The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1846-10-06 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ARRIVAL OF THE BOMBAY MAIL.  By Lieutenant Waqhorn's extraordinary express, vid Trieste, dispatches were received on Saturday from Bombay to the 27th of August. _ _ _  The rainy, season had not then terminat d, and until the return of the fine weather nothing of an extraordinary nature was apprehended. The monsoon had been most favourable in all parts of India. and the people engaged in agricultural pursuits were contented. The Sikh Government was in a tottering state, for the Queen-Mother and her paramour, the Wuzeer, Loll Singh, had no hold on the affections of the people. On the contrary, those abandoned characters were looked upOn as traitors to their country, and the opportunity of the withdrawal of the British r.rmy of occupation was awaited by the Khalsees and other fanatics, in order to avenge their wrongs on the present herds of the Lahore Government. The British authorities were not idle in making preparation for the approaching convulsion in the Sikh territory. Regiments were forming at Ferozepore and Umballa, for the purpose of absorbing some of the best of the disbanded Sikh soldiers. An army was also to be ready on the Sutlej and Bess to protect the British frontiers, and in case of necessity to put down the Sikh revolution. Lords R adinge and Gough were at Simla. Gholah Singh is reported to be in a very unsatisfactory state, not only on account of the turbulent chiefs over whom he obtained the rule, by advancing large sums of money last March, but also from his own intrigues, which prevent him from conforming with the promises of the treaty. It was said that several British officers had been murdered in his territory, and by his instigation, but the story is not sufficiently authenticated to be implicitly relied on. The Sikh province of Moultan is still et war with the Wuzeer Lall Singh, and the Mahommedan chef of that fertile district has been victorious in some rencontres with the Sikh troops. Scinde is tranquil, and with the prospect of an abundant harvest. The cholera, after having ravaged Kurrachee and Hyderabad. was attacking the villages along the Indus. There was some sickness at Sukkur, which caused the removal of her Majesty's 17th Regiment to the sea coast. There was a rumour circulated of the speedy retirement from Scinde of Sir Charles Napier, whose health is described as seriously affected by the climate. Five regiments were, it was said, to be removed from Scinde as soon as the fine weather set in. The probability existed, however, of the occupation by the British of the city of Moultan, which, from its locality, would form an excellent emporium for British goods, and a corresponding capital for the western part of India, in some degree reseinbling Calcuta in the eastern division.  In Cabul an attempt has been made to enlist Dost Mahomed in another plot against the British. The agent in this scheme had come from Persia, but the old Dost was too wary to expose himself again to the chances of a conflict with the British. particularly atter the recent successes at Lahore. His son, the notorious Ackbar Khan, was not pleased with the pacific policy of his father, and he was eager to have an opportunity of regaining possession of Peshawur and even of Cashmere. Intrigues and counterplots were in full play at Cabot. In the newly-acquired provinces of Jullunder and the dooab of the Betts, the British troops have during six months, been healthy. An attempt was made by the British resident at the Nizam's Court to arrange the pecuniary sears of that country. Some refractory landholders have been compelled to give accounts of their demands. and the lawless mercenaries, who have proved hitherto to be such a curse to that state, have been disbanded or expelled from the Nizam's dominions. The conquest of the Island of Bally, which is now attemp•ed by the Dutch, continues to be the source of much observation at Singapore. It appears to have the tacit assent of the British Government.  An alarm prevailed at Aden, it; the beginning of August, in consequence of a threatened attack on that fortress by some Arab chiefs. The money market in Bambay had decidedly improved, and favourable expectations were entertained of the busi. ness of the season which was just opening. Discounts bad been lowered, and exchange had fallen to Is. Ild. to ls. 11d4d. per rupee. The market for British manufacturers was quiet, and cotton bad declined from two to three rupees per candy, with limited transactions. Freights had slightly improved, and were last quoted at £2 10s. to £2 15s. per ton to Liverpool. There are as yet no later commercial advices from Calcutta.