The Express.
London, England, 1859-04-21 00:00:00

The Moeiteur publishes the official returns of the

receipts arising from the customs ditties and indirect
tame for the first quarter of the present year. The
meant has bees 41,990,689 k. spinet 40,793,299 k.
I lathe corresponding period of 1838, and 44,201,120 k.
in 1837. During the month of March the re-
ceipts bays been 16,578,610 fr. against 14,931,043 fr.
and 16,166,642 fr.

The Sardinian steamers on the Lago Maggio'',
with ove single exception, creed their usual running on
Monday, and have been pieced at the dispoial of the
goverzunee.

Ms number of pilgrims to Mecca and Medina is
szpicesil to be veep great this ye sr. The Brit caravan is to
comprise meosget its number on Indian prince, set Affcban
'List, ho pieces of the Imperial family of Morocco, •
esplew of the Bey ol Tunis, and several Algeria&

The Mt. of let May at Antwerp, in honour of the
26th aanirersary of the introduction of railways iu Belgium,
paeans, in ceasequeoce of the ameat of the royal family to
to be so an belleitely more extensive scale than was
et
kat iM M.. The semmisaion of orgeouation his de-
edged es eddreming havtledoes to the teprnenta.ivra of
Youate. Preset., and Hellas& se being connected with Bel-
em
b railway. A similes compliment w.ll be paid to the
reyntentative of Engird, In eeneequenes of the gnat coca-
emrciel 1110111114 Mt batmen the two meetries. A great
mamba. el Wet functionaries *natio le be limited.
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The Bombay Time., of the 26th till, says :—" OS
Sunday mousing last, the Rev. John Jervis White ler*
M.A., of Trinity Colima, Dublin, and late a peotestast
okapis's' of the church of Ragland la India, for Wares
ram la the Bombay peusaideaty, was reaped late the
church of Rome. The caraway took place la the fart
chapel, amid Oar Lady of Mang Carmel,' sad was per
by Bleb* Caws, misted by the Vitar-Otamal sad
the eltseesie of the ket."

PRUSSIA.

PION OCR OWN.

BERLIN, APZIL
Pronga now offers, if possible, in conjunction with
England, to conclude a treaty with Austria, to the

following effect :
1. Austria either to terminate her special treaties
1 with the Italian States or to convert them into

simply defensive alliances, bat under all circum-
stances to renounce and give up the right of active
interference in the internal affairs of the Italian
States, which she now claims in virtue of these
treaties.

Austria to recognise ea the future guide of her
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Italian policy the principle of non-intervention.
3. To reduce her pretensions to the occupation of
Piacenza to the simple right, stipulated by the
treaty, of maintaining a military garrison there.
4. To evacuate the Roman Legations at the same

time that the French withdraw their troops from
the aity of Rome and Civita Vecchia.
6. To guarantee that no attack shall be made on
the territorial possessions of Sardinia, if that power
give a similar guarantee not to disturb the Italian
possessions of Austria. And finally,
6. To consent to a Douro! Bwropoon Congress, in
order to come to a mutual and pacific understanding
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for a durable settlement of the States of Italy, based
upon the territorial and sovereign rights guaranteed
by the existing treaties.
On the other hand, if Austria will 'coeds to these
conditions, Prussia, eventually supported by Eng-
land, binds herself :
I. As a set-off against these concessions to induce
Franco and Sardinia to keep the peace ;
2. To oppose any armed intervention in Italy on
the part of France, if needful by adequate military
esslstanee ; and
3. As the ally of Austria, to declare war against
France se soon as the French troops begin to croon
the Alps.

Although Prussia has throughout the whole affair
stood forward boldly u a champion for the main-
tenance of peace, and taken an active and honour-
able part as an impartial mediator, yet she has by
so means lost Bigot of the possibility of being
dragged into a war, and has for some time
past been taking quietly the needful mea-
sures of preparation for such a contin-
gong. Horses have been purchased for the
cavalry and the artillery and the unserviceable
as.. exchanged and sold, so that these two
area of the service are in a most efficient oon-

dittos for native duty in the field at a moment's
notice. Large stocks of clothing, ammunition, pro-
vender, medical stores and accoutrements of all sorts
have bees laid in, and the manufacture of the
fipitznarisi-Geteekre—thrit wonderful invention for
firing musket* by the prick of a pin, which has
hitherto remained a Prussian secret, and with which
no other European army is furnished—which are
now in general use, not only among the infantry of
the guards but in most of the regiment* of the line,
is carried on with uninterrupted energy in the mend
recesses of the royal arsenal.
The immediate mobilisation of five different army- '
corps is talked of, bat I think it not likely that
Preemie will take such • desided step, which would
only appear as an uncalled-foe provocative demon-
'trader), until she has exhausted all her resources of
mediation. Not only would it be unwise, but ve-
lem, to mobilise the army at the present moment.
The Emperor of the French cannot have been kept
in the dark as to the extensive resources and mili-
tary preparations of Prussia, and therefore there
would be nothing gained by anch a step, whilst it
would cost a great deal of money, which might as
well be kept in the treasury for the present. If a
mobilisation is really required, it can be effected at
any time in a single week: and in the present ex-
cited state of Europe it would only increase the
general belief that the impending war had become
inevitable, or actually been declared.
P.l3.—The Archduke Albrecht of Austria is still
here and everywhere tr.xted with the most die-
tinguished courtesy. His mission has been attended
with the most complete success, and he has
signed: • military convention with Prussia by
which the latter engages to send to the Rhine an
army of 280,000 men under the personal command
of the Prince Regent, if the present negotiations for
maintaining peace should fail. This imposing force
will be further increased by the contingent of Bavaria
(89,000 men) and the eighth federal army corps
(Wartemberg, Bade°, and Hesse-Darmstadt, toge-
ther 80,000 men), whilst the other contingents
will receive orders to hold themselves in readi-
ness to march, but they will remain for the first
at home, and be considered in the light
of reserves. Accounts from Frankfort state that
during the last few days large convoys of heavy
cannon, ammunition of all sorts, and provisions have
permed through that city and been forwarded by the
Southern Baden Railroad to the fortress of Rastadt,
the garrison of which has been reinforced by two
companies of Prussian artillerists, and an equal num-
ber of Bavarians, whilst a battalion of Austrian
Tyrolese rifles, hitherto quartered there, had received
orders to march to Lombardy.
A Belgian paper states that the Emperor et
Austria and the Priooe Regent of Prussia will
shortly have an interview at Teschen, on the frontiers
of Bohemia and Saxony. This has been reported
bore also for some days past, and is not unlikely to
take place. If so, it will be a public confirmation of
the entente cordiale between Prussia and Austria,
brought about by the visit of the Archduke Albrecht
to Berlin.

Mr. Reuter has received the following telegram :
"BERLIN, THURSDAY.
" The semi-official Prussian Oarette publishes
an article which states that the amen:

bling of the congress is becoming more and
more doubtful, and that the state of affairs has I
assumed a most serious aspect, inducing the Prussian
government to think that it is a proper time to make
proposals to the federal diet for the purpose of
taking general measures for its own interest and
safety. The government has ordered three corps
Canoes to be placed on a war footing. Those
sassanres are merely of a defensive character, and
without any aggressive signification."

MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF AN ENGLISH-
MAN as Tt sis.—latter from She (Reeressey of Took) in-
fuem us that an En9liahwan, Willi.tu Parkins, who kept
a form at &ebbe, about twenty-five tulles north of 861,
had disappeared, and had not been Surd of for nine days.
Several European reallents of Sfax have been to the spot,
but em Ind no trim of him, excepting hie scarf torn into
mny pieces be a well. He is *opposed to bays left Seethe
for 86a vary early en the morning of the 19th of March,
and bed with him a sum of money—about 10,000 piastres;
go It le generally believed that he was murdered on Ms way.
&MIA peewee Swag at &ebbs hese bees 'nested oe err
pkepa; bat nothing further than the above hen ben shelled.
—Melts Times, April 12.
WaNCII OF THE RAIL SWAMIS CAPS. OP GOOD
Hors —A telgraphie statement has reached us of the mot
wreck, is the Hooghly, of the Rangoon mail Mesmer Cape
of Geed Hop.. The mall was saved.
SINGULAR FRAUD.—It appears that among the lot
of slim bullion brought by the Pekin on the lath iast., from
China, one of the bars beloagbeg to the Oriental Bank Cor-
r= has tweed out at the Mist to be kid.—lkseirm

INDIA.

(PROM OM OWN cos

BOMBAY,
When I last wrote yon an impreetion prevailed
that Tantia Topes had taken himself off to Nepanl
under an assumed name, that Fume Shah and the
Rao Sahib were in the last extremity, and that in a
short time the majority of the chiefs would either be
slain or captured. The anticipations of the public,
however, have not been realised. Tantia is still in
Central India, and Perm Shah and the Rao Sahib
have succeeded in outmanceavring Michel and his

column.
The Onde rebels are still in the Nepal jungles,
and Jung Bahadoor is said to be negotiating with
them. There is a report that he has sent four hun-
dred Ghoorkas to dislodge them, but as their num-
' hers amount nearly to 10,000, Ido not see much
good to be accomplished by such a handful of men.
The followers of the Begum and the Nana alone
amount to 8,000 men of all arms; and at one time
fears were entertained that in the event of their
being driven out of Nepaul, they would enter Tir-
hoot. Their movements are now, however, closely
watched, and should they attempt to re-enter India,
Brigadier Kelly is ready to oppose them. The Begum
is stated to be in the Nepauless capital.
The affair at BAwul Binds, which I mentioned in

mired Use ban fully explained. It will be remem-
bered that a letter bearing the seal of one of the
native officers of the 18th Cavalry, and the
name of another to the address of the 13uar -Major

of the 6Bth Native Infantry, was put into the riot.-
aloe, and reached its address. It was, however, err-
dmtlz intended to catch the eye of the post-ofiloe
, with a view to its reaching the authorities,
er,a7ot the addressee, as the names of the senders
were conspicuously written outside the envelope. The
forgery was immediately detected, though the motive
was not at first so sully discovered. The 18th Irre-
gular Cavalry were paraded, and it wee fully ex-
plained to the men that the forgery being glaring,
the matter was treated by the authorities
with the contempt it deserved ; bet at the
same time it was desirable that the scoundrel
should be discovered, and that the native officers had

in a body offered 1,000 rupees for his conviction.
Shortly after parade, a Bower, who had been fre-
quently employed as post-office orderly, and as a
writer under the Wocrdee Major, shot himself; and
among his papers was found the imprewion of a
seal, the foe nails of that used on the letter sent to
the Bubadar-Major of the 58th Native Infantry.
He had, it appear, forged cheques in the Woordee
Major's name, and hoped to oreape detection by
involving the officers in trouble.
The Nawaub of Furruckabad has been found

guilty, and to be hanged. Whether mercy
will be extended to him or not is an open question,
but the general opinion seems to be that his doom is
well deserved.
The state of feeling in the Nizam's capital is far
from being satisfactory On On the 16th instant, Colo-
nel Davidson, the Resident, and Salar Jung, the
Prime Minister, were fired at by a fanatic /annul-
DM in the open streets of Hydrabad. At the time
of the occurrence Colonel Davidson was walk-
ing hand in hand with Balm Jung, the
Nizam's minister, after having left the Dunbar,
where he presented a khurreta to the Nizam from
the Governor-General. Having missed with his
pistol, the assassin drew his sword, but he was
instantly cut down and killed by some of the attend-
ants. attack was made whilst Baler Jung was
leading the President to his elephant, which was in
a court yard at the entrance to the palace where the
Dasher washed. The name of the miscreant was
Jebengen Ali. It is believed that the return of the
Resident with some very secret and confidential
orders has caused various rumours to be set afloat,
some of which are to the effect that the Nizam's army
is to be disbanded, and the people disarmed. On
the 12th instant the Arab mercenaries assembled in
a body, in a most excited and tumultuous manner,
at the house of Abdool Bin Ali, their principal j'ema-
dar, in consequence of their having heard that
British troops had arrived at the Residency for the
I= of attacking them; and it is said that the
went so far as to throw out pickets all round
tits Arab quarters. It appears that Friona Jung,
he eon of Ullee Cella Khan, told them
Hat our troops had arrived at the Resi-
dency, and that they bad already entered the
minister's Barrah Duffer, which is within the city
walls, close by one of the principal gates. Ulm
Cella Khan is said to be a good man otherwise;
bat he and his two sons are disaffected towards
the English, and should therefore be removed to
some distance from ilydrabed, where they could do
no mischief. An investigation of the attack on
Colonel Davidson, the Resident, at once elicited the
Chet that the assassin was a retainer of the family
at the Ameer Kabeer Shumaeer Oomrad, and that
his object was to avenge his master's quarrel upon
the obnoxious minister. The sons of the Ameer
hastened to the Residency to clear themselves of
say complicity in the guilt of their servant, but
were received with extreme coldness by Colonel
Davidson, who expressed his determination to have
the instigators of the attempt discovered and re-
warded after their desert. By his liberality and
friendship to the English, Salar Jung has raised a
powerful party in opposition to him at the court of
the Nisam, and may be considered Maury his life in
his hand.
The whole of India has, for the last ten days, been
thrown into a state of great excitement by the in-
troduction of a New Customs Tariff. It took the
public completely by surprise, and the rapidity with
which it was passed by the Legislative Council is
one of its most disagreeable features. On the morn-
ing of the 14th inst. the mercantile community
learned to their astonishment that the whole duly
system bad been changed ; that the impost on cotton
thread, twist, and yarn had been raised from 3 to 5
pee cent.; that the duty upon marine stores, metals,
woollens, cotton piece goods, silk ditto, and all other
Manufactures of cotton and silk, had been raised
from 6 to 10 per cent.; that the duty on beer and
all other fermented liquors had been raised from
ti to 20 per cent. ; the duty on coffee from 71 to 20
re. cent. ; the duty on haberdashery, millinery,
'Murry, oilmen's stores, perfumery, jewellery, and
I plate had been raised from sto 20 per cent. Oa
tobacco a duty of 20 per cent. had been raised, where I
none existed before; whilst on all other articles
not enumerated the increase was from 6 to 10
per cent. Freedom of entry bad been granted
only. for such articles as books, bullion, coins,
precious stones, pearls, grain, pulse, horses and
other live animals, ice, coke, chalk, stones, and
machinery. In the exports it was discovered that
the duty on grain, pnUe, and indigo bad been
doubled. It further appeared that, not content with
this sadden Imposition of charges upon goods
despatched to Bombay on the faith of the tariff to
which the government was, as it were, pledged, the
Commissioner of Customs had orders to levy the
duty not only. on all goods lying on shipboard in the
harbour, but in the wharves of the Custom-home.
Lord Harris is preparing for his departure, and
arrangements are being made to welcome his ono-
°moor. The Madras papers contain accounts of a
most daring dacoity and robbery which were perpe-
trated on the night of the 13th instant at Cautpady,
the Vellore station, di tent about four miles from the
cantonment, by a gang of about 150 person,. They
attacked the house of Mr. Patosi, and carried off, it is
said, about 60,000 rupees. One hundred of the ras-
cals, supplied well with stones, formed themselves
into a ring, whilst the remainder were sent in to
sieze the treasure. A peon who made some re-
sisti:nce was wounded, but, so well were their plans
laid, that the whole of the money was carried off in
a few minutes. The collector, Mr. Sullivan, has
gone out to investigate the business. This is the
second robbery that has been successfully accom-
plished near Vellore at the expense of the railway ;
but the booty on the first occasion was only 3,000
rupees, when Mr. Webster was attacked, and nearly
killed. The huge amount of treasure lost only
arrived on the night of the Ilth or morning of the
12th instant; and this leads to the suspicion that
some persons at Madras must have given notice of
its intended despatch.
The import market is quiet; the! money market is
easy, and the rates of freight are steady. The Bank
of Bombay has reduced its rate of interest and dis-
count by 1 per cent, and government securities have
maintained an improved quotatim.