The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-27 00:00:00

THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.

(PER PSNINSULAR AID ORIENTAL STEAM COMPANY.)

The Bengal left Aden fur Stu z on the 15th inst.
She was delayed at Point de Galle for the Ganges
(the China steamer), which put into Trincomalee,
short of coals.

The Ceylon arrived at Alexandria on the 17th
instant. The mails wilt probably be delivered in
London on Alonday next.

It is stated that M. von Bunsen, who so long ably
filled the eituation of Prussian Ambassador in London, has
been induced to leave his retirement at Heidelberg and to
take up his n sidenoe in Berlin, where, it is understood, some
congeals' appointment in the service of the court will soon
be conferred upon

The Odessa Juurnal gives • long account of the
rejniciogs at Odessa on the occuttion of the Emperor of
Itureta'e meat visit to that city.

Prince Napoleon has just taken on a lease for four
poor, the Chateau de Lt Bointire, on the skirts of the fond
of Itatabomilltt.

The Cologne Gazette states that a fire broke out
sonte den b.ck .t Hurinek, in Bohemia. the birthplace of
John Hun. In about en hour thirty-two bourn were de-
stroyed. and moony them the honk is which the great re-
homier was bora. Fll -five fa uiles have lost all they pee-
seared.

In addition to the large quantity of engineering
!gores which the detection lite of lto)al Eugiseers about
proceeding to China ink* out with thew, the authorities have
decided on forwarding to China several wiles of taminPlik
war., together with telegraph appezatue of the twat modern
cotietraction, to order to enable the force which in about to
be despatched to Cbina to keep up ingtawaneaas commu-
nication with each other .he *quoted.

LOSS OF THE ROYAL
CHARTER

400 LIVES LOST.

(lIT BRITISH AND 1111111 MAGNETIC TILTIONAEL)

(mom otfa OWN CORRESPONIIIINT.)
LIVERPOOL, THVISDAT KOZNIXO.

The public will learn this morning, with over-
whelming grief, that the splendid verse, the Royal
Charter, was totally last yesterday in Molls Red
Wharf Bay, near Bangor. The melancholy intel-
ligence, which reached us late last night, was brief,
but we fear that it was only too true. Of upwards
of 400 persons on board only ten are said to have
been saved. There is some hope, however, that this
is an exaggeration; but, under any circumstances,
the loam of life, it is to be feared, has been immense.
The Royal Charter it was supposed had about half a
million of gold on board. The gold will of course be
easily recovered; but, alas ! not so the poor people.
When the disaster took place is not known, for the
telegraph had ceased to work, and so destructive
had been the storm along the coast yesterday, that
the Chester and Birkenhead Railway had been
destroyed in two places. Between Conway and
Holyhead an embankment had been washed away,
and near Rhyl about a dozen yards of the line had
been completely washed away, and 100 yards
damaged. Paasengers had to walk in the first case
two miles, and in the last half a mile, to
get to the trains on either side of the
disruption. At Penmsenmawr twenty dead bodies
had been washed ashore. The bay in which the
catastrophe has occurred is two or three mileito the
westward of Puffin Island, in Anglesea, and six or
seven miles to the north-west of Beaumaris. It has
a shallow sandy beach far several miles, with pro-
montories at each end of the bay. The country
around is wild, and few houses are about.

(From the Second Edition el the Times.)

LIVERPOOL, TEURSDAY )lORxiNO.

From Mr. W. H. Gardener, who left the Royal
Charter at Queenstown (his wife coming on with
the vessel), along with about ten passengers, we
learn that the vessel had about 430 souls on board,
and 79,000 ounces of gold.
She left Melbourne on the 26th of August. The
cabin passengers numbered 60; among those on
board were Edwin Fowler, John Murray, Mr.,
Mrs., and Miss Murray, three children, and
aunts, Walter Nugent, La Femur, Raiford Weloh,
Mellor, Watson, a captain who had lost his ship
on the ,Feejes Islands; Mr. Woodruff; the Rem.
Jenkins, wife, and four children ; Mrs. Nah-
mur (a consul's wife), Mrs. and Mies Fow
ler, Mr. and Mrs. Davis, two daughters, and •
son ; Mrs. Tweddale, Dr. Grandy, Mr. McGeorge,
Rey. Mr. Hodge (who had been presented with a
purse by the passengers), Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Fen.
wick and children, Mrs. Hatton D. Hatch (of Farn-
ham, Surrey), Mr. Filcher, wife, and two chil-
dren ; Mrs. Beams, Dr. Wright (surgeon of ship),
Mr. Emery, Mr. S. T. Henry, and Mr. and Mrs.
Grove, Mrs. Carew Taylor, Mr. Molynenx, Mr.
Morse. These persons were from Adelaide, Sydney,
Melbourne, New Zealand, and Tasmania.
Captain Taylor, commander of the Royal Charter,
had been presented with money for • testimonial.

A communication from Moefra, Oct. 28th, says :
The Royal Charter was wrecked last night in a
terrific gale from the N.N.E. All hands lost ex-
cept, according to my judgment, 26; all the officers
lost excepting the carpenter and boatswain's mate."
The communication, which was interrupted, is now
complete. The pilotboat N 0.12 is now in the river.
A passenger from Holyhead reports that yester-
day a part of the breakwater was washed away, and
that a vessel had been in collision with the Great
Eastern. No damage, however, was done.