The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-20 00:00:00

EGYPT.

Advice. received here from Constantinople an-
nouns that the negotiations between England, the
Porte, and the Viceroy of Egypt, respecting the
transport of troops to India, have been satisfactorily
concluded.

GOLD FROM Anirtaara• To ENGLAND. —The
steamer which broeght the Overland Australian ma free
Suez had 35,000 use. gold—the shipment by the rests tree
Melbourne in March—of the value of 140,0001. The IMF
bet of gold shim to this ramitay sow afloat is, via. Per
Leedom—The Glendower, with 2,6411 ost and at 10,511414
the Kest, with 3,633 eve., valued at 1042/. ; the Wave id
Life, with 5,223 oss., valued at 20,8921. ; the Lady Am,
with 4,062 ono, valued at 16,240/. ; sod the Anglesey, with
12,094 ass., valued at 48,2721. The splendid White Stet
screw Ammar Royal Staadard. cm of fined stream
afloat, booed for Liverpool, be. 19,521 oils. oil board. valued
et 78,0641. 11p to the data of the Overland mail the ex-
perts of gold from Melbourne for the present year *mounted
359,W45 oil, valued at 1,436,7601. Of this animist
1.26,9601. were she produce of the Victoria gold-fisida, and
172.8161. the yield of those of New South Wales.
GROGRAPHICAL DISCOVRILY.—At the anniversary
meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, to be held at
Burlington House oil Monday, Nay 23, the patroa'a or
Victoria gold medal will be promoted to Captain Grant for
hie ioursey Imes Zanzibar aortae Itselorn Equitoriel Attica
to Egypt, in company with Osiitaie Spoke, and for his ma-
tributions to the work of that exploiter. The (modeles
gold medal will be given to Burma 40. vow der Deckes, for
his two surveys of the lofty mountains of Kilimanjaro,
which he determined to be capped with mow, sad to hive
as altitude et set thee 20,000 ft. • A teetimend will
be also awarded to the Be.. Gifford Palsraye for his advs..
tOrOMB joansey across Arabia.
Ti. RAILWAY BRIDOR AT BUCK/RILLS. —The
melts eassested with the magnifiewit railway bridge far mho
Diadem Chatham, and Dom line smote this park e/ the
rime am DOW 110 rapidly advancing towards ow ylatima that
ems the casual observer ma mark the progrem mods host
day to day. Never even is London has a work of sad
arroilawia sad such eolidity been executed is so short a
Yaw 0. the lad of May last year the fiat Mao of the
Seam abutment was laid, and es the Sad of this month the
het mom of the memory oe the Middlesex side was ems-
plated. The lies up to the Holland-meet aide has bees
Ittihad, sad approved by the gemming inspector, and
will be ensued for Mlle es the Ist of test meth. Of the
bridge which will mama this great goods' station with the
City simians, two of the wrougit.irea spar are ems-
pletely finished and Medial; aloes; the supports will be
removed from the third sort week, aid the fourth sad
fifth are well begun, sad will be completed is the cots
of a math or ail weeks at latest. The preliminary tests
toe strain will this be made by Medias the whole work with
locomotives placed as close together ea all the fear Hoes et
way as they osu stand, aed them the briars will be formally
opssed into the temporary Patios at Ludgate-hill ia the
middle or tad of August next.
TRURO CATTLI AND SMELT FAlL—Truro Whit-
son fair, which is regarded as one of the most important
them sad cattle fairs in the west of Basknd, was held on
Wednesday. The weather was very Ins, and the attend.
me if lumen, &elm. end butchers use asmally large.
There was a good supply of fat bullocks, is which them use
a brisk sale at from 3/. to 31. 3a. per ewt. They all
bands. There was only a limited supply of store ea=
which proved unequal to the deemed. sad oowgneatly all
oil offer were quickly bought up at from 45a. to 600 There
were very few lAA bollocks. but the ripply err disposed
of at improved mks', nagiag from X to 141. per bead. The
deemed for milch stows sad isealmes was gnat, tamers is
all parte of the county heeler' grid votaress ; the sup-
ply, such. Only • few skier ea slas.Bbortr-
-1151.