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bwu.—A mail has at length been received from Bombay. It left that port on the 26th August, but being driven back by stress of wea-
ther, did not finally get away until the 7th September. It reached Alexandria on the 4th instant, before the arrival of the Queen's steamer Geyser ; and was brought on to Malta by the French steamer Lycurgue. The intelligence by this mail is not of great moment ; and it has been in part anticipated by the mail which was brought in the Hin- dostan from Calcutta. Lord Ellenborough was at Calcutta. He had appointed Mr. Bird Deputy-Governor of Bengal ; an appointment that gave much satisfaction. But the Governor-General was expected to go to Agra or Allahabad in October, to direct the settlement of the Government at Gwalior ; which state remained in disorder and misery under the rule of the usurper. There was to be an army of observation near Gwalior, probably commanded by Sir William Nott, and another on the Sutlej, which Sir Hugh Gough was expected to command. Advices from Scinde came down to the 19th August; when that province was quite tranquil. The collection of the revenue had been begun, and it was thought that there would not be much difficulty in raising even a larger sum than was ever paid to the Ameers. The health of the troops had greatly improved : the country had been over- flowed by the Indus, and the atmosphere was much cooler. The dis- pute between two of the Ameers is further explained. Ali Mohammed, a young chief related to Shere Mohammed, who had fled, tried to main- tain the territory against the British ; but All Mohammed's uncle, Murad Ali, who appears to have courted the British alliance for his own ends, assumed possession of the territory, and with the aid of a British detachment, under Colonel Paull, drove out Mohammed Ali. Shere Mahomed had made his way across the Indus near Sehwan, and joined his family ; who subsequently retired with him, and sought re- fuge among the Murree bills. The Eastern Murrees, together with their brethren along the Bolan Pass, on the one side, and the Afghans, in the direction of Attock, on the other, were said to be assembling in thou- sands, with a view of assaulting the British, as soon as the state of the inundation permitted ; and some severe campaigning was anticipated when the cold season returned. These rumours, however, originated with the natives, and obtained little credit.
There were abundant rumours respecting the state of Afghanistan. Dost Mohammed was said to be "ruling with a rod of iron " ; and one of the victims to his austerity was Ameen Oola, a traitor to Shah Su- jab and the British. Sutler Jung, the son of Sujah, was in prison at Candahar. There are reports of friendly negotiations carried on by the Post with the Persians at Herat, and with the King of Bokhara ; but they are very doubtful.
There is a talk of some commotion among the officials of the Nizam's territory. The once powerful Minister Chundoo-Loll was in disgrace, in consequence of want of money ; and it is supposed that the state will be "absorbed" in the British territory.
A most extraordinary conspiracy had been discovered at Bombay—a "joint-stock company " for plundering boats and ships, and smuggling. It is said to have existed for thirty years, and to have been accustomed to divide 60,0001. or 80,0001. a year in profits 1 An accomplice had turned traitor to the confederacy, and denounced it; but the informa- tion was still very imperfect ; and the Police-agents are suspected of having been bribed by the gang to impede further disclosures.
ITALLY.—A letter from Bologna, of the 15th instant, states that fresh disturbances had taken place in that city and its neighbourhood. In the evening of the 3d, the populace came to blows with the carbineers and Swiss in the streets of Borgo, San Pietro, and San Donato. Four soldiers and a workman were dangerously wounded. The Swiss having given way, a troop of dragoons was immediately sent to the assistance of the carbineers, and soon restored order. On the 8th, several military posts were attacked in the lower city. Similar outbreaks were said to have occurred in other parts of the province ; and Cardinal Spinola was so much alarmed at the hostile dispositions evinced by the Bolognese, that he applied for leave of absence, and quitted the city. On the 10th, he was succeeded ad interim by Cardinal Vannicelli Casoni. Three physicians and several landowners of the districts traversed in August last by Muratori's band had been arrested. The prisons of Bologna contained seventy political offenders, and fifty more were detained at Pesaro until they could be safely removed to fort San Leo. It was re- ported, that in a recent congregation of Cardinals, held at Rome to con- sider the situation of the Legations, Cardinal Bernelli recommended that concessions be made to the people, and a general amnesty granted to all persons implicated in political conspiracies since 1831. This proposi- tioo, however, was rejected, by the almost unanimous vote of the as- sembly.—Times.
Stesis.—The intelligence from Spain is of little interest this week. At Madrid the session of the Cortes was opened on the 15th, by com- mission as we should say ; and the numbers continued to arrive daily, in considerable numbers. The Government party hastened the preli- minaries, declaring the elections valid without examining the objec- tions against them ; insomuch that they are accused of " inde- cency," of excluding the Liberals in a body, and of " packing" the Cones. The work was, still going forward on the 18th instant. At Barcelona, matters-remain in statu quo. Concha opened his bat- teries against Saragossa on the 19th. Another insurrectionary move- ment at Seville had failed ; but Leon had " pronounced"; Salamanca is said to have done so ; and there was some uneasiness apparent in Valencia, Estremadura, and Galicia.
Ceriens.—A packet-ship, which left New York on the 2d instant, and arrived at Liverpool on Thursday, brings accounts of the opening of the Canadian Parliament, on the 28th September. Sir Charles Met-
calfe's speech is full of suggestions of local improvements, and ad- ministrative improvements are promised in the shape of Govern- ment measures ; but it indicates no other general line cf policy. There seems to be no doubt that the seat of Government will be transferred from Kingston to Montreal, the natural seat of the Cana- dian metropolis. It is supposed that dissent from his colleagues on the subject was the reason why Mr. Secretary Harrison, of Canada West, had sent in his resignation. Mr. William Warren Baldwin, Mr. Chris- topher Widner, Mr. Rene Joseph Kimber, Mr. Emilius Irving, Mr. Louis Massue, and Mr. Pierre Boucher de Boucherville, bad been called to the Legislative Council.
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