The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-06 00:00:00

UGUST 6,

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THE CALCIRTA AND CHINA MAIM.
KIIITEAMPTON, Ammer 6.
The Peninstilar and Oriental Company's stew&
skip Delhi, with the above mails, has arrived. She
bring. 107 passengers, including Sir Robert
Schoenberg, her Majesty's Consul at Siam ; also
1,1061 in specie, 648 packages of silk, and 194
packages of general merchandise.
The British schooner Edwards„ from Mangan,
bad arrived at Gibraltar with 187 passengers.
Several Hebrew families emigrating from Barbary
to Palestine were taken on to Alexandria by the
steamer Aransas.

At Gibraltar Exchange on London, 90 days, was
gaoled 50i ; on Paris, from 6fr. 30c. ; Genoa,
Mr. Sic. Freights unaltered.

ARRIVAL OF THE DELHI.
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SOUTHAMPTON, SArcramy Roman.
The Delhi has just arrived. She has been
delayed owing to the China steamer breaking down.
Amongst the Delhi's passengers is Sir Robert
Schoenberg, H.B.bL's Consul at Siam. Lieutenant
Macaulay, a nephew of the late Lord Macaulay,
died on board.

were quite in the dark, wad could not tell what was
the Arise bfr the prosecution.
&wryeri in raising the famous difficulty of
antigning thirteen puma for forming • society
of sere than twenty, provoked such a hearty
laugh that the president threatened to clear the;
court

The trial, which is breaking down under the
weight of ridicule, will not bid so long as was ex-
pected. The examination is already over, and the
Advocate-General has commenced his speech for
the prosecution.
The words "By order" on the Opera bills for
this evening are understood as meaning that the
King of the Belgians, who has left Vichy, will be
present at the performanoe.

THE FRENCH OCCUPATION OF COCHIN
CHINA.

According to the Moniker the intelligence
brought to Frames by every mail from Cochin China is far
from confirming the reports owned in Paris lest winter, to
the effect that the French government inteeded to limit its
colonel establishment there to a very restricted oesetpatkei.
Every set of the governor, Beer Admiral de Ls Greedier%
bears witness to the intention of maintaining Frisch autho-
rity and extending its Mance, ea will be sue from a
rapid mutton of the react proceed*" of the loon
administration. In February the governor, in order to ove-
reat usury, which is the merge of the East, decided on
founding five iloots-de-Pitte, being one for molt of the pro-
vieces ceded to Freese. As these establishments ere to lead
mosey at 3 per out. per month, the onneut este in Cochin
China mast have been most exorbitant. In April, the first
careening dock, open:noted is the government arsenal sill
Saigon, was opened ; it is 72 metres (236 feet) keg, end will
admit, in ordinary tides, Teasels drawing 4.20 metres (131 t
9i0.) This dock bee cost 70,000 h. Bat the most
im-
portant avast is the ratifloadoo, by the French
government, of Use treaty of protectorate cos-
eluded last year by Rear-Admiral de Ls Grandient with
the Bing of Climbed* who, when the Bing of Siam
threatened to annex his territory, applied to Franco for
protection, and obtained it. " This fact," my. the diked

journal, "is the most formal contandiciioe that can be
given to those persons who circulate alarming rumours.
The government has SOW had the least thought of restrict-
ing Preach dominatica in Cochin Chios." The French
college at Adieu, confided to catholic misionaries, ie
making constant progress. The adoption of the European
alphabet has greatly facilitated primary instruction. Mart
of the hays now learn as much in ten maths as the pap&
under the native teachers eon in ten years. A great number
already read Fritsch with seas, and some of them speak it
very passably. Four of the native boys are sow acting Si
interpreters at different stations.