The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-14 00:00:00

CHINA.

The Ooerland China Mail, in its summary of
DOWN says :
The London mail of August 11th arrived here on the 21st
instant.

During the past fortnight nothing has been seen or beard
of the rebels in the vicinity of Shanghae. The scattered
bands of marauders which appeared in the neighbourhood of
the city • few weeks ago seem to have fallen back upon the
main body; but no intelbgenee =sheen obtained regarding the
recent movements of the rebels, or how they propose to
employ themselves during the winter. The views entertained
by her Majesty's government on the Mowing
question and the general defence of our property
in China, have afforded satisfaction to foreign residente
in the treaty ports; very few, if any, of our people desire
that measures should be pushed to greater extremities.
All is quiet at Ningpo.
Great excitement exists at Canton in consequence of the
discovery, on the 18th instant, of • conspiracy, the object
of which was the seizure of the city by a league of deeper*.
does during the literary examinations now pending. Our in-
formation is to the effect that certain suspicions movements
being observed in connexion with • dwelling-house in
Homan owned by Mosque, information was sent to him,
which, on being communicated to the authorities, led to the
arrest of thirteen persons and the seizure of a mass of
treasonable documents. The confessions of the men arrested
are said to point to • wide-spread secret league, embracing
various classes, at the head of which were some priests, a
military maudarin of low rank, arid similar persona, who,
by influencing the credulity or exciting the ambition of their
respective associates, bad constructed • plot which
accident alone seems to have disconcerted. The
18th instant had been fixed on as the day when the
city should be thrown into disorder by incendiary
fires and similar device*, u it was calculated that at that
time all the high officials would be secluded in the Examine-
tioe-hall, and ordinary public functions brought to a stop
in the usual senseless manner. They ought thus have been
able to seize the principal defences; but it so happened
that the examiner-in-chief was delayed in his journey, and
the examinations were postponed • month. This caused •
delay of the enterprise, and meanwhile the discovery fortu-
nately took place. Nine of the conspirators were beheaded
on the 19th inst., and extraordinary precautions were at
once taken by the native authorities. The guards at the
gates have been doubled, and strong patrols are supposed to
traverse the street' at night..Ssres are also said to be
r
active in their search for such • enders as have escaped.
The examinations begin on Moo ay next, and it is to be
hoped that all danger of a rising has paned. by. Mean-
while her Majesty's ship Beagle lies in the aver, for the
protection of the foreign community. This conspiracy at
Canton, coupled with the rumoured Sisaffection of • -party
at Pekin, shows that the intrigues of the anti-
foreign faction are not at an end. Lon, the
enlightened Governor-General of the Two Kwang,
is a man who has made • just estimate of the position
is which the last war left his country with respect to foreign
nations ; and he has frankly and honestly accepted the
situation. Numerous attempts have been made to get him
into disrepute with the authorities at Pekin, but without
=cores ; and the present conspiracy has no doubt been re-
=rt.= to by his enemies as a last resource to effect his
ruin. We have good reason to congratulate ourselves on
its failure.

In Hong Kong everything goes on smoothly. The
voluntesis are at target practice, and the hot weather is
wearing away.

AUSTRALIA.

Our advices from Melbourne come down to Sept.
25. The following are the matters of interest con-
tained in them

Parliament, which stood prorogued to the 29th instant, is
still further prorogued to the 7th of November, when it is
to meet for the despatch of business. There is, conse-
quently, little polite news this month, and that little not
of a very exciting kind, if we except one or two of the more
striking incidents.
His Excellency, it' is said, has been informed of an exten-
sion of bis term of oleos, to which nobody objects. But
the despatches are abased:l to convey an intimation of the
disallowance of the Governor's Salary Reduction Bill, which
has excited intense dissatisfaction.
. . . . .

The working of the New Land Act is alto another ex-
ception to the general dulness in politics. The first batch
of selections wider it commenced on the 13th of this month,
and great complaiuta have been made of more than their
fair share of the land having fallen into the hands of the
squatters.
The Real Property Act should be put into force next
month. But there seems to be a growing suspicion of its
not being intended to give this fair play.
Mr. Sl'lliolay and party have crossed the continent, and
were first heard of, after this, in Queensland, all well. They
are now on their way hither, and will proceed hence to
Adelaide, whew, they set out. This is the third party
now that has crossed the continent. Mr. Stuart and party
are still out, but we may expect to bear of them shortly.
THE GOLDFIELDB.—Last month we had to attribute the
falling off in the receipts of gold from our auriferous dis-
tricts to the long continuance of heavy rains, which com-
pletely prevented alluvial operation' from being carried on.
The cessation of wet weather has not, however, effected
any material improvement in the yield of gold, and we are
still much behind last year.

(From the Circular of Mears. Elder, Stirling, sod Co.)
ADELAIDE, Sen. 26.

• The mail service rid King George's Sound has been re-
sumed this month, the oolony having determined rather to
Lear an unjustly heavy burden of expense then to be ex-
cluded by the terms of the present contrect with the Penin-
sular and Oriental Company from the due advantaged of its
geographical position. Ale and Porter.—Both ale and por-
ter in bulk have declined, and are dull of sale. The peke
of first brands of bottled ale is kept down by the large
quantity of inferior off arias. Scotch Hearin boards have
arrived in large quantities, and are at present Tory 110•1111).
We. Galvanised iron is not at prwot in much demand.
Arrivals of woolpacks bare checked any tendency to advaoos.
Full weight puha of 10Ibx may be quoted at m. Bran
bags are still scarce. Corn sacks es harvest time ap-
preaches are inquired for, but prices remain much
the same as last month. Eastern prodisoe.—The
market is fully supplied with sugar, and the prices
of most descriptions are somewhat lower than last month.
Salt—Stooks in neighbouring colonies are excessive, and
forbid any improvement in price here. Spirite—Spirits are
lower than last month, sod bulk gin from the neighbouring
colonies has been sold below our goohstioris. Direct ship-

menta always command better prices than shipments from
Melbourne. First-elass brandies will bring e shilling per
gallon more when imparted direct than when coming rid the
neighbouring 001001•4 pin both in balk And owe is some-
what scam. Exchange—The Banks issue bills on England
at the following rate' :-60 days, 2 per cent. premium ; 30
ds, 2i per met. premium ; 3 days, 3 per cent. remit=
Baying Mao : 80 days, par ; 30 dap, f; per cent. premium.

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