The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-06 00:00:00

SHOOTING A BUSHRANGER IN AUSTRALIA.

A letter from Melbourne, rewired by the Austra-
lian mall, says :—" The most interesting evert of the
mouth, or, Mired, of many mordhs, is—aacordieg to
popular tsar—the shooting of Daniel Morpa, the (I yap.
pass I most say) celebrated bashranger of New South
Wales. That so bloodthirsty. rernoreeres, sod unique •
raw should excite so mivensl an intermit as be bas done
may, perhaps, parole many. But wiry sbaormal sort
of miscreant, be be • Frees Muller, • Townley, or
• Magee, is some sort perplexes eves reflective moo,
sad for a time norms. the oonvereatkm of almost
every circle, to the aralusios of every other topic.
Magma is known to have committed at haat throe murders
in +sold blood, sod be has may times wantonly shot at,
with iateat to kill, may other perms. Hie highway
robberies, over a career of several yam of coatrooms
crime, an bumerable. With a resolution end dung
caunge of the most realer kind (for he would otter
' Mak up ' adages men at awe) he seem to have oar
• spell over most of his victims, who rarely resisted
him, epohreled u his weir generally was by as
armoury of revolvers. He picked oat the most vela-
able horses tram the settles' paddocks or rabies,
sad, being like most satins of New Booth Weise, •
coondsmate sad fearless horesema, be 'spirally
dried pursuit what the police got oa his tracks. At length
he became Melon:Ma throughout the tawdry side, sad •
few months back the New South Wales government offend
I,OOW. for him dead or save. Now South Wales thus be-
came too hot to hold him, sad I. as evil hoar for himmli
he determined to cross the border into Victoria. Having
been frequently told that be dared not take this step, he
answered, 'that he weald ride through Victor's in • week.'
Early in the present math he seared the Marry River,
sad, after robbing • somber of carriers in stroarkm,
he reached the Pesoltedba Station, belonging to
Meyers. lefisersoe sad Rutherford, BMWs at the jaw.
lion of the Orem and Murray Rivers. Revolver in head,
he entered Mr. tePherwa's house, polluted all **Wastes
into the parlour, and proceeded to make himeoff at home es
into
hie own Whin. One of the sense* however, got away
unobserved, rowed Mr. Rutherford Is the neighbouring
hews sod, Morpa being known, • speedy moiler took
place from far sad near of statics servants, ea well as
polioe, so that dodos the night the house in which Morgan
was reposing was invested as every side. It
was with diffivalty the assembied people were prevailed
from rushing in upon him wen he was • but they were
induced to wait until be should oom forth is the monslan
Meanwhile, Mortars took such reherhassata as he chase,
hindered the ladies late Amadei him with their per-
terminals on the piano, was oommookative with Mr.
M'Pbersoa on the hardships of a buebraegar's life, oar
simony slept (as he mid always with ow eye owe), said
that he had sot known • woad sleep for several eight's
past, sod hoped to hue • good sleep whoa he
reached the Piney mops. What a wolf. life I His
highest hope apparently being for a good slam when
he reached the Piney ranges 1 He mu paver to
reach the Piney reaps in this. world. At about ball-part
Bin the morning be left the house, taking with him Mr.
WPherson and some of the mem, proposing to get himself
• fresh horse from the dockyard. On his way he neared
the ambush of an employe on the MUM oared John Wire:l-
-le+, who, Jumping from his piece el *once:await, shot the
robber through the ban at a distance of some 60 yards.
He fell at owe, but iralantly reoovered sufficiently to be
able to say, Yoe might have given a fellow a
chinos, and not sated as cowards' 90/. in money,
two loaded revolvers, sad two watches woes found
upon Wu Medied assistance was procured, bet
he died shoat five bran afterwards. Being asked fa his
last masers if he would like to ern clergymen. be
promptly said, `No ; lam • native of New South Wales.'
And so he die, shot down like a dog, and, unmanly sue, I
manner of slaying him may &ppm to judges at • dieter*the ,
I
no reflection of this kind is made on his destroyer. It le
certain that Morpn could only have been taken alive after
a desperate reeletion sedj at the almost carter coat of
more valuable lives than his owe. Ao inquest has been held
at the body, sad the verdict is 'Justifiable homicide,'
• verdiot probably technically incorrect, in point of
law, hat which does sot ea that account give Lee public
satisfaction. Morpa was has In New South Wales In
1831 of convict parents, was tried at Outlersaine, is
toria, for hone Mating is 1864, sad got a entire* of 12
years en the roads: He afterwards obtained a ticket of
leave, and oortinseased as • bushranger at Walls Walla,
New South Wales, bi the yes 1863. Slaw that time, in-
dependent of the murders before mestiosed, he has robbed
five mails, committed numerous Miseries emir arms, and
throughout his desperate moor he we. • solitary creature.
He sever joined a hand, but always sorted single-handed.
This single history will go a great way to explain what
Lard Grey calls the aarmeoning opposition of the colonists
to the resumption of transportation to their shores."

TIM EMIGRATION FROM TIER MIRSIT.—From the
ofilcialrepport al the Liverpool ensigestion Adele, published
this week, it appears that for the quarter enable June last
there nailed from the Mersey 147 ships, having ow heard
41,547 souls ; which °amber. when oompared with the oor.
reeposding quarter of last year, showy a dramas of 12,039.
In the put moth of June then sailed to the United States
24 ships, " under the het" with 28 cabin sad 9804 ammo
peasengers„ of whom 2,641 were Ugh* 272 Scot* 5,128
Liah, sod 1,763 fairgoers ; to Ord& there sailed five shies
with 162 cabin end 1.016 steerage pemeagere, of whom 485
were English, 192 Irish, and 339 fansigners ; to Queensland
there wee one ship, with 4 cabin sad 161 damp parem.
ors, of whom 51 were Foolish, 15 Eleateh, and 96 Irish ;
Fistoria there were two ships, with 3 cabin and 401
oaireagem al whom 163 were Erdish, 26 Borah, ZITS
sad 7 tor ers ; Eakin a total of 450 cabin sad 11,
Omni* Dearagers. Of "short ships" there sailed four to
the United Stater, with 500 peerage,' ; one to Newfourl.
land, with 3 ; ere to Vieteria, with 29 ; two to the West
Indies, with 12;8 three to South &merles, with 58 ; sad an
to Yeadeo, with .
Urn= Or ADMINISTRATION ON TAN &TAM Or
Too Irv* PineWorr.—Lettees of administration ea the
estate of the late Prodded Lincoln vas issued as Thum
day by the Probate Court of Sangamon' musty to the How.
David Davis, of Blsossiegtoo, Judge of the United Mere
Circuit Mart for the mothers district of Micas. Hos. J.
F. Stuart is surety epee the hood. The estimated reins of
the estate is 75,000 tols.--dettriossi paper.