The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-24 00:00:00

MEXICO.

Intelligence received here from Brownsville to
the 4th, viA New Orleans, states that General
Crawford'; recruiting office had been closed, and
that the Federal soldiers had been forbidden to en-
list. The imperialists had captured thirty repub-
lic►ns on the Rio Grinde, who would be executed
under the Emperor Maximilian's order. General
Weitzel had protested to Mejia against this pro-
ceeding. The latter replied that he was obeying
,the orders of the government. Fecobedo was pre-
paring to attack Matamonii. Orleans despatches
state that Negrete had arrived on the Ist inst. at
San Antonio, Texas, from El Paso ; but the Mexi-
can republican consul at New York denies the truth
of this report.
Galveston papers notice that large numbers of
Federal troops were passing through that city en
I route for the Rio Grande.

EXTRAORDINARY TRAGEDY ON THE HIGH
SEAS.

The schooner Tamar Queen, 103 tone register,
from the Azores, arrived at Plymouth yesterday morning,
under charge of Mr. Thomas Pickard, who was melted only
by Samuel Brown, A. 8., and the cabin boy. This vessel
has been engaged loading fruit at the Island of St. George's,
and had part of her cargo on board. On the 2nd inst. they
had to slip their moorings in consequence of heavy weather.
At that time the crew consisted of Mr. Trembills. the
master, Thomas Pickard, mete, William Hart, and Samuel
Brown, able seames. and • cabin boy about 15. One
of the crew, who left England in her, was ashore sick,
in the hospital, at Pavel, and the British Consul at
St. Georges sent on board in his place • Portuguese sea-
men, or boatman, about 35 years of age, who had been
assisting in loading the vessel. This man was discontented
from the first. lie took no muds regularly, sad would
not go below to sleep. He wished to be sent ashore
while they were working about between the Islands, but
that was impossible. For the fiat three days the wind
was tolerably light, from south and south-west. On the
sth of January, at 1 p.m., it came on to blow very fresh.
The master was on the starboard side forward, easing
off the fore staysail sheet. Hart was near him easing off
the jib-sheet. Pickard was on the port side forward
hauling aft the jib-sheet as the vessel was coming round,
and Brown was with him. Suddenly the sound of blows
was heard on the starboard side, and Hart cried out, " My
God, what is up now? Presently the Portuguese mine round
the foremast to the port theidog up the cook's axe,
which was bloody, and hit mate in the left temple.
Pickard immediately seized • handspike, and struck the
right arm of the Portuguese, who continued his menaces
with the axe, when Pickard hit him again with the hand-
spike, and providentially knocked the axe overboard.
He then seized the miscreant by the throat, and called
for assistance. The cabin boy came with the boat's til-
ler, and using it effectively on the bead of the Portuguese,
compelled him to discontinue further resistance. Brown,
not being able to find • weapon of defence, had taken
to the schooner's main rigging on the starboard side ; he
now came down, and helped to lash the Portuguese securely
to the fore rigging on the port side. The master and
Hart ware both killed. Their bodies were taken aft, laidon
the starboard quarter deck, and covered with a tarpthlip.
The Portuguese survived about four hours. Mr. Pickard,
having counselled with Brown, determined to detain the
hodies and endeavour to reach Faye. In this effort, the
wind being from south-west, three days were expended
uneumessially. The sun wee powerful, and the ex-
halation from the bodies, added to that from the
ergo of oranges, became at length insupportable, and
the survithrs were reluotantly compelled to throw all
three overboard. Although so insufficiently manned, they
then squared away for England and arrived after • passage
of 15 days. The Tamar Queen belongs to a number of
small adventurers residing up the river near Caistock
and Morwelham. The master, 'Tremhills, about 30, resided
at Plymouth, where he bas a wife and one child. William
Hart, about 38, was born at Littlehampten, and was
married to • Sootchwornan iu the islands of Shetland.
Pickard, on arrival, plead himself immediately under the
guidthoe of the authorities, and deposited his log-book in
charge of Mr. Stewart, the Collector of Customs. It is
up to the present date. It is believed that the
git.rtjigtiese, after massacring the crew, intended to
appropriate the schooner and her contents. He could
warmly have contemplated such • design without accom-
plices. This renders an inquiry doubly necessary, both
by the English and Portuguese authorities.
for .

Yesterday afternoon, Mr.' C. W. Brown, an 1
officer of the civil service in Deptford Dockyard, *mom- '
paned by Mr. W. Nunn, lamp and signal manufacturer to
the Admiralty, attended, by appointment, at the Ranger's- .
house, Greenwich-park, to exhibit before his Royal High. ,
Dees Prises Arthur, in the pretence of Major Elphiestone,
a new species of binnacle lamp, the invention of Mr.
Brown, as also the patent flashing signal apparatus for day
midnight signalling by sea and land, the invention of Com-
mander 0. H. Colomb, R.N., and Nowell new relent con-
vertible signal lamp for baking and other boats. .
Tun Sarm; or LONDON.—An inquiry wan held
m
at the Univeesity College Hospital, by Dr. Lankester,
yesterday, relative to the death of Joshua Farden, aged 56,
who carried ou the business of a pork butcher at 109,
Kentish-toweerad. ' From the seldom) it appeared that
the deemed wee driving along Harapsteed-read in his trap,
a cart his hone
and that while endeavouring to pass
stumbled three times, pitching the deceasedout on the
road. The deceased received a compound fracture of both
bones of the tight leg, and was taken to the University
Hospital, where the limb wss amputated. Suppuration
forged, and be died on the 19th
near Enstoo -
instant. A i'
maid that in the part of Hampstead-road,
road, where the accident occurred, he had seen as
many as 14 or 16 horses down at the same time, owing to
the bad medians of the carriage way. He had witnessed
noes of horses stumbling *ere, and the large boxes or bales
cr merchandise with which they were loaded falling os and
crushing the foot parengers who were attemptiog to cross
the street. Latterly the Streit had been repaved, but it
was impossible to have any safety for life along that road,
se cesetutly ens up was is. Several complaints were made
to the vestry of St. Fawns about the condition of the
Out, bat that body dealt far more in talk than in p
rac-
tical work. Mr. Soott, of Na 20, Hampatead-road, aid
there waa &hollow opposite Horse at the spot where the
housed deoseeed stumbled. were constantly falling
; down opposite his &at. The jary rota:sad a verdict of
" Aecideatal depth."