The Express.
London, England, 1847-04-01 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY, Four o' Clock.
By
.the Overland Mail, arrived this morning, we
'are intelligence from India to the following dates,
.: cokatta,2oth February; Madras, 22nd February ;
oil Bombay, 2nd March. This mail reached Suez by
Acbar steamer, together with the following pas-
Irian, Mrs. Blbington, and two children ; Mrs. W.
ewer, Mrs. B. Sandwith, Mrs. Dries, and three children;
ks.W.F.Huoter, Mrs. lialeman, and twochildren!: Mrs. Ed-
pedi,?lmSpiers, and 4 children; Mrs. 0 raham,and a child of
(AL Murdo; Mre.Hennell,and 2 children• Mies Hamilton;
WD. Barr, W. F. Hunter, Esq., d. H. Gams,
TSandwitii, C. 4. Halemen, J. Bruce, Req., Lieut.-
Cal Cantenin. Breist-M4jor J. W. Hart, Spencer Compton,
gig, Lieut. L. Scott, Major W. Barnes, Surgeon E. W.
&barb, Lieut. J. A. Oldham, C. 0. Guthrie, Esq., Lieut.
ItstweU. Capt. Fraser, Capt. Pie*, H. M'Xion, Eaq.,
lent J. A. ikiliiustry, Capt. E. B. Owen, J. Morton, Esq.,
swat. ?mini, Mr. C. Clifford, Mr. Carling, Mahomed
Ally, 04olamSbah, sad liuje,a Mahomed.
'he news by this mail is interesting. At Lahore
tranquillity prevailed, but the Queen-mother and
ethers secirbesy with intrigues. A conspiracy had, it
is ourientod, been discovered, having for its object
the murderer Tej Singh, who is looked upon as the i
friend of to British. The Queen-mother and the
.raj` were about to proceed upon a pilgrimage,
hot the 9ritish resident, Colonel Lawrenoe, had
to prevent this. Their departure
tethr,6,C.l.Ort was intended, it is said, to pro-
duce a rand movement amongst the disaffected.
The Mat of feeling thus manifested in the Punjaub
my jades the British Government in India either
b nod& or postpone the contemplated reduction in
the oldie army, which, according to the original in-
tendon, was to extend to 40,000 men. The winter
had bean unusually severe in the north-west, but the
troops vere, by the last accounts, perfectly healthy.
In Malian the Moulraj, as if enraged at the sums
demanded from him by the De wun of Lahore, was levy-
ing the most oppressive tans. From Peshawar we
learn that the bands of ransomed Indians, which the
ritisli Government had obtained from Dost Mahomed,
mowed the Indus at Attock. There is said to be

tesdcarcity of money at Cabal. Dost Mahomed
there in quiet, while his Wuzeer and son,
iss Notorious Akhhar, was restless, and hurrying
pr to lace to soother, as if agitated by
:11=ul motives. He was, in December,
7, whence he took one of his uncles
ss a hostage, and brought him to his father.
hairy, having returned to Cabal, he had
Want for Jellalabad. All these movements at that
sawa clearly show that he is involved in some im-
m schemes. He had caused a number of his ad-
Oats to assemble at Jellalabad with the ostensible
copse of an attack on the Ohilziee of Kashmund.
Ike Governor-General while on the frontier hail
lied several of the chiefs of the protected Sikh
sies,and conferred some signal marks of favour on the
pant Rajah of Putteela, the son of the late Rajah,
sue sudden death during the Sutlej campaigneansed
nos strange reports. The young prince is a staunch
dy, and a man of liberal and enlightened mind.
le has abolished all transit and town duties
leogbout his territories,refusing to receive an equiva-
at in money or lands. The Governor-General has
reclaimed the Rajah an example to all the princes
(Hindustan, made him a grant of land, and added
)those ceremonies by which the British government
arks its recognition of the rank and dignity of the
daces of India, by ordering that henceforth he shall
imitated with 17 guns, instead of 13 as formerly,
d his khilut is to be 41 trays, instead of 21, as here-
lare. The Rajah of Roopur, on the contrary,
wing been found guilty of disloyalty to us during
I late campaign, has been deposed, and sent to
thi;andßajahNehal Singh, of Aloo, has been
ern of a considerable portion of his possessions for
hlakewarmness towards our cause on the same
1111111111. Lard Hardinge is determined to show the
dhi powers that treachery and backwardness in
id* the British when aid is required shall not
supanished.
lord Hardinge was at Meerut, and the Corn-
lade -in-chief at Saharunpore, at the close of Feb.oo/. Sir C. Napier and family were at Hyderabad.
kF. Currie was to proceed to Calcutta, to assume
he place in Council vacant by the retirement of Sir
1 Pollock. We are sorry to announce the death of
is brother, Mr. A. P. Currie, judge of Mirzapore,
Iho fell from his horse whilst out on a shooting ex-
otica, and broke his leg a little above the sada
(migrene shortly followed, and the broken limb was
smoved from below the knee ; but the disease would
am to have reached higher, and a second amputa-
lan was effected—all to no use; the unfortunate gen-
teel= expired on the 3rd of February.
There was a rumour that Sir F. Currie would be

governor of the North-Western Provinces,
i ihe room of Mr. Thomason, who returns to England
r the recovery of his health. Sir T: M'Mahon was
'leave Bombay for Europe on the 15th ult.
Lord Elphinstone had reached Ceylon, en route to
send. During hie stay at Madras, the scene of
a former government, he received many marks
!public favour.
The rebels in Goomsoor were still in arms. A
ausimion, however, had been appointed to inquire
do affairs, and it was hoped that further hostili-
w might be avoided. The Nizam's dominions

present the same picture of confusion, diasatis-
hoe, end general misery. A petty rajah at Kand-
r, stout 70 miles from Ilingolee, having refused to
ey the orders of the new Wuzeer, was seized and

rued prisoner to Hyderabad, while his fort was
copied by the troops from the neighbouring stations.
be misery which prevails in the rural districts of
e western presidency of India is unalleviated. The
a in the price of cotton may be supposed sufficient
'flissurege the ryota to save their crops, but as they
e no effort is made by the " Birders," as the govern-
eat authorities are called, they will make none. It
a/ tamely be believed in England that, at the time
ben the cotton is tit for plucking and cleansing, the
Sive rvots amuse themselves with long holidays,
I which. the vilest obscenities are uttered, and the
epulace appear frantic.
At Bombay the trade in opium was rather dulL
he actions to compel payment from the repu-
atom of their time bargains had been stopped
n demurrer in the Supreme Court Judgment in
some of the demurrer was expected on the sth of
. .

MM. It was looked to with -great interest.
Pam Calcutta there is no news of moment. Com-
m:* was dull and the money market rather tight.
The King of Oude, who expired on the 13th Feb.,
w succeeded by his eldest son. The judicious
magements of Col. Richmond, our resident at Luck-
ow, prevented the disturbances usual on anch

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This mail does not bring any accounts from China
recent than those received on the 24th alt. The
' rung is the letter of our Bombay correspondent :
, 2.
The Mail front England of Jan.BOMBAY
25th notMARCH
having
its appearance, the departure of the Indian Mail of
51 las been deferred till thin afternoon. Should the
lie in sight before 5 o'clock, a further delay till to-
'morning will probably take place. As yet the causes
the irregularities in the receipt of our packets have arisen
the other side of Alexandria what has caused the detest-
of the present one remains to he seen. The mail is now,
er, only a day or two overdue, but the annoyance to
of bunnies of an outward mail leaving when the inward
a in all probability at our doors, is exceedingly great.
rumour has just gained publicity that the Maharanee of
mhee been detected ae the prime mover of a conspiracy
ward er the Sirdar Tej Singh. Nothing is more likely
that her highness should endeavour to rid herself of one
ir las ewe shown himself one of the bitterest opponents
. late bweet the Rajah Lim Singh. The strictest Mau-
- are beiag made into the affair by our raident,
a view to the elucidation of the truth. Should the
el' Mee true, the measure of Colonel Lawrence in for-
.dad them/Marione and the maharajah from undertaking
„..t!ej Piltri, magas without his consent, will be in part
—"" for. The next thing will be the discovery of
that east eahalling arrainst our authority in the Punjaub,
tern the country of the Five Rivers wiU meet the fate
territory in the East with which we have come in
be annexed to our own dominions. The Mnfassi-
' air„ sal published at Meerut, has given out that the
redaction of the army ham been directed to be suspended,
l'fteneto-....it0 the Irregular Cavalry Corp., for the present.
hi•—•`'. with In air of authority ; and it has at the same
med that not only hi it exceedingly probable that the
win • service he
be the ease with the Infantry, but that that Drench
likely to receive a considerable addition to its
It is not at all improbable that the first and
'Or these statements may prove well rounded, but of