The Express.
London, England, 1848-11-01 00:00:00

intone the besieging army. The Bombay gereahlent was
written to by some/' and orders immediately issued for
amenibing an may of 9,000 men at Rom, under command
of Neigaditr %lades, of her Majesty's 60th Rifles. Of these,
9,000 iiVe Europeans. They can hardly reach Kooken
before Cluistihm, and If the town is act ours *only in No-
vember, it will be Waage indeed. At Peres-pore there
are now about 4,000, at Lahore about 8,000 men,
sad than will be rebeforreed immediately to 7,000 and
12,000 respectively. The rime train from Beaker is aid to
have been mitred up. This Is addition to Wrty-four pieces
et heavy, sad as assay of lirkt. Grammes now in camp, will
make the artillery arm of the gores vary powerful indeed. A
force of 10,000 me, el which details have net as yet been
sehed, is ntreawhile Wag formed on the Labors side,
eider esiennand of fientrel °Ebert; and this will, without
loin of time, move on Mookan, so that the army before the
planwill !shortly be as deem as that which foaght at Mood-
kw, or that with which in April, 1842, Omen; Polio&
forted hie way to Cabool. The Delhi Gosale states,
that the army to be formed at Ferosepoire will
omelet of five European regiment., 5,000; with
gatemen corps of native infantry, say 750 each, 12,000 ;
and six regiments of cavalry, 2,000 ; nine troops of
horse artillery, sad live field batteries (1,690) —in all, above
20,000 men. Whether this includes the force now at
Ferotrpore, or whether the whole is meant for service, does
not appear. At present, the aeeenate which remelt us from
Newsy quarters Use the impress et wit massive exagge-
ration that we en eempelial very serefaily to sift them—
omitting all that mesa improbable or transparently untrue.
We think the astreetnese of the greater part of what has
been stated may be relied uNe. We mum caution the
European reader spinal believ og mush more than be. been
eat down.

The ihllowing, from an extra of the Bombay Over-
land Times, KIT,s some further particulars connected
with the raising of the siege and the retreat of
General Which. -
MOOLTAX, Sept. 10.-Bhero Singh having gone WOW
it was deemed necessary to withdraw our guns and swa
from the trenches. This unpleemat task devolved oa Major
Whaler. Oar great guns, sea in number, were withdraws
one by one during the afternoon, under a limey fin, without
accident; abouteanest, the Horse Artillery guns were with-
drawn with some difficulty. The defection of Sher* Sint
et such • moment, was most unfortunate, for it wee well
known that all bloaters troops, save and except the reel
Sikhs, were about to lame hum ; use company having
actually come in to MI how they would be treated.
llret, Came, sours °etas QTY.—Yesterday 'morning in
shifted oar sup strum the large anal. The lid Brigade
gad llth Light Cavalry, under -Brigadier Salter, left, with
the heavy guns and the greater pert of the baggage, early in
the morning; and the Lahore Brigade, with the irregular
esralry, was left to bring up the rear. Everything would
have gone on smoothly but for the want of camels to carry
war shot and shell, of which there were tome GOO loads on
the ground. Gradually camels came in, but at about 8
Vieth there ware still 200 loads remaining, without
nay apparent means of being taken away. At this
tines, 1 am told, Brigadier Harvey took away her Ma-
jesty's 10th, Bth N. 1., and four of M'Kensic'e guns—
hots= the command of the rear-guard, consisting of
52nd NI., two squadrons of each of the irregular cavalry
Regiments, and 2 guns, of ours to Major Wnel•-r, with orders
to bring on the whole of the shot and shell. Major W. was
strengthened by some police bones and guns, under Lieut.
Pollock. The enemy brought his guns into the open
plain to bear on us at point blank distance. Under
the cover of our guns, meet of the shot and
shell were loaded on camels, pr cured by the exertions
of Christie. The Irregular Cavalry sonars each carried
away one in his saddle.tow, and we moved of, leaving
nothing behind us except, I hear, some grain in the village.
Brigadier Harvey brought back his regiments as soon as the
firing commence.). It seems to me, considering that it is
today believed that Moolnj sent his whole force out to the
attack, that it is fortunate he did not make hie disposition
quicker, end, when nude, that he did not carry out his ob-
ject with mon vigour, otherwise we must have left some of
our shot behind us, or fought • genrral action with three
regiments of infantry and a pert of oar cavalry and guns.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From .he Bombay Teltropk.)
BOMBAY, OLT. 3.—There has been a fair amount of
thanes@ transacted in the import market Mos the date am lest
report. Pace goods have been saki ou • hugs soak, but the demand
has been freely met by holders. Metal have bean sold to • limited
extent at about fanner rats Twist Ism slightly declined in price,
se will be seen on refame to car list of Mr.
In the showy market we nave no Aosta& to
Government Securities remain the wee, withrZtmlim of the
New PM menu Company's Loan, which has adnnM to par.
la BM Stara there has been little dant. Sombay Bank Shares
an niseripmeed at 334 per mt. pees, Waded Bank 12 per ant
Meath Osimercied Bank le per cent. diaoount, and Agra Bank 14
per M. gam. Ma divisor the Oriental Bank have changed hands
=the ma et 15 per cent. Mouunt, and the/have again a-
le the ileme lore, and there are few alien in the market.
• • Landon may now be quoted 1.91 to td, bills drawn
by =bea as
ks. There are no other bank bills offering. Load
diem
the nenaleat 'magnate bills are offered at 1.9 to and bills with ship.
1.81.
la freights no Mame has occurred since the departure of the last
thamar owing to the discouraging arias meetly received of the
rigleh, mkt* for Indian produce, mon especially for our enif
ill*mie are two awls on the berth for Liverpool—ate d
Need Asselesn build, fur which 44 at Sa. are barely is.
Math end the second of British build, loading et six.
The later may be quoted an the Me for London. Several
sidpe have been reoently taken up far Ana at 101 rupees to 101top;r
candy for cotton, and many Arst.eM meg are
mart to Calcutta, where freight& have of late materMV:roved
and likely to range still higher.
Carron Puce Goon.— The demand for grey and British
manufactures of low to middling qualities M. during the la
ten days, been to a eoneidet able extent at rates current when
the last mail left. Within the Isst few days, however, buenaa
bas not bees so generally active, owing to the receipt of ad.
aoss Irma the Baia, Inaba, sad Upper &Ude of the
opersticas of war. Fran our Ila of aeW It will be seen
that 40 in. grey airdrop have declined slightly In price—
on the other hand, 45 in. have nag...held a slight amen in
price. Ilse Minas transacted in It will be per-
ceived, bat been to a very limited extent. Pertt'ausd dad goods
bare been sold to a moderate extent. A few prints have been dB.
pond of, but prices have sot improved.
Twit.—The tales effected in twist have mot been at extensive es
during the first fortnight of the month, sad the grim then ruling
bare scarcely been maintamd.
Ifirrata.—aritiah bar iron hasdeetieed ore rupee per cwt.oinee the
date of our lat. Hesx.a.rivale of cochineal here deprneed the
market far this widen. his also declined In price.
Commun.—The Soli Ms are reported :-3,200 lb. at Its. 3
per lb., 3,000 lb, at Bat. 2 IS per lb.
Correa.—The stocks of cotton an moderate. The bounties trans-
sated in the article has been to • fair extent, and at rather higher
rates than those prevail* when theta mail left.
CALCUTTA, Barr. 18.—lie Bombay expire, with
Loam data to 7NAug. snivel early on the 14th inst.
The market, before the sated of the mall, was not a brisk one for
export.. There were beim mat but In wen trained to give
parkas rates, in theee the very encouraging amounts by
the mail of 141 k July sad the anima freights here.
hugerma at lower prisms; lint a pert of the deans has Me been
recoveted, mad then le aim Mum I. protean bilk is now in
Mydews....theiden NNW 11 to realise their goods before the
she lave been In Merusuirk and stock is light.
—la ralepetre little is Mogi* Ming booght for the
wiggly of the tonnage mogul whose, lins Jaz:saLle7cieme in. In
maa of the senor staples Sewed Me Wm,
Opium se to Thuaday last ha a , and Ps, me
was 1130 pr Mt It has arm alivamald"ll3B 11., and large shin
menteare in progress.
Winchester Cotton anthem loath freely. There have been few
mires, and the anomes el the matiet the. particulate tor
greys. prime ot wfda arecleer. Gamow goods move
out • nth trairj...ar emwemptlam Peer. with • very
Ifew exceptions, we, law. adi ea Impeders desire
to ma A:theist Me twist hew are light la ems time
pea. Dealers have teem MOM Iliaahlerat lid Mies ban bras large.
la metals there was held odes. menses Dm the tipper provinces
maiming lallarad.
geraties have lees selling rather better this week.
The queeedise are—
New Ewa. per est. is. 0 oto N. 012di a.
thee Ma 3 „ 3 S
Comm% Peed le 8 „ IS 4 „
Shwa lbws 16 3 0 16 0
In exehampae hearth in mat omen et operations, and rasa
our last qoatellthe kr Meiesedatheathelald pepor =Ueda:
Fluaceiv.—O'ds be the asewedde et awed aid War. Br
rice, freights rose re dl. 13e. Wore the &paters el the ear paint
for the last emir.