The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-17 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA.

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

We have received the following telegraphic
despatch announcing important intelligence from
the seat of war in the East :
TRIESTE. TatmanAy, JONI 16.

The steamer Calcutta arrived this morning at 6.45,
in 108 hours from Alexandria. Belling, which had
really been captured by Burmese insurgents, not-
withstanding the denial of the Bengal government,
has been re-captured by our forces, with the loss of
30 killed and wounded.

The Burmese commissioners have not yet returned
an answer respecting the Governor-General's pro-
fered terms ; should they not signify beforo the ex•
piration of the 30 days allowed them for considera-
tion, that they accept those terms, an advance on
Ara will take place, and the steamers are being pre-
pared for the contingency.
At Bombay, trade was dull. The delay in the
arrival, at Suez, of the Precursor from Calcutta, has
enabled the Bombay mail of 23rd May to reach in
time for the Bengal steamer from Alexandria.
Latest intelligence from Hong-Hoeg to April 22.

FRANCE.

MARSEILLES, THURSDAY.
The British fleet left Malta on Wednesday, the Bth
of the present month.

PARIS. TEIMSDAT EVENING.
The vessels Jena and Friedland are still in the
port of Toulon waiting for sailing orders. The
armament of the vessels Marengo and Saffron was
talked of at Toulon._
__ _ _

The irreOeitsq---nadron will have left the Bay of
Salamis far the Dardanelles on the morning of the
11th inst.

At the Bourse to-day the market for government
securities bas been generally inactive, although prices
have, on the whole, been steadily maintained, and at
the termination of ♦business a slight improvement
even bad taken place in some deeoriptions of stock;
in the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. for cash to the
extent of 26c., and of 10c. in the Three per Cents.
for the account. The final quotation of the Four-and-
a-Half per Conte. for the end of the month showed
that no change had occurred, whilst there was a fall
of 20c. in the Three per Cents. for money. Bank
of France shares remained unchanged. Closing
prides : For cash, Three per Cents., 77.10 ;
Four-and-a-Half ditto, 101.76. For the account :
Three per Cents., 77.30; Four-and-a-Half ditto,
101.60; Bank Stock, 2,880 f.; Northerns of France,
887 ; Paris and Orleans, 1,047 ; Paris and Strasbourg,
889.60 ; Paris and Lyons, 904.60; Paris and
Rouen, 1,026 ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 737.60;
Western of France, 718 ; Ronan and Havre, 470;
Bordeaux and Cette, 807.50.

TURKEY.
Oar own correspondent writes:
CONSTANTINOPLE, Joint 2.
The Turkish government meantime is preparing
for every eventuality. "Pro aria et focis " is the
watchword; and I never recollect to have witnessed
public spirit and popular enthusiasm such as has been
manifested at the present juncture, and under the
pressure of so many difficulties.
All rush to the rescue. The great functionaries of
state, and many others among the government officers,
it is confidently asserted, have tendered voluntarily
their fortunes, salaries, and valuables as a contingent
for the national cause—nay, their carriage horses, if
required, amounting in the capital alone to many
thousands, as a reserve for the artillery service. the
young Sultan, wherever he appears in public, is
I cheered and greeted by the people. On the occasion
of his visit on the 30th ult. to the military wheel at
Terik Kior crowds of spectators, ehiefiy Europeans,
lined the way, and the children of the Hospizio, a
charitable Christian institution close by, in gayest
holiday trim and with banners flying, cheered up-
roariously the young Sovereign en passant, invoking
blessings on his head and the aid of Divine Providence
for his just and noble cause. His Majesty sent to the
Hospizio the munificent sum of 16,000 piastres on the
following day.

The Journal de Pram fort, which, "although pub.
lished in a German town, and in the French lan-
guage, has a circulation almost exclusively Russian,
brings a remarkable report concerning the intentions
of the Czar. "He will not," it is said, " occupy
the principalities before a vessel of war shall have
entered the Dardanelles." The Journal de Franefort,
besides being allowed to circulate its selection of
European news in the Russian empire, is occasionally
made the vehicle of statements and views which the
Russian cabinet would pass current u its own in the
west of Europe.