The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-30 00:00:00

THE. EXPRESS, MONDAY Evrima, MAY 30, 1953•

the inspection seas over. Rain had fallen in some of
the districts, and agricultural operations were in
progress. Ihe weather was, however, very but
throughout the country.

THIS PUNJAUB.
Brigadier Hodgson's force having chastised the
Slicoranees during the three days they were in the
hills, returned to I)rabund on the sth inst.. and next
day proceeded southward, to bring the Khusranee
tribes to their senses, after which they would return
to l'eshawnr, as the weather was becoming very hot.
The troops were in high health and spirits, ready to
march anywhere, and do anything required. Lahore
had been visited by a thunder storm and a little rain
on the 10th and 12th, which had served to cool the
atmosphere. The chief commissioner was about to
proceed on a fortnight's tour to Jullundhur and
llatala. Gaieties of all kinds prevailed at Mooltan.
A grand ball had been given by Aber-
crombie's troop of Horse Artillery, on the occasion
of their inspection, the bands of the 11th and 51st
Native Infantry having been lent by their officers on
the occasion. The Jhelum had just arrived front
Kurrachee ; the beer taken up by her cost the
owners one pound sterling per dozen, viz., 12s. in'
Bombay, 2s. carriage to Kurrachee, and Gs. from this
latter place by government steamer to Mooltan.
Such exorbitant charges, of course, arc tantamount
to a prohibition of the use of the beverage, and I
would advise Allsopp and Barclay at once to move
in the matter. Very little rain had fallen this sea-
son, but the weather was cool and pleasant—ther-
mometer never higher than 78 degrees. Colonel
Marshall was expected from Calcutta to assume
command of the 12th Native Infantry. The Maha-
rajah Goolsub Siogh has bestowed 2,5001. more
(making 10,0001. in all) on the Lawrence Asvluw, in
testimony of the esteem and regard in which his
highness holds the gallant officer who has just left
the Punjaub after years of incessant and successful
exertion for its benefit.

P.S. The papers received this morning supply the
following items. Captain Fytche, with 200 Euro-
peans and 300 Karens, is sway after the robber
chief, Meah Toon,and no doubt hope they may catch
him. News from Peshawar to 16th April. Robbe-
ries were of frequent occurrence. The brigadier had
proceeded on a tour, and all who could get away to
the Muree hills to escape the hot weather were doing
so. The detachment of the 9th Native Infantry at
Abuzai had been relieved by ene from the 20th.
Hyder Khan, stepson of the Momund Chief Saadut
Khan, is dead. All appeared quiet on the frontier.
Major Jacob's (Scinde Horse) wound in the thigh,
caused by the accidental discharge of his pistol (Colt's
revolver), was doing well. The Murrees, taking
heart on hearing of Jacob being laid up, were
preparing for another descent into the plains.
Some uproar has taken place in Twhoot,
and two companies 44th Native Infantry have been
ordered to be in readiness to proceed to quell it
should they be requiree. Pr. B. Macleod, C. 8., had
left Delhi on the 20th inst. for Umballa. Brigadier
Hodgson, with the force under his' command (five
companies Ist Punjaub Infantry, Coke's, and half of
one of the police battalions), consisting of some 730
men, reached the head-quarters of the Khusranees,
in the Batee defile, on the night of the 11th, and,
after a stout resistance on the pert of the enemy,
obliged them to fly in all directions. We had one
killed, and some nine or ten wounded. The Khus-
ranee, had heard of our approach, and erected
breastworks in the pus, from which they were ousted
by our skirmishers. The force then entered the
plain, and in a few hours burnt and destroyed every
village they came across, retracing their steps to the
place they Ind left in the morning (Pehor), and thence
returned to Dhera Futteh Khan—the place which
last year felt the fury of the very tribe
now so severely chastised by Brigadier Hodgson.
The ex-ruler of Bahawnlpore was expected at Lahore
on the 25th inst. ; he was on his way from Mooltan
under an escort. A violent storm had occurred at
Sealkote on the 11th April, when upwards of four
and a half inches of rain fell. 20,0004 have been
granted for church building purposes in the Punjanb.
Very heavy rain had fallen at Lahore and in the
surrounding country betwixt the 16th and 19th, ac-
companied by hail in quantities. The weather had
become cool and agreeable in consequence.
Bengal papers of the 19th state that Brigadier
Huish was improving and was recovering the use of
his arms.

vett to the Emperor, whom offieen TIMMS their weal
functions.

The defeats experieseed by the troops have excited his
Majesty's indignation ; and, among others who have suf-
fered punishment is our quondam, Governor• General Su
Kwdogtsin, who has been sentenced to execution, and his
property e nfleested. That Fortin of it in Canton was
taken possession of a few days ago, valued, according to
the reports most creditable, at about 10,000 dole Several
other magnates are included in the same sentence, some for
deceiving the Emperor, others for notorious inefficiency,
and others again for permitting themselves to be defeated
by the insurgents. Among them we find the names of
Saishsngah, late prime minister ; Lab Kienying, Governor-
General of Klansman; Ching Liuh•tsai, suspended Gayer-
nor-General of Hu•kwangg ; Chant Fei, acting Gofer•
nor of Kiang-si ; and Twang Nanking, Ouvtrnor of
Ngan-hwui. These are ell the highest dignitaries i t com-
mand in the various quarters, and their summary punish-
ment shows that the supreme government can afford to
brook no neglect in the present Crisis. The general super-
intendence of matters has been meanwhile entrusted to
Hiang Yung, the officer mentioned in another part of the
paper as having heels degraded by Sn about a year ago. In
Canton the people seem to think that the latter has at last
but met his deserts, and no sympathy is expressed for his
fate. A final art of arbitrary tyranny on his departure
from Canton is now remembered against him. It is said
that on his way to the landing-place on leaving the city, he
passed by several paper figures placed in the sun to dry,
one of Which was headless; and that irritated at the baleful
augury, ho straightway ordered the paper images to be de-
stroyed and the ahopmen sent to prison, to the great detri-
ment of their affairs.

We have news from Shangbae to the 28th of Much,
when nothing wu certainly known of the fate of Nanking,
though rumours of its having been taken by the rebels were
very general. But though Nanking is within 200 miles,
communication seems either to have been stopped, or it is
kept secret by the Chinese authorities, who have adopted a
summary made of shutting the mouths of gossips. having
issued a proclamation enjoining the people quietly to mind
their own aff►irs, and not create alarms by spreading
rumouss about the rebels, they caused one or two persons
in the city to be seized and bambooed for saying Nanking
bad b; en taken, alleging they must be in communication
with the rebels, to speak so positively about their doings.
There are ow at Shanghae, beside her Majesty's brig
Lily, stationed there, tour war-steamers—two British
(the Hermes and Salamander), one French (the
Cassini), and one American (the Susquehanna). 'The
last arrived on the 27th, having on hoard Colonel Marshall,
the United States commissioner. Wrist all this force will
do, now that it is there, nobody can say ; but so far u the
English, and perhaps the French, vessels are concerned, the
general belief seems to be that they will do nothing—that
being Sir George Bonham's favourite policy, and in ordi-
nary times the most acceptable to the government at home.
His excellency was to go to Ningpo on Tuesday the
29th, but only for a short visit, and to bring away Mr;
Hague, the vice-consul in chum>, who is in bad health.
We understand the Taoutae offered a visit to Sir George
on his arrival at Bhsnghse, but it wu declined, the consul
being the proper officer for the Taoutae to communic►te
with.

The people of the large and important city of Suellen are
mid to be leaving it in great numbers, and removing their
families and property where it is thought they will be more
secure. If this be so, the negodation for the immunity of
the city, if it was ever opened, must have failed.

(Yee Commercial Intelligence, we pap 4.)

Cpt court. •

The Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess
of Mecklenburigh-Strolitz, and the Dachess Caroline of
Meeklenburgh-Strelits visited the Queen and Prince Albert
on Saturday afternoon at Buckingham Palace.
Prince Albert rode on horseback on Saturday morning,
attended by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, took gdi ire in a
carriage and four on Saturduy afternoon. Colonel the Hon.
Charles Grey and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon
attended on horseback.
The Queen and Prince Albert. attended by the Vie-
, countess Jocelyn, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Earl Somers,
Colonel the lion. C. Grey, Colonel Wylde, and Lieut.-
Colonel the lion. A. Gordon, honoured the performance of
French plays at St. James's Theatre, with their presence
on Saturday evening. Prince Albert, attended by Colonel
Wylde andlLieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, afterwards
honoured the Earl of Roue with a visit at his residence in
Connaugh•-place.
The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary of
Cambridge visited the Queen on Saturday.
The 1101). Caroline Cavendish and the Hon. Flora Mao-
donald have succeeded the lion. Lucy Kerr and the Hon.
Mary Balteel as the Maids of Honour in Waiting to her
Malady.
Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert, with
the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess
Alice, and the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Adelaide
of Hoheolohe, attended divine service in the Private Chapel
of Buckingham Palace. The lion. and Rev. Gerald Wel-
lesley officiated.
The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting and the Domestic
Household were also present at the service.
The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, the
Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklen-
burgh-Strelitz and the Duchess Caroline visited the Duchess
of Kent on Saturday at Clarence House, St. James's.
'rue Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Ade-
laide of Hohenlobe, and attended by Lady Anna Maria
Dawson and Ste George Couper, honoured the perfor-
mance of the French plays with her presence on Saturday
evening.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent paid a visit to
the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House,
and also visited the Hereditary errand Duke and Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz.
Hie Royal Highness the Duke of Genoa, brother of the
King of Sardinia, is expected to arrive in London on Tues-
day evening the 3114 so u to be enabled to be present at
her Mejesty's drawing-room on the 2nd of next month.
Apartments have been prepared for his Royal Highness at
Mivares. The Marquis d'Aseglio has been summoned by
the Duke to Paris, to attend his Royal Highness during his
journey from Paris to London.
The Duke is accompanied by two Aide-do-camps, Mar-
qois S. Mariano, end Count Della Valls. His Royal
Highness's stay in London will be about ten days.

)1. ?Sutures, the Turkish minister, had an interview
with the Earl of Clarendon, on Saturday, at the Foreign-
odes.

A Scotch deputation, headed by Mr. Hume, M.P. Sir
James Duke, M.P., and other members of parliament, had
an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen, on Saturday, at
his official residence in Downing-street.
A deputation from the General Screw Stearn Shipping
Company had an interview, on Saturday, with the Right
Hon. E. Cardwell, at the Board of Trade. The deputation
consisted of Mr. Ellis (chairman), Mr. Thomson and Mr.
Margetson (directors), Mr. Levee, and Mr. O'Blinie.
A deputation upon the subject of the metropolitan
bridges had an interview with Sir William Molesworth at
the Office of Works and Public Buildings on Saturday.
The deputation consisted of Mr. John Muterman, M.P.,
Mr. Benjamin Oliveira. M.P., Mr. William Cubist, M.P.,
Mr. George Legg, Mr. William Main, Sir Donbass Nat-
ter But, M.P., 11r. F. Slight, and Mr. R. J. Hood (Se-
credit, and Engineer, Brighton Railway), Mr. James
blacgregor, M.P. (Chairman South Eastern Railway),
Mr. S. H. Peto, M.P., Mr. John. M'Gregor, M.P., Mr.
James Wyld, Mr. Francis Benue's, Mr. W. Swift, bil.P.,
Mr. W. B. Judd, and Mr. H. Denby Seymour, M.P.
The Duke of Newcastle arrived in town on Saturday
morning from his seat, Clamber Park, Notts.
The cathedral commission had a meeting on Friday at
the office in Parliament.strest Present: the Archbishop
of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the Marquis of
Blandford, the Earl of Harrowby, the Bishop of Oaford,
Sir John Dodson, Sir John Prams, the Rev. Dr. Words-
worth, the Rev. Canon Selwyn, and the Rev. Richard
Jones (Secretary).
Despatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope
and also from the Governor of the Mauritius, were received
yesterday at the Colonial.office.

A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-
office, Downing-street, on Saturday afternoon. The
ministers present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord
John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville,
the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne,
Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the
Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right
Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth.
The Council sat three hours.

LIST OF D.C.L. DEGREES TO BE CONFERRED,
&c., AT THE ENCIENIA.—Among the distinguished indi
viduala who will be honoured by the university, we have
reason to believe will be the following :—Tbe Marquis of
Chandos, of Blandford, Earl of Hardwicke, Earl of
Eglinton, Earl of Malmesbnry, Lord Colchester, Lord
Redesdale, Lord Stanley, M.P., Lord St. Leonardo, Major-
General Sir E. Cost, Lieutenant-General Reeve, Sir E. L.
Bulwer, Bart., M.P., Sir Archibald Alison, Bart., Sir
Roderick Murchison, Mr. Philip Posey, Professor Aytoun,
Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., Right lon. S. R. Walpole,
M.P., Right Hon. J. W. Henley, M.P., Right Hon. Jos.
Napier, M.P., Mr. David Forbes, Right Rev. C. Words-
worth, Bishop of St. Andrew's, Scotland; Right Hon. T.
B. Macaulay, his Grace the Duke of Richmond,
Right lion. Sir J. 8. Pakington, M.P., Major-Genera Sir
H. Smith, Bart., the Bishop of Ohio, Mr. G. A. Hamilton,
24. P., Dr. Forbes Winslow, Mr. Samuel Warren.