The smouldering flame of war is again raised in North-western
Ind*. In second editions, the daily papers publish intelligence brought by two overland mails, from Bombay and Calcutta, with dates respectively to the 8th and 15th of October.
The British troops in the North-western provinces of India are in movement, in consequence of the difficulties in which the new Maharajah, Gholab Singh, placed. In conformity with the provisions of the treaties of last March, lie endea- voured to obtain possession of the Vale of Cashmere; but he was resisted by the. Sheik Emaum-ood-Deen, son of a former confederate. The Sheik has assumed the title of Emir-ool-Moomeinim, and has attempted to make it a religious war against the Sikhs, whether under Gholab or under the Lahore Government. The- Mahommedan tribes in the neighbourhood appear disposed to support the Emir- ool-Moomemim.
The Vale of Cashmere has seven passes, through which it may be entered; they are scarcely passable for even horses. The son of the old Governor may seize these passes, and defy Gholab during the winter months, that is, until May next. Thus embarrassed by his new and refractory subjects, Gholab applied to the British authorities; and they have sent a force of 6,000 men under General. Wheeler, from the Jullunder Doab to occupy Gbolab's capital, while he proceeds with all his forces to put the rebellion down. To render the matter more singular, the British, who are not bound by treaty to assist Gholab against his internal op- ponents, have persuaded the Government of Lahore to aid Gholab by despatching- 10,000 to the passes of Cashmere. The Nazim of Moultan, a Hindoo, who farmed that district from Runjeet Singh, is also causing trouble to the Lahore Government, and refuses to receive their- troops into his forts. At the end of last year, when ordered to have 60,000 men ready to oppose Sir Charles Napier, he coolly told the Lahore rulers that he would not, for he preferred the English rule to theirs. It is therefore supposed that Sir Charles Napier will ere long have to move troops up the Indus towards Bhawul- pore, and perhaps even to take possession of Moultan, which is the great entrepdt for trade with Afghanistan and all the surrounding districts. A bloody revolution has taken place at Katmandoo, the capital of one of the- most powerful Indian States. Repaid has long been notorious for its fierce wild' inhabitants. The paramour of the Queen of that country was assassinated by a faction: he was a man of low birth and habits. To avenge his death, she pro- cured the massacre of the Prime Minister, and of hundreds of other influential persons. She is the second wife of the Maharajah, and is jealous of his eldest. son by a former marriage. Her husband has fled, and there is a prospect of more carnage in that wretched country.
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