The Express.
London, England, 1861-05-13 00:00:00

9,006 114731 07,000
1,358 086 1,387
90,0157 Mr! 76.016

Pock nu hand this day.
Dellvery kat week.....
. .

114.13t1
Us. SL
554, 111.

KOS
GLI.
Mk. Al.

104
116,620
KU. 04.
b7o. 14

Mttu furs lit June
Arrival leg week ....
I,itto tow Ist June
Price Y.C. per cwt. this day
Ditto Town lust Vtiday .
—Arrive' ter the week ending 3lsy 21 Wet year, 7no =eke,
and delivery !es casks. ma arrival last week eaegiebell
0 out. from mt. Petersburg, 32 trove Weirs, el ?rein Angle,
0 from heath America, and 10 Leon, other placen—Tail,
104 auks.

METROFOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
(THIS DAN.)
The number of heasta is considerably larger than for some
time pest; consequently, on the average, prams are lower,
although there is not much reduction in the choice
descriptions. The supply of slue', and lambs is
about the same as on Monday Est. Trade is
dull, and price. are scarcely as good so on that day. bond
coves are in demand, at rather higher rate'. From
rrerinany sod Holland there are 450 bends, 3,300 sheep
and 111 calves. Spain. 290 beasts. Scotland, 650. Norfolk
and Suffolk. 2,500 ; and 120 hum the northern end midland
counties. _ _ _

Per Wee of 81h& & d. & d. '
Bea Reolk Ilendils. 4 8 6 0
18.4 Shcinetorus 4 0 4 8
titcou.l 4551.10viat• .; 4 4 2
CalTes
Pip,
111,1Drie&Hlt-hre46B 8 6 10

bow. at market, •.480:
. 903.

I,er Mose 91 811,. d.
804 D .e& r-tkls a 5 0 S 4
flat L0ug.00015.... 0 0 0 0
Dn. .10..41)0r0 .... 4 F 5
Ewes & sero. in& 0 0 to •

Do. do. 4 it 4 I
Lamhe C C •
cad lambs. 21.964; Calves, 11/ ;

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report a steals demand for
coosnmplimi for fine yearlings and the led asnip:es of
DICA, at firm prices. The lave pro.resaes aed
there are strop/ indications of a severe attack of aphis.

COAL MARKET.--(THIS DAY.)
Walla End Hatton, Is. ; Walls, End Lani Line. 17.. fid.
Walla End Hartlepool, 17.. Gd. ; End :loath Kenna,
17s. ; Walla End Napier (image. IG.. AI. ; Walla End
C:alsop, 17a. ; Walla End Kollin', 17.. XL • Men Main,
IG.. ; Walls End Goforth.CirL Wan; End noire.
Its. Rd. ; Walla End Acorn Cleae, (Id.; Wall. Lod
Framwallgate, 16.. Gd. ; nhiaelifa, lea. • Wall. End
Whitworth,; Holy well, 16.. Cid.; isafield door,
11.. lid. ; Howard's Hartley, lb. W.—Mips at warkti, M.

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INDIA.

MIL LAING'S EXPLANATIONS.

By the arrival of the overland mail we receive
deepatelieo front Calcutta to April 10, front Jlitilma
to April 16. The Calcutta papern publish a letter
of considerable Imarth from 31r. Luiug rtiatite to
the report from a mot 'Atm of Aar-holders of the
Unlit Western .4 Canada ltailtiay Company. At
the close of his letter Mr. Laing nays :
" tele re the facia which I have stated ran all
be nfirmed, in mai of need. by Mir Alan MeNak
Mt • 'Lich:man, Mr. GA Mr. Wythee, ud other now
le F. 00l ; owl I feel the mot entire eentidetne, that
nn, oi eh. «• 14: t• no one who tederstands :outface; of
Loma,. CAD .f that there one anything uuderkaml or dis-
honourable iu any part of my conduct. It cs stiinful to
appal to eh ar.icter in •mse like this. lout basic; been thus
attack:ll in nit Jeerer, I most say that. For a low.: ocrieo
of year. I it ive been ma it were in the thick if railway
trans actions. both in England and abroad. I had rot the
achant.age of letug loan to a redone c owing ti the (adore
of kelp nu a !twitch estate, I had to tight my w..e in the
world, to support • Needy, and struggle for in lair
violence. Cirtamuitancri threw nie into the line of rail-
way lootinew, and haw. brought me into rieT/01111. intact,
in i.nr, treet.actions, with aliumt every niilway ~,..,n and
eepitadat 44 axle who, hare taken a !ruling i ~rt ,n in,
aluttrael affairs throughout the world. If 'h. re had tern
soy lief in nit character for honour and integrity, in cum.
iner,wl mattor4. I think it it barely within the rinse of pos-
ed:olth that it Moll., and have bee. funnel ont long ~.z .s.
" Well, I orp.al to thole men with the same confidence,
testy if they love ever known or hewn) af anything erring
he toy mode.; generally, an I dose the facts of this peril-
mite cam to *ay whether there en anything in it Wren.
skeet with honour and prettily. Yir.fy make whatever ewe
a than you think beat to vindicate the elearecter of a public.
amen trod erectly attacked is his absence, sod if there isa►ntyy
see point whioh, is the hurry of writing, I helve overlooked,
m which soma to require further investivitioe In earthiest
Moe, let me know at 001:11.-1 remain, my dm, :fu C.
Wood, years very faithfully,
licaell
"Tba Right lion. I Sir C. Wood Bart"
The day alter despatching tliiii letter I received ono of
a week's later dads from Mr Charles Wood, vim.. 4 the 4th
March, in which le says :-" Mime I wrote to you I have
wen Mr.d. H smith, Mr. Beattie. and Mr. brae Duchene°.
They all crocus in at.itensentsi which nespleteiv el u.sete
you from 011, thing whi, Is could be objected to by anybody
as to the noittare which were queetweed as to the Ildailtou
sod Tomtit. Itailusty." I also thought it my duty iitmeli-
attly on no-taring the report to mod it to the Coveroor-
Onieral, with a request that he would reed it, and form his
upaiwu upoo it ; and I have hie eseelloaria punnieinn
to use his reply, which is to the following elect :-
" I have reed the enirreeponduce which you scot
se yiotordat, and your letter to Sir Charles Wood. I hate,
sloe read the report of the Committee of laveetication ap.
pointed by the ebereholdem el the (treat Western l'isnaila
Cuinpan), m for as it Patten to yourself, 1041 your ertictica
blare tbecommittes. I now say, without hesitation, that
your coatis...A is this transactioes whirl, Live teen , ailed in
question appears tome to have been quite open and shove-
ben', and that the differeot relations in which iio stood at
different till.C4 to the Great Western (of ('anada) Railway,
or to a part of it, are explained astilfeetordy in your letter
to Mr ('harlot Wood." I have only further to request that
you will be good enough to give inseetioo to the above as
oulv as possibly-1 remain, NA year obedient must,
Calcutta, April G. S. Lugo.
The plan of the Secretary of State for amalga-
mating the local European force with the line hit
been published. Officers and men are to be asked
to volunteer ; those who decline will be formed
into reginieute for local service. Three regiments
of cavalry and mire of infantry are to be formed
out of the eliding force and added to the line.
The Madras government has decided that only
such work. of the Irrigation and Canal Company
*hall be proceeded with as are not likely to exceed
the guaranteed capital of one million.
II The Penal Code is not to come into operation till
the bit of January, 1862.
The duty on Malwa opium has been raised to
Be,;. TOO per cheat.
The duty on malt baa been raised 50 per aunt.
The famine continues chiefly in the Delhi dis-
trict.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TO POINT DE (lALLE.
CALCUTTA, Aram 18.

" K LAISG.

There are very bad prospects for thenext futile
crop. No rain has fallen yet. The gees still
refuse to sow in Lower Bengal.

CHINA.

We receive advice* from Hong Kong to April 1,
Shanghai, March 23. The following is from the
summary of the Mao Mail :
In our last overiend summary mention wee made of Mr.
Aloucle. recall to Yak,. He has uses returned to that
town, sod hems received with a solute of artillery.
Pawing from Japan to the far North of China. there is
sot much to record for the past fortnight. The movements
of the Emperor are still doubtful. and conitictior atateruents
are current regarding his future ietentious. By one rumour,
which contains strogg interned evidenceuf truth, he basbeer:
petitioned or whiled to remove the Imperial court and
government to Shensi, by which the humiliating of return-
ing to his plundered capital would he avoided, and the
English Ambassador according to treaty, might reside in
Peking, sad welcome'.

A nothar statement says that the emperor will visit
Peking shortly, meet the anihathailor, mid return to the
Yelid for the summer. In the meantime, tide barters
at a tins when all the energies ..f the Manchu govern-
ment are needed, a owing the utmost Queasiness to every
hires, of the preeent dynasty. Mr. Wade, who is now in
Peking, says that nothing but the emperor's quick retort
will cheek the conflivi.ei into which everything is falling.
Turning our attenti•.n to Tiereteiu, where there is oaki
an ha .oinshhirable likelihood of our troops remaining for
smother year. we have little of importance to
therwri. floe Weer nays " Yeeterday (March
12) a pliesetheiron was withered, which, though
quite moire, here. was very extranolioary to ns. The
river in the morning was covered with ice, a feet thici,with
Chimers going Lichened' and forward* epos it. At era,
theft being a very hi 411 tele. it all broke up, end lay the
evening there was &sanely more than a few loner press
gosling down with the el.h. •The rhinith all Jong have
em ill tW the ice would' disappear quickly lint I newer slip-
it could have mos so auddealv. the weather sow is
• rate warm is Cie .an. I have allowed the fire
to go raters heseklbek hat then light it ►van in t►e
emery. fleas is they ebnadast—teal, duck, end wild
geese. A pestaripe. doled Oa 14th, sale—" Our mall
hos sot arrived, though the hash hare theirs."
The Dews frau ifhabeie le very interesting. Accentiag
to the latest aeceinifa. Mee Yaag-tase expedition bad reached
litaahow, sad the ekes up to that point bee been reported
athigithle to minds drawl:infest of water. After the
loot *ham meanie RA the is savigatios Sr. at sa
sad. The three Forte Weeted our people for trade are,
Chia.kram Ilew.krog, suit Hanthow.
Au imperial edict inaugurates a Dew el 1 nail nothing
INS toes the .r,:itioa A a Hoard for Foreign Affairs
by the governineet, which has ►itherto rrfu oaf to have
with other nether ou terms of equality.
The member. .4 the board arc the Prince of Kong.
the Emperor's brother, who met Lord El air at Pekieg,
sad *puled this treaty ; Kwei•Liang, the Priocipel
Meeretery of State. and who *emigrated the treaty of Tien-tail
is INCA ; ark Was dew. a Vice-Prealent of the Brad of
Methane. The two priscipid wenliers are now the best
kseeni cams ..f the ('hive's.' riverinucia. Ti.ey are knows
as the earseet narrates of peace awl (Trolly intercourse
with Western mares. ileum their appointment may be
rafer.irid sr highly aripiciona, se indieatiog the sincerity of
the itussesemet. It r say luipoi taut that Western patios*,
and sops. i.. 11. that of should it ir. this light,
art that their anibraitiors should meet carom ie a spirit
of ,oncilistom awl friendliorm. It is an interesting
fact in this orewrioo, that the prince hoe sent
testrortems to Mireghae and Penton to have inquiries mails
for pithier that ere qualified to act a. interpreter. of
Englah to the for Foreign Affairs, and that
if sob ma be they should be rut up to Peking, The
latest,* would appear to be, to estaldish a college of
interpreter. fire Faeglieh, similar to that which has ezieted
for Fulmar] in elleIll,l0131•Il Is the RomoiAn r.•llegwst Peking.
It is greatly to is desired that they had replay of cum-
rodent Anil 11141,11forillir 1 illleeprelers, nen, will. how•
ever, be much difficulty an Median such now ; but in the sad
the desired will lead, sooner or Mew, to tbe oupply.