The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-06 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE IBERIA.

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company's vessel Iberia arrived at Southampton
yesterday morning, bringing the following dates:—
Gibraltar, 27th ; Cadiz, 28th ; Lisbon, 31st of Dec. ;
Oporto, Ist; and Vigo, 2nd of January.
The most important &deices she brings are from
Oporto, and consist chiefly of details of the defeat of
M'Donnel by the Queen's General, Canal, at Braga, a
summary of which we were enabled to give in a part
of our yesterday's impression, received by the Rattler.
The following translations from the Nacional of'
Oporto furnish particulars of the engagement :
The slaughter was very great, and the loss of
Nl.Donnel said to be 200 killed. Coral moved, on
' the 19th, to Villa Nova de Punch ,no. Jl'Donnel
wished to retire on the 20th, but Brigadier Victorino
would not consent to do so, insisting that they should
fight. M'Donnel, being thus forced, consented. He
was occupied on the 20th in forming trenches in the
road Dos Plaines, at Cruz da l'edra, and at Conega,
contrary to the will of the whole town. They
were not completed when the fire commenced
on Cruz da Pedro, the key of the position,
valiant resistance being offered from within. Canal
ordered an attack to be made on both sides at
Plaines and Conega, and for a whole hour Canal's
corps was en"aged at Cruz da Pedro; the right
advanced to Conega, and the left towards Plames.
Three times they advanced on the trenches of the
latter, and three times were they repulsed. They
rushed a last time to the charge, and succeeded in
reaching the other side. Cazal then excited his men
to force the whole entrenchment. They poured into
the town on all sides, and, rushing through the
streets, reached the square of Santa Anna. NPDonnel
fled with 25 men, taking the road to Carvalho d'Este,
and stopped to sleep at the foot of Povoa de Lanhoso,
on the night of the 20th. On the 21st, he went in
the direction of Senhora do Porto, as if he were going
to Penafiel. The loss, on the part of Canal, was 100
killed and wounded. Of M'Donnel's men, whose
bodies lay strewed in the streets, 312 were buried,
including many unarmed people. At the last, no
quarter was given to any one found in the streets. A
series of plunder and excesses was then enacted by
the troops, which lasted from the 20th till the 22nd.
The news brought by the Iberia from Lisbon, being
only a couple of days later than that printed above,
is of little comparative moment. The following ex-
tracts from our correspondent's letter, ❑nder date 31st
December, are however not without importance :
Nothing (says the &metro of Dee. 28) has been learned
from the chief prisoners respecting the late action at Torres
Vedras, as they are denied all intercourse even with their
relatives. Count Bomffn's wife, attempting to communicate
with her husband, now on board the Diana frigate, wee
refused all intercourse except by an open letter.
On the 3Uth a Septembriat proclamation, couched in strong
language, wu secretly issued, reminding the people that
their cause did not depend on the issue of one battle, and
concluding with a call " to arms."
The Mario, Dee. 30, gives a document addressed to the
police, which complains that, notwithstanding the decree
forcing &reulation of the notes of Lisbon as current money of
the realm, dealers continue to require payment in cash, and
then proceeds to make such offenders aware of the penalties
they incur.
As an instance of the injustice of this decree our comes-
dent gives the following case: " I go on 'Change with 100
moid Tee in gold, and exchange them with a broker for 120
moidore notes. Thence Igo to the shop of a goldsmith and
demand a correspondent amount of gold in chains (sold here
by weight with a trifling allowance for workmanship),
threatening the shopkeeper, if he refuse to sell his goods at
20 per cent. under their real value, with tho penalties pre-
pared fur him by the law."

PARIS, Jax. 4.
The general topic of conversation in Paris at the
present moment is the approaching session. The
deputies are flocking in, no less than 150 having
been present at the reception on the let inst. All the
chiefs, with the exception of M. Odilon Barret, who
is daily expected, and M. de Lamartine, who always
comes late, are on the ground. M. fliers, M. de
Hemmed, M. Billaut, and M. Duvergier d'ilauranne,
were present at the Tuileries. M. Guizot had put
on his most lofty air, and M. I)uchatel his most
caressing one. The former looked defiance at the
opposition; the latter seemed rather to think of re-
taining, by those seductions of which he is a master,
the support of a complaisant majority. I do not think
the ministers are without anxiety as to the turn the
debate on the address is likely to take. My reason for
thinking so is the extraordinary tone of the King when
answering the addresses of the Chamber of Peers and
the Chamber of Deputies at the ceremony of the let
of January. It is a long time since lie has been
heard to praise liberty with such energy as on this
occasion. The members who heard him thought
themselves transported back again to the days which
followed the revolution of 1830, when Louis Philippe,
standing at the balcony of the Palais Royal, mingled
his voice with that of the crowd below, and sang
the Marseillaise. The King's sister, Madame Adelaide,
whose revolutionary opinions are well known, was in
the greatest joy ; and a deputy, who had come up
close to the King, remarked that his speech would
make some noise; to which Louis Philippe rejoined
that "he hoped it would be heard beyond the
frontier." In Paris the public attach little import-
ance to such demonstrations. When the ministers

put a more liberal speech than usual into the mouth
of the King, the supposition immediately is, either
that the ministry is embarrassed, and wishes to put
on a varnish of popularity, or that there is a
threatened demand for money, such as a dowry, for
example.
Besides the difficulties caused by the rupture
between the cabinet and England, there are others
connected with internal dissensions. I have already
spoken to you of the rivalry which exists between ht.
Guizot and M. Duchatel. *The latter affects, amongst
his friends, to be discontented. As the marriage of
the Duke de Montpensier was concluded in his
absence by M. Guizot, he does not conceal his dis-
approbation. His friends, taking the cue from him,
cry out that a great imprudence has been committed,
that a large policy has been sacrificed to a narrow
one, and by that means that an excellent situation ham
been spoiled. This dissension is known in the
chamber, and cannot but disunite the majority.
There are other difficulties, too, which stop the way.
The Journal des Mbals has declared, in the name of
the ministry, that no reforms would be thought of this
year, and that the postal reform, the heavy salt-
tax, and the reform of the customs, would
be indefinitely adjourned. On the other hand,
the consequences of the inundations have added
fresh charges to the budget. A fresh loan has been
talked of, and the floating debt mast of necessity be in-
creased. If the opposition proceeds well and does
not limit itself to the internal question, it may be
enabled to drive the ministry into a corner, and
morally ruin it in the eyes of the country. The mi-
nistry evidently fears this, for it is delaying the battle
as long as it can. It is stated that the debate on the
address in the Chamber of Deputies will not take
place till after that in the Chamber of Peers, and it
seems that the debate will not commence there till
the 18th; consequently, that in the Chamber of De-
puties would not take place till the 25th. A whole
month will then pass before the elective chamber
touches public affairs. The ministers intend to pre-
serve the greatest reserve in the Chamber of Peers
as to English and French differences. This will
be easy for them to do thanks to the assist-
ance of M. Broglie, whose pride is flattered by be-
coming once more the patron of the cabinet. But
as the Chamber of Peers may demand an explanation
from Ministers, they wish to wait for the explanation
which Lord John Russell and Lord Palmerston are to
give in the House of Commons, in order to form their
language upon that held in London. As to the op-
position, whatever may be said on the subject, it has
yet formed no decisive plan, and will not do so until
it has acquainted itself with the contents of the diplo-
matic documents. Till then the opposition will allow
the journals to make commentaries and ministers those
bravados which are so little worthy of the dignity
Government.

ROME, pre. 24.
The grant of a cardinal's hat to the unpopular go-
vernor of Home on his late removal from office, (an
unexpected measure, of which the peculiar motives
were communicated in my last) has undoubtedly
checked fora moment the enthusiasm of loyalty which
had gone on crescendo since July. Numerous pas-
quinades have circulated this week of a very violent
kind, and full of gross personality against Marini. Ar-
rangements were said to have been in progress for greet-
ing the new dignitary with a storm of hisses and execra-
tion on the occasion of last Monday's ceremonial, but
the boisterous state of the weather—unusually severe
even for winter—cooled the indignation of the Romans,
and by the blessing of the barometer, his eminence
tot off unscathed. His evening kree was even bril-
Bandy attended ; all the diplomatic body being pre-
sent in compliment to the Pope, and female influence
having worked assiduously among the native
nobility in furtherance of this demonstration.
The British uniforms were especially conspicuous in
the halls of reception, and much hilarity, considering
the bitter cold, was occasioned by the display of the
Scottish kilt on the person of some child of—
., ea!edon`..l stern sad wilL"

trated into the latter, could see a month or two ago,
scattered about the rocks, the bones of the innume-
rable victims who fell in the first massacre. But in
one place there is an immense heap, which he conjec-
tured must contain nearly a thousand skeletons.
Among these the tresses of the women, which the
Nestorians wear in long braids down the back, were
conspicuous. The story of their fate was narrated by
one of the few survivors near this tragic spot. The
whole village had taken refuge on the summit of a
rock, inaccessible but by a narrow path, cut in the *leer
face of a precipice several hundred feet high, and so
extremely penlous, that nothing less than the dread
of imminent death could have prompted any human
thing to venture along it. One by one, along this
giddy ledge, the villagers conducted their families to
the top of the rock, where they lay concealed from
their enemies. '1 heir hiding-place was betrayed by
some accident to the Kurds, who, however, preferred
besieging the Christians to following their dangerous
track. After three days, iatolenible thirst induced
them to listen to a rai-ve-iman, or solemn promise
made on the Koran, by Bederhan Bey, to spare their
lives if they would come down and surrender. They
came down, put themselves in his hands, and were
immediately massacred.

The princess Ltuicclaiitinldel Drabro did the honours
with inborn gracefulness, and all things passed off
satisfactorily.—This being Christmas eve, will account
for the brevity of my letter. The festival of this
hallowed night is to be held with unwonted solemnity
and liturgical magnificence in the basilica of St.
Mary Major on the F.squiline. It is probable that
the Pontiff, whose charitable donations have been this
week on a scale of unusual largeue, and whose pre-
tence, during these sacred rites, in the midst of his
people must endear him to all classes, will regain any
amount of popularity which the shadow of this un-
lucky but may have lost him.

FRANCE.—General Baron .11ergez, who died in Paris
lately, in the 75th year of his age, besides being one of
the few survivors of the early ward of the French
Revolution of 1789, served with great credit under Dam
pierre, Bernadotte, crud subsequently in the Russian cam-
paign, where he wus taken prisoner. He married the second
daughter of the late Thomas Ilidcroft, the dramatist, who
survives to lament the termination, after an affectionate
intercourse of upwards of forty years.

GREECE.—In a part of our impression yesterday,
we mentioned a letter addressed to the Athens paper, L'Es.
pemnce, of December 14, professing to explain the
designs of n Gallo-German plot against the con-
stitution of Greece. The following is a summary
of the letter above mentioned. The writer refers to
the memoir of Prince Metternich fur evidence of the views
of Austria toward Greece. According to these views,
the ideas of constitutional freedom are, by no means,
suited for a young nation like Greece, which requires peace
and material improvements rather than discussions and dis-
turbances. An unsettled condition of government in Greece
must be a continual annoyance to the allied courts, and,
therefore, it is desirable that Greece should receive a consti-
tution like that of Bavaria and other German states. Owing
to the general state of polities, Austria has hot met with any
warm reception of her views in the courts of Russia,
England, and France. But, lately, Austria, as a return for
her kindness to the French court in its intrigue, is under-
stood to have received from that court assent both to the
suppression of Cracow and the propositions concerning
Greece, contained in the memoir of Prince Metternich.
These propositionsare distinctly stated as follows: 1. Greece
is to receive a constitution like that of Bavaria. 2. In order
to establish and maintain this new order, and to suppress
any revolutionary movement, a body of 8,000 Austrians are
to be starioned in Greece for ten years. The regular army
of Greece is to be incorporated with the auxiliary troops.
To these propositions the British Government has objected,
that it cannot consent to any arrangements resersing the
government of Greece, and has added that it will per-
sist in this objection even if left alone in doing so.
In consequence of this state of things, the English squad-
ron now cruising off Portugal has received orders, with an
exception of one division, to make sad for the coast of
Greece, under the command of Admiral Parker. At the
same time, a considerable body of troops will be collected in
the lonian Isles, prepared to show resistance if this new
Gallo-German Alliance, in disregard of the British protest
against it, proceeds to carry out the project above stated.

COLONIAL.
NEW ZEALAND.

MOSUL, Nov. 15.
Three years ago, Europe learned with horror that
a Kurd chieftain, named Bederhan Bey, had massa-
cred 5,000 Christians in the mountains of Kurdistan.
The claims of the surviving brethren of these mur-
dered men upon the sympathies of Christendom were
disguised by the sectarian denomination of Nestorians.
Who were the Nestorians? Some affirmed they were
the lost tribes of Israel; others assigned a different
origin. What appeared certain was, that they were
the only people in Asia who spoke the pure Chaldean
dialect; that their number amounted to between one
and two hundred thousand; that their location was
among the Teary mountains, the loftiest group in
Kurdistan comprised between the two main branches
of the Great Zab, which flows into the Tigris below
Mosul; that they had a worship resembling the Ca-
tholic, but instead of acknowledging the supremacy
of the Pope, were subject to an hereditary Patriarch
of their own nation, whom they called Mar Shimoun.
It was also known that the missionaries of Rome
bad towards the close of the seventeenth century
succeeded in establishing a schism among these
Chaldean Christians, and that Pope Innocent XI.
had in 1681 set up a rival patriarch of the converted
branch at Diarbekir by the name of Mar Yousauf,
which, like the other appellation of Mar Shimoun,
continued to be applied to successors. The Church of
Rome, at the same time, usurped for its proselytes,
the name of Chaldean Catholics, while it fixed upon
the elder Chaldean church the heretical designation
of Nestorians, which is by themselves rejected. The
new schism, although zealously promoted from poli-
tical grounds by France, made, and makes, but small
progress- But the Nestorians, in proportion to the
RI success of the importunate and vexatious inroads
which are made upon their religion, labour under the
misfortune of having given umbrage to France by the
strict fidelity with which they adhere to the ancient
traditions of their own church, and the independent
spirit with which they decline the protection of that
power. The massacre of 5,000 Nestorians, therefore,
by a fanatical Mussulman, did not produce that uni-
versal indignation and sorrow throughout Europe
which might have been expected from the shedding
of so much Christian blood. But, in proportion
to their religious independence, the Nestorians
became naturally an object of interest to those
nations, of which England is the head, which
advocate the principles of religious liberty, and claim
for the Christians of the East the unmolested exercise
of their peculiar worship. England, accordingly,
took the lead in those diplomatic proceedings which
were adopted at Constantinople for inquiry, compen-
sation, and protection. Mr. Stevens,consul at Samsoun,
was sent to Mosul. Ile had an interview with
Bederhan Bey at Jesira. The result of his investi-
gation, one must suppose, could not have been very
favourable to the Nestorians, as the Kurdish chief
who had slaughtered them underwent no further
punishment than the restoration of a few Nestorian
captives. it was said the Nestorians had stolen some
of the sheep of Nouralla, the Kurdish Bey of Hakiari.
The Bey of Jesira, who had helped his brother Kurd
to such signal reprisals for the loss of his sheep,
remained at the head of his district, at liberty, when
good appeared to him, to repeat the same bloody
game upon any pretence of equal importance. I am
aware that the Nestorian!' are accused in the begin-
ning of the differences between them and the Kurds,
of having slaughtered some Mahometans who wore
green turbans, and were called the descendants of the
PropLhet, and that it is affirmed, in excuse of Beder-
hen Bey's cruelty, that Mussulman fury was excited to
an ungovernable pitch by the sacrifice of a tribe to
whom peculiar sanctity is attributed. But every one
that has extended his Turkish travels even no further
than Constantinople knows that half the porters and
people of the lowest condition in that city wear green
turbans, and call themselves the descendants of the
Prophet; but that no one esteems them a bit more
holy or better descended on that account. Besides,
thii charge is denied by the Nestorians.
This, then, is the protection which Europe grants
to the Christians of the East. She leaves a set of
defenceless Christians at the mercy of a savage, who
has just massacred 5,000 of them ; and takes no
guarantee against the recurrence of such a dreadful
calamity. except some fallacious assurance from the
Porte that nothing of the kind shall happen again.
Such is the manner in which Europe redeems the
precious trust which was bequeathed to her by the
crusades. Every one who knows the East knows
that, unless that trust, and the duties attached to it,
had been recognised by. Christian Europe, and from
time to time, as occasion called, acted upon, the
Christians of the East must have been long ago exter-
minated by the fanatic fury of the Mussnlmans.
What ought to have been done in this case is clear.
The European powers ought to have insisted upon the
deposition of Bederhan Bey ; a matter much easier to
carry into effect then than now, when he has strength-
ened himself by a close alliance with Mahmoud
Khan, the hereditary ruler of Van, and most powerful
thief now remaining in Kurdistan. But so far from
receiving any punishment, Bederhan Bey has been
continually caressed and flattered by the Turkish
government. He has figured in their official prints
as the devoted servant of the Porte, while he was
acting in utter defiance of their authority, and ex-
Pressed the most undisguised contempt for the in-
structions which he received from Constantinople. It
is not difficult to penetrate the meaning of this indul-
gence. It has long been a pet scheme with the Porte
to lamp the Kurdish beyliks into one large pashalik,
winch they might commit to the government of a
Man whose fate would lie at their mercy. The reali-
sation of this project would bring them in 100/.
"here they now get 1/. They would sell the pasha-
lik annually, as they do the pashaliks of Trebizond,
Raul, Bagdad, and all to which the tanzimaat has
sat been yet applied, for a sum perhaps little short of
60,0001., whereas the tribute which they get at pre-
sent from the Bey of Jesira amounts to 50,000
Piastres. They regarded Bederhan Bey as the fittest
tool for their purposes, and thought to cajole that
ferocious chieftain into being their cat's-paw. In
forming this idea they quite mistook the man's
""inctor, which is not that of a traitor, but of
!jangle. Even in his persecution of the Nestorians
there is the savage sincerity of a thorough Masaulman.
Alter an interval of three years, Bederhan Bey has
r"ldea fresh expedition against the Nestorians, and
tawnered some more thousands of them. What pro-
T'elsLi°, they gave, whether by stealing sheep or
the ,wise, is Lot yet apparent. But it is certain that
'thooroyer neither age nor sex. Ho sent
twirihit° TaStocarirseldoa, who conjured him to desist from
, that he would take no slaves
s timefor the English to trouble him with mes-
Zg, " about; but that he would put all his prisoners,
et women, and children, to the sword. And his
—4rl t'" • h I
eters wit out any s eves was a fatal gn
N ue. bad kept his word but too well. The tribe of .
• hotel that he attacked this time were of Tek- I
!" district near Teary. A traveller, who pene-

In our yesterday's abstract of the latest intelligence
from this colony, it was remarked that the papers we had
received slid not enable us to trace the movements of the
governor from the time of Rauperaho's arrest till his appear-
ance at Porirua, after the capture of Rangitsaeata's pats. We
have since received a New Zealand Spectator of the 25th of
July, which enables us in great part to supp the deficiency,
and also to trace with tolerable precision Governor Grey's
I movements from the time of his quitting Wellington, His
I excellency sailed from Wellington in the Driver, on Mon-
day, 20th July, and proceeded direct to Weikanae, where
he landed, and communicated with the friendly tribes at
Waikasase, Otaki, and Ohau. On the 22nd (not the 24th.
as gated yesterday), the Driver returned to Porirun, where
(and' not at h;s pats at Kapiti) Houpernha was arrested
early on Thursday morning. Respecting the Cause of his
arrest, the New Zealand Spectator says It is re-
ported that hie excellency has received information of a
nature to convince him that while this arch-traitor was
full of friendly professions to the government, he was in
secret and constant corresponder.ce with Rangihaeata, and
his messenger was seized in the act of conveying a letter to
the latter chief, promising to send him a supply of arms and
ammunition." On Thursday evening the Driver left Porirua
with the governor, the troops nod sailors, and again pro-
ceeded to Waikanae. This movement woe believed at
Wel-
lington to have been made to intercept the Wanganui
natives under Napara and. Maketu, who were expected at
Orewhenua.

The expectation of these reinforcements from the north
explains Rangihaeata's retreating in that direction before
the expedition from the Hutt which captured his pah. 't he
intelligence we published yesterday represented Rongib3eata
an inclosed between the forces from the Hutt on one hand,
and those with the governor on the other. But from this
additional information it would appear that the governor's
party might be placed between Rangihacata's and the natives
advancing from Orewhenua. The reinforcement of soldiers
mentioned yesterday as having been landed at Porirua from
the Calliope, consisted of 6 officers, 8 serjeants, 7 corporals,
and 162 rank and tile of the 68th and 65th Regiments, who
arrived at Wellington front Sydney in the Levant on the
22nd October. . _ _

SWITZERLAND.—The Journal de Geneve of the
let inst. publishes the project of the constitution, as decided
upon by the commission of the grand constituent council.
The following is an epitome of the first articles of the project.
Art. 1. The republic of Geneva fnrms one of the cantons of
the Swiss confederation: all political power emanates alone
from the people the form of government is a representative
democracy.—Art. 2. All Geneve'e are equal in the eye of
the law.—Art. 3. Individual liberty is guaranteed.—Art. 4.
Private dwellings are inviolable.—Art. 5. Property is in-
violable.—Art. 6. General confiscation or sequestration of
the property of persons accused, or sentenced by default,
cannot take place.—Art. 7 establishes the liberty of the
press.—Art. 9. Freedom of worship is established.—Art. 10.
Freedom of education.

GERM ANY. —BERLIN, Dec. 31.—1 t is expected that
a Prussian consul will be sent to China, in accordance with the
wishes expressed by a number of Germans resident in
Canton. The manuficturers of the Rhenish provinces have
deputed Herr Diergardt to claim from the Prussian govern.
went the sum of 240,000 thalers as an indemnity for the
loses crested by the increased duty on twists. It appears
that they have little chance of obtaining that request.—
Cologne Gazette, Jan. 4.
TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 17. -- The
Austrian internuncio had a personal interview with the Grand
Vizier, in which he submitted to him all the acts relative to
the incorporation of Cracow, and demanded an official reply.
He made a second demand, to say the least, a singular one,
namely, to be informed of the impression produced on public
opinion by the act. Two Cabinet Councils were held upon
this subject, and although the Porte has not as yet given a
reply, we have full reason to suppose that it will be conceived
in a tone of disyrrobation. A report was spread last week
of some changes in the ministry. The Seraakier Kosrew
Pacha is very old, and his capacities have sensibly diminished,
and serious thoughts are entertained of placing himon the re-
tired I ist, and replacing him by a younger and more active man.
Riza Pacha, and the Minister of Marine, Mehemed Ali
Pacha, are both spoken ofas his successors. Chekib Effendi,
appointed ambassador to the Court of Austria, is shortly to
leave Constantinople fir his post. It has been decided that
Chekib Effendi, who isto take Rome en route, is to congratu-
late the new Pope in the name of the Sultan. This is a fact
unprecedented in the annals of Turkish history. On the
other hand the Pope intends sending M. Esealon, his Consul-
General at Marseilles, on a mission to Constantinople. These
will be the first diplomatic relations between the Porte and
the Papal Court. It is a fact which speaks honourably
for Catholicism, and proves the liberal ideas which
animate the Sultan and his ministera Religious hatreds are
vanishing, and the Turkish State Gazette has of late in-
serted two articles moat favourable to the Pope, formerly the
object of the execrations of every good Mtosulman, nod they
give him absolutely the same titles as other crowned heads.
Public rejoicings terminate to-day in honour of the birth of
a prince, who has received the name of Mohammed-Zia-
Eddin !light of faith). Without speaking of the number of
his wives, which increases daily, the Sultan has at present
ten children. Three of the princes are Murad, Abd-ul-
Hamid, and Mohammed-Zia-Eddin. The eldest, Murad-Ef-
fendi, who is seven years of age, has commenced to learn
French. The last steamer from Trebizond has brought the
news of the death of the governor of Erzeroum, Bahri-Pacha,
who met his death by accident. That functionary learning
that Lieut.-General Ahmed Paella, appointed to the military
command of the province, and who was on his way to Erie-
room to occupy his post, was only a few leagues off, left the
town on horseback with a numerous retinue to welcome and re-
ceive him. Bahri-Pacha and Ahmed-Pacha returned together
towards the city, when traversing a plain favourable to
equestrian exercises, the persons of the suite put spurs to
their horses, discharging their fire arms whilst at full speed,
by way of showing their dexterity, but, at the moment that
a Circassian, in the suite of Bahri-Pacha, discharged one of
his pistols, his horse swerved and the ball struck Bahri-
Pacha, who was at a considerable distance. Death was in-
stantaneous, the ball having struck him on the temple. Bahri-
Pacha, by birth a Circassian, was brother of the Minister of
Police, Hafiz•Pacha. He had been recently appointed
governor of Erzeroum, as a reward for the zeal and courage
he displayed at the head of the troops of the province,
during the disturbances of last July. The Porte has to
mourn the for of an excellent officer and faithful servant.
MEXlCO.—Private accounts from Mexico by the
late steamer, state that Mr. Bankhead, the British minister
there, had received an application from the officer in com-
mand of the United States squadron, off Vera Cruz, request-
ing his interference to induce the Mexican government to
re-open negotiations for peace with the United States. From
the authorities in Mexico, from whom this statement is
derived, there would seem to be little doubt of the general
correctness of the statement. Santa Anna, it is mentioned,
had been freely applying his own funds for the pay and sup-
port of his army, which was daily becoming more efficient,
and prepared for active operations. The Avon, the next
steam-packet, was to bring away the two millions of dollars
of the two conducts' on their way to the coast, to the ship-
ment of which at Tampico no obstruction would, it was said,
be offered by,the United States troops in posaesaion.

SAILING OF THE BOSTON PACKET.—LITERPOOL,
JAN. s.—The steam-ship Hibernia, Capt. Ryrie, sailed this
day at noon for Halifax and Boston, with mails and passen-
gers. She carriesout the Earl of Elgin, Governor-General of
Canada, and suite ; vie., Lord Mark Kerr, the Hon. Arthur
Egerton, son of the Earl of Ellesmere, the Hon. Egremont
Lascelles, &c. On his Excellency going on hoard a royal
salute was tired. The Hibernia takes out 400,0001. in specie,
one half of which has been forwarded direct from the Bank
of England.
Mr. NVaghorn, accompanied by Mr. Austen, the
engineer, end aasistants, left Trieste the 29th ult., for Ancona,
Rome, Naples, and Brindisi.
A TRAP FOR NEWSPAPER PLAOIARISTS.—The
Maidstone Ga:ette, of yesterday, says: "The other
morning pipers have combined in their foreign expresses to
beat the Daily New, for which contingency the Daily
News, being published at a lower price, must have been
prepared. On Saturday, the Daily News, whose early in-
telligence bad been sometimes taken by its rivals without
acknowledgment, obtained the India mail, okl Trieste,
through Lieut. Waghorn, before any other paper, slightly
altered some words of the Bombay Times, and was by this
alteration able to detect the dishonesty of two papers which
published the matter in second editions, without acknow-
ledgment. This piracy is very disgraceful."
POST-OFFICE ROBBERY.—Yesterday information
was received by the metropolitan police that two
letters containing notes and bills of exchange amounting to
2,2291. 18s. 6d. had been abstracted during transit through
the post-Mace, from the Brm of W. S. Cheetham, of Not-
tingham, to the Commercial Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh.
All efforts at present, either to trace the notes or detect the
guilty parties, have been unsuccessful.

With the exception of thee± who had left Wanganui with
Napara and Maketu, and who are described as "notoriously
the most troublesome in the district," the Maori in that
quarter are said to be quiet and well disposed. The lien.
It. Taylor hid arrived at Wanganui from Taupe with the
intePiirence that the natives of that inland district had no
intention of joining Itangihaeata. and professed a friendly
feeling towards the settlers. At Taranaki (New Plymouth),
by the last accounts, the natives were quiet, and did not
attempt to molest the settlers. A hundred well-armed
Waikato§ had visited Taranaki about a mouth before, but
after remaining a few days feasting with the natives of the
district had returned to their own country.
RF.VENUE.—The accounts of the revenue sea expenditure
of the town and district of Wellington for the quarter
ending 30th June. arc published in the New Zealand Spec-
tator of 26th July. The ordinary revenue amounted to
1,4281., of which 1,1311. was derived from customs' duties;
a bill bad been drawn by the Governor, is aid of revenue, on
the commissioners of the Treasury, for 2,5001.; an advance
to the military chest of 1,000!. had beta repaid; debentures
to the amount of 1,280/. had been received: these items,
with the balance of 1,0381. in the Treasury at the beginning
of the quarter, amounted to about 7,2,401. Per contra, the
expenditure on account of the district had been 4,11951.; a
remittance of 5001. had been made to the sub-treasury as
New Plymouth; 1,0001. had been advanced to the military
chest; and 1,5841. paid upon debentures. One way and
another the balance of 1,0381. in the Treasury at the com-
mencement of the quarter had dwindled to one of 671. at its
close.
LAND SLIP At TAUPO.--The following details of this
casualty are from the Neu, Zealand Spectator :—" It appears
that the primary Cause of this ruin was an immense land-
slip from a mountain, neer one thousand feet above the
level of the lake, which falling down, choked up the gorge
through which a stream escaped from a little valley, and
which, being converted into a lake, when it had attained a
certain depth, burst its barriers, and carrying down trees,
stones, and mud, swept away every vestige of vegetation,
and, in its course, emptied several of the reservoirs of the
boiling springs, which thus increased the evil. The dht.ince
of the mountain from the lake is about three miles. Tho
stratum of mud is now from ten to twelve feet deep, and at the
time of the eruption, in its semiliquid state, must have been
much more." The winter in the Taupe country is described
as having been very severe, with much snow.

_ _ ___ __ _ _ _ __ _
Quarter, ended Year 9,
,-----4,------, ended Quarters ended Ye Year ended .1 rm. I, Quarter ended Jan. 3,
ended 1 1047. 1817.
A 164 5, July 5, OM. 10, Jan.
~ Jan.
~ 1 April 5, 11
54. Oet. 10, 5, .a ..--..,
A 1646. 1345. 1343. 1844 1144.1 , 1846. 1546. 1544. 1 1847. 1447. 1 Ineresse. Demme. lneresse. Deerems.
Cmtoms ........ ............_...... ........... _____ 41701,546 4,499,501 4,1146,363 4,354,7 18,143,21.11 3,961,916 4,523,391 g,310,913 4,514,721 14310,1631 2444630 .....
Excise
Stamp.
Taxes ... ... 143,943 1,000.567 i 201,27 1,876,051 4,223,8421 146,142, 2,006,427 369,910 1,909, 4,272,408 i 48,546, 13.848
..
1,905,711 909,901 1,823,883 386,97 3,021,370, 1,947,842, 1.009,162 1,972,130 450,21 5,103,391 P 346,8211 63,234
Ir:saint Tat
174001 155,000 :09,000 189,000 731,0001 vs,ono 161,900 217,000 2111,000 416,000 113,0001 14,010
....... ... ... . .
Crown lamb
71.6m11.1.08m. (esalislve et Mr lisety) 22,9311 13,652 13,102
,69,617 120,317! 91,322 10,001 177,910, 29,677 517.090 1047731
P,955
TilleerXoo93 smorne -
10.330.639 12,411,31 R 12,842,908 12,031,678 47,1.34161 9,733,790' 11,373,187 13,590,1031 11,486,33, 48,604.418 4.1411.057 314700 313.312 92,6,0
China 392,0431 450,000 3014639 1,144924 j 440,090 MAN
impratil=lll•o amp
11ogammis of Ahura ..... ........ ....-..
2blll Immo 11,368,67.3 12,623,1341 13,811,480 12,900,798 30,601,988. 10,343,173.13,196,793, 14,330,4411 12,820,671, 30,613,020 1,944,9671 1,233,925 243,3311 323,459
Applied to Cassedid. TYNE exam se Adnarom 7,273,0771 8,233,3421 5,800,973 7,459,997 32,2.78,009 9,40.33.5; 8,4713,131 7,617,433 8,615,893130,177,822 L236,923,Ded. Deer. 523,4311 DM. Dem.
10110 applied as Admin.= 390,000 101,301 330,000 613,077 1,646,575
14%01
91,301 472,500,1 837,500 1,341,601
13 -1 1....
,032 . . 11‘s•s blerears
.•vian Quarter
Do. appliedaspertetthewspakimmeseitbeyear 3,711, 4,764071, 493911.07 4.373,774 161;96.801 4.4116,8171 4.631,046 4X9,509 3.367.173 11.993,697 I
i
Tuts) 11.366,676 12,0341341 14111,380 12,800.793 30,601,936 10,245,1721 13,193,733 14,350,4441 12,820,671 36,613.039
The INCOME and CHARGE of the CONSOLIDATED FUND, in the QuagrEas smiled Jan. 5, 1848, and 1847.
INCOME 11116. 1447. CHA111:1 E. 1046. 1647.
autos.
Exam ... - ........ - ............ -..- ..... -...-...-... ....... ... 3,353,440 3,632,131 , Terminable Annuitim .
stamps ..- .. 1,792,402 1,740,667 Intenwt oti F:xelaequer Bills hoed ft meist Chew on Ommildeled Fuld
Tome. 7777
Property Tait 384,983 450,219 1 The Cis .1 Lint
Post Office
Crown lands
.- 68,612 29 637 1
China Money 300,830 1 , Total Charge
Imprent and other Moseys - 64,064 31,674 The Surplus 4.27.5,316 4,810,211
Repayment. of Advances «. _. - "407._ -3°1•44° Amount of Exchequer Rills Mused to meet Chnreew Cl4oolldoted F 964 13,015,400 12,634,667
12,815,400 12,534,647 for the Qu Irter ended Oet. 10, 1816, and paid off out of the growing 77,463
To Cash brought to this Amount to be applied to puy of Deficiency Bills 200,999 I produce of that Fund for the Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1847, after de-
513,013,400 £12,434,1197 1 ducting £60,00) paid off out of the sinking Fond
Amount i..u.al in the Quarter ended Jan. 5,1047, in part of the Soon t MOMS
granted by Parliament out of Consolidated Fund for Supply Services
1 Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1817 . ....- ..... 010.211 1,442,038
,
, The 7urplus of Revenue after providing for thechargeson the Connolldated 1 1,383,435
, . Fund,and lorthe payments of Supply services, Quar. ended Jan. 5,1847

ABSTRACT of NET PRODUCE of REVENUE of GREAT BRITAIN, In the YEA'S MA QC/ARTOIS ending Jan. 5, 1846, and Jan. 5, 1847.
I.,luartcr ended Jan. 3,
1817.

WESTMINSTER ELECTION. —A meeting of the elec-
tors of Westminster was held yesterday evening, at the Two
Angels and Crown, St. Martin's-lane, to receive Mr. Charles
Cothraue's exposition of his political sentiments. Mr.
Scarfe occupied the ckair. The candidate, who was
cordially received, aftersome introductory remelts, said that
if returned to parliament, he should go there wholly uncon-
nected with any party or clique in the house, and as ready
to receive really sound measures from Sir Robert Pcel as
from any other person. The test he should proceed upon
would be measures, not men. He was for the utmost exten-
sion of civil and rAigious liberty, concurrently with the
fullest advancement of popular education, believitig that the
greater freedom you gave to au intelligent and educated
people, the happier citizens they would become, and the bet-
ter subjects. He was wholly opposed to the endowment of
any particular church or sect, and to the connexion
of church with state, regarding such connexion as
tending to the corruption of both church and state.
He should earnestly advocate the introduction of
the vote by ballot, and was wholly at a loss, in-
deed, why the aristocracy, who se universally employed the
ballot in th-ir clubs for their own protection, should deny
the people that protection at parliamentary elections. He
was in favour of shortening tho duration of parliament, and
of extending mcst materially the suffrage. He considered
that all persons who contributed to the revenue, should be
enabled to check its expenditure by their votes. He was
favourable to direct taxation, so that all might know what
they paid, and the poor man not have to pay the same tax on
the necessaries of life as the rich. He should snake it a
great object of his parliamentary life to effect the abolition
of the new poor-law, the most atrocious enactment that ever
disgraced a legislature. He wiz prepared decidedly to sup-
port Mr. Fielden and the Ten Hours Bill.—Mr. Rogers
then moved and Mr. Baker seconded a resolution, pledging
the meeting to support Mr. Cochrane at the next election.
The resolution was carried unanimously, and the assembly
broke up.

Christianity, and humanity, and the justice and necessity, in
conformity with the public sentiments of this country, for its
immediate abolit:on ; in proposing and seconding which Mr.
Rowton, the Rev. Mr. Carlisle, Mr. Vincent, and others,
addressed the meeting; after which • vote of thanks was
passed to the chairman, and the meeting separated. We
understand that vassal meetings, having the same object,
are to be held in London and its vicinity in the course of
the present week.
HAIRDRESSERS' ASSOCIATION FOR THE EARLY
CLOSING or SHOPS.—A preparatory meeting was held at the
Bedford Head, Bloomsbury, last evening, for the purpose of
forming an association for the earlier closing of hairdressers'
shops in London, when a series of resolutions having this
object in view were agreed to. It appears that this class of
tradesmen are in the habit of keeping their shops open until
a late hour, especially on Saturday nights, and the subject of
discussion was the practicability of their being closed earlier,
both in the winter and summer months, (such a practice
having been pursued in Glasgow and other large towns with
success) and thus enabling the numerous journeymen and
apprentices in this business to have time for recreation and
the acquirement of general knowledge. It was understood
that a public meeting on • larger scale, with the view of
carrying out the ohjecta of the association, would shortly be
held.

THE ST. PANCRAS GUARDIANS AND THE POott-
Law COMMISSIONERS.—Yesterday, at a meeting of the
Board of Directors and Guardians of St. Pancras, held in
the board-room of the workhouse, Camden-town. Mr. B.
J. E. Wright in the chair. Mr. M'Gahey, the clerk, pre-
sented a summons he had received from the Poor-law Com•
missioners, calling upon him to attend at one o'clock that
day at Somerset-house, to answer certain questions which
might Le put to him connected with the administration of
relief to the pour in the parish of St. Pancras. Mr. M'Gahey
stattl that he had informed the commissioners that his duties
as clerk to that board would prevent his attendance ; and
they had altered the time till one o'clock on Thursday next.
Mr. Clarke hoped the board would not allow the clerk to
take any books with hima. (Loud cries of " no, no.") He
wished to know what would be the result of a refusal to
attend ? Mr. Crouch said he believed the first penalty
would ha SI. Mr. Morris Then let us have five pounds
worth. (Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Douglas had no objec-
tion to the board doing so, and to the matter being brought
before a police-court. There could he no doubt but
the mode of examining a person secretly before four
or five persons, with a short-hand writer to take
down every word that dropped from Wm, was both
unconstitutional and illegal. Their clerk ought to
have a counsel and a short-hand writer with him for his own
protection.—Mr. Clarke moved " That the Poor-law Com-
missioners having summoned Mr. M'Gahey, the clerk to
that board, to attend and give evidence before them, adepu-
tion be appointed, to consist of the churchwardens and
Messrs. Douglas, Pearce, and Clarke, to accompany him to
the Poor-law Commissioners, and insist on being present
during his examination." This motion having been seconded
and carried unanimously, Mr. Morris moved, " That in the
event of the Poor-law Conical/wieners not allowing the depu-
tation to be present, they refuse to allow the clerk to be
examined." This was seconded and was about being put
when Mr. M'Gahey read the 13th section of the act, which
rendered it a misdemeanor on his part as an officer to disobey
the commissioners' order. The motion was then withdrawn,

REPRESENTATION OP MIDDLESEX.—A rumour has
found its way into • Liverpool paper, that Lord Robert
Grosvenor is likely to become • candidate for the represents.
tion of Middlesex, on the resignation of Mr. Byog.

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SUBSCRIPTION BALLS AT CROCKPORD'S.—The pre-
vailing direction of public amusements has been manifested
in a new quarter. The celebrated regions of Crockford have
shared the fate of baths and scientific galleries, and become a
temple of the dance. The first of a series of subscription
balls took place last evening ; they are announced for repe-
tition twice a week during the present month, and from the
specimen presented last night, there appears to be little
doubt of their successful continuance. The rooms are well
known to he unrivalled, and their applicability to dancing
or any other purpose cannot be questioned. On the
present occasion the whole suite was thrown open,
the effect being most brilliant, albeit the attendance
of guests was thin until rather a late hour, when they
mustered in tolerable numbers. The amusements were
then kept up with sufficient spirit, which r. as a relief to
those who had innocently arrived at ten o'clrek, when the
state of affairs did not seem at all flourishing. The band
was excellent, as indeed was every arrangement whiAi
could conduce to the gratification of the guests. The
prices of admission are moderate, and will doubtless draw
larger numbers when the undertaking becomes better
known, although the association of Crockfords cannot fail
to deter many ladies who believe that there is some signifi-
cation in a name, from venturing thither.

FREE READING-ROOMS FOR THE LABOURING CLASSES
IN THE Crry.—A society has been established, having Lord
Ashley at its head, for " the purpose of providing free rend-
ing-rooms for the labouring classes in the city of London. '
GREEN PEAS FOR TILE MILLION. Yesterday a
hawker stood with his barrow close to Temple-bar, selling
green peas, just arrived from Holland, at 6.1. per quart,
shelled. They met with a ready sale.
A SUMMARY OF SKATlNG.—According to the esti-
mate made by the officers of the Royal Humane Society, the
number of skaters and sliders upon the ice in the several
parks and in Kensington Gardens, from the commencement
of the frost up to the 4th instant was 240,009, and yet only
one fatal accident has occurred. .

and after sops routine business the board separated.
SOUTH SEA COMPANY.—DIVIDEND MEETING.—
The proprietors of South Sea Stock had their half-yearly
meeting yesterday—C. Franks, Esq., in the chair. The
minutes of the last court were read, showing that the half-
year's interest on the annuities amounted to 89,8141., and on
South Sea Stock to 61,00081.: the general charges for the
half.year being 3,2011. ; and;the Sub-Governor theu moved
that a dividend at the rate of 11 per cent. fur the half-year
be paid, which was agreed to.—A Proprietor asked why the
South Sea Stock was rated at the sum given in the account.
—The Chairman replied, because it must be paid at par if
the company were dissolved—that was, the 1001. would have
to be made 1161. 13s. 4d. for the Government.—After some
further formal buainees, the meeting broke up.

Tim SMITHFIELD NICISANCE.—At a late hour in
the afternoon of Monday two accidents occurred through
the still exiating nuisance of Smithfield market. The first
occurred in High Holborn, opposite Kingogate street: a
gentleman was knocked down by a very powerful bull, and
before he could recover himself he was severely trampled
upon and gored by the infuriated beast. The second ac-
cident occurred in Lang-lane, Smithfield : Henry Bonnet, a
lad of scarcely seven years of age, in attempting to cruse the
road, was knocked down by a bullock proceeding from the
market, and before he could be rescued wounds of a most
shocking nature were inflicted.
FATAL COLLISION OS THE NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAT.—AbOut twenty minutes after one o'clock yester.
day morning a coal train lrom the Claymose and Staveley
collieries drew up alongside the platform at the King's
Langley station, for the purpose of detaching some waggons
of coal at that place. The morning was very fugr, and the
driver not being certain as to the exact position of the
" points," stopped the tralo before arriving at the signal
post, and addressing the policeman on dut said he should
be glad to know whereabouts the "points" were. The
policeman then turned on the red signal and ran to the
"points," with the intention of " shunting " the waggons,
the breaksman of the coal train meantime detaching the
break waggon and putting it some few yards back on the
main line. Soon afterwards a heavy luggage train, propelled
by two engines, wee running at a fearful speed directly into
the coal train. The driver and stoker of the first engine
attached to the luggage train fortunately observed the police-
man's hand signal, and threw themselves off the engine
without sustaining injury ; but the two on the second engine
were instantaneously killed. The two engines with their
tenders were crushed together. Three or four coal waggons
were knocked to pieces, and about the same number of lug-
gage trucks entirely destroyed. On the arrival of a party
of men from Watford immediate means were adopted to extri-
cate the bodies of the unfortunate men, a work which was
accomplished with no small difficulty. They were subse-
quently removed to a small roadside public-house, situate
at the outskirts of the village of King's Langley, where
they await the coroner'. inquest, to be held this day,
Within a short time of the accident two lugwage trains from
the north arrived at Langley, and both the York and Lan-
caster up-mails came within lees than two hours. As both I
lines of rail were blocked up, all traffic was necessarily I
stopped. The mail trains returned to the Bonmoor station,
where they "shunted," and subsequently came on to Lang-'
ley, but it was after seven o'clock before the line was clear at
that station to allow any trains to pass. Mr. Bruyeres, the
superintendent of the North-Western Railway, arrived at
Langley, at all early hour, and with Mr. Bedford of the
police department, was engaged throughout the morning in
ascertaining the facts is cssanexion with the accident, arid
superintending the restoration of the line.
FIRE AT IRONGATE WHARF.—One of the workmen
employed on the premises before and during the fire,
has not since been heard of. Fears are entertained that
he is burnt.

COLONIAL BANK.—(WEST IN DI E s .) —The half-
yearly general meeting of the proprietors in this corporation
was held yesterday to receive a report front the directors
relative to the affairs of the bank, the declaration of a divi-
dend, the election of directors who have ceased to hold office,
to fill up a vacancy in the court occasioned by the lamented
death of 31r. P. M. Stewart, also to fill up an auditorship,
and on other affairs. Mr. Andrew Colville was in the chair.
Mr. R. Wright (the chief accountant) read the following re-
port, the chairman having previously expressed an opinion
that its contents were of a nature calculated, after their
former reverses, to inspire hope and afford even satisfaction.
In conformity with the requisitions of the charter, the di-
rectors lay before the proprietors the usual statement of the
debts and wets of the corporation, which has now been made
up to 30th June, 1846, and also a statement of the amount
, of profit in de by the bank during the half year ending at
that date, which amounted to 19,486/. 13s. 9d. After paying
a dividend of 11 per cent., for the half-year ending 30th
Julie, 1846, (being at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum on
the paid-up capital of the corporation, which will require
7,5001.), the sum of 10,9861. 138. 9cl. is left to be carried
to the credit of bad and doubtful debt account, which will
reduce the balance to 40,2451. se. Bd., being a total re-
duction or 7.5,700!., compared with the statement laid be-
fore the halt-yearly general meeting in January, 1844.
The chairman then moved that the report be adopted. The
motion was seconded and carried. It was decided that the
dividend should be at the rate of II per cent. for the past
half-year, or 3 per cent. per annum, to be payable on the
11th in,t. In the room of Mr. P. M. Stewart, deceased,
Mr. Fletcher, who for a long period had acted as an auditor,
was proposed and elected a director. It was proposed and
carried that Mr. Wm. Ellis be elected an auditor.—Sir Geo.
Carroll congratulated the proprietors on the state of the
affairs of the bank. Bat for the previous losses, the profits
would hare warranted a dividend equal to 7 per sent. They
might look, therefore, confidently to better times. He
moved the thanks of the meeting to the chairman, the
deputy-chairman, and the court of directors fur their ser-
vices. The proposiion was put, and carried unanimously,
and after the chairman had returned thanks the meeting
adjourned.
SOUTH I.XINDON DISPENBART.--The committee of
this institution reported to a general meeting, held last night
at St. George's Cross, that during the past year the number
of patients admitted was 3,020, at of these 2,380 had been
cured, 470 relieved, 34 had died, and 136 were still under
care. In the course of a conversation, which arose upon
the application of three gentlemen to be admitted midi-
dates tor the office of surgeon, made recant by the resigna-
tion of Mr. C. Meymott, it was decided that no one could
be deemed eligible who kept an establishment for the sale of
PUNISHMENT OP DEATH ABOLITION. A public
meeting was held last evening, at the Literary and Scientific
Instirution, Leicester-equare; Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P. in •
the chair, for the purpose of promoting the abolition of the
punishment of death in all cases in this country. The chair-
man, in opening the proceedings, briefly stated the object of
the meeting, arid said that front his earliest life he had been
opposed, upon every principle of policy, religion, and hu-
manity, to the shedding of human blood as a punishment
for crime, and he thanked God that he had lived to see, with
one or two exceptions, the entire extinction of that punish-
ment in this country. The remaining case for which it was
retained he hoped also to see abolished very goon, by means
of such meetings as this, as it had already been in every other
civilised country in Europe. He recollected, when he first
came to London, having seen sixteen persons executed togs
they in the front of Newgate, some of them for the trifling
crime of stealing 40s. worth of property. This disgraceful
code had been swept away, as had also the cruel practice of
torture in the army, the soldiers of which he recollected were
at one time liable to 1,000 lashes, reduced now to 50,
even in the worst Wes. It gave him pleasure to
preside on such an occasion as the present, and
he hoped the necessity for such assemblages of the
people of this country would soon cease, by the entire
erasure from the statute-book of the last remains of this
sanguinary code. A series of resolutions on which to ground
a petition to parliament were then agreed to, declaratory of
the inefficiency of the punishment of death to restrain
from crime, its repugnance to every principle of policy,

LNQUESTIS, YESTERDAT.—CRUELTY TO A SCR-
' TANT-011IL.—According to adjournment, by Mr. Bed-
ford, at the Lamb Tavern, Vere-etreet, Clare-market, on the
body of Mary Anne Campbell, aged 14, late servant in the
employ of Mr. Levy, fruiterer, of North-row, Covent-gar-
den. The death a the deceased was alleged to have been
caused by the gross violence of her mistress, a Jewess, who
had been in the constant habit of ill.using deceased by beat-
ing and kicking her whilst in her service, a period of 11
weeks. The inquiry was adjourned for • post mortem ems-
rnination.—Mr. Brookes, surgeon, of 37, Bedford-street,
Covent-g trden, who had been .ppointed by the coroner to
attend Dr. Gill in making the post mortem examination avid
that he had first attended the deceased on the 19th of De-
cember. She was then suffering from dysposes, and had re-
ceived a blow or a kick on the back—it was a superficial
bruise, and situated towards the spinal column. She was then
an out-patient at King's College Hospital, and con-
tinued so until the 28th ult., when witness was
again requested
med to see her. Deceased had then symp-
toms of lungs. This was confirmed at the post
mortem examination : there were no marks of external
violence, and, in fact, there was ample evidence to show that
there was extensive disease of the lungs and heart, either of
which was sufficient to cause death. The curve in the neck
was evidently the result of an injury received some years
ago Dr. Gill, house physician to King's College Hospital,
' then gave similar testimony. He could only attribute death
to inflammation of the lungs and disease of the right side
of the heart. After much more evidence, the coroner
summed up, and the jury recorded the following verdict—
" That deceased died a natural death of disease of the lungs
sad heart; and the jury are unanimously of opinion that
there was groat cruelty on the part of Mrs. Levy, in her
conduct towards the said deceased Marj_ Anne Campbell."—
ACCIDENT•L POISONING.—By Mr. Mills, at the Pakenham
Arms, Lower Calthorpe-street, Gray's Ina-road, on the body
of Grace Kirby, aged 43, who accidentally committed ',H-
Idestruction with essential oil of bitter almonds. The des
ceased was the wife of a gentleman holding an official situ-
ation, and she lived on her property, having separated
' from her husband in consequence of the eccentricity of her
habits. On Friday night last about 9 o'clock, she returned
home, shortly after which she was seen by her landlady,Mn.
Howson, and stated to her that she had got some essential
I oil of bitter almonds for her cough, and she observed that she
must take but a few drops. She drank some in a wine-glaas
in which was some porter, and shortly after she swallowed it
I she became insensible. Mr. Watkins, ssaistant to Mr.

' Lovett, chemist, Clare-market, said that decease
who used occasionally to cad, came on Fritts
afternoon. She appeared intoxicated. After she let
he missed from the shelf a phial. (It was produced.) He
beliesed it to be the phial that was on the shelf. lie has at
other limes, after she left, mused a phial which had con-
tained scents, ant he is of opinion that she took the phial,
thinking it was similar to what she had before.—Verdict:
That the deceased's death was caused by the oil of bitter
almonds which she took while under the effects of some in-
toxicating liquor."