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London, England, 1845-12-30 00:00:00

ARIS AND LYONS RAILWAY.
(GANNERON'S COMPArf.)
A PUBLIC MEETING of the Shareholders of this Company will
be heldat the City of London Tavern, Bishopigate-street, on FrinAr
NEXT, the 2d of January, 1846, at Twelve Or One o'clock precisely,
to receive the report of the Committee relative to the general fusion
of the Companies formed to bid for this line, and on other matters.
By order,
WILLIAM VILLESTIGISNET,/ beeretaries.
R
RDWAD FILDER,
7, Tokenhouse-yard, ,
London 27th December, 1845.

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Pike Is: per box ; if sent by post, a penny stamp must be fbr-
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Mr. Hewett, as above. N.B. No lieetumito sell Is required.
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OVERLAND MAIL

INDIA AND CHINA.

PROBABLE WAR in the PUNJAUB.
(From the Heald.)

We have received, by Special Express, our files of
India papers, in anticipation of the Overland Bombay
Mail. This express is, we believe, the most rapid that
has yet been accomplished, notwitlstanding the bois-
terous weather that has long prevail#l, and proves be-
yond a doubt that the route via Marledles is the shortest
route. The dates are—Bombay, Dec. 1 ; Calcutta,
Nov. 21; Madras, Nov. 22.

The following is a liskof dap Eames of the passengers
who left for Suez by the steam-frigate Akbar, on the Ist

December:—

The Right Hon. Lady Sarah Ainslie, and servant ; Mrs.
Allan ; Mrs. Colonel Bagnold and child, with two native
servants; Mrs. O'Grady ; Mrs. Bromley and child ; Mrs.
Williams, and child, with a native servant; Mrs. Sandwith;
Mrs. Walshe, and two children ; a child of Captain W. F.
Curtis's, and European servant; a child of Captain Cotgrave's,
and a native servant ; Major-General J. Allan, Madras Army;
Major O'Grady, H. M.'s 2d Foot; Captain F. Wells, 15th
' Bombay N. I. • Captain J. S. Lang, Madras Army ; Captain
F. Gottreux, Ist Madras N. I. ; Lieut. F. W. Sandwith, 2d
Bombay European N. I. ; Lieut. W. S. Stuart, Bombay En-
gineers, and native servant ; Second Lieut. T. Bromley, Ist
Bombay Fusiliers ; A. Ramalho Esq. ; A. A. J. Pinto. Esq.,
a servant. Second Class2Suliiman Mowladin.

(From the Overland Bombay Times of Dec. 1, 1845.)
SummAnv.---Intelligence of a warlike character was
received yesterday from the Punjaub. The Seikh.,Go-
vernment, it appears, have become incensed at the re-
ported intention of the British authorities to appropriate
the territories on this side of the Sutlej, and have urged
the soldiery to march towards the river, with the view
of repelling the expected aggression. By the last ac-
counts some cavalry had actually proceeded in the direc-
tion indicated, and though opinion was divided as to the
policy of the movement, more men were expected to
follow. In the meantime strong measures of defence
have been adopted at Ferozepore, and as Sir Henry
Hardinge may now calculate upon having a well-dis-
ciplined force of some 50,000 men at his command,
there can be little fear of the result, whatever
course the reckless spirit of the ISeikhs may impel
them to pursue. Ghoolab Singh remains at Jum-
boo ; the Ranee continues to conduct the affairs
of state ; and the army has been separated into
three divisions, and placed under the respective com-
mands of Sirdar Tej Singh (the ex-Governor of Pesha-
wur), Raja Lall Singh, and Sirdar Jewun Singh.
Lall Singh is very unpopular. Several deserters from
our army have been taken into the Seikh service. Our
news from Sinde is of a favourable complexion, the
troops continuing -healthy, and the country tranquiL.
Islam Khan, the Boogtie chief, is said to have'surren.
dered himself to ;Captain Tabor, at Shanpoor. Sir Cr
Napier was to leave Kurrachee in the beginning of De-
cember on a tour of inspection. The proposition for an
exchange of territory with our ally Meer Ali Moored
is before Government. Nothing positive has yet tran.
spired in regard to the conspiracy recently discovered at
Gwalior. An official investigation into the circum•
stances is still, it would appear, going on. The
kingdom of Oudh and the dominions of the Nizam
seem to be still Tieing with each other in the ex-
tent of their internal mismanagement, and the de-
gree of oppression to which their inhabitants are
subjected. The Nizam continues to struggle with
pecuniary difficulties, which not even the practice of
unparalleled extortions can overcome. There is no in-
telligence of striking interest from Affghanistan. The
matter in dispute between Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace
and Captain Le Grand Jacob his been referred for the
investigation and decision of a court of inquiry at Bel-
gaum. Amongst our local incidents we may mention
that the Malay who committed such frightful butchery
a short time since, by " running a muck" in the native
town, is to be tried at the criminal sessions of the Su-
preme Court, which commence on the 3d instant. Cap-
tain Curtis, of the Ist Lancers, a most active and Intel-
aigent 01143 been appointed superintendent of po-
lice. Mrs. Deacle, of the Calcutta boards, is about to
open the new Bombay theatre. We hear that a colli-
sion took place at sea, about eleven o'clock on Saturday
night last, between the steamers Sir James Carnac, Cap-
tain P. Duverger, and the Parsee, Captain Grisdale ;
the former was on her passage to Tankaria Bunder, and
the latter returning from that port laden with opium
and treasure, to the amount of 315,000 rupees; (31,5004)
The crew and passengers of the Parsee were all saved,
but the vessel and cargo went down on the spot. The
Carnac returned to Bombay yesterday morning.

THE PUNJAUB.
The news from the North West, which extends to the
14th ultimo from Lahore, and to the 18th from Feroaepore,
is of very serious consequence, the probability of a rupture
between the British and Seilth forces being now stronger
than has ever appeared since the departure of the Governor
General from Calcutta. Indeed, unless the courage of the
turbulent troops in the Punjaub should ooze out at their
fingers' ends on the prospect of hostilities, it is impossible
not to anticipate, before long, the commencement of a
" Lahore Campaign.
The last i.e'
We have no space for a detailed narrative of the events
which have taken place in the country of the five rivers
since the date of the tidings sent home by the last mail.
'-wresting to the English reader.
prove ~
triguing
Tha subjoined succinct account, however, will doubtless
thread of the story at this date,
October. Resuming 'heofthe Ranee, - the paramour
weelligence from Lahore reached to the 25th of
find Raja Lall Singh, .-- •• A, the favourite of the
against Sirdar Jeiyun tsieb., ~
°veiling on her
late brother, the murdered vizier, and p._ •
+' nom his
highness, on the plea of fraud, to suspend bin, _ ,e,
office, and impose
first thought of en hint a fine of a lakh of rule.,
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(10,00010. The attachment of the troops to the Sirdar,
who had treated them with kindness Anti consideration,
prevented the execution of the mandate for his stispension,
Witli respect to the fine, he appears, Seikh-like, to have et
paying it out of the public treasury, but on
this design being frustrated he handed over a fourth of the
amount and demanded an examination of his accounts, de
daring that he was innocent of the offence imputed to him,
and was unable to give more, lie was then, it is said, placed
under surveillance, and ordered to retrain so until he should
prove the honesty of his transactions or pay the balance of the
tine. About this time news arrived that the troops at Pesha-
Wur had become refractory, and that some regiments on
their Way to that province had created great disturbances
killing their commanding officer, and confining severalothere.
The flame of rebellion seemed also about to be kindled in the
neighbourhood of
Jecaw
itainffioron:eadndtoot,hatthahteßhaajda
r
Ghoolab Singh bed sent off his family and a great deal of hie
treasure to its v--.i.u'se forts ta.
beyondlt w-as d
himself proceeded in the same direction, with a view of in-
spttting his strongholds.
On the 20th of the
October Maharaja and the Ranee,
-kith their suite, took their departure for Umritsir, attended
by Sirdar 'rej Single' Lall ,Singh, and other principal
Officers of the state, and accompanied with a strong military
escort. On the following day a purwannah or royal missive
was dispatched to Ghoolab Singh, demanding payment of the
~eesaea" for sorno territory near Wuzeerabad, and threaten-
ing the resumption of the land if the requisition were not at
once complied with. Several senoys who had been dis-
charged by the Raja as untrustworthy, arrived on the 31st at
Lahore.
The /loge had no, sooner reached Umritsir than an at-
tempt was trade to dispose finally of the vacant office of vi-
zier, and this was done—of all ways in the world—by lot I
The name of Lall Singh was drawn, as a matter of course—
the Banee havin6 taken especial care that matters should
ged airly. Owing, however,
not be mans l' to some representa-
tions made by Tej Singh, the khelut (or symbol of investi-
ture) was riot immediately conferred upon him; and the in-
tenigence of his selection, on reaching Lahore, occasioned
„„,,t caeitement amongst the troops there, who, as usual,
b'..-- heftily ofgolden )
talked very
Seiklis at Linfritsir Wire also averse to his appointment,
chiefly on the score of his intimate connexion with her High-
ness. The Ranee, during her stay, visited Govindghur, rnd
naturally enough wished to obtain some of the treasure se-
eured there, in which, however, she was opposed by the
officers arid men in charge, who said that there was an order
by Runjeet Singh, prohibiting the removal of money from the
fort, except in case of necessity, such as "war against a pub-
lic
enemy: Her Highness eventually obtained tee: lakhs,
*box were expended in completing the payment of the
troops. -
The Court left Umritsir on the 4th, and arrived on :the
next day at the Shaleemar Gardens. News awaited th,e
Ranee of a victory at Jesrowta, of which place the state
troops had succeeded in gaining possession. On the 6th a
polite commuication was received from Ghoolab Singh,
" assuring the Sirkar that his anxiety to make it worthy of
acceptance (!) was the sole cause of his not having as yet
sent his Dusserah nuzzurana, and that he would not delay
the same much longer." Dowan Aloolraj, the Nazim of
Mooltan, another defaulter, not having been shrewd
enough to forward a similar courtly apology, was ordered
to be threatened with unpleasant measures if he did not at
once send in. his present to the durbar. Raja Lall Singh
now entered on the performance of the duties of vizier,
`under the immediate tanction of the Bailee, hilt without