The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-03 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY. Four o'Cock.

INDIA AND CIIINA.

Intelligence has reached town by Lieut. Waghorn's
Extraordinary Express, ri4 Trieste, with news from
Bombay to the 27th of August.
The rainy season had not then terminated, and
until the return of the fine weather nothing of
en extraordinary nature was apprehended. The
monsoon had been most favourable in all parts of
India, and the pLople engaged in agricultural pursuits
were contented. . .

The Sikh government was in a tottering state,
for the Queen-Mother and her paramour, the
Weiner, Loll Singh, had no hold on the affections
of the people. On the contrary, those abandoned
characters were looked upon as traitors to their
country, and the opportunity of the withdrawal of
the British army of occupation was awaited by the
Khalsees, and other fanatics, in order to avenge their
wrongs on the present head; of the Lahore govern-
ment.
The British authorities were not idle in making
preparations for the approaching convulsion in the
Slltle territory. Regiments were forming at Feroze-
rre and emballa, for the purpose of absorbing some
of the best of the disbanded Stich soldiers. .1n army
was also to be ready on the Sutlej and Beaa, to pro-
tect the British frontiers, and in case of necessity to
put down the Sikh revolution.
Lords Hardinge and Gough were at Simla, in the
immediate vicinity of the scenes where they gained
their peerages last jour, and where new honours now
await them.
Gholab Sleigh is reported to be in a very unsatis-
factory state, not only on account of the turbulent
chiefs over whom he obtained the rule, by advancing
large sums of money last March, but also from his
own intrigues,. which prevent him from conforming
with the promises of the treaty. It was said that
several British olliners had been murdered iu his
,ter-
ritory and by hie instigation, but the story is not
•
sufficiently authenticated to be implicitly relied on.
The Sikh province of Moulton Is still at war with
the Wuzeer Loll Singh, and the Mahoinedain chief of
that fertile district its been victorious in some
rencontres with the Silk troops.
Sciatic is tranquil, and with the prospect of an
abundant harvest. The fail of rain along the Indus
has this year been greater than during any season
since 184. The prospects of the ithabitants are
improved, and they are, therefore, satisfied. The
cholera, ater having ravaged Kurrachee and Hyde-
robed, attacked the villages along the Indus. There
was some sickness at Sukkur, which caused the re-
moval of Her Majesty's 17th Regiment to the sea
coast.
There was a rumour circulated of the speedy re-
tirement from Scinde of Sir Charles Napier, whose
health is described as seriously affected by the
climate. It was further said that the new Governor
of Bombay (Sir Henry Pottinger, supposed, from his
knowledge of SeindC, to have been selected), would
be empowered to make arrangements for the final
settlement of Scinde as a British province. Five re-
giments were, it was said, to be removed from Scinde
as soon as the fine weather set in. The probability
however existed of the occupation by the British of
the city of :Moulton, which, from its locality, would
form an excellent emporium for British goods, and
a corresponding capital for the western part of India,
in some degree resembling Calcatta in the eastern
division.
The next few months are pregnant with important
events in relation to the western frontier of India.
In Cabul. the focus of Afighan, Ilersian and
Russian intrigues, an attempt has been made to
enlist Host Mahomed in another plot against the
British. The agent in this scheme had come from
Persia, but the old Dost was too wary to expose
himself again to the chances of a conflict with the
British, particularly after their recent successes at La-
hore. His son, the notorious Akhbar Khan, was not
pleasedwith the pacific policy of his tuther,and hewas
eager to have an opportunity of regaining possession
cf Peshawar, and even of Cashmere. Intrigues and
counterplots were in full play at Cabul.
In the newly-acquired provinces of Jullunder and
the dooab of the Boas, the British troops have, during
six months, been healthy. The fertilily of these dis-
tricts is very great, and the inhabitants appear de-
lighted at the prospect of being allowed to carry on
their industry, and to collect its product, secure of
being treated with justice by the British authorities,
and not with tyrannous exaction such as their former
Sikh rulers practised.
An attempt was made by the British resident at
the Nieant's Court to al range the pecunialy affairs of
that country. Some refractory landholders have been
compelled to give aceconts of their demands, and the
lawless mercenaries, who have proved hitherto to be
such a curse to that stair, have been disbanded or
expelled from the Nizam's dominions. This decision
of the British government to introduce good order
into the Nizam's finances will, it is to be hoped, pro-
duce the best results.
The conquest of the Island of Bally, which is now
attempted by the Dutch, continues to he the source of
much observation at Singapore. It appears to have
the tacit assent of the British government ; for other-
wise the treaty of 1824 is evidently opposed to the
extension of the Dutch territory in the eastern
islands.
Several transports with detachments of her Majes-
ty's Bth regiment of Infantry, and of the 10th regi-
ment of Hussars, had arrived in Bombay, but there