The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-01 00:00:00

TURKEY.

Dates to the 13th ultimo, from Constantinople,
state that the English serew-steamer Arabia ran
aground in the roadstead of Smyrna. but had been
towed off by thu Turkish frigate Feisi Barri. A
new committee of Uletnalis had been formed to
examine into the dispute about the Holy Sepulchre.
The (reek clergy found their claims on a grant
made them by the Caliph ()mar. The French lid.
duce subsequent treaties of 17-10. The Hungarian
refugees have reetived permission to leave Turkey.
They will go to Alezandrette, and thence, on board
an English vessel, to America.

AMERICA.

(ET ELECTRIC TELEORATIf.)

(PROW OUR OWN COILIMPONDENT.)

LIVERPOOL, iIIUK•4I/AT,7

. -
The United States Mail steam-ship Arctic, Capt.
Luce, has just arrived, with 32 pmsemnmrs, 371,45 K)
dots. in specie, and dates from New Purl: of the 20th
ultimo.

;
lhe Kos-uth excitement at New York had not
abated. The grand banquet given by the bur wad
held on the 19th. On the 22nd Kossuth %tan to
leave for Washington.
Various reports were rife at New York, relative
to the course likely to be taken by the Russian and
Austrian Ministers in consequence of the official re-
ception of Kossuth by Congress. It was stated that
their passports were to be dernandul, but nothing
positive had transpired.
The steam-ship Daniel Webster brought California
dates, rio Nicaragua, to the 16th, and 1,090,0 W/ dols.
in gold dust; 2,006,000 dols. additional was at
Panama. At San Francisco business was good. At
Marysville and Sonora many murders had taken
place. 'flie Maryarille Ilentlri states that 16 dead
bodies had been found in one week. The vigilance
committee had made several arrests.

Jamaica advices are to the 29th. Cholera was
again very bad iii that island.
The mercantile reports from the United States
speak favourably of business prospects. Trade
generally was brisk. The money market was a
shade tighter. Government Stocks were in good
demand at firm rates. The exportation of specio
continued undiminished.

The market fur breadstuffs was very quiet, and
few transactions are reported, holders waiting fur-
ther advice. from this country. Western Canal flour,
4 dots. 23c. to 4 debt. 37;c. per brl. Genneisee
prime wheat, 1 dol. 2c. to 1 dul..lc. per 601ba. In-
dian corn, round yellow, 62e. to (34c. per bushel.
The Cotton market was inactive, and prices had
been feebly maintained. No decline, however, has
taken place. New Orleans and Mobile mid. fair to
fair, 93c. to 91c. per lb. Uplands and Florida, De. to
4,1 c. per lb.
No alteration in either freights or provisions.
Exchange on London, 110; too 110; (rather flat).
Paris, 3.13. Hamburg, 361 to 361. Bremen, 781
to 78j.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. IS.
Sides of cotton 5,000 bales. Good middling is quoted at
7jc. per lb.

INDIA.

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

We have received by express from Trieste our
despatches in anticipation of the Overland Mail.
The dates are—Bombay, Dec. 3; and Calcutta, Nov.
23.

The expedition from Calcutta, to enforce apology
and reparation from the Burmese, left on the 19th
ult., and consisted of her Majesty's ship Fox, 42,
her Majesty's ship Serpent, 12, with the Hon.
Company's war-steamers Tenasserim and Preserpine,
the whole under the command of Commodore
Lambert, lt.N. Sir Cohn Campbell continued in
the neighbourhood of Mitchnee, and the inhabit-
ants had fled to the meningitis on his approach. Cap-
tain Coke and his force had returned from the Mee-
ranzaie valley, and recrossed the Kourum: they had
only twice been in any way annoyed by an enemy,
when two men were killed. The Wuzeerees had at-
tacked the guard over the Babadur Khcl salt mine;
they had been repulsed with a loss of 11 men ; our
party had five or six wounded. The entire Mooltan
field force had on the 10th or 20th ult. been directed
to be prepared for moving at a moment's notice along
the line of the frontier. 1)ost Mabomed is still alive.
The governor-general was expected at Itoorkee on the
24th ; his lordship would thence proceed to Hurd-
war. Sir W. Gomm was at Jullundhur. Sir 11.
Lawrence had returned to Lahore. The Bombay
journals have for the past fortnight been occupied
with the discussion of the Mahomedan disturb-
ances, which commenced on the 17th Oct., and are
scarcely yet over. An extensive fire broke out in
the store-houses of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam
Navigation Company in the dock-yard at Mazagon
on the 2nd December, by which stores belonging to
the company, to the value of from 13,0001.
to 20,0091. were destroyed. The cause of the fire
had not been ascertained. The goods consumed
by the fire were only partially insured ; the build-
ings in which they were stored have been com-
pletely destroyed. These latter are valued at 7,5001.
and belonged to Mirr.a Mahomed Ali Khan, the
owner of the dockyard, from whom they were rented
by the Peninsular and Oriental Company. Trade
during the last fortnight had been brisk. The money
market was carp. Several failures of native bank-
ers in the Bazaar, both at Calcutta and in Bombay,
were apprehended.
The following is the summary of the Bombay
Times :