The Express.
London, England, 1856-04-28 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

INDIA, CIIINA, AND AUSTRALIA.

We have received our &delete in anticipation of
the Overland Mail. The dates are : Calcutta, March
2b; Bombay, April 3; Shanghai, March 11; Hong
Hoeg, March 18.
The following is from the summary of the Bombay
Times of April 2 :
"Intelligence from %shire to the 20th March
apprises us of tranquility throughout Persia, with
ithe manifestation of the most friendly dispositions
towards the English. We have nothing certain
about Herat or Affghanistao, excepting that there is
no movement occurring in Central Asia that need
occasion us the slightest anxiety.
"The &tithes, six months since in open insur-
rection, are now peaceably employed as railway
labourers.

" The arrangements for the administration of
Oade ars nearly all completed, and not an entrap
has attended the transfer of the kingdom from native
to FAO& hands.
'4 The revenue retires o' Pep show that the pro•
since &ready yields 100,00 W. a year in excess of its
charges.
4. gems murders have occurred on our Punjab
frontier, bet no foray or general movement.

Pects sad trsiquWiy reign throughout British
ludic

t. There is no change in our money market. In
imports them bee been little improvement.
" The late King of Oudo has got as far se Cawn-
pore. en his way, it is aid, to Eogland.

Y Prose hu been utterly deatroyed by fire. It
broke out shoat coos ott the 26th February, and in
less than feerhoers consumed the entire town. Over
s spas, of sow three hundred thousand nears
yards nothing but nine is to be sent. The plans
contained few brisk house, and will be readily re-
built, bat the lees of property must be very groat.

The principal sufferers are of course the merchants.
Aa in the fire at Rangoon, the Burmese lent no
assistance in petting out the flames."

INTELLIOENCE.

BOllTif,al.lll. 1.
OS/ mosey market daring the fortnight hes shown co
symptoms of improvement, consequently no rodustiou his
taken place at the beaks is their reuse of interest; but, not-
withethadiag, we us still of opinion that the high
rates sow raliag mast give wey ere lath. All desetaiptioos
of securities are dull of sale, and are a shade lower than
oar last upset.
Imroire.—Although daring the past fortnight there has
been an active demand for grey goods, transactions have
sot been mammies, es prices have not advanced sufficiently
to Jadeite holders to give way.
EXPOSTS.—Prices have improved tines the arrival of list
mail, and new supplies from the districts are now comma.
forward freely. The following ate present rates:—Broach
and Surat, aspens 99 to 100; Omarewatty, Rupees 08 to
09 ; aad Dhoilms, Bs. 96 per candy.
Etonsatoit—Tbe mail steamer having brought 30 lale in
silver, buyers got hi/biased, end hest bills wire done as
low so 21.114. ; after a few days the demand slackened, and
local motile want at 2s. 2d. to 2s. 2id , and documents at
Is. 24d. to 2e. Rd., sad the rata at this data hen an them-
dug tendency.
l'l3lolllll. Freighta are firm, and we sow quota
41. Is. ed. per ton for metal, sad for oil seeds 41. 16e. per
Ms.

CALCUTTA, Mason 22.
Intim I. in moat Wive demand at the full value antes
late home quotations.
&masts being freely taken both foe Great Britain and
Angus Us.

Rum also is wanted for shipment, end Corabs are cc-
gaited for.
Fame ass still being taken for America.
Bias is not bolos shipped so freely.
Wain neglected.
HIDIIII.—A good basses doing.
Jtrra.—Low freights have Matted purchasers.
Most of the minor articles are quiet except motor ail,
which is agate receiving attention.
floats heavy arrivals bays rather flattened oar piste
goods market; bat, as stocks are far from heavy, and the
markets above in an equally sound rosittion, unless sales be
forced, we me ao reason to anticipate any redaction in
pekes.
Twurr, though rather dell at the moment, is also in a
heathy petition; statics have been rather increased
latterly,
bat are still far from heavy.
MISLUI continuo very doll.
The money market has experienced no chum not tall
lair hope for any until the Bank of Bengal Is in a better po-
sition, and can afford to lower fie rates of interest and ae-
rosol, bat which we do not lock for until the close of the
Bernal rice season, when the drain of specie for that
quarter will mass.

CHINA.

HONG-HONG, lbacit 16.

The mail steamer Horne arrived here on the 10th
instant, having experienced vary rough weather up
the China seas; she brought on the Straits Times
Astra, with news of the preliminaries of peace having
bee' signed on January 18. The British fleet here
have been waiting for the spring to proceed to the
Russian settlements to the northward. The ships are
ready for sea, awaiting the arrival of further
news from Europe, the last news of peace hay.
log induced the Admiral to wait a short time
longer. Sir John Bowring is about to proceed to
Japan to endeavour to obtain further treaty COM&
sions, similar to what Russia obtaieed before the
breaking out of the war. Sir John will also pro.
used to Cochin China to persuade the sovereign of
that country to enter into a treaty similar to the one
his Excellency negotiated with Siam.
The arrival of the mail has had the effect of closing
one of the great American houses at Canton, Nye,
Brothers, and Co. For some time past the credit of
the firm has been sinking. The mail brought
16,0001. returned bills drawn on F. Hash and Co.,
and a like sum from other quarters. The liabilities
of the firm are estimated at one million and a half
dollars. The cause of the failure, overtrading, will
probably reach one or two other firms at Canton
and Shanghai.
The American ship, Mermaid, a splendid clipper
vessel belonging to E. Gossett and Co., of Boston,
was totally lost on the Prates Shoal, on the night of
the god instant. Crew saved; cargo, cotton from
Bombay.
Chief Justice Holum is slowly recovering from Me
severe sickness; he presided at the recent Criminal
Session, but was still suffering. Mr. Attorney.
General Anatey has entered upon his official duties,
and discharges them in a satisfactory manner. He
has somehow or other managed to involve himself in
a dispute with the Hong Kong bar, on a question of
etiquette, which has caused some angry oorrespon.
deuce amongst the parties concerned.
We learn, from the New China Herald, with re.
gard to the rebellion, that the Imperialists bad of
►ate been getting the worst of it, that they had sus.
Mined a defeat at Chin•kiang•foo which they were
besieging, and had fallen back on Tantoo, where they
had formed a military camp. At Whoo•hoo, on the
banks of the Yang-tszeekeang, upwards of a hundred
Imperialists had been killed, amongst whom were
some Shanghai people whose friends had re•
osived the intelligence of their death. It is re•
ported that the people on the banks of the Yang.
use-keang allow their hair to grow, fur fear of being
killed by the rebels, and that the mandarins had
mimed decapitating them for this crime, u their
numbers were ho great that it was feared the whole
country would rise in their defence. The Herald
says the rebellion is now most active in Keanvir, to
the south of the Poyang-lake. It is reported that
in the prefecture of Tetu-chow, between the Yang-
time-keens and the Yellow rivers, seven cities have
been taken by a set of rebels distinct from those of
Nankin.