The Express.
London, England, 1858-07-15 00:00:00

I'llE CALCUTTA MAIL.

We Lave received by express advice, from India
sad China by the Overland Mail, vii Marseilles.
The dates are Calcutta, June 3; Madras, Jane 10;
Hong Kong, May 22.
The Calcutta papers are very urgent in their ap-
peals for a reinforcement of the European army.
The Hisriaris opens its summary of the fortnight's
intelligence with this warning : 'Let not the 'Bri-
tish public deceive itself or be deceived by any com-
munications from this country. We want more men
from England. It is no longer the came of a great
struggle, in which the energy of our men might com-
pensate their fewness, and perhaps the skill of a single
commander brio g home a gloriona decision from a hard-
fought field. It is no longer the case of a struggle
which can, in its nature, be decided thus by any
great conflict whatever. Is it expected that our
forces, in this climate, at this meson, for two-thirds
of the Indian year, can patrol half India, keep the
communications open, maintain the security of trade,
repress a universal guerilla warfare, or even make
lead spinet it and to show a front wherever it may
Aimee to break oat ? Are those forces able to re-
main at once an army in order to avoid being de-
stroyed, and yet to become a police in order that the
Indian empire may avoid falling into chaos?"
The BisylisAissats also complains that in camp
“siknems prevails to en alarming extent, whilst the
mortality among the soldiers has been frightful.
Apoplexy aad core.-de-soleil are carrying them off
by scores, and is is evident that these deaths are
entirely caused by constant exposure. Indeed, con-
adering that in one instance the troops were under
arms from nearly morning till evening, under a sun
with the thermometer at 130 it is • wonder the
mortality has not been much greater."

The trial of the Rajah of Pachete foe treason had
ended in his acquittal, without the cue for the de-
fence haying been entered upon. Among the evi-
dence relied on be the prosecution was the following
document, which it is alleged the Rajah oared •
number of hie fervent, to sign. It is dated Oct. 6:

W. ell b in the service of the biliilierejoh, do 'Mk ie
kis ernes! mom arm to the promos of God, that whoa.
area voneeltattos, advice, or coavenatloa, may occur in the
FLre of tie Kolmenish, all that, sad laformation regard
war, which we may hoar ftvidly lat=
we will sot reveal to say oew, 01111.1iTIM or sap
Whet pima—ere will send neither verbal 11,.r wilt& is
tevoothy% thereof to say one , sad to say conuatudeatlano
Web we any hat* with oar homes we will not catalioathla
Rootlet. sal will sot prove Wadies he the Maborsjob; eloald
we do so, we will place oar mothers, Meters, mod datibtare
to donkey. awl plea Whereto la the presence of God, of
oar owe fres will and CIIIIPPIP, vs hero mode armload.
rho Rajah's family ranks among the oldest of the
old of the native nobility, by whom the trial WY
watched with great interest. The Rajah is still
111 der restraint.

CHINA.

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We have received advice, from Hong Kong to
lllay ft The principal items of intelligence by this
arrival are thus lammed up in the following extract
from tie Overlewd Friood of Chino .

" Our intelligence from that part of China to
which all eyes are now directed—the Gulf of Peeheli
—comes up to the 29th April. The Raritan steamer
America. with Admiral Count Putiatine on board,
seaweed otlf the Peitio on the morning of the 14 th ult.,
followed, a few hours afterwards, by her Majesty's
steam-ship Furious and gunboat Leven. On board
the Furious were the Earl of Elgin and suite. The
Belted States steam-ship Mississippi, with his Excel-
lency Mr. Reed, reached the anchorage on the 16th.
sod on the 23rd, a week afterwards, his Imperial
Majesty's ship Audecieuee, with his Excellency
Baron Gros. Nest day the squadron wee joined by
the Calcutta, bearing Admiral Seymour 's flag ; and,
dually, on the 26th, Admiral Rigeult de Genouilly
made his appearance in his Imperial Majesty's ship
Nemesis.

" Before the French admiral arrived, viz., on the
filth. the four ambassadors joined in a letter, or each
sent letters of similar import to the court at Pekin.
The exact tenor of this letter or letters has not tran-
spired bat it is reasonable to believe that, as re-
ported, a demand was made for the appointment of
an envoy of equal rank, with full powers ; if, in-
deed, audience at the dragon throne itself were not
peremptorily required. Six days were given for an
answer. This period expired on the 30th ultimo,
the day after the Sampson left. On the afternoon
at the 2srh, letters were received in which Tao, or
Tan, Goveraor-General of the province, was named
as the ambseeador. The letters being informally ad-
dressed, were returned, but were looked for again by
the 30.11.

The Orerlend CFini Mail rays that there has
been no change in the state of affairs at Canton.
The troops remain in good health, and in high
spirits in expectation of being sent north. The rain
has been almost incessant.

Everything remains quiet, and the rumours of
gatherings of "braves" for an attack on the allied
forces have died away. The soldiers hare been
amusing themselves with hores•raciog and thea-
tricals.

The troop ships Sydney and Sescatris arrived on
the 6th from Calcutta, with 8 officers, 380 men, and
120 camp-followers of the 63th Bengal Native In-
fantry, ►nd 4 officers. 3.33 men. and 64 camp-fol-
lowers of the 47th Bengal Native Infantry ; and
the Tubal Gin on the 12th, with an additional 459
&pop. The French auxiliary steam transport
Gironde has brought on some 900 marine infantry ;
sad two other transports, La Saone arai PrOgent,
with the steam corvette La Place, are shortly ex-
pected. These mast prove a welcome addition to the
allied forces in China waters.

In Hong Kong attempts have been made by in-
cendiaries to tire the Tai-ping-span, or upper por-
tion of the Chinese town ; but happily they proved
unsuccessful, and four out of ten men engaged is
them have been apprehended.

ARRIVAL/ FROM INDIA.—The following is the
hat of pemenswes bens Calcutta kr &wiltamptoo, per Ban.
Beek Colonel Abbott, Mr. M'Cowan, Mr.. Nub, talent,
and emend Colossi anti Mn. Franklyn, Rev. Tbosnp
sea, Camels Chriatophet, Mks M'Orem Mr. Graham,
Geo, Vag, Lkotesent Dee, Mager Mr. Gso
aba-
bog, Miss &hang, Mr. J. J. O' s. Carats sad' Mn.
Forboa, Captain L :remelt, Mes. Preach, child, bast,
and &tropes& female varmint; Illastar I. Young ad Ramp
pout female servant, kr. and Mm. Hodge= Pnitt, Wesel
and Mn. Dame., sad two Mlas Dunes; Dr. G. Ferris, GO-
MM, Fleming. George Gold*, N. Pissasa, R. Barlett, kc
No twig SIRES.—It is said so more Sikhs iss to
ls uslisteL It appears that the Cammiesioser of Yawl,
halite applied se some horseman, woe referred to Ilk Jobs
lawns" who mesa that barks aimody raised a amber
of Paelebona end 16th kw be did sot think it selvianble to et
ea bet thought it would be better to enlist men
Is ether theat. It this resoluble baa been comet no
site will violas to dopate Ira wisdom, because It would he
Ira as bans to ell the mobs of oar native army with
Massa k wee to di. en with it Isle ...L,. The desertion of
M.* Barks at Kotab by the eikh guard, sad several other
beenemniaprom that Mks an no more to bs
lOW A bsas ofd.
ay other race of Asiatics.
—Muir Ado sow.

altweitaoS or LONDOW.-81r William Cubln hae
gedillsbed itellowisi opiates es this tropartasubject :
" The indesoottsg sctsvise Is llghly creditable to those she
devised M. It had ire birth at a throe whoa thee: seemed to
he so altantative but to divert the whole of the sass" Tie
espersaloa of the sewage usistiars times the St.ifte MOWS WY
Vat then knows to te easily peardicable, and the skill of the
entglseers was esseostrated oa that "shish ohs* seemed likely
so and the requirementa. The Wiens wee en neediest on%
less less sdatately elaborated, mil Is half melee a ceded
glide, el wide eagiaren min
well hogread. We have,
brenner, sow ennui at dice mei In the pewsn at
tie jzoilm Wean reasady dessonetated the
width the fecal asd other &A maters
se—ry .ilts.--peelplasted, the while deodorised.id end t
aba
wider mat Is s simlded state lie the ?PM. Thom who
reside m hider sad it rooming' my that, Is regards
issltery seseiderstkow, there Is Male left to to dose to
end* all requirmiesta. It mum Is me, thersd.re, that we
sigitt sew Is by mils that costly solisme, b, Lowers.
sr
ea demener well sitglid to a bygone period,
rlmre wordy smiled to most the object in have is
ISM mil der{ we melt to @veil esnelves of the advanced
elan@ ofwientle awl de Nat N Lentos which has been
&NW memo at Leicester and Toueshmr. lam
`.ll9lMos ani lade mama wen judiciously applied the
at two WoOtatio satahlialtasents,
mai iimadria swise/sasseble mint, bat at several mode-
ms. as ore would is burl hest calculated to coca-
waddle s reefer and ecoactoy, , that
la artihmemenertilis sf ansiteal AlCTell•tu eet
Um' "Ns elauteleirdeil idiellsies el the populaticen,mand urn si ent emus all Me lease Ivies met of Lawns."

NA I, AL AND MILITARY.

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TEE MEDITER

(mom ova OWN

MALTA. JULY 10.

Her Majesty's ship Vigilant arrived on the Bth,
',peeling that her Majesty's ship Marlborough, with the flag
of Viol-Admiral Panahaws, was sailing from Gibraltsr, sad
might be expectelany hour. The Vignant called at Alegiars.
Ths French then felt greatly pleased with Lord Lyens's eves-
pliant, who, to wing, went close in to the forte, leated
the French standard, and fired a rofal mists from the Royal
Albert.

Her Majesty's ship Vulture raisins till the arrival of the
sew ambit' ; she Uses imports to proceed to Naples to relieve
her Majesty's ship Centaur.
_ _ . _ . .

Capta.in Brett, A.D.C. to the Governor, succeeds, a. AMIE,
Chief Secretary, Colonel Le Merchant, the Governor's bream
who proceeds to England.
In conseqnencs of the unwed very serious sickness ea
Hammy, two (14ys' quarantine la put on vessels arriving
from that port.

When the whole of the
their passage from this country hare resehed WU, the
somber d Britleh cavalry and infantry serving in India will
he segmented to 100,000 ems.
Ardinutrr, JOLT 14.—Aproncnnurrs.--Mu-
Ism W. Hewlett to the Sparrowhawk, 4, screw steam gun-
metal, et Portsmouth ; and C. F. Puckett to the Alecto, 6,
pabille-wheal steam-sloop, West Coast of Africa statics.
Peemestem C. A. Pritchard (1850) to be secretary to Sir
C. hermatis, see W. Ellis (1849) to the Nagle, 60, coast-
pard resod, at Falmouth.
Actin AssiMent-Sergeons J. Bishop to the Impregnable,
104, legehim M Devraport ; sad J. L. Whitney to the Vic-
tory, 101, flagship, at Portsmouth.
iiidshipatea O. R. Tested.; to the Scourge, 6, paddle-
wheel steam-ship, at Devooport.

now 011

PORTSMOUTH, jur.hiredr 14.
The Isiptisdor, CiEtsin J. B. Atkins, stem
t,
ireeepor arrived at 8 third, to the night, with naval sad
invalids. She t Hong Hang on the 20th of March;
14th ; Cape of Good Hope, 29th May;
Aseselos, 13th Jose Madeira. 29th , Vigo, 9th
J On May 14th. when in lat. 30.6 8., lon. 35.40 8.,
sigmas with brig Aura Loans; as the 16th, when
is I:Me. 734 8., los. 31.23 8., with the barque Minna; on
ohs Bth of Jos. when in Ist. 14.36 8., 100.6.46 W., with the
Duke Wipe Abatises Petromella ; on the 10th of Jaassse,,lst
11.14 S. kn. 11.6 W, with Deitch barque Vier
se Ike 104 k of July, id. 43.24 N., las. 9.16 W., with the
renikraler awl O.Lhl Ceemesfe steamer Teens ; end an
W lleir is let. 44.56 N., kn. 6.10 W with the royal mall
snow Tyes Ohs briefs home the flowing pawnor.
tree Hoag Karts Row. J. W. Johegos and lad', Mrs.
Welt Winner Ind throe einem, Masan W. sad F.
Mrs. Brooke lad two &Odra. Lieut. C. H. Wil-
Akl:whilcsg,l.N., Wet. B. Kerr, R.N., `
Wild:,Lin. Smith,
LW., Mr. ?teak Wks, R.N., Mr. D. H. R.N.,
Dr. W. R. Dance, R.N. Dr. J.. Brearez,aol,./4., Lieut.
Geo. Gill, R.Y.L.1., Limit. W.V. P. R.M.LI.,
W. Band4vEsq., Stet Aseleisst Surgeon ; r. Graham,
143 Invslida, two end two children. From Singa-
pore Mrs anemia two obildren, Captain Sinclair.
FMB Neel Good Hope Mr. 1.:011•, lady, four children,
W arms* ; Vona, sm., Mr. Thompson. From
Madeira Mr. sad Mn. Wahab, daughter, and arena' ; Mr.
R. Willem*, Mr. Andrews. From Ascestaion . R. Paid,
wits and daughter.
Some of the members of the Board of Admiralty embarked
ou board the Fire Queen, Neater Commander Paul, and pro-
ceeded to Spithesd to impact the Royal Albert, 121, mew,
Caplais the Hon. Frauds Egerton, bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral Lyons. On leaving, the crew coned wards, i
their lordships were saluted with 19 gum The
proceeded towards Debora*.

SPORTING.

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