The Express.
London, England, 1850-01-04 00:00:00

of the difficulty of safely invesdng their ongiaal
capital to advantage, the framer wu directed to
write to intending purchasers of new stook that
more money was wanted on seeesat of the extent
and eerie.y of the business of the bank; a more
gross ease of fraud and falsehood can scareely be
ormoeived on the part of officers of the army still
permitted to ret, in their oommiaskom.
We are happy to hear that of the 14,000sharas into
which the capital of the proposed Tankaria Bander
and Baroda Railway scheme is divided, 7,123 have
already been taken op in Ooozerar. '1 he governor-
" neral and commander-in-chief of India are now jour-
neying through the Panjaub ; we lament to say that
there seem, to be no insprovemset in the health of
the former :—of the probable successor of the
latter we hear nothing, but consider it likely that
for the sake of serving a friend, the II wee-Guards
will again subject India to risks similar to those
incurred at Moodkec sod Chillianwalls, by appoint-
ing an old worn-out Peninsular," rather than admit
company's officers who have served all their lives with
bugs armies when desired to be commanded, and
gained renown in every field where they have been
engaged.
Dr. Leith, civil surgeon, has been appointed
acting secretary to the medical board, on the
departure of Dr. Scott for Sciode, as acting se
perintendieg-surge as. Dr. Carter tidos for the
present the place of D Leith as acting civil surgeon.
—Dr. Don, just returned from Earope, has been ap-
poioted to th- 3rd Cavalry, in room of Dr. White. now
in charge cf the medical s'ore..—Liecit-Col. M. M.
Shaw, Bombay army, one cf the most zealous advo-
cates of teetotalism in India, has resigned the service,
and leaves for England by to-day's steamer.—lt is
I affirmed that Sup: Surgeons Scott and Smith, of the
Madras army. are willing to retire from the service
in March nrizt, provided thry receive a bonus from
their medi-al brethren of 1,0001. to 1,2001. respec-
tively.—Amongst the passengers by the steamer of
today is Dr. Murray, late residency surgeon at Si'..
tars—a man highly distinguish( d in the profesidon
for professional accomplishments and general ability.
Preparatiors are being made at Bumbay for fur-
nishing cont:ibutions to the grand exhibition of
1851, under the patronage of Prince Albert. The
most remarkab'e manufactures in Wevern India arc
PillVl and damasks ; blackwood furniture, and open
carved work ; inlaid work of ivory, coloured woods,
and metal; lapidary work, Especially in agates, jas-
pers, and conchae, ;silver work. arts. bows, arrows,
swords, shields, and matchlocks. It is in raw
material that our cantribuions ought to be most
attractive— th- v: rieties of these wr weans are num-
berless. Models of our native bats, and of our fish-
ing implements, with coloured drawings of our fishes
and fishermen, and statistics of our fisheries, would
be of the greatest value; as also model. or drawings
of throe of our trui's cot susceptible of preservation.
The manufactures of Jobbulpore, and, of all our jails,
wou!d be ef much ittercet ; and, beyond all, specimens
of our tends, implements, and machines, provided a
few workmen were sent to exhibit them.