bth, in the house
of Dr. Lowry, from whom ho received every attendee
and care. Lieutenant H. G. Itaverty, 3rd Native
Infantry, one of the most accomplished he-
exists in the Bombay army, has been placed
at the disposal of the Supreme Government for
civil employment in the l'unjaub. Veterinary
Surgeon Gooch, 3rd Cavalry, goes home sick.
Seventy-five men of the Stith Foot, on the 15th, ob-
tained their discharge for the purpose of proceeding
to Australia. A man of the corpe, named Murphyt
had given a written statement of the grievances ell
himself and comrades, and had been placed in ems-