The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-21 00:00:00

SUCCOUR FOR INDIA.

SOUTHAMPTON, Seri. 20.
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The following are the steamers belonging to the Penin-
sular and Oriental Company, now in the Indian Sees,
which have boss employed by the government for the con-
veyance of troops in the Permian war, and which are now, no
doubt, available for the oonveyance of truops from Sure to
Calcutta:—
Names of Ships. Tonnage. IreeseAwer.
Precursor l.BooOriental
Pottinger 1,340
Malta
Chum*
700
Manilla
The Ripon, which left to-day with the Indian mail, will
take 200 :infantry:troop. from Malta to Alexandria, to be
sent to 'lndia through Egypt. The Indian mad packet
Colombo, which leaves luxe on the 4th proximo, and the
Australian mall packet Australanan, which leaves this pert
en the 12th proximo, will, it is expected, take out *event
hundred troops each for the came destination and route.
Two regiments have already been sent to Alexandria.
The Ripon, which left here to-day, took out 134 passen-
gers. Amongst them were Colonels Bentinek, Beason,
Bayley, Taylor, and Franks; Lieutenant-Colonels Thwart,
Spottiswood, Salmon. and We're; Majors Black, Rose, end
Roberta; Captains Goff, Gorden, Parr, Robituion, Rowne,
Francis,' Niblett, Price, Thompson, Gossett, Morton, Young,
Ay-rton, and Leckie. Sir William Reid, the governor of
Malta, also went out in the Ripon. Amongst her cargo was
spode to the valor of 663,9801. In consequence of her
• carrying troops, the passengers foe Indic fin Marseilles will
not join the Ripen, but will be taken on to Alexandria in the
Marseilles and Malta mail packet.

DELAY OF INDIAN NEWS.

MALTA, Barr. 15.
Had proper arrangements been made a great
Raving in time might have been effected in the transmission
of the last Bombay mail (15th August) from Egypt to Eng-
land. On its arri sal at Suez there wee no steamer to convey
it on, se the peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer had
to writ for the arrival of the Calcutta wail, not expected for
some days. It was, therefore, sent on in the first French
steamer that happened to be going to Malta. On its
arrival there, her Majerijs ship Wanderer in a
few hours started with a telegraph for Cagliari,
the most rigid mamma being taken to prevent
the manta of the pleas sending anything to the London
papers. The Wanderer had fine weather, and will, it is
hoped, make a fins passage ; still our government ought
to canes the pelage to be made in much less time then it
is pesrible for the Wanderer to make it.in. She is not built
for speed so much *a for war purposes ; and whet is required
is speed. We are right, we believe, in stating that Ler Me-
piety's drip:Wanderer has)lever'made them...age at a quicker
rats than 8 knots the hour, and generally averaged much
leas, en ens occasion being some !A hours on her passage.
All the summer months the weather is tine, the sea smooth,
lad at all times it must be comparatively en easy pane to
man Why, then, does not the government, with all the
ntagnifiewit steamers at their disposal, cause the passage to
be wide, at all times, at • not law speed than 12 knots from
Malts to Cagliari. If the government cannot do it,
there would be no difficulty in getting • private com-
pany to do it, for it is easy of accompliehment.
At • time when the news from India is of such vast iropor-
trot, would it not bo advisable for the government to put
ea ten each scowls an the Ceram end Banshee to convey
this telegraph from Egypt to Cagliari, by which. 'with corn-
...a management, from five to seven days would be eared
on each mail from Egypt to England The writer of this
has calculated all the pros end cons, and is acquainted with
the eubject, and feels confident of its being of easy •ccont-
, plishment.
Let • fast stemma always be ready at Alexandria to start
Sc Csgliaei the instant that the telegraph can be obtained
from Sues, and start direct for that port, and permit the
press, or their agents, also to seed their despatches.
The government sad the conotry will in every way benefit
by this, fur the agents of the newspapers will alsmys 0111:111g0
Ie obtain more news than the government Koreans, who are
la se way qualified for it—have no zeal, for to them it is •
miler rof indifference, not being in fact within the sphere of
their duty.
Their reel object, in truth, is to prevent the agents of the
pees mending any news to their London employers—much
more than it is to obtain news fur government. If the
steamers were thrown open to the agents of the London
'tampers, it would be speedily seen how much better and
faller information they sent to England than the servants of
government, and this would expose their own shertouninge,
Ito avoid which they do all in their power (and unfortunately
they hem the power) to retard the newspaper ooreepondents
sending the information they obtain. This Is more generally
the case with the wßderstrappers than with the principals.
By their opposition and jealousy they succeed is retard-
ing the new, tor England, or send it in such a wangled state
as to be almost unintelligible. It is the people of England,
the people interested in India, those who have their dearest
ties there, that suffer by this ; and surely the government do
not wish this iniquitous eyrie= to continue.
On the late occasion, had the Caradee started with the tele-
graph news from Alexandria to Cagliari es soon as the Bom-
bay mail arrived at Suez, the news would, doubtless, have
naked England five days earlier.