The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-04 00:00:00

FRANCS.

The Moniker of this morning formally denies the
report that the effective of the infantry regiments
in about to be reduced by two companies per regi-
ment.

INDIA.
(PROP THE INDIA OFFICE.)
The following telegram has been thin day received
from India :

BOMBAY, MARca 13.

" The steamer from Suez, with overland mails of
the 18th of February, arrived yesterday. Items of
English news up to February 27 were at the same
time received by Red Sea telegraph.
" The following troops have sailed, or will sail,
for China :—Her Majesty's 31st Regiment, Feb.
18 ; 3rd Native Infantry, 20 ; 100 of the sth
Native Infantry, 20.

" The remainder of the bth Native Infantry
and No. 3 Battery Royal Artillery will sail in a
few days.
" The Punjab Infantry are to will from Kur-
rachee to-day.

" Six hundred horses and 600 mules will elso:be
despatched to China as early as possible.
" Mr. Wilson explained in the Legislative Council
his scheme for a convertible paper currency for all
India on the 3rd of March. Notes of from sto
1,000 rupees to be issued, to the aggregate value of
5,000,000 sterling. Gold standard condemned.

" The ship Clifton Bell, from London, with
soldiers' families, arrived at Kurrachee on the 6th
of March.
" The steamer attached to Bourne's Indus Steam-
train foundered outside the bar of Kurrachee Har-
bour. Endeavours are being made to raise her.
" Obituary.—The Rev. Mr. Steele of the Free
Church Presbyterian Mission; and Lieutenant B.
Christie, of the Bombay Artillery.
" H. YOUNG,
" Chief Secretary to Government."
BOMBAY, MAacH 13.

The regulations in reference to the issue of the
new paper currency have been published by the govern-
ment. The notes will be of five, ten, twenty, fifty, one
hundred, and one thous►nd rupees; and the iOllllO will be
effected through the commissioners of the Bank of England.
The convertibility of tie paper will be provided for by
one third of the amount of the notes in circulation being
kept in coin. Two-thirds are to be invested in government
securities. The notes to be burnable only in exchange for
coin.

AUSTRALIAN MAIL
MELBOURNE, Fn. 17.

In parliament the Land Bill is progressing. The
estimates were nearly voted, and the bill to authorise
the purchase of the Geelong Railway was to be
brought in on the evening of the departure of the
mails.

The government has agreed to the a:teration in
the mail route, on the condition of other colonies
sharing the expenses. The formation of a volun-
teer corps is progressing. A merchant named
Duffy has been committed to prison for extensive
forgeries. A firs has broken out at Creswick.
The gold receipts had decreased 90,000 ounces as
compared with the same period of last year.
Victoria had won the cricket match by 69 runs.
The following are the departures of gold ships :
Jan. 17, the Greyhound, 5,000 ounces, for Liver-'
pool ; Jan. 24, the Monarch, 29,000 ounces, for
London; Norwood,9,ooo ounces, for London; Ockan-
chief, 32,000 ounces, for Liverpool ; Jan. 28, the
Montmorency, 9,000 ounces, for London ; Feb. 8,
the Lightning, 13,000 ounces, for Liverpool;
Lincolnshire, 32,000 ounces, for London.

A REIVAIA—The Great Britain, after a passage
of 55 days ; White Star, Southampton, King of
Algeria, Omer Pacha, Bosphorus, Ladyhead, Wil-
liam Cuavill, Silistria, General Williams, Forest
Oak, Black Eagle, Glendower, Marco Polo, Con-
stantine, Dawn of Hope, Prince of Wales, Revenue.

SYDNEY, Fr.n. 17.
Parliament had met on the 24tk of January. Mr.
Cooper, the Speaker, has resigned, and Mr. Mur-
ray is unanimously elected in his place. The
bringing forward of the estimates has been post-
poned. Extensive frauds had been discovered in
the storekeeper's department The officials have
been suspended in consequence. An increased
subsidy for the alteration of the mail route has
been refused. Great floods have caused the de-
struction of a large amount of property. The rail-
way works are progressing satisfactorily.
Advices from Adelaide are to the 18th of Feb-
ruary. Parliament is prorogued until the 3rd of
April.