The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-25 00:00:00

Of &bide news there is none to give. Courts-
martial were very much in vogue —the prisoners
being generally acquitted. The station of Kunachee
continued healthy and agreeable: not so Sukkur,
where a few cases of cholera had again made their
appearance, and fenr was prevalent. The with-
drawal of the troops formerly mentioned as about
to take place, has been ofliehall: ordered, though none
have as yet left the country. 'The •-treachery case"
has been so largely commented on by the Bombay
papers, that I preter r.ferring you to them to giving
any remarks of my own on the subject, further than
observing that the impression would seem to be
general that the act of the governor was unjustifi-
able on any pretence whatever. We wait with
anxiety to see the view adopted at home un the affair,
though, if we may judge from what has heretofore
been said of Sir C. 1\ apler's acts, it will be anything
but condemnatory of the generai's proceeding.
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The Nizam's dominions are at length in a fair way
for improvement. The new minister has earned the
applause of all by his recent measures, and, assisted
as he is by our resident, we may now expect that a
brighter destiny awaits the country than has hitherto
prevailed. Madras has again been visited with a
violent hurricane, unattended, happily, with much loss
of life. The shipping left the roads peiorto its commence-
inent, and with the c xception of three, had all returned ti
port with slight damage. These three have not since
been heard of, and fears are entertained for their
safety. 1,.5001. have been subscribed by the commu-
nity, and 1,0001. by government, for thc relief of those
who suffered by that of October and the present storm.
The Marquis of Twcedclale has returacd to the
Neilgherries, and after a short visit to the coast returns
to Madras. The Commander-in-Chief of India has
ere this left Simla for Umballa; he does not go to the
Jullundar I)oab, as formerly reported. The lieute-
nant-governor of the north-west provinces has been
heard of on route to Ajznere. The celebrated stare-
Mungla of Lahore, the brother of the Ranee of
Lahore, and the Maharajah of Nepaul, are on an
ablutionary pilgrimage to the Ganges, near Benares
—and much they need it. Sir George Pollock, mem-
ber of the Supreme Council, has returned from the
Cape to Calcutta. Sir H. Ikladdeck, Deputy Governor
of Bengal, has been unwell of late, and has gone on a
short sea trip to the Sandhead.s.
The opium sale at Calcutta, on the 30th November,
was put a stop to in a most extraordinary manner.
Gambling in the drug to an immense extent bad
t ikon place in Bombay and Calcutta, when a wealthy
Mar manse opium dealer, of Nluttra, declared his deter-
mination to raise the price of each chest to 2001, which
would have dispelled the visions of gain indulged in
by the Bombay speculators, who had entered the
market before him. It of course became an object
with them to frustrate a sale on the first day, that
being the day's sale for which the speculations had
been made. They therefore, through their agents,
continued to bid till the price of each chest ruse to
13,0007.! The auctioneers gave over late in the even-
ing, not a chest haviug been knocked down. Whe-
ther the " knowing ones" have succeeded in the trick
is for decision. 'fhe government of Bengal have
determined the like shall not occur again. The rale
re-opened on the 7th inst., when the average price
obtained for each chest was 1791. The event
had occasioned great excitement in Calcutta and
Bombay, large fortunes depending on the issne of the
sale. A large speculator in Bombay applied to the
police for protection from his opponents as the time of
sale drew nigh, and the exchaige-room at Calcutta
' was surrounded by the police of the city doling the
sale of 30th Nov.

Sir D. Pollock continues to gain in the public
~steem as an able man. The sessions (criminal) only
occupied him three and a half days. His judgments
are clear and strong, though simply and unpretend-
ingly exprcswd. air E. Perry has left for Mount
Aboo, in Goozerat, near Deem The rumoured in-
tended appointment of Mr. G. Clerk, as governor of
Bombay, received by yesterday's mail, has been
favourably received. Considerable sickness Prevails
in the country, though the weather is becoming cool
and agreeable.