The Express.
London, England, 1847-06-23 00:00:00

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b 77 ansestits to, 9,3001. upwards of 22,0001.
lambeen sonsalleithroughOut India. Some amuse-
ment has been aenalianed i¢ the_peideney, by a hoax
practised le a dilly paper, called the Gentleman's
' Gwen*. The editor of this print has, throughout his
career in India, been distinguished for the most un-
jestiflable personal attacks on contemporaries. No
charge was too incredible, baseless, or vile, to publish
against them. No imputation, however injurious or
baseless it was found, ever recalled. Nor were the
attacks confined to the gentlemen opposed to him ;
the names of ladies were dragged in as unscrupulously
and unceremoniously as were those of the men. It
needed no more to make a communication acceptable
than that it should be stuffed with praise of
himself and censure of his contemporaries. Taking
advantage of this, a number of letters filled with the
most inconceivable nonsense were written to him, and
of course published, when it turned out to be all a
hoax. Of course, while the hoaxers have been duly
abused by their victim, no reparation, in the shape of
retraction or apology, has been offend to those who
were attacked.

Casualties in the armies of India since the departure of mall
of Ist May.
BOMBAY.—Ensign Pitcairn, Bth Bee., at Ahmedabad, on
29th April.
M•DBAS.—Licut. Donald Tulloch, 2nd European Rent.,
at sea, on board the Arabia, off the Cape, on 21st January.
I Bemost..—Lieut. C. R. Ackman, 41st Regt., at Agra, 'on
13th April.

MADRAEL—It is with extreme regret we announce the
death of T. Green, Eeq., 8.A., tho head master of the
Native Education Society's Institution at Madras, and editor
of the Overload Ablienteues.
B atro AL.—The DelAi Garotte gives the following from See-
ken, April 42:—" I have learnt by &letter from Agineer that
Captain Forster, who has been in Beekaaheer, hunting
after Dooee, has been most active in his opera-
tions in vying to catch the Dakoo Doongur
He has succeeded in catching fifty of these men,
amongst whom are some who escaped with DoonWee from
Agra jail. It is said that Doongjoe has no more than fifty
or sixty men with him, the rest having dispersed. Capt.
Forster continues to follow him up closely, and it is hoped
that he will be sueoeasful in seizing him and his people."
PENANG, APRIL 10.—H.M. steamer Iris sailed for Eng-
land on the 7th inst, and the greater part of the fleet was to
leave Penang in the following week. By the Penang
Gazelle of the 17th April, it appears that Sir J. T. Coehrane
embarked on the 14th, in the Agincourt, for England. '
Admiral Inglefield hoisted his flag in the Version the
same evening.
COCHIN CHINA.—A French naval expedition has been to
Thonrane to demand redress for the imprisonment of •
French bishop. Negotiations, sat flat Midway, ended In hos-
tilities, and Cornmander La Pierre was obliged to act
in selfdefence ; and, after an hour and • half s bard lighting,
two men-of-war were blown up. two abandoned and after-
wards burnt, and the Cochin-China Admiral's vessel was
taken and burnt also. The forts fired all the time, but,
luckily, only a few shots hit. Ultimately, the French
frigates withdrew. From the multitude of troops on board
the vessels, and in the forts, great slaughter must have been
committed. Only two or three were killed, and some
wounded in the French frigates.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Ekontar, litav 12. —Bnifinne• Or been very dull in imports since the
departure albs bet an/. awl traiondsee are now mimed into •
wa=am.ear".....m...--As *pa, Ain estate for grey
Out aelopeemsee elites Ile pole% all with the termination of the
Berm we may meet that It ern sew There b ant the slightest
domed ea segyeeber pie thriere tti leke only o few descrip-
tions wire Impart" Orr ealieweseheepasa
Corn= Trier-4o /11/ we kw only of sage of 20,000 lb.. No.
33 mule, at 74 lam per lb.. bet le water weft has been done, nor
have any rho et dyed aingiteL
wonatnne realtato seat eeld helbra, we isle sale having
been effected.
Mr/stn.—An begultrfee Wadi bor. wed prim leaking op. 600
candies fetched 31 re, pee wady; eall dll Miles line doze fetched
32 ra.
Correia--The only tnmectim that bee Yam plea Is TOO cwt. of
brasiers, at 6,4 re !ma t. No sale. of any Mbar lwiestistiass.
Lk :100 mt. st root sold at 111 rs. pee art. ta speller, tin
plates, or eteeloselhaddellit.
Com/seat. eadinee lapsed request kw the laterite, lades arrival
would readily Me *Mime lb., if act mere; bet a ecesibirable de-
crease will take pin Vial the sale, mew age ha
sermon angleseed. are tawdry is expected
p for it until triter the
rains.
ri srrs.—We hew mine to settee
Biota—Lit& her lee eed; the prlce of 75rs. fiestly raain-
tained for klieg"
Mssivs Flom senistes 101 l of sale.
Et roars.--Osreen Wm.—Market very Am Present rates are
as follow Brook toliberelt, 93r. to 0.5 r. yaw dandy; Dhollera, 02r. to
86r. ; oterowntty Sles le lt.
dada nederete bostees. &dot,
but we cannot gain IMMI Wm lest Wes shove 1,073 rs.
per ebest.
1.1,0r0. —Little la as urn* mad pew
TO,,AOL—For Lemke: IL 5e per tee el 00 cuMe feet. For
Liverpool: 6/. 10a.
ffAciusoi.-13i: meth.' eight hal ea leedoe to. 11(d. to 2s. per
rupee. Os Odestta, 97115. log IMes. OP days' sight. On China, 207
rs per lee della noesimaL
Mtnerr Ileazor.—We hoe le mike en Improvement a per
cent. toemiat pew. wig* le low selling at Me, brim an ad-
vance of tee wen ow emu spoiellsa of 13tb April bat
Cal corm. Mae 1. isio.—lssor Meeeor.—The Nary *onset
has esteemed elm imereverat erne. hese a the lab ult.
the hocaralle Amp hives' Nereadetlas bet aelt, dad there-
fore woks* am be the issmatore of Imo*" .rued rood-
tomes by Me re elm et opened Neemeree est pot
meson booorto.elldloroo Wald to Iddlhook
avy Wei dere kr oar= to &Mr doreost. Los; ea Mt
the Goverment Is stet In a =ll duo dr Ira it Ile mkt
that kr NMI Yen peel eemeesly may meeset lie leo mei bawds
the w•we asegialee et panne eeseelmßMe as low et the
loam Loft Idlookso low la lie rodek Ink W IMINIG ihe
=veer IDISIMINIMID linebst; Iss ties so der err, lo
Ore romerretes pow kr bre kir Or Mt la
Neel dome de dr perpore lama de mei dr yr= at an
pal& otoardir Impoore. lbo 'do ot
omor took Ore on Ike Mk viderarreor to
were pod up au Mr Ihe pressels et tin ale moor to
0,071,55 e Co. a rs.
novo Komo, Arm, IL—Zaisege eel aaeos, te ele Mtn&
sight ;os India Otespeaens tele. eroolle, SlO ; enaccepted, 211 per
100. Freight, Of. les.

IMPORTANT FROM CHINA.
The news from China is highly important. An ex-
pedition, under the command of General D'Aguilar
and Captain M'Dongall, R.N.. reached Canton on the
3rd April. having assaulted and captured the Bogue
forts, spiking 82 i guns. The expedition returned to
Hong Kong on the 9th April.
Advica hom Macao to the 6th April, say that active
measures were in progress to enforce the article in the treaty
relative to the admumon of foreigners into Canton. A
private letter, dated Hong Kong, 2nd of April, says that
the steamer Pluto had arrived from Canton with de-
spatches for the government Immediately atter her arrival
the government ordered the vessels of war and troops
to proceed to Canton. The steamers' Pluto and Vulture
started, taking in tow the Espiegle and the Corsair and six
fast boats to Canton, with the 18th and 42nd Regiments.
General D'Aguilar and Sir John Davis accompanied them.
They meant to take the Bogue Forts if after 24 hours the
terms they proposed were not agreed to. Part of the form
(the 19th Regiment) was to proceed to Canton to protect
the foreigner' The news from Canton, received the preced-
ing day, stated that the Chinese had already commenced
hostilities against the foreign merchants. A report had
reached Macao, before the Caroline left, that the Bogue
Forts were in possession of the British.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
(From the China Mail of April 8.)
His Excellency her Majesty's' Plenipotentiary, &C., fte.,
has the satisfaction to publish, for the information of British
subjects in China, the annexed letter from the bon. the
majorgeneral commandiog her Mejesty's forces, just re-
ceived, on the arrival of the expedition at Canton. The
rapid and successful coulee of orrations begun and con-
eluded within a period of thirty-six hours by the small
military and naval force under the direction of Major
[General D'Aguilar and Captain Macdougall, the senior
'axial officer, calculated to teach a Woos to the ipso-

pie of Canton -41113d' will not rata emijis • and it
his huesiis Wean not tiz..",toct u 1
ha her ' •ea • with
trostT essiiossis°llllNwortill of tiThdak miles. no
ilotr that the moderation and ustieo of all hie hem dad
ass wit). the government of hina, lends a periled Nelda
' M lellisotee which he ben been relucteedy emiaptilei to
11330 oast a brag moss staimiutorpreted Ilinsumes
red Qmsrtems, Cantos, Apo 3,1/33, 4Pm.
eir,—l have the honour to arquaia• yew Noroilamey
that in pursuance to the arrangements agreed apes betemen
us on the Ist inst., I am sensed, with the arlataase of
Captain Macdougall, of the Royal Navy, sad her M4esty's
ships under his command, at the British Potteries, and base
established myself here with the Meer Our my aridly
having in the course of the last a hairs ae1151333 owl lobos
all the principal forts at the Bogus sad in the Cute= Moor,
and after destroying the gateways and blowing up the now
eines, ',piked 827 pieces of heavy cannon.
" As your excellency did me the honour of stempaisying
me in these operations, and have yourself w.tneemol the Is.
Ails, I shall not enter upon them in this place, bed she
ursine them for the information of her Majesty's Secretary
of State for the Colonies, taking care to supply your mel-
low with a copy of my communication.
I congratulate your excellency on this result of our
naval and military operations, and the more especially be-
cause, notsithatanding the Ere Mama of the Chinese bat-
teries while the troops were engaged in the maaultos a have
had the geed fortune to take pomessaon of them all without
the lore of • man.—l bays the honour, de., &c.,
"Gannon D'AGVILAR,
" Maj..oen. Com. the Troops In China."
" His Excellency Sir J. F. Davis, Bark, &r., &c."
'By Order, A. R. JOHNSTON.
British Cansulaos, Canton, April 3, 1347.
NOTIFICATION

a7tuall
w y awaiting the moat tt ca that Sty, the Cauca
authorities have assented to his resionahlie dersanads, lad
the impending ruin of this poptdooi pass hoe best honey
averted.
The following are briefly the beads of the new agreeilmet:
1. At the fixed period of two years from this day, the 6th
of April, the city of Canton shall be open to British sultleeta.
2. Her Majesty's subjects shall be at liberty to roam for
exactse or amusement in the neighbouring country without
molestation, returning the earner day, as at Shanghae, and
any persons molesting them shall be severely punished.
3. The aggremors on the two seamen in October last,
and on Colonel Chesney, and ethers, at Foshan, on the 12th
March, shall he made examples of. The letter, being
already apprehended, will be brought to Canton and
punished in the presence of persons deputed by her Majesty's
plenipotentiary. '
4. Au adequate apace, on the Henan aide of the river,
shall be granted, on lease, to British merchants and others,
for the erection of dwellings and warehouses; and his excel-
lency will ascertain the site and extent before he quite
Canton.
6. A site for the erection of a church shall be allotted, on
lease, in the neighbourhood of the space now occupied by
the foreign factories; and spaoes for burial-grounds shall
also be allotted at Whampota
6. The Flyieg-hridee and another building between the
two gardens shall be erected as desired, and sheds shall not
be permitted against the walls.
7. For the better preservation of order, and for the general
conreeience, the ' front before the &conies shall he kept
clear of boats. By or der, A. R. JOHNSTON.
British Consulate, Canton, April 6, 1947.
Head Quarters, Victoria, 10th April, 1847.
The major-general congratulates the troops on the success
that has crowned their exertions; he congratulates them
still more on the discipline °barred by them I. the COMM
of the late short, but arduous operations; and above all he
congratulates them on the praiseworthy manner in which
they abstained from every act of injury or outrage that could
tarnish the honour of the British arms.
Is the course of a few days, the Bogue Forts, and all the
principal works and battenes on the Canton river have
been taken possession of—some of them by assault, and 879
pieces of cannon spiked or rendered otherwise unseeviesable.
The Chinese have received a lesson in return for their
frequent acts of aggression on the persons of British subjects
that will not be lag upon them.
They have submitted to all the demands of her Malady's
Plenipotentiary without reserve, and have yielded, happily
for themselves, just in time to arrest the course of an assault
that would have been attended with fearful loss of life to
them, and the inevitable destruction of their provincial
eatal.
T;Then such advantages have been obtained, let it be on.
more source of congratulation to British soldiers to rellat,
that they have been purchased, under Providence, without
bloodshed, and that the honour of the British mos has boat
proudly maintained, without one act of rioleaso, or ono di
pantile from the principles of humanity.
In according these acts, so honourable in them, 6016 awl
so deserving or app...seitson, the saiejor-gersessi &slam
impress on the handful of men by whom they have
achieved, this great and most important of all lessons—. It
was discipline alone that could effect them ;" and while IW
first duty of a soldier continues to be practised, that dm
troops can never fail in fulfilling their duty to their severe*.
and maintaining fie honour of their country.—( By order of
the major-general commanding),
J. BRUCH, Assistant Adjutant-Oen.