By Lieutenant Waghom's extraordinary express, via Trieste, advices have been
received from Bombay to the 27th August. The news is not important. The Punjaub was still disordered,—the Lahore Government tottering with feebleness, Gholab Singh embarrassed by his own intrigues. Lord Hardinge and Lord Gough were still at Simla. There was a report that Sir Charles Napier's health had been seriously affected by the climate; but some discredit is cast upon it. Cabul is still the focus of intrigues; Dost Mohammed holding back from Persian invitations to plot against the British,—Akbar Khan entering into separate negotiations against the pacific policy of his father. The British Resident at the Nizam's Court was making a vigorous attempt to arrange the pecuniary affairs of that Government. There had been a slight disturbance in the Cuddapah collectorate of the Madras Presidency; but it was speedily suppressed. Its leader, Nursirna Reddy, was hotly pursued by the police, and would not be long at large. At Bombay, the commercial season had fairly reopened; but very little business had been done. The monsoon season had been favourable to the agriculturists.
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