The Express.
London, England, 1860-06-22 00:00:00

Council in li;diA!.

Bir,—l trust that you will pardon the liberty I am
taking in addressing you on the subject of the system of
taxation which you are now proposing, and in which I am
deeply interested, as the proprietor of the most extensive
zemindarees in Bongs/.
The social ties by which I am surrounded, and the
vast property in which I and those dearest to me are in-
terested, make ins keenly sensible of the obligations
which India owes to the government for crushing the late
mutinies.
This sense of my obligation teaches me that it becomes
an act of duty in me, as a subject of my gracious sovereign,
not only to cheerfully acquiesce, but also to tender my
humble support in siding your new system to relieve oar
unavoidable financial difficulties. . .

Permit me, sir, most respectfully to ensure you that the
immediate cause for this expression of my opinion is the at-
tempt which has been made to oppose your admirable sys-
tem of taxation ; this opposition being founded upon the
false assumption that it is a breach of the Perpetual Settle-
ment.
No doubt that, at the time the settlement was made, it
was considered as sufficient for the exigencies of those days.
Bat I cannot dud anything in the terms of the settlement
to convince me that the reminders of India have for ever
bow exempted from contributing to assist the government
when they incur unavoidable expensed; in preserving pro-
perty, life, the honour, and all that is dear to them, of those
very asmusdars.
Bit, I, as the greatest reminder of Bengal, disclaim all
such exemptions. I am willing to submit most cheerfully to
your wise system of taxation, which places this unavoidable
import equally on all claims. If you think this declaration
of mine, which is the result of mature consideration, will
beam golds to my countrymen—if you think that the ex-
ample thus set by the greatest proprietor of semindarees in
Bengal as induce his countrymen to believe that it ix true
policy to surrender a portion for the security of the
whole, I place in your hands my adherence to that
admirable system by which, in my belief, your memory
will be endeared in India.—l have, Am.

MeHiAB CHUND BAHADOOR,
Bajborree, Burdwao, May 3. Maharajah of Burdwasi.

A letter from Palermo says :—" General Letizia
himself related that on Saturday evening he took a walk
on the Marina with General Loan, and each felicitated the
ether on the =C OM of the campaign against Garibaldi,
which they thought finished. 'We went to bed,' he said,
happy to have overcome all our troubles, and the next
morning we were awoke by the news that Garibaldi was
not before, but actually in Palermo.'"
A correspondent at Boulogne informs us that
32 Irishmen weed through that town on 'Tuesday on their
way to join the Papal troops ; yesterday 40 more landed
These recruits had arrived by steamer direct from London.
The Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Corn-
psey's steamship Golden Fleece will sail from Galway to-
morrow (Saturday), 23rd inst., for St. John's, Newfouni-
land, and New York, with her Majesty's mails. MessAgeo
r.ceived by British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company
up to 3 o'clock, p.m., 23rd inst.