The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-21 00:00:00

INDIA AND k HINA.

By the overland mail, via Marseilles, waived this i
morning, we have accounts f-om Hong Kortr 2ith
April; and from Calcutta, 3rd; Madras, 9th; and I
Bombay 12th May.
The moat important news communicated by the
present mail i, that conflrning the reported murder of
two British officers at Moulton. It will be reinem-
bend that the governor of that place, Dewan
Moolraj, in consequence of a spirit of disaffection
which he had manifested to the Sikh government,
had been ordered to settle his accounts and pay I
up lis arrears of revenue. This order he evaded,
on one pretence or other, so filet it became
trzessary to name a successor, Khan Singh, who set
nut from Lahore on the sth of April, accompanied by
Mr. Vans Agnew, of the Bengal Civil Service, and
Lieut. Anderson, of the Bombay Fthiliers, and arrived
at the seat of his government on the 18th of that
month. They were well received by the former
governor, but a quarrel was soon picket with
some of their folowtrs, and both the English-
men were wounded. S. eing themsaves about to
he massacred by treachery, they retreated, with
Khan Singh and their wort, to a small fort cuteido
the walls of Moulton, where for twenty-four hours
they maintained themselves, but tie rebel troops
hastened to attack the fort. Licut. Anderson,
being severely wounded, was unable to rise from his
bed. Mr. Vans Agnew shook hands with him and I
bade him an eternal adieu. lie then prepared to
defend himstlf, and as the soldiers, with which his
escort had by this time fraternized, entered his
room, he drew his sword and cut down the first
assailant. Ile was instantly shot, and his body, as
w,ll as those of Li, Anderson and their ap carp,
Mr. Wilainerin, was hacked to pieces, and treated
with every indignity. The new governor, Khan
Singh, was wounded, and made prisoner by the troops
of Moultan. As seen as news of the insurrection
arrived, orders we re instantly issued at Lahore to
send a corps to Moultan; but they were counter-
manded when the death of the two officers was
known. It was said that a force of four regi-
ments would be despatched from Bombay to
Karrachee, so as to form a disposable force
in Scinde; but it was feared that they would
not be able to reach that place, in consequence of the
south-west monsoon. The Indus was then in a fit
state for navigation by steamers and flat-bottomed
boats, which could reach within a mile and a half of
Moultan, by going up the Chenaub (Acesines). Capt.
Christopher, of the Indian Navy, who is well ac-
quaint( d with the river, was to proceed to Kurachee
from liombay on the 13th of May. There was a number
of boats ready at different stations on the Indus, and a
heavy battering train was ready at Sukkur, which
could be conveyed with speed to attack .Moultan.
Time only was wanted to prepare the expedi-
tion before the monsoon set in. There was no
doubt that proper arrangements would be adopted
for rending two strong corps against the rebels, the
sae from Ferozepore and the other from Kurrachee,
as soon as the season allowed the troops to move.
There was no truth in the various rumours current
Isapecting a combination amongst the Sikh troops,