The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-05 00:00:00

PESHAWUR.

The Peshawar correspondence extends to the 12th May,
beginning on the 28th April, on which day news having
come in to the effect that the Yoosoofmtie people seemed
I;kely to refuse payment of their revenue, the Governor,
Share Singh, ordered off a detachment consisting of five
guns, one battalion of infantry and some cavalry, Into that
country. A servant of Maharajah Ghoolab Siugh, named
Mommund Singh, is reported to have arrived on the same
day at Peshawur with the declared object of enlisting Aff-
ghans into the service of his master. The troops la ft
Peshawur on the 29th for the North, and crossed the
Cahoot River at Mashers on the 3rd of May; but no
accounts corresponding with those of a late date given in
cur Lahore letters, of the proceedings of the detachment,
appear to have been received at Peshawur up to the time
our messenger left ; no doubt our next letter will give the
full particulars of the little war carried on by Governor
Share Singh against the Toosoofgaie tribe. Ursulla Khan,
Subdewal, seems to have been at the head of the refractory
people, and we gather from our correspondence that he had
collected a considerable force to oppose the Sikh battalions,
and definite accounts of his proceedings and evident hostile
intentions having come on the 11th May, more troops were
sent off ; our correspondent tells us incidentally that the
number of guns at Peshawur, and in the different forts
around, amounts to 29, but we suspect this must be short of
the mark, as the troops are said to be about 8,000 in number,
and these alone, with four guns to every 600 men, ought to
muster 6t; but perhaps he only meant large guns.—Dell ti
Gazette, June 27.

CEYLON.

The legislative council assembled on the 15th of
June, when the Governor delivered a speech, in which he
congratulated the members on the disappearance of the
cholera, and on the financial condition of the colony during
the past year, which compared with the preceding one, on the
balance of income over expenditure, shows an increase of
nearly 10,0001. Yet the expenditure in public works of
utility in that year (1845), was greater than that of 1844 by
73,3.571. On the other hand, for so much of the present
year as had elapsed, the financial accounts exhibit, as
compared with corresponding months of 1845, a alight
diminution of income, but an increase et expenditure.
The results however are distinctly to be referred to indepen-
dent and temporary causes, and are by no means to be re-
garded as evidence of any interruption in the progress of the
colony ; the deficiency in the receipts, and especially in the
' Customs, has arisen indirectly from the temporary difficulty
in the money market and directly from the suspension of the
sales of Cinnamon on the Government account ; whilst the
increase of expenditure is referable in the first place to the
fact that 34,1081. of the arrears of former years became
chargeable within the last four months and only 17,4511.
within the corresponding period of 1845,—and secondly that
the augmented scale of expenditure in the various depart.
meats of public works. commenced in the last year, has been
continued in this; as well as the increase in the salaries of
the civil servants and their establishments, which did not
occur till the month of July in the ye .r 1845.
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21.D' court.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
returned to his residence at Kew on Thursday afternoon.
The Bailiff of Guernsey had an interview with Sir
George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office.
Dr. Gillh•est, Inspector-General of Army Hospitals,
had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-
office.
Mr. Edward Rice, M.P., had an interview with
'the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, in Downing-
street.
Lord Ashley had an interview yesterday with Sir
George Grey.
Mr. Francis Baring had an interview with Earl
Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Harrington had
also an interview with the noble Earl yesterday.
Dr. Lindley had an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday. Mr. Rickman had also an interview with
the right hon. baronet, at the Home-office.
Lord and Lady John Russell left town yesterday,
on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, at their
seat, The Grove, Watford, Herts.
Earl Grey left town yesterday afternoon, on a visit
to the Earl of Clarendon, Grove Park, Herts.

(From last night's Gazette.)
WHITEHAL.I., SEPT. 2.—The Queen has directed
letters patent to be paned under the Great Beal, venting
the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland unto David Pollock, Esq., Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Bombay.

METROPOLITAN DRAPERS' ASSOCIATION.—The an-
nual general meeting of assistants in the Regent-street dis-
trict was held last evening in the School-reem of the Scotch
Church, Swallow-street, for the purpose of electing the
district committee for the ensuing year. The chair was
taken by Mr. 0. S. Nicelion. A short report, read by Mr.
J. Purdy, the secretary, stated that there were 668 segments
in the district, out of whom only 253 had subscribed to the
Rinds of the association. During the year 501. 3s. 4d. had
beet received as subscriptions to the association, and
784. 14s. 10ed. towards the 5,0061. fund. The report being
received, the committee was nominated for the ensuing
year. Mr. Nash, the secretary of the central association,
detailed the proceedings of that body. They had resolved
to abolish every distinction, and to unite with the assistants
of all other trades, the " Metropolitan Drapers' Association"