The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-30 00:00:00

THE LOWER DANUBE.

A letter in the Monsieur, dated April 10, from
Bucharest, says :
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" some forty merchant vessels, under various flags,
have arrived at Ibraila. All of them are in ballot,
except one, which has a cargo of colonial provisions.
At Ismail the Russian authorities detained them
for several days, and it was not without difficulty
that they °Wined leave to ascend the river u far
as Ibraila. Fearful of being seized on their Tema
to Ismail they abstain from taking in cargo. Theis
are also at Galata more than a hundred merchant•
men is the same predicament."

THE BALTIC BLOCKADE.

(PIIOM A SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO THE " GAZETTE" 01

FRIDAY LAST.)

[The following notification is substituted for the one psle
lishnd in the Supplement to the Gazette dated April Ti,
1865. j

FOREIGN OFFICE, APRIL 27.
NOTIPICATION.—II is hereby notified, that her Majesty.'
overnment bet received information from Capt►in Wet.
...As, R.N., commanding a squadrin of her Majesty's ellipsis
the Baltic, dated, Her Majesty's ship Imperiease, of
Libau, 19th April, 1855," to the effect, that on and from Ms
nit, day of April, 1855, and in the name of her Majesty at
of her ally, his Majesty Napoleon 111., Emperor of the
French, the Russian Port of Litmus, on the coat of Caat•
land, was placed in a state of strct blockade by a compost
force of her Majesty's ships and veuels ; ►ud that as al
from the 19th April, 1855, all Russian ports, roads, hem%
sad Cr.. ks, from latitude 55 deg. 64 min. north, longitude
21 deg 6 min. east, to the Filsand Lighthouse, in llama
58 deg. 25 ma. north, longitude 21 deg. 50 min. lest (ia•
eluding especially the ports of Sakenbaua, Windsu, ad
the entrance to the Gulf of Riga), were also placed in a stets
of strict blockade, by a competent feria ; and it is befell
notified, that all the measures authorised by the laws of m•
tione, and the respective treaties between her Majesty ad
her Allies with the different neutral Powers, will be adopted
and executed wish respect to all vessels which may attempt
to violate the said blockade.

THE CRIMEAN ARMY FUND.

We print the following extract from the letter of
an Artilleryman engaged in the right attack before Seto
topol, by request of a gentleman who guarantees
authenticity, and thinks the facts should be made pada.

Our correspondent says :
" If you should wish it, I can send you all particular, Is
reference to the name and position of the writer, who 51
true man and good soldier. The extract will show tlc
public how their bounty is distributed amongst the gals;
fellows for whom the gifts were intended."

The Artilleryman writes :
" We had some of what is called the Crimea Army
served out to us the other day, and such a serve oat fol
never saw—it deserves to be published in the neeggelf•
Our company is composed of 110 men and 7 officers, a&
for the company, we got 20 gallons of porter, 30 Rs. °I
butter, 30 lbs. of cheese, 30 lbs. of ingar, 30 lbs. of tw
lbs. of candles, 8 bottles of brandy, 1 cue of preserold
vegetables, and 3 tins of preserved game; now, out of tbio,
the officers took the lion's share, they took the brandy,*
vegetables, the game, the halt of the porter, half of the
butter, the same of the cheese, the tea, and sugar, tuit
none of the candles, among seven of them; and the ft
mvinder was divided amongst the 110 of us; also 30 lbs•
of bacon, of which they took the half, so I leave In to
guess at their se."

BALTIC NAVIGATION.—ROSTOCK, APRIL 24.--1111
upper parts of the Baltic are not yet free from ice. ea
Lem is the only Russian port at present seceesible. 1
Lice in this nrigbbeurhood has entirely disappeared, 14
harbour at precust will not admit vessels of more thu I2i
to 13 feet water.
The loon of the Crams is thus reported o by tbe
Corriere Mercenitle of Genoa :—" She left Genoa st
a.m., and in about an hour after her provision of coal leo
found to be on fire, and after 1 vain efforts to get tl,'
conflagration under, the steamer was brought barb
Fruchioan, which she reached sliest noon. Everybedl'
remained on board wu saved ; but three or four sell
who threw themselves into the sea have not bees ;Mud...,
since. The captain and crew did their duty minfay.,_n.
were aided as much as possible by the soldiers OA DOM
bet tin
287 in number, belonging to the engineer corps 1110
commissariat. The Pedestrian, a large sailieg trek or"
was in tow of the Cronus, but she returned safe to
being s terwards taken in tow by the Nubia Mown:
CRYSTAL PAL.km—Frvis SHILLING DAY.-8811* MDAT, APRIL 28. Admons on payntail 669 I s—ins
sewn &kw, MU; total, tat

INDIA AND CHINA.

We (Daly News) have received our despatches in
latisipaties of the Overland Mail. The dates are—
nasbey, April 2; Calcutta, Much 24; Madras,
March 28; Hang-Scog, March 13.
_ _ _ _

The following is from the summary of the Bombay
noses of April 2:
Accounts from the North-western Frontier still
coatings unsatisfactory. There have been some
successful operations spinet the Bassett Khail men ;
but it is evident that there is much more to be done,
and the Hazara country is represented as being_ in a
disturbed state. Mr. John Lawrence and 'Lyda
Sham are now engaged in negotiation-, and it isle
be hoped that they will conclude a treaty, to keep
these refractory frontier tribes in order.
In Page all is peaceful. A son of Meting Goan
Ghee, the rebel chieftain, has been taken with arms Is
his hands and hanged, and the old mac is now
wanderer, without a follower. The late envoys be
Calcutta were well received on their return to Ava.
The Bedurs of Deodroog and adjacent distriels
recently assigned by the Nizam to the British Govern-
ment have just been creating a disturbance, and en-
deavoured to raise an insurrection in consequence of
some fancied injury they had sustained. Twelve
hundred of them took possession of and plundered
the town of Deodroog,wounded several of theGovers-
meet servants, made prisoner of the Naib or
Govdrnor, and threatened to put him to death.
Lieutenant Frankland, commanding the Lingsagoor
field force, received early intimation of these pro.
cowlings, and surprised the insurgents by a well-
managed forced march, with a strong detachment of
cavalry, artillery, and infantry. The Naib was given
up, the rebels dispersed, and the chiefs of the
Beders made prisoners, the whole matter being
at present under investigation by the depot}-com-
missioner.
The opening of the Five per Cent. Loan continues
to be the absorbing subject of discussion in India.
The depreciation of stock that has occurred and the
discontent it has occasioned is universal. We have
to report the break-down of the Assaye and Puniaub,
two magnificent teak steamers of 1,800 tons, launched
at Bombay within the year, at a oost of some quarter
of a million sterling the pair.
The commission of Sir Henry Somerset, as com-
mander-in-chief, having arrived on the 24th, he was
sworn in next day. Mr. Malet is hourly expected to
arrive from Calcutta, when he will be sworn in m
junior member of council, so the council boa*
which, siege the death of Lord Frederick Fiteclarenee,
has consisted of a single member besides the Gomm,
will almost immediately be once more full
The man Thom who murdered his wife at
by smashing every bone in her body with a likirp
bat, has been reprieved, and is to be transpeelni
for life, and thus the perpetrator of one af the mot
brutal murders ever committed in India, without any
ow extenuating circumstance, and with ten this.
sand aggravations, is the tint to escape the gallows.'
On the 18th of March, about half-past one, several
shooks of earthquake seem to have been experienced'
la Upper Scinde, at Muttrs, Allygurh, Meerut, and
Delhi : the accounts that have been already receivedl
are loose, vague, and unsatisfactory.
The weather continues here in its usual state of
uncertainty; a week since we had it for a short time,
as hot asay, once more it has become se cool and
genial as the spring and beginning of March.
The Governor-General continues at the Neilgher-
ries, Lord Harris at Madras; about the end of the
week Lord Elphinstone and staff proceed to Mahe-
bleshwur.
Trade as in a most deplorably dull state. Freights
steady. Stocks of goods heavy, and sales unsatiefac•
tory—a state of matters not likely to improve till
August, when the season opens. Exchange favour-
able for remitters, with money tight in all quarters.