The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-24 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1858.

forgive, for, had they net proved themselves
staunch in their twason to natisag righty
and fearless in all the friendly bithleworm
he had expected of them ? They had alba in the
very fact, and politically died exonerating their
accomplices, and protesting their innocence. SO
lin would he have been, moved to take so decided a
step by the notoriety of the fact that he had been
be-fooled by Lords DERBY ►nd MALX111111:13.T.
M. PERSIGNT is too sagacious a can to roost last-
ingly the abject and hand-to-moath expedience of

men wbe feel themselves and are felt by all the
world to be the mere ad interim deputies of their
predetemors. Nobody regards them even in the
light of tensats from year to year of Downing.
stud, but as mere lodgers on the first floor
bound to leave at a week's notice. It were
hardly worth while being angry at aaything which
their destitution may tempt them to do. But it is
harder to bear the consciousness of being practically

superseded in one's own special department and func-
tion by a saucy and supercilious rival Nothing
probably can exceed the intellectual disdain in which
the French Ambassador is believed to hold the
French Minister for Foreign Affairs, except the
evasion with which the latter functionary is said to
regard the former. It is easy, therefore, to imagine
the frame of mind in which M. PEIBIGNY sat down
to pen his recent letter of resignation, and the un-
affected earnestness with which he pressed the
acceptance of his prayer upon the Emezzoi.

INDIA.

The following telegram was nesind at the India
Hone this morning, at 1 o'clock. It will be observed
that it is dated at Calcutta prior to the last received
from Bombay. The intelligence is not, theeefore,
fresh, but it contains a few particular which have
not hitherto been published. It was probably sent
from Calcutta by the wrecked steamer Ava:

(NY RUII•1XNI AND NIITION TIENONAPIE4
Front H. Heiden, Esq., Secretary to the Govern-
ment of India, to the Hon. the &ant Committee.
CALCUTTA, FEB. 22.
The Governor-General assumed the government

of tibe North-Western Provinces on the 9th inst.,
and Mr. Grant has returned to the Presidency and
resumed his seat in Council.

The Commander-in-Chief is still at Cawnpore
with his force, consisting of 16 regiments European
Infantry, three regiments Native Infantry, three
regiments European Cavalry, three regiments and
detachments of two other regiments of Native Cavalry,
with 80 heavy guns and mortars, and 63 field-pieces
has crossed the river and is in progress to Lucknow.
It is expected that the attack will commence
about the 27th inst., when Maharajah Jung Baba-
door's and General Franks' forces, consisting of
12,000 men, will also have arrived.

General Franks expected to attack the rebels at
Chad& on the 20th, and to be at Sultanpore on the

The Maharajah wu to cross the Gogra at Phool-
pore on the 18th.
The greatest cordiality exists between Jung Bahr
door and the officer with his camp.
The road from Minapore to Bombay, by Jubbul-
pore and Saghore, and the road from Agra to Bom-
bay via Indore, are opened.
Brigadier Walpole commands a force for the de-
fence of the Doab from Futtyghur downwards.
The rebels are strong and active on the Oude side
of the Ganges from opposite Futtyghur to Cawnpore.
A regular chain of communication is kept up be-
tween Bareilly and Lucknow.

The rebels in the Etawah district have been
defeated by the police and semindaree levies with
the loss of 126 men and all their guns.
On the 10th instant, Colonel MacCausland, com-
manding the Ghoorkas Regiment at Nynee-Tall,
defeatefl the rebels, about 4,000 strong, at Buberee,
in the Barrilly district, with a loss of 260 men and
four guns.

Lieutenant Osborne has taken the torts of Knn-
ware& and Tyeragoognrh, capturing 17 gntui. The
forts have been dismantled.

All well in the Panjaub, Sanger, Hyderabad, and
Southern India.

The fort of Rotu has been occupied by Colonel
Mitchell.

On Cammor (?) the mutinous companies of the
34th Native Infantry have been ahnost entirely an-
nihilated.

Some progress has been made in suppressing the
insurrection in Jumbalpore.
Her Majesty's Bth Regiment has arrived from the
Cape, and will garrison Fort William.
Her Majesty's 84th Regiment marches to Benares.
Commodore Watson, with the Chesapeake, is still
at Calcutta.

The Pylades is also here, and the Shannon and
he Pearl, whose crews constitute the Naval Brigades
on service in Oude and Ooruckpore.
The Pelorus and the gunboats of the squadron are
at Rangoon.

Captain Seymour, with a party of 300 seamen and
marines, have gone up the Irrawaddy to the Meaday

frontier.

V. MONTANARO.

Malta, Much 23.

The following telegram, from Actiag-Constd-
General Green to the Earl of Malmeabury, was
received at the Foreign-office on the 23rd of March,
at 10.30 p.m.

ALEXANDRIA. MARCH 19, 1868.
The steamer Nubia arrived at Suez, from Calcutta,
on the 17th instant at 10.30 p.m.
She brings no intelligence from India more recent
than received from Bombay by last mail.
Her Majesty's ships Shannon, Chesapeake, Pearl,
and Pilades, at Calcutta.
Yeh, a prisoner on board the Inflexible, was at
Hong Kong on the 15th February, on his way to
Calcutta.

The blockade of Canton was raised on the 10th.
The Russians and Americans have joined the
English and French in their demand on the Chinese
government. The letters of the four Plenipo-
tentiaries have gone up to Shanghai, and by the
middle of March it will be known what line China
Woes.

This telegram arrived at Malta from Alexandria
by the contract steam packet Euxine' at 7.33 p.m.
on the 23rd March. LYONS, Admiral.

(DT eriNA.ll,lll AND IIITIIX TELZONAPN.)
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
MALTA, Dimwit 24.

The Calcutta mail has arrived, with dates from
China, February 15 ; Calcutta, 23 ; Madras, 28 ;
Gale, March 4 ; and Aden, 12.
Madras exports inactive. Exchange—Bills on
London, six months, 2s. Old. to 2s. Old. Calcutta
exports improved. Imports and money market no
change. Exchange on London a little lower. Bills,
six months' sight, credits, 2.. Id. to 2s. lid.;
documents, 2s. 11d. to 2s. led. Freights for Lon-
don and Liverpool, 31. per ton, but falling. Large
available tonnage in port.

THE MONUMENTS OF VENICE.—The Archduke
Maximilian Is getting repairs executed In the most famous
monuments of Venice, and especially of the Palace of the
Doges. In the latter, the Prince is now having the Worms
bearing the names of the "Four Doors," the " Anti-Col-
Lep," the "Ambassadors," sad the " Smite," and which
are destined for solemn 00E•6000., richly decorated. These
moms contain some of the masterpieces of the Venetian
school of ptinting. and among them are pictures b Titian,
Paul Veronese, Palma, Tintoretto, Da Pont., &c. The
Prince has also ordered the vacant spaces in the ceiling of
the Saloon of the Council of Ten, which were emu by
two pictures, one remeenting " Jupiter," the other " ono."
by Paul Venoms, which pictures were carried od by the
French, to be_pedated by lint class artist..
HENRY WATT, THE ENGLISH ENGINEER.—Mr.
William Watt, of Neweeedives-Tyne. has received the fol-
lowing letters from Mr. Ridley, M.P., with regard to hie
unfertanste brother Henry's journey from Naples to this
country :—" Leaden, March 20.—Dear str.—Since netting
to yen last night, I have ascertained that instructions have
bees emit out to Naples that your brother should be mat
home free of expense as soon as he is able to travel. Yon
may rest assured that everything will be done in this
respect that ia proper and right.—l am yours, faithfully,
G. RIDLEY." London, Sunday, March 71.—Dear sir,—
Sipes 1 wrote last night • telegraph has been received
from Naples, stating that your brother left Naples ye.-
terday (orday), in charge of a QES/41.8 raroommgor, for
Marseilles and Ragland ; if he is weR enough to travel so
quickly the messenger will bring him to England, In which
case he would probably reach Leaden en Thursday morn-
ing. If he in not able to travel so fast, be will he left at
Maudlin in charge of the British Consul there and
will continue his journey when able to do so. I will
arrange for his being met by • proper person on his arrival
la Basked, so that he shall be under prow care till I know
your wishes, or until you come up to town, which you will
Probably think right to do. You will hear front me when
I am able to tell you an of his arrival, and when I
know of Isis actual coming I will telegraph to you. lam
mire Mr. Newton or Sir J. Fife will kindly advise you in
the matter of your brother's treatment should it be found
mcimery. I will provide for his proper reception on arriving.
Let es know what your wishes art.—Yours faithfully,
Q. RIDLEY."