The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-31 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY, Four o'Clock.
OVERLAND INDIA MAIL.

The Overland Mail from India, rid Marseilles,
has arrived, with dates from Calcutta, the Ath ; Ma-
dras, the 10th; and Bombay, the 19th July. We
have no later news from China than that which we
received on the 20th July ; the mail from Hoeg
Kong not havin,s reached Ceylon when the kit
amounts left that island.
The news by the present mail is not of moment.
Tranquillity continued to prevail throughout the Pea-
jatib. The conspiracy which was talked of some duo
back had lost all importance. In the Harareb,cerseen-
lain districts, the chiefs who had refused to submit to
Gholab Siogh had since been pacified by bailee
placed under the government of Lahore.
Sultan NlahommedKlan of the Sikh Artillery, bad
been appointed dewan of 'the Hazareh country. The
nomination of a Mussulman to such an office, a mea-
sure intended to conciliate the people, who are mostly
Mahomedans, originated, it was said, with the
British authorities. The residency at Lahore was
engrossed with measures for the surveillance and ar-
rangement of attain., and assistants had gone in one
direction into the Ilarareh country, and the other to
Cashmere. It is stated that the incessant attention of
Colonel Lawrence to the arduous duties of his office
had done severe damage to his health, and that it was
probable he would have to leave Lahore for a while,
to try the elfect of rest and purer air. During Col.
Lawrence's absence, his brother would assume the
duties of the residency. A mission, intended, it was
understood, for the promotion of oommercial relations
with Thibet, would be dispatched to that country, in
charge of Lieutenant Strachey. It was also officially
announced that an annual fair is to be established, if
possible, at Tetalya, near Dargeeling, intended to at-
tract there the trade of Thibet, Sikkim, Bhutan. &c.
Some doubts were entertained of the success of the

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project.
At Cebool there had been farther differences be-
tween Host Mahommed and the Persian inhabit-
ants called Ruzzilbashes ; and fights took place, in
which 70 or 80 persons were killed. A peace had
been arranged between them. The Dost appears to
have abundant employment in maintaining quiet
amongst the refractory tribes.
The provinces of the Nizam were not, by last ac-
manta, free from serious disturbances. The clamours of
the soldiery there, occasioned by long arrears of
pay, had so much increased as to cause ;the prince
urgently to repeat his appeal to our resident for sup-
port. It was sail that a force would be sent in that
direction after the rains. There is at the same time a
piece of information from Hyderabad affording matter
for congratulation—namely, that the Nizatn, acting'
under the advice of the British resident, had abolished
transit duties in his dominions. It is certain that the
proposal for establishing a bank at Hyderabad had
been abandoned, the projectors not having been
able to agree in their arrangements.
To the eastward of the Nizam's territory, in the
Goomsoor country, the misunderstanding between the
inhabitants who practise human sacrifices and our
authorities still existed. One of the chiefs, Chokra
Bissaye, had at one time offered to surrender himself
upon terms, but subsequently refused.
In Gude the d' t between the King and
his Wis meri the eadintonito_
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were, of worse, Its vistius. The Xing is adoßeeed to
every kind of vice, and the Wureer, the sane who
was wounded in the affair of the four Patens, was
quits unable to control his master. Col. Richmond,
the British Resident, had interfered, but in vain, and
the necessity for using coercive measures in that
quarter was becoming manifest.
The Governor-General and the Commander-in-
Chief of India remained at Simla, during the rainy
months. They were busy in reducing the troops, so
as to save nearly 1,000,0001. sterling per annum. Some
40,000 Sepoys have been removed from the na-
tive army, and six royal regiments are to be sent out
of India. It was said that Lord Hardingo would
leave the Hills for Calcutta in October, and Lord
Gough somewhat later in the year. It was also
stated that the deputy-governor, Sir Herbert Mad-
dock, would leave the country about April next, at
which time his term of service expires. There was,
of course, much speculation as to who would succeed
Lord Hardinge, and the Marquis of Normanby had
been mentioned in more quarters than one.
Sir Chalice Napier appeared to be desirous of quit-
ting India, and had applied to the Governor-General
for a steamer to convey himself and family direct
from Kurrachee to Suez in the month of September
or October.
With regard to Scinde, it was expected that Mr.
Pringle, at present commissioner of revenue in the
northern provinces, would succeed Sir C. Napier,
with the rank of commissioner. From that province
they eomp'ain only of the heat and of some early
ewes of fever. Lady Napier had suffered severely
in health, but was better by the latest intelli- '
genre. A band of Thugs and poisoners from Bengal
had been discovered at Kurrachee. These wretches
were seized and thrown into gaoL A court-martial
in Scinde had tried a man for striking a superior
Mfieer, and sentenced him to receive two hundred
luhes ; but it now appears that the requisite number
of members to constitute a legal court were not pre-
sent, and so the whole proceedings are null and void.
Steam navigation between Ferozepore and Kurrachee
bad commenced. The first steamer had left Sukkur
on her voyage up the Indus.
In Bombay some strange frauds had been dis-
covered in the supply of coal to the Indian navy. Two
persons bad been tried and found guilty of obtaining
the price of 100 tons, which they never delivered.
These persons, Mr. Hubbard, of the firm of Hubbard,
Collett, and Co., and Mr. Conductor Livingston, in
charge of the government coal depot, have been sen-
tence(' each to two years' imprisonment. Mr. Hubbard's
broker, a Parsee, named Cursetjee Merwanjee who
was to have been tried with him, traversed to 1
next sessions. Other frauds, including one in
which Messrs. IL Cumming and Nephew, and the
same Cursetjee Merwreijee and Conductor Livingston
wen. concerned, was being inquired into by the
magistrates, tes, preparatory to the case being sent up ler
trial at sessions. r a long time there had been
"short deliveries" of coals to the company's steamers,
and it is believed that the government have been de-
frauded to an enormous extent. Considerable sym-
pathy was expressed on behalf of Mr. Hubbard, who,
'twee thought, may have been victimized by the Parsee
broker. The Governor and the Commander-in-Chief
sf Bombay remained at Poona.
There is still no news of the hon. company's steamer
Cleopatra, which left Bombay some three months
back for Singapore. There is hardly now a hope IA
respecting her, although a vessel had recently been
sent upon her track. None but large and efficient
steamers can be safely employed on such service. One
of that description, the Musofir, was already built,
and three others were in progress.
Trade was depressed in Calcutta, and similar coin-
plaints are made from Bombay ; but in both places
they were cheered by brighter prospects from the
favourable state of the crops.
(From the Overland Bombay Times of Jt.ly 19.)
8011111ARY.—We have passed another month without any
rumour or trophy of war to excite the English reader, but
With note few of the fruits of peace wherewith to gratify
those who are more delighted with the welfare of India than
the thrill of excitement the march of armies awakens. The
mat pefonnd tranquillity reigns throughout the Porkjaub.
&MS readjustenents and changes of small importance have
emend en the Kha'gra frontier of the Jullundhur Doab.
Cd. Lemnos is about to proceed to the hills, his health
!owing suffered *evenly from excessive occupation. Mr. J.
unman will, it is WA, ids at the residency during. his
hillsellaineace. Ms Illabian:Jah ofJeypore after haring
&bibbed. sense sad Inhatieide, has put an end 'to slave deal--
A.. 111 auselbeet lii d forbidden the very name of
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.......idist thus As bawdier witness, aid, or abet
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