The Express.
London, England, 1859-11-28 00:00:00

CHINA.

By this mail we have advice. from Hong Bong to
Oct. 13. We extract the following from the China
Mail of that date.

Since the &owe: of last borne mail nothing has occurred
of isaportmos effecting cur relationship with the Chinese.
There hes been no more rioting at Shanghai.
Admiral Hope, who bee now entirely recovered from the
wound. ha received at Taku, is at preeent in this harbour on
board the Chesapeake. So also is the French Admiral Paget.
of Tatham renown, who hes come out to relieve Admiral
Riga& de Gestouilly, who has suffered much from sickness
during the latter pert of his stay in the But. It is erte.d.
that Admiral Paget will commence a new system of po ' in
Coehus Chios, and not attempt to make movements no
they promise to be more effectual than those hitherto made.
On the 16th September there wu another combat between
the them* and the Cochin Chinese, in which both sides ate
mid to ham entered greatly.
Mr. Lay has recovered from the woods he received is
the riot at Shanghai, and is at present in Coates, segaged In
orgeniaieg that breach of the new Clause customs eteretem
The object of that new service la to seams to the Chinese
government the full payment of the duties which it has a
right to dello, and the means proposed for that end ere the
employment of a number of foreigners acquainted with the
Chinese language.
Prom Japan there to form important Intelligence. Oa
the 26th August a ROMilal deter of the name of Maufet,
end one of hie sailors., were barbarously murdered in the
streets of Yakima', a village due to Itanagawa. This I.
said to ham been done by some Japanese@ officials who had
bees degraded at the Inatome dose or other of the foreign
reprentatatime. General Mouradeff was fortunately at
Ted& at the time with mural men of war, and refused
to leave until the murder was fully atoned for. The come-
quests"' area the chief official at Henagewa has been die.
Wand by tspume Government, and according to report
the soothers part of the large island of Sagisellea has bees
ceded bibs Btu lane. It was expected that there would be
a "Ism d ministry at Vedic', sad one favourable to
foreigsers. The dollar question still remains linnet:led.
To the long list of steamers but upon the coast of Chins
this year we have to add a very old friend of the community
—the Pentameter and Oriental dearest Canton, which has
bees brakes in two in the recent gale on a rock before the
Pieta Grande at Mateo. It was advertired for eale at the
time this accident occurred, and its remains will be sold in a
few day., the boilers and machinery being uninjured.
Some efforts have been made to induce Sir Hercules Raffia-
sot to remove Mr. Tarrant, the editor of the late Pl-iered of
China, from the criminal side of the goal into the building
appropriated for debtor", but hitherto without succeee, se we
aadarerand that his excellency considers himself entitled to
remit, bat sot to modify, the sentence, and is not disposed to
regard Mr. Tarrant's serious and unproved libels wing
Colonel Caine with that leniency which those do whose
seam of propriety In these matters has been somewhat
dulled by the extreeirdinam quantity of libels which have been
freely published I Hong Hang within the lest few years.
There bee been another heavy gals, which has done run
injury to the shipping in harbour, but it did not partake of
the chareeMr of a tyfnos.
At last • sanatorium is to be erected on Victoria Ptak by
the military aerhoritire.
The China Orerlaad Trade Report says:
It is certain that the Chimes so far repudiate the United
States ratified treaty as to refuse toiat blank to allow It to
mess into form until the British treaty ie arranged. The
Ilsited Stales Misdate, is at Isms, but it is not at all likely
that this brae* of faith will elicit anything beyond a vapid
protester emeedreace.

The latest Pekist Gazettes contain principally
Dodoes of promotions. appointments and removals of various
officer.. The prominent feAtura in thane Is the blot of the
victory over the British at Tian bang the itepping-storm to
advancement. Nearly ill the promotions ice bestowed on
rani who were on the Peiho at the time.

The Straits Times is informed that a French ves-
sel Is at present surveying the northern coast of Australia.
Several of the missionaries of Madras have esta-
blished • series of lestures to educated tlindooe, which
attract large audience.. The and way delivered by Dr.
Paterson, medics! niimionary, on " The Great Phyaician."
A writer in the Bombay Standard describes the
races of • Peninsular and Oriental Company's Ismer who
had fallen overboard by a sredie, who received the Royal
liminess Society's medal for the act. When the eeedie
proudly displayed his reward, the saved Wear twisted that
ha should have the medal as "he had Incurred the chief
damper" I

We ere from the Rangoon Times that Colonel
Phayre, the Commissioner of Pegs, woo to leave Rangoon
on the 3rd alt., on hie friendly pathway to the King of Ave.
Hb kfit!esty expressed na et loyal wittiments during the
crisis of 185143, prof...dog himself ready "to much down
an ermy of 100,000 men and sweep the aepoys Into the sea"
if they st,empted to rise in Peen. He Is to be presented,
among other gifts, with a full length skeleton of the human
body, caned out of Sycamore in the most elaborate end
I artistic manner by Mr. Flower, curet tr of the Hunterian
Keelson, it en expense of 1,0001.

It appears, according to the Sindiao, that mad
jackals abound in Sinde, and that deaths from hydrophobia
sass oonatcpiently very frequsst; Ouvcrtiment has therefore

Increased-Ito re:od: for ihe destruction of these animals;
the sums now offered are, bar a female, one rupee, a male or
half grown female, half a rupee, and a cub, four ulnas.
The Hong Kong papers mention the fact that
large quaatitlee of silk warm eggs have been sent lately
from Shanghai to Sao Francisco,
We read in the Friend of India:—" The attempt
to grow tee on the React...met ha. been thooessfal. A Mr.
Mann, a trbnd of Mr. Fortune, on leaving China in 1854
brought with him plants from Bbiumbes. Tbey died in the
Stisevaroy Utile, but eumeeded on grow and forest land
two miles and a mill from Camaro at an elevation of 6.000
feet, with a north-east exposure. The flavour of the tea from
the ant crop I. not agreeable as yet. The government of
Madras ars willies to remove any restriction on the pinchato
of head Is the Neffgherries in favour of tea planters."
The Bombay Guardian speaks well of a Marathi
drama by Ovviud Novae, on the evils of Asiwie early
meniages. The drama in maid to be a faithful portraiture
of native life In Wel.olll India. The Parsers mem food of
theatricals. An Amateur Parer* Theatheal Musicrd Com-
pony act this play. with Gujeratee mega as an interlude, In
the Grant Road Theatre, and Paress temiliot take boxes, as
in Europe.
EXTENSIVE INCREASE IN THE DEMAND FOE I
SITIPPINO Ar LivEnroot.—The demand for shipping at
Liverpool has during the lan week bus of a moat exerting
character, sod one feature of the sales Is the absence of
speculative purchasers. Prices. too, for good vessels are re-
munerative, and one arm alone (Messrs. R. A. Munn sod
Co.) wild no Ws than 8,000 tons of ships, including a first.
clam Iron sailing reseal, of 1,300 toss burden, now In
marmot construction on the Des. The price paid for the
ship was nom satisfactory to the sellers; and in nearly all
cases the majority of the purchases were made fur the trade.
EXPORTS OF BRITISH COAL.—In their statistical
table of coal exports Isom the United Kingdom, Messrs. W.
and H. LAMA, of Liverpool, state that during the month of
October the total export.. of coal from the northern porta
were. 311 163 rs ; from Yoakthhe pert., 30,108 too, ; from
Liverpool. 30,832 row ; from Severn ports, 136,290 tons; and
30, tens from Scotch ports. The total etporta amounted
to 539,616 tone ; the total Diereses over the corresponding
samith of last year being 90,286 tow

THE FRANCS ZIPSDIIION 70 CHINA.

The doworal Commanding-in-Chief of tb. hand
expeditionary corps to Chine hoe indeed the follow* 04,
of the day:

"OMons end Soldiers,—Under the protection of Nap.
Ina 111. and of Preen, you an called to undertake e
venues and glorious sandition. Your mission will not be to
add • new magnet to all those which have illustrate'
Prams. You an gab/ to show, by strict discipline,
aumerou populations tint you are not the tannin.
they think you us, as you will prove by your war.
like ardour the superiority of your courage. For tpt
mooed time your standard will unite witb the English s.
and title union will be an omen of victory, as that of tt,
two people* is a pledge of peace to the entire world. Yoe,
leek is grand and noble to faldl, but the gnomes is ammo
by your devotedness to the Emperor and to France. you
day. on returning to the mother country, you will my will
pride to your fellow•ddema, that you have borne the n.
ducal flag into ootuttrien wherein immortal Route, at Lb,
tints of her greatness, haver dreamed of penetrating
her legions. His Majesty, in bestowing on me the hone,
of commanding you is chief, he. done me • great ferQz
for which I mann better show my gratitude than in
piing myself with prandiag for all your wanta with mt.
stoat care. Let the day of battle come, and you nay al,
upon me es I rely epos you, sad we will ensure victory
the cries of Pas taitpereer, You le Proem

" Haid-qoartirs at Paris."

CODSIW DS IIoNTArNALN.

TEE OLLIT 14871.1 M —REPORT OP 11(d
SURVEYOII4I.

The following is the report of the surveyors ip
pointed to examine the Greet Estero for the purpose of r.
oertaining whether the =mart to fit her for sea had beep
honestly carried out: _ _

" Great Eastern Steamship, Holyhead, Oct. 18.
°Gentlemen —ln compliance with your request, we bee,
made a complete survey of the Great Eutern, but, not bums
had time le prepare our detailed report, we beg to submit tia
following remarks upon the points referred to in your letter,
sad some others whioh we think it important you stuAld
bring under the 000sideration of the board i—Wat
reference to the latimation that Mr. Russell allegg
that hie contract is completed, we mark that the ne
of the ship to which our survey has been specially dime'
(exclusive of the engines) is not completed either as to the
general scope' or the ' details of the contract,' as a fol.
clue pemeepr ship, snob se those of Cunard's line or tie
Royal West India Mail CoosComppaany, and that, in her peen
state, It would be hmpeedat to send her to gs
on e lengthened voyage._ .We ars unable at per.
sent to arrive et a della* opinion as to the or
of the works sisomarry for the completion of the dig
in all respect. In scoordanes with the contract. TM
amount moat be very large. We are unable to state tie
amount of damages consequent on the delay in sending fig
to sea, We may remark generally the, s lib the excepe
of a few cabins, the accommodations arc by no nest.
to the requirements of a first-clue passenger steamer, urk
as Canard's linear the Royal West India Mali stamen, Du
are very lailicir—Tatele workmanship, and furniture-

The acoinroodetios fee the Almsni ceese; is by es am
each se onset to her bus pro!llsl eat r reqd
The

contract. deal s ran sot tight, end a pat dad of u.
Serb* materiel sad wintasiship his but .it in then,
There is no beady; wst= Bs warming the cabin, a
whew. There is a eensidirehle moan* of wet which a
absolutely neoreery Is he performed tailors the ship can be
trusted on a lengthened vo awes the rustic, wbMh
work would require a *OR to execute in an
efficient manner, and, even will this done, the ship scald
not be what the contract requires has to be; end deficiencies
in other respects would be a constant ROOSCI3 of expense sod
annoyance to the company. We see, gentlemen, your obe-
dient servants, "Hwang BATLEY.
WILLIAM PATTERSON.
"Joni Jonzisx.
"Meese. Montague, Lessons, and Hawley, 12, St
Helen's.plsos, Louden, 8.C."
The sury return also eons very unfavourable mid-
dens., in std,df the deck beers and pillaring, the deck
'sings, capstan and snchor gear, &a.