The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-28 00:00:00

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC.
LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.
The United States mail steam-ship Atlantic, Capt.
West, arrived in the Mersey this day with advice*
trom New York to the 16th instant, 1M posgengers,
and specie to the extent of 264,000 chars on
freight. Amongst her passengers WU the Princess
, Itirat of Plot ida,..
_ _

The Royal Mail steam-ship America arrived at
Boston on the 13th, and the screw steam-ship Alps
on the 14th inst., both from hence.

The United Sta.tes Mail steam-ship 'Washington,
from Southampton, arrived at New York on the
nth.

It is announced that Mr. Buchanan will not super-
sede Mr. Ingersoll at the court of St. James's until the
Ist of July next.
The cabinet difficulties were all announced as set-
tled, and the cabinet unchanged. It was reported
from Washington that the cabinet were engaged
upon the discussion of the Grey Town, Nicaragua,
affair, and that General Pierce insisted upon the'
American government discountenancing all Bri-
tish or other interference in the affairs of
Central America. Mr. Buchanan was said to have
been consulted especially upon this point. These
reports, it must be stated, ought to be received with
a considerable degree of caution, as their foundation
may generally be traced to the New York Herald, •
paper which is well known to announce as facts ru-
mours which have little or no foundation beyond
merely idle gossip.
The Japan expedition was announced to sail upon
the lit of May.
A telegraphic despatch from Washington, dated
April 14, states Dr. Kane is here, and has just re-
ceived his instructions for hie Arctic Expedition from
the navy department. He expects to sail by the lit
of May. lie goes first to the head of Baffin's Bay,
and thence to the Polar Sc,. He has provided for
obtaining dogs, sledges' and Esquimaux to aid him.
He goes in the brig Advance, furnished by Mr.
Henn; Grinnell. Several of hi; former companions
go with him. For lack of funds he has not been
able to lay in as large a supply of preserved food as
is desirable. lie will probably return, if possible,
within eighteen months.
A vessel from Vera Cruz reports that Santa Anna
entered Vera Cruz on the afternoon of the let inst.
His reception was not very cordial. He immediately
left for his hacienda near Jalapa.
The schooner Bonita, from Vera Cruz, brings a
special messenger with the treaty lately signed by
Judge Conkling, our Minister to Mexico, and the
Mexican Commissioners guaranteeing to Messrs.
Sloo and Co., the neutrality and possession of the
Tehuantepec transit route, which was ratified on the
28th ultimo.

The American papers contain items of Mexican
news to the 19th ultimo. Senor Prieto, Governor of
Tamaulipas, had been dismissed from office by the
legislature of that state. The Monitor says that Col.
&caber has invited several nobles to consult with
Santa Anna, at his Eucero farm, about the sth or
6th of April. Insurrectionary movements bad taken
place in .Morelos, and several other portions of the
country.
Information given by Mr. Falconnet to English
bondholders, that he had been compelled to pay
60,900 dolt, to bay over members of the Mexican
Congress, created great excitement in the capitol. 4
The press expressed indignation, and the members
of Congress affirm they are innocent. President
Lombardini was thinking of giving Falconnet his
paeport, with an invitation to leave the republic.
Faiconnet came out in a card, in which he declares'
everything said relative to his purchasing votes false
and unauthorised.

On the 28th ult. a conducts left the city of Mexico
for Vera Crux, with 2,070,000 dole., escorted by 30
cavalry and 130 infantry, with one field piece.
The Canadian House of Assembly, on the 13th
UM., adopted the Inspector-General's changes in the
tariff, u already reported, with the following addi-
tions: Salt, entirely free; printing presses and ma-
terials, except paper, 23 per cent.; the produce of
the sea, from Newfoundland and Labrador, to come
in at the same rate as from Nova Scotia—virtually
free.

From Havanna, although no further advices have
been received since the arrival of the Isabel, we learn
that the American ship Harriet was boarded and
searched by the British war steamer Devastation on
th.. 31st March, on suspicion of being a slaver trading
on the coast of Cuba.

Tin; SPRING FAIRS IN WALEB.—A correspondent
says . --The spring fairs and markets throughout the Fria,
eipuity have been remarkably well attended by both buyers
sad sellers, and generally a large amount of business has
br.rt transacted. The supply of stare cattle has been vet?pod, and a considerable advance in price kas been OM.
fcdsoly maintained, amounting to as much as 21. per head.
Ia same instances the supply has not been equal to the de-
rued, and the highest rates have been established. Cows
acd calves, and calving cows have also sold well ; and in
the hors.' markets good useful animals have realised first-
fate prim% In some few cues buyers were deterred from
lawrlssing by the extremely high rates demanded; but
112neral:y, though the sellers have been firm, a good busi-
cis has been doze. The hay market is steady, and far-
riers are now refusing prices which, a year ago, they would
b!,e Lumped to obtaiu• In Cardiganshire the demand for
Li kinds of grain is very good, and in some places more
;hut the supply. A i,,rgc number of cattle have been
•"Patchedevketi_per the various lien of rail to the
Me lambing season has been a very god ea* ;
Noe Bodo have realised II ouch as 251. per heed.

INDIA AND CHINA.
TIIE OYLRLAND MAIL.

itavicer, in anticipation of the Overland Mail,
%axe cocoa to hand, bringing the following dates :
' Ilonsbay, March 29; Calcutta, March 19 ; and China,
March H.

The following are the main features of the sum-
mary of the Bombay Times :
Our intelligence from Burmah extends to the 10th
March, but brings us little intelligence of importance.
Sir John Cheapo had marched into the iuterior in
quest of the robber chief Meea-Toon, and the commo-
dore and Captain Tarleton, with a strong force of gun
boats, had proceeded by t wo different creeksor brauches
of the river, and, on the departure of the steamer, intel-
ligence of the brigand's capture was looked for immedi-
ately. General S!eele had returned from his sweep into
the interior, having successfully accomplished all
the objects he had in view. On the 13th of
February he had marched from Shway Gyeen, and
found the villages on to Kyouk Gee entirely de-
serted, their inhabitants having slunk into the
jungle, from fear of the Burmese troops ; some of
them, having been lured back by us, were pro-
sided with copies of the proclamation of peace,
which was explained to them, and they returned to
their homes. The force arrived at Kyouk Gee
on the 17th—its approach seemed unexpected;
no one came out to meet them, and the gates
were thrown open to them without opposi-
tion. Guards being set to protect the place, a
body of irregular horse was sent out in pur-
suit of some of the chiefs, said to have left the pre-
cedieg night, and who were only a short distance in
advance. The fugitives, a hundred in number,
armed with muskets, accompanied by carts con-
taining women, children, and baggage, were over-
taken five miles from the camp. They surrendered
themselves at once, and were permitted at thier own
request to return to town. The force marched
again on the 18th, and reached the Sitang river,
a distance of 18 miles, on the 21st ; here they saw
a party of 30 armed men, who managed to effect
their escape before we could overtake them across
the river. The troops now crossed, and were at
once admitted into the town of Tounghoo on
the 22nd. It was found to be a large square
enclosure, surrounded by • wet ditch. The
people received them in the most friendly man-
ner, and made over to them the public stores at
once. A march of 93 miles had thus been com-
pleted in eight days, the people everywhere re-
turning to their homes, and the troops and bri-
gands scampering at our approach. Meantime
our deputation continues its journey towards Ave,
where it is said that the successes of
the peace party are on the wane, those of
the recently-deposed Sovereign, whose conduct
brought about the war, in the ascendant. The
Chinese merchants on tho frontier have expressed
themselves most anxious to increase their inter-
course and improve their understanding with the
English. Meanwhile the rebellion is extending
throughout the Celestial Empire, and the brother of
the sun and moon, like monarchs of meaner lineage.,
has found himself compelled to appeal to his
people. There can be no doubt that a series of
tremendous revolutions are in progress, or in pros-
pect, amongst those vast and wonderful regions which
have hitherto contrived to keep themselves hermeti-
cally sealed against all intercourse with the outer
world ; and the bond once broken which has held
them so wonderfully together, the sacred terri-
tory once invaded, and the blessings of external
commerce once experienced in the interior of a
country occupied by the most ingenious and most
industrious population in the world, the march of
civilisation will be enabled to hold on. This,
amongst many others, is one of the stupendous and
inevitable contingencies which the British parlia- '
meat must keep in view in legislating for India.
The Governor-General continues in the Eastern
Provinces; it is now positively asserted that he
referred the military arrangements to the antiquated
Commander in Chief, who spends his time and saves
his 20,0001. a year in the Himalayas, and that Sir W.
Gomm, looking out for one nearly as old and worn
out as himself, fixed on General Godwin. The
results were inevitable, they were predicted with
the most perfect fidelity at the time, the antici-
pations of this time twelvemonth having been verified
to the letter. Scarcely any incident of note has oc-
curred within our dominions of Hindostau within
the past fortnight. There are still some disturbances
on the Punjaub frontier, and Bhawailpore has
scarcely yet settled down since the recent revolution.
For pearly • month the papers throughout India
have been mainly occupied by discussions in refer-
ence to the removal of Messrs. Grant and Legeyt
from the bench of the Budder Adawlut, the CON-
pany's supreme court at the presidency.

Our correspondent writes:

The state of India is at present one of very
satisfactory tranquillity, and were it not for the un-
fortunate Burmese war, which, however, I am greatly
in hopes is approaching its termination, the whole
energies of the government might be directed to
the good administration of the country under an im-
proved system of laws, and the steady furtherance
of those improvements that are called for by the
spirit of the age.
The reeentremoval of the two Sadder judges is still
the chief topic of discussion. The whole press unani-
mously pronounces against the government. This
removal of the Sadder judges has been based by go-
vernment on the opinion of the Advocate-General,
that the denials on oath ready to be furnished by
these gentlemen of some scandalous insinuations of
theßuinbay Gazette, would not have been sufficientto
obtain a rule for a criminal information from the
Supreme Court. The government has in this instance
been misled by their Advocate-General, whose opi-
nion has been shown by Messrs. Dickinson and
Lowndes, two counsel employed by Mr. Le Geyt, to
have been bad in law. Acting, however, on this opi-
nion, the government took the hasty step of
removing the judges from the bench with-'
out instituting any inquiry, either departmental er
judicial, into the charges alleged against them. The
public feeling, as well as the expression of the prom,
here is almost unanimous against this act of despotism.
Lord Falkland's government has hitherto bees con-
sidered a pattern of weakness. This act of quasi
rigour is now looked on as one of febrile excitement
more than as the result of calm, dispassionate
natorial resolve. The fact is, that both theses:lige' ow-
have led the way in throwing open the Sadder Court
to the English bar, in causing reporters to be present
at all their sittings, in furnishing the press with all
important documents, and in publishing the rebukes
they have been obliged to inflict on the judges and
magistrates of the Maimed. The government has
long secretly felt annoyed at this mode of proceeding,
for they are well aware that at this particular
moment all authentic documents calculated to
exposes the miserable state of judicial
matters in the interior, will be eagerly seized
on by the movement party both in India and
at home.—There can be no doubt whatever that the
publication of the proceedings of the Sudder Court
(which you are aware is a Supreme Court of Casea-
tion in all criminal and civil eases throughout the
Presidency) has tended very much to put the Mans-
ell judges on their guard, and to improve to a certain
extent the general administration of justice, but it
has at the same time disclosed a state of judicial and
magisterial inefficiency which reflects great discredit
on the government itself. I firmly believe that the
rash and premature step of dismissing these two offi-
cers from their high station has been very much
brought about by the foregoing unworthy considera-
tion.—The public here are asking the question—ls it,
then, too much to hope that the British legislature
will pause for another twelvemonth ereit consignethe
many millions of its Indian fellow-subjects to another
term of twenty years' misgovernment under the East
India Company? The Bombay Association asks for
nothing more than one year's delay in order that
parliament may not decide on insufficient evidence.
It prays that parliament will renew the present char-
ter for one year on its present footing, and that at
the expiration of that year, the question of the
charter shall be settled for • fresh term. The na-
tives here are sanguine in the hope that this their
prayer will meet with some attention; we, who
know the temper of an English parliament on
Indian matters, must confess that we look forward
with more diffidence than hope. India hitherto his
been wanting to herself. She is now beginning to
awaken from her lethargic sleep, bat the convulsive
starts arc as yet only in the extremities, the main I