The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-19 00:00:00

[TWOPENCE.

private secretary.... thereapos directed to reeved to:the
river for tßat perpowt, sad is rose of failure of permed& la
whams to the *ad that the mat visit timid its • hosts

one.
Mr. Met left this on the morning of the 1011 lase., in
her .Meinsty's strainer Teem, which had a few days bore
aftlllllo from Ragland, and returned on the Mat, Win* to
carry oat his mission ; the chief offeriag to oompromiserthe
meter for 300 dollars. Oa the nese of Mr. DOW, mi
being made kaswa to his Rasellean the Acting Doti err
the T was directed to return to Mallsgbee the
evening, with 160 rank and Ala of the lot and 3rd cot
India Rmietesta ; and Captain Nicholas, of the Tager,
peptide Fletcher, oomeaanding the troops, and Mr. Dillet,
as catiniaelosers es behalf of the government, to dempad,
and, if necessery,infoses refitment. Oa their arrieol at Mal-
l/4We a rocket and shell were thrown over the town, vibes
it was observed from the mast-bead that • white Sig wee
hoisted on the shiers flag-staff, it being undentood at. tho
previous unit that this signal would show their willingness
to *outlaw friandabip ; bet, ad it afterwards turned tegii::
war an intimation •te the people to quit the town.
eemmimiuseee, ow observing the sigual,bincled land* ea
wart of the neon, cal having met tenni persons as the
wharf, they deeind then to acquaint the chief that they
were prepared to treat with him on their minion. Sossitinte
hawingwiapaid, other ateenegasa were disposing upoiltih:
emir rereads In the asentime,the shiers prime
ter, Ilumedoo Toney, cane down to the wharf. Ho
•se ieturar 41 that it the chief did not make hie appeatioes
in half as hour, fire would be *pima upon the town. , At
the expiration of that period, the chief not appearit4, the
flog of trues which had been hoisted on board the Tether
was hauled down, and Momodoo Toaray seised as a pri-
@OM( of war. The ship immediately opened five spnp, tag
town ; the Mosque was is flames, and the fire appeared to
*stead over the greatest part of the town ; the troops nen
safely embarked, having had See moo wounded.
It was then resolved to proceed to the mouth of the river
and retina the following morning. On ninnies the next
day • ponies of the town still appeared steadiest, when it
was determined to land, the troops and Are the remainder.
A man was sent to the masthead to look out, who reported
no sign of the motives is the town, but • considerable Whet-
her at • distance. An advansed guard having been selected,
connoting of 40 persons, under the command of Lieutenant
Vinosat—Cnernander Nicholas and Mr. Diller volostost-
las to amempany it—they proceeded' into the town. They
bad not gnus far Leto the ruins, when a murderous Are wen
opened upon them, by a numerous sad formidable end*,
there mangled. Mr. Diliet was mounded/ at the' first
discharge, in the head and leg. The main body goat lease
up to the support of the leading party, when a mark re-
tiring lire was kept up with the enemy till our troops had
naohed the wharf, when, under cover of the ship's *tins,
they bad partly outmoded in embarking ; hut the phoebe,
with • number of men on oohing off from the wharf, is
said to base bees struck by • bullet, land filling with niter,
the OM, from alarm, enflima Wit. • - Ass 44 trots w"
iessamianly bunted from the ship ; but the men were Dm-
baruselp shot at is the water by the 'ens my on thesbere.
Lieut. Wylie was among thn'party, but le unpaid M have
men drowned. Several of those who bad been ciatinae# for-
tunately escaped the de idly fire of the satires on the Chen,
and swam safely I. the ehip. To the above melantholy
disaster the seven toes of oar troops is slid, to be prinolpilly
attributed.
Of the advanced party, bet Ave returned to the [ship.
Commander Nicholas, Lieutenant Vincent, as! Mr. Dille*
all wounded ; and two soldiers, severely wounded in the
head; Amiss Paymaster Andrews, who had 'also volun-
teered, having been killed among the others of the pasty.
Sergeant Semiarid, as Iriiihmon, and formerly of one of
the Irish regiments, who was also shot, while leading ihie
company, is said to have behaved nobly, and died betkon-
jag his men on to their duty. The men also behaved well,
and were with some difficulty iodamd to obey the aossdYer
the retreat. _

The officers peasant in the skirmish were Oapt. Fleisher,
commanding; l.iaata. Ker and Beasley, 3rd W. I. Best.;
Lents. 8 rachen and Wylie, let W. I. Rev. ; sad Lieut.
Vieeent, 2nd W 1. Regt.; and Stet! Surgeons Merchant
and Bradshaw.
il.eandou Toothy was set at liberty, on his promise tomb•
tale the release of oar prisoners, and their being sent to
Beatty; when the Assistant Surgeon of the Teaser war left,
to crest the wdeadsd on their arrival.
The Teaser left Mallegbea on Wednesday evening, tad
smi•vsl were on the following nothing i sad oa the nese
triremes wes despaehed again, to Mallaghea, it is supposed
for exchange of prleners.
Ws have been told that a native of the Gambia, wko is
here, direst from Mallsghea, reports that ..übseguent MHz*
departure of her Majesty's steamer T , the natives
searched for the cornets of our soldiers, and that 0n1y,16
were found. They had seven prisoners, with Mr. Firt,h ;
and he had not beam hijared. This statement, if oorreot,
may lead to the supposition that a large number of misting
soldiers must have met a watery grave, or been swept thus
the river by the tide, after having been killed. This party also
reports that the amebae of sauces killed is awful, and ex-
ceeds 400. He skinflints* this wars loss to a shell, which
fella/sow a another of bead warriors and elders, assembled
in a thaneil of war in the town, by which they verve!'
ed kill ; and a great number also killed in a small hamlet,
where eismaintion was kept, behind Malleghea, from an
explmicia of gunpowder' caused by a parson trying hie gun,
the flash from the pan of which caught his powder, Bak,
and was tharinunfeated to • number of bine(' of powder,
by which the whole of the town, with the people in it, visa
destroyed.
The alarm Is said to very great among the natives at
Mdleghea ; Baseball Mimab L•hi had sect an extrived to
King Stephen, et the ficrombres, that " the white man demo
kill all his people ; " and craving his assistance. This she,
sage is said to have • been delivered in thh presence of a
remit's% hare, who ems overland, and• arrived bOre last
evening.

FURTHER PARTICI:MAU. FEOM MALLAGREA.
(From the New Bra of June 10:)
The Teasel returned to this on Thursday evening, firma
the nem, whither she conveyed, as stated in our lest
number, J. Mefferd, Esq., anti a native of the lotericw, for
the purpose of effecting an aojestment of the unfortneate
difference with this colony ; which we are happy to say has,
to some latent, been seeeewful, Mr. Mallard having,• we
have bean informed, obtained from the chiefs the require-
ments laid down by the Executive. The hears, ww are
told, have been desisted open to the free interco.utie of
English end Framed trades—the payment of the ssimirip
has bean promised is instalments and two prisoner., with
sine gear, and a soldier's coat, delivered up. Then is
now mareely a doubt that Mr. Firth was murdered, Mid
subsequently decapitated and scalped, •hie hair being dis-
tributed among the head people fur ((mgrs. With respect
to the ether white men who were missing nothing is knotqa.
The recital of the Willies of oar poet soldiers is raid toe
liareowieg to humanity. Sergeant-major Beruiland is Ned
to have been decapitated, and had hie as also cut off;wagat
berquestly his bead and arm were buried by the Dad ,
with his body, in the bush. The body of a white men, sup-
posed to have been that of Lieut. Wylie, and 29 sokliqrs,
wen picked up at Mellitiourle tows, and Aber, buried.
The Timer lets this aril* ea Friday evenicg, for •She
river., with Kr. Mallard, it is said fog irompletiom the
arrargeolsab for pease niado to this goyernment brilke
chiefs of the Melffewair.
Hamby Miss Lehi is reported to have abdieated in Went
of his young brother ForaFatamia Facer, who wW.,qe a
few days, be crowned king of Mallegkea. We trust
,tires
change will be the mesas of reporting • better .rtaiiof
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limuzirr.—Yesterilay Mr. Bedford held a ling
iaquiry at St. George's Hospital relative to the dead', of
Celia Elisabeth Ingram, aged 28, who was found on Sculley
taorsiag is the machinery of a steam-engiue at the Pulliam
Gasworks, as stated to the Erma at the 15th lasi a.
It was proved that deceased lelt her home between nine
and tea c'eleckCia iatarday night to Ouches* Some sitppbr,
sad that she arrests about sa hour sad a ball eftetwirds
war the eaginereom of the works • bat there was no evi-
dence as to how she obtained entrains to the premise, or
became 'Bungled is the - machinery isf the engine. The
gatekeeper pasitimly daakul flaring giros her Wasson.
sad the gets waa always kept locked. When wea afar the
engMaummt she was ant sober, and said that she wanted
Mi.' She was sees aftlewards lost sight of. The jary
Maned a wordlist es! "Asadantal death.',
A remarkable case of somnambulism occurred at
Liverpool on Sunday morning. A yoing lady. who had
bees *kepis, with her sonata. was mimed jest befogs Aar
light. The pekes bad mat ittglitoth sad ear a time 6.61 Xe•
toiligaricts amid I* ,glsuaed. As the day dawned, bow-
-1 ever, arid objects became more visible, a agate teas deserted
movie, wow an adjotaiag flekl. As .amiati. neitte. sat a
demesne eeriest kawaned to overtake the person, and batllbe
naLaaeboly malefaction of lading the prong lady unharilud,
bat in a Sots of sessasasbalieni, welkiag with slow sad mee-
mod steps ,and emly partially dressed. Vfth a.sra4 of
poguirat, excusable ander the circumstances; the aunt
drtrsty raktglitiber 11amt4n her mattratu; Oki other,' fol.
wwing tie oeseapie.eled ifjeel kind germs et endears ,So
arouswior. But Mr reatoratien to emulousness wao
Leanhis sos=zetatrY, if rtillfdesdribed, would (says the
ratermore litre reshapes Alma .maiggy.
Tie asisrupiatekomig.dp stscatilettt pack end .on ar-
.c-buotilatilitr; Ad
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re the field, or anything else in reference to tha fffeir. tilb•
wept long and bitterly after her return ; asst., indeed, be-
ams very in, and eta resting 6.). tie has act endured ea
mead ken bodily pain sts sun hog gigaton!, sod she is sill ia
• my tespeadiag eseditina.