The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-21 00:00:00

and other disaffected mountain tribes, to embarrass the
British authoritit s. The feelings of the people,
even of the Moultan districts, are favourable to the
British, and there was no apprehension entertained
of disaffection gaining pound.
The other parts of India aree in a peaceable state.
At Calcutta the alai's of the Union Bank continued
the prominent subject of discussion. Baboo Aushitosh
lip Supremorlay andhis
copartners tad failed in their attempt in
t art to relieve themselves from all
liabi.ity ,as
.shareholeirs. It was said that these
parties possess property sufficient to discharge all
the debts of the bank. At a public meeting, held on
29th May, it was resolved—
First: That all claims against the bank, not exceeding
1000 n each, be at once pad off, in conformity with resolu-
tions passed at previous meetings. The whole of these
claims amount, we believe, to 81,000 rs., a sum of which the
bank is posseseed in rash; and the number of crt slimes
thereby paid off in full, amount. to Bes. The remaining
claims are in the hands of only 106 ere-niters ; the measure
therefwe tends immensely to stmplify the proceedings in li-
quidation, and to lessen the expenses as well as the etwersd ex-
citement which the bank occasions. Second: The list of
debtors to the bank is to be published, with the smonnt due
by each, the security if any en which it was advanced, and
the nature and condition of that security at the present
time. The third measure is the election of joint trustee., by
the executive committee and the creditors' committee in
concurrence, to whom the process of liquidation will
be entirely confided. All the Bunk's accounts are to he
mule public, and the operations of the trustees also published
in detail from time to time. Every shareholder is to he
called on to state what he can subscribe towards a clearance
of the general liability, his statement being checked by the
trustees, who, in a society like that of India, can easily learn
how far it is made in good faith. The money so raised is to
he deposited, in the names of the tru-tees, in the Bank of
Bengal. Lastly, it is referred to the trustem to reduce the
estabashrnent, which very uselessly, we think, has been pre-
served at the enormous figure of 3.332 rs. a month. For
these proceedings, the sanction of the creditors was requested,
and as they promise, if carried out with energy, to realise
the sum uecs seary to dieeharge the liabilities of the hank
nearly as fast, and perhaps more surely. than these coercive
measures on the part of creditors would do, the latter will
no doubt second them heartily.
Government had announced to the m:Teantile com-
munity at Calcutta that, under instructions from the
Court of Directors, it will be left option,ll with the
I shippers of goods under its advances to instiee the
same to the amount of the advance there or at home,
instead of its being compulsory to insure there, as
hitherto. The court intend to effect insurances in
London to the extent specified, on being guaranteed
repaym: nt of the premiums.
Mr. Larpent, of Coekerell and Co., had left Cal-
cutta, having got leave of absence from his detaining
creditors.
According to the accounts from 1 long-Kong, gene-
ral quiet prevailed in Canton ; an unprovoked attack
by some Chinese on two foreigners, as they were pro-
Cel ding iu a Hong boat to visit the warehouses of
their pri..eipals, met with summary redress on the
representation of her majesty's cowed, and the Chinese
were taken and punished by exposure in the cangue,
Trade continued inactive, but there appeared no w-nt
of money.
Her majesty's steamer Fury returned from Shang-
hai to Hong Korg on the 21st, bringing dates thence
to the 13th April. The demands made by the consul
for the delivery ref the ringleaders in the attack ore the
three English missionaries had been complied with, !I
and the parties were identified and punished. The I
'foetal of Shanghai had been dismissed, and a
Mandarin, Samqua, formerly a merchant at Canton,
bad been appointed to succeed him. affair has
thus been satisfactorily brought to a termination, to
which, no doubt, the despatch of her majesty's ship
Espii!,;le to Nankin, with her majesty's vice-consul,
largely contributed. Some stglit demonstration was
made by some idlers as the officers and mandarins
were passing through the streets ; but the parties were
immediately apprehended and punished by ex-
posure in the " conger." The Espii,gle returned
safely to Shanghai, and proceeded to Ningpo,
leaving her majesty's ship Childers, Captain Pit-
man, at Shanghai. Her maj. sty's ship Scout
remained at Fooehowfoo, and her majesty's ship
Columbine at Amoy. Her majesty 'a steamer
Medea was stationed at Whampoa, and the Pluto at ,
Canton. Her majesty's ship Melampus, Captain
Campbell senior officer, and ;her majesty's steamer,,
Fury, remained in Hong Koug harbour.
We extract the following from the China Mail of
Ain it 13th :
In a notification by the British consul at Shanghai,
dated March the 28th, Mr. Aleeek says, " The
ten ringleaders in the °emir: at Tsing poo demanded
on the 13th instant hove this day been produced by the
reetee, or provincial judge of the province. Two ut the
meat vicious and dangereus were at once distinctly identfied
by the parties who had suffered from their vie', nee, and
several of the remainder were recogeised as having been
among their assailants.
" These ten offenders, in the presence of her Makeste's
consul, the injured parti a, all the local authorities, and a
large number of assistants, were put is the minim° on the
spot, to which punishment they were ienteuced for one
month, prior to any further proceedings stains' them; and
they will be exposed every slay during that period in the
public t,oroughteres as n warning to all who are in like
manner evil-disposed. The full at satisfaction and redress
having thus been afforded, it only remaees for her M jesty's
consul to announce that the crobareo on the Kamm junks ti
been removed, and that from this date all duties will he paid
as heretofore."
" How much is due to the judgment and decision with
which a partial blockade of peculiar difficulty has been
maintained daring 15 days by Captain Pitman, of her
Majesty's brig Childers, must be known to the whole com-
munity, who h eve daily witness' d the unwearied vigilance
and good temper evinced by the officer and men under his
corntrand. This task has been accomplished not only with-
out injury to the large Chinese train . on the river, but with-
out hostile collision or any bad feeling having la:en excited
—a result on which thee may well be congratulated.
"Security to life and property, which for a moment
seemed enthuse. red, it is hoped is now more firmly estab-
lished than before the outrage."
At a public meeting of the foreign residents et Shangal,
votes of congsatulatious and thanks to Mr. Alccek and Com-
mander Pitman were unanimeusly passed.
A eovernment notification of April 12 prefaces a com-
munication from the acting imperial commissioners,
announcing the punishment of the partie: who lately
assaulted two British subj, ets at Canton. The culprits are
to " wear the canstue at t'.c spot where the offence ocrnrred
as a warning to the muititude, and when the time expires
they wil. be beaten and be thus disposed of."
Adam Wallace Elmslie, Esq., was appoin.ed on the lot
of April to be her Majesty's officiating consul at the port of
Canaan, during the absence of Mr. Consul Mame: or.
James T. Walker, Esq., to be her Majesty.* officiating
vice-consul at the port of Canton.
Welter H. Medhurst, Esq ,to he her Majesty's fficiating
vice consul at the pert of Am ty, during the lenience of Mr.
Vice-Consul Backh use, on sick leave.
His Excellency the Govemnr and Cemmaeder-it, Chief
has been pleased to appoint T. F. Wade, Esq., to per-
fours the duties of private secretary until further orders.
This appointment to take place from the 21st ult.
The Bombay Times of Friday, May 12, contains
the following details with reference to the late disas-
trous event at Muoltan
On the first news retching Lahore, Lieut Klwardes.
who hid some 4,000 or 5,000 Sikh treors at his disposal on
the northern bank of the Indus, came. 70 miles to the north,
was directed to move on Itlooltan ; and arrangements were
made for a il.monstration from Lahore. In consequence of
the distance the bileagured party suffered little from
the guns that played upon them from the fortress, and
hod strong hopes of holding out. On the 20th,
Khan S ngh, seeing the enemy approaching en mane,
requested lair. Agnew to state what was to be done.
He Was ordered to defend to the last—the infantry
to r• serve their fire till the assailants ws re close upon
them. Instead of this the Lahore troops maimed fee gates,
end to a man joined the rebels. The English= n, see:. g
matters desperate, entreated the Sinters to save themselves.
Mr. Agnew land hardly time to bid farewell to Mr. Ander-
son, when he was rushed upon by the armed multitude. He
deb rmined to keep them sit bay : his pistol missed fire, avid
he resorted to his sword, when he fell by a volley of match-
locks. The two unhappy officers, with the apothecary who
accompanied theta, w, re now literally hewn to piece% and
their Leads and mengled limbs stm.k up around the town
end ramparts of eloahrin. The Baleen ulitce detach-'
meat might have been in time had the Stkh
escort proved faithful. On hearing that was over
they halted and retired for orders. On the ore-
at Lahore of the tidings that the members of
the mission were beyond the rt tel of aid, t hetwo brigades,
of about 3,000 men each, which had revived raters to march
on the instant, were directed to wait. It was evident that
the insurrection was more formidable than had been eup-
pesed, and would require longer time for its subjection than
had b. en anticipated. Monlian is the strongest town in the
Puujaub; it cost Rusijeet Singh 2,000 of the bravest of
an army of 2.3,000 to capture it; and an attempt on
it without a battering train would, in all likelihood, be
futile. We are now in the middle of the hot weather, with
the rains close at hand ; a month would not carry our troops
to the scene of action, and half the Europeans woula in all
likelihood perish on the way. It is believed that no march
will be made till October or November, We have mean-
while ate admirably disciplined force of ner 54,000 men
ineludiug 10,000 Europeans, with In guns, on our N.W.,
frontier. There are three moveable brigades, of 10,000 men,
amongst them, kept fully suppliet
and ready to move at a moment's ealohs.ofincasurrrgiage,l,
seem to consist of disbanded soldiers, or those apprehensive
wuottthicem.
of disbandonment—men who hold the peaee i. prevenient'
of the country in abhorrence. The feelings of the people
of the country are all on our side, and there seems no
fear of the ffection spreading. It is, of course, annoying that
it should have made its appearance at a seas .n when it can-
not Ins repressed on the instant. We have cc .rcely any news
of emy sort from Seicde, though abundantly supplied
with let•ers to the 6th. The tidings from Meehan reach us ,
ifrom Lahore. There was a rumour, arcing all likeli-
with almost equal promptitude from the Lower lodes as
hood from theatate of matters in Mooltan, and without, so
far as we can judge, a shadow of foundation, that Yar