The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-27 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY, Forts• 0' Clock.

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A telegraphic despatch announces the arrival at
Southampton, this day, of the steamer Iberia, with the
Peninsalar mails. She brings accounts from Lisbon to
the 21st ii.st. The Howe, having on board the Queen
Ito•rager, had arrived in the Tagus, and her Majesty
had been visited by the Queen of PortugaL The
Princes Saxe Weimar were at Grenada on the
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There are accounts, by way of Sydney, of more
fighting iuNew Zealar d, the Maories having attacked,
in open day, the settlement at Wanganui, and plun-
dered some of the unfortified houses in the suburbs.
An unremitting fire was directed against the natives all
day from a stockade and gun-boat, commanded by
Lieut. Holmes, and the natives at last were compelled
to retire, having lost their great chief, Maketu, un-
derstood to be the prime mover in the rebellion.
As soon as intelligence of these disastrous
occurrences reached Auckland, Governor Grey pro-
ceeded to Wanganui, in her Majesty 'a strainer
Inflexibl and landed there 100 men of the 65th
Regt, and about 80 sailors. They proceeded up the
river in ousts, with military on each side of the river,
but though the natives did not retire, they were in
such close contiguity to fastnesses and to swamps,
that it was deemed prudent not to attack them, so
the reconnoitring party returned. Towards the close
of May the force at Wanganui was strengtheued by
Capt. Stanley, Lieut. Tleresford, and thirty men from
her Majesty's ship Calliope, and early in June by a
lieutenant and 40 men from the same ship, 116 men
of the 651 h Regt., Lieut. Hon. W. C. Yelverton, and
some artillery, all under the command of Lient-Col.
M'Cleverty. Previous to the arrival of these reinforce-
ments the natives had retired up the river to a position
difficult of access. It is stated that upon three or
four occasions the military, civilians, police, &c.,
under the command of Governor Grey and Lieut-Col.
:81'Cleverty, with the sailors and marines under Cap-
tains Stanley and Iloseason, R.N., in boats, went
out, accompanied by some native allies, and 30 or 40
Maories, who were the advance party; but they could
never come to close quarters with the enemy; and
though on the different occasions from 5,000 to 10,000
rounds of cartridges, with rockets, from the boats,
were expended, and the rebels were firing at the
expedition from behind cover, they never touched a
man, and all the loss ascertained has been stated at
four killed and a few wounded on the enemy's side.
The troops on returning to the stockade and village of
Wanganui every evening, were fired at by the enemy
till within a mile or two of home. The last accounts
from the expedition are furnished by letter from Wel-
lington, the 18th June, which says, that it appeared
from intelligence received the previous night, that the
number of killed and wounded on the enemy's side
was stated at 40, but certainly 30 had suffered. "The
troops advanced on each side of the ricer, while the
gun-boats cleared the banks, ravines, and gullies
with their guns and rockets, so as to prevent an
ambush, and on one occasion, when considerably
in advance of the troops, the boats fell in with a
large body of the enemy ; and had the land forces
come up at that time, probably we should have almost
annihilaqd them. Most unfortunately, however, the
buee Founded a retreat, and the enemy quickly took
up a position in a ravine, which commanded the
ground to be passed over by Lieut Collinson, RE., and
70 men of the 58th, who would infallibly have been
cut off to a man but for the opportune arrival of the
blue-jackets, under Captains Stanley and Hoseason, of
the Inflexible, who cleared the ravinewith their great
guns and rockets."

NORWICII FESTIVAL.--The " Elijah" of Men-
-431,,0hn it to be the great feature of the triennial meeting at
Norwich next season ; and there in reason to hope that the
performance will be conducted by the illustrious author in
person.
DRURY-LANE OPERA HOUSE.—We understand
that M. Julien commences ho, operatic campaign on the Ist
of Decemfxr. Mr. Reeve, it is said, will be the principal
tenor, and Messrs. Staudigl and Pischek the bassi. It does
not recur en be as yet settled who is to be the prima donna.
Several operas by English composers are forthcoming; one,
in particular, by Mr. Edward Loder, taken from Sheridan's
play of " Pisarro," is nearly completed, and is epoken of as
a work of a high order.
REPRESENTATION OF SENDER' AN D.—We learn
from the NunderlaPol Tames that the numerous and in-
fluential portion of the liberal party in Sunderland who
sstprorted Mr. Barclay at the late election, have resolved to
invite Mr. Macaulay to offer himself as a candirlats for the
representation of the town, should it turn out that the affaits
01 Barclay, Brothers, and Co., of London, of which their
prevent member is the principal partner, are so involved as
that the company may not be ultimately able to retrieve its
affairs and resume its position.
TIIE LATE CABE OF STABBING TWO OAHE-
KEPPLII. AT WEST HORSLEY, SURRIY.—The two Brie-
tows, who, it will be recollected, were apprehended on
Saturday last at Acoolwich, were on Monday taken before
the mvistrates at the Town-hall, OuildEnrd, for examine-
tioo. The magistrates present were the Earl of Lovelace,
Colonel Sumner, &c. The examination was a lengthened
one, and in the course of it the two prisoners, Reginald and
Arthur Bristow, were identified as the two men who actually
inflicted the stabs on the unfortunate keepers, who were
both in attendance. At the close of the examination the
Prisoners were remanded for a fortnight to Guildford gaol.
The too keepers, George Tsrgett and James Martin, have,
fortunately, both recovered. The Shere gang, a description
of which is most graphically given in the Poor-law Commis-
sioners' Report for the county of Surrey, has, during the
past few years, been gradually broken up, and the two pri-
soners are the remnant.

Ponca oe HABIT.—At the Quarter Sessions,
Taunton, last week, the learned chairman, W. Miles, Erg.,
while summing up the evidence in the first trial, turned Dia
hark to the jury, and addressed himself to the ladies who
were sitting opposite. The crier of the court reminded him
that the jury were on the opposite side of tho court. The
learned chairman had bees accustomed at the Vella Sessions
to address the jury on the left side of the court, and hone'
the mistake.

STAG HunTiso.—The Hon. Newton Fellowes has
signified his intention to discontinue his management of the
Der ,n st,,d Somerset stag-hounds after the present season.
It is intended to hold a meeting at Dulverton on Thursday
tit at, the 29th inst., for the purpose of concerting measures to
keep up the hunt, and to place the management on a perma-
nent basis. The advancing years of Mr. Fellowes en a suf
ficient reason for his retirement.