The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-17 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA.

We have received our telegraphic despatch from
Trieste, in advance of the overland mail from India.
The /laddington steamer arrived ut Suez WI the
oth inst., with 100 passengers, most of whom left in
the Ripon for Southampton.
The dates are—Hong-Kong, 30th March; ('ul-
eutta, Bth April; Madras, 14th April; Bombay, 17th
April.
The Governor-General is on his way to Simla.
lie will return to Calcutta during the monsoon.
Rumours are still afloat of all expedition against
the Atfreedees. The Wuzerees, on the border of the
Desert, are still very troublesome. 1/ost Nlaliommed
has. it is said, invaded Bukhara, and taken the city
of Bulkh.

I It is stated that the head-quarters of the Bengal
artillery are to he moved to Meerut.
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The trial of Jotee l'ersaunii; commenced, hut
the witnesses for the prosecution seem unable to
make out a ease.

A commission has been appointed to inquire into
the malpractices of the Bengal Commissariat.
A deficit of more than 3,0001. has been discovered
in the Bengal Military Orphan Fund.
The government loan at a per cent. was closed on
the 3th of April at Calcutta, and at Bombay on the
14th April.

The states of Oude and of the Ni ant are in a
state of anarchy. No tuinistvr has been appointed
in the latter state.

Exchange on London, six months' sight, 2s. 0:d.
to 2s. Id. per rupee.
Exports and imports, great activity.
Opium is at 1,066 rupees p.•r chest.
Cotton is rising from 104 rupees to 114 per candy.
Freights to Ltverpoul, 21. 10s. to 3/. ; to London,
2/. 10s. to 2L 15s. 6d.

Some late disturbances in the province of Kuangtse
have had a deteriorating influence on trade at
Canton.

The exchange at llong-Kong in :is. to ss. 6;cl.

GERMANY.

We have news from Berlin of the 15th inst. The
King of Prussia left his capital for Warsaw on that
day, unaccompanied by his Queen. who stars at I lerlin,
in consequence of the death, at Munich, of the
Duchess of Leuchtenberg.
The closing conferences of Dresden were to take
place on the 15th. It appears that, after all, Prussia
has run restive over most points urged by Austria.
The Diet held a sitting at Frankfort on the 14th,
at which M. von Itochow was introduced by Count
' Thum Thus, the Diet has not been opened by a so-
lemnity, and the Journal de Frankfort's article was •
correct. M. von Itochow was to leave Frankfurt for
Warsaw almost immediately.
Letters from Vienna, of the 11th inst., state that
the Czar was to reach the Polish capital on the 13th.
M. von .Mccendurtf, the Russian ambassador at
Vienna, left that city for Warsaw on the 10th.
A telegraphic despatch from Flensburg. of the 14th
inst., states that the court of Copenhagen has pro-
claimed an amnesty for the Duchy of Schleswig.
Excluded from its benefits arc: The Duke of Angus-
tenburg and his thmily ; M. Beseler ; and thirty-three
persons who have taken a leading part in the late
insurrection, unless they make a special appeal to the
King's grace.

ITALY.

RONIAN sTATEs.

Our correvondent describes, in his letter of the
10th inst., some bloody frays bet a cen the French and
Roman soldiers, in consequence of which the infantry
of the latter had lwett removed frOlll the capital. The
determination not to smoke had reached Home, in
consequence of which Prince Torloniu, the limner of
the tobacco monopoly, was losing immense sums, and
protested to the government against the nun-smoking
,conspiracy.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT AND SUPPOSED
LOSS OF LIFE IN OICACECUURCII-STREET.
THIS DAY.

This morning, about a quarter before eleven
o'clock, the inhabitants of Oraceehurch-street and its vici-
nity were dreadfully alarmed by a crash . 'bar to a peal
of 0,...,1.w, .....wripani“l by an immense cloud of dust. As
soon as the atmosphere was as little cleared it was ascertained
that the iron rout of a building now in Nurse of erection had
fallen iu, burying a numlicrof workmen who were employed
on the premises. The scene of this terrible affair was the
premises recently erected on the site of the old Cross Keys
tavern. When the license was taken away from the above-
named house, the building was razed, and Messrs. 1101 and
Corbett proposed to build a range of lite-proof offices in
its place; fur this purpose massive brick walls were run
from the front part of Graembureh-street down Hal-
yard. a distance of nearly two hundred feet. Cast-iron
girders were then placed over several parts of the wall,.
in order to lona separate comparUnents. The whole
were then filled in with concrete, about 18 inches
or two feet in thickness. The weight of the latter material
no doubt proved too heavy for the walls to keep in their
pruner lkftitions, and whilst same forty or fifty men wen•
engaged upon the building, that portion of the wall nearest
Bell-yard tell in with a crash that threw the whole neigh-
bourhood into a state of the greatest confusion and alarm.
Loud shrieks, heard proceeding from several parts of the
premises, convinced every one that something dreadful had
happened, fur, owing to the party wall remaining standing,
nothing could be seen from the outside of the building. Mr.
Todhunter, the inspector of the city police, who was in the
street, rushed into the place, when a scene fearful to con-
template presented itself. A number of the unfortunate
men were seen buried—some up to their necks, and blood
gushing front their mouths, noses, and eyes. The other
workmen were, at the same time, running about the dill',
rent flours in a state of bewilderment, expecting every in•
~tint the remainder of the building to fall.
The police suuu extricated the pair fellows, who were
frightfully cut in different parts of their bodies. On going
to another part of the ruins, to release three or four more,
they found the walls in such a dangerous condition that
they were for a time obliged to leave the poor follows
to their fate, until the wall that was toppling could
be removed. That having at length been elketed, the
parties before mentioned were gut out, but they were
by far more seriously injured than the others, and were
at first supposed to have b.,en killed. They were placed
in cabs and immediately removed to St. Thomas's
Hospital. Owing to the serious nature of the injuries
the latter have received, it is considered exceedingly ques-
tionable whether they can survive. The surgeons of the
institution informed the reporter that three out of those
received in the institution could not possibly recover. Up
to half past twit's": o'clock this day eight persons were
received into the hospital; the names, as far us could he
ascertained, arc—

Willium Ransom, about 3-; years of age—terribly cut on
the head, and nails driven into his body.
William Ilandley, about 2i years of age—fractured scalp.
George Cooper—several compound fractures about the
legs, and serious internal injuries.
Michael Sullivan—ribs supposed to he broken, withsc-
rious injuries over the head and face.
George

injuries.
The -names of the other sufferers could not be learned,
owing to the poor fellows being in a state of insensibility.
At the time this was written, oneohioe k, three other per-
sons remained beneath the ruins; and, owing to the dun-
geeous state of the walls, they cannot he reached for some
hours. There is no doubt, however, of the poor fellows
being dead, as not a moan is heard to proceed from the
place where they lie immured.
Workmen of all descriptions arc engaged removing the
rubbish, which is a work of some trouble, as the heavy iron
girders and rafters, basing fallen in different directions, tin
the mass together. The building is numbered 17, Grace-
church-street, and extends backwards to George-yard, Lom-
bard-street. The back of the premises is the portion that
has given way ; and this is providential, as, if the street wall
had fallen the result must have been still more dreadful. ,

The police have %topped the earriage-way in Oruembureh-
street, and a body of officers are on duty to keep the foot
passengers out of danger, as the front of the building is
I still remaining. Thousands of persons have been attracted
to the spot, but the police aro very active in keeping buck
ckc crowd.
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The premises weru intended for commercial chamber,
and were nearly completed.