The Express.
London, England, 1847-11-04 00:00:00

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N0.369.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOV. 4, 1817. [3d.

LeriMardinge, accompanied by Sir John Littler and Col.
Lawrence, quits Simla on or about the 26th of the present
month for Lucknow, en route to Calcutta. A grand durber
was to be held on the 25th, et which all the neighbouring
princes were to be present. Several chiefs had arrived by
the 16th—ammierst them the eldest son of the Cashmere
ruler, who had brought a present of goats. as stipulated for
in the treaty! The governor-general was shout to
take a last stroll into the hills before quitting
them for ever,—Sir J. Littler paying a flying visit
to the scenes of his former command. The Lieuteaant-
Governor N. W. P., Mr. Thomason, was to leave early in
the present month—Lord (dough standing fast the whole of
the cold mason, probably till the arrival of his succesanr,
Licit.-Colonel Manson, commissioner with ;the ex-Peishwa
llajce Rao, having been promoted to colonel, vacates his
appointment, which is to be abolished. Bajee Rao is said to
be nearly 60 years old, so that in all likelihood the want of
the berth will not long exist. The old man is immensely
rich, and has neither chick nor child to leave it to ; and un-
less he is persuaded to adopt a son before his death,it will all
revert to the source from whence it was derived—John COOl-
- coffers—Lord Hardinge proceeds to Lucknow, and is
to be met by the king on the left bank of the Ganges. A
pretty large body of troops was to assemble to do him honour,
and it was expected there would be a grand tuniasha (bit of
sport), though nothing to compare to my Lnrd Ellen-
borough's Ferozepore pageantry in 1843.—The bandit-
chief, Doonghur Siagh, has been sa,beset that he hae dis-
persed all his followers, and sought safety in single flight.
His cousin, Jowabir Singh, the second in command of the
band, and two of his principal commanders, with a large
number of his followers, have been captured by Lieutenants
Showers, 14th Bengal Native Infantry, and Mason, 74th
Native Infantry, beth assistants under Colonel Sutherland.
Rajpootanah is consequently quiet, and the dread of the rob-
ber/hief's name dying away. Till he himself isaaken, of
course some dread will exist; but he cannot long escape us
—upwards of six thousand men being out in pursuit of him.—
Skirmishes still occur in Ooomaoor betwixt the rebels and our
troops. They are exchanging their cattle for matchlocks, of
which upwards of 800 have already been provided. The
country is so unhealthy that only for a few months
of the year can our troops act at all against
them. We have now only about 200 men, out of an entire
regiment, fit for duty. Major McLeod, one of the agents in
the district, has resigned, most probably in disgust at the
miserable way in which matters are managed by the head
authorities. Nothing has transpired as to the labours of Mr.
Grant, who has been deputed as commissioner to inquire into
the causes, &c., of the disaffection.—Mr. Dighton continues
supreme at the Nizam's capital. The government needs cash,
and the millionaire can supply it; so, in defiance of Lord
Hardinge's orders to the contrary., he has daily audiences
with the Minister —, with, it ts said, the connivance of
our resident. General Fraser, if not a very talented man, is
at least a man of high honour and integrity ; and I, there-
fore, do net believe the latter part of the story. If an ink-
pendent (?) government chose' to borrow money, I do not
see how we can prevent it, unless we do as we ought to do—
pension the incompetent ruler now on the throne, and
govern the country ourselves. Till this be done the present
state of matters cannot be expected to mend.
Nothing new from Nepsul, except corrections of previous
mis•statements. On the capture of the ex-king, on the 27th
July, he was conveyed towards the capital (Katmandoo).
When near this he was halted, and instead of being hurried
off to confinement, he is said to have been visited by his
prime minister, who apologised .to his muter for what had
occunel. He was then conducted to a place called Bhetgeon,
where he is at present lodged in comfort, but strictly guarded.
' What may ultimately be his fate time must tell. The fol-
k lowing letter gives the latest news from the capital I have
I seen it is from the Delhi Gazette :
"Jung Bakadoor's party are fast throwing him on one aide, and he
in becoming very much dudilini, not that he ever was much of a pet
amongst the population; several of ha potty have been, 1 hear, killed
by the cholera, which has been raging in Nepaul to a nodal extent ;
the remainder have consequently taken the funks on board, so his fall
may be dat'y expected. A brother of his. I believe by name Teg Baba.
door, and another relation, Meer Bahadoor, have taken the mailers,
jah's side of the queraMn as yet not openly. The whole of the army
are also, I fancy, by degrees coming round to the *MIA Path. If J. B.
likes to get into our provinces he has cola in hand to the extent of
about six lam of rupees at Mullye, besides jewela &e. The Nanle
suddenly few days
oSanhittni=rt'haeia diedExun-dmuctr;vg.4nd„.,„.resident,
assistant, and doctor, I believe, have left Katmandoo and gone to a
place about six miles off. The country all rouud about between
Moteeharee and N'oasuffurpoor, in fact a great part of Tirhoot, ban
been flooded, several villages washed away, and several indigo planters
are fearful looms by it. The rivers have for several years not over-
Gown their banks to the extent they have this year. The whole of
tiegowlee, with the exception of a small part of the lines, is reported
to have been under water for three days. The Ilajeepoor mutiny is
expected to be nomething out of the common way this year; two or
tare of the Calcutta stables expected up"
Madras affords little news. The Crescent, a Ilindoo news-
paper, had by some foul means got hold of some government
documents, and published them. The government is then
loudly censured for endeavouring to find out the manner in
which they were obtained. The only charge which, if true,
at all tells against the authorities, is that of having bribed
the printer of the Crescent to give up the papers clandes-
tinely, without the knowledge of his master. They were
justified in offering a public reward, and setting Ties over
the printing-office, but not in tempting a man to betray his
master.—The departure of Lord Tweeddale is expected to
take place in January next ; it will not be regretted by any
at Madras, for he seems to have been extremely unpopular
with early all classes.—The marchioness and her son, Lord
Gifford, were to leave the Neilgherries for Madras early in
October; her ladyship had been on the hills since the be-
ginning of 1840.—Calcutta supplies as little as Madras in
the shape of news. They have had their Union Bank
and steam meetings—at the former of which a great deal of
disunion was exhibited •, and at the latter the steam of more
than one of the members appears to have been at high pres-
sure. The loath if the Rev. Mr. M'Donald, of the Snatch
mission, and of Mrs. Hill, of the London mission, had caused
a gloom over many of the friends of religious institutions in
India. The former was an able preacher, and the latter a
zealous labourer in her calling. A female orphanage has
been opened in connexion with the Scotch mission. Three
converts to Christianity had been baptised by the same
church. It is strange, but true, that three-fourths of the
conversions of natives in India are effected by the Scotch
clergy.—Bombay affords a number of interesting items. The
sloop of war, Cruiser, Commander Peirce, returned yester- '
day from the Persian Gulf, where she reports cholera to have
been raging with fearful violence. She brought several of
her crew into port in irons—a sort of mutiny having broken
out on board, though particular' have not transpired. Her
surgeon, named Patrick Fitzpatrick, or something near it,
died of apoplexy in the Gulf, and her assistant-surgeon is so
unwell that he will require to be invalided.—The Oriental
Bank have declared a dividend on the last half-year of
eight per cent. per annum. The concern is in a most
flourishing condition.—The Intl of Mr. Henderson (a
partner in a mercantile house here), for an assault on two
constables who went to arrest him for having severely beaten
a Mr. Potter, came off on Wednesday. His counsel pleaded
that he was justified in withstanding the arrest as being un-
lawful, the constables not having produced any warrant ; and
upon this being overruled by Sir E. Perry, Mr. Henderson
pleaded guilty of the assault, and was sentenced to pay a fine
of 501.—The second coal conspiracy case was tried on Thurs-
day, and resulted in the conviction of Messrs. Cumming (a
merchant), Livingstone (now undergoing a sentence of two
years' imprisonment for the first conviction), and a Parsee,
named Cursetjee Merwanjee retell, the broker of the firm of
the former gentleman. Judgment was deferred till to-moss.
row. Cumming was recommended ly a portion of the jury
to mercy. It is expected Livingstone and the Parsee will be
transported, end Cumming imprisoned fora couple of years in
Bombay.—Mr. Clerk returns to the presidency in November,
and in December proceeds to Sande, to examine into its
affairs. Hie private secretary (Mr. Goldsmid) has been ap-
poiuted one of the secretanes to government, and the former
berth has been offered to Captain French, 23rd N.l.' at pre-
ser.: political agent at Nimar ; and, in the event of this
gentleman not accepting it, Major Waugh, of the 10th Hus-
sars, has been offered it. The commander-in-chief returns to
Bombay in December. The medical baud appointments,
consequent upon the retirement of Physician-Gen. Purnell,
which I mentioned in my last, have been officially announced.
Several changes in the secretariate,consequent on Mr. Pringle 's
appointment to &hide, will be found in the Bombay civil ap-
txnatments in the overland papers of this morning. Majr-Gen.
Barr has been appointed to the northern end General Hughes
to the southern division of the army, in succession to Gemini
Morse, whosse tour on the staff has expired. Colonel Farb'',
of the 78th Highlanders, is about to proceed home. The
mail of the 24th of August reached us on the 25th of Sept.
The rains are nearly over, 70 inches having fallen. Trade ,
has re-opened with the coast, and our harbour again 1
pre-
sents an unmated appearance. The weather is hot, but the
presidencfand country generally is healthy. It is feared
that, in some disteicts, the crops have failed for want of rain ;
generally, however, they are expected to turn out favourably.

sion : if it be in the power of the retiring governor-general
to prevent it, I feel sure it will never occur. Lord Hardinge
is the last man who would hide anydeserving man's services,
much less those of him by whom hie Punjaub policy has up
to the present time been so happily worked out. Ili' lord-
ship it was who procured Sir F. Currie his baronetcy, and
he will surely not do less for Colonel Lawrence. It is said
Sir Frederick succeeds to the residency at Lahore ; and, ac-
quainted as the worthy baronet is with Puojaub matters, a
better selectim could not have been made. The command
of the troops at Lahore and in the Jullundhur Doab is, it is
said, to be conferred on Major-General Hunter, of tho Ben-
gal army, the gallant officer who lately commanded at Suk-
km,. in Upper &Mile.
I extract the following from an able letter on our military
arrangements en our north-west frontier, published in the
Bombay Times. The writer is evidently one who has the
hest means of acquiring a knowledge of the subject on which
he writes. The whole letter is replete with matter of inte-
rest to the home reader, and I would recommend its repub-
lication amongst your extracts, as it throws more light on our
affairs than is to be fuund anywhere in such a concise and
simple shape
" fie Jallundhar force is prepared to art at any moment with a
moveable eu'aimn of one regiment of European Infantry, three regi-
ments of Native Infantry, two regiments of Qoalry, and 12 guns—
chiefly Eumpean Horse Artillery. The Lahore moveable column will
consist of one regiment European Infantry, three regiments Native
Infantry, one nwment of Cam's'', 13 guns of European Horse Aral-
levy, and a company of sappers and miners.
The Ferogeoore moveable column is of the same form as that at
Lahore. A second regiment of European Infantry, when the reliefs
are aimpleted in November, will hr brought from Perompore and
etatloned at Lthore, and at tho same time a European tegument of
Cavalry brought from Crab iltih will occupy the vacant Infantry bar-
racks at Ceroxrpore. The Eumpean portion of the force this year is
lneeeasrd by one regiment of Infantry permanently stationed at
Lahore, and a regiment of European Cuvalry at Itragepore, which
can iu three marches easily reach Lahore and strengthen the move.
able anumn. II concentration beyned the name ehonkl be necessary,
the British garrison within the city of Lahore is by this arrangement
left with an ompte force for its own protection, consisting of tire regi-
ment s of Native Infantry and meant. artillery, without &lambing
them in their present pennons in the Roane, The three moveable
columns, when united GO any required point In the interior of the
Punjauh, would exceed 10,000 men and thirty-six Hold guns; three
regiments would be European Infantry and our of Eureparn Cavalry,
the whole under Sir J. Littler, with two exc.:Bent brigadiers, Colonels
Campbell and Wheeler, both aidesgle-camp M H.N. Queen. All the
cattle of this form are mustered once a month. and each brigadier has
reeeirod the strictest orders to send in monthly reports of the muster
of the wools in marching order, so that they are always in • state of
medium for action.
fhe scarves from the Jullundhur, Laxlisna, and other stations
in the rear, could tic moved up at a short notice, and the three move-
able columns could he rcivfarecd by four European regiments of in-
fantry (three from the bills and one from timballab) and two regi-
mens of European Cavalry, making seven regiments of European
Infantry and three of European Cavalry ova:table for the Punjaub,
160170 field guns, in arkliton to the 38 belonging to the moveable
column, and 20,00 Native Infantry, with 7,000 Native Cavalry, in
reserve.
„Now what In the Sikh force in the Ponjaub which can require
mrreion by such an overwhelming British force /
"Let us first paws the Sikh army in review, placed on its peace
eMablianmenL It has, at and near Lahore, not more than 2,000 men,
of which two-thirds are 'Lindeman,e from our own provinces; at
Untriair there are about GOO of the Khali& troops occupying Govind.
grin, with no siege artillery or ammunition to the fort-
" At Eamruggor and Shahooor, between the Rene, Chenaub, and
lylum, there are about 12,000 men; and between the Jylom and
Indus, including the Hamra country, there are about SALO men, the
greater portion consisting of Sikhs.
"Beyond the Indus. occupying Peshawur up to the entrance into
the Khyber Pam, down the Indira by Lucke, and Deem lamer' Khan,
about 7,000 are posted, of which more than 5,000 are in the neigh-
bourhood of Pechawur, under the auperintendence of Major George
Lawrence, former military secretary to Sir W. M'Naughten, and with
him when he wt. amassinated by Alava Khan. These troops are as
regular. y paid as our own, are well tatinfird, and are daily improving
in discipline.
"The regular Sikh force now kept up in the Punjaub amounts on
paper to IS,Ooo men, and, including officers and nort.conintimioned
officers, to 21,000 regular troop,.
"To this must be added 100000 Gooreherraa, or Irregular Cavalry,
belonging to the various chiefs holding jagheers from the state, all of
whom are Sikh., and are mostly on the frontier."
" Of the regular army, two-thuds are Sikhs—the remainder Poor-
ahem and Mussolmen. Ido act include the force in the Moen=
district, which time not exceed 8,500 men; nor do I notice the forces
In Scinde, which would lead me too far constituently there are
within 150 miles of Lahore not more than 7,00 u sikh troop., the
remainder beingscattered in various places on the frontier, and chiefly
on both banks of the Indus."
Before the campaign on the Sutletj the Sikh army con-
sisted of 86,000 men, with 370 pieces of ordnance—viz.,
52,000 regular infantry, 6,000 regular and 18,000 irregular
cavalry, and 10,000 artillerymen ; to which, if we add irre-
gular infantry, the total number of men will not be under
100,000. At the same period we had an army of 45,000
men, with 98 guns, on and along the frontiers. In 1847 the
entire Sikh army consisted of but 22,000 regular cavalry,
infantry, and artillery, with 50 field guns, and 10,000 irre-
gular cavalry; while our force in the Punjaub, the Jullund-
hur Doti), and along or close on the frontier, has been in-
creased to 51,000 men and 120 guns, of whom upwards of
one-ti:th are Europeans—nearly double that of the Sikh
army. From the above you will see that there is not the
slightest chance of any hostilities occurring on our north-
west frontier. The same letter mentions that the revenue
derived from the Jullundhur Doab is 360,000/. ; to which
must be added 200,000/. yielded by the CieSutlej territory,
and the Lahore subsidy of 2!0,0001.; making together
780,0001. of annual revenue thrived from the arrangements
of 1845-46; of which we may allow one-half to cover ex-
pease of government of the Cis-Sutletj and Julluudhur pro-
. vinces and extra pay to our troops—leaving us gainers to
the amount of nearly two-fifths of a million sterling a year.
The reductions in the army are calculated to produce a 'keying
of a million ; so that we will in 1848 have probably 1,500,0001.
of money to expend on the improvement of India. Had we
annexed the whole country of the Five Rivers to our domi-
nions, we should not have been gainers to half this amount,
even allowing that the Bengal army, as it stood in 1845,
would have been sufficiently strong to garrison the I'uojaub
in addition to its own provinces, witnout a considerable aug-
mentation. Lord Ilardinge has added, therefore, one more
proof of the maxim, " That honesty is the best policy," The
Maharajah Goolaub Singh, of Jamoo and Cashmere, it would
appear, about eight months ago, gave a donation of 10,000/.
to the Kos/ionic...hill Asylum for soldiers' orphans, an in-
stitution which you will remember was founded by Colonel
Lawrence; but revenue, boundary, and other matters being
then depending betwixt him and the Lahore Dunbar, it
was not at the time accepted of, but there is no doubt that it
has now been so. Sirdar Tej Singh, the prime minister at
Lahore, at the same time gave 5001. Such instances of
liberality on the part of natives are rare, and therefore de-
serve the more praise when performed. The motives may
have been none of the purest at first, but, hakthey been so
inclined, they might since have withdrawn their offers. The
new ruler of Cashmere would seem to be gaining considerably
in the estimation of his subjects, and, were it not for his
avaricious disposition, would doubtless soon be much more
so. He is well pleased with our dealings towards him,
though he complains that we have been the cause of his
losing revenue to the extent of 40,0001. a-year by the ex-
changes of territory effected betwixt him and the Punjaub
ruler. Still, what he now receives from his provinces is
collected with comparative ease, and he is—probably be-
cause he knows he must—be content. A deputation of
Sikh chiefs was about to wait upon Lord Ilardinge, before
his departure from Simla. The introduction of the cultiva-
tion of the potato had been ordered by our government, and
a writer in the Times states that its success around the
capital is, from the nature of the soil, certain. Scarcely any
sickness prevailed amongst our troops at the capital, and the
surrounding country was equally healthy. The weather was
warm, but not disagreeably so.
The Delhi Ga.eae, this day received, states Mr. John
Lawrence, at present acting, is to be confirmed as resident at
Lahore till hie brother's return,Bir F. Currie having declined
the appointment. The principal assistant's salary, hitherto
1,2001. a year, is to be reduced to 8401., when the present
incumbent, Major M•Gregor, leaves for Benares, to succeed
Major Carpenter. The whole of the hill provinces of the
Jullundhur and north-west are to be taken in charge by Mr.
Erskine Simish being his head-quarters. Captain C. Brown
is te succeed Mr. J. Lawrence as commissioner of the Trans-
Sutlej provinces; Mr. Edwards to that of Simla, in suc-
cession to Mr. Erskine. Everything continued quiet sad
peaceable at Lahore up to the I,th of Sept., and the Gazette
felicitates itself on having nothing to chronicle from thePen-
jaub but .the trial and sentence of those engaged la the
Prema conspiracy," all of whom had been ordered to be
imprisoned, according to the degree of their complicity in
the guilt.—There is nothing new from the Jullundhur Doab.
A committee had been ordered to examine the new stations
of Tandah and Hajeepore. The lines for H.M. 61st Foot,
ordered to the Jullundhur station, were nearly finished. The
6th Cavalry were to be stationed at Nacodah, and the 10th
at Kurtarpore. The country was healthy and the weather
pleasant. The Hiadoo ahopkeep.rs had re-opened their
stores, pending an answer to their remonstrance by a depu-
tation sent to the governor-general. Their request will not,
I should think, be complied with, for Mahomedans will
have beef, and there is no reason why they should not, espe-
cially as we have humoured the Hindoos by building the
slaughter-house outside the town.
The governor of Peshawur, General and Sirdar Goolaub
Singh, had been very ill, but, through the medical assistance
of an European apothecary, had recovered. The first batch
of furlough men were returning to their corps, and another
leaving—it having been ordered to be so arranged that the
whole should visit their homes once a year. To soldiers
who never think of taking their families on service with
them this is a great boon, and will tend to prevent that per-
nicious practice of laying down their arms and proceeding
home without leave, often when their services were most
required, which formerly obtained in the Sikh army.
Lieut. Lumeden, Major Lawrence's assistant, had Pro-
ceeded into the Yooeufzace country, with 600 infantry, 400
horse, and 4 guns, to compel payment of tribute. It is a
pity we are obliged to appear in such expeditions as these,
though at the same time there is no doubt our presence with
a native force prevents much extortion. Major Lawrence
himself was shortly to proceed to the same place, when no
doubt an arrangement will be some to, by our remitting
put of their tribute if found too heavy.
Late accounts from Cabool mention that the old Ameer ,
Dom Mahomed had resigned the cares of state into the
hands of his son Mahomed Ryder Khan—the same who was
governor of Obuznee on its capture by Lord Keane in 1839,
and who was for a length of time a prisoner at Bombay.
He was then an intelligent looking man, and is now said to
be acting vigorously in the settlement of revenue disputes,
&c., with his people. This is what probably the Dot
ought long since to have done, and now that he has done it
we may hope that he will be allowed to end his days in
peace. The prime minister of Numeer Khan, the ruler of
Khelst (in Beloochistan), by name Mahomed Husson, has
been murdered,—lt is hinted by order of hie muter.

The following casualties by death in the armies of India,
since the departure of the previous mail, are reported
Her Majesty's Troops.—Quarmaa. Kneebone, 29th Foot.
Bombay.—Sec. Lieut. 11. M. Gibb, artillery.
Madras.—Lieut. A. Barlow, tad N.V.B. ; Capt. P.
Ogilvie, 35tIrReg.; Superint.-Surg. G. Knoc ; Lieut. A. R.
Stuart, 31st Reg. ; Capt. Rochford, 27th Reg. ; Brigadier
A. Cook, at Waltair.
Bengal.—Major-Gen. G. Conner, commanding Diaspora
division; Copt. J. Gilmore, gxeeutive Engineer; Lieut.
C, T. Whiteford, 44th Rag.

INTELLIGENCE.

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