The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-13 00:00:00

CHINA.

Our China intelligence by this arrival is from
Hong Kong to Feb. ; Shanghai, Feb. 20.
The following is from the 'summary of the
flr , lasvi China Mull:

The London mail of the 10th January arrived here cm the
211th islet., bringing out General Montauban, the chief off
the French expedit oners free.
No further ,drtarl. of the British expeditionary force have
arrived from India, and it is Dot expected that they will
come in an/anioeiolers till the end of March or April.
From dui the moat important intelligence is the
dew-titre r ended order, of her Majesty's verde
kianipson, Actson, .tlgetine, and Dove. Doubtless they
have goose to stirrer the state of matter. at the mouth of
the reih.., .MCI we have bean] it whispered that they have
been sent with the special intention n< taking a strip at
land in the Gulf of Pschelee awl the province of Shantung
for the tarpons, of f • depot. This is very pro
belle, as • depot in gulf will be absolutely
Itece.tary in the event of warlike operations being
entered on, and we understand there is one strip
wo situated that • single gunlamit could guard the communi-
cation with it. Kwediang, the chief imperial commissioner,
had asked Fertilises. to retire front public service on am
cooint of failing hea!th, hoot thin request bed been &wild to
him. We bear it rumoured that the Chimes hen with-
drawn the guns front the Takla fort*, in order to strengtben
witlo them the fortifications of Tiendain.

Affairs in Japan remain in an unsettled state. Mr.
ALock, her Britannic Majesty :s plenipotentiary, has again
been lecturing the British community there on account of
their preference of Yokohama as a place of .ettlument to
Kanagawa. It is said that • Japanese servant of Mr.
A !cock his been murdered at Veddo, while playing
with some children ; and as a Japanese forfeits his life by
ksiving his own country, and the man in question had
been t.. the United States, it was thought by some that he
had been made an example of by the Japanese authoritiea
The Japanese authorithe, however, attended his funeral,
and profess themselves desirous of bringing his !numbers'
Thstiee.
e Hoag Kung races have passed off this year with more
than usual !Nat. The weather was tine —perhaps, a little
too hot ; the heats were all well sustained ; and Markham,
a horse new to Hung Kong. belonging to Dent and Co.,
c.,rssl off the chief honours. Some report& have been pub-
of Canton mandarins having engaged Chinese to burn
houses in this colony, but they have not the slightest
foundation. and have been already contradicted by those
who unthinkingly put them in circulation.
The census of Hong Bong, taken at the close
gives only 1,034 European and American inhabitant". against
1,100 the preceding year ; but we are not satisfied that
complete returns have been made, or that there artnally
Las Leen any decrease of this portion of the population.
A ;,-rrat many prreoes, however, went borne last year,
others returns.' to Canton, and the Buperiutendeney of
Trade was removed to Slangbae. The Chinese population
continues steadily to increase in numbers, respectability,
aed wealth, there being now about 85,000 of them upon the
let.deL

The case of Tam Achoy sad Captain Baker, who recently
ton is r.,:d on a Chinese village, to which we have before
mole referee e, has resulted in a comproiniUs. Certain
mtn.hers of t!ie government were mixed up in the affair,
and Mr. Ado is, the Acting Chief Justice, entered into an
an-Angcment to theeffect that, if thepriaanerspleadedmailty,
so..rntrtre would lo paa•ed upon them, and so the matter
w.e, closed lir They pleadalruilty, aad the court bound
them over for judgment should they again engage in a
:der undertaking. ft appeared nu the trial Wet they
Ltd received encouragement from some odleers of
rnment .n the course they had pursued, and they
',neg.] that C.., had Leen requested to act by some local
manoLain.

Tlr.e collue.n at Swatow between the barque Chin Chin
•r: I the kostotos.lususe boat is being investigated before the
Sf.t,:istrates r.strt in this colony. and will probabl♦ be re-
f, teed to the .le.is ..n .4 the Supreme Court. the ease
coesi.ts of a charge of murder brought against the captain
a the Chin thin ; and there is all likelihood that it may
open up several ditlicult questions as to the
_present ano-
n. 1.. u. i5...it.43 of Europeans on the cam of China.

Tns OrYBTARD BOMBAY AND ArentkuAx MAMA
- The Mairailla left Southampton yesterday with the Born.
hay ~ml .tustralian mail. She took out A 9 pa...engem.
Airemst Ler CLIO were 800 packages of treasure worth
is. which ecnisieted of her silver worth 21s,trtOil.,
bar worth 10,000 f., 16,000 tovereigna, silver van worth
jewellery, watches, sod gold leaf worth 4,00 i. Is.
TNZ PVIINSrLAR MAIL—The Sultan arrived at
ftentharni.ten veeterlay with the Penitomlar mail. She
Mt Liable aid Oporto Apra 8, and Vigo April 9. She
Drought 35 parengerv, aniongst whom were the Earl
of
Delmore, Itar-n tie Forrester, Viscount Seisal, Colonel
Creech, and Major Husiell. Amongst her cargo wan specie
go the valise of 3,:101/. The British barque Stamboul was at Vip, when the had arrived in driver
lets 1., WIOHT Rtirt.t Cuars.—The &Quern
Ride Corps is making satisfactory progress, and the men are
hem; twice a weak by Sergeast B'eormak of the
Tipi..ndy Artillery. The fomistion of this company is es-
tire, ...rm.; to Captain H. Farnrll, who has just be
bp-
pointed to its cromand, and hr us now engaged in getting
up a land in ocenezion with it.
St V0.1.L.51l (ktI'ItRYJSCB, —On Wednesday a black-
hinl ;based by a hawk, 'trim! violently against the window
of an ,iistain sittitig.roorn, shattered the pane of glade
agiiii.st which it struck, and fell dead as the Soot from the
c.ucuoi..n. It was nitenestardy followed by he ',lender
plantar la fine young sparrt.w.hawkl, which um , paring
harir.ed through the aperture, was captured
fa:s?•:mroccr.