The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-25 00:00:00

nuxsrola OP TROOPS 1'1.4 SUEZ.

The following is n copy of the letter addressed to
Mawr,. Creekey and Co., of Southampton, by the East India
Company. declining to engage tho European and American
Company'a ateamens aa rump shit.:
East India-bourn, Sept. 17, IM7.
" Oentlemen.—l am desired to mckuowledge the receipt of
your letters. with Et/wheys. addieentl to the chairman and
director of the East t Company. under dated the 27th of
August and 7th of September, 15.,7, propoeing a plan
for a seuri-monthly overland transport service between
Englend and Boninay, by mane of the Ileet of eight
powerful screw (destines of the European and American
Steam Shipping Computy. .0 similarly tined up and
each eatable of earning for a voyage of 20 to 2.5
days into 1,000 to 1,200 troop, in which letter are
explained very fully your terms for undertaking thin Demise,
lawides the transport of the traria acres the Isthmus, and
their victualling ihrouithout the voyase, the East India Com-
pany either finding all stole er making you an extra allow-
ance for the same, likewise paying all port charges, and the
engagement proposed by ant to be for cis mouths terrain for
each ship, conireeneing. intro the date they may reeptctively
be at SUM, or at a port in England ready to receive tmnpe,
and terminating at the final doebarge of each ellipse a port
itc Berland, ..s at a port in India, sfter six myths from the
date elite having been at the company's dives/11 at Sues.
" In reply I am desired to inform you that, as it is not at
present tho intention of her Majesty's government to send
any considerable bsdy of troops through Ens pt. tho Court
are unable to avail themselves of your offer, w Lich might
otherwise hove been accepted with advantage to the public
aervica. '• 1 ant gentlemen

Your most obtrissut Asti humble orrvAnt,
6. J•111ed C. ?att., ILL.

" Morro. Croskey and Co."

Two private letters from Calcutta, dnted the Sth
of August, state that SOU French troops had arrived in tbs
Emilia, at the rime tius as the Shannon. Thvro French
Entich troop have doubtless corn. Sulu China to defrnd
F otch intetems at Cluindrnmpre.
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Tut: OVERLAND ROUTE FOR TROOro.—Tite go-
renienent bare at length made a tardy acknowledgment of
the advantages of the overland route for pouring re.llfilTer•
mmlol,llllo India. At prevent, however. the despatch is to be
un a wry limited wale, for dnblets of 200 or 300 men only
.0 to be lest at a lime.

DISCOVERY OF TIIE. TOMB OF i lIIVOCRATES.-
The Zipereert of Athene states that near the village of
Arnaontli, not far from Phariselia, • tomb how just been di.-
coveted which hes been eteertained to be that of li4.pocrittas.
the greet physician, sn inticrlption clesrly enunetating the
.foot. In the tienb a gold ring we. found, repteeenting a
perpeet—the lit-nate! of the medical net in entiqiiity—as • ell
• small phi rho), attaeLtd toe thin pie, of ro,d having the
appearenve ei bead ter the And. There 11.44 also lying
wish thew attic+. a bronze brut ouppneed to be that of II fp-
pnerates himeelr. Three ottivoe. ea well se the Mona which
leers the inn, r;ptio;.. %v. r. delivered up to 11.inein Tram,
r.,verntv of Theeettly, *tin at on-e ivrererued thew to
Constantinople.