The Express.
London, England, 1856-07-07 00:00:00

THE INDIA MAILS.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Indus, Captain Brooks, Admiralty agent Lieut. Dennehy,
R.N., arrived at Southampton on Saturday with the heavy
portion of the India and Chian mails Ste left Alexandria
es Jane 21 ; Malts, Jane 26; and Gibraltar, June 30. Shia
brought 109 passengers, amongst whom were Listiossent
Colonel Graham, Colonels Grattan, C.B , Dunked,
Maberly. R.A., and Egerton, 89th Regiment; Lady Reid,
Lady Caroline Lane For, and Meer Idshommed Khan, the
en of a &Judean peen, Meer Ali Err►d, of Khyrpore,
mew to this country. Meer Ali Mond was deposed by Lord
Dalhousie. Meer Mahommed Rhin is a flu looking man.
R• al a man of 'teat wealth, and in religions Maborems-
dna. The object of his visit to England l to see ma
sessiry. Re wee accompanied by four attendants—
bandanna-looking men, with inimenn be■rds, all dressed
is the natant, of Solids. Major Bird, the *gent of the
as Ring of Oade, left the bides at Malta to proceed to
Ragland vii Marseitles. The major will regulate the
movements of his Majesty with regard to his visit to this
seentry. From the leduwis have news that the miniature
yacht Mustepha Bey, belonging to a nephew of the Paths
of Egypt, and inteeded for cruising on the river Nile, ar-
rived safely at Alexandria from Southampton on the 4th
ult. Notwithstanding she is no bigger than an 1-le of
Wight steamer she was more than 13 dips nada steam—s
enaarkable circumstance, as it wan considered such a small
Vessel c,uld only perform a sea voyage under sail. She wag
altogether a north on her passage.
Oa the 27th ult., at 10 p.m., the French steamer Pal-
mtopa ran Coto the British barque Queen and cat her down
en the water's edge, causing her to founder immediately.
The Queen was from Newcastle with a cargo of coal for
alesandris, 26 days oat. The captain and crew of her, 14
number, caved themselves by jumping on boons the Pal-
mills, in which ship they were cosveyed to Gibraltar.
At Malta were her Majesty's ships II hernia, Conflicts
Dam, Terrible, and Transit ; the French steamer Peli-
sse', beans an admiral's Beg, and a Turkish stunt
i frigate. At Gibraltar were the tramports Thames and
Golden Fleece, the latter with the Akbar in tow,
based homeward with troops. The sailing transport, Stu
of the South, laden with stone, and the nears transport
Peninsula, with the 4th, 7th, and Bth companies of Royal
Sappers and Misers, under the command of Major Nicholson,
left Gibraltar for Spill:mad on the 28th ult. The Orinoco,
bound for England, with the hindquarten of the Scots
Greys, and detachments of the Ist Diagonal, Raisin, &a.,
under the command of Liest.-Colonel Sulliean, and the
Oneida, with the Enniskillen Dragoons, and having the
Leaden. sallies tranapoit, taw, Wars at Gibraltar on the
28th. When the Indus left Gibraltar her Mejeste. Ain
Vesuvius was there and a large Austrian screw frgate of
32 gnu. The Indus brought a road from Western Australia
Weider the India and China mails.

TIM MURDER BE A SPANIARD.—It will be re-
cellested that, at the last erasion of tt a Crntral Criminal
Curt, a Spanish seaman, named Bernardo Heoriques, was
oravieted of the mortice of so* of his countrymen by
stabbing him with a dagger, and be was sen'enced to death.
It seemed that there had beta some scuds at as earlier
period of the day in which the trLOSettial took place be-
tween the prisoner and smother seaman, daring which he
received some injury, and it appeared by the evidence that
the prisoner ►tabbed the deceased man wit►out having
saved any provocation. Tr* joy, coder these circum-
stances, were compelled to And the prisoner guilty of
murder; bat the whole of t►e facts having been laid before
the Sweetary of State for the Rome Department, he con-
sidered himself justified he recommending the prisoner to
the elemeacy of the mown, and aa order was on Saturday
ranrived at liawsnut, itegaanting the capitol sentenea to one
teompoilstios for 20 Foam