The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-30 00:00:00

THE LATE WAIL WITH CHINA.

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(MOS TEE LONDON OA/ATM)
INDIA•OFFICI, MARCH 27.
The Secretary of State for India has received s
general order by his Excellency the Governor-General of
India, and a despatch 4i:comp:laying it, from Lieutenant-
General Sir J. Hope Grant, C.C.S., commanding her
Majesty's forces in China, of which the following are copies:
GENNEAL ORDER HT RIB RICELLENCY TIN GOVERNOR-
00111RAL OF mu.

Camp, Jubbulpore, Jaa. 17,1861.
His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor-General of
India has much satisfaction in publishing, for general in.
formation, the subjoined letter, dated the 21st of Novem.
her, 1860, from Lieutenant-General Sir J. Hope Grant,
G.C.8., commander of the forces in China, bringing
notice the services, during the campaign in that country, of
the native troops of all arms which proceeded to China
from Bengal, Madras, and Bombay.
The Governor General congratulates the troops on the
high testimony which they have earned for themselves from
their distinguished commander, by their exemplary conduct
'in camp and garrison, and by their valour in the field. And
it is au additional source of gratification to the Governor.
General, and a matter of which the troops may justly be
proud, that their brilliant conduct in the field excited
the admiration not only of their British comrades, but also
of the French troops which served in the same campaign.
It will be tho grateful task of the Governor-General to
make known to her Majesty's government the report of
Lieutenant-General fir Hops Grant, and to bring pertica.
lady to notice the officers specially mentioned by him.

TO THE BIGHT HOE. TEI LEL CANNING, 0.C.&,
Heed-Quarters, Tientsin, Nov. 21,1880.
My Lord,—Peace having been concluded with this
country, and many of the native troop serving in the exp.
ditionary force being about to return to India, it becomes
my duty to bring to your Excellency's notice the services of
the regiment. and corps of her Majesty's Indian army
which have been serving during the campaign.
The Ist Mikh Irregular Cavalry, under Major Probyn, and
Fane's Hone, under Captain Fame, have performed their
work most admirably.
On more than one occasion these regiment. have been
opposed to and have successfully charged • vastly superior
force of the enemy's cavalry, and their conduct in the field
has excited the admiration of the French as well as of the
i English troops. It ia not only on the field of battle that
their services have been so important during the recent cam-
paign, but in performing the numerous other duties re.
quired of them, of an infinitely more harassing nature, pa.
kola, escorts, ad reconnoissances, as well as the task of
carrying letters almost daily between Tientsin and Pekin (a
distance of 75 miles) for upwards of a month, during which
they were frequently fired upon ; their garde.' have been of
the utmost value to the expedijon.
I beg to recommeid Major Probyn and Captain Fans to
your Excellency's most favourable notice.

The two companies of Madras Artillery, under Captain
Hicks, and the two companies of Madras Sappers, under
Captain Shaw Stewart, rendered good and useful services
In the operations which preceded and led to the full of the
Taku forts. The latter corps was most energetic In
working without relief at the construction of the batteries,
'adhere always shown themselves to be cheerful and will-
ing workmen. A detachment of the former corps, under
Captain ifeclntyre, was summoned from its station at
Chusan to the assistance of Shanghai, and was fortunate
enough to reach that city on the day it was attacked by the
rebels, and to assist in repelling their attacks.

The regiment of Loodiana h was stationed at Shanghai
during the attack of the rebels on that city, and, under the
eomnuutd of Lieutenant-Colonel Walsh, contributed to
their repulse.
The Bth and 15th Regiments of Punjab Infantry have
accompanied the army in all the active operations in the
field, and although, owing to the nature of the operations,
thy have not come into collision with the enemy so fre-
quently as they have perhaps wished, their services have
not been of the lees value to the expedition. The 15th
Punjab Infantry, however, was particularly forward during
tie action of the 18th of September ; and on the 21st of
September a detachment under Lieutenant Harris distin-
guished itself by crossing the river and capturing a gun
which had opened on our lines.
The Bth Punjab Infantry had been ably commanded
throughout the campaign by Captain Brownlow. Captain
Shebbeare, an excellent officer, the commandant of the 15th
Punjab Intently, was unfortunately compelled by ill health
to leave just when active operations were commencing ; but
the regiment has been efficiently commanded by Lieutenant
Banda.

The 11th and 19th Punjab Infantry have been employed
in garrisoning tho depots, kr., whilst the 3rd and 3th Bom-
bay Native Infantry and the 21st Madras Native Infantry
have formed portions of the garrisons of Hong Kong and
Canton. _ _

TieTs much pleasure in informing your Excellency that
the behaviour of the Indian troop■, both in camp and in
gammon, has been everything that I could wish, and it has
given me much satisfaction that the course of events has
enabled me to send a considerable portico of them back to
their homes in India before the end of the present year.—
I have, &c.,
(Signed) J. HOPI GIIINT, Lieutenant• General,
Commander of the Forces.

The Nationalit fa of Turin says :—" The French
legation, in the passports which it now delivers to French•
man, designates all the provinces of the Italian Peninsula
by the title of Kingdom of Italy.' "

We read in a Florence letter of Monday last
" Italy has lost one of her greatest men. Vincenzo Sal•
ravioli is no more. Ho expired at Piss on the evening of
the 21st, after a gradual sinking of his strength, caused by
complaints of the heart and of the lungs, leading to
a general break up of his whole system. Although
the Florentines bad been prepared for the event for
some time put, and bulletins announcing his rapid
sinking had appeared daily in the public journals, it was
not without • great shock that they received the intelli•
genre of the death of one who had lee; filled a large spate
in the public eye, who had been closely associated with
the national movement during the last 15 years, who
bad greatly contributed to advance that movement by
his writings, who had discharged the duties of • Pro-
visional Minister of State in the critical times from
the flight of the Grand Duke and hie family to the annexa-
tion of Tuscany with the Sardinian State, and who, finally,
was not only the most brilliant forensic orator modern
Italy his produced, but the most delightful social cama
panion known to the present generation in the Dakar et
Florence."

According to the Italian journals, several depu-
tise, following the example of the government, have pre•
seated a proposition for granting to General Garibaldi, bY
way of national recompense, a pension of 150,000 fr. a year,
reversible to his son. The retirement of Garibaldi to
Capron luu not lessened his popularity, and the Mil=
journals state that deputations of the workinens' societies
from all parte of Italy are assembling at Genoa to proceed
to the island to pay their respects to the general.

AMERICAN MAIL.—LIVERPOOL, SATURDAV.—*
The Roysl Mail steamer Persia, which sailed today for
New York took 50,917 f. in specie.
i Tae ONIAN ISLANDS.—The Mann Obsertvr
says :—".l3y the Stella, screw steamer, arrived here yester-
day, we learn that her Majesty's ship Orion had proceeded
to Zante, in consequence of tho excitement exi.tiog there
regarding the causea which led to the prorogation of the
lonian parliament"
MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A CHILD. —A brief out.
line of • lamentable catastrophe that occurred in the
locality of Eye bat week him been communicated to us. It
appears that on Wednesday last, two children about twelve
years of age (a boy and gull. the offspring of widowed
sisters, left their home to go " woolling" in the marshes .
bordering me the town. During their einem* • violent storm
arose, to the inclemency of which the children were exposed ;
and as they did not return at the expected hour, their sb•
lance occasioned much anxiety, and the mother of the girl
went out in search of them. She had proceeded n consider•
able distance without discovering any trace of the missing
pair, but at last espied the boy trudging slowly homeward'
alone, and in a state of great exhaustion. Inquiry
about his cousin soon elicited that he had been unable
to get her along, and that he was endeavouring to reach
home to obtain help. The distressed mother hardened
with the boy to the spot where he had left the
girl, but she was not to be found there, and • more •'
extended search proved squally fitittlesa. With feeling
that cannot he described, the distracted parent returned
to Rye with the boy, who survived the effects of his cr.
posure but • few hours. On the following morning. We
corpse of the little girl was foetal in the marshes, where
she had wandered about in the darkness of the night until
bar enfeebled frame lowed to the ngour of the weathers
and she fell down and died.— Awe CArowirk.
A NOVEL MODE OF PUNDIHMINT.—A worth,'
fanner (formerly a corn miller), residing on the banks of
the river Data, appeared with his foreman before the
bench at Pickering, on the 18th inst..eliarging him with al4
obedience ; the evidence was of so ambiguous a nature that
the magistrates deemed it very pomer the parties shoal
pay the expenses between them. This judgment failed to
appease the anger of the worthy farmer. find he bit upon an •
ingenious plan to punish his refractory servant. On the Werd•
neaday following, being • very stormy day, he requested hie
servant to tarn a wheelbarrow up side down near • pile 0!
bricks • at the same time desiring him to turn the wheel nr
the ba'rrow with the right hand, cod to hold on with the
left hand • brick, which proem• of brick grinding be lir
vented as • modem penally,. for disobedience (the whey.'
barrow being done over *ith • (malt coating of gn. „tar,,
every morning to prevent the workman restingoo "
Surely the worth• genius is deserving of an official sr
pointinent in the (!hathisin Dockyard, to assist in alippreseng
the insubordination of the convicts.— YorlsAire Gazette.