The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-23 00:00:00

At this juncture, the chiefs who had hitherto stood neutral
interfered and prevailed on the Witmer to seek a reconcilia-
tion with his fitther. This was, after conaiderab:c apparent
difficulty, effected in a dramatic style, by the Wu:me kneel-
ing to the Ameer, with his heads tied by a handker-
chief, which was immediately loosed by the exorable
father. The next morniag the " tiniteu Government" pro-
ceeded to dimaim the cause of its discussions, courteously, yet
decidedly. A council, very numerously attended, debated
the proposals of the Shah, and finally empowered the
Ameer to apply to them, to the effect that the Affghans
would be happy to meet the wishes of the Shah, but it was
out of their power to do so, unless the Shah was pre-
pared to march an army himself against the Bri-
tish, and prepared to supply them with the means
of creating one of their own to co-operate with
his. Widt this answer, much blarney and gifts of a mare
valuable degree of solidity, the envoy was dinakmed. The
Ameer then undertook the peaceable pacification of the
Gtilxyas, though to the deep annoyance of Irklibar Khan.
to whom Amez Khan !continued to maintain a posture of
the most contemptuous defiance. At the latest date it would
seem that the interTelltiqll of the Dost had been successful,
and the resumption of his rule welcomed by the disturbed
districts. An insurrection continued however to subsist near
Gbuznee, which was thought to require large drafts of troops
from the lower provinces.
BOUM/U.—The news from Central Asia is simply to the
effect that the army deputed to obtaiu the submission of the
Wullees of Kltoolo ;ad Balkh to the supremacy of
Beano, =effected that of:0ot. had remand the A.moo
memo flfomndt Moms r•—•
?foam Wear Pl3oVlNCM—Anbasi the enticellanies from
these quarters, we must mention that the heavy rains at
Ferozepore brought down the centre part of the new bar-
racks in the 62d lines; providentially, there was no one
injured. When are we to have ordinary care taken of our
soldiery ?
Mot- f.mele.—The arrival of the monthly steamer, two
' days ago from this port, shews a tempi. to disunion among
the authorities in the Tennaserim provinces, to the rights of
which as vet we have no published clue. Capt. Durand,
the Commissioner, has suspended both his principal as
Major Macleod and the Magistrate and Commandant of the
Local Corps, Litut Sharp—upon charges. brought against
them by Capt. Itowlandson, Sub-Assistant-Commissary
General: and the °Mc, rs so suspended have come up to
Calcutta, to submit their conduct to investigation by govern-
ment. . . . . .

Caterrev.—The rains h►re been very heavy in this city
during th^ last three weeks, though an alleviation has been
felt for a few days back. With regard to government mat-
ters we have had a committee appointed to enquire into Dr.
Estlaile's asserted mesmeric facts: and to give the Doctor
full leisure to substantiate his assertions, he has been relieved
from his civil duties at llooghly, and is operate in Calcutta,
during the period of enquiry. A marine registration act to
correct some of the eri!s under which the shipping in the
ports of India labour is also under consideration. A revised
interest has also been manifested in the scheme of wet-docks
for Calcutta, and the report of the Committee been pull-
, lished.

The Madras papers are chiefly occupied with im-
portant proceedings connected with the trials which
had recently taken place in the Supreme Court at
that l'residency. In the case of Swinton r. l'render-
gag there was a verdict for the plaintiff, and a like
finding in an action for trespass against Mr.
hdrymple, the police magistrate of Madras. Iluring
the trial of this latter case, it appears that Mr.
Dalrymple, feeling himself annoyed by certain re-
marks which were levelled at him by Mr. Smyth, the
plaintiffs counsel, at the conclusion of the trial, rose
in a state of excitement to address the Court on the
subject ; but the judges declined to hear him, at the
same time expressing their opinion that Mr. Smyth
had not exceeded the license allow to counsel.
Mr. Dalrymple, however, thought proper to send
a friend to Mr. Smyth, who, not feeling himself
called on to go out for having done his
duty in the Supremo Court, caused a rule to
be moved for, calling on Mr. Dalrymple to show
cause why a criminal information should not be filed
against him. The motion was granted, and, in
showing cause against the rule, Mr. Dalrymple's
counsel eontended that there was no legal proof that
Major Anstruther, the friend alluded to, had acted
under instructions from Mr. Dalrymple, and the
Court felt bound to admit the plea, and the rule was
consegir ntly
.discharged.
The following, which furnishes the latest and most
authentic information, from the Cuddapah districts, is
from the Oreetrnd itthemewo
From the local journals we have made various °streets
containing accounts of serious disturbances in the Cuildapah
districts. It is not easy to reconcile these statement., or to
give anything like a connected statement of the origin and
progress of the outbreak, but the following narrative, con-
tained in a letter published by a local contemporary, seems
to have more of truthin it than is to he found in the generality
of reports that have reached us.
" A certain Reddy, who was also a Jaghiredar, residing
iu the Talook of Coolgoonteh, in the northern part of this
district, was lately deprived of his Jaghire, said to be wor h
19,000 rupees per anr.um,—for what reason is not kuowu
here—and after petitioning in vain for its restoration to the
authorities here, he it appear• went to Hyderabad,
and laid his complaint before the Nieam's govern-
ment, requesting their int•oferenee, as he claimed
to have held it under some deed or grant which was
confirmed when these districts were ceded to the com-
pany. in 1900, by the NiZaM of that period. Alter exhaust.
mg his patience at this Court, he was told the Government
could not interfere ; but received a hint that lie ought to re-
dress himself, as that was the way they managed matters in
that country, without troubling the Government : that if he
could not muster men enough in the Cu 'dapah district,
there were enough and to spare at Hyderabad, of Robilias
and Arabs, who would gladly go with hint fos the sake of
plunder. The Reddy is said to have acted on this suggestion,
and to have left Hyderabad at the head of some 200 followers
of the above description. When arrived near Coolguntab,
he commenced plunge ring the villages in that part. On
intelligence of this reaching the Tahsildar of Coolgoontah, he
~ent off some twenty Peons, with a warrant to arrest the
offender, who, without resistance, allowed himself to be
brought before the Tahsildar; and while being examined as
to his proeeedings, which he did not deny, the Tahsildar was
most unpleasantly surprised to find among his auditors a
large number of armed Arabs, who had quietly but most
effectively surrounded the Cutcherry and made the T. and
all his Peons prisoners.; while another formidable body of
these men surrounded the fort—placing guards on all the
gates; resistance was made, however, by the police in the first
instance, but it was speedily put down by overw%clmino.
numbers. One police duffadar, one moonshee, and fifteen
peons arc stated to have been killed or wounded,
and the Tahsildar, moreover, mutilated and taken pri-
soner. After remaining in possession of the fort fer two
days, the more effectually to plunder the town and
treasury, they took an easterly direction, and passing
through one of the formidable passes in the Nulla Nulls
mountaias, they have taken up their quarters in some
villages of the sub-division, about 50 miles from us here,
and at the foot of the above hilts. The Tal.sildars of
Curalvain and Budwail, with all their disposable peons,
were ordered out a few days ago to watch the passes in their
respective Talooks, and co-operate with a strong detachment
of the 19th N.I. from Cumbum, for the purpose of driving
them from the district. Report has it, that the detachment
hating come upon the robbers, who took up a position in the
jungle, they were unable to effect anything, losing a huvildar
and 12 aepoys in killed and wounded. This day's tappal
brings word that the Comb= Tahsildar and his party were
overpowered—the former, with 5 sepoys and several peons,
having been shot; that the detachment, unable to effect any-
thing, was in full retreat on Cumbum ; and that the peons
had fled in all directions, leaving the country entirely at the
mercy of the robbers. I sincerely trust the above report is
greatly exaggerated, but I give it as I received it—and that
too from a respectable native authority."
"Some accounts make it out that surscema Reddy, which
is the name of this freebooting chief, is at the head of nine
thousand men, and there certainly does appear reason for
supposing that he has a numerous force, since troops have
been reqiired from several stations to put him down. A
detachment under Captain Nott has had a sh.rp brush with
the rebels, great numbers of whom were killed, but the
Reddy himself escaped, and it is not known whither he has
lied. A correspondent of the Athenrrum makes mention of
a sad blonder that has been committed in reference to this
affair of the Reddy and his followers. The collector, on re-
ceiving intelligence that his auxiliaries had been beaten by
the insurgents, raised a pasty of the hill people to go in pur-
suit of the assailants, This party, it is said, were mistaken
for the mauraders, and the Assistant Commissioner sent some
horsemen to attack them, when the error was dico-
vercd, but not until about sixty lives had been sacrificed.
A correspondent in the disturbed district thus
writes to the Madras Spectator:—

" About the Bth of July a dissatisfied pensioned Pollttar
attacked the Coelkontla Treasury, killed ore Duffadar,
wounded some Peons, took the Tasildar prisoner, and then
retreated on Rodra, his head-quarters; having stopped the
Cudd:pah tappal, he intended looting Jummulmudgoo,
NOO3IIIII, and the wealthy Pooditoor, but he had no idea or
being intercepted from the Kurnool aide; from wh, nee Lieut.
Russell, with one troop, had started the very day of the out-
break, reaching Coelkontla the next day, and after some dif-
ficnlty is crossing the swollen streams, arriving at Nalgnontla
in front of Rodra; thus intercepting any communication with
the interior of thc district, and preventing the Polirar from loot-
ing any village. A V akccl who was sent to call or. the Poligar to
surrender, was seized and put in irons. Finding the position
very stro ,g, and the insurgents amounting to about 9,000,
the mud being knee-deep, Lieutenant Russell waited for the
detachment of the 19th Regimetlt N. 1., under Captain H.
Nott, who was nnfortunatel7 detained by the swollen state
of the river Penaar. Before the arrival of this detachment,
the Poligar had crossed the Illahnundy hills, carrying his
ginjabo, powder, ere. with him, when it was ascertaised-that
be had taken T..p his abode at Kota Kotta, on the Cumbum
side. The detachment of the 19th, andon, troop crossed the
Ohaut, leaving two companies of the 6th N. 1., under Captain