The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-07 00:00:00

INDIA.

The following is from the Bombay Gazette of
the 13th January :
The South-Eastern Provinces of Pego, Arracae, Moul-
mein, Martaban, Amherst, and Teneaserirn have been
waited, and placed under the administration of Colonel
Phan as lieutenant-governor.
The supreme government has authorised the immediate
issue of a first distribution of the Lueknow prise money at
the rate of 17 rupees each share.
Lieutenant-Colouel Norman. C. 8., has been appointed
secretary to the government of ladle in the Military 13e-
putment, is succession to Major-Gene al Sir B. Binh,
M.C.8., who retires.
The future effective strength ci the European forester all
India le fixed at 73.577 men. The tome will be distributed
m follows :—Bengal, 44,916 ram, at 1,100 ra. par seas,
total, 4.04.07.000 re. per aeare,_• Magna, 111,101 MIL
at 1,100 rs. per man, total, 1,06,77,100 re. per annum ;
Bombay, 13,500 men, at 1,100, is. per ma., total,
1,48,50,000 re. per annum ; which gives a total charge for
*e European army of 8,09,31,700 re., which sum is late
by 84,16,100 re. than the amount spent for this purpose in
the year 11360-61.
The native army now amounts to 111,112 men and
officersolivided into 156 regiments, distributed as follows :
Supreme government, 13 ; Hemel, 60, including all the
Sikh and Punjab battalioos ; 51adraa, 52; Bombay, 30 ;
Pegu, oue load regiment of upper*. Since 1358-59 no less
than 64,065 men have been struck off the strength of the
native army, by which the country has saved more than a
erore of rupees.
The Delhi prize money, consisting of jewels, gold and
silver plate, has arrived in Calcutta, and been valued at one
crore and 21.1 LAM of rupees, of which 14 lakhs have been
received in silver.
The following statement, showing the financial position
of
the several guaranteed railway companies awed the gov
meet, has been published in the Caketts Gazette at the re-
quest of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce
Amount authorised to be seised.—Capital, 36,454,040/.;
debenture loans, 11,878,9601.—t0ta1, 48,333,0101.
Amount paid by the railway compel:ilea—Capital,
28,443,585/.; debenture lows, 9,058,9081. —t0ta1,37,50?.,494/.
Amounts withdraws by the railway ounpinies.—ln Eng-
land, 14,316,6551.; in 10dia,22.942,8001.—t0ta1, 37,259,4551.
Balances standing to the credit of the railway companies,
1,543,601/.; amount advanced u mews, 1,302,5621.
The Bheels have broken out into insurrection in great
force at a place called Chudda, about 80 miles north-weat of
Mal ^sum.
A Vice Admiralty Court is to be established at Bushire
for the suppression of slavery.
His Excellency the Commander.in.Cbief of the Indian
Army met with an accident while pigsticking at Ammo°
with the Maharajah of Cashmere. Sar Hugh Hose got **brit
spear" at the pig, which charged between his horse's legs,
threw him, and gave the Commander-in-Chief a heavy fall.
He was not severely hurt.
Sir Hope Grant, Coniniander-in-Chief of the Madras
Army, we. sworn into office on the 20th December.
The budget estimate of government customs duty for
the year 1862.63, has been calculated by the authorities
at about 2,800,0001., or 20 lake below the estimated
amount of the last year, which wu about 3 crores of
rupees.
Two hundred awl fifty officers of the Bengal army, in-
cluding the newly admitted captains, bad taken Sir Charles
Wood's pensions, up to the 20th December.
On the 15th December the retiring poll stood thus :
Bengal—field officers, 98 ; captains, 18 ; total, 116. Madras
officers, 81. Bombay—field officers, 31; total, 112 ;
captaiee. Bombay and Madras, 19 ; total, 247.
The New Council of the Governor•Generel is expected to
boll its first sitting on the 15th of this month.
The New Council of Bombay is not yet constituted. At
present the membership includes six Europeans and five
natives. The governor ha. the power to appoint two inure
non-official members, and it is hoped he will exercise it in
appointing a European as one of them.
The product of the last cotton crop is now pouring into
Bombay from the various cotton dietricts.
The health of the city and island of Bombay has consi-
derably declined. Cholera is prevailing extensively amongst
the poorer classes of the native community. The weather
is cold and seasonable.

THE Brum. or Loreporr's Acs FOR THE Disco-
txriore or me errr Cur ItCll4.—A correspondent in the
City write* :—" It la not generally known that the above
obnoxious measure tea* been to all intents and purposes a
dead letter ever since its passing into law. The citizens
view not only with extreme dislike the destruction al them
time-honoured and venerable structures, but also the eon-
Aeration of their communion plate, in which they bike •
just pride. The SC; gives the inhabitants the absolute veto
upon the removal of their parish church. A very singular
instance of the exercise of this right occurred last summer
in
the late T. H. Horne's benefice. The parishioeers met
under the presidency of the two dissenting churchwerdene,
and unanimously declined the bishop's interference. Oar
of these churchwardens is • staunch unitarian, and the
other an equally staunch independent. The Bishop of
London, in grasping at too much, will fied hie hopes alto-
gether deflated. Had be contented himself with WI/e-
-ducing • blip to give relief to such parishes as asied far
the scheme would have been unobjectionable, and would
have met with general approval. Bat the public hook with
great disfavour upon any plan that might pleas hundreds of
thousands of pounds at the absolute disposal of the most
exemplary bishop that ever sat on the bench."