The Express.
London, England, 1867-11-19 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

TILE SUBMERSION OF TIM ISLAND OF
TORTOLA.

NEW YORK, Nor. IS.

The intelligence received here in reference to the
submersion of the island of Tortola was received
from l'orto Rico rid Havana, and was as follows :
•• Tortola disappeared during a gale, and was sub-
merged for eight hours; all living things perished."
According to the same intelligence it was rumoured
that San Domingo City had been destroyed.

ROME.
ROME, Nov. 16, flvextxo.

The engineers attached to the French expedi-
fionary corps are actively engaged in completing
the fortifications of Rome, and placing Mount
Pillion and the other heights near the city in a state
of defence. The Pontifical government have pro-
vided 170,000 crowns for the execution of the
works.

The police hare effected fresh seizures of arms,
and arrests continue to be made.

FLORENCE, Nor. 14.

This morning's papers announce that the Papal
police have made a domiciliary visit at the house
of Mr. Odu Russell, the English diplomatic agent
at Rome.

THE EASTERN QUESTION.

VIENNA. Nor. 18.

The official evening Post contains a note from
the Turkish Embassy in this capital which de-
clares that the statement recently published by
the Memorial Diplomatipte of Paris, that Ilayder-
Effendi, the Turkish ambassador, had remitted to
the Austrian government a despatch agreeing to
submit the Cretan question to a conference of the
powers, is utterly devoid of foundation.

PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, Nov. IR, Errmxo.

Saxony has referred the invitation to the
Conference which she bad received from France to
the President of the North German Confederation,
so that he should reply to it. Hesse-Darmstadt
has not punned the same course.
Coire.pundencc confirms the news that
Baron Rothschild, of Frankfort, has been called
by the King to the Upper House of the Prussian
Diet.

RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 18.

The commission appointed last year to draw up
a plan to prevent a deficit in the budget has
made its report. It proposes a reduction of the
number of officials and the introduction of a
system of control over the expenditure based upon
different principles to those hitherto acted upon.

BAVARIA.
lIITNICH. Nov. 18.
To-day the Chamber of Deputies finally adopted
the bill respecting trade.
It is announced that the invitation to the pro-
posed conference upon the Roman question has not
been unconditionally refused by Bavaria, and that
the Bavarian government has taken up an attitude
of reserve towards all parties in this question.

INDIA.

CALCUTTA, Ocr. 24, VTA TB' Elm.

The Abyssinian expedition continues to excite
public attention. The government have chartered
18 ships and steamers at Calcutta for the expedi-
tion. A geologist is to accompany the expedition,
with instructions to search for coal.

The Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal has re-
turned from his tour in Assam. He received a
deputation from the planters of Detrooghur (?),
and promised them an extension of the telegraph
lines and the improvement of the roads.
Colonel Strackey has published a minute sum-
marizing the conclusions of local committees upon
Indian weights and measures, and advocating a
reform based upon the French system.

The control of the Post-office has been trans-
ferred to the Financial Department, and the con-
trol of the Telegraph-office to the Foreign Depart-
ment, the Home Department being overwhelmed
with work.

The Viceroy has sanctioned an expedition for the
purpose of again openings trade route to Burmah,
and via Bhamo to China.

The Maharajah of Scinde has confided the edu-
cation of his son to a native, declining the services
of Lieutenant Roard, whom the Viceroy had placed
at his disposal.
It is rumoured that Sir William Muir will be
the next lieutenant-governor of the north-west
provinces, on the retirement of Lieutenant-Governor
DI ummond.

The inundation of the Ganges is fast subsiding.
The Government Commissioner of Nuddea hopes
that the peasants, aided by employment on some
public works, will be able to meet the distress
which has been occasioned by the inundation. The
damage done to the Eastern Bengal Railway is not
serious.

The harvest prospects are considered good.
(Via Trieste.)
BOMBAY, Ocr. 29.
The Abyssinian expedition is still the chief topic
of conversation, and preparations for the despatch
of the remainder of the forces are being actively
continued.

The news from the scene of operations relates to
the landing of the pioneer force in Annesley Bay,
where there is good anchorage, but little drinking
water, and also to the arrival of the advanced bri-
gade at Aden.

Special correspondents for Abyssinia from four
London papers are now in this city awaiting the
despatch of the main body of the forces.
The Bombay Bengal Company's steamer Jannud
has been totally lost in the Red Sea. The only
details received state that the captain, passengers,
and 19 of the crew were saved.

In reply to the memorial of the Bombay share-
holders of the old Bank of Bombay, the government
refuses to admit any liability on account of the past
losses of the bank.

The state of the public health is very satis-
factory.

CHINA.
HONG KONG, Ocr.
Grey shirtings, ci catty, 3.25 dole. Water twist,
175 dole. Tea very quiet. Exchange on Loudon,
4.4 f.

SHANGHAI. Ocr. 20.
Grey shirting., Git catty, 2.00. Tea—Congou
good inquiry. Silk lower. Settlements in fort-
night, 2,100 bales. Exchange on London, 6.1 i.

We read in the Nord of yesterday :—" The
Patric maintains that no power has positively refused to
take part in a conference on the Roman question. The
Pattie plays upon words. It has nowhere been said that
any power hes rejected the principle, even of a conference ;
bat it has been announced, and it is very probable, that
the majority make thedr definitive adhesion to the project
of the Tuileries cabinet depend upon certain conditions,
which doubtless it will be very difficult to fulfsL"