The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-24 00:00:00

THE LATE MURDERS OP AMERICAN

MISSIONA RIES.

We feel lively satisfaction in reporting that the
11116•116iDS of the Rev. Mews. Coning and Mariam, the cu.
cumatauces of whose murders will be fresh in the recoil*,
tion of our readers, have, one of them paid the penalty of
his mime, and three others been condemned to death. Ile
former, Achmet, the murderer of Mr. Coffing, uear
andretta, was decapitated at Adana on the Zith ult., iu the
pewee° of nearly 5,0t10 spectators, including the American,
French, Russian, and Italian consular agents. Perfect
tranquillity prevailed on the occasion, and many of the
Mnseulmans present even shouted " Padiabah sagh olsun
(May the Sultan live for ever After the executiom how-
ever some of the followers of the notorious Mu,tapha
Pacl;a, one of whose relatives, /UM, had been a confederate
with Achmet in hia mime, attempted to waylay and murder
Mr. J. S. Johnson, American consul•generaf at Reyrout, and
some officers of the United States corvette Constellation on
their return from Adana. The party, however, Is..dly faced
their assailants, and drove them off.

The correspondent who reports to us these facts star*
that Khurchid Pacha, governor of Adana, displayed most
praiseworthy energy in carrying out the order of his High-
ness Auld Nobs to bring the now-executed murderer to
justice. Mr. Johnson, above named, ia also said to have
displayed indefatigable zeal in she same effort, and to have
very largely contributed to the result. Our correspondent
adds : —"This execution will have no little influence in
rendering the lives of Christian travellers more lava,
in the dangerous neighbourhood of Alexandretta. The next
step for the purging of the high road between that place
and Aleppo and Adana of robbers is to remove Mustapha
Pasha, the protector of brigands, from his post of aumacan
of Playas." We have reason to believe that Mr. Joy Morris,
the American minister, is earnestly urging this latter step
on the Porte, and in the best interests of the government
itself—which bears the blame of all such outrages iu the
public opinion of Europe—we hope his efforts will be suc-
oessfuL

To this brief record of accomplished justice we are glad
to be able to add that three of the principal murderers of
Mr. Meriam between Adrianople and Philippopoli have
also been condemned to death at the former place, and will
be similarly executed in a few days. Their accomplice%
lees brutally guilty, have been sentenced to various other
punishments, proportioned to their shares in the outrage.
The gang to which the whole of these ruffians belonged has
kept the whole country between Refloat° and Philippopoli
in terror for more than two years, and is known to have
committed at least 20 murders. That justice has now for
the first time overtaken them is very greatly to the credit of
Mehemet Kihriali Pula, governor of Adriiumplo ; Nou.Tet
Bey, specially sent on this service by the Porte, Mr. 4. E.
Blunt, H.M. vice consul ; and Mr. Trowbridge ; the special
agent of the Auserican legation, who have all earned well
of the province and of the Porte for their exertions on this
occasion.—Levant Herold of October 15.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Fool,lanque.)
IN RE CHIRON. -APPLICATION FOR RELEASE.

The bankrupt, a foreigner and described as a general
wen:haat, applied for his release from custody.
Mr. M. Abrahams opposed, and urged that the bankrupt,
bving a foreigner, only sought to obtain his discharge in
that be might go aliroad, and so evade his creditors.

Hi. Honour, alter.. looking' .through the papers, said ho
did not see anything in the awe to warrant him in refusing
the discharge. He could not lay it down u a general
Nit: that beCILUSO debtors were foreigners they were there-
fore to be kept in custody.
I:elesse panted.