The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-05 00:00:00

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of Orolnua's Town,
' cattle.

.48th Regiment reached
August, in the Resistance
troop ship, 'front the River Plate, and would proceed
to the froatiar as soon as it could be re-equipped. The
Apollo, with the 73rd Regiment, was daily expected.
The reported death of Sir A. Ricketts, Bart., com-
mander of the Helena sloop-cd-war, has not
been oon6uned, but there is no doubt that
the crew and officers of both this vessel
and the Conway, 26, have suffered severely
from fever. Rear-Admiral Dawes had ordered the
Cape squadron to join hint at the Mauritius, intend-
ing, it was supposed, to make a display at Mada-
gascar, against which the French were about to
commence hostilities, having collected 1,500 troops on
an island to the northward.
The following, containing the latest news from the
frontier, is from the Graham's Town Gazette:

RIIIIIIART FOR THE wEEL
The information which has malted the colony :rem the
colonial forces across the boundary is meagre, and as far as
it goes not very setisfactory. The troops were is motion ;
but it would appear that from the long delay that has taken
place, the Kaffirs have had ample time trvacete the country,
and to drive the fine herds of cattle they have swept from
the colony far into the interior. Thousands of oxen and
cows and noises, it is mid, have passed the Kei, and to which
point it will give our troops some trouble to follow them.
The balance of account on the week, es far es we have
fokewsatioo, is ell in favour of the Kaffir,. While our
tromps have been toiling through the Kaffir country, encum-
bered with 250 waggons, without meeting with an
, or a single heed of cattle, the Katllrs have made a
Taft feg4 the moony, and, impoverished as it is, have swept
eii!gtleaat 600 head, besides a good many horses, the larger
=PCw:thin a circuit of 10 miles of Graham's Town.
s present state of the orica7—the wreck of ro-
piest, lad dearth of actual neeemarsee may well occasion
la 01 right-thinking persons the scat intense anxiety, and
might to Induce our rulers to adept the ascot prompt, ener-
pan, and decisive nmemesres is cerdy:ni on the present
mutest-
Fee-, arising from the &dist en the Gwangs, alone keeps
the whole of the Krell' tribes frons.precipitating themselves
upon the colony—take erre that this fear is not removed by
some incaution, apathy, or false movements on our part, if
it be, the consequencea will be terrade. The doggish way
in which affairs have hitherto been conducted on our pats,
has been craught with ine.leulable mischief.
The only point upon which we can congratulate the colony
is the suceessi'ul landing of supplies at the Fish River mouth,
and which in fact may be considered as tantamount to
throwing supplies into a besieged fortress. By this fortunate
venture the troops are now relieved for the present from the
serious misfortune of want of food.
His Excellency the Governor was between the Keiskamma
and Buffalo rivers, but the whole country was &sorted, and
not even a head of cattle could be seen anywhere.
. - .

(From the same of July 31.)
The feontier poet having ai eived in the course of the
night, we are enabled to lay before our readers the latest
intelli7ence.
_ . . .

Affairs in Kaffirland remain in much the same state es
repotted in our last week's Gazette, with the addition of
news up to the 16th lest. from Col. eomerset, stating that
with F's eis:sien of the army he had crossed the Buffalo at
the place called Bridle Drif., and had succeeded in capturing
about 300 head of cattle.
The aspect of affairs hes not materially changed since the
data of our lest. No setious disaster hes °mu, wt-"s on
the other hand notl•ing hr • trensnitwil on which we can con-
gra.alate the colony. This feontier is at"; infested by the
enemy, but, . sum what we can gather,in very mei scattered
parties, and which lark "1 the rugged bushy )(loots, watch-
oig for oppen.unity to spi ing upon the unguarded herd, and
to carry off any stock whicu can be seined without any great
personal risk. In the meantime, precious ''me Is fast west-
tng. By the delay wFch hes r' wady taken place, the
colonial forces at the commencement of the campirgn, ase in
a far mere crippled state than they ought to have been ender
good management, at the clo'e of it. Thousands of horse*
and dra oxen in the field are utterly unfit for service, worn
doe ,t wish herd work end want of food.
Many of 'to men are aim t to as bad ease, end unless
some decisive movement should take place speed•ly, we look
for notb'ng 'eta than the dispersion of the Burgher force,
followed by en appeol. • the Kaffirs to l'sten to te..rs of
peace. We are constrained egain to declare that this deplo-
rable state of things has been brought about by bad, or
rather no management; by a ruinously expensive parsi-
mony, and by a want of energy and foresight in those whose
duty it has been to provide for a great public exigency.
From the inomination received from the N. and N. E.
boundary, affairs in that direction ere not more cheering
than in oor immediate i'•ont. The Tambookies under Ma-
prr.a, are, it is said, fully prepared to take the field, and wll
muster, it is supposed, from 1,4500 to 2,000 men. Fortunately
we have an officer in command in that quarter, in whose
ability and energy the colony has confidence. A communi-
cation before us, referring to him, states : " Sir. A. Stocken-
strom, tried and i•.itated, is moving forward ; and he finds it
absolutely necessary to do an, as his people could not be kept
together longer from their homes in inactivity. Had it not
been :rem a sarong sense of duty, and the entreaties of his
officers, lie would have thrown up the command log ago ' •
and with all his exertions, and which have been incessant,
things have been permitted to get into so bad a state that it
is quite impossible to conjectare how the present contest may
yet terminate."
. .rom across the northern boundary, tko accounts are also
calculated to occasion uneasiness, though at present they rest
upon rumours and not upon authenticated facts. The
rumours state that the emigrant Boers and Griquas w a
engaged in aoiive hostilities ; that the British reside'
agent. Captain Wa. len, had interposed between the bel-
ligerents, and had lost a few men in an encounter with the
I' emigrants. These, we repeat, are the current rumours, but
• which are somewhat at variance with the previous accounts
' received by us from that direction. Still, enough has been
, learnt to show that assistance is not to be expected in this
• warfare from our allies of the Griquas, and to prove that our
• treaty with that people is a ridiculous farce, calculated to
blind the people of England as to the true condition of this
' portion of South A fries.

We published on Saturday news from India, re-
ceived by Lieut. Waghorn's express, ra i Trieste. The
following, which furnishes the latest intelligence from
the Punjaub, is extracted from the 2lfgfuesilete, of 4th
August :
Our Lahore letters are more eventful than usual. We
regret to hear that her Majesty's 80th Foot have lost several
men :rom appoplexy, and that the Artillery also have suf•
fered. medical Giead tells us that the European soldiers
expose themselves too frequently to the influence of the
midday sun, which at this season of the year is more powerful
perhaps than at any other, and that in many cases these
deaths are thereto atteibutable. The sepoys were very
healthy at Lahore, and on the whole the officers bear the
climate well. The heat is described as intense at times.
We are told that the bulk of the Sikh army is scattered
over the country round about Umritser and Lahore, ready
to concentrate the moment we cross the river, sheuld that
ever take place. Meantime all is still, and the neit:hbour-
hood is as quiet as could be wished. The herds of Akhalees,
who came for their back pay, were very orderly and well
behaved, and by no means clamorous or turbulent. Lall
Singh at first wanted to put them off, if not set aside their
claims by intimidation, but he evidently found that that
would not do, and so resorted to other means to appease
them. What these means were our letters do not say, but
we are told the " immortal" ones have dispersed.
It is ascertained that a few only of the Sikh soldiers went
to Jummoo ; some arc located for the present at Peshawur,
and others have taken up abode in Moulton, but the bulk
still hover on or near the Ranee.
It is generally " believed " in Lahore, that in October the
forces wit move into camp outside the city, and that after
an interval, which, according to circumstances, may be longer
or shorter, they wild march into the doab, and there await
whatever duty fate may design for fulfilment. For our own
part we fear, and we have reason to do so, that a subsidiary
force will be organized in the Punjaub! For the Rance and
for Lail Singh it will be the beat thing that could possibly he
I devised. For the interests of the Company, and fur the welt
fare of the people, it will be about the worst measure that
ever was conceived. One of our correspondents says that of
all the Sikhs, Puniabees, and men of Hindostan, with whom
he has conversed, "there is not a man who believes Lall
Singh would live a month after the withdrawal of our forces,"
and that " the universal wish seems to be that we should
take the country." We can easily understand the feeling
which prompts the expression of this desire ; but it is none-
' cessary for us to repeat what we have so often urged, and
re
thefore we returo to abstract from our letter the items
which have been kindly communicated unto us.
A report prevailed a short time ago, that a very serious
row bad taken place at Jummoo, in which some mischief
had befallen to Captains Broome and Nicholson—of what
na'.e-e was not *stated. It turns out, however, that tha
rumour was utterly unfounded. It was communicated to
us at the t'me it was current ; but we had reason to believe
it a mere rumour, and therefore suppressed it.
It is considered at Lahore that Lall Singh did not exactly
do the thing he ought to have done in receiving at court the
Killedar of Rote Ranges, and presenting him with a horse.
A friend at Lahore had heard that they were all at log-
ger-heads in Cabal. The Ameer and his son had quar-
relled, it was said, and the latter was off to Bokhara.
Other letters, dated 29th ult., speak of a skirmish having
taken place between the Sikh troops end those belonging to
the Dewan Moolraj, of Mooltan, in which the former were
defeated with the loss of some gene. The Mooltan troops
were Affghana! There has also been a fight in the Hazaree
country, between Harsjah Oholab Singh's troops, and the
Zeminders, in which the latter are said to have been victo-
r 10U% and to have destroyed between 1,500 to 2,000 of the
Maharajah's soldiers.

ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.-CLOSE OF
SIXTH DAY'S POLL.
Wood 1,410
Corral.. 1,083
Hooper
Moon
Farncombe 1

SERIOCS ACCIDENT AT LONDON BRIDGE TO THE
CORK STEAMER PROXETMEA.—NARROW ESCAPE OF THE
PASSENGERS AND CnEw.—Shortly before two o'clock this
morning the fine vessel known as the Promet hea, 300 tons, from
Cork, having reached Fenning's wharf, made preparations
for shipping anchor opposite that establishment, when, unfor-
tunately, the cable was not sufficiently long, the tide being
exceedingly high at the time, and still muffing up with
great force. Upon an examination of the other anchor, it

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