The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-09 00:00:00

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

By the arrival of the above mail we have adviem
from Bombay to the Bth of June.
Ameer Shore Ali Khan, the Chief of Affghanie-
tan, has completely checkmated his brother, Slider
Mahomed Asim Khan, in an attempt to revo-
intimates) that country and to seize the reins of
government. The Anwarr, on learning that his
brother was to' attack him advanced
his Moore to Koorum, when Arm K.han'e
' troops deeerted him and went over in a body he
the Ammer. Arm Khan was threatened by the
Birders of Koorum with being sent in a prisoner
to Calvet if he persisted in offering an armed re-
sistance to the Amcor, when he precipitately fled
to Kohat, where he sought and obtained an mylnin
with the British commissioner ci that district. The
Ameer, it is said, has concerted with the Sinters of
Balkh to rebel against his brother Mahound Abel
Khan, the governor of that province, and has
offered them the province for one half the amount
now taken by his brother. The Ameer has also seed
an envoy to the British commissioner at Peshawar.
soliciting the aid of the British government as
coercing his rebellious brothers into submission to
his authority ; but this has been refused.
The Times of /edict announces that the following
measures will be adopted towards Bhootan :
The greet of laud situated at the foot of the Bboelem
Bills, railed Amberres Falleorotah, is to he
annexed to the British territories. The sum oftlarttagg
hitherto psid u s subsidy to the Bbeotlshs on the fronds
of Amain hes been ordered to irs discontinued. The now
tete are to be hemmed in In pods established along es t
frontier, the garrisons of which are to overeat supplies et
any kind mashing Bhootan from British India. Theme
measures will soon humble the Bbootialis, as the
Beaten depend on our territories for moot of their supplies.
The same paper says that the resignation of the
chief command of the army by Sir Rauh Rose,
and the appointment of Sir William Mansfield ae
his successor' are stated to be near at hand.
An important general order has been issued,
which sanAions changes which amount, it is mid,
to a oomplets reform in the Indian oontuassariat,
and which, it is hoped, will provide the array with
more plentiful and wholesome and better cooked
rations than those to which the British soldier is
India hes hitherto been accustomed.

The Secretary of State for India has repeated his
instructions, that no government servant is to reply
to any newspaper attacks officially, without express
permission from the government.
Deva Sing, the chowkeydar, or night watchm
whocausedthe death of the Rev. Isidor Loewenthe4
at Peshawar, has been convicted of culpable
homicide by the commissioner of that province,
and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for two
years.

Another cruel suttee has taken place in Ifeywar..
The son of the Rajah of &noon died, and wee
cinerated, during which ceremony his unfortunate
wife was thrown on the funeral pile and held there
until she was burnt to death. The attention ci
government has been drawn to this shocking a trogst
The Meerut Cotton Pressing Company, e
lished ten months ago, has declared a dividend at
the rate of 55 per cent, per annum free of in-
come tax.

Two mare new banks, the Alliance, and the
Bombay City Bank, have ben darted at Bombay.
The Alliance calls for a capital of one millioa
sterling.
Speculation has been u active as ever in this
Bombay share market since the departure of the
previous Overland mail, and the Bombay Oamfk
thinks it is likely to continue at fever heat for the
next three mouths.

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