The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-05 00:00:00

GENERAL CHANGARNIER.

The Independence Beige contains the following
Wow:

llAacm 1, 1868.

"To the Editor.—Sir,—l have just red In your second
edition the following telegraphic despatch: The Mohiteur
announce. that Generals C.haajpirstier and &dean are autho-
ried to return to Fracas.'

" Amid the blessings of poses Frame, judy Fond of the
glory of her incomparable army, width I have so many
reasons to love, has no occasion for the services of one of her
most devoted soldiers; she will therefore epprove of his
waiting to enjoy the ineffable happiness of seeing he: again
until she shall he in the possession of laws protecting the
dignity and safety of her inhabitants.
" I pray you to insert this letter in your next number, and
to eacept with many thanks the assurance,

A letter from Jerusalem, to the Preue d'Orient,
roferriog to the atrocious outrage upon the !ashy of an
♦merican missionary at Jeffs, narrated in the Espress of
Tuesday last, says .—" The Pasha has taken the strictest
111.1111011111 for arresting the murderers. An inhabitant, who
four years ago had one of the suspected individuals in his
service, is in custody. The American consul is very pressing
in the mast ; it is said that he has written to the Pirrone,
in order to mum the visit to Jana of an American frigate
sow in the Greek waters."

Dons, WWII 4. The Maharahj Dhuleep Singh
and his suite left the Lord Warden Hotel this morning for
Calale. The Habeas Ambeesadont, and a very numerous
suite, arrived by special train at 12 o'de*, accompanied by
Mr. Knight, of the !tooth-Eastern Itallerey, and were re-
ceived by 8. Smiles, Esq., and Mr. B. Way. Her Majesty's
steamer Vivid, Captain Allen, took theft Brellencies to
Cali& to-day, after partaking eta knew at the hotel.
SHOOTING A SEDUCER.—It May be remembered
that in Deeembie lest an acosmat wee given of • case having
occurred M the depmimsat of the Moselle somewhat similar
to the Jeninee milesA wealthy !row, named Pochon, of
Habouville, of wldch.villige he is may, having leaned that
Ms daughter Clementine, fifteen years of age, was in the
habit of reoeiving a young farm labourer named Basset in
her chamber at night, ordered his son Hubert, only
eighteen years of age, to wait la the evening of the 21st
Dec. in the chamber with a loaded gum, end to shoot Banat
dead in the event of by preseatlng himeel4 Hubert with-
out a word Ilia to the on.. whit the gat, sad when,
after waiting some lime, he OW Basset climb up to the
window, ha cried out, " Whet are you doing there!" and,
without wailing for an answer, bed at him; the charge en-
tered Basset's baize sad he fell dead. The tuber and me
were three days ego brought to trial before the Court of
Arises of the department on the chine of murder. The
sea did not deny heels( bed the fatal shot, but declared
that ha had no intention to tin ; the father did not deny
having given his son the order to fire, bat maid that he was
distracted at discovering his daughter's &honour, and at
learning that it bad been the talk of the whole village for
weeks before he knew of it, in consequence of Bawl having
had the infamy to brag of his intimacy with the girl. The
jury sequiued the prisoners.— Galignent
NANA SAHIB'S TREASURES.—A young officer who
assisted at the recovery of some of the Nana's treasure near
Bithoor, writing to his father, under date the 30th of De-
cember, rye I wrote in the beginning of the month
from Commute, and since then another engineer dicer and
myself, with a few Sappers, have been fishing treasure out
of one of Nana Ilahib's wells at his place at Bithoor, about
ten miles from Cawnpore. The well contained about twenty-
tire feet of water, but by getting two hundred of the line to
work half-a-dosen buckets we suommted in getting It down
to three feet. Two or three Sappers then went down,
and, after emptying the well of three feat of rubbish,
which the fellows bad thrown in on the top, we ma-
naged to get out about 2,0001. worth of silver plate and
about 8,006!. worth of geld vassals. Sane of the gold plate
was reagnilieent. Two large pietas were two feet nine inches
each in diameter sad of solid gold, and weighed together
701ba. The other gold articles consisted of chalice', cups,
he , spade for throwing roes-water, massive spoons for dm
Ganges water when worshippmg, tto. It was &Scull work,
for we had no implements for working the well, and the
water came in at the rate of sixty gallons a where. This
mina is not quite worked out yet, and a few sappers we left
at Bithoor to get at the rupees, which they say are still
at the bottom. The Nana's palace is in complete mine,
and
burnt. everything belonging to him in the village we have
"

THE NEw PASSPORT REGULATIONS.—The new
regulation for laming passports have been officially pub-
lished the Clerk of the Pesos for Middlesex, and a copy
forwarded to every justice of the county, with a circular, ey
Mr. A. 0. Maude, the deputy, stadng that he has been is.
quested, in reference to the same sub' to to the
Home-office, for communication •to her 's Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs, the signature also an
im-
pression of the seal of each acting Justice of the county. In
order to °onset these signatures sad seal a, a book has bees
prepared, and lies at the Sewsionir-house, sad the justices are
requested to attend, between the boon of 10 and 6, to den
the book and Impress their seals. This will be used sub-
sequently as a book of refers°s at the Foreign-ofSes when
an application for a passport Is sent in recommended by a
Middlesex x justice.

THE APPROACHING DEPARTURE OF DR. LIVING-
aad Mrs. Liviagsloas arrived at Liverpool
yesterday (Thursday), and moll their departure for Meta,
which is expected to take place on Saturday, they will be the
gusts of Mr. Crosaleid, of Liverpool, and of Mr. John
Laird, of Birkenhead. The beautiful new steam ship Pearl,
in which Dr. Livinatone and party will sail for the Zambesi
River, salved In the Mersey yesterday • from Wa-
rw. As she lay in the middle of the river, Pearl ex-
cised great interest, and her elegant appearance evoked
universal admiration. She will take out the river launch
built by Mr. Laird, and packed up in compartments, which
can be rapidly and easily joined together.
THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.—Ia the matter of
the winding-up of the Royal British Bank, Mr. Harding,
the official manager, attended yesterday, with his eolioltor,
Mr. Burton, before the Vire-Chancellor at chambers, to ap-
ply for the sanction of his Honour to a number of compro-
mises which the official manager end the amignees, after
very careful Investigation, thought ft desirable for the inte-
rests of the creditors at large should be accepted. Mr.
Field of the firm of Sharps,Field, and Jaekeys, rem-
seated the shareholders under class B. The sestrasta
amount of the proposals op to the premed time sent is to
the official manager by shareholders under ekes A and clam
II (including Mr. /frocks-ell) is about 120,0001. The num-
ber of compromises which yesterday receieed the approval
of his Honour the Vice-Chanoellor was 76, smounitog in
the whole to 60,0001. Mr. Harding has under considera-
tion other pmpoos,le represent ng the sum of 30,0001., which
will shortly also be submitted to his Honour.
ILLICIT DISTILLATION.—A practice prevails in
the rural districts of Devonshire of &Minim • mirk from
cider dins, which rossables whiskey, and is said b
lab ea
axesilsot medicine fa cattle. It a also than by murs
sad agricultural labourers in the shape of toddy or grog.
This practise of distillation being contrary to law, the alma
revenue officers at Raster have lately been ea the alert, sad
SINVIStIi dills sad soma spirit have been sena. At the
Cads of Barrasr, a lbw days ago, an sgrioaltural labourer
named Durham was convicted of having • eel In his house,
which he had used Y the isaufacturs of spirit from cider
The horned as penalty of 1001., but
mitigated it es lR A Ansa, la Cluistow, was similarly
deed • shot peoaliorig.