The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-28 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA.

By the arrival of the Calcutta and China mail
we have advisee from Calcutta to April 22 ; Madras,
April 28 ; Ceylon (Colombo), April 30 ; Singapore,
April 23 ; Hong Kong, April 18 ; and Shanghae,
April 4.

INDIA.

Few events of important* had occurred since the
departure of the previous mail, on the 20th April.
" The holiday in celebration of the marriage of the
Prince of Wales (says the Hurkars) was spent by
most of the European residents of Calcutta in
writing letters for the homeward mail. In the
early morning General Showers reviewed her Kr
jesty's 43rd Light Infantry, the 40th Native In-
fantry, the Lahore Regiment of Light Hone, a
battery of artillery, and the Calcutta Volunteer. ;
and in the evening the Lieutenant-Governor held a
reception at Belvedere, which was almost as 'ismer-
ously attended as the review. And thus the vacant
day was disposed of tent Lien Die mai."
In Madras the rejoicings on account of the
Prince of Wales's marriage went off with spirit, but
the Atheneum complains of the government fire-
works as a display of " 'shabby pyrotechny." The
same pare My/ :
With real regret we notice the death, at Hyderabad, et
sell! ed Shamoool•Onush, by bz the best and met
Mabee bas ever adresed the family .1
the et the DOOM& Hie camas, ebb*, sad
leaning Milled him to the highest respire of both natives
sad Europeans in India, and his lavish but judicious UM-
Toltec. rendered him the object of universal affeetion is the
Hyderabad kingdom. He was a truly wise and good
whose great influence wee ever used in the tight directioo,and
bad the happiest effect during the mutinies, when peat
danger existed of the overthrow of the Henan War Jong,
and the falling of the weak and ignorant Hiram into the
hands of the feuatieal party who sought to embroil his
highness with the British power, and came very near to
sucesedieg. Bow much both he lied it owe to the restrain-
ing counsel of Shimmool-Oeush, win probably Dever be
known to the world. Had he thrown his weight into the
hostile male, the Deccan would have buret into a confla-
gration the probable extent end results of which it is la.
poorible to Blink of without shuddering. We look upen his
death as a serious misfortune to his family, to their slate.
end to the Queen's goverment in India.
The Ceylon pearl fishery for 1863 has closed.; the
amount realised, 6L0171., is 3,7001. below the
official estimate, and not two-thirds of what wail
generally looked for at the time that estimate was
made ; but yet, from the inauspicious turn matters
took after the fishery had fairly begun, the result
seems satisfactory to all parties.
We read in the Colombo Observer of April 30 :

Bone week. ago we drew public attendee hde to the pest
&driblets's' of our joining the other subjects of the British
crows in presenting soon memorial to the Primer of Wales,
and though we have heard much approval of the segretion
then made to send 'or some present, manufactured of the
pearls secured about the time of ' her wedding,' we are
gam to say nothing has been done ; and even the very
cheap loyalty of an address, which our contemporary the
EXAMS/0 proposed, is stall, so far an we know, only a pro-
pool

CHINA.
The fortnight's news is not important, but is
considered satisfactory. At Pekin all appeared
quiet.
The China Mai/ contains the following :
The Soukiang prrierm, which is another name for what
used to be the " Ward Force," is in • most unsatisfactory
state. By every account, the Chinese troops have always
greatly preferred the rule of foreign officers: regular pay and
mild discipline natarelly brought the fora into favour among
Chiming's willies to swept military service ; the superiority
of foreign drill was also evident to the tamps that were 'ab-
lest to it, and it is likely enough that the active hard work-
ing foreign officer favourably contrasted with the dull and
selfish mandarin, destitute alike of the physical courage
to lead his men to the breach, or the morel
courage to refrain from peculation. Be that as it
may, the rule of Chinese commanders is eagerly deemeatedl
by the disciplined troops, and that ci foreigners as earnestly
appreciated and approved of. The consequence Is, that
little outbreaks, which might welly become mama, are of
frequent occurrence, being provoked by the isequelity cd
discipline exercised by the foreign and the native afillif.
The last outbreak, about two weeks ago, was aimed by two
men having been decapitated for looting a shop, they
having already been punished for the offence by me of the
foreign officers. The timid Chinese officials seemed to admit
the dangerous nature of their course of action, for they
caused the men to be decapitated at midnight. Timm things
are a fruitful source of mutiny and desertion, and form a
rook ahead in the prospect of "the Sunbeam garrison."