The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-19 00:00:00

THE CEYLON COMMISSION.

(From the Madras Spectator of June 3.)
Letters from Climb°, by the steamer, state that
the inquiry by Messrs. Mcrshcad and Rhode, into tl.e
alleged mroory of pcglassations, is apparently going a*ust
Captsin Watson. This seems to curvet:Kraut an account we
Lave from as earmitnees at lisndy. On the opening of the
112mnsisacia, we learn that Mr. Elliott avowed himself the
penes who had forwarded the documents to England, and
underwent • very protracted examinatioe, as also a cross-
examination by Mr. Staples. Toe explanatioa the parties
Qom whom the papers were revolved. oomod, we are told,
quite to disconnect the rotoriou Ticker, Banda from the
tranearti..n.
At Kandy, the commissioners have been engaged in ex-
amining the establishment employed under Captain Watson
derirg the coatiauance of marital law. the evidence of
three parties is repretetted to be an acknowledgment, by
certain of them, of their handwriting being in tee procla-
mation,, and they add that the signature is Captain Wat-
Doe.. Nay, ale man appears to have gob, the length of
stating, that he heard the interpreter explain the ptOClllllll.
ciao to that Dew, ones when he signed a b ladle of Item.
The evidence, generally is splken of as having gene far
to eet.blish the authenticity of the proelematiora, their
areal eshitition in distriete, and the fact of contioeseioas
consequent thereopen.
See.di are the features of the account wi.h as, furnished, as
we h*se said, by an eat-witness. The ease looks city, but
we shall pass no opiniaa ups it until the ptoesedinggee of the
eonmai,siobers come before as la a more panic u and
authoitative shape.
(Prim the Coital., Martyr.)
The notable event of the month is the doss of the
.lisgs at Ready, of the CO6IIIItINOOCOII sent to bitters
props
cregcuastanese communed with Captain Watson, prc-
els-rations. The commissioners cannot make the result
public., but it will be observed that they gave Mr. Elliott
percistiens to announce to the wised their opinion that no-
thi.eg dishonest or daboeonrable attached to bin en t the

'the; pntl►e►u cobeened in sending oopies of the diaputia
documents to England.

CHINA.

The Orerland Friend of Cline says : The events
of the month are extremely unimportant.. On the
27th of April, the governor, his wife. end three secre-
taries, took their departure for Shanghai in the
steamer Lady Mary Wood. The colony mores on
under the administration of Major-General S:aveley.
"On the lit of May three plates ware hanged at
West Point. Through acme miamanagemint they
were kept on the scaffold for more than half an hour
with the cords round their necks. Toe belt could not
be drawn, and after shaking the gallows violently,
the pol.oe sent to the naval stores for a hammer with
which they knocked back the bolt. Two of the cri-
minals fainted, and were held up until the bolt was
forced beck ; the third kept calling " fidee, fidee"—
be qaick, be quick. The scene, we are told, was very
disgusting.
" Since the arrival of the February mail it has
been reported, and partially believed, that the Portu-
guese government is sending out a strong naval force
and 3,000 troops, with a view to obtain eat'sfaction
for the murder of the late governor of Macao. It is
alleged that Portugal has pawned Goa to the East
India Company for 160,0001, and that this fund fur-
nishes her with the sinews of war. A Portuguese
frigate. of 14 guns, arrived at Singapore early in this
montl-; at Macso she is looked for daily. This
vessel brings out the new governor."