The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-13 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL-7--ss
By the arrival of the above mail we hoe •
•
vices from Calcutta to Dec. 7 ; Madras, Dee.
Colombo, Dec. 15 ; Hong Kong, Dec. 1; ki
bourne, Nov. 25; Sydney, Nov. 21, th.
The advice§ from Calcutta by the present
are no
impression o laterf
the Bth inst.
than those vid Bombay published ip%

This woes
the sitting I
The Lord I
the bill inch
penitent in

CHINA.

The Overland China Mail says that Sir 41L_
ford Alcock, her Britannic Majesty's minkieee, pishitiff, UN
plenipotentiary, is just arriving at P41%2 of ye. She
most critical moment, when the antiloreipx oil' la mad Per_
at the oourt and in the provinces in raising itiVii evworir it bu
. eh eat
danger asserting its exclusive policy. "Now that • of soi. a yew
danger from the rebels has vanished, the bap* own exist*
80,1862sitheoes R•di.;
government (it adds) is beginning to breathe ddi &Noire ; bo,
freely ; and taking advantage of the premodi, ?ealmad' wtao%
parative quiet, is re-establishing its power *ee
prove
out most of the eighteen provinces of the enipii,7 lesin and ap
ee the
It is stated that her Majesty's gunboat fille wards Mr. ci
hopper, Lieutenant Morant, hen bad a very odd no!ln.eat,ini 1
engagement with pirates near Port Methane, ii, whichil
47,7;
fight lasting between two and three bout, i i iwkitar. 1
appears from the report in circulation in Araoyid, eddy execute
she fell in with no lees than eight heevilyino lk This he sub
craft off Rogues Point, and met with midi ' Itfointinry
mined reesstiuice, one shot piercing the ger*
sot ls, *lntl
quarter and wounding severely several men; wed ,fe,,dmiti, 1
or eight obeli; were fired into one junk WA di , vela under t
blew up. The Grasshopper, at the terminatix 4 -no ole col
the engagement, however, proved to have ledi, • cording
tbesuretoanfoitt,haser,swhehisachnkshfoeur,
towedand minanagedto
Amwite ei , t:costurclaefio; tor7:____.and
also took seventeen prisoners she had capered il isotwithatand
Amoy, and delivered them to the authorities, h lormanos of tl
of her crew were badly wounded. .whether that
, not part per
.the statute
decision was,
with the pare
'Lord Chanted
Act wunota s
revocable, as
that what ha
' torments& I
decree, which
costs.
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should not I
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Lords Justice
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lordship refu
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case then
. Lord Chance
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l' Both refused
meet, both p
their shares,
them lobed
that if I
the Master
by the d 4
circumstance
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shareholder ;
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must be bou
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consent of tt
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, contributorie
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RE PREEN

JAPAN.
"The Tycoon, who so long allowed himulf
be styled His Majesty,' is now" (says the
"in no small difficulty. Though almost demo,
eon-in-law of his Imperial Majesty the Uk
and though his policy is seldom opposed to tas
the lawful sovereign, the menner in which beei
chided the treaty with the foreign
r
drew upon him the hatred of mostOrttrere
ful princes of the empire, who hen
failed to make him feel that he require th
cordial co-operation in the hour of 1t
The appearance before Osaca of the combined dos
of England, France, and Holland, with four ply
potentiaries, has made little or no impressioniat
the holy city, so far as we have yet learned ; sedi
is not unlikely that a little more demonetralied
power will be necessary in order to fulfil the ps
pose of the expedition. In these eventful dm
foreigners may congratulate themselves on ha*
in Japan as well as at Pekin, representatives efts
British Government who are firm but just, tsi
whom the respective governments cannot bets
spect for their integrity, and dread for their des
=nation."

AUSTRALIA.
VICTORIA.

A motion of want of confidence in the min*
was introduced in the Assembly on the 24th Nom
ber, and lost after a long debate.
Parliament is to be prorogued, and the minion
will appeal to the country.

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largest 'bare]
directors. 1
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property sod
and cement E
capital was t 4
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year aad a qv

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tracted a deb
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had to rei
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asked to
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what
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as not br<
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for th
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