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The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-07

MURDER AND SUMMARY PUNISHMENT.

A private letter from Darien, Georgia, dated the
29th of July, contains the details of • dreadful tragedy re-
cently enacted at that place. We are permitted to copy
the following particulars :
There were five negroes—four men and one woman—
hang in this place on the 26th, without waiting for the
forms of law—the first instance of the kind that ever oc-
curred here. These negroes murdered their master, James
Houston, a planter, upon an island about three miles from
the main land, nix weeks ago. Mr. Houston was a young
unmarried man, of one of the best families in the state.
and was the only white person on the island where
he resided. On the day of the murder he had
one of the women whipped for misconduct. About
dark he laid down to sleep. The men took this
opportunity, and seized him, stripped him, tied
his hands behind bins, and fastened him to • tree
with s chain about his neck—the woman holding
• lifht during the whole time. They then, with • cowskin,
inflicted upon him a hundred lashes, he begging for his
life, and the woman crying out to them, " give him more,"
while seven other women, belonging to the same planta-
tion, were on their knees pleading for his life. They also
beat him with • paddle, cutting his head and face dread-
fully. Exhausted by their exertions, they left their victim
for several hours in this condition. At midnight, they re-
turned to their murderous work, and finished him with
three blows of an axe upon the head. They then buried
him in a marsh, turning his boat bottom side up, and set-
ting his hat floating down the river, to create an impression
that he was drowned ; and such, for several days, was sup-
posed to be the case. Suspicions at length being excited
that all was not right, inquiries were made and the truth
elicited. The five negroes were arrested, brought
to lowa, committed to gaol, and a meeting of the citizens
weld. There could be no action in the ease by the regular
eeurb until the last of November; and as the negroes here
are about twenty to one white person, there was no know-
ing what diet the murder might have upon their minds
bases legal action could be had. It was, therefore, deci-
ded to he osomeary that something should bo done at once.
After amnia meetings. at which the matter was deliberately
considered, it was finally, on Saturday last, • majority of
the voters of the county being present, decided—by • vote
0(90 to 3—that the culprits he immediately tried. A jury
was sehcted, the names of all present being put in a hat,
and twelve drawn therefrom for that purpose. The trial
proceeded, and the Degrees were found guilty and sentenced
to be hung on the 26th which sentence was fully carried
into effect as above stated. Each one of the culprits con-
fessed his guilt.—Boston (U. 8.) Trareller.
London, England, 1852-03-09

SWITZERLAND.

The Independanee of Berne states that tho dif-
ficulties between the French government and the
Swiss confederation have been arranged for the
present.
The Secretary of the French Legation at Berne has
arrived in Parts.

The government of the United States of America
has resolved to accredit, for the first time, a perma-
nent chargé d'affaires to the Swiss confederation. In
Switzerland this act of a
.powerful government of
decided non-intervention principles gives the liveliest
satisfaction. The federal council has resolved to
send to America a piece of granite from the valley
of Ilablern, near Interlacken, to form a part of the
intended monument to Washington. The Revue de
Gnsew says:

Paha ' is deeply excited at the present moment,
in by the rumours of menaces directed against
. AU the journals have taken up the subject.
The Mew has given currency to an exaggerated version,
whisk kr the moment produced • great effect. It an
asuesal that the Nob& division formed at Lyons was des-
, limed MMsw tks_maidesis of Geneva and Vaud, while
Aside ire/ immikimemmely to occupy that of Ticino. We
bon *lady auessatly stated the facts. Up to the present
many* tks Pnash government has acted alone, and all
seems to WWI, that its demands receive but small sup-
port from ether powers.

The Imo Journal of tho Bth inst. says :
Tbo mikes owed Wen Oingress in support of the pro-
posal to soma ea mberaerbse to Switzerland are u fol-
lows:—Switzerland boo been die imt souros of all liberty,
and is the only republie ezielioals &rope. In 1848 she poet
herself a eonstitutioa similar to tbst of Amok& Ala am-
bassador repreeen • the United Salm adB be • wane of
Emit help to the an refugees tron orprolos ; and,
lastly, the commercial relations of the two eonnlelse reader
this measure necessary.
London, England, 1852-03-09

NAVAL.

ADMIRALTY, MARCIIB.--A;TOINT'MENTS.—Second
Master E. Swain, and Clerk in Charge T. W. Shanxi, to
/'luto. . _ _

Gamlen 11. Warner to High/yet., J. Yates to Pluto, and
C. Samson to Sampson.
By the death of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Montague,
Captain Corry will obtain his flag, and will cease to hold the
appointment of Admiralty Superintendent of Mail Packets

MILITARY.

OFFICERS RECEIVING REWARDS FOR MILITARY
SESVICEL—The following general officers are each this
year to receive 1001., in addition to the sum already granted
to them for distinguished services:—Major General Jer-
anis, K.H.; Mjor-General Sir AV. Chalmers, C. 8., K.C.11.;
Major • General W. Campbell, C.B. ; Major-General
Arguimbeau, C. 8.; Major-General F. Calvert, C.B. ;
Major-General Sir De Lacy a
Evans, K.C.B. • Major-
General Fleming, C. 8.; and Lieutenant•Geneis Gor-
don and Aylmer are to receive 200/. a year each, and
Major-General Maclachlan is to receive 1001. a year, these
three last general officers having recently been placed on
the list.
London, England, 1852-03-09

IRELAND.

Dum.nt.Aicit 8.
The nomination took place at Enniskillen on Sa-
turday. The poll was demanded on the part of Mr.
„Whiteside, and was fixed for this day. A good deal
of excitement was exhibited on the occasion.
Mr. Barry and Mr. Drew, two of the Cork eandi-
' dates, have retired from the field, leaving, however,
. four champions to contest the fight; namely, Mr.
Fagan, Mr. Scully, Mr. Sl.Carthy, all liberal; and
Mr. Turner Frewcn, protectionist. As it is to be
hoped that the liberal candidates will abide by the'
decision of the meeting of liberal electors to be held
to-day, we shall moat probably have either Mr.
Fagan or Mr. Scully alone engaged in the contest
with conservatism on Monday next.
It is stated that William James Voules, Esq, Pel-
ham-place, lleontpton, barrister-at-law. and deputy
chairman of the London Necropolis and National
Mausoleum Company, has been solicited to stand for
the representation or Youghal at the next election.
London, England, 1852-03-09

SOUTH AMERICA.

Advioes from Buenos Ayres to the 7th Jan. havo
reached liavro by tho Bias, Captain Hillard.
They announce that it was rumoured that the advanced
guard of tho army of Hoses had abandoned him, and
that Urquiza was only at a distance of from 40 to 50
leagues from the capital.
London, England, 1852-03-09

RAILWAYS

THIS DAY.

Two o'CLocc.
Railway shares are quiet to-day, but prices
are rather firmer, with the exception of Aber-
decns, which an fiat. Lancashire and York-
shires and Brightens are marked at an improvement,
and Manchester and Sheffield., Midlands, North
Western stock and York and North Midlands aro
well supported.
French shares aro also quiet, and Northern. have
further declined.

rolls to-day up
to I p.a.
London, England, 1852-03-09

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL.

ORDINATION BY THE BISHOP OF CHESTER ON
7TH MArten.—Deacons: F. E. I. Drake, Pembroke, Ox-
ford ; It. R. Longard, Brasenose, Oxford ; D. Knowles,
St. Peter's, ; J. Role, fit. John's' Camb.; C. 8. U
pawn, Trinity, Comb.; G. L. Ireland, I. C. Matthews,
11. O'Donnell, It. Sayers, W. It. Stephens, G. R. D. Walsh,
Trinity, Dublin; F. C. Guise, University, Durham; It.
White, Bishop Hatfield's Hall, Durham; J. Woodhouse,
St. Bees ; W. Gilbert, St. /titian's, Birkenhead ; W. Sinden,
Theological, Birkenhead; T. Cox, J. D. Claxton, Trinity,
Carob., by letters dimissory from Bishop of Lichfield; J.
Smith, St. Bees, do. ; C. J. S. Walker, St. John's, Camb.,
do. l'riests: N. G. M. Lawrence, Queen's, Oxford; H.
Rowe, Magdalen, Oxford; E. Batty, Caius, Carob.; S.
Evendield, J. S. Pulley, J. Tatham, St. John's, Camb.; .1.
Owen, J. Pearson, C. L. I'emberton, Trinity, Camb.; H.
Beaumont, T. Bowman, E. B. Chalmer, A. Dudgeon, J. M.
Farrar, F. Hustle, W. T. Newenha,n, Trinity. Dublin ;
J. P. Shepperd, Bishop Hatfield's II dl, Durham ; W.
Cornwell, King's, London; C. Abbott, G. Fielding, T.
Wolatencroft, eel ; T. S. Pepper. Theological, Birken-
head; E. Bowen, jun., University, Oxford, by letters di-
missory from Bishop of Derry and Raphoe.
PILEFERINIZNTeI,

Rev. W. M. Bull, to Ramsey icarsge, Essex; value
3011., and residence ; patron, Lord Chancellor (Truro.)
Rev. Frederick Gould, to be First Chaplain to tho Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland.

Mixoa CANONRY.—Bristol Cathedral ; patrons, Dcan
and Chapter of Bristol.
RECTORILS.—BuckIand, West Devon, diocese Exeter ;
value, 1911., and residence ; patron, Baroness Basset ; 11ev.
W. Gee, deceased.
Knightwick, with Doddenham Curacy, county and dio-
cese R orcester ; value, 2641., and residence ; patrons, Dean
and Chapter of Worcester ; Rev. J. Bell, deceased.
Weik St. Mary, Cornwall, diocese Exeter; value, 3881.,
and residence ; patron, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge;
Rev. W. Glee, deceased.
London, England, 1852-03-09

NASSAU.

We find the followinf appeal by the Duchess of
Nassau, on thesubjectot the famine in the Wiesbaden
journals of the .sth inst.:

Moved by the extreme distress which now afflicts so many
parts of our duchy, I appeal to all noble hearts, and par-
Unduly to the women of our land, to co-operate with me
in taking measures fur rendering help to the starving peo-
ple. Every effort, every gift, however small, will further
our object. I expect to receive a degree of support which
will prove a blessing to the sufferers, and doubt not that the
benevolent disposition of the inhabitants, which has so often
manifested itself, will understand and adopt every wish.
ADELAIDI DUCHESS or NASSAU.
Wiesbaden, March, 1842.
HESSE-DARMSTADT.
In consideration of the high price of potatoes, con-
nivently with the general dearth of provisions, the
government of the (;rand Duchy of }fosse has for-
bidden the consumption of potatoes in the distillation
of spirits.
London, England, 1852-03-09

Vlesebaneellagedd the *sot of the *hued* was
prevent theessesalEgfaroet proceeding with their in-
t application* eat in the name of the co*.
peep, Ist it wee am restraining them from apply-
1461=ssemrsat tke
ilmteolc That the funds of the
company etteshilunil be mild to defray any of the costa of
sediciting the bap IS VOW the reseeding with the bill in
parliament wm NM Intsrlhamil Ida by the wart.

Busse Versiiinevicwites Inerienuer.
Ix an Tan WoLv FTON, CtiniaTan, AND Bla-
IBNSBAD Co'MANY WI TWITS ItOlintra—
APPLIcATION Or TUB WINDINGI-UB ACT TO UNFORNID
COMPANIZa.
This was a motion on behalf of the °facial manager of the
above company that the name of a gentleman which bail
been struck off the list of contributories by the Muter might
be replaced on the list.
Mr. Cooper and Mr. Roxburgh appeared in nppeet of the
motion.
The Vice-Chancellor suggested to the oounsel whether it
would not b better to allow this motion and others of a
similar nature to stead over for the present under these
circumstances. It seemed to be admitted now by all the
jedges and by the profession generally that the Winding-up
Act was never intended to apply to cases where • company
bad not actually been formed. Unfortunately Lord Cotten-
bun had taken a different view of this question in the case
of "Ex parte Barber." That decision had been followed
by the other judges, and an enormous amount of litiga.
tion bad ensued. lie believed that there was • grecs de-
sire to have the opiniOli of the present Lord Chancellor
taken upon the subject, and it wee intended that the case
should be brought on upon appeal before him. If his
lordship coincided in the view now generally adopted by
the profession, it would make a material difference in re-
spect of all eases hereafter to be brought on; and he
thought therefore it would be very desirable that all
matters in which this question was involved should bo
postponed for &couple of months, until the principle should
have been decided by the LortiChancellor. His Honour's own
opinion was, that this act was never intended to apply to
inchoate companies ; and he sincerely hoped that such
would be the decision.
Mr. Denial said he happened to be aware that the Wind-
ing-tip Act was framed expressly to exclude unformed
companin.
Mr. Selwyn said the present case wu ono of great hard-
ship ; the original debts of the company did not exceed
2161., but the expenses attending the winding-up of the
affairs had exceeded 3,0001. Every question was Ittifated,
and constant appeals had been made from every decision.
It was finally arranged that his Honour's suggestion
should be acted upon, end the case was ordered to stand
over till the last seal in Eastern term.
London, England, 1852-03-09

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, MARCU 3.
A telegraphic despatch, dated Verona, March 1, at
midnight, informs us of the arrival of the Emperor
at that fortress. Ile left Venice at 7 o'clock by
special train, and was received at Verona by Marshal
ltadetzky, who had left Venice six hours before his
master for that purpose. The despatch states that
his Majesty was received with acclamations of wel-
come at Verona,as wellas at Vicenza and Padua, by
which ho pawed.
This year, at least, Lord Derby will hardly find it
necessary to restore the protective duties on foreign
corn, since we are more likely to be importers than ex-
porters for some time. Troubles and bad government
seem to have deprived humble men of all heart
or energy. They have left their fields uncultivated
for miles, lest the rude hands of some hateful
soldiery should seize or destroy the fruits of their
labour. The consequence of this is something very
like a famine in many parts of Europe. The
accounts from Poland are most disheartening. In
the Qtrpathians people are literally starving. (here
is no bread at all. 'Me inhabitants are said to be
living on a soup of some kind, which they call " reit-
kamuka," a compound of fat and milk ; or they cook
a sort of thick oaten pap, something in appearance
like the Italian pnlenta—this they call " kulasha,"
and eat it in the place of bread. As in all times of
great want crime and dissipation of all kinds come
to swell the list of horrors, it Is not surprising to
learn that something very like anarchy is raging in
the districts most affected by the famine. The men,
callous and desperate, get at the fiery Branntwein
of the country, and murders and robberies of the
weak and defenceless naturally succeed. Tho go-
vernment, we are pompously informed, have
made the most strenuous efforts to discover
Dome means of alleviating this terrible plague,
and no doubt can be entertained that they have
done so. But it is their perpetual paternal
meddling which has mainly helped to bring it about.
They will not leave people alone. Not content with
compelling the corn grower to receive doubtful
paper for the produce of his fields, they will not even
allow prices to find their natural and healthy level;
and the result of this melancholy mistake is, that the
country is plunged into poverty and despair.
London, England, 1852-03-09

TIIIS DAY.

Two o'CLoca.
The English funds are rather firmer to-day, with a
moderate amount of money business offering, and
prices are quoted higher than yesterday. Consols
have been sold at 97:', but are now quoted 971 to for
money and Friday's account. The Three per Cent.
Reduced mark 981 to ; New Three-and-a-Quarter
per ('eats., 99:, to 4. Exchequer Bills, 623. to 655.
premium.
The foreign stock market is steady, but business
is very dull.- Mexican Bonds arc firmer, and Vene-
zuelan have realised an improved figure, but other de-
scriptions are scarcely altered. Mexican maik 3f:,..! to
33. Venezuelan Actives, 42 to 43. Sardinian Five
per Cents., tin to 991. Equadur Bonds, 5.
London, England, 1852-03-09

BELGIUM,

In the sitting of the Belgian chamber of the sth,
the Deputy I who had just arrived from
Luxembourg, asked permission to state what ho had
observed on his journey. Pauperism and desolation
had there attained to a degree unknown, even in
Flanders at the worst epochs. The total loft of the
potato crops, the high price of grain, and want of
employment were to probes this desperate
state of things. M. Plano n asked what measures
the government bad tam or propowd to take
to ameliorate the' situation d the *dam M. Ro-
gier, the Minister of the Intriisn mid tbat he well
knew the depth of the distmospondling banns.
bourg, and had sent thither a sniarsaphgli of dm
administration to collect facts. lieatadd see
that the budget of public works sot wan to
give employment to the working dunes. lbaboold
probably ask asupplementary credit for thiamine.
At the close of this discussion the Charator vorrived
itself into a secret committee to oansider tire tsenlyof
navigation concluded with England. Upon *Amu
resuming for a division, the treaty was adoptod oita-
nimonsly. The report of M. Van lipegbris en this
treaty has been published, and is spokes of as a
valuable and most able document. The anther do•
Glares that now that the additional protocol Iwo beat
added no objection can be raised against the treaty,
which must prove advantageous to both the contract-
les.
wg
says that MM. Odilon Barrot
and Berryer will go to Brussels to defend the Bea-
ktin Francais. M. Montalembert has arrived in the
Belgian capital.
London, England, 1852-03-09

DENMARK.

Advices from Copenhagen of the sth, represent the
prorogation of the chambers as a very probable event,
the ministers meeting with considerable opposition
from the advanced party, which has tho majority
there. The prorogation, it is said, will extend to
next June, in which month the ministry intends to
propose important modifications in the consti-
tution. In the sitting of tho Volksthing, on the
Ist inst., M. liarfod inquired of the ministry whe-
ther it had come to any arrangement with the Ger-
man commissioners respecting the frontier; also,
whether it did not mean to allow tho Danish popu-
lations of Schleswig and Holstein to vote at the next
election for representatives at the National Legisla-
ture; and, thirdly, whether the government supposed
that it possessed the right to make over Holstein to
Germany without the consent of that chamber P The
minister was to reply at the next sitting.

GERMANY.
On the 2nd inst., in reply to a question pat by a
member of the Second Saxon Chamber, the Minister
Benet made the following statement on the subject
of the Zollverein :

My honourable friend is aware that the government of
Prussia concluded a customs' treaty with Hanover in Sep. 1
tember last. As the other states of the Zollverein had no
opportunity of becoming parties to this treaty, the
government of Prussia found itself compelled to ter-
:Masts the present Zollverein, as its obligations to-
wards the states composing that union and towards
Hanover would otherwise come into conflict. In giving
the required notice, the Prussian government at the same
time informed us of its intention to appoint a conference
of all the Zollverein governments, with a view to renew
the union and its treaties. It oleo promised that full par-
ticulars should be forwarded to us of the propositions
which it intended to make at such conference, and re-
quested that we would inform it of our opinion concern-
ing the most convenient time for holding the ineetina. Wo
replied that for our parts we deeply lamented the notice ter-
minating the present union, but that we cherished at the same
time the hope that it would be re-established, that n e were
ready to co-operate for that purpose, and that we should
see with pleasure the meeting of the conference not later
than February 1. Wu added, that as it was necessary to
give our representative the fullest instructions, we should
be glad to know the character of the propositions to be
made as soon as possible. Since that time we have not
heard anything from the Prussian government concerning
the measures to be proposed at the conference—tot so flinch
as the day of its meeting.
London, England, 1852-12-10

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

Faume, Decaneia 10, 1862.
The data of the Weather at each of the following places
at Nino o'clock yesterday morning. The stanosts are
arranged is order of latitude.
HASTINGS—W. • Gentle Breese; Partially Cloudy.
Sovenanreoxil.W.; Gentle Breeze; Overcast.
FoLesesone-8.W.; Gentle Breeze ; Partially Cloudy.
TONSUIDOZ—S.W. ; Strong Breeze i Cloudless.
STROOD ; Gentle Breeze; Cloudless.
Swim:wit—S.W. • Gentle Breeze; Partially Cloudy.
Coscuseria—Vi. ; Gentle Breeze; Cloudless.
CANIKIDOI-B.W. ; Gentle Breeze ; Partially Cloudy.
YAIINGUTAI—N.W. • Strong Bregge • Partially Cloudy.
re The turns from the following plains did not reach this
ogees in time for publication yesterday; they therefore
bedsits the Mato of theweather on Wednesday morning at
Mae o'clock.

Ltanitici—S.E.; Gentle Breese; Heavy Rain.
HOLTUTAD-8. ; Gentle Breese ; Showery.
Lang AAAAA Strong Breese ;
WHITBT-19. ; Gentle BRIM ; Rain.
DARLINOTOW—B.S.E.; Strong Breese; Overeat—Rain.
811AP-8.8.E. ; Gentle Breese ; Rain.

THIS DAY, Noox.
Ocono of Mad. Strewth of WWL Illsto of the Wo•Aor.
&LW. Wrong MINIM Ownatme.

AN OLD MAN OF SEVENTY-PIPE, nays the Pattie,
had withdrawn to Mouldlle (Seine-et-Oise), where he was
always happy to see his friends around him. On Sunday
last he had invited some persons to dine with him, but
when they arrived they found no person to receive them.
The old man had sent away under one pretext or another
his cook and man servant. At last the guests went into the
dining room, and there to their horror found the old man
dud, hanging from the rope from which the lamp usually
was suspended. On the table was a note declaring that he
bad always lived happily, but that now, apprehending some
misfortune, he had thought it beet to take his final depar-
tare whilst still free from any reverse of fortune.
EXTENSIVE FIRE IN TUE KENT ROAD.—Yeater•
day morning, between the hours of seven and eight o'clock,
a destructive fire took place on the premises of Mr. Turner,
a greengrocer, which was likely to have been attended with
the most fatal results, as well akar nsiderable lose of property.
On the first alarm, the family with difficulty escaped, and
long before information eoul.l be forwarded to the fire
brigade of Union-street and other places, the lower partof the
house and its contents were este burning masa. In a short
time however, the engines of the London Establishment
sad West of England arrived, but none of Mr. Turner's
=was saved. The adjoining home swiped injury.
the property destroyed is inanzod, and nothing is
known as to the origin of the accident.
London, England, 1852-12-10

gbe Court.

OSBORNE, WIDNIISDAY.
The Duke of Brabant, the Count of Flanders, and
the Princess Charlotte of Bo attended by the Count
de Brier, Lieutenant-Colonel& Idoerherke and Sir Robert
Carswell, took leave of her Wieldy yesterday, and em-
barked in the royal acht Fairy at a quarter before two
o'clock p.m. for Southampton. The Prime of Ls/nines
remains on a visit.

TROLIDAY.
eHee
erdMajesty and the royal sally walked in the grounds
st
ie yay.
Eacallency the French Ambessador, the Countess
Walewaki, and the Earl of Malmesbery arrived to-day on •
visit to the Queen, having crossed over in the royal yacht
Fairy, which was waiting at Southampton to convey them.
Oa the arrival of the Fatty in Cowell Beads her Migesty's
ship Encounter fired • salute of 17 guns in honour of his
Excellency, who immediately landed, and proceeded in one
of the Queen's carriages, which was in readiness to souvey
the party to Osborne.
' Count Walewski had an audience of the Queen, and was
presented by the Earl of Kalnusbary, to deliver his creden-
tials as Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary from the Emperor of the French.

A deputation, consisting of Mr. Cornford, Mr. Folkard,
and Dr. King, with Mr. Slight, the clerk to the Brighton
Town Commissioners, had an interview with Lord John
Manners yesterday at the Office of Works and Public
Buildings, Whitehall. on the subject of the proposed appli-
cation of the Public Health Act, 1848, to Brighton.
The Rev. Dr. O'Toole had an interview with the Earl of
Derby yesterday at his official residence in Downing street.
Capt. Shepherd, Deputy-Master of the Trinity House,
had an interview with the Right Hon. J. W. Henley yes-
terday at the Board of Trade.,
The Earl of Weetniortlend paid visits yesterday to we-
nd of the Cabinet Ministers, to take leave on his departure
Lettest evening) to Vienna, to resume the duties of his
at.
rd Portman and the Right lite. T. Milner Gibson bad
Interviews yesterday with Mr. Secretary Walpole, at the
Home-office.

Dnieimoail had an interview yesterday with the Karl
of Derby.
A deputation on the subject of the Provisional Order for
Brighton had an interview with Lord John Manners yes-
terday. The deputation consisted of Mr. Beedham, liigh
Constable of Brighton; Mr. Sharood, solicitor for the
petitioners for a charter ; and Mr. J. M. Clabon, agent to
the petitioners.
Mr. Fagan, M.P., Mr. Maguire. M.P., sad Mr. Jeficotr,
had an interview, yesterday, with the Right lion. J. W.
Henley.
Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yesterday,
from the Governors of Sierra Leone and the (lambi*.

HER MAJESTY'S STEMS YAcIIT FAIRY entered
Southampton dock year. rduly to curivey the French mattes-
mks to Osborne House.
_ _

----•
THE MURDER AT IsmoroN.—Yesterday, the
eoroner's jury found a verdict of " Wilful murder" against
Jeremiah 'Feeley, for the murder of Alexander Downes on
Tuesday last.
London, England, 1852-12-10

THE EXPRESS, FRI DAY EVENING. DECEMBER 10, 1852.

• year. When with the money so got he pmposcs
to take off half such a tax u that on malt, the thing
is monstrous.

Not more so, however, than leting off farmers
who pay 3001. a year rent. The seedy, careworn
I townsman, with his 1001. a year, must pay ; but the
jolly farmer, paying 300/. a year rent, who never
wants at least a good dinner, is paned over. Thu
Bishop, too, with his 20,0001. a year, is to bo also
favoured; Hectors with their 2,0001., Deans with
their I,BOOL, Canons with their ball.—end ell the
parsons of the kingdom in their suite. But poverty
and industry, are nut to escape ; they have to
pay to the uttermost farthing. touch is Tory justice
and ..Sliyivek finance.
I As if to make the cruelty of all this the more
refined and exquisite, tke 101. householders,—that is
the lowest class of electors in towns,—have to be
tempted to allow the rents to be reduced beneath
that mini, and their votes extinguished to avoid the
House Tax. Or, if they have the courage to resist
that inducement, the payment of another tax in timer
is to be made a condition of their registration as
voters. This out-Hcrods HUAI). It is a otiose-
queues which, sanding alone, ought to decide the
tate of a Budget of which it was, we may be mire,
a designed and intentional consequence.
London, England, 1852-12-10

MEETING IN LAMBETH.

Last night, • public meeting of the inhabitants of
Lambeth wee held at the National School-house, by ad.
journment from the Vestry-hall, to take into consideration
the proposition made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
for an increase of the house duty. The meeting was called
in consequesee of a numerously-signed requisition addressed
to the churchwardens. Both the borough members were
present.
Mr. TATLOZ, the churchwarden, was called to the chair.
Kpstition to the House of Commons was agreed to,
and Messrs. Williams and Wilkinson, the two members for
the borough, were requested to support its prayer.
Mr. W. Williams, M.P., Mr. Wilkinson, M.P.,and other
pietism= addressed the meeting, and the proceedings
closed with a rote of thanks to the chairman.
London, England, 1852-12-10

FEARFUL RAVAGES OF THE YELLOW

FEVER.
We announced yesterday the arrival of the Med-
way.
The freight on board consists of 698,400 dollars.
1 plating, 27 serons of cochineal, 43 &crone of jalap,
2 packages jewellery, 44 packages cigars, 52 packages
sarsaparilla, 2,000 bottles quicksilver, 1 bottle
53 sundries.

The maddest accounts were brought by the Medway
of the yellow fever in the West Indies. The Trent,
packet, had loot two of her engineers, Mr. Nutt.
midshipman, and several of her crew. Her second
officer was invalided from fever, and had come home
I in the Medway.
The Derwent also had been sickly, in spite of her
recent trip to New York, having lost two hands
while at St. Thomas. Indeed the intense heat,
added to the prevalence of yellow fever at St.
Thomas, bas had a very fatal influence over every
ship in the harbour.
The Dee, on her voyage to the Gillph of Mexioo,
has lost several of her crew, among whom are her
stewardess and French nook.

The fever was on the increase in Barbadoes, and
amongst the more recent sufferers were the son of
the General, the Rev. E. Dixwood, Col. Williams,
Royal Artillery, Mrs. Col. Wright, and many
others. St. Thomas and Martinique, Guadeloupe
and St. Latvia, together with Barbadoes, havo been,
and are still, suffering sadly from the horrid pesti-
lence, to all appearance the same fever which has
proved so fatal in Brazil. In Martinique nearly 300
troops had died out of 500 ; 90 had died in the
French frigate at Fort Royal; indeed, it is much to
be feared that in its disastrous consequences this
sickness will surpass any of late years.
The following are the names of the parties who
died on board the Medway, viz., Robert Edwards,
Mr. Alfred Woodbridge James Macarthy, Henry
Dewed, James Drew, J. Wild, H. Fry, and H.
Manson.

MEXICO.
In consequence of the bad weather the Dee could
not embark the specie collected for her at Tampico,
and the Trent, Capt. Bevis, will bring to St.
Thomas about two millions of dollars, which the
Dee had left behind her.
The weather very bad in the Gulf. Havanna
very sickly. Owing to the bad weather the Dee
was prevented from communicating a second time
with Tampico, and the Admiralty agent and purser
were left behind.
London, England, 1852-12-10

MEETLNG IN WALWORTH.

Last night a large and influential meeting was
held, at the Hour-glass Tavern, Welworth, to consider the
financial propositions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Kr. C. WOOD in the char.
A petition to parliament, in aceordasee with the resolu-
ta:a, was adopted.
London, England, 1852-12-10

THE OVERLAND MAIL

(BY 111711Y4111.11t1 TILIOILAPI4
We have received the following despatch in anti-
cipation of the Overland mail, dated Trieste, Thus-
The steamer Adria arrived to-day with the In-
dia mail.

The Hindostan, with the Calcutta mail of the 7th
November, arrived at Suez on the Ist inst.
The Irrawaddy was no longer navigable for large
vessels.

General Godwin was en route for Prome, with the
second division. It had been decided to advance by
land upon Ave.
The Chinese rebellion continues gaining strength.
Exchange on London: at Calcutta, 2s. Old., to
2s. ld.

THE WEST INDIA MAILS.
London, England, 1852-12-10

GERMAN Y.

The Cassel Gazelle, which has hitherto blown the
trumpet of tho Darmstadt coalition, thus mourns the
defeat of its hopes and the success of Prussia
Persons who are intimately conversant with the
progress of the deliberations within the Zollvt rein
Congress of Vienna, speak despondingly of the pro-
bable result. The idea of a great Zullverein, with
Austria at its head, is as good as given up in order to
please Prussia, and all that remains to expect is a
treaty of commerce bctweeu Austiitt, with the uld
Zollverein (or the coalition) on one side, and Prussia
on the other."

The Vienna Presse reports that the delibera-
tions of the Vienna Customs Congress are proceeding
with the happiest results. The constitution of a
third customs group is no longer spoken of, and the
whole tenor of the negotiations proves that an
arrangement satisfactory to all parties in Germany
is imminent.

The Berlin journals bring the particulars of M.
Uhden's elcctiou as president of the Second Chamber
for the next month. The contest was close, as had
been foreseen, and M. Uhden owes his election
mainly to the abstention of the Catholics, whose
separated position has already given them import-
ance in the chamber.

The Vienna Gazelle of the sth inst., contains an
imperial patent authorising the introduction of tho
general civil law of the monarchy—with certain mo-
difications relating to the law of divorce—into Hun-
gary, Croatia, Selavonis, tho Woiwodschaft of Ser-
via, and the Banat of Temesvar. The official organ
also announces for early publication a law to regu-
late the question of the ancient feudal wage, still in
vigour in Hungary under the name of AvitieW,
which gives to the descendants of • former proprie-
tor of an estate the faculty of buying it at the pur-
chase-price, irrespective of the additionel value which
time or improvements may have given to it.
The investigation into the conduct of the ex-
minister, Baron Pittenger?, during the events of
1848, has terminated in his deprivation of the rank
of privy councillor. Similar measures affecting other
public men are shortly to be announced. The com-
mission of inquiry which has to determine upon the
loyalty and courage of ministers during the revolu-
tionary period is presided over by Baron Hartlg.
London, England, 1852-10-22

RAILWAYS.

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLoac.

The railway market is irin heavy. Aberdeen,
Midland, York and North Midland, and Leeds North-
ern, are sensibly lower, and the downward tendency
is general.

French shares arc flat, except Dijon and Besancon,
which are firm. Sambre and Memo have fallen to 9.

IHAILS MID STOCKS UNOUAILANTEED.

kr to-thy up
ttf pm.
London, England, 1852-10-22

EXTENSIVE RAILIV AV AMALGAMATION.

The York and North Midland, the York, New-
castle and Berwick, and the Leeds Northern Railway
Boards of Direction have agreed to terms of amalgamation,
which arc to be submitted to their respective proprietaries,
on the 2nd of November, at special meetings to be held
simultaneously for that puree. The conditions of this
ansalgamstion may be generally stated as follows:
let.—A complete fusion of the three corporations Into
one ; the shareholders of the respective companies beaming
tio'ders of distinct classes of shares in the united company.
2•l.—The prefiss of the united company, that is, the re-
ecipts after deducting the working expenses, to be divided
into three parts.-7 oer cent. (and ultimately 91 per ocut.)
going to the Leeds class of shares, and 93 per cent. (and
ultimately 901 per eent.) being divided, in the proportion
already esplamed, between the York class and the Berwick
class of sham
3rl.—The per centages so apportioned ire then to be sub-
ject to the same charges, including debenture Interest, as
the Leeds Northern, York and North Midland, IRA York,
Newcastle, and Berwick Companies are separately liable to
at present, and the orerplue will be the dividend on each
class of shares. Ihe debenture debts of the three companies
will be consolidated int, one, and become the debt of the
united company, the interest thereon having the same pri-
ority over all other claims which It has at present ; bat the
preference share capital of sects company will only have a
claim upon the per antage of earning* appropriated tothat
"Nrirst Intention of these ecespanies was to make a
traffic arrangement only, but ft we. nor found that the
most beneficial course for all parties would be to eater into
a permanent inalgentatiem
London, England, 1852-10-22

INAUGURATION OF LORD DERBY AS

CHANCELLOR OF OXFORD.

Yesterday, at two o'clock, the Heads of Colleges
of the University of Oxford, preceded by the Vice-Chan-
cellor, the Rev. Dr. Phial:4re, Llr.Gaisford, Dean of Christ
Church, the four Pro-Vice-Chancellors the Warden of
Wadhem College, the President of Sr. lohn's College, the
Provost of Worcester College, and Warden of Merton, as
also the two senior proctors, the Rev. Mr. Lake, of Balliol,
and the Rev Mr. Pritchard, of Corpus Christi, attended at
Downing-street, to formally announce to Lord Derby, by
the vote of the House of Convocation, his election as
Chancellor of the University in the room of the late
Duke of Wellington. The deputation was also attended
by a large body of the clergy, and introduced to his
lordship in his °S kid room. The ceremony, which is
merely of a forma' nature previous to the installation,
having been concluded, the deputation withdrew.
London, England, 1852-10-22

THE lONIAN ISLANDS.

Letters from Corfu, of the Bth, in the Piedsnontese
Gazette, announce the arrival there of H.B.M. frigate
Spiteful, Capt. G. Parker, from Malta. The British
fleet was expected at Corfu about the 13th. The
Lord High Commissioner was expected back at tho
same time. During the last ten days there have
been 330 now cases of small-pox at Corfu, 71 of
which proved fatal. The thermometer was at 82
Fahrenheit, and the drought was excessive.

TIN TIOLZRA IN POLAND.—From an official
report ma o by the authorities of Warsaw, it appears that
the whole number of cholera cases in that city, since the
21'h of May, when the die, as* first appeared, till tho 21st
of August, was 26,685; of these, 11,461 died, 10,798 were
cured, end, at the latter date, 4,323 were under treatment.
The number of cases till the end of September, when the
disease abated, will probably be given in • second return.
to l'oiwn it still prevails, but nut in the most populous
towns, nor to any alurruing titent. Tho cold woatbor
&MeV W 141* obeseksi 14•
London, England, 1852-10-22

THE POLICE COURT&

GUILDHALL,

William Scarborough, a respectable-looking youth, 18
years of ego, was charged under the following circum-
stances :
Joseph Avant, pawnbroker, of Fleet street, stated that
on Wednesday, shout half-put 1 o'clock, the prisoner
wished to pledge two dozen pure of kid gloves. On inquiry,
he said they belonged to his brother a glove finisher, 311
Jewin-street, who worked for a Armin the Borough-road.
Witness said be did not think any glove manufacturers
lived in the Borough-road, sad was about to look in the
Directory to see if any one of the name the prisoner gave
lived in Jewin street, when he said it wee not likely that
he would find his brother's name there, es he lived at the
top of the house. Witness then inquired in whose employ
he was, and the prisoner stated that he wee out of employ,
bet bad been with a chemist at Southampton, whom he had
left four days, and that his brother wished him to pledge
the gloves. Witness, not being satisfied with his statement,
asked him to walk into the parlour, on which he said, "Oh
no, I'll go and fetch my brother," end attempted to run
away. He then gave him into custody, and on inquiry
found he was in the serviceof Mows. Morley, of Wood-
street, Cheapside.
A warehouseman, from Messrs. Motleys, identified the
prisoner as • clerk who had been is their service since Ist
July, and stated his belief that the gloves were their pro-
pery, although there was so pecalianty of make or private
mark about this.
A pulese-semeedile, who searched the prisoner's lodgings,
messed a &epitaph). by whisk it appeared that two dozen '
pairs etglemeled bees pledged at Mr. Fleming's, in Bt.
Martlalidese, we Oat. 8, for 11., and an assistant of Mr.,
Flemish peedneed them, and identified the primate as
having pinked them.
Mr. Itiallerley said that the gloss in gamin were
dmilas to Imes is his warehouse, end that it hal been
ascertained two damn gloves bad bees takes hem a hes is
their warehesee. He was twits sodded Oho lbws wows
the achy sow whisk tiss Omer had bus twonsibt. sad
recwwwwswisi hiss Who swisital seigssiiisl al the ow
be well Weal ssamadly with Se MIL
His father end kWh,: 11.10 wry reepuelalde peruses.
Fwm ease letters that had bees Lund them was reason to
believe thin the priesser lied been induced to eammit the
dhows keys a OINIMIWINI he had formed with a young
wanes is theS674llllll.
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Jellies mum as Ibe Whom st as awsplayse bt a seal`
&oil soma; bet as Ike ease dig wet quite make est
• Mesh be lambi mama the case be the present.
London, England, 1852-10-22

TUSCANY.

Thecorrospondent of the Debota writes :—+Florence,
Oct. 14: Three objects at this moment occupy public
men in Tuscany—the new loan, the commercial
league *ith Austria, as he change of ministry. The
new loan is to be ono of seventy or eighty million
franca. It is to serve for the repayment of the 25
million loan made in 1830, the 10 million loan of
1851, and the residue of the Lucca loan. The old
and now debt contracted with Austria, and amount-
ing to 15 million francs, is also to be discharged,
with 13 millions of the floating debt. There will
remain, after these payments, 15 millions for the
oonstroation of the new port of Leghorn, and the
drainage of the marsh of Bicatina, between Lucca
and Florence.- M. Butoji, the Leghorn banker, is
to negotiate the loan
The commercial league with Austria may be re-
girded as concluded ; but, as it is feared that it will
not produce a good impression upon the country, the
government will refrain from putting it into execu-
tion immediately. The construction of the new port
at Leghorn is a consequence of the Anstro•ltalian
league, for it is to be at once the naval and commer-
cial
port of Atistria in the Mediterranean. I am
assured, in fact, that one of the articles of the league
provides that an Austrian garrison shall always oo-
cupy Leghorn. The Austrians will also guard the
coast line from the Sardinian to the Roman frontier
for the prevention of contraband.
All persons agree in regarding a change of ministry
as inevitable. The Grand Duke to anything but satis-
fied with his present ministers, whose opinions are
more or less opposed to his on every question, bat
most of all on *a concordat si ith Rome.
London, England, 1852-10-22

PITCAIRN'S ISLAND.

Mr. %oaks, the gentleman who has just arrived
in this country from Pitcairn's Idea (says a corn-
spondeot), went eat tram this country about 28 years since
into the Pacific m a missionary teacher. He oflledated as
ekeplain on board bar Majesty's ship the Portland, from
Pitcairn to Valparaiso, the chaplain having been left ashore
at the former place, during the absence of Mr. Knobbes.
The stay of the latter to England will ba about three
ism:oaths, and he will probably return via New York and
Chsgree. One of the objects of his visit here Is to obtain
ordination as a clergyman of the established church. Ace
conking to hie mermat, there are not more than nine sue.
amass amongst sU ths lahabitants of Pitcairn. The men
live to about the age of 60, and Ma women
to 60 years. Their honors are wooden and tarnished.
There is no am e at Pitcairn, and when it blows hard,
any vestal near is o to put to sea. A few years ago a
Captain Canuaway, of the ship Baudicate, a native of
Portsmouth, end who married a lady of flautharaptoo, was
trading between Hobart Town and California, sad called
off Pitcairn's island. While he was on shore it earns on
to blow hard, and his ship was obrged to put to sea. Sin-
gular to say, he was entertained at this hums of Mr.
Kilobbes daring the fortnight his ship was away, and now
corresponds from Hobart Town with that gentleman.
Captain Cannaway wrote to Southampton at the
time an account of his being weather-bound at Pit-
cairn, and alludes to the rational and unaffected piety
of the natives, their tranquil life, and beawiful climate.
'the Tellitan men who accompanied the mutineers from
Otabeite to Pitcairn died childless. The flumes, there-
fore, derive their Tahitan blood from Taeitan women. The
whole of the mutiarsen of the Bounty died violent deaths
with the exception of Adams, and the tragedies which
originally took place in Pitcairn were caused by disputes
respecting the Otahite women who accompanied the
mutineers. The recollection of the tar tile seems
enacted by the first mutineen probably has been in some
measure the cause of the temperance and milcioess of their
durendanst. It was• son of "Christian," the arch muti-
neer, that fleet spoke the ship that re-discover .a Pitcairn,
and revealed to the world the hiding place of the mutineers.
The Briti.h government ought to act liberally toward.
the interesting colony of Pitcairn, which presents psycho-
logiaal manifestations of which there is no previous ex-
ample. Possessed of the strong and restless intellects of the
north, and planted In a soft and delicious china, they dis-
play all the virtues without the alloy of the vices of civi-
lised and savage life.

COURT or DIANGERY.—Viso Chancellor Kinder'lcy
will it at ktadley's Hotel, Southampton, on 'lneulay mat.
Uis Honour bas already sat on two occasions, sad tipsditsd
Chaucer; preecoolier.
London, England, 1852-12-28

LYCEUM.

-
Senson after aeuon we have had to commend Mr.
Manche u conspicuous among the writers of the comic
drams fur ease and eleeanee—pleaoantry and point. And
we have now no falling off to record. In the Good
IVoman in Me Wood, aa in his earlier works, he is still
Mr. Planeha—a jester upon affairs of the day, with a feel•
ing for the picturesque and poetical, and an undercurrent
; of scholarship and literature, which does not confound the
I gallery, whits it propitiates the bones and stalls.
Mr. Planthe has upon this occasion forsaken Madame
D'Anois—a lady to whom he has hid the public under so
I many obligations—and addicted himself to Mdlle. de la
Force, whom, we are bowed to say, be has made to serve
his purpose with equal success. The material which he has
rifled may not be lamiliar to all of our readers.. Th,ro is
an usurper to a certain throne, and a rightful heir—two
brothers. The usurper, Ki g Bruin, having poisoned his
brother, also devotes the children to destruction ; but they
are saved through the agency of the "good woman,'
and subsequently, assisted by discriminating fairies,
obtain their rights. But this is anticipating. The
I privies., fall in bee in the proper quarters—
that is to say with their cousins, and 90, it would seem, tend
to heal family dissensions. The usurper, however, is
Inot allowed to Mani so wily: he is, with great dremstic
justice, carried off by a monster, by no means in human
form, through a trap door, which the audience are informed
is the bottomless pit, after having vainly attempted to come
to an understanding with the very right-minded fiend pre-
siding over those region,. For the rest little need be said;
every aody who has ever seen Mr. Frank Matthews must
know that King Bruin hone of the peculiar parts in which
he might be espeeted to shims. All admirers of Madame
Veetna an undentand how very eseelletat a "good wet-
man" she would make: while the more modern, but
equally enthusiastic devotees of Miss Julia St. Oeorge need
not be told how irresistible the Prince Almond becomes in
her impersonation. Nor should Mips Eglinton, Mies Ito-
bertro,, and Miss Wyndham, be forgotten, as forming the re-
mainder of the quartctt of princes and princesses whose
conduct throughout the piece fully justifies the (theatrical)
happiness which they arrive at in the end. We need
scarcely add, then, that the Good Woman is a complete
success—a success deserved not only by the author and
actors, hut also by the scene-painter and minor wish.
Mr. Beverley, indeed, in the scene on the borders of " Lake
Lucid," achieved a triumph of a no ordinary description.
The whole getting up, in short, mu worthy of the most
careful and moat tasteful days of the accomplished menace.
ment of the Lyceum; and the concluding Pccna in parti-
cular was a triumph of brilliant and bewildering illusion.
The dialogue was quite up to the mark, and the songs
rather hyond it.
The remainder of the performances consisted of Mr. W.
Brooch'. clever piece, A PArnomenon in a Setockfroch,
and bale Toddlekins. The audience wera is great MM..
ben, and even greater good humour.