The Express. — London, England, 1852-12-27 00:00:00

ffeerebtesy lithe eeeigneadee et these eine we a iette eageble use of seines mei@ Sea imesh diess. The eitietelai_lerteste bulliag and Maid% theieueitage ie gds, The beweiledbe of prvater into the city o Lei n e.• is m>otaowiM as a mum of great public interest. Some le= been made in the surveys neesefeep to the best means of accomplishing the eldest. The insecurity of the public budding*, bens napsonre to fire, is urged am a stroll reason for prop motion : The report calls attention to the various local improvements which are nets s.sary for the welfare of the district of Columbia, the improvement of its Khali, Ac. Tha l sec retary concludes b 1 renewing his reoommendatim i of the establishment of an agricultural and statistical Wean; a revision of the laws in regard to the fees et officers of the United States courts; an inelegant the salaries of the United States judges; the ens largement of the functions of the attorney-gem/4 and the construction of • national highway to the l'at It is reported from Washington that the first spo preaches made towards the government of Spain. hi teterence to the purchase of Cuba, took place in the 1516, through the agency of Mr. Soule of ' Louisiana, then on a visit to that country. The communications of Mr. Soule, it is added, were not made officially, but suggestively, so as to lead to the opening of the diplomatic correspondence which has lately found the light. Hiram Brown, a coloured man, has been arrested at Syracuse by the marshal for helping in the rescue of Jerry. He wintered in Canada. Marshal Allen had had the warrant for • keg time, but has been unable to serve it, Brown having kept out of the way. lie has been bailed till January. A fatal collision occurred on the Rochester and Syracuse Railroad on the morning of the 18th. The express train from Buffalo came in contact with the dirt trais, near a place called Williamsville, instantly killing three persons, and injuring several others, one, it is supposed, mortally. A heavy freriket has done some damage at Eufaula, Alabama, large quantities of cotton having been washed away. By the Halifax papers we notice that heavy falls of snow have taken place there and in various parts of the province. So violent was the storm on the 24th ult., that the telegraph line between Amherst and Sackville, a distance of only nine miles, was broken in sixty places. A terrific storm has swept over Lake Erie, and many disasters to property and shipping have ileabt less occurred. The lake is liable to sudden beapeete at this season, and vessels plying upon it air! Asa caught unprepared. It is ;mud, io letters from Havana, that a sinnibm of manifestoes from New York, have been soled hp the Cuban government. The documents advbeill peaceable people to stay at home during the sp-1 proaching invasion, and intimated a certainty of protection to suzh parties as should abstain from meddling. The steamship Fulton, at Washington, brings tiding. from Havana in relation to the affair of the Lady Suffolk. It appears that the complicity of the captain-general in the slave trade, has been made pretty manifest by the late developments. Captain Gray and the crew of the Lady Suffolk have been released by order of the captain-general. There was net sufficient evidence to prove that they knowingly sold their ship for a slaver. Private letters from Havana, received at New Orleans, announce the ea. I petted arrival of a fleet of slaves, fur which the British cruisers were keeping a sharp look out. A new revolutionary paper, the lir: del Puebla, has been established at Matanzas—being published. how ever, in manuscript. The authorities have bete ap prised of its existence and circulation. The steam ship Cherokee from Havana, has reached New Orleans and reports the account of her reception by the autho-1 rities of Cuba. Unrestricted communication with the shore was permitted, the passengers and crew land ing as trosL The captain of the port intimated that the difficulty was all settled. The 11 paPer are inclined to look upon the whole matter as a triumph for their government Dates from Mexico to the 20th November bring somewhat remarkable tidings. The defeat of General Blanco by the French Count, Raousset-Doolbon, is announced. The count has proclaimed the state of Sonora independent, but annexed to France. The troubles in that region have excited attention for • considerable period. According to this account they have been qu ieted a ft er a curious fashion. The re port is proba bly inaccurate. No battle has table place be tween Gen. Braga and Gem Veldts', the leader of the federal troops, as previously reported. Veldts is occupying a fortified camp, but in a critical position, and has been summoned to surrender by Uraga. The latter dim has been is. ceived with great enthusiasm by the people of 1 1 Oaudalajara. Mejia and Behalledo, in common with the states of Tamagni and Guamijuato, have pronounced in favourelthe_plen of Guadalajar a. ....A bill granting to &wee Waage the right to construct the Tehuantopee reelfe E bee hese reported in the Mexican Conroe ledge Omitting, Visited States minister to Mexico. arrived at the capital m the 14th November. The Gardiner iamettgatiag eeewittee had left for the mines. Further advion Mate that the revolutionists declare themeless in pennies of sufficient funds to defray all a espeees, and decline to coalesce with Carl= lima. A conducts of specie was belie,. to be on the way from Tampico. A letter from Cape Haytien, dated Nov. 19, says that the French naval forms have taken pommies of Santana, in St. Domingo, near the Mona P sad design to hold it as a naval station, unless United States should object The New °thane Picayune of Dee. 2 says :—By the arrival of the steam-ship Louisiana, Capt. Smith, we have received dates from Galveston to the flesh ult. We have room only for the follow , i si :* wa items The WiIIINTIS Tease has the Mewls/ hem Eagle Pew A weak or two Mace, durfa. ore Psalm Negros, Mr. Reward Stria's, whetted the modest for carrying the mail between this sky rod the Pars. Set Gofer Jobs, who was is the act of fthhiag me dtM sew Toying party. Ile was Immediately muted. Mead, sod sea sato woos. The dimity weaned at a dom. • Meese be. Bette Pass, dwell Os leek tea refismulibe this slur Moles that ea the eight of the Ilk nevem esamoded mg* his swam swam tho river sod essehed Eagle Pass be telisty. • rumour es no mad Oil sky be the east Met Was Nor is dirks twe &Mem Meaty to Law dam wife will jels his essemeed. It is aspire he le /ski Mai esedslitskle at Mammies. The Mao Data M a i4llllfted yes moms to the Rick:wed Moserke. P. M. Oilman is mere mad yrreirieter. oat he palaces asllle a spicy mad hatarealsi &set. 'TM &Me ~te Nye as smarrally heavy elite belt tilted the aeighboarassil of Mots es the WM bet. Jac i.a. m..2 be WH Allen, epee Mossles and Aside trussed the eiliemeet Amelia rosestly. We kora ben the Ginett• that las asmeadeal is ereatisg a great degree el %mat athe wedeetakkg. Amon prepotitiess trbieh he regrets hi the seeemphakiseat el the work me, Gas, that irk, state don Ms the emirs, three or kat thetwasd &Ilan fee every ails of real omersolog ; ent. to Nat the legislature pre a law oothookieg ossotimo to levy a tau pay the taterlMß es sash Se lIIMPIIMMIeSIOCk SO they nay caw** to take. The Hoak. Tbkrerpill says it le as tboriwal to contradict the repert that Judge Issny wall op prie Or n Houtes ks the Malted States emare. (ruremeewea... page 4 ) SERDA/S AND ALARMING ACCIDENT ON TES 41111, BISTRA RAILWAT.—(Prom oar ears NW reepoadeat.)—Baurrot., Ditc. 26.—Aa accident ailleniell try serous sonspeases, mad which caused no iscoradarookbe mew of onssanatisa sad sierra is this eitr, issainead resterday avian, r• aM of the op trans of the Metal sail Baiter Railway. Vail way nasally the antandeallas between the Tattoo stalls and rn flishlanable sad mole hegeented mensaing-lima, Cloven's, we seasasplished by scans of lashes and enaibusts, Int some time Mare the Bristol and loiter Comany . was ladmed te lay down a bruin Ina r that plus , wh i ch, iasend of bens reed by elan et bun lealna sane at ass thas Ms son on tbs organ ben" be besa evoked sine he epos jai by sews of a mall stsaapnyrias ; sad it is doe to the eon ysay to say that hitherto the worklog of Able branch bee b6emea conducted Is a meaner fully satisfactory to the person; using it. Yesterday, boom,. the ono who hos properly eharge of tin switches neglenod ia some way to property tura the Opiate, by mesas of which omission the train was diverted from its proper course, and instead of pulling up at the Laval passenger platform it ran directly onwards, soil tame into violent collision with the engine-how, knocking away the ends of the walls and • portion of the roof, and then tanning away Taro • field adjacent. The wee was very full, as it serried third class pavengers, and a great anusber of holidsy•eeshen were evading themselves of the coassignee it afforded to visit their friends in Brie tel, and we need sot say that the utmost consternation pre veiled among them. There were aumben of them thrown kr violent collisioa, some of them receiving contusioas, Fad one lady banns her trout moth knocked oat. The esg - ue.driver, • very woody man, sensed Off rd, was Iststallyluaried beneath the Mail of the &Len balding, awl upo n his bong get out it was discovered that Ite had lIKAITta sigmas Wary of the leg, and other hurts, wtili - h retA?fed it advisable to roman him to his home. The nolo was also disabled. AUSTRALIA. LIYMPOOL, fiewariv. By the clipper ship Marco Polo, Captain Forbes, we have advice. from Melbourne to the 11th of Oct. The Marco Polo sailed from Liverpool on the outward passage on the 4th of July, and made bee ran in 08 days; she sailed from Melbourne ea her return on I the 11th of October, and has thug made the voyage out and home in the unprecedented specter 5 meths and 21 days. The screw steamer Australian sailed from Melbourne for Ragland, with the mai:s and 136,000 i. of gold, 11 days before the Marco Polo ; she had arrived at Adelaide and was to leave that port on the 4th of October, with an addition of 63,000 es.' of gold-dust. The Marco Polo passed Banles Straits ' 1 on the 12th of October; on the 17 h sighted the Falk- laud Islands, thence to Cape Horn, which she sighted' the 3rd of November. Had fine weather. The 3th of November pasMd Staten Island; the 19th of De cember passed a lougb.at painted stone-colour, with a red ribaud and black gunwale; same time saw • bark apparently abandoned, showed blue lights and fired six rockets, but receiving no answering signal, proceeded. The longboat hailed from Leith, the name of the ship she belonged to commenced with the letter L. _ --- The Hoods on the Terms had not subsided suffi ciently to allow the proprietors to commence opera tions wi,h any degree of spirit. The mines showed no symptoms of exhaustion, but, on the contrary, every week announced the discovery• of some new losehty containing gold. On Church-hill, in dry diggings, some claims had yielded, while others barely paid expenses. At 'fasaboarara the yield continued good, notwith standing the difficulty arising from a supera bundance of water. At Tuena many parties were making from 60 to 70 ounces per week. The num ber ut miners was increasing, and emcees appeared pretty general. Major's-creek diggers wet° realising well. The accounts from Bingen are contradictory; some petsona bad been exceedingly successful, whilst others were disappointed. Not less than 30,000 persons had arrived at Forest creek in a fortnight, many of them from the Beodigo diggings. This influx was occasioned by the disco very of diggings at Moonlight Flat, a gully about a mile and three-quarters from Forest-creek, which had proved richer than any precious. Every consumable article was rising at Forest creek ; cats were selling at from 31. 3e. to 31. 10s. per bushel; floor, 141. to 131. per bag; and sugar, le. 6d. to le. 9d. per lb.; for stools and cradles extraordi nary prime were asked. At Sydney Exchange on London was as follows : Draughts against gold, 10 per cent.; discount by the Bank of New South Wales, on au advance of 40e. The total amount of gold shipped from Sydney to the 2nd of October was 2,4:4,6271. The escort from Braidwood had brought in 489 ounces; from Mal run, 260 ounces; Bell-creek, 50 ounces; Cloulburne, 12 ounces; &fobs. 102 ounces; Bathurst, 47 ounces; and Naas, 45 ounces. At Melbourne bay was selling at from 161. to 181. per ton; Hamburg!) butter, at la. lid. per lb.; Bacon, at Is. Id. per lb.; Gloucester cheese, at Is. 6d. per lb.; tobacco . Id. per lb.; silver watches, 41. 2s. 6d. • bergs) shine, 375. per dozen ; axes, 3e. 3d. each ; d raught horses, from 701. to 901.; drays and harness, from 821. to 1301.; working bul locks, from 171. to 331. per pair; milch cows, from 4/. to 8/. - Adelaide *dykes of the 4th of October state that there had been great excitement in the market that day. Numerous orders had arrived from Melbourne. The prior of dour at the opening of the mai ket was 261.; it roes to 301., and at the close was at 291. Must of the expired licenses to work at the Echangs diggings, near Adelaide, had been renewed, and many fresh ogee taken. The number of diggers amounted to about 300. The following are extracts from private letters from Australia received yesterday at Southampton: ADELAIDE. I don't think the world has ever witneosed such • state of thine, to such a degree, as that which occurred to South Australia. A country In the most healthy and vigorous seas of its existence, with its streets flowing with milk and , Wog i • country capable of supplying, not only the naves !mein bet the comforts of civilised life to thousands, and i illeedaleg te an extent unparalleled in the history el selenleallem , — seek a country presenting the novel =aims of depopulation, as though some frightful wee hovering about it, dooming it to de struction, and all from discoveries es immense and astoendiog as they were wholly unexpected. You may be able to form some idea of the shock occasioned from such a sadden withdrawal of labour from its ordinary chapels, sod the blow that the mercantile affairs of the place re ceived io consequence. So rapid wan the rush to this mag node spot, that at one time we became falai that the few who were left behind would have to become their own bakers, water carriers, and tailors. Bakery, butchers, talon, parsons, lawyen and their clerks, surveyors nod their assistants, in fact, every one was " aff la the diggings." The overland route was a sees fair, and the vessels were crammed to sulfiretties, mien twigs taking as easy as ISO peasengers at a time; in stmt, the horrors of the middle lamp were r i a t i e w ittillisegit te It. One worthy I kasek, a Captain more by this wholesale fteMaing than the Spiel epl:riesults of labour at the ill Wag. He • MIL milled the Anna Dieu in Marope sad =S i tifie eat here, end laid her ea , thit mdenlaCtrade juteetheMoUpstarted up. Altheughl weshealled with intigetiremet I. which he stowed Me e, lama not mad my ririble propensities in efillematic susiegemests; he had • mat heeding bell dug, and whomever • disgusted passenger heed his hilegedge, the faithhal maul vindicated his essileet limas a by lithe • piece of the refractory patient's lg. The law, of meanie, restrained this fellow from leading his vessel in this ladle criminate manner, but it was utesely plareelam, as h. sled his brother traffickers wily dulled lame to ib vigilance. I see day silted him brow he neweggd Is soh teal each gm unsay an es be Sou lk of his pensagen genet prove ? " Oh." he said very eddy, " I lead Ng phlsh at nude& sed the deg Is always on the See, so I anew indulge.* seytking but growling , ea lead. wind, they Oa ash grew, and its an Om wind, as 1 soak as us." This ins a rah* of as s Lenenl trade bet, is *doe to the pled, I few ley, this Male of =was may et Me istnemeaseannt alas *ash i_ as ties at the ten saes sualdoed Mget • Asp MOD. ash , f the mush almost .*sewn ask pagesuposn A friend of mite tell me In • rest 05. =maw that was alga 11* sloop on op the dent he Ih as e a m es. sed d i l r he p il l . ie e si ti etre. as La day was what • rash ash hese hem been. Aldan* we were glebes to eh attedslieet hem this wadies visitaden, W beim of holy lad was diehard, Mill • decent sisead Mod It was to disk ohmage to Merin, sad with see dl temed Bahia Ad we bah NUS 410111 of the lire adedsally. It may ad, wage , be eat of as way to manses •hwof as bad's, hitures - of this he mesa" tetleb. es Sir Hear/ Tow rwaarkod is spew tag egessb le as last irea, hos Mnsphsetly viedisaludi we sod esteltj a of as higlailego of Shah Ass. It goodilas all stagolaggf lava by Ile 11=neall sit • ehael l i b ione pee OISS.OI6IIIIIIIa. gels as at pram ass. at 11. I le. per_ hags. at the gun time holds, that aides a legal near dodgy the egeselliste tithe est, whin Is ter • year hen he and aeaseigeo them to pay their ter , mdse. Lira in these ingssa. Although thr 'Wm of the in WM ta relives as leeks. still as ham el Ihe hill jea , dearly and Ohs pries of _rid le sea a amen se that the ' est amid hew • twofold - Ant be Ns speeches —tie.. in 11=a draultaing rashes ea as se* heed, and ea ' le le the spud prise he the Alit el hie Mac alb as geniis of Oh NM, the geeeeeermae. the men Many get be pa. Mane yard up e astr mined reuse la as Meat Aleandler gel estallibed ins es heeds he the pupae of gild le this . ass ellsedleg a safe eel eepedilleee Nom et the lee& Assns. less at the alibis to dispose of r gold to as hest advantage. Thir piney at Si* wear. was **amassed by some of the Melbourne merchants, who herease extremely jealous and alarmed at the allseetive market South Australia presented to the gold digger. Oar 31. Ile. per ounce was la glaring Jager position to their liberal V. 18.. and 3'. Some of them said that we had burnt our fingers with it is thus limiting the price of gold err high, and gave us the comforting moo ranee that the rates of exchange would eventually settle against us is arbitrarily tampering with the currency. At the same time they lauded us up to the skies fur the energy we bad displayed ender such trying difficulties, and most favourably eastreeted our gummiest with their awn, whom they described se • set of @puttee, animated with the decayed spirim of old women However, to lima basely etiolation, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Upwards of a million sterling of gold hie been attracted to the **lour, end has passed through theCamay.ofilee, which has worked most eilleiently, and has given • great impulse to all kinds of trade, se mot of the successful diggers have visited South Australia, from the many advantages it offers, and give it a decided preference to Melboures. The South Auatralans have been mat preirmi neatly successful, and unquestionshiy the strongest, most energetic, industrious, and orderly of all the others who have made • pilgrimage t, this shrine of PLOWS. 1 think you will agree with me that the t noruvAs armlet 01 gold received through our assay-office within sin months of the peeing ef the aro, is the most ueequivoeul proof of the wisdom of the measure. The groom portion of the muse lity which sassed It, was the sadden acd immense with drawal of specie from the banks, and a submittals was Is- THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING. DECEMBER . - - yon lolly ostobout to logalitiog the papsent of Pak sites es tool by lho mt. but art books never looked he web as mast of all at IMP ossobta, sad they have obippoil logo quatida of to Nyland; sod be as this lap biles, the goversoass* an Post to pie sewer tokens of a Pietism is and stariesrd, to nlkeit our strtherla Mobs. St I don't think that OM dismal fore bodings a moo Naar Melbourne brethren are !hely to be realised. as the pies of gold is Heglasd, the fineness of the medals, and the probable establishment of a mint at Sydney, I will guarantee the banks against all possibility cal • t 0... It suited the stases, adniiratien of the neighbouring cow l Wets, with the exception of the few isolated iptanees 1 have asentiesod, but even thins hate now become savant, and say that it is the muse of our present healthy posii•i.,r. • eingula ealacidamee happened with regard to the pas•irg of the act is question. An Artie* appeared in the Doily Neva, at the latter end of January Ins , , just alter the set same into cipera ties, strongly advocating the principle of the colonial basks beiag allowed to bees notes egainet gold and reeensmenaing the advantages that the estab lishment of a Pat would wafer upon the ou'esies. It seems as though an electric current of thought had pasty from loath Australia to the ones of the Doily News. The editor mum have little thought that we were at that time enespelled to pus a measure somewhat similar to that he saggested. INDIA AND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. It is quite emnsirg to witness the eccentricities of the returned diggers—tire place is full of them. Money ap• peon m t the slightest object : they are just like ',don alter • succosehil cruise. They give the most contemptible con sideration for thir.p nut extravagantly high, and they tuts up for 1001. mitts, have tremendons champagne suppers, and otherwise flare up most extensively. A very stowing scene occurred the other day—• miecesstil digger accom panied his sweetheart to • shop in Adelaide, and, ©Ample cootie smoking his pipe, intimated that lie weased to rtg out the young 1101111•11. The first article he alighted upon was a shawl. Ile inquired the price of i'., and wes told that it was 7s. "Why bless you, man," said be, " I want one about 71.; do you think I am going to di.g . Tme this young woman by giving her such • shawl as this ? "Stop • minute," mid the counter jumper, " there is one that we have pet aside foe Lady Young, hut she has forgotten to call fur it ; the piss of it is Bt." So a shawl of the same kind as the rejected gee bet of a different pattern, was shown, and instantly accus ed se a great prise by the poor deluded digger. We have hod weddings without number for the last four mouths, sometimes es many as • dozen spliced ham breakiset. All the carriages that the place con shard are hired for the occasion ; and, as fur the parsons, some of them an making their fortunes by the fees they get, for the diners, in the exuberance of their joy, ere most extremely liberal. You may imagine that the Adelaide tradesmen here not forgotten to tern this state of things to • profitable account ; they charge the nest rumens prices for the commonest articles. You will be surprised to learn that a pair of Wellington boots are 4/., and other things in proportion. 'lbis comes very bard upon poor devils with Axed salaries. However it is quite clear that trade would not have tevived in this extraordinary , had it not been for the diggings and the hulling sat, so that out of "seeming evil good has been educed." By the time you receive this the news of our gold diggings will in all probability have reached you. At present they are very promising; but owing to the wet state of the country from the late rains, operations have been confined to surface washing, which alone has been very remunerating, and it is confidently expected that so soon as the dry season acts in, large quantities of the precious metal will be obtained, and which will only be preliminary to further sad mere extensive discoveries, as the country in that part, which consists 3f beautiful bills extending fur about 20 miles, is supposed to be highly auriferous. I paid • visit myself about • fortnight ago, and about fifty tents I found oa the spot, and many people bard at it. I could not spare more than on hour to examine these diggings ; but, while I we. there, I washed three dishes of earth, and in each succeeded in obtaining soma pieces of gold, one of which was a tolerably good sine. The writer of the following 101 l Southampton on the 13th of May last in the Peninsular Company's steamer Chusan : August 20, 1832. You have no doubt been disappointed at not rseivini • letter from the Cape, however, it war not my fault, as you will see. I had written several letters and enclosed them to you oa the dly we left the Cape. I gave this parcel to the surge= of oar ship to post for me ; he was en shore all day, sad, of course, I thought he had dime se he had pro mised, but I was much grieved the day after we sailed when he brought the parcel to me, and told me he had forgot to post it. I hope, however, you got the l e tt e r which I sent. from St. Vincent, and that this will also come to head. I shall now proceed to give you a brief &c -omae et ear voyage. We lay at Mt. Violeta four days, owlag to the Propontis getting her coals first, she left on May 28, we took our departure at 10 p.m. of the 30th. Mr. Blask, oar second engineer, left us there, and I @sprat re turned to Eaglaud by the Teviot, which was expected when we left. His mean for leaving the ship was, that the chief and him could net agree. On the 7th of June, we crowed the Line, sad myself and nearly ell the rest underwent the shaving operation. At 10 p.m. of the 9th, we passed the Island of Asuncion, bat not being • very clear night, we did net pt a good view of it. On the 21st I hal the tatafortune to get my right hand severely burnt with boiling pitch, which quite dis abled me for tea days. I had, however, nearly finished my lettere the day before. We subedits Tableßay at Be.tn., of the 24th. There we bead abase 40 vessels of different sizes. On the morning of the 26th, the !rereads entered the bay. Oa Sunday, the 27th, I went en ahem at Cape Town, which is • very fine plans; it inutlefes several large buildings—such as churches and chapels. Table Moun tain:is sery high, and although the weather was fine white we were there, we only saw its top two or three times. On the 28th, the Styx, steam sUip came in from Bimoa's Bay. At 6 p.m. of the 29th, we left , and the following morning we had left the land out of sight. From the Cape we steered south, and soon fell in with plenty of wet and cold weather. After about a fortnight, we fell in with a fair wind. On July 3rd, we passed two out ward bound ships; one we spoke, which was the Brothers. 96 days nut from Landoll, bound fee Calvet.. From the 16th to the 27th we were under canvas alollll, and often sailed at the rote of 12 and 13 knots. Oa the 20th, at 6 s.m., we sighted the light at Cape o:way. It was then blowing very hard ; what our sailors called a " brick-fielder," or laud breeze. We were the leader steam, and also a good deal of sieves. All Mode wore turned up to take in sail, and while doing so see pew fellow was blown front the main =yard mad kto save it Every effort him was made, buoy and mural gratings was thrown over, bat to no purpose. Of ewes* the ship was brought to, and one of the beets Irma& Limstesaat Passes, Mr. Bancroft, our chief °Mow, and kw sailor, west is wank of the mss, sad wm a hem the skip he two hams. Great fear was esteftaYad he the nag of dr best, but after phist e k sseed mere satiety, we got them soh a Weed, sod ed ea our voyage. At 4 p.m. we task ea bawd • ad at la pm. we wore safely anchored ia Put Da.belra we emend the beads, we saw the omit of Wawa, es owitgrem vemal, white woe Mesa whim lam two menthe dm& The sett day we !Mg ea mortdoelhe doer en board the Charm to prevent the Whet hoordag. Aimee miebilay woehloped es heard a molt stoemir,, ask aloe IF the rives Tama Yana, amt a aihd la litiltromaa aZ tea Wo kit the Chem the honk sat oft= at bee wow. Os the Ise wry sea. the voyage : we had pleat, to dei.v.: lent Wel that, fir I enjoyed essihst health the spew. After lawl w bed ear temp te • Oen, sad this we washiness \ of it is he lb. eight, whist we demised sheet vaihdeht, mad after • eft dial of heeide. I shipped as an he ter 10 ddays,og sad the. removed to private lodgings. Oa Oa the lost aims km/dm ailed *a here. Ite urn se he had se , l astise ea t dess, het eh= twe me= Shoe A Ids twerieift eMsweeest so left he the he =The Os la • =ft= piss. ft the am m of the amen. The hairereasse are is =form, set they seem to heft pl=l* de. Mew I left the Peet -e•se I went to a . sad espied ftftelf at Its. par lay, which le rather as hapiwir Met to rut Ales pug Is Nethaaptae. Of sow say per is very lash bee Te s s. las sow paying 26e. per week hr bawd sad , . &aft I kayo ban hors we have bad panty of Me, the Waffle lies peat tkat the streets have bees haft as is ask bat the weather mom sow eettiod. IMs the Oaes very mask, Thew me s swey bed obasastais here ft Os pm= Sae. ere of the stet frets= eseeiresse, well of rho =ft adeg dessriptioe. It is sat soh IS say area a be est by shisstas after dark. The gebi a tiel e szt: all the talk, armederre illail leave the Mora from the elms Thee se het eg aL lnl iew Oft raters so Lib out a paarifig if the It is sew the wet seam to the gellaekt i , i t ul et that dew sot debt many that arrive hfta gibs. Tint Dear PLAYMATE'S Triousts.—One morning Charley said, when we got up, this I was the most sulky Mew be ewe seer. 1 had been afraid, lately, that I was =tila s merstralky, but I did not know of any particular ke ka4 he saying so jut then (though ke had a teams, as I AGM mat a ft erwards). So I told bias what I dieuglibs-diat be bed grown very unkind, and that I would not bear with it If be did not behave ea he and to do. ll* mid that whomever he tried to do so I sulked. I did not know, then, what row he had to my that, nor what this was all shout. The thing was, he had felt uncomfortable, the night berme, shoat something in his behaviour to me, and he bed whispered to me, to ask me to forgive him. It wee quite dark. mid I sever beard him ; he Said MI be tare and speak to him ; bat I never stirred, of course; sad no woad,' be supposed I was milking. If I had been good-tempered I dare say all would hare gone right, but somehow everything asemod "i wrong and be uncomfortable wherever I might be, and I wee always longing to be somewhere else. Iwas longing now for the holidays. I dare my every boy was loosing for the holidays ; but I was particularly, bemuse ' everything at home wee ao bright, and distinct, and shaerful • emspered with school that heirloom. Everybody seemed to have got to speak thick and low ; Most of the birds Permed be have gore away ; and this mails me long more to see my turtle doves which Peggy bad irromieed to take are of tbr MO. Even the cherish boll seamed as if it WSW Ma& ; and when the organ played there IMO greet sin fa Om music, which was so spoiled that I used to think I had rather there had been no music at all.—Diebose's Homed o ', Melia by Me thriast.• bit.. Tar. MnoiAt.—A letter from Bruhn, of the Jlat, states that the Medial mot losChs Lis eat at 'Marty, not- withstanding the promise mode by the Grand• Duke of ' Tuscany, the King of Pisgah has matins:VW N. Visdom, his ambassador at Rome, to Topa, to Florence end renew his representations to the Oraed•Dt.ke. Th• dried et the Dwelt Referred Mr* Mee re. read to the Liest..o*entee for tremolos.* W bar Mofeo sei to t roreratt, the tellewieg pithy rd a or • "Ws, the solnisten sad elders of the Date& liolkeined Church of South Africa, in Synod assembled, haelog ob served in tb• Letters Patent, published in the GONlfilnefti Gasette of this seleey, this title given to the Chief Pastor of the Cohort Church of Busload and Ireland at the Cape of Good lisps—' Lord Bishop of Cape Town ;' having alas seen the sham , at, published by authority, that the 'Diocese of Cape Town contains • population of 7450,000 souls,' which must coasequestly include the whole population of this co linty and the Taoist countries; \solos far th er observed the designation vim by the said Bishop to himself The firstßishop of tho Churab of God io this' land ;* and having, moreover, perceived from an official despatch the claim to precedence made by him, and the rank allowed him by her Majesty's Secretary of State,—deem it necessary, at this our first meeting after the ereetion of s bishopric of the united church of England and Ireland in South Africa, to declare, in order to prevent any misunderstanding as to our enact position, that,—whilst the Datch reformed church, although the oldest and by far the most numerous religious body is South Africa, claims no precedence to any other Wench of the church of Christ, and is desirous to li•e in peace, har sway, and brotborbood with all who, although differing as to outward forms or principles of church government, main tain, with her, the grand principles of the Reformation,— the will not acknowledge the title of any minister of reli• I gion which involves a claim of superiority, or of territorial power, over her own bishops or people —car will she re spent any claim of precedence made by any religious body whatever. " Thua declared in Synod, at Cape Tow n, on the 2nd dal li n f a cze e m a r d r, i y n the ut year hority . o f f o rlairSyMod of the Dutch Reformed Church to South Africa. " Wu. Itunaarsos, D.D., Moderator. " I'. E. F.tviix, A.10180f." THE KAFFIR WAR. We pobliblied oo gaturdei; summary of the in telligence retied by the Harbinger, to which we add the following: THE MAURITIUS. From Mauritius to November 6, we learn that the trade with Madagascar was expected to be re-opened very shortly. The hlazeppa was hourly expected with definite arrangements from the Hoes govern ment. The sugar market had been dull, and a de cline in price had been submitted to; but it was ex pected the firmness of the London market would again cause a rise. Beef was 6d. per lb. Horses found dull sale. Sheep were in good demand. Salt beef found ready sale at about 22 dollars. Salt fish met with ready purchasers, except a parcel of mac kerel. Salt pork was in great demand. The supply of guano far exceeded the demand; Cape had been selling at 20 to 23 dollars, and Peruvian at 33 to 40 dollars. Cape oats were worth 2 dole. 73c., but the market was well supplied. The wine market had been very animated, und the price for Bordeaux had risen to 22 do lays. 111 E CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. The Cope Town Mail of November 20 gives the following summary of the news : With ref/3rd to the progr. es of th- Kalil, war there is but little of novelty to report. War it can stow scarcely bo termed, ytt there is nu restoration of peace. liostiliqes, in any rote& or connected form, hate fur some time ceased, sp. 'meetly from sheer exhitiation on the pert of the Kaffir.; but still the (hike chiefs refuse to submit. Still their fol lowers lurk, iu unkeown numbers, in their native moun• tam., and keep a large body of the troops in inceseant too tins, wet hiag, tracing. and where passible shooting them dews ; sad still by every post we have fresh Reopen., of cattle earned off in the night from farmhouses, from woe. gone, and even from military Arts, nearly every such 1101101111 i ending with the recital that one or two Kettles IMO killed, and part or the whole of the booty retaken. Cal. Maclean, the Chief Commissioner of BIWA leaf. frank has offieially reported that the line between King Tuwn and the Buffalo is now perfectly tranquil, and that traders' and travellers' wagons now per at all hours without escorts or guard.. lie also announces that in tha* quarter confidence appears re•established, and the war spirit has disappeared. On the other hand the very last post announces that Oiiphant's 11,..ek is again infested by rebel Hottentots, and that several parties of burghers have been out in persuit, and killed and wounded some of the rebel.. At the Kegs skirmishes were of frequent occurreace ' in which several of the enemy have fallen. Near Somerset (East) marauding parties have made their appeased*. Prom Mr. Cock's kraal at the Kowie some oxen were got emu . off, bat two of the marauders were shot. Near Haaitrom, a got, was rhot whilst attempting to Weak into the kraals. On the Ist inst., 150 fine cows were taken by the Kale, from Mr. Van der deli of Burghers dor?, suit at the same time the whole of the cattle and home aelengine to a neighbouring farmer named Vogel, were carried off, beteg the two finest herds of cattle in the district. On the 3th a quantity of slaughter cattle were swept off from Fort Grey, but speedily retaken, one Kafir being shot, and another wounded. Another murder of a colonist and a native herdsman has taken place, accompanied by circumstances which remind as painfully of the numerous atrocities of the same kind which took place shortly after the commencement of the war. A gang of about 30 rebel Hottentots suddenly sur rounded the Aimee of Mr. George Jaynes, a farmer, in the Winterberg, and having despatched him sad a servant, plundered the pr, misee and made off with about 00 head of cattle, four horses and 00 rounds of ammunition. A widow and nine children have been rendered destitute by this 'merciless outrage. A considerable number of the enemy lave lately been taken prisoners, from whom iefurmatien has been obtained, showing the desperate condition to which the hostile tribes are reduced. Two Kaffir% fallen in with by the herds of a farmer near Somerset, and brought in as prisoners, stated that " the Kaffir* are all tired of lighting, being short of food and powder, and that they knew they would be ordered over the K, i ; that some say they will not ge, and others that they will." A Hottentot prisoner, who surrendered himself after the clearing of the Visterkloof, states that mat of the Hottentot rebels are dispersed, and gone towards the Kei. The leaden, it appears , have quarrelled, and are dissatisfied with Ilithaahler. Sandell', he repreeents, Is a fugitive, with only a few followers, skulking in the large bush on this side of Fort Cox ; and Hannan, reduced to similar straits, is "hiding in krantsm, lint here and then there." It is certainly astonishing that notwithstanding the miserable condition to which these men are reduced, not a single movement has been male towards giving up their leaders to obtain the liberal reward, offered for their appre hension. B sore trouble is beginning to be experienced from the conduct of our native silks, the Fingues, who show a tendency to indulge against each other the ferocious habits acquired in the field. Boors deadly encounters between different portions of these men rave lately taken place, and robscries have also been committed by them, one of shich has just called forth a severe check from the Commander-in. Chief. The Tambookie chief Tyopo, or Chopo, who had joined the enemy in the early part of the war, reeently surrendered to General Cathcart, and re-' mired favourable terms for himself and people, being al lowed to retain his cattle and settle down with his follower In North Victoria, a district of British lisffreria. It ace pears that this sadden change from a state of hostility to one of repose under British protection, was not recognised ' by the Fingole who bad recently been engaged under the British sutherities in mortal strife with those people ; and a Fiogo bend, falling upon the Tambookie cattle near Whittles., carried off three hundred of them—not, as may be preowned, without a sanguiesry Militant*. A general settee has, consequently, been issued by General' Cathcart, directing the °Meer commandieg her Majesty's troops of the let division in conjunction with the civil eons- InialiOner of the dietriet;to cause the offenders to be arrested and brought befogs Wm. and haling substantiated the feet land guilt of the seemed by evidence on oath, taken either by court-ssertlal we by deposities before a magistrate, to cause the ass elhallet whom he may eensider the moat guilty to be longed la some mespieoms piaos near Whit ' times and dm ether partleipmen in the mime to be kept prisoners tOI farther orders. The illembisehief Om* mho semondseed moos& tionally to Wesel Mesessa. at Feet Money. on the 7th of October, km bees nisi by it general sesebmisedel at Ora bas's Tows e sod smoseseda be shot to dem* by nes bevy. Him sestram was read to his es One" soming lest The emsmendle-in•ehisf hes, downs, einentsi the penishmmt Se hommoetsties he life ; and \Leta! _eriered te Isseses stsmaleg foe Peel =Meth, ms mule for Cape Ta rs. is aro of a tibiaeeamissed 40 ma elite nth regiment. Re is Aimed to et his four trims with him, sod s seem* midi his wits. His mem nesse, who somegieled and he at e m wives, wen immehately emp bosh es Ztkey will be released. It is sAmmed that t place of his mile will be Robison Islaad. The Amitosis skiff Krell' against whom the " Tram. KM" expedition of Aura last was directed, his given some intboades ef his thin to rentals ea friendly terms, by sanding in to Colonel Maclean a small iastsbnast—only 1:3 head—of the 1,800 cattle demanded by Sir Harry Smith, as cempeasatioa for the destriction of missioa I=ty at Butterworth. Considering that this chief is to posers* large herds, many of the cattle unp aved hem the colonists having been driven into his ter dewy, this number appears ridiculously small. He states, however that his ormeillors, who at first s usaaksamiy dissed their shadsds ommesd . hie saltier any payment whateve, hem nese AL idea ut re-organisleg the Kafilr Pollee is aliskeed, and Hearal Cathcart hae ordered that the edema she fa rawly belonged to that fora, and who have been simulated Ito mere is oar of the levies, are to new remising pay and allowances hem the date of their services in the levies being Meessaseed. _ _ _ lierneOrionel Byre, 73rd Regiment, has hen promoted to no hied rank_ of Iftadler General, a distinction well earned by Ilialmidellselb exertions daring the war. In the tememeakity 'Woe prevails within the colony as to the vim =I pepsins of General Cathcart, it is re /mid Si selideallep that he has appointed a commission to prooni *mess, no frontier districts for n a l:pose of brining to a don all outstanding claims the penmen foe MOW or services connected wa lk the war, ad pagans who mho this opportunity of preferring such abloom, maned that they wilt be entitled to so Nether boring. The general impression to, that tads step pommy to a general declaration of peace. In addition to the devastations of war, the northers districts are suffering greatly from Inmate, incredible mul titudes of which lover large tracts of country, when they destroy crops of all kinds, and connate every trace of vegetation. From the Orange River Sovereignty we have some rumours of anticipated disturbances, but whether cm the part of the natives or the Boer, don not clearly appear. General Cathcart, without giving any intimation of his ia- Motion, has despatched a force of 2.000 troops, with large eciounissariat supplies, to Blocs Fontein, and is believed to be sow himself on his way to that locality. A meeting of the Legislative Council, consisting of six Akin and two utioffcial member, took place on Tuesday Ist; our loft* this body Lient..Governor Darling laid the alseMos of menus and expenditure for 1863. The knee is set down at 218,3311., and the former at 223,8431., but °whi to the great increase of customs daties the revenue t his year will probably not fall short of a quarter of a million striling—au uncomfortably large sum for such • Council to have the power of " appropriating." • sensation of deep disgust Am hero excited in the public mind by the violation of the promise of representative pri vileges so distinctly made so them by her Majesty's &peers mint. The Sarah Sands, four-muted screw steamer, arrived in Table Bay on the Bth inst., having made the palings from Cork in 44 days, including four days' detention at St. Vin cent She sailed again for Melbourne and Sydney on the 11th 4.61. Considerable diaanrointrnent has been experienced front the non-arrlval of the Australian, nog 33 days overdue. le , to feared that she has been detained either by the desertion dflitt emir or by the impossibility of obtaining fuel, the coal mien having been, by the last amounts, nearly &ban ' Boned for the 1130(11 alluring gold.tields. OOTIIINNINT NOTICE. Graham's Town, Nov. 8, 1832. The Chief Commissioner of British Kaffraria reports per feet tranquillity aloof the Buffalo line—traveller,' and traders waggons moving at ell boon without guards or escort., and confidence appears re-established, as much so as if there was no war spirit in the province. Lieut. Catty, of the 6th Regt., commanding at Fort Grey, reports that a party of eleven Kettles attacked two private waggons Fort Grey, and unprotected, some dis tance from Grey, and took eight head of cattle. The banditti were followed op by troops from Fort Grey, ac companied by Kettles of You a trib ; the oxen were reco vered, and one ut the brodittr killed by a Kaffir of Pate's Statement made be Kobel Mattress," at King Wil liam's Town, who dered himself to the olßccr com manding the camp at the Kabousie Neck, this 3rd day of November, 1852: .1 ea a Hottentot. At the breaking eut of the war I wee at Theopolis, when Hans Brander and many rebel Hottentots came there and took us away by force—my brother was also taken. The most of the rebel Hottentots are dispersed, their cantos broken up, and are gone to the Kei. Ido not think there era more than 20 Hottentots now in the mountains, and have only about 13 guns amongst them. They have no ammunition. Why the rebel camps are broken up is that Uithaelder, Hans Brae der, and &mimes Smit, have all quarrelled with each other, and that Uithaalder assumed too much consequence. The patrols continually driving them about, they suffer severely from hunger, and they cannot now get any more ammuustion. I d 3 not know where the Hottentots get their ammunition from. A great many rebel Hottentots have been killed, many have died true hunger, aad others from the heavy snow in the mountains. I have lately heard the Hottentots talk of giving themselves up, but they say they are afraid gov.rnment will kill them. "Sandilli is now is the liege bush this side of Fort Co., but he never stays in one place. He has only a few fol. lowers. Alumna is hiding in krantses, first here and then there; he has but few followers. Hans Brander went away about two months ago with ten men to steal cattle at the Zuurvaldt, and two of his men were shot and Brander bee not emu back. " Jan Lomb, has crossed the Kai; Simon Pearl also ; David Laverlot, I left at the Amatolas. Jan Beanies has crowd the Kei; Frederick Hendrick is at the Amatnls ; Widens Brace ha. crossed the Kei; Filman Martina/ also. The patrols have been continually driving us abort. We have got no more camps now. A few data ago I heard Vitt:molder spe►king to some Hottentots, and I beard him nay, This is now the time to Like flight—we are now get ting finished.' We have not yet heard of the Governor's late proclamation. his (Signed) Knave 04 MATTRO36." mark. Taken before me (Signed) W. M. D. F%NN, J.P. By command of his Excellency the Governor, W. P. LIDDLII, Private Secretary. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. An unusually short time having elapsed between the de parture of the list mail for London per Quern of the South and the present mail per Harbinger, there are but few, if any changes to oistice in the intelligence which is generally given under this head. At the last commissariat issue on the 10th tenders at 1 per cent. premium were accepted fer bills on tho Lords of bee Majesty's Treasury. It is stated that the wants of the military chest are less than they have been for some months past, owing to a considerable diminution in the ezpenen of the war, which certainly seems to be coming to an end, though far more slowly than weld be wished. In leaded property there have been considerable sales, without material alteration in ea ue. Shares still caseraand high rates, end the discount market is easy. There have been but few arrivals of shipping of any kind since our lest issue, bet many vessels are due, and overdue, ! with cargoes for this port. The trade of the colony seems steadily advancing. Firm • minute read by his Honour the Lieutenant-Governor at the opening of the Legislative Council on the 9th, it appeared that the customs duties a the palmy for the first three qaarters of the present year had exceeded the sem estimated for the whole year ; and it was expected that for the year it would reach the sum of 140,0001., which is considerably more than it has ever yet door. At the same meet's!, the Lieutenant• Governor stated that it was not the intention of the Governor to bring the subject of the proposed alteration in the customs duties before the council at its present session, as it was not a measure of necessity—a resolve which has met with much IMPORT )(APART. COVIMIL-From Rio aniv;l7 arc 1,800 bap, and from Ceylon 800. Priam remain without change, viz., 61s. to 620. 6d. for Rio, and 46i. to 48s. for Ceylon. Market u dull, and ales only is small parcels. Tan.—About 600 boxes bare arrived vii Singapore. Market is wall supplied, sod sales at 78s. to 80s. per 40 cattle,. vs A.—Thins an no arrivals from Mauritius for some weeks put, yet there is a fair supply in the market. The Marchioness left that port on the 2nd instant with about 3,000 bags for Table Bay, and the Emily Smith left a day or two before with about the same quantity for Algoa Hay. Crushed sugar and sugar candy wore abundant. - 114ca.LMarket is heavy. 1,600 bags baye arrived per Moo Majesty , 14s. via Algae B 16s. BJ.oy. Patna, 18s. to 1 7 s. per bas; and ghy od. to FLova.-8140 barrels have arrived from Baltimore. Mar ket is exceedingly dull and inactive, and stocks are large, both ben and In Alton Bay. The same arrival brings 1,200 bags of wheat. Tonaccoo—Arrivals an limited to 250 boxes Cavendish (exclusive of about 410 boxes 'attuned from Alga. Bay), bet stocks are heavy, and sales in small paresis only, at about 95. per lb. Iftwana.—Tbe cargo of Swedish dab, per Maria Car lotta, bas beeasold at 41d. per foot, for Algoa.Bay,delivered there. raovisions.—Arrivals of these are becoming lam, and as shipments have been made to Australia our markets All f"-bably impswee shortly ; at present, however, there la but WM de . Nelda, sauces, and other odman's stores have recently been sold by public auction at considerably below London prima. Bann.—About 400 casks bottled beer have arrived. Market is spin supplied. Sales at 7s. to 13s. 6d. per dozen. -- Boar, &e.—Arrivals limited to about 400 bozos. Market well supplied. Thera have boot sales of tallow at 4d. per lb. aad shipments bars been made both for Mauritius and other markets. Market still well supplied with candles. COALII.—About 900 tons patent fuel have arrived for the several Onus companies. The Swedish bark Swea, with 430 tone of coal, from Hartlepool, was wrecked at the en trance of the bay. Another Swedish vessel of the same name also brings a cargo of coals for this market. No sales ere announced, but the market at present is more in favour of the purehaser. 111.011, T. WOOL.—About 260 bales have been shipped since the beginning of the month, and several parcels of the new clip are arriving in town. High prices are being paid for good samples as mush al I6d. to 16d. pet lb. being paid for many clips. Them rates are very eneouraging to growers. Wilts.—Shipments continue merely nominal for the home atarkeit. Small shipments aro being made to Ass. train', and a very Food colonial trade is being carried on. BlUNDT.—Arnvato to the morning market are decreas ing, and prices have reached 221. 10s., which is higher than fbr many months peat. Much of the wine of the colony is now being distilled into spirits. GRAIN.—Tho arrivals of all kinds haws been small, but will probably be considerably larger neat month. Barley and sate are both lower, ' say the former at 105. 6d. per maid, and the latter about Os. Wheat is somewhat higher, Nay 19e. tolls. per maid. ilurran.—Our market is agaia better supplied with lola aid, and priee• rule from Is. lid. to la. 6.1. per lb. Ften.—Small shipments to the Mauritias, whom prism. still continued high at the date of advisee per Harbinger. HIDUI •ND Satre.—Hides may be quoted per Lb. higher than last mouth. Skins without eking*. meals both for Haiglish and American wiarketk SHIPPING /NTILLIOENCI: Her Honesty's Meant-Teasel Rtyz, Commander Hall, was is Table Bair when tho Harbinger left, having arrived from Algol Bay %mil. The Australia, Awtralisa Royal Mail steam►r, was overdue, but it was thought that she was de tained in Australia by the desertion of her crow, or by the impossibility of obtaining fuel. The Sarah &Ada, four masted serew.steamer, arrived in Table Bay on the sth hid., having made the passage from Cork in 44 days, in cluding four days' detention at St. Vincent. She sailed mak for Melbourne and Sydney on the 11th but. The Onsets' Company's amasser Pottinger left Calcutta in ingegany with the Harbinger, but vim outs* led by her. no Harbinger passed the Lady Jocelyn on the 22nd Olelber, in let . 11.34 N., l on . B'l 31.15 E. Exchanged Wm* with an Oriental Company's steamer on the 23rd of ()ember, In lat. 7.39 N., lon. 82.14.45 On the 7th Nosem, bee spoke the American whaling barque Worths, from reirliaysn, in lat. 21.32 8., lon. 66.1.15 R. Signalised the Amen, from Singapore, on the 14th November, in lat. 31.48, la& 31.60 E. December Gth, paused the barque Morino, of ginzool, in let. 8.30 N., lon. 16, W ; 16.11 December the barque Richard, of Liverpool, lat. 19 30 N., lon. 26 W. An American 'meet, named the Wret Wind, 62 days from New York, lent from Purt.au-Prinee, was at Aseenaion, where she had waited 10 clays to anal. The Magritte, mail steamer, arrived at tit. Wiens the day the Harbinger lilt. INDIA. THE OVERLAND MAIL. (IT IBLWIMIC TELROILAIII.) We hive received the following telegraphic des patch in anticipation of the overland mail : "'TRIESTE, Dse. 25. " The steamer ligitto arrived this morning. " Lord Frederick Fitzelarenee und General Somer set had reached Bombay. "No further progress had been made in the Bur mese war. It was reported that General Godwin had been recalled, but the rumour required con firmation. " The health of the troops was exceller.t. "The north-west frontier wee in disorder, and a force had been despatched to the disturbed dis tricts. "General Fraser had resigned the Residency at Hyderabad, and would pro%ably be succeeded by Colonel Neu." ine Court. WINDSOR, Dec. 25. The lion. Mrs. Grey had the honour or doling with her Majesty yest.rday. The Queen and Prince, the I'rince of Wales, the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, the Duch , es of Kent, the Prince of Leiningen, and the Prince:is Adelaide ot notion lobe, also the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service in the private chapel of the Castle this morning. The lion. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated. The following had the honour of dining with her Ma jesty this day:—The Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Leinin en, the Princess Affilaide of Ilohen!ohe, the Lardy to Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Ludy Caroline and Miss Barrington, Birunesa de Speth, Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps. Lieut.iCiilonel and Lady Emily Seymour, the Hon. Mrs. Grey, and Mr. Glover. The Baud of the 2nd Late Guards attended daring dinner and played the fulliiwing selection : Marche du Nord G. KiallmarL Overture, ''B.l6ll*" " Kew de Marie" Barret. Impromptu, "Ls He=ists," Oise Ode prates Wove> Grand neectios, Quadrille God !..e the Queen. The Queen's private band arwards attended in the Castle, and perform(' the following : Overture, " La Philtre'. Selection, "Le Prophet?' bleyerfeee. Chow et )(Arens du Pad Apia, "L'Enlant Prte. dive Her Majesty's private butt was in attendance in the Castle on Friday evening, and played the lull° w ing comets Overture. "Jewerwlen rieleetton, Lestocq" Aube,. Finn e, "11 Don Chovater DEc. 26. The QiKen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the Princi.sa Royal and Princess Alice, tke Dimino , of Kent. the Prince of Leiaingen and the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, .t -tended divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The ladies and gentlemen in waiting and the domestic houaehold were also at the service. The lion. and Rev. 0. Wellesley of fisted. Despatches from the Governors of the Cape of (140 d Hope. S mth Australis, Hong Kong. Ceylon, tbt Mauri tius and Malta, and also from the 1....r4 Ra l ik Corw!..ioner 01 the loui.ut Islands, were ree,lved on oamrSay of th..l Tee MINISTRT.—Mr. C. P. Villiers, M.P., has, it is understood, been offered the past of Judge•Adeoeete General. The tinder-Secretaryship of the Home Herrn ment will, it is asserted, be held by Mr. Osborn., M.P. fur Middlesex. Mr. Blackburn is mentioned fur the Irish Chancellorship; and Mr. Brewster, and Mr. Keogh, for the poste of Attorney and Balieitor.General in Ireland. DECOYLNO GIRLS TO FRANCE. TO THE IDITOS OP THE MILT WIWI. Southampton Incorporation, Dee. 26. 8114—Annexed I send you a copy of a letter received by the mayor of this town. By making the case known in your widely-circulated journal, it may have the effect of deterring other young women from being made the victims of a similar artifice. The poor girls are now in the workhouse till an answer shall have been received to an application made to the Vicar of Leeds and their parents. I am, sir, your obedient servant, THOS. NORCROSS FIRM'S, Clerk. (Copy.) British Consulate, Havre, Doe. 22,18 a. Sir,—Three young girls, named Id averse Flanagar, aged 17 years, Mary Hooey, aged 16 years, and Bridget Haley, aged 14 years, have been forwarded to me by the vice. consul at Rouen, to be sent to their homes at Leeds. From the statements made tome, and which are confirmed by the af6davits of Margaret }integer and Bridget Haley, they were decoyed away from Leeds, without the consent of their parents, about the 24th of November last, part ander promises of high wages and excellent treatment, by two agents of the La Foudre Flax Mill, near Rouen. They have been altogether deceived and ill-treated, and the case being a very grave one, comprehending l 7 girls in all, of which number several are now on their •ay to this place, I shall send copies of the affidavits to her Majesty's govern ment and the Mayor of Leeds, and endeavour to put a stop to so infamous a practice . The games of the agents are Smith and Clarthwaite, and I hope to be able to have them punished. I have directed these poor girls to present them selves to you on their arrival at Southampton, and now ask your benevolent aid to forward them by rail to Leeds. I understand that they are very respectable girls, and have been exemplary in their conduct, so that I must hops they will teach home happily. I shall give them a litg's money for their subsistence, so that you will only have to provide their travelling expenses. I have the honour to remain, sir, your obedient humble servant, 0. W. FIATHIPATOIIIIAUOII, Consul. The Mayor of Southampton. RUNAWAY ENGINE. - REMARKABLE ESCAPE.- Last week a most remarkable occurrence, took place at the Cwinagon Works. The Cwmavon" locomotive engine was returning to the works, from Port Talbot, about eight in the morning, with a train attashed, when about half way between Aberavon and Cwmavon the hitching bar (24 inches in diameter) between the engine and tender be came divided late two, at the moment when the fireman and guard were seated on the fore plate of the engine 'endow the rails, and the engineer was standing on the tender rabbling the fire; the latter made • fruitless at , empt to jump on the engine, which now started at full speed, with the two men riding in front. They could do nothing to save tin mule's unless by risking the dangerous ezmillent of jumping off, the construction of the engine being such as to prevent their climbing over to shut off the steam. After riding some distance the poor fellows deter mined upon making the venture of jumping off, and they fortunately escaped with a few trifling bruises . The engi ne now rapidly approached the works, at the eirtrance of which there are several partings or thoroaghfarea, leading 112 different directions; it is a most singular, and it would appear providential, circumstance, that all the point* were arranged in the best poseible manner, so as to lead the engine to the place where it might most *sail, be stopped. Had one of these points been in certain positions that would have led the engine into the locomotive shop, great dam ,ge m u st have accrued, but, as fortune would have it, the engine passed by, and made for the blast fornestes, in a same line round tie depot ; fortunately, another engine wu here, she engineer of which stopped his trail., so that the run away engine was blocked up by some trams of pig iron, two of which were mashed, and the engine was stopped. Had the engine taken any other direction than this, great &mare and probably loss of life, mast h ave e nsue d . — Soiree; Herald. LORD FILANNTOST IN THE HOUSE OP CORZEC 11011.—Sims Ste eornmithal of Lord Frankfort to the House of Correction, Coldbath-fitelds, in pursnarme of the sontence of the Coen of Queen's Beach, he has mnformed himself very willingly to the rules of the prison, and aphan quite reconciled to his punishmeut. He wears the prit dress, and in every respect is placed on the same (main as the other prisoners. His diet condi= of meat three days a weck.and soup the other days, with oohs for breakfast and gruel fir supper. U. goes to bed every nista at six o'clock, and is unlocked at half-past sit In the looming. By the payment of 6e. a week he is etched from labour, sad he spends his time principally in nailing. Several poreonm have made application for sdatipsion to see him, but these applications have been invariably refused. It is sarpned that • petition vrili be shortly presented tit the Home Ilereetary far a mit i gation of the awitenrie, as several permits aro of opinion that he is of unsound mind. Tnn t lnu TIIAs ItYCESS.—It is understood that bent houses of parliament will h adjourned to-day until Thursday, Feb. Id. I 1 I