The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-19 00:00:00

MILITARY INTELLIQENCE.

Reaalties by death in India since the departure of the
Rail on the 20th July :
E. Troops.—Lieutenant Frederick Lille, 18th lard
Irish, at ma, on board the Queen of the South.
Buabay.—Lieut. William W.Farquhtraon, let Regiment
Lielit Cavalry (Lemurs), on the 26th inst.
Madras.—Licutcnant Li. Phillips, 26th N. 1., at Conoor,
on the loth inst.

Bengal.—Colonel M. G. Webber, 51th N. 1., at Scram-
pore. on the 11th instant. Brigadier E. Buckley, at Bli-
ndly, on the 14th init. Lient.-Col. Bonham, 50th N. 1., at
Bemires, on the 11th July. Lieut. Wallace, Invalids, of
cholera, at Bemuse, on the 13th inst.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
BOMBAY, JULY 20. '
Oar Money Market continues to exhibit all the dulness
usual at this season of the year. There is little demand
for money, which is becoming more abundant in native
quarters, and few transactions are taking place in govern-
ment securities or bank shares, all of which may be quoted
at about the rates ruling at date of our last report.
Business has commenced. Dealers have come farward
to purchase ; but as usual at this period of the season
chiefly on speculation. Amongst several sales reported,
goods which wee, scarce, such as Orey Jscconets, Meda-
pollams and Shirtings up to 71b. have,' in most instances,
been sold at an improvement in value ; other descriptions
continue low, as at the end of the closing season.
Garr S1111171:401. 38 yards 40 inch.—An improvement
has Maya place in the value of this description from silb. to
71b., but Sibs., end upward., remains at the previous low
rate.--38 yards 40 inch is without change since the date of
Cu last report.
(Sort LONOCLOTII.-30 yards 40inch is without change.
34 yards 4.5 lack, 10Ib., the same remark applies to these
goods.
Garr T. CLortr.—Some business has been done, bat no
improvement In value can be quoted.
URFA DONESTIC.—In these these is but little doing.
Girt MADArOLLANS are in good inquiry ; the lower
kind. are wet wanted. _ _ _

Grlr ?.errs.l.lnquiry good for all kinds except
the higher nukes.
filmy Twiu.a.—Dull as before.
13LrAf UZI) SIIIKTINWI AND MADAPOLLAMS.—As last
?hotted, so bssiatere appears lobs,. been deaf.
ELIA(Ii ID JACCOISIIII.—As per last report.
Clam:llßD DIIIITY AND FlOriteD MU:COS.—Ia.
(Airy existing as before, bat it is rather dull lately.
!lAA( terD LArrETA.—Tbe finer kinds appear steady;
ether descriptions are as per sale report.
BLEU:R&D &mem—Fins descriptions in demand.
Ihlu r as before.
'1 (liar s Rau.—With the exception of mulls, these seem
to be quite neglected.
C•rt.Ot Rib VANalel(l.—lsquired after. Sales reperted
are at about 3 12-16ths.
Twisv.—la both water and mule business has been done,
ht no material dung, in favour of 'ellen. Stock appears
ktirf• Orange at former rates—inquiry checked—and the
linter shoes a downward tendency.
Corrals —Dull, no business reported ; but the fol!owiaff
inay be quoted as the nominal Brezier and sheathing,
GS; bonen. 40; tile, 113; South American slab, 50.
lawe.—Engliek bar, 31-33, bag slightly improved is
round rod, 38-4 t, in demand; square rod, 30-32,
Is before t sheet, G 2.4t1A-71, is inquired after; hoop,
rit-9. Waft • Swedish bar. 48-50, dull ; steel in tubs,
1-11, r belles,; faggot or bundle', 8-10, ditto.
141;9.—P11144-101,slightli advanced from last; sheet,
11-411, as ; speller, 11 , as before.
(irleasti.nit.--Dun, 50-5 .
Tim I'LAIIL-121 to 13. es before.
CtK nixtm..-1,311. 1 12-16 to 1 13-IG.
Comte has ainsinsed a rather firmer feeling, owing to
be late amounts from China being rather more favourable,
bat the rate of fr, ights advancing to It.. 14 per candy, has
"Ivreated any rise in prier while purchasers of the staple
so: Eriglsod are slack. We quote for Broach Jumboseer
and Sow, ids. frill to 10$ ; Xhallers, Its. 99 to 100;
thrersiwutty and 9.4 to per candy. Mangrole, Its. 93 %; and Comptab, 20 tr:

Ltuismi is namely to be had at Rs. 3 1616 per ewt.
P is also scuce at Re. 72 tor Bete°le, aad Rs. 67
for Malabar.

EXOM•NOI on England advanced to 21. lid. per rupee
at 6 months' sight, but, owing to the low rate ruling in
Calcutta, it has declined, and may now be quoted at 2s. lid.
per rupee for taring', credits, and 2s. 1,;(1. fur drafts se-
cured by docnmeats.
FUZIGUTS.—LittIe han been done in freight+ to England,
which are pretty firm at U. 15s. to Liverpool, and 31. per
ton to London.

CALCVTTA, AUGUST 5.

On the 16th of June the directors of the East India Com-
pany gore notice that the rate at which they would receive
cub for bills on India at 60 days' sight, would be as fol-
lows —Calcutta, 2s. pct. rupee ; Madras, 24. per rupee;
Bombay, 2s. Old. per rupee. Amount of bit's drawn by
the Etat India Company from the Bth to the 23rd of June :
—Bengal. 459.4311. 14s. 8‘1.; Madras, 44,1511. 13s. 9d. ;
total, 503.586/. Bs. sd. Total drafts from Jan. 7to 23d
June, 1653, 4089,582/. 16s. 11d.
(East India Company's official year commencing Ist May.)
The sum required by the Court of Dirrctors in England,
from Ist May, 1353, to 30th April, 1841, is 3,500,000 f.,
which they expect to realise by the sale of their bills on
India.

There has not been a large business doing by any means
I in exports here during the lout fortnight; and the shipments
of the month of July, as a whole. are on a very moderate
scale. The shipments of sugar during the month of July
are singularly light, not exceeding 31,6-7,7 =made. There
bas been very little doing in low descriptions, and only one
small shipment of Khaur is reported. Of raw silk the
exports from the Ist to the 31st ultimo are only Gil
matiads. From the let to the 3rd of the present month
313 reminds have passed the Custom-house. Corabs
have Len in demand, and the quantity gone for-
ward to Great Britain during the past month is
38,000 pieces. Tuners and chopnahs make no sort of
show amongst the exports. Saltpetre has been in capital
demand for the United Kingdom and for America, while
only a trifling quantity has passed the Custom-house for
France. Rice shipments are moderate to all parts. Shellac
has been freely shipped to England and France. Lacdye is
in moderate irquiry as compared with the large demand
which prevailed some time ago. By the last eccounts from
home this article bad declined in value, and stocks bad
greatly increased. In London about 10,000 chests had
accumulated. Safflower shipments to England are to a
considerable extent. Hides remain in active demand for
all parts of Europe and North America. Mustard seed,
linseed, and poppy seed are all in excellent request at very
tirm prices. Ca-tor oil in moderate demand. Jute ships
meats continue very trifling. Catch is wanted, but there
is no stock. Raw cotton shipments during the month of
July arc—To China, 8,501 tneunds ; to Great Britain, 2,829
manna'. In sundry *mail articles there has been a good
deal doing, there being one or two ships loading fw Aus-
tralia.

Ihe cotton piece goods market has been talerably active,
i but it is only on account of the present exceedingly cheap
rates at which goods are parted with, that so much business
can be done. Since last steamer lett there dots not appear
to be any change in prices worth alluding to.
The sales of grey shirtin-71, jacoaeta, and madapollams
reported, are to a considerable extent. White shirting. are
moderate. White figured shirting' have been moved oft
very freely. White yaconets have been in good demand,
and sides have been reported to a full extent. Rather more
hes been dune in fine goods latterly; and it is understood
that there are very few goods in the market at and under
Co.'s Rs. 3.0-0 per piece. Indeed, of all qualities, the
dealers say the market is only barely supplied. Scotch
roods have captioned extremely difficult of sale. Narrow
Turkey red cambric' have betn very freely sold, and in
other kinds of Turkey red goods there has been, particu-
larly of late, a large business doing. Prints and chintzes
have been selling every day, and the total reported sales of
the fortnight almost come up to :iO,OOO pieces, while a great
many Turkey red goods are included in this.
!dere Twist has been more actively dealt in than for
same time, reported transactions amounting to upwards of
2,600 bales. Tho chief portion of these are, of course,
40s, many of which sold itt 3 minas 7 to 8 pie per morab.
The range of price in this number has been 3 annas 7 pie
to 4 annas 3 pie per morah. In coloured yarns a large
intent of business has been ileac.

In 311traxs a considerableWusiness has been done in
copper, but at somewhat lower prices. Iron has sold to a
fair extent. Transactions have taken place in Lead at Sa.
Its. 7-4-0 per matand. Rather a largo business has been
done in Tin Plates at Co.'s Its. 13 4.0. Block tin is selling
at Ct. Rs. 31.0.0 per md.
Of the money market there is hardly anything fresh to be
said. The supply continues ad.quate to commercial wants
on fair and moderate terms. Government securities, with
the exception of Transfer Fives, which are improved in
value, remain much as before.

The following Table show& the Exports of Tea from Shang.
har to Great Britain, from lst July, 1052, to 30th June,
1853, according to actual invoice weights :
Black. Green. Total
lbs. ls. lbs.
Mackenzie, Brother., and Co
Jardine, 51.....he•0n, nude* 6.430,197 464,809 8,895,006
Smith, Kennedy, and Cu.
Linduay and Co 3,038,300 23,300 3,039,860
Wenkin, Ramon, and Co. ...-
Watson ant Co. 1,463,000 375,060 1,800,000
Dewnt, Seale, and Co.
Sha, Bland, and Co.
Gib'., Livingston, and Co. 1,133,000 83,750 1,220,750
Reis, and Co. 919,063 288,131 1,193,217
Dirant. Gray, sad Cn
Turucr and Co.
RWley, Worthington, and Co. .599,000 205,000 785,600
Bytes, Schwabe, and Co. 002,000 102,0)9 702,000
Russell and Co
Jas. M•Donald
Smith, King, and Co. - 265,537
Bothday, NW, cat CO~
Maar Brothers, and Co. 201,410 - 209,410
D. awin 33,331 71,267 109,C00
Humans sad Co. 06,000 3,300 71,305
Sandries
- -- -
13,107,973 3,356,113 311,661,063

OCEANIC TELEGRAPH LINE BETWEEN
ECROPE AND AMERICA.

We hare it stated to us, says the Bangor State
of Maine, on the authority of Mr. Robert Stephenson, the
great engineer, that a recent discovery in telegraphing ham
be•n made which may work as great a revolution in the
world of letters and of commerce as has been already effected
by the original application of electricity or electro-mag.
netism to the purpose of telegraphic communication, or, in
other words, the art of writing at a distance.
To make ourselves understood it may be proper to say
that, heretofore, the most scientific observers of facts in
electro-magnetiam have supposed that there was a limit
to the force or strength of the magnetic current upon any
given circuit, and that, however perfect might be the insu-
tion of the submarine wire, the blow or shock could not
be sent across the Atlantic ocean. In this belief a project '
has been formed for constructing a submarine telegraph
between Great Britain and the United States by a cir-
cuitous route, across the various straits and channels lying
between the intermediate islands of the Northern Atlantic
Ocean. It was proposed to commence this line at the
northerly part of Scotland, thence to the Orkneys, thence
to the Shetland and Faroe Islands, thence to Iceland, •
distance of some three hundred miles ; thence to the shores
of Greenland, thence across land to Davis's Strait, thence
across said strait to the Labrador shore, thence by land to
Quebec, &c. _ _

11r.fitephention states that a series of recent experiments
has established the fact, that by forming a complete wire
circuit, that is, by two connected wires, extended so as to
return to the same point of deputure, forming a complete
metallic circuit, instead of using one wire connected with
the ground, the galvanic current may be sent to any out.
ceivable diatsnce without loss or diminution of power.
The supposed weakness of the current is to be attributed to
its interruption by cross current', which croil currents are
overcome or avoided by the continuous wire circuit.
In this way, doubling the expense of the submarine
cable, making with it a complete metallic circuit or double
track by a return line, the galvanic current may be sent,
without sensible loss of power, from London to Portland
or New York, or, at any rate, from Galway to Cape Race.
It is known, however, that this principle of a metallic
circuit was one of the first ideas in the telegraph; but a
subsequent discovery of the fact that one line of wire in-
serted in the earth made a complete circuit by this means
alone, caused the original method is be laid aside, and
finally abandoned.
We cannot any longer doubt that the oceanic telegraph
will be realised, and that a line of wires will yet encircle
the whole earth, bringing all parts of it into instantineous
communication with each other. It is impossible for any
human foresight to estimate or predict even the results of
such a communication ; and we trust that the governments
of the United States and Great Britain will take up the
matter of an oceanic line on a Peale commensurate with its

importance—providing such a number of distinct wires, en-
closed in one cable, as will supply the necessities of com-
merce and intercourse between Europe and America.

CA.)3IFLAINT3 OF ENGINE

Saturday_

bst..a deputation of engine drivers in the employ Of
the London and North Western Railway Company attended
at the terminus, at Easton Grove, for the purpose of oh-
-1 tainir.g an interview with the chief of the locomotive de-
partment, Mr. M'Coanell, and the directors, in re-
ference to certain grievances of which they consider they
have to complain. It is stated that another attempt hic
recently been made in the locomotive department to reduce
the wages of the engine drivers and firemen, at the am*
time that the amount of labour imposed upon the men Ms
Wm ismassod. The more prominent ground of complaint
fee that sarps are bring taken to remove the old hangs OM
by one, and the introduction uf new, aad, as the old ser-
vants allege, wholly incompetent engine drivers. The men
Mate that they are compelled to be on their engines eight or
tal hour.at the time, and are called upon to perform night
M will as day duty, sometimes being kept at labour 18
hears out of the 24. They also state that they do not
contemplate a turn out, nor arc they desirous of taking any
steps which are likely at all to inconvenience their em-
ployen or the public, 'but all they ask is for a fair amount
of remuneration, and that they should be regarded with the
same amount of care that a man would pay to his own
horse. They contend that they are overworked, and that a
contemplate.l reduction in their pay is an injustice, and they
Aleph.° an eaplanation as to the causes which are operating
to indnee the locomotive head to be continually di charging
the old hands. The dr pota• ion waited for some considera-
ble time is the hope of 0,. 1 ning an interview, bu• it was
found impos..ihic to reeeiv.. Great, on account of the pres-
ease of other business.