The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-01-22 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

OVERLAND MAIL

Accounts from Bombay to the 17th ultimo, and from
China to the 22d November, were received in London on
Saturday tuy express in advance of the Overland Mail.
INDIA.

Chatter Siugh and his sons, and the rest of the trea-
cherous Seikh Sirdars, are to be 'sent out of Punjaub;
and it is rumoured that Calcutta has been selected as the
fittest place for their abode.
There has been another plot at Lahore. The seizure
and removal of Dhuleep Singh were the objects of the
conspirators; and Ranee Clumda has, of course, the
credit of having been their instigator and supporter.
According to the Delhi Gazette, some of her emissaries
were discovered to have been tampering with the men of
the Prewdergast's Irregular Corps. These men, however,
proved true to their salt; and, having given notice to
their commanding officer of what was going on, nine of
the intriguers were fortunately captured and consigned to
"durance vile." I suppose there will be some startling
revelations on their trial, and the British authorities will
receive fresh proof of the power and shrewdness of the
Mather-Queen, who, though a fugitive, and remote from
the scene of her former intrigues, still contrives to be
every now and then a " thorn in the side" of every
Government she abhors, _ _ _ _

Perfect tranquillity reigned in the Punjaub, with one
trifling Exception. The tribe called the Ydosoofgaies,
inhabiting the wild districts on one of the routes to
Cabool, having refused to pay their taxes and committed
some acts of violence on those more peaceably disposed
than themselves, Colonel Lawrence, with a force consist-
ing of 500 of her Majesty's 60th and 61st. with details of
artillery, native infantry, irregular cavalry, and pioneers
were, it was understood, preparing to proceed against

on had received orders not to follow
the malcontents into the hills, and, by last accounts, were
waiting at the entrance of the pass for orders from

Government

A difficulty had arisen on the north-western frontier,
the Rajah of Sikkim, a petty mountain chief, hawing
seized and imprisoned Dr. Campbell. superintendent of
the Sanitarium at Darceiing, and Dr. Hooker, the natu-
ralist, who had proceeded to the Himalayas on a scientific
tour. _ _ _ _ .

Rumours were prevalent of certain of the Bengal regi-
ments refusing to cross the Sutlej unless promised extra
allowances, and Sir C. Napier is said to be prepared to
put down mutiny at once by the strong hand should it

Make its appearance,

The Maliarajah Ghola.b Singh is said to be carrying on
a system of the cruelest oppression against his Cashme-

rian subjects

The I;ealth -of the Governor-General is described as
materially improved. By last accounts he was at Lahore.
The Marchioness of Dalhousie will, it is understood, re-
turn home immediately.
It now appears that his Excellency Sir Charles Napier
never had the slightest intention to return to Europe till
his term of

service expires

Major Edwardes was on the eve of embarking at Bom-
bay for England, bearing the celebrated Koh-i-Noor
diamond, intended as a present to her Majesty.
At Madras a famine was apprehended : the rains, which
usually set in in October, bad not begun to fall till the

end of November, and were then excessively scanty

Thorrias Metcalfe had been driven on shore at
and wrecked.

CHINA