The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-27 00:00:00

I After the general Ohileaee insurrection, we no longer hear
any thing, but as the new arrangemsmts at Cabul are un-
derstood, the parties have suspended their private feuds
till the judgment by the Ameer had finally been
pronounced. A small disturbance had however broken out
much (probably) outmted, in consequence of the refractory
I conduct of a Ghilzsee chieftain. But the Ameer had taken
I very serious notice of the whole affair and ordered a large
draught of troops to the spot. It was, however, probable
that nothing serious would result from the disagreement. A
severe fit of opthalmia had incapacitated Mahomed Ukhbar
for business, but it was expected that he would be all right
again in a very short time. He was expecting his bride, the
daughter of Yar Mahomed, the Wuzeer of Herat, with her
splendid dowry. We do not pretend to estimate its value,
but should not fix it at any tremendous sum.
BOMBAY LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. Mr. Farrant,
chief magistrate of police, has resigned his appointment,
being about to proceed on one year's leave to Europe. He
is succeeded by Mr. 0. Grant, judge in the Sudder Adawlut
—a gentleman of the highest probity and uprightness, and
of much intelligence and experience in judicial matters.
Colonel .Dunsterville. commisaary-general, takes command
of the Deesa Brigade, in the rofeu of Bristlier-General
Hughes, who retires for u time in consequence of inditposi-
tion. The departure of so popular an officer as Colonel
Dursterville is a source of deep and general regret at the pre-
sidency : he is expected to retire from the service and pro-
ceed to Europe in March or April next. Captain David-
son, long deputy-commissary-general, now takes the heed
of the department. All these appointments are considered
judicious, and have given very general satisfaction. Mr.
Goldsmid, lately acting as secretary to government in the
territorial department, while Mr. Pringle was provisioual
member of council, has proceeded to take up his appoint-
ment as collector at Poonah. A very laborious duty, that
of arranging and translating the documents belonging to
the late Peishwa, referring to revenue and territorial mat-
ters, has been imposed upon him, but few men are b^tter
fitted to discharge it, or more likely to do so satisfactorily.
—Mr. D. A Iliane, revenue commissioner, arrived at the
Presidency, and tool: his place as provisional member of'
council under appointment from the Court of Directors, on
the Ist instant.—The hon. the Governor and his family,i
who were summoned back to the presidency before they
had completed their intended sanatory sojourn in the
Deccan, arc about to spend a month at Khandalia until the
heats of October become moderated at Bombay. They will
occupy the mansion of Sir Jamserjee Jeejeebhoy.—The rains
since our last have resumed again, though the fall has been
extremely moderate. The monsoon appears now to be draw-
ing rapidly to a close, and we want only the Elephanta, with
its thunders and lightnings, to clear the sky, when the fair
weather may be looked for as set in for the season. The
esplanade bungalows begin to be set up again.
THE LIBERTY OF THE PAPA:, The conduct of
Captain Durand, commissioner of the Tenassesim provinces,
to the proprietor and editor of the Matdmain Chronic/e, has
drawn down the censure of acarly. the whole newspaper
press. The proprietor of the Chronicle had rendered him-
self peculiarly obnoxious in consequence of the animadver-
sions on government which appeared in his paper. Shortly
after this, having lost his foreman, the paper fur some weeks
appeared without the printer's name on the imprint. It
was by no means certain that the Calcutta regulations
enjoining the observance of this, were intended to
apply to the l'enasserim provinces, which are beyond
the limits of Hindostan altogether: but government having
intimated that they should hereafter be made to apply,
the proprietor of the Chronicle immediately remedied the
omission, which had occurred apparently through accident
or inadvertence. This was not enough ; and he was sum-
moned before the local court to defend himself for the vio-
lation of a law at the time it was not known to be in force
in the province. Having spoken will perfect respectful-
ness and propriety in his own defence, he was fined 301.
for contempt of court, and a second attempt at exculpation
was met by nearly a similar visitation. Finally, his print-
ing establishment was shut up, he himself ordered to be im-
prisoned for the space of two years, and to be mulct in a
penalty of 3001., for the violation of the es post facto press
regulations! The arbitrariness and tyranny of the pro-
ceeding is unheard of : it has not met with one single de-
fender. There has not, as yet, been time for the interfer-
ence of the supreme authority : it is to be hoped when this
occurs, the extreme indiscretion of the commissioner will be
visited as it deserves.—Bombay Times, Sept. 15.
From the Madras Atheniruns, Sept. 12.
THE NIZAM'S DostmoNs.—Until the last few days
our accounts from Hyderabad were to the effect that the
expulsion of the Kohillas from the Nizam's dominions was
not likely to be carried into effect, our Resident, General
Fraser, having, according to native reports, received instruc-
tions from the Supreme Government to abstain from inter-
ference in the matter. Our latest intelligence, however,
which extends to the 31st ultimo, informs us that the threat-
ened expulsion has at length been commenced, though
whether partially or generally is at present uncertain. A
party of the Rohillas, amounting to about five hundred,
surrendered to a detachment of the Contingent which had
been soft against them, and which was afterwards sent to
escort the prisoners half way to Elliehpoor, where another
detachment had orders to relieve them. A story is afloat to
the effect that by the time the relief took place about two
hundred and fifty of the Itobillas had made their escape, and
that but few of the remainder accompanied the detachment
to Ellichpoor; and since General Fraser has issued orders
for the seizure of the fugitive Rohillas wherever they may
be fallen in with, there appears to be some truth in the
rumour. It will be no easy matter, it is supposed, to drive
these obnoxious parties altogether out of the Deccan, but
assuming this to be effected it will be still leas easy to restrain
their turbulence elsewhere. Territorial acquisition cannot
beano.% ed them wherever they may be deported to, and the
only alternative left them therefore will be either to perish or
subsist by plunder, " which last resource," as a Veal con-
; temporary observes, " would be only a way of arriving at the
same end, and by a different process."