The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-13 00:00:00

re•pertc, io .he.p. horses, and rattle, have beea either ear.
n.. 1 off or airdrop:4 by them, whilst the blueing of houses
sal mks i a smatter of daily occurrence. To the south.
„mt, at twists sad Wirth', distant about fire miles,
the. are lumens be is otiU pester force ; sad yet acaldwag
to drive them off. Areardirisly, opinion is bepa•
wit: to triad General Pratt with Maori a)mpothy, or
in...topeteseY ; perhaps both.

God past that the imperial ;„ivivernment may yet send us
...litmus/et espial to than emergence, taking care at the
tim to peotect bun from the blighting and uncemti•
t pewee of oi,lcsi.setical meddlieg, from which this, her
a.r.ty's meat distaot vol.'s!, has already suffered so much.
aly a few days since at Matarikoriko, in the very moment
.I.at.ey, • flag of Imes. panted by the general at the
remeet of a Amtrak of England cler,:yman, led to
the evacuation of their position by our wily advenaries to
or ;mit and inemediable l o a despatch addressed
• 'oilers' Anti L dirptellober last, by hi. Eseellreey the
a: semi. it le " This is the wawa for ;dieting
potatoes mil other crops, and a rigorism and barnesieg
• ...meet sew, on your part, would he attended by the
sit important and beaefacial result' in bringing the war to
soccenful mil speedy termination. But without tine the
ear any be protracted to en iad. beige period." To us
Tirmaki settlers, who have already suffered so much, there
in this despatch a pathos almost prophetic, and yet
lore it. lajnections fulfilled '.' The potetoes and other
which hie amilleary was then so anxious fur our sakes
11.4 the Marais should not put is, were planted
sal are Dow ripe, and will doubtless he gathered in as a
saran he the cony for future support. Mtn's hearta burn
with iedignation at the utter want of capacity displayed in
retry detail of military cooduet here. Here is an example.
.in espeditioe goes oat romans' of seem 201) men as a
receensitriag party, they are orderedto keep the real, ow no
~ ems* to fire meta. attacked, and to get back in two
hour.. (In the way they fall in with a party of the suany,
said the captain orders hi. men to dre, they do so, and
• superior UfrbCer lll•tantly fan. out "Captain
di you hear the retire sound?' "No sir," "Well,
has sounded three times, cease Grigg." The Macris
call this Why fightiog, and laugh at our soldiers with duds
• A seneatiou of grief and indignation has bees moue&
n. the needs of the whole population by the death d Mr.
. king, who, on Friday evening last, left tom to visit
1. • 'tete at Brooklands, within a mile and a half el the
1 oraiks be wa. killed by a straggling party of Macias, his
1..1y being teemed by harm in six places. Captain anal"
..f the t.otb Regiment, we. mortally wounded at the
W.otara yestonley, and is said to be aims dead ; bat Qs
ogoeulors of the oogogomoot Irmo Dot coos to hood.

ArramPrzn BOROLART AND MURDER AT
WESTONSUPIXMAIN.

On Thum lay morning about two o'clock, as
paliee.counalole Pavey, of the Somerset entistahrdary force,
natiosed at Wmtos-super-Mare, was oa his best near Villa
Rosa, the reaideoce of Mrs Sophia Rooks, sod was miming
rosin from the back to the hest of the hones, which
▪ iu its own grounds of some extent, be heard some
nub through the shrubs, grow's( close to the
iir7;and run towards the eireare pis, whisk leads
;lie public highway, known as Cborcb•read. Pauly,
who is a remarkably Aron active Ira, at ones gave
HILO), and before the two Mows who were decarnpiog
bad reached the gate ha saeoseded iu kyles bold of oar
them by the collar, via the fellow .bust la a COOUI•St
time struck the countable • vkdeat blow es the bead
with a usurdemus weapon, laying open his ferehesd with a
fri,:litful wound. Pave y, however, did not leave his bold,
dui in return levelled a blow on his real mit's head with his
qaff, which felled kilo to the ground. Scarcely bed this
1. eti acoimplishol when the rutfum's compaoiuo, who bad
got behind the constable, dealt him three tremendlemi
blows on ha head, without, however, knoskiat hiss down.
Hervey was somewhat stunned, sod the f be bad
struck down, rrooveriag from the effects of his blow,
got up, and both the burglars closed epos him, when
desperate straggle, and what may truly be teemed a
eglit for life, ensued. Both the villains, who were armed
with heave lib-preservers, struck the constable blows
isaumerabie. and esdesvoured to throw biro over a wall
sad down a precipice some thine feet in height ; La this
attempt, however, sot only were they Wed, bet P•••y,
who had fortunately disarmed one of the ruler, aleant
cur Boded in getting bun over the wall, when he w over-
pommel and pulled back by his companies. The light
imunited, but the coostoble, who by this time was severed
with wounds, sad gado blinded by the blood that flowed,
ins at length compelled to rebaquish hie bold, and the
fellows quickly ran off. Pave y, as well is the poor fellow
veld crawl, at length reached the house of police-sergeant
kw (wanted by policeemostable Talbot, who was on duty
sad net him), where his approvers, better than words,
tenor the terrible pienshoiest be had received. Surgical
mesdames was mot for, and in the meantime Sergeant
Ken with Actiog•Sergeast Hardwick, and coostables
Hall, Talbot. aid Young, harried off to Mrs. Hocke's re.
sebum, as a starting point from whence they might be
able to trace the would-be murderers. The mr‘usiat
lamas despatched the faros in dilfereat directiocia, proceeded
to tag im the Marto d the house, and made au rairan
be et the weetises. He feud that woe of the windows
el a bast room es the groumbiloor had bees raised, sod
that a circular hole bad been made with a mions.bit throwsh
nee el the pmels Os looking .boat, he feted a Hoek cloth
en a wires formed of gotta penis., about these lashes
leer, loaded at oee mid with lead about the is.. et a has's
ere, with three win reveler tagentiorly mien air
s crab, nodular, hil ha
.141 beiassing_ Mthe
Nn, but be 'berg dietarbed, wield me doehltrvi
mend the here tad erred of a rids basty. Whin these
disserne were gra( se, Hr. Harin saripsea, was la &t-
-hinker, upon Pavel', whom befouled Is • most awful dee,
seperially about the heed. T. give err nukes some Idea of
tie brutal teastawat he had rewind, we may state that it
sr ford aereary to stitch up net ins than 13 scalp
words, brides depressing 'several race oar.
E. remotely, there is es. fracture, bet the 1.. w f •Ilow _P"'"
••••• • abeeklag .pentacle. Dries the day V. Gould, Seq..
awe esershie et the county ; G. IIL Sown.lo
deputy-
s►ist;Sagenatemind Own aid saber clang, mat
et Viand after endirrard, es we tree,,an ties nest; 11 fact. we wry en, net they have
inn of the erg M whh# Obis burglars holes(
Prey is orris he muted sae Of Her ever the temple in
cosh 81111•11111 IS amp be for some time to arse;
sad tea rash plies Garr him for the determined
Pleb be dkrined, r he was, agnevt two
each peramased villain A harbeise nowirti Las bra
0•111110se the drover of the paisperaller of the
old we bar e. doer it. lady wire FewscW, has hew
ties prirrnd thergh the emblems id raw& will reward
his as he dernes. .Verrisrp.

Tait Seats a. —We are very glad to be able to
state that tios unreasonable ninvemeet is ellitelt at aa end
Sawa. Larne have sow within of their fell somber of
h-eds el all trade.: Messrs. Kelk have also nearly all
their beads ; soil at sir M. Pete's they are coming very
last. The rat important top towards patting as end to
the dispute woe made by the men at Na.ear Leads yee-
Melo,. *bee after • meeting they decided by a large
sryettr, .n dan..iiee of the ttes onion, that they wall
Mad Shameless to wept the Saturday half-holiday and
the hear system of postural. At Mears. )(elk's, we be-
lieve, the sera ilecissio has been arrived at, though not yet
elLiaUy eaerameaioatel to the semployas At bah these
yards therefore the jay books will be opened before 1
iambi to-day, and the IVI•11 beak off work at that hews,
none* wader the nee system of payment the same wages
they did fro working through the Saunlay after-
efts. The trades will sot be doer to see the real value of
11.. In.n when the men who are employed meter the aid
aroma. as thew are fannies to their work at 1, meet them
•neloved under the new armagetniat comm.; out to enjoy
tialf.holiday without say mimetic's ha their weekly
osurga Before • fortnight is over we expect to find that
'half the trades in Ueda will demand their ball-lioliday
sod the hourly system of payment, by which aloes they
cue get it gratuitously. -- Tames.
DLITR CCTV; g k IVO AY lect Dr.XT. —An accident
of a fearful awl destructive character, but happily neat-
le.eled with Ines of life. &caned at the Great Northern
Railway statism. in Wyllie...don-street, Leeds, oil Thursday
NM. It appears that a havilydaden goal. train, from the
Huulet.latie station. I.a prosiedieg. about IS o'clock, to
cie to the " high level," • sailing line used for the reap.
t...ft of gels, col was kicking fines Copley-bill, whew, OS
i'""444 the Holhcck station, 21, rd the waggon., forming
tl.• lash part of the train, and including the gmirdre
`"". got soconpliel. The gradient towards the Leeds
sates at this point is ray coasiderable, and the de-
-411.1 trucks immediately began to run towards Leeds
with terrific force. They eaters! the Greet Northern eta-
h*.n. sad robin; aloog one of the aide lines came into vie-
knt ...start with It stationary parstenger carriage, belong.
.oil to the Lannehire and Yorkshire Company, and though
44 the shock was much lessesed by the action of
v" butter., the carriages were completely forced 0110
'l"' the other, the one Dearest the platform being
4hren over the platform transversely. The large harem
at ti.e
eat a the station, though aripportel by wood.
York .4 imolai.. atreogth, were completely crushed over
anl slashed, soil the large stone Sig of the platform
'ene torn up awl moved for some dietetics. Luckily the
*vela were here brought to a stand ; otherwise
thee. is little doubt dist, judging from the tern .cc force
with which they came into onetact with the stationary
;liriass, they would have towed through the buildings at
iottom of the line, sad in fact would have greatly
:spired the station. A. it was the 14 carriages were all
leer damaged : three of them bang ssashed lot..
*alma as if tbev had been pill•bosse, sad the x had
othry Odra kaneked is, retie lakes of, es the hedge were
tikes from the wheels The carriages IPSO et the but.
Ml, mid third clam, and the damage dame A preirady
i• ...id! UMW. mow& who wss ia Ids ens when the
u fksm
hlie got uncoupled, juniped out wiles some diallBoll
..t4tios. and eq.-toed unhurt, and se ether penes ma
Wlered, but esveral narrowly escaped.