The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-17 00:00:00

Them erten were lined by the Oovereor Gaunt through
the Cosamander-in-Chief, for the express purpose of pre-
p.:Lag the minds of the sepoys for the jut and necessary
iteration of a temporary allowance generously granted to the
troops during the war.
To cause those sepoys to discuss, to consider, and thnrouehly
to understand that redaction, was the object of issuing thou
orders; and they must, from the sound principle on which
they Wen based, have brought lientifiCtiall of theirjustreen
to the minds of the sepoye.
Had Major Troup himself, or through his interpreter,
read and carefully :planed the Oovernor.G I's orders
to his regiment, as all commanding officers were epestally
ordered to do, the mutiny might possibly still have taken
plane,—but Major Troup would have done his duty ; instead
of assumiag to himself, as he did, the right to disobey his
orders—orders which were distinct, po itive, and left no lati-
tude to Major Troop's discretion.
The Corausander-in-Chief requests to rectal to the atten-
tion of Major Troup, that, in his Excellency's orders of the
25th October, he said that be would hold commanding officers
severely reeponsible for the ezplaaation of those orders being
made loth, sepoys; and he therefore thus publicly expresses
his unqualified dissatisfaction that Major Troup should hare
considered his sergeant-major to be the proper instrument for
communicating the orders of the Governor. General and of
the Commander-in-Chief tot/se sepoys of his regiment. The
government of India has appoiatcd an interpreter to every
regiment. for the purpose of translating orders to the native
corps. Yet Major Troup left to a sergeant-major to explain,
not to the men, but to the orderly havildars to explain to the
sepoys, ens of the most important and critical orders that
ever was issued by a Governor-General, and which the Core
nianderin-Chlef had specially directed to be carefully ex-
*ewe by iseernanding officers to their regiments.
Truly this shows a laxity of discipline that fs enough t 6 - •
destroy the beet army in the world.
With regard to Lieutenant Barker, the Commander-in-
Chief is divatitfied with the report made of that officer's con-
duct, and Major-General Sir Walter Gilbert will he pleased
to place Lieut. Barker in arrest, and order a court of irepiry
to investigate and pronounce an opinion whether that officer
did his u'enost to quell the mutiny of his guyed ; for it appears
to the Commander in Chief that Lieut. Balker did not do
his duty on that occasion, and that had it not been for the
energetic conduct of Captain Macdonald, the gates would
have remained in possession of the mutineers, and the en-
trance of the lot light cavalry. have been prevented.
Finally. the Commander is Chief will take this onpor-
tunity of expressing his fervent hope that the young Euro-
pean officers of ibis army, who are full of ability, zeal, and
good feeling towards the natives, will see the necessity of
endeavouring to &weirs as much as possi,le with the native
officers, end make them their c, mrsdes in every s-nee of the
word. It is thus alone that the European (Sur can expect
to acquire • thorough knowledge of what passes in his
regiment, and of the feelings which exist amoest th• re under
his command. It is not through sergeant maj .rs and
order.; havddars that the sep-oy iv hi learn the justice, the
generosity, and the can for his welfare, which is exercised
by his government ; these things he must learn direct from
his European offi era.
The abolition or Sinde allowance in the Panjaub ought to
have been the sw ject of explanation and discourse of every
European cffiter in the regiment, with the men of his
company.
In future, every order issued Ey the Commander-in-Chief
is to be read by the commie oieg officers personally, or
through their interpreter, to the regiments under their
respective command ; and aga.n read and explained by every
European fficer, oar his private parade, to the sompany which
he commands.
All othcers commanding regiments in the Punjsub are,
upon the receipt of tt it order, to report to the Adjutant-
General of the Army. stating the nay on which they received
the ordeoe of the Grove riser General and Commander-in-Chief,
of the 25. h of October last; also on what day, and by wheat,
they were read Lad explained to the sepoys of the regiments
under their command.
Major O'Brien is immediately to march the Nueneeree batta-
lion to Govindirhur, leaving its arms, colours, accoutre.
meats, and stores at Jutog ; and on arriving at Govindghur
he will make over his native commilsionrd, non-commissioned
officers, and privates to Major Troup, commanding the 66th
or Goorka regiment, who is immediately to issue the arms,
accoutrements, and colours of the 66th regiment under his
command to the Gawk's. The 65th cr Goorks regiment,
thus newly formed sad constituted, is to receive the line rates
of pay and . atta fen= the date of the receipt of this order
at Jutog. Major O'Brien will be so good uto take his
measures for immediately recruiting the Nasseeree battalion
to its full strength, initiate et the men made wear to the 66th
regiment.
By order of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief,
(Signed) For. GRANT, Lieut.-Col.,
Adjw ant-General of the Army.
The late expedition into the mountains of Kohat
has been utterly barren of any good results. Oa the
contrary, the Affredie tribf s have annoyed our can-
tonments at Peshawar more than ever, and not a
night pasted that the most audacious robberies were
not committed by them. The two irregular corps in
garrtson at Kohat are believed to be invested—it was
at one time acid they had been cut off—by the enemy,
and a seeond expedition was talked of. Lieutenant
Hilliard, 31st NI., who was severely wounded in the
last dour, was gradually recovering. He had been
highly complimented on his gallantry by Sir C. Na-
pier, from whom pride?, when given, is looked on as
praise indeed. Our loss on that °tension was pretty
severe—one European officer and twenty-five men
killed, and thrice this number wounded. Those op-
posed to us are said only to have amounted to 500
men, which must too a great mistake.
The old chief quitted Peehawur on the 18th, and
was at Hawed Pindee on the 28th : he was looked for
at Lahore by the 10th instant. General Gilbert was
to go over to Umritsir on the sth, and on the 7th
the court-martial which had tried the mutineers was
to reassemble—l would wager any money, to have a
private " wig" administered from Sir Charles by
Gilbert for the sentences passed by them on the cul-
prits, as the old veteran remarked he would say no-
thing regarding them in his general order, as they
ad been confirmed by the general commanding, and
carried into effect.
I am sorry to announce the death of Colonel Young,
10th, and Lieutenant Mowbray, 24th Foot, at Wrizee-
rabid, on the 20th and 16:h February respectively.
The former officer had been through the Affghan
campaign in 1842, the Sikh campaign of 1845-6, and
1848-9, having been present at the siege of Mooltan.
The latter officer had also seen service in the last
campaign. The Affredies have been busy in the
Bunnoo district, plundering raid burning every vil-
, lege which fell in their way ; and the sth Cavalry, or
Mitchell's Comet Corps, was to be sent out after therm
from Dbera Ismael Khan.
Nothing remarkable had occurred at Lahore, whero,
despite the" mining" formerly referred to, everything
was going on as smoothly as could be wished. It is
to be hoped a careful and never-teasing vigilance will
be maintained by oar political', for there connot be a
doubt but our occupation of the country is not yet
secure. The troops at Moolten are laid to be now in
good health. A corps of infantry, one of irregular
cavalry, and a company of European artillery, are to
be quartered at Fyze Bhag, a mile and a-half outside
the town, a regiment of infantry and a company of
artillery occupying the fort. The officers and men
were busy homing themselves before the hot weather
and dust-storms set in. The Gooroo priest, under
escort to Calcutta, passed Hangulpore on the 2ad,and
would reach the presidency about the 12th. The
Maharajah Dhulleep Sing has n ached his destination,
and is said to be cutting a dash in his barouche and
four, at Futtyghur. The Dewan Moolraj was ex-
pected at Calcutta shortly, from whence it as likely he
will be sent across the sea to Singapore.
I mentioned, in a former letter, that the traitor to
his brethren and country, the Meer Ali Moored, of
Khyrpore, had been getting himself into hot water
with our government,—and in the same communica-
tion handed you an extract from a letter from Suk-
kur, wherein all particulars of the affair were given
as far as were known. A commission, consisting of
the Seinde commissioner (NIT. Pringle), the political
agent in Xattiawar (Major Laing), and the com-
mandant of the Scinde Horse (Major Jacob), has been
directed to assemble immediately at Sukkur to inves-
tigate into the troth of the matters alleged against
him by his brethren, whom he has so fearfully
wronged. He is affirmed to have altered the treaty
signed by himself and oar government, so as to enable
his appropriating the revenues of an entire pfrgunnals
instead of those of a single village! He is a cun-
ning rogue, and as he macaged to come on
the soft side of Sir C. Napier, there is little doubt
he will sift himself cut of his present dilemma—
more'. the pity. Mr. Pringle was to have
left Earreehes for dokkur yesterday.—Brigadier
General Mama and staff were at Hyderabad, and it
was thought probable they would also proceed up
country. Mr. Inverasity, assistant to Mr. Pringle,
having been nominated collector of Shikarpore, is
said to have declined the berth. The health of the
troops atKurmchee -dersbsd was

wrachee and Hydrrebed was almost un
ly good, an entire European corps not ;.