The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-13 00:00:00

CHINA.

Hong Kong advice* to the 30th of November have
come to hand.

Lord Elgin started on his trip up the Yang-tsze-
kiting on the Bth, with a Chinese official who
had been deputed to accompany the expedition
by Karel Hang and Hwashans, the imperial commis.
Monet", who remain in Shanghae until his lordship's
return, which was not expected to be within a
month.

The China Mail gives an abstract, translated
from the Chinese, of the new trade regulations.
The tariff has also been published from the same
source, and shows a reduction on many articles of
import of nearly one-half of the duties, and about
one-third of those on exports. The reduction of the
duties on the import of cotton is considered of most
importance to the commercial world.
Mr. Reed, the American Plenipotentiary, had
arrived at Hong Kong, but Baron Gros still re-
mained in the north.

The French forces at Cochin-China are said to be
suffering greatly from dysentery, engendered by the
unfavourable climate.

The China Mail observes in its summary :
The state of Canton is undergoing little or no change.
The principal streets, especially those with many shops, in-
crease slowly In activity, and are thronged with messengers,
but many parts of the city are still almost entirely deserted,
and little diepoeition is shown to rebuild the rained bonsai.
Very little business has been done io the way of exports,
but there has been some demand for English and American
geode.ls E Excellency Sir John Bowling has been suffering for
some time from serious illness, sgeravated by domestic
calamities, furious local squabbles, and the hostility of Mr.
Chisholm Anetey. who hes on oath declared that he has
sworn to work the destruotion of something be calls " the
Bridges administration." Sir John's tenure of oak* expires,
we believe, in April next; and certainly there are few local
mesons Oar %stag continued another year. but many to
the coatrary. Heidi Hong Kong yesterday, on a few weeks'
trip to Manila and Labuan ; and, during his absence, big
place will be filled by the Lieutenant-Governor, the Hon.
Col. Caine. _ .

Air. Mercer ha. retained to Hong Kong, end resumed the
dutita of Colonielikeretary.
The 59th Regiment lett this for the Cam on the 21st inst.,
after nine yenta stay in China.

Thee has been no change in the prospect of employment
for shipping, and the harbour of Hong Kong still presents an
umbrae number of vessels lying idle.
The export of tea sad silk to Great Britain sinoe bait
mail's departure Yes follows :—From Shanehae, the As-
syrian, with 621,1001 b. tee, and 1,207 bales of silk; Welling-
ton, 316,3001 b., 1,168 bales. From Fuhchau, the Pants,
with 412,6001 b. From Canton, the Valor (for orders), with
701.000, and Kelso 707,600. The steamer Cadiz took of silk
1,277 bales for Southampton and 676 for Marseilles, and the
Pekin takes 2,632 for Southampton and 443 for Marseille,—
maldng the total to date of 119,647,8001 b. tea, and 34431,
balm silk for Southampton and 3,120 for Marseilles. The
Spray of the Ocean had salled from Fuhchau for London, but
her cargo Is not yet rewired.

COMMERCIAL.
EXCHANGE AND BULLION.

HONG KONG Corporation, oft
Landon, 6 months' sight, 4s. 84d. ; on Calcutta, three do
eight, 224 Rs. per 100 dole. ; on Bo.obay, three days' sight.
224 Rs. per 100 dole. ; gold leave., dole. 22,86 per ; gold
her, dol. 22,90 per seal ; wee silver, Ye per cent premium.
Other bMs, on London, 6 months' eight, 4s. 9d. to 4s. 94d.;
Calcutta, three days' eight, 224 per 100 dols.; on Bombay, on
three days' sight, 224 per 100 dots.
Axon, Nov. 24.—Brobange, Mexican dollars 1 per cent.
diecount _ _ _

SHANGHAI, Nov. 22.-0 a London, ex maths' eight,
es 9d. per fuel ; on Calcutta, three daps' sight, Rs. 316 pt
100 Wel/ ; on Bombay. three days sight, Rs. 315 pre 100
tads. Drake on Bong bong 30 per oent. discount.

ohrx:

HONG KONG, Nov. 29.—01 d Patera, 680 dots. ; New Pet-
ra, 712; dole. to 716 dela.; Maws, 606 dole. ; Old Banana,
636 dole. ; New Beams, ns dole.
Macao, Nov. 22.-01/ Patna, 680 dole. ; New Pataap
712 dole.; New Bewares, 726 dole.: Malwa, 600 dole.
AMOT, Nov. 22.—Pataa, 743 dole. ; Benue; 750 dole.
Fea.caow-str, Nov. 20.—Patera, 735 dole.; Malwa, 625
dela.

....gt AMMAR, Nov. 22.—Patiss, 620 tads ; lblwe, 460
tags.

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.
(THIS DAY.)

Parliament was this day prorogued by royal
roraminion, for the fourth time since it was lest in sedan.
It now stands prorogued until Thureday, the Srd day el
February next, when It will assemble end be holden for the
despatch of diver. urgent and important affairs; end the
lords spiritual and temporal, sad the knight', damn', end
burgesses, ■od the commingle:ours for shires and burghs of
_ _ .

the Home of Commons, are required and commanded, under
pain of line and the displeasure of the Sovereign, to give
their attendance accordingly. at Westminster, on that day.
The prooseiing to-day wee simply a matter of form. The
Lords Corandesiorrewere the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis

of Seliabluy, sod the Earl of Hardwick. The Common
were reyreesatid by Mr. Lay, cos of the clerks, and Mr.
White, the door-keeper.

TRH SPIRIT TRADE.-DEPUTATION TO

jaRD NAAS.

NITTISK AND MUD MAGNITTC TELVORAPH.)

DUBLIN, THURSDAY.

The Freeman's Journal of this morning states
that a deputation of clergymen and merchants waited on the
Right Hon, the Chief Secretary at the Castle yesterday, and
presented his lordship with a memorial, signed by over 2,000
reepectable citirese of all religious peranatione, praying that
his lordship would not press his proposed bill to amend the
laws relating to the sale of wines and spirits is Ireland, sad
by which it Is intended to inmate, the business hours d
publicans.
The deputation wee received with courtesy, and, In tbe
course of his reply, Lord Ness stated that, from recent in.
gale's which he had made of preens likely to be the best
authorities on such a subject, he wax satisfied that he should
not be justified in persevering with the bill he introduced lest
session, sad he bed mule up his mind not to press it. His
lordship further stated that if any other honourable mem-
ber produced a measure extending the business hours of pub-
licans, he should feel it his duty to give such a measure his
most atressona opposition.

We read in the Debats of to-day :—" The Univers of
last evening leads its madam to hope, we know not upon
what authority, for the early conversion to catholicism of
the Queen of England sad her court I This well-Informed
Journal believes it can state that the supreme heed of the
Anglican church has conceived some doubt. se to the legiti-
macy of that establishment, and that she is making of thorn
around her if it is really founded on truth. We fear that
the Union hest:tot kid its finger exactly upon the principal
preoccupations of the Queen of England and her circle."
A letter from Berlin, dated Monday, says :—" The
artillery which will announce the happy delivery of the
Prinaces Frederick William la not to be placed in the
Lustgarten, on account of Its vicinity to the palmy but is
front of the artillery barracks. A salute of 101 gam will
soguaint the capital of the birth of a mince ; SU that of a
princess. The event is expected to take place on the 15th."
A Posen journal publishes the following strange
story Prince Lkbtenstein, commander of the Austria
troops at Cracow, lately arrived at fireszow, a station on the
Oallician railway, and entered a restaurant attached to the
station. The keeper of the notaurant bad decorated the
principal room into which the Prince was shown with plaster
baste of eminent personages, and amongst others of
Hoedutzko, Prince Poniatowskl, and the reigning Emperor
of Austria. The Prince cried in a rage, ' What is our
Emperor doing amongst these Polish brigands r and, draw-
ing his sword, he smash•d the baste of the two Pole. !"

On Sunday evening Gertz von Berlichingen, by
Goethe, wee given in the Barg Theatre, Vienna ; and some
words pronounced by " the man with the iron hand" led to
an ebullition of feeling on the part of the fashionable
audience. Goetz aye .—" Would to Clod that there were
no turbulent men in Germany. If there were none we
should still hare occupation enough. We could try to extir-
pate the wolves, we could every now and then fetch a bit of
game out of the wood., and if we wanted still more to do, we
could unite with our brethren to defend the frontiers against
those wolves the TurkP, and these !oxen the French, and to
protect the more exposed provinces of the empire." Thu
cheers of the audience were 6o loud and prolonged, that
Id. Lowe, the actor who played Girtz, wee obliged to remain
silent for some minutes. _

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We notice the following polite intimation in the
columns of the Fried of Chine (Hong Kong) We use
not pose to pugilism; we have been many year. here and
have never been called on to keep the pewee towards any one
yet; but we here give the editor of the China Ned fair
warning. that if be dews to misrepresent one feat in hie
report, or in whatever comment he may make on the case off
the Crown e. Tarrant, now in court. and to be tried M.
morrow—sooner or later we will horsewhip him."
A correspondent of the Bombay Guardian has
discovered the fact that Lord Canning's defence of hie con-
fiscation policy is dated July 4. that day being • Sunday.
Our contemporary says :—" We have not time at present to
do more than mingle our regrets with dime of our aorta-
poadett that our rulers should thus proclaim their disregard
for the obligations, of the Sabbath."
MURDER AT Qrszainonorou.—On Monday even-
in.. murder was committed in the High-street, Queen-
borough, at about half-past 8 o'clock. The facts epees, to
be them young woman named Emma Copping.,
daughter of a form labourer working for Mr. F.
Lew, was in the service of Mc. Stevens, a
clerk in the Captain-Superioteodent's office, bllcer-
Sha was sent for the supper beer at
about 8 o'clock; sot returning in time, worth was made
for her. The unfortunate girl was frond lying en the pave-
meet oppreite the market place, a distance of about 200 yards
from the Ship Inn. Her pitcher of porter was standing
on the pavement near her. Her throat was cut torn ear to
ear. She was quite dead. Near her n razor and • men's
cep were found; the mar was identified by a man at
whose house • labourer, named Fred-rick Prentice, had
been lodging. The tap woe also identified as belonging to
the same man. Mr. John Austin, erectable of Queen-
borough, immediately, with some of the Kent constabulary,
commenced searching the borough and the fields around.
At about midnight, a constable who was on duty on
the highroad twee n Queenborough and Sheerness saw
a man pass him, walking very quickly towards Sheerness.
barks a coloured handkerchief tied round his head; bis
slid his lantern shade off, and threw his light direct is
the man's free. The man, in • very confused
manner, mitt, "Are you a policeman ?" The reply
was, " 1 am." " Then," said Preotic.. "I am your Orb.
sonsr—ls she dead r The primer wee then taken to
the polka-station at Sheerness to await an examination be-
fore the Mayor of Queenborough, Mr. L. S. Magnus. It
appears the girl was sixteen years of axe. The prisoner bad
for some time past been endeavouring to induce the girl to
'swot his attentions, which she hod firmly refuted. This
appears to have been the came of the prisoner deciding on
murdering her. The razor with which the deed had been
done appears to have been carried by the prisoner since
Sunday Wt.
TER SEDITIOUS ALMANACK.—Mr. Porter, the
magistrate of the head policesffice. at Dublin, pronminoed
judgment yesterday in the cage of John Fronde Nugent, et
almanack notoriety. The magistrate reit:lmA an application
for further postponement, and directed toot Mr. Nugent
should enter into his own mongnisanoes in the sum of 5001.
and two aunties in 50!. each, who were obliged to war
thematic". householders of the city of Dublin, and worth
each 1001. over their just debts red liebilniee. The twos-
Meatless bind Mr. Nugent to hos the pen* and he of good
behaviour for seven years, or is default suffer two menthe
imprisonment.