The Press.
London, England, 1858-03-20 00:00:00

INDIA.

TIIE BOMBAY MAIL.

The steam-ship Valetta, with the Bombay mails,
arrived at Marseilles at ten on Thursday night. The
mails left for London at half•past ten.

The following telegram of the news of the Bombay
mail was received at the East India House at
9.30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 16 :

TO JOHN D. DICKINSON, ESQ., INDIA HOUSE.
intelligence from the commander•in•chiefs camp is
anxiously expected.

He arrived at Cawnpore on the Bth of February, bad an
interview with the Governor• General at Allahahad, and
returned to Cas npore.
One &vision of his army arrived at Cawnpore on the
7th of February, and active preparations were in progress
for crossing the Ganges.
No further attack had been made on Sir James Oatrarn
up to the 7th of February.
It is reported from Futtyghur that Nana Sahib had
crossed the Ganges with a strong force between Bithoor
■nd Sheorajpore, with the intention of entering Handel-
cund.

On the 3rd of February the Gwalior troops from Calpee
attacked the post at Bhogulpore, near Acbarpore, bat were
promptly repulsed. Lieutenant Thompson, who com-
mandeti the post, was severely wounded.
The Ghoorkas attacked and defeated the rebels at
Gondah on the 4th.

Jung Bahadoor was to cross the Gogra, near Tends, on
February 14th, on his march to Lucknow.
The ex-King of Delhi is to be transported for life to the
Andaman Islands.

All quiet in the Punjaub. The arrival of European
troops has enabled Sir J. Lawrence to send several Sikh
regiments to Rohilcund.
Sir Hugh Rose moved on Garakotah on the 11th of
February, and the enemy evacuated it. In the pursuit
the rebels lost 100 men, mostly sepoys.
The Rajah of Singheera was hanged at Indore on the
10th of February.
Troops from Gujerat and Scinde are rapidly concen-
trating for a combined attack on Kotab.
The Madras Column and Hyderabad Contingent attacked
the Shorapoor Rajah's troops at Hingasagool on the Nth
of February, and defeated them. Captain Newbury, of
the Bth Madras Cavalry, was killed, and Lieutenant
Stewart, of the same regiment, wounded.
On the same day a Bombay force, under Colonel Mal-
colm, occupied Shorapoor itself without opposition. The
Rajah himself was captured in Hyderabad on February 12.
The sons of Phond Nawunt, who took refuge in Goa
after the insurrection of 1844, have commenced depreda-
tions on the southern frontier and the Canara districts.
They have burnt three custom-houses, and are endeavour-
ing to raise the country. Careful arrangements have been
made both above and below the Gbauts for the protection
of the country, and for the prevention of any general out-
break in these turbulent districts.
Captain Pottinger attacked and dispersed a strong body
of Ilheels on the 19th of February. The jungle will be
cleared, and decisive operations commenced by the end of
February.
H. ANDEFOION, Secretary to Government.
Bombay Castle, Feb. 24, 1858.
V. G. .
Malta, March 15, 1658, 31 minutes past 9 p.m.MONTANAB,O
A telegram to the same effect has been also re•
ceived at the Foreign-office.

THE CHINA MAILS.
LOSS OF THE CALCUTTA STEAMER AND

MAILS.

A telegram received from Trieste, dated 5.30 Fri-
day morning, states that the passengers, crew, and
hart of the mails of the vessel have been saved.
The following despatch was received on Wednesday
from Alexandria, dated March 13
The Colombo leaves this afternoon with the China mails.
The Peninsular Company's steamer Granada arrived at
Suez yesterday with intelligence of the wreck of the Ara
near Trincomalee on the llith of February. The cargo
and mails were totally lost, but the crew and passengers
all saved.

Intelligence from Canton was to Jan. '!`4.
Canton remains tranquil under the rule of the allies.
Order has been completely maintained in the city.
Lord Elgin and Baron Gros are still in the Canton
River.
Nu additional troops had yet arrived.

Two hundred and fiftpthree thousand pounds treasure
fur the Bombay Government were on board the Ara.
Twenty-eight thousand five hundred pounds have been
recovered.

The passengers included several of the Lucknow
refugees.
Yeh continued a close prisoner on board the Inflexible,
in the Canton River.

The total wreck of the Ava, and the reported loss
of the Calcutta mails and the treasure on board,
has engrossed much attention. The Peninsular and
Oriental Company are without any intelligence of
the loss, except that which appeared in the public
journals, and by a telegram which was received on
Wednesday afternoon at Lloyd's from their agent at
Malta. It appears that the information came by
Corfu. The Ara was a fine iron screw-steamer, of
1,600 tons, and 600-horse power. She had lately
returned to Calcutta after conveying the Earl of
Elgin to Hong Kong, and was on a passage from
Calcutta to Bombay with the English mails and
passengers, and, it is reported, 253,000/. of treasure
belonging to the East India Company. The wreck
is described to have occurred on the 16th of
February, in long. 81 23 E., tat 8 31 N., off Trin-
comalee, on the north-east portion of the Island of
Ceylon. Fortunately, the passengers (some from
Lucknow) and crew were saved, but the ship is stated
to have sunk with the mails and treasure, 28,300/.
of which had been recovered. The intelligence of
the wreck was brought to Suez by the Granada
steamer, also belonging to the Peninsular and Orien-
tal Company, which bad the China and Ceylon mails
on board. She arrived at Ceylon shortly after the
wreck of the Ava, and would doubtless have brought
on the Calcutta mail had it been saved. The Ara
was not insured, the company having a fund to
meet exigencies of this unfortunate description.
The treasure was for the Bombay Government, and,
on inquiry at Lloyd's, we could not hear that any of
it was insured. Some doubts, however, have been
expressed as to the amount that was really on board
the ship. Tt is thought that there might be sonic
error in the transmission of the message, and that
the amount, instead of pounds, was rupees. The
loss of the Ava will not, we understand, occasion
any interruption in the company's Indian service,
another steamer being in readiness to take up the
line of traffic. The Ava was nearly a new ship, and
was built at Greenock, and, with her equipment, cost
nearly 50,0001.

The next Indian telegram will be due on the 25th
inst. It will contain news from Calcutta up to the
24th nit. The Colombo, with the China mails and
the Lucknow refugees, is expected at Southampton
on the 20th inst.

jortign anb (Colonial 3ntetligutte.

FhANCE.

EXECUTION OF THE

Orsini and Pierri were beheaded in front of their
prison in the Rue de la Roquette on Saturday
last. The Court of Cassation rejected their appeal
on Thursday ; in the course of Friday a Privy
Council, at which the Emperor was present, declared
unanimously against the pardon of Orsini and Pierri,
but acceded in favour of a commutation of the
sentence upon De Rudio to penal servitude for life;
and on Saturday morning the execution took
place
At six o'clock on Saturday morning the Almoner of the
prison, the Abbe Hugon, who had been all along assiduous
in visiting Orsini, and who had received his confession on
the previousevening, entered Orsini's cell, while the Almoner
of the prison of the Jeunes Detenue, which is in front of
the prison of La Roquette, entered the cell of Pierri. Both
were accompanied by some of the directors of the prison.
Orsini received the terrible announcement with the most
perfect calmness, and replied that he was ready. Pierri,
on the contrary, flew into a violent rage; he broke out
into the most indecent vituperation of his enemies, and
even uttered impotent threats, which would be ridiculous,
if ridicule could find a place on so tragic an occasion.
The director and the Almoner at length succeeded in
lessening his agitation, and in bringing him to a calmer
state. He promised not to break out again into violence,
but he announced his intention of singing a patriotic
hymn. The two convicts were then conducted separately
into the chapel of the prison, where the Almoners ad-
dressed to them a final exhortation. They were then con-
ducted to the Salle du Greffe, where they had a last oppor-
tunity of speaking to each other—it being the only time
they had been allowed to do so since their condemnation
by the Court of Assizes. Pierri, who was still in a state
of great excitement, exclaimed on seeing Orsini, "Ell
bien ! mon vieux." Orsini merely replied in a soft voice,
"Du calme, du calme. ' Pierri then called for breakfast,
and wished to be served with coffee and rum. Orsini
refused to cat, but ended by accepting a small glass of
rum. After this, the terrible ceremony was proceeded
with, which, in the language of the prisons, is called " la
toilette des condamnes." When they brought the black
veil to Pieni, and placed it upon his head, lie said, "They
are decking me out lake an old coquette." When,
pursuant to his sentence, his shoes were taken off.