The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-21 00:00:00

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that the quiet which hu lately Mead broken.
There vras about to be most effectually broken.
There was a report—a very circumstantial ems
that • plot had been dinovered at Lahore, to..
for its first object the namesination of Colonel Law-
rence, the Residing. It appeared from the accounts
received that the Queen-mother was at the bottom
of the plot, and that several discontented chiefs
about the wart were the elected isetnuaeste
her murderous design. The Resident wan to him,
been put to death en his newt apparent.
at Dntbar ; and what was to follow report mith
not. The rumour adds. however. that the colonel,
becoming acquainted with the pleas laid for
his thetrootsoa, west swerOtiray to the Dun-
bar, and upbraided the Sirdare with their medi-
tated treachery, telling them—en rens the story—
mightey would gain nothing by taking his life, but
have some one put over them more severs than
11* was, M Englied had rang raisers ready and iit
MI his plea, and would be awn avenge hie death.
Sir J Lk*" having retresvaktran hand* to
Lahore, ostensibly for thep~i~K is the
European troops at the apWbest it reaftiowas
said, with some men important eliatetiielbstammeil
to give ermatenanee to the ream Ent
more than a week has elapsed olusp we
lk%
heard of the alleged compiraey, nothing that bee
yet reached us from the north-west boo ,toodoi to
confirm the report. One of the
had heard • rumour of the Ranee beSsidia"rengagalar:
diabolical plot, and had reeeived, it
et the affair which it aid not data it d
mlost
to
rblish. But the other and mr=ilke later
.otraaliet give not a hint et wan, beyond
lan intimation that the real Neese et John Littler's
return was not that which was seigned for It. Under
these circumstances, our Trauma are beginning to
despair of thlt agreeable exedtemosat from the perusal
ot wellantheaticated amount, et treachery, murder,
rebellion, so& war, which seemedto be in store for
*um

- Om el lbeeeer taws =Nit =ma
Lahore' worthy of notice, of
Colonel Lawrence to visit Cashmere immodistaly ;
his presumed object being to sand his advise and
as to the Idaherajah Oolab Singh, on certain
points connected with the government of his' newly-
aegnired province. There are still various tales
afloat to the prejudice of his highaem's character for
gratitude and fidelity to his British patrons and
benefactors; but as there is every reason to believe,
that they originate in the ill-will borne to him by
some in high places at Lahore, they excite but little
attention, and receive no credit.
_ _

The new. from Peehawnr is still of reforms and re-
trenchments carried out under the management of the
British officers appointed to advise and superintend
the local government. Sultan Mahomed Khan, one
of the brothers of Dost Mahomed of Cabool, and for-
merly chief of the province, who has so long been
under surveillance at Lahore, having, through favour
of British influence, obtained leave to return to his
own country, has arrived at Peshawar, where he was
received with some state, and where he seems dis-
posed to take np his abode.

The latest alcounte from Cabool are to the 'l6th
of April, and are not of much interest, except
in so far as they inform us of the return of the
Ameer to his capital, after having, as is presumed,
seetled for the, present his feud with Ameer Khan,
the Gtdlzys chief with whom he was lately at war.
The remains of Akhbar Khan had been interred
with due solemnity at Balkh, and the ruler of Kho-
loom had undertaken to erect a suitable monument
over his grave.
Lucknow remains quiet. The bandit Dconghur
Singh has disappeared in the wilds of Beekaneer.
The Khoond insurrection appears to have been sup-
pressed.
At Hyderabad in the Deccan, the contingent has
been called in by the Nizam's Wuzeer, without the
consent of his master, for the ostensible purpose of
' suppressing a mutiny amongst the troops of the state
who bad struck for arrears of ;pay, but in reality, as is
supposed, to serve more selfish objects of the minister.
The temporary occupation of Hyderabad by the
subsidiary force might have resulted in disorder
and bloodshed; but the troops, though exposed to
great provocation, remained cool and firm, and thus
averted a threatened collision with the wild tribes
who throng the city. The conduct of the resident in
entering the place without the sanction of the Nizam
has been much criticised, and the more unfavourably,
as the demonstration does not appear to have had the
intended effect of reducing the mutineers to obedi-
ence. It %probable that this matter will lead to thel
interference of the supreme Government, which 'b
urgently needed.
It is reported, and with great appearance of proba-
bility, that the present peaceful times are to furnish
an opportunity for farther reduction of the mt=
establishment of the country, and of the cost u
by diminishing the number of European troops of the
royal army serving in the three presidencies. It is
mentioned as confirmatory of thus rumour that her
Majesty's 21st Foot and 3rd Dragoons are to be sent
home daring the next cold season.
The weather continues favourable on the whole.
There were a few excessively hot days last week,
when the thermometer rose to above 94 in a cool
room ; bat this has given place to a temperature 10
degrees lower, with cloudy skies and frequent rains.
There would appear to have been heavy weather near
the head of the bay lately, as no fewer than eight
vessels have put back within the last week or so.
The ship Framjee Cowanjee, laden with a valuable
cargo for London, has also put back, an attempt hay-'
mg been made by her Laacar crew to set her on fire.
The legislative council has put forth several acts
and drafts of acts lately, including one for leashing
the emigration of Indian labourers to Ceylon.
Calcutta lass been unusually barren of taatabilia
during the last three weeks. It is said that govern-
ment has appointed a committee to consider and
report upon plans to be submitted for a public
of paintings and works of art, the erection AZ
has been talked of ft% some time. Mesmerism, and
the use of ether as a substitute for it, have been the
subject of some discussion. A boy who had suffered
amputation of the thigh while ander the influence of
ether, died in a few hours afterwards; but it is
probable that his life could not have been saved under
any circumstances. It is reported this morning that
government has at length made up its mind to
authorise the publication of Dr. Eadaile's monthly
reports of his proceedings at the Mesmeric Hoepital.
The news of the " little war" in China will be old
in England ere our present dispatch arrives; and it
is, therefore, needless for us to notice the affair at
any length. The conduct of Sir John Francis Davis
is ridiculed throughout India.
Commercial affairs continue dull, and the Money
Market is still tight. Freights without much alter-
Exchange, lightly dreased, is now quoted
at 2s. Old. to 2s. oid. for first clam ten months' bills
on England.
P.S.—Jotes 2, NOON.—The Delhi Gazette of the
28th ult., just received, thus reports on the state of
affairs in the north-west :—" Our frontier continues
in the most blissful state of repose ; we have net
one word of the leeeterzlitical impoetamee lisps we
last, if we except, pa, the *it
Maharajah Goolab Singh has his determi-
nation to make Cashmere his el per mane,
abode."

MADRAS.
From Madras, June 9, information has been received
of a fresh breaking out of insurrection in Goonwoor.
The eubetanoe of it is simply, that Cholas Ilisohye has
managed somehow to muster a force at 6,000
strong, at the head of which he has peepatrated
several outrages, and that the sacrifles ci bar
human virago has been made by macs ci the hill
tribes, as a groat of their einem resolution to sand by
this arch revolter. Colonels Dios and are
represented as properties; all the esrraeUve masa-
sures that the emergency allowed of.

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