The Express. — London, England, 1852-01-31 00:00:00

Brie erpreWS. TO CORRESPONDINTS. • ..ma swim The Lepres." beemblis *be am oresebee OeseUe," le imbibed limy ramie, mai Masi DVS. Is Sao be peel. Meelussumestalesdsi tar pr Naeee." busies Remise papa, ass be el be oder, Ikesvenssrsel. Tv.. eels* es be do pabliestios. NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tan Day —llandos. elk 40 a. ...„...Aftwaisa. 111. lbs. larearow—lilatauhg. fa. Si ..Marriss. lei- :Sm. LONDON, SATURDAY. JANUARY 31. TAR deportations to Cayenne; the denunciations of the hat penalties of the law against all, even tho nearest relatives, who give food or shelter to a poli tical tqgitive; the coeds-atlas of the ORLILANS pro perty r all these things . show the true character of the new government in France. It is a greedy, ruthless despotism. To raise the indignation of every honest and free spirited man against such a despotism, it is not ni ces miry to expatiate sentimentally upon individual cases of suffering. That is, in fact, to shut ones eyes to the magnitude of the iniquity. We advert to the weep ing sad wailing which we hear on all sides about the destitution to which the Prisms of the House of 0111.11014 an exposed. We elm sympathise with these Prince+, as we can with all who are oppressed, but we must confess that their alas does not appear to to to be either the most atrocious or the least un dentandible of M. 11 ^—NAPARTICS acted tyranny. The OsLIAMs have not been sent without trial to die lin gering deaths in tropical swamps; they have friends who eon aid them ; eves' if all their property be seized, them is no tear of their being hit to die of hunger. They have been intriguing to regain their power in Pre s" and if jam amnesia emirs bad bees taken to eemitieset theiristelguss it wed& have been all fair. 1t ie Swim thst ease of our emilsmprariee should awry, all their sympathy it, them half down of the the east of visor, to M. BONAPARTI'S ambition, mane that their earring is actually is., than that 0.1104 their fcliewe is naiades. . _ Heiiaw there leagress dishausty in this anti esental welling abut the wrongs of the House of OaLung. it is runt political capital of the oon liscathis. It is twang thst crime tie esseamt, with a view to pressele the reatonaien of the ORLEANS dynasty, not on assn el the limey's virtues, but of a rivers ekes. _ _ It is of the obese that the eyes of the people of Ibibmil i be speed le any sock joggle. The parthaosetthe Himmest Osman are, it is said, at this nesse anises le epees a soon meat, Ist neissier the °MIAMI gusty an the teems of Reuse by kelp aid. AM the sisosription ef their weep, with whisk the pale is arm delbed, ore prelimimary to attempts ie setae* Embed in as same with the peat miorinental states for that poesse. Far this sentry to allow itself to be involved is any sub seeking,- lions, would be alike a sin epee the resegaion principles of international jostles, sod die Melees at prudent self- The " secr et are big with the reject of a European Wye, admen (aid olhosivi seed =against M. NONAPArIi. Free tho wmas who AO most elite an is tbis ende, ee the, there can be littis p desk that the amlav posh el the eon* bto Sores the House of OILIAns bask min the Fresh notion. It would be the heiglit at Mly in.Eogllnd e in • crumb of the Molt it would be maybe lelaorpee itself soy adieus' whatever with the deep& courts of ftme is the preset Mats of ethics es tho sootiest. Am/ening, fir orgoorioth soles, that the open d nth a bees are tolsperely defoodve, hes at present no interest is emoirem with any of the pest sentimental powers. Rude, Aetna, sod nutria de sot fear or object to the existing perm meet of Fresco because it is despalle, or beam it is an waren" i bat because tis revolotinery. The reopitio• of IL BONAPARTIeS goverment by the terects involves the recognideo of the prin at satins have a right to dens and expel Immthitary e rsties. The dopes sports dare not = Sae her their own enjoin r e take aZ of the me Waggly it to these s/ha They frar in thew sot_ say future dimemaine between them sod dm preset ruler of Frame, he might make one= aver with their owe esiontents. The ghee of any horn also sivis or ithomive, spied Reese to ithish the dm pods *sorts will b a i=z met have in view the fireorbeninti of ef the power of absents bersetary mon Now, we have poised sot that England runs some risk from theposibiser Fis hable policy of M. BONAPARTZ ; but Zeikel weed incur infinitely greater risk by . becoming a piety to any league of sovereigns spout subjects. Ear land would be compromised by abetting the govern ment at the Tuileries; it would be equally, if not more, compromised by abetting the governments at Berlin, Vienna, and St. Peternerg. The only safe and honourable policy for England is to stand aloof from both pa , tics—ahle from the revolutionary despot an the legitimate despots. This is self-evident even on the assumption that any rejected league is to be pure y and bond fide de eosin. It is still more obvious if that league as &a is meet probable, should seek excuses for beooeriss aggressive against France, with a view to fora • government upon that country, as he 1813 sod 18111. timely England has b,y this time bad temek MI the folly of seeking to dictate to bedyn man who should role ~Om By our d the Bovasoos we idled our siatised IWO English widows benomoble. Sy the of the Bottanoss we mile tram thisolbeeij lee provoked in a great measure that widths Ibe French people to their restored's width kept dm twenty years in exile, and which, by meklog them regarded as t he clients and cretins of the (metier, has ensured their second and final expulsion. By our champioothip of the Hot:nova we kept alive, resuscitated, embit tered the old animosities between France and Eng land. There is, nowo-days, no real ground of quarrel between the Freon and English people, if seek will keep from meddling in the domestic affairs of die other. But ilf a =i is silly and criminal emest*lejsia o to force ape Francs say Via* or rola hews determined to get rid ot, the Irma peple wed Own a most just and ledtiorels ISM Ar being England. 7lffhelp tas j .s:,,, i fts F ig et, it will b lir f obab l i;Wlre in W favour the )oompr Boonosts. The cause of the elder leek le lee kph= ter the veriest woo mann =Wide= album Now, waiv ing the that Aeldeed. by in any Nth etherploe, moth messensrily taking and dparte servedly hum the mode of the Pesach people, let no coolly and diegamisioately sok ourselves what claims hose the Moue of Oai.ws Is the tried ship and rod Alma England? Meant Redeemed able pine tin ben - theme toeserds whom tho mese barflies both in Ferns sod 'bombers an temsdi—is the Pries de Aterritut. Are t a ros an simeorlog projeste hr the hind= and plain of Legend hopes" P kL DOSIAPAIIIII, it is alleged, tw i rl* p to war with this Be it so be at lout be able to lop the bed plea of the Wm^ • 38govvily."—thecommildation of his own prom Dot the Prime de Juneau projected war mint &OW de ets=rll ro eizet the es }. po p si wi le ist -". 1 h a Lewdly esustry when all the rag of the world deserted disese-elgordirss of the mad doserity with which the Qom of IthoLsoo bid nopoodsd to the hollow *mini protheises of friendship obtruded on her by No fa The Inditine of the BONAPARTY. family en writhe sod nabs* ambitious; the traditions of Ilse 01111APti bielly the meth The annals of modems diplooney men pethee nothing to compare, thr cayenne"' sod -- --vc—contmupt alike far morality and decorum,— with4to onninge.. With none of the greet eontiusedol dynodes— reigniteg or in exile--has England sae IMMERNM interest. By allowing itself to be involved in the contests of hereditary and esvolotisoory despotisms England has much to kw sail nsibing to gala. The true policy of Engles& en thin assent is not to entangle itself by sostrsodag new continental alliances, but to get rid, fairly sad honestly, as fist ail it can, of any that may still have a hold on it. The hereditary despots of Europe cannot make common cause with M. BONAPARTE : the revolu tionary origin of his power is • gulf between them over which neither party sae pass. Prussia is alienated and kept apart has him by the question of the frostier of the Mine; Aetna, by fears of coming into contact with the French is Italy. These antagonistic palters cannot form a inters lasting coalition against England; and on both sides they will be but too happy to see England iambe and maintain a neutral attitude. the true policy of England is to watelethosely all movements on the continent; to keep itself prepaied to resist aggression ; to let thiWm.M. see that it is prepared; and to abstain from anything that can' give jest umbrage to the French people. To enter Into any conspiracy with the despotic powers to act upon the government of France, would be to make the French people our enemies,—which at present the French people are not. We have denounced again and again the present government of France, but that government is in reality the essential cancers of the French, not our. If they prefer a despotism under which life. liberty, and property are alike unsafe, we may won der at their taste, bet have no call to prevent their indulging it. When they are tired of M. BONAPARTE, they silt choose seedier ruler. We ought in that ease equally to seqwleese in their choice, eves though it should bo the Prism deJolnvtus v --tbsogh in so far as good will fair this gauntry, sr a &position to act justly towards it, it may be dowbbidi wiwther we would gain anything by mob a Amp. FRANCE. THIS DAY'S NEWS. (BY SUBMARINE TRLBORAPR.) VILON OOR OWN CORILIMPONONNT. PARIS, SATUIDAT MORNING. Delimitle is appointed Attorney-General to the Coart el Csmation. The Praeldent lee addressed a letter to the ministry of polies esessening the organisation of this depart ment. Night hispeston are crested, having several military diviskma within their range. The libosita sseaces that the Prince President has received by the hands of Mrierningham, e d'affaires, the MINIM of the Queen of Englandtt u g letters of notilendsn respecting the new powers con fided by the Prime intim to the Prince, and also a reply of the Ling st the Belgians, presented by M. Itogier, his envoy extraordinary. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1852. The candidate far the Legislative Assembly are beginning to be talked of. It is said that the Bana na,* writenof the Gensfliettioiensl and the Petri*, MK, Ceuvaii, Gamier &Ottawa. Oatmeal, Cho. limb Amelia de =do Debimarre, will be patented differen tea. The last named will be e it is a candidate for Paris. K. EvaristeDavoux will, it Jemmied, present him self In thelleine et-Oise; M. Niewerkorke, the di rector of museums, in the Aisne; M. de °Ward, in the Basses-Padaiss ; M. Lopes-Dote, in the Gi ronde; M. Mathieu de la Redoes, in the Ande ; and M. Abbatnoct% jue., in the Loiret. Some of the old legitimists will, it is believed, come forward in the departments where they were formerly elected—M. de Lamy, in the Hama ; M. de Vadmnmil, in the Eure ; M. do Larochejaquelain, in the Mate= ; and M. Baryer, at lila:seines. The Progrfs de Oies announces the outdidateship of M. de Malay for the arroodisesment of Beauvais, and that of M. de Piing at Compiegne. A Lidos' journal states that an influential com pany, under the direction of M. Seguin, has sent in to the government a proposition for the execution of a direct line from Cherbourg to Paris by Evreux and Lisieux, branching on the ltouen line. The Courier de la Gironde states that it is in con templation to re-coin at Bordeaux a part of the cop per money now in circulation. M. Vignes, head of the mint at that place, was lately ordered to proceed to Paris, to receive instructions on the subject. The whole of the pieces of Sc. and 10c. now existing in France are estimated at 36 millions, and of that sum Bordeaux is to re-coin about 12 millions. The following are the official prices fixed by the Minister of War for horses and other quadrupeds for the service of the army : Horses for the reserve, 800 fr. ; for the line, 630 fr. ; for the light cavalry, 330 fr.; ditto for Africa, 330 fr.; for artillery and waggon train, 030 fr.; draught horses, 330 fr. ; trained horses for the military schools, 1000 ft.; officers' horses, 900 fr. ; mules, 300 fr. ; donkeys, 200 fr.; camels and dromedaries, 2006. The court-martial at Lyons basket tried five poli tical prisoners, named Charlet, Mampion, Pothier, Perrier, and Moller, for having killed a custom-house offieer, and wounded another. The prisoners had been refugees in Switoteland, and on the 7th of December presented themselves at Anglefort, on the frontier. 'They refused to allow themselves to be seareited by the custom-hoer often who were on duty, and, when the two mere attempted to arrest tkons, they took to light. The eiders overtook them, and attempted to min them; bat they drew forth poinards, and stabbed ene, amid Chishard, in ma yoral places in the heed and breast; they also stabbed the Miter, named Boded, but he. severely. One of them died a phlek bat without amt. The cries of the dicers amid some persons to hasten to the spot, and the nisa ma away. But they were subs.- =sentered. Gaichard shortly after died of his In the stens* be stabbed one of the band with his hoymtet. The court, by 4 votes against 3, who voted Ike death, 'enamel Charlet and Cham pion to herd labour at the hare for life; Pothier to twenty yam' herd labour; Perrier, who d;d not ap pear, to death, by default ; and Moller was acquitted . The Ifriginalis is Toulon, of the 27th, speaks of a adaistatial dispetah received there, from which it has been inihned diet the government has some inten tion of doing away with the bagues. Every prisoner there Ms been asked whether he would volunteer to be removed to Comae; 1,800 have consented, being about half of the while number. It is intended, it is said, to form ask of the galley prisoners as may have conducted themselves well, and are of a good constitution, into agricultural colonies. This account does not say what ie to bo done with the rest. The whole story is at variance with the latest reports in Paris, according to which the government has aban doned the idea of any very extensive colonisation in (byeene. M. Hallo, a barrister, who was sub-prefect of Toulon under General Cavaiguac, has been arrested. The President had a dinner party at the Elyse* yesterday, at which, according to the evening papers, several influential English members of parliament and the attaches of the British embassy were present. Some changes have taken place in the composition of the Committee of Historical Monuments. M. Vitet is no longer a member. The reception of Count de Montalembert at the French Academy is to take place on Thursday next, Debruary 6, at two in the afternoon. M. Mends, substitute of the pretoreur-general at the Court of Appeal at Paris, is apoointed advocate general of the same court in the place of M. Suin, councillor of state. M. Morals is replaced by M. Omar de Vallee. A new electric telegraph office has been established at Chilon-sur-Sione, which is ready to receive and transmit despatches. Several councils-general applied to the prefects for authorisation to meet on the occasion of the decree confiscating the Orleans property. The metallic reserve of the Bank of France has in creased lt millions in Paris, and nearly half a million in the provinces. The discount accommodation has increased upwards of half a million in Paris, and fallen off a quarter of a million in the branch banks ; the amount of the former being 55,781,395 francs, and of the latter 72,038,810 fr. The advances on French securities have fallen off from 23,629,136 fr. to 20,815,936 fr. On the aide of the liabilities, the notes in circulation have declined 51 mil lions in Paris, and 2 millions in the departments. The account current of the treasury has increased 81 millions, tho present amount being 80,462,3611 r. Private accounts-current have declined in Paris 41 millions, and increased in the branch banks A of a million ; the amount of the former being 112,606,236 fr., and of the latter 25,065,0191 r. The whole amount of the metallic reserve, is now 5721 millions, to 5911 millions of notes in circulation. At the Bourne the Five per Cents. rose 55c. and closed at 103.50. The Three per Cents. rose 50c., closing at 65.50. Bank of France shares did not vary. Railways were better. Lyons was much en quired for, and rose 10fr. ITALY. TURIN, hal. 27. ' The Chamber of Deputies continues to liens the project of law on the public security. The Senate Ins adopted by a large majority the bill for the treaty of commixes and navigation with Austria. ROMAN STATES. The Paria correspondence of Hams, of January 30, says that the pontifical government has sent a note t o the great powers, expressing a desire for a speedy regulation the actual state d things in the Papal States. TWO BICILIES. Advices from Naples slats that the hereditary prince of the kingdom of as Two Skilies, being now turned 10, has been nausea greed timetable of the order of St. George, and bee sat Ise the lest time io the Council of State. GERMANY. In the sitting of the Germanic Diet on Jan. 21, Lord Granyille's note, in answer to the application of the Diet on the subject of the refugees, was pre sented. We have already indicated the general tenor of this document. It is thus summarised by a foreign contemporary : The British government has received from different sides complaints of the conduct of the political refugees at present in England, and has been requested to put a stop to their ings. According to the English law the tight of ro ° s e p e i:a d lity is inviolable, as long as they who profit by it re , main within the bounds of legality. The government of the Queen, although not having any intention to propose to parliament changes in the laws which concern refugees, is, however, obliged to admit that the refugees have eceasioa ally abused the hospitality vouchsafed to than. The go weariest will endeavour to oppose a barrier to their inn gularities ; and, on its side, it expects that her Majesty's subjects, who are not suspected of any malpractices, shall not be any longer disquieted in the territory of the Confe deration. RELEASE OF PRISONERS. PARIS, FRIDAY Sven t*o. M. de Pereigwy hoe addtheeed the following cir cular to the rehab et delisriments : Paris, lon. My WA. Measioar I. Prelbt o —The same whisk the inwa.sat noshes with yawed to the weer im white iovestlgotim of lb, &embosses ef Int moth =- domed, isethedes k to think that is seem dmeetemmets the pool of the adminletratire authorities is set solidemtly im bued with the goverarairat's Wisdoms ; mad, la come qprositAt dome rweessary to make these knew. to you la meneer. Oar the 2•1 of DIONIIIIBI, inseneedemal move ments boobs owl at emeral ride of the temitsry, it wee messeasy AM • prompt end mosegetie reposedem shield ease to gweeseese the many of the ementay end seem the liberty of mimed sellbege. It wee then mail dime aft only he ammo by emu ewes et het to pemont by awed. the u7mwe Mlsomple of or towel Sodom Now shat the unties park has /hes pews to the *ohm lithe Illagars, OM it hes searboled with hi Mob • powertal posewst. whose hialhosts maw rity impose. spa pestles owl sot ebsiime. mein ought soy lieset le presets the pewees istestisos et the heed albs state hem belagprompily realised. Tie ON aware, I. le Preibt, Set If than stilt we the iseervets of Deessebor mosses God &menu is. eir wham lt behoves to rid the essay, the Gibes% hr the maws pert,, an itefortunate wesimen sr bahohlteme of the ravel &Viet. who ham only hem Wei is melt by ~ iiptormato. t alle elMlithe la think thot sash middens peer deluded peoplels i , who his bees mask tells hs the heeds of the reel ealprits, shed& be dslivewd. the the letter, as the rigours el au imprinting's* thee iPT= and dad manmy families deprived of their soppert groan in misery mad tears t Soak • state of things has awed the Pelage-Preeideut, sad, in cesseqames, he charges use to tressesit to you the powers to take oat of the prisms sad restore to their tseilis, ao maw whet may be the state of the judicial iseseticatios sansamesd arM repaid to them, all them primmer. whom yes will Mee to have been only mie n:l whom liberation comet off brern any danger for The . iskureater ef year ht ies( yea dem the met mai easel l seem. ef Penedos iales _ eAlem. permit y to es, I bye. to ache Golly the distketisa shish I palm eat is yea I •••••••• te la the whim that the willowy sail Mild cescmlNer with whim yea will hew to or this sweler, wp trot,, at the semi home es yea, ► the sheessi of the Ministers of Wm end Jubos, thems of the Priem Preeidest. yes I deem myself betE M. le Prefet, to have to tram* te this of eamidemse. I hope that yea will foal the seats with trident and dissereasos whisk it mains. Receive, M. le Free, the memo of my distingukked masideration. P. De PIi•IONY. The Minister of the Imerier, of Agriculture, and Cowes. The Constilutionnel says :—" The Auriga die Di bats errs in announcing that the general elections for the legislative body will table piece on Sunday, the 16th, and Monday, the 16th of Pebruary. We are enabled to affirm that no &tibia he.. yet fixed for the elections." M. QuineUe, the French minister at Brussels, has been placed en disponibilite. Ha has been replaced by the Duke de Bassano, who railed several years at Brussels as First Secretary of Liveries. The President worked yesterday at dm Elyse with the presidents of the different sedition of the conseils d'etat. M. Galena/dot, general inspector, has been ap pointed secretary-general of the Minister of Finance. It is said that the French minister at Berne has presented an overbearing note from his government which has given great drones to the Federal Council. The retirement of General Baguet, the President's head aid-de-camp, is spoken of as imminent. The motive is not men The too* and purport of M. de Persigny's circular to the prefab are to-day the subject of universe' remark. As M. de Moray was selected to deal the blow, so his successor seems charged with the appli cation of the plaster. It has been at length discovered that official zeal in the departments has outrun the central intention. The President is moved with the groans and tears of bereaved baulks, which mourn their natural sup ports. The poor workmen, the rustic labourers, mis led and deluded by the real delinquents are to be liberated from the crowded prisons and restored to their homes. AU this sounds well; but the "real delinquents" who are to remain consigned to dun geons, to hulks, or to be transported to penal colo nies, are the men of property, intelligence, and courage, who risked their means, exerted their powers, and exposed their lives in lefenco of the law. Such are the salt, the sinews of the land. That such should be visited by . the severest doom while the herd of poor prisoners is let loose, gives to the mercy of the government the same aspect which is given to the endowment of hospitals and charities by the plunder of the house of Orleans. The Orleans party, I understand, are attempting a junction with the lite partisans of General Cavai ffnae• The corps diplomatique are exceedingly offended that since the 2nd of December the former usage of communicating to them internal measures of im portance before their publication in the Monileur bee been dropped. The following papers are, I hear, the only ones besides the Moniteur which will be permitted after the new law on the press is promulgated The Cow aliertiosseel, Pairie, IMbota, Gozetk de Prance, and Germ* des 7 ribuneau.r. The tenders for the supply of leaf tobacco of the ' crops of lslittand 1031 for the supply of the national ' manufactories were adjudicated the day before yes terday at tho offices of the minister of finance. The ' tender for 1,800,000 kilogrammes of Maryland was taken by M. de Rothschild at *Mr. 72e. the 100 kilos. That for 300,000 kilos. of Brazil tobacco by MM. Gan tois and Morback at 108 fr. 50e. the 100 kilos.; and that for 130,000 kilos. of Ilatavian by M. Peseator at 1711 r. the 100 kilos. The prices stated in the tenders for Virginia and Kentucky being above the maximum fixed by the minister, no adjudication took place. In connection with this subject I may add that the brother of Dr. Veron has just obtained a place in the tobacco establishment of the Oros Caillon, worth o,ooofr. n-%ear as tobacco-taster. The Union says: "ft is stated that the chapel at I)reux, in which are the torahs of Madame Adelaide, the Princess Marie, and the Duke of Orleans, will not he comprised in the application of the decrees re lative to the property of the Orleans family." THE ORLEANS PROPERTY. The testamentary executors of the late Louis Philippe—M. Dept°, the Doke de Montmorency, Count Montalivet, M. Laplagne-Barris, and M. Scribe—have addreesed an energetic protest to the President of the Republic against the de cr ee of Jan. 22,relative to the possessions of the hones of Orleans. The executors having observed that the decree over threw not only the testaments which they have the honour to execute, but all the civil contracts which have regulated and fixed the position and rights of the august house of Orleans, go on, as they state, to expose the legal mistakes upon which the said de cree proceeds. Against the ancient principle of the devolution of the Prince's possessions to the state upon hie mount ing the throne involved in the aforesaid decrees, they might prove that the ancient law itself was but an emanation of feudality, when there was no domain lof the state as distinct from that of the crown. Na poleon formally repudiated it (" Senates Consulte," I Jan. 30, 1810. See.lll., Art. 48 and 49); Charles X. avoided it, in the donation to his younger son. But such considerations would be superfluous, since the ancient law cannot be seriously invoked against a prince who receives his crown not according to but in defiance of that law. Louis Phi lippe was master of his private property when i he settled his domain upon his family, and unques tionably his liberty to make that settlement was one of the conditions upon which he accepted the crown. The chambers, heirs of the power of the ancient par liament, legalised the settlement in 1832, declaring I expressly that the king had preserved his private property, and to deny, as the President by the decree of Jan. 22 does not scruple to do, the competence of the public powers of the constitutional monarchy is to menace every interest which has grown up during a period of 30 years. Adverting to the revival and settlement of the question in 1848, and again in 1850, they remark that at three different epochs, and after solemn debates, the gift of Louis Philippe has been confirmed and consecrated by the state. Having disposed of the legal question, the executors expose the immense injury which the decrees will effect. In any case, they say they demand the decision of a legal tribunal. THE TAoua FLesti.— fho British vessels of war at Lisbon on the departure of the Madrid, Jan. 24, were : Prince It,Tent, 90 ; La Hogue, 60 ; Leander, 60 ; Are those, 60; and Winntless, 32. MORlXllo.—lier Majesty's steamer Dragon ar rived at Clibroltar no the 14th from Tangiers, and was awaiting the orders or Admiral Parker. The Janos had been seat from (lib:altar to baler. AUSTRIA. According to the correspondent of the Yew Prus sian Gazette, M. Brentano, of the Austrian finance ministry, is in negotiation with M. Anselin Roths child for a new lean, which the latter, it is said, is disposed to undertake. Letters from Vienna of the 25th state that the Comte de Chambord is at Frohsdorff, receiving very few visits, and surrounded only by . his political attendants. The more recent events in Paris have made a deep impression upon his mind. lie ap pears to have renounced the intention of going to Venice. The weekly list of sentences by court-martial, pub lished in the Kenna Gazette of the 27th, as usual, contains one of a week's imprisonment and 20 lashes paned upon a female for having used in conversa tion phrases "politically exciting" GREECE. The terrier d'Athenes publishes the memoir addressed by Lord Palmerston to the Cheek govern ment, upon the state of brigandage in that country. Ills lor dsh ip depicts the disorders of the country in vivid colours, supporting his assertion by specific instances, and blaming the government for its nume rous indirect encouragements of the principal evil complained of. The Greek finance minister pre sented the budget for 1832 to the chamber on the last day of the old year. M. Sapountzi, prosecuted for an article in the Minerva, supposed to reflect injuriously on the King, had been acquitted by the jury. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 15. The question of the Holy Places is on the eye of solution, the arrangements having been concluded between the French ambassador and the Minister of Foreign affairs, and only awaiting the signature of the Sultan. This formality has been deferred by the illness of Ali Pasha, which has prevented him from going to the palace. The retirement of Ali Puha is still spoken of, and Fuad Pasha is still indicated by by rumour as his probable successor in the ministry of foreign affairs. This change would produce no alteration in the policy pursued under the direction of Itcschid Pasha. The Ottoman government has given its adhesion to the act of the 2nd of Dec. in France. . . The minister of finance has withdrawn from cir culation several millions of francs worth of paper bearing interest, called mimes. It is announced that ho is going to publish the amounts of his ad ministration. In the meantime ho continues to pur sue with extreme rigour all the debtors of the trea sury, and not a week passes without some being im prisoned, without regard for their rank or position. Three fires had broken out in different quarters of the capital, but without causing much damage. MALTA, JAN. 22. The ships at ma on a cruise have been in sight of the is land, and news bee reached of their nightly going to quar ters, and daily exercising, but no particulars have reached. The Terrible steam frigate has gone out to them, and re turned with despatches to the Admiral, and one invalid to go home by the Merlin, which vessel is to leave on Saturday, conveying the dead body of Mr. Shell, and having as passengers Major and Mrs. Cameron, Oche Buffs, who leaves the regiment to command the depot at home. ARRIVAL • OF THE CAPE MAIL. THE KAFFIR WAR. The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's vessel, Hellespont, Capt. Watts, arrived at Plymouth yesterday, at about half-past 2 o'clock in the after noon, from the Cape of Good Hope, having made ono of the quickest voyages on record out and home, and, it is worth while to add, within the contract time. She left Plymouth on'her outward voyage on the 15th of November, arrived at Sierra Leone on De cember 1, and arrived at the Cape on the 2lat of December. She left the Cape for Plymouth Doe. 28, Sierra Leone, January 12, and St. Vincent, January 18. She has a full general cargo, but only three pas sengers, Meows. Chadwick, Holland, and Ogleby. Mr. )Tolland is the editor of the Cape Teem Mail. Ships in Simon's Bay: the Castor, 26, Commodore Wyvi I; Seringapatam, receiving ship, and Vulcan steamer, Master Com. J. Penn. The Vulcan arrived from England on the 9th December, and had been employed in conveying troops, &c., to Eaet London and Buffalo. She was expected to start for England • few days after the mail steamer. The Bishop of Cape Town takes passage in her. The Ithadamanthus, Master Commander Belem, arrived on the 26th in Simon's Bay, from Algoa Bay, with passengers and discharged levies ; she sailed the same doe for Table Bay. The Stvx, Commander Hall, sailed from Simon's Bay for East London on the 24th December. The Pilot brig, from Singa pore, left Simon ' s Bay on the 19th December for England. The Hellespont, on the 24th January, spoke with the merchant vessel Allegro in lat. 25.30, lon. 25.45. The Hellespont brought a heayy mail, in charge of Commander Johnson, R.N., which on her arrival at Plymouth was received by Mr. C. Markes, post master, and was to be forwarded by the ordinary mail train, leaving Plymouth at 6 o'clock. As there was not time to sort the mail after the arrival of the vessel and previous to the departure of the mail, the postmaster determined on sending it on unsorted. The news by this arrival is much of the same character as that by previous mails. Some skir mishing, a few killed, much cattle stealing, and considerable war preparations by the army. The expedition into the territories of Kreli, the principal Chief of Kaffirland, who, while professing neutrality, has given countenance to the enemy and permitted the robbery of the English settlers, crossed the Kei in two divi sions, the main division under General Somerset, who directs the military operations, consist ing of 2,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry. Thi s division was formed of three columns, start ing respectively from King William's Town, the Blinkwater and Whittlesea, under command of colonel Mackinnon, General Somerset, and Capt. Tylden. This force was composed of parties of the 2nd, 6th, and 73rd regiments, 60th Rifles, Cape Mounted Rifles, and other corps. Capt. Tylden was detached with a party of 900 men (after the junction of the troops), and was joined by about 100 cavalry, under Major Somerset, to make a foray at the source of the Kei, to endeavour to recover stolen cattle. In this he succeeded, and captured two thousand head of cattle, after oomo fighting, in which several Kaffirs were killed. General So merset's camp was at Kakadu, near the White Kei, and on the Bth Colonel Mackinnon and Lieutenant- Colonel Michel started on patrol duty with 2,000 men, but nothing had been heard of the operations of this party. Th e y must have been much'impeded by the heavy rains. Lieut.-Colonel Eyre, with a force of about 1,000, left King William's T.iwn on the Ist, and marched upon Butterworth, the mission station, and the chief residence of Kreli. In crossing the Kei he met a considerable body of Kaffirs, commanded by Bookoo, an inferior chief, who had ollowed the Same policy as Krell. An engagement ensued, and it is said 49 Kaffirs were killed, including two nephews of the chief. The loss on the side of the colonial army is said to be four only. On arriving at Butterworth, Lieut.-Col. Eyre despatched a number of patrols into tho country, and captured a number of cattle. In performing this service he encountered a body of Kaffirs and Hottentots, who are said to have been defeated by the first volley of the Cavalry, and to have fled with the loss of 20. In the districts of Albany, Fort Beaufort, Cradock and Somerset, the eases of cattle lifting and pillage by the Kaffir. and rebel Hottentots has been less frequent. This was in part due to the presence and efforts of the 12th and 74th regiments and some co loured levies. The enemy continues his strongholds at Water kloof and Fish River Bush. A released prisoner had stated that at the former place, on the Kromrne heights the Kaffir camp covered a space equal to Fort Beaufort Town, and there was a great quantity of cattle and sheep there. In one case the Kaffir. were said to have driven off- from a farm 1,900 sheep and 250 cattle ; 450 of the sheep had been re captured. The plunderers generally move in largo bodies, both of horse and foot. The 43rd Regiment, about 800 strong, Lieutenant Colonel Skipwith commanding, had amved at King William's Town from East London, together with small reinforcements of the 12th Lancers. The regi ment made a fine appearance, the officers and men being mostly young men and in excellent health and spirits. Sir Harry Smith had not yet left King William's Town, having remained there fur ten months. There are no military operations in the vicinity, and the hostile Kaffir, are said to be tilling their gardens within five miles of the town, at a place from which they can be seen at the post. The Legislative Council has been in session during the month, and have passed several ordinances of considerable importance. The proposal for a grant of 40,0004 for the repair of prisons has been with drawn by order of the Governor. The bill for the removal of squatters from Government lands has also been withdrawn, in consideration of the present disturbed state of that colony. Authority has been given to a joint-stock company to raise 25,00 W on the credit of the Colonial Treasury, for the improvement of the Kowie River, on the condition that an equal amount is raised by the shareholders. The esti mates for the expenditure of 1852 had been sanc tioned. The second reading of the constitution was fixed for the 20th of January. The passing of many important public measures, and pledging public credit for large sums by the Council, which is a purely nominated body, had excited much dissatisfaction throughout the colony. The colonists, however, continued to express their readiness to accept the Constitution in its entirety, leaving such amendments as might be found neces sary to be made in future parliaments. In reference to this subject the South African Commercial .Idrertiser says: Last December, petitions and memorials to her Majesty and both houses of parliament from the inhabitants of this colony, backed by a strong recommendation from the Go vernor and the Executive Council, reached Downing-street, praying that no time might be lost in putting the colonists in possession of those representative institutions which bad been granted to them by letters patent. abandon sere warned from all sides that there was danger in delay. By the mail packet, which leaves Table Bay to-morrow, December 28, 1831, petitions to the same effect from the same parties will be forwarded to London, with the weatranee that the danger of delay hu increased tenfold since December, 1850. At the conclusion of Lord John Russell's speech list session, in which he intimated that the Legislative Council would be revived and the conntitiation sent back to the Cape to be passed by that body, one present observed that every word his lordship had just spoken would cost a human lite and ten thousand pounds of money. Hu it been so or not ? Though the people here aro growing weary of petition ing, they still entertain a hope that these their last re monstrances and dutiful petitions on this subject will have tome effect. They are hero inserted that the public may no longer be deceived its to the feeling and wishes of the inhabitants of the Cape. Delay his already pro vided, for a couple of millions, besides the loss of life. If they wish to be relieved front two millions more, they have only to permit the Colunial-offico to protract its Tho following in from the monthly summary of the ( 'ape Town Mail of Dec. 27 : In the Orange Itiver Sovereignty, and in Natal, tran quillity prevailed et the date of the latest intelligence. The politiral affairs of both those settlements were, however, in en unsettled sate. The us.istant commissioners, Major llowge end Mr. Owen, had arrived at Bloem Fontein, and were engaged in their investigations into the origin of the troubles in the sovereignty. A number of the settlers, both English and Batch, lind presented an address to the corn- Illnlinollers, m we ell those troubles were ascribed to the int proper interference of the local authorities in the quarrels of the native tribes. At Natal the crops of all descriptions are said to be this year unusually abundant. The Monists had experienced much difficulty in obtaining labourers. The native inhabitants were becoming less manageable than formerly, and the lack of good regulations fur the r govern ment excited much complaint and apprehension Mr. Ben jamin Moodie, secretary to the Natal government, who has for some time put been at variance with Lieut.-Governor Pine, has received six months leave of absenee, preparatory, it is understood, to his retirement from office. The Cape Legislative Council has been in session during the greater part of tho month. The proposed ordinan ce , appropriating 40,0001. to the repair of prisons, lu, be en withdrawn by order of the governor. The bill for the removal of 'squatters from government land has also been withdrawn, it not being considered advisable to proceed with such a measure in the present state of the colony. A resolution has been passed authori-ing a joint-stock company to borrow 24,0001. on th e cre di t of the co lonial Treasury, for the improvement of the Bowie River, on condition that an equal amount should be raised by the shareholders. The estimates for the colonial expenditure of 1.4.52 have been sanctioned, without altera tion. The second reading of thu constitution ordinances is not to come on before the 214th of January. The course pursued by tho esuncil (which is a purely nominated hotly, and does out in any degree poses the confidence of the colonists) in thus passing important laws and pledging the public credit for large sums has excited very great and ge neral dissatisfaction in all parts of the colony. Public meetaugs have been held in Copt Town, Stellen bosch, Worcester, Beaufort, and Graatf-Reinet, toespress the sentiments of the inhabitants iii regard to the con stitution embodied in the draft ordinances which have been received from England. Resolutions have been everywhere passed, with unanimity, gratefully accepting this constitution, and expressing the g e n era l d es i re t h at I t should be established at once, and without alteration, leav ing any amendments that may he hereafter found neces sary to be made by the future Parliament. It is generally feared that art attempt will he made, in the pro sent Coun cil, to abridge, as far as possible, the privil..go r acid fran chise, conceded by this constitution —sum, . the no:KAKIS of the council being notoriously hostile tic the hy.teui of co lonial sellgovernmeut which these ordinances are designed to establish. LATEST FOREIGN EXCHANGES. Ver Await. rAlillanit. U. 7 ar Opanlng 111.1.951 Lowest • SSW I COOL O3 SS 13 0 a so o pop Soft 100 30 101 II IN 73 102 ft • 911011101. 4 It 20 II di. Now Lean I 91 be . . Spit 0 , 11011. Eutaw on Loydne :at 2101;i, 1.5 . ; . 110 dm, nU. .- Bro, 5, 1n55 lOl ineaky. Naptes 8eaten........ Slam 6, th 7 — Ronan LOIN 1631 .99 ... rinduant o. Cant OO 10 Bank Shama 750 PaPAULW JAx. 30.—Versailles (right bank), 290 • ' ditto i e r SO ; Psis and Ortrann, ,070 ; Peels and Rowe, 114 Ind Ham Manelliss 1 , • and Avignon. 750; Olms. O!• sal lift ; Craft 7301 ; Bonlarns and Maim, Ogloin awl Ilardiani, Of GO ; Northern, 013 73; Parls and maim ass; Pain and Lyons, 375 ; Tutu. and Nude% 297 30; and 115nlinian lad Item, 14$ 73; Mans and Pataanp, SU; Sardines TOO. 75 . BMUS, JAM. 29.—Voluntary Loan, 1021 ; ditto, Four•and-a-lialf per Cent, 1011 ; National Debt, 89. Bank Shares, 901. VIISYNA, Luc. 29.—Five per Cent. Metallignee, 941 • Four -a-Half per Cent. ditto, 83/. Bank Shares, 1;211. &change on London, 12.20. IS SO IN 80 Tug New Home or THE FRENCH Exuxe.—A letter from Cayenne (the colony chosen for the buddies's' of the ex.representatams and others, transported by order of Louis Napoleon) of the 7th of December, gives an un favourable amount of the trade of the colony of Guiana. The exports of 1860 presented a large deficiency, and these of the fiest eleven mouths of 1851 are still worse. The quantity of cope exported in that period ammiuted to only 202,039 kilogrammes, whereas in 1860 It was 346,278 kilogrammes. A similar result was to be seen in cotton, coffee, cacao, &c. The exports of rocou show a felling off of 36,979 kilogrammes, and cloves one of 49,457 kilogrammes. The same letter states that Lieut. de la Noche, ot• the navy, aide-de-camp to N. de Chabsnnes, Governor of Guiana, died at Cayenne, after a short illness, at the so of. 29. _ _ _ CHILD MUSDEN.—Yesterday, Mr. Bedford held an inquest In the board-room of the workhouse of Bt. Mar tin-in-the Fields, touching the death of a male infant, un known. Chatty, 218 A, stated, that as he was on duty on the Parade, in lit. James's-park, opposite the Horse Guards, on Tuesday morning, he was called by a mast who was standing by the railings of the enclosure, and who had a hostile in his hands, which he told witness he had found inside the palisades, and he said ho thought the bundle contained the body of •child. Witness opened the shawl which was tied tightly, and found that it did contain the deed body of a fine male infant, which was quite cold. Had not seen anybody near the place during the time that he was on duty there. He conveyed the child and the wrap per to the union, where he left it in charge of the ofneer at that place. Mr. John Nathan Bainbridge, surgeon, of 88, St. Martin's-lane, who had examined the body of the chi.d, said that it had died from suffocation, as was clearly shown by the fact of the tongue protruding from the mouth, and the heart being gorged with blood. Witness thought huff cation was caused by some eat substance being placed over the mouth, as there were no marks of violence on the body. The jury found, " That the child ha I died from auffoeation, but how caused there was no evi loner to show." EXPLOSION AT A COSMO:VS MATCH MAN OFAC- Toar.—Last evening, about five o'clock, an explosion, by which two men nearly lint their lives, occurred at the con gress match manufactory of Mr. lAtchford, Old Montague street, Whatechapel. The sufferers, Hobert Long and Has nael Baker, were engaged in making a preparation for dip ping the matches, when, from some cause, it °selected with a tremendous shock, doing eimsiderable damage to the fac tory, and frightfully scorching both the men. They were immediately conveyed to the London Iliemital, where it was found that, in addition to other injuries, Long's leg was shattered, They remain In a very precarious Mato. TILE TItANS-KEI EXPEDITION. The following is the latest intelligence from the frontier. It is from an extra Urahards Pows•Journa of Dec. 23: By way of King William's Town we have accounts from Major-General Somerset's camp, on the Kei, up to the 14th inst., at which time his division was iu possessioa of 2,500 head of captured cattle. The weather had been most inclement, with constant storms of wind and rani, and dense fogs bad materially impeded the operations of the troops. When this intelligence left, the weather was said to be clearing up, nod on the fog dispersing it was the intention of the Major-General to move down the /OA towards the T'Somo, where much cattle woo supposed to be. Major-General Somerset had not communicated with Colonel Eyre, but the reports in camp were that the latter had been very successful in the capture of cattle. These reports agree with what the natives had brought down, as published in our last issue. Nothing had been received direct from Colonel Eyre himself, but p:ivate letters state that he is in possession of immense booty. We have been favoured with the following extract of a private letter from General Somerset's camp : We have been rather fortunate in capturieg a good many cattle-2,300. A hoard has just been sitting to decide as to the disposal of them, and has come to the decision of dividing them when the different patrols shall part for their homes. We have not had much lighting, excepting one day at the Intabayonicheko. I was not there, but those who were in it soy, that the work was very hard—the Kaffirs keeping them off by rolling steam on them, though fortunately without hurting many of our people. Four Hottentot wagons were burnt, which it ap peared had been left iu the hurry of flight. Their loads were also destroyed, consisting of mealier and corn. Crouch, who was wounded, is about again. The force here is very large • including Tylder's irregulars, it numbers four thousand. There is a rumour that the chief Seyolo has just sent ► message to the Governor, to inquire whether there is any chance of his obtaining peace, and on what terms he will be required to submit himself? We believe there is some truth in this report. So far as being a symptom that some of the Kaffir+ at least are beginning to be tired of the war, this act of Seyolu may be regarded as good news, and no doubt the Governor will treat the message as he may find it deserves. Letters received in town this morning bring information of the enemy's having taken advantage of the absence of the troops on the Trans-Kei expedition, to attempt to carry Alice and Fort Hare, where two smart affairs have taken place, the particulars of which arc given in our corre spondent's latter as follows ! Mice, Dee. 19, 1851. We have been remarkably quiet up here till last Thurs day, 11th, when about two o'clock, p.m., au alarm was given that the Kaffir* were approaching, and sure enough they were, for on looking in the direction they were sup peed to be coming, I saw a dark mass; of horsemen, shout 200, advancing in a body on the town and not more than three-quarters of a mile distance. The Fingers, however, soon turned out and began to lire lone shots when the Karlin wheeled round and ascended the hill in the direction of Fort Beaufort. A party of Illakeway's Horse stationed in the fort were quickly sent sent nut in pursuit accompanied by several civilians, but the KutHrs made off; one, however, was shut on the hill near the Beaufort-road and another near the village of Ely—seven were supposed to have been killed altogether, but I am sorry to say that sic of our brave Fisgoes who were in the Held with the cattle lost their lives, and two women who were at work in the gar dens were severely wounded. So suddenly did the Kaffir' make their appearance that the Fingers who were employed in the gardens were almost surrounded before they had any idea that an enemy was approaching, the greater portion of the Kathrs being on toot and not in sight of the town. Not withstanding the quick movements and great numbers of the enemy they only succeeded in getting away with about thirty head of cattle. On the Katfirs being seen approach ing, Lieut.-Col. Yarborough, 91st lteg., with a promptness which does that officer great credit, dispatched three par ties of soldiers to occupy different positions iu the tows. 'l' be number of Kaffir*, horse and foot, was supposed to be about 800. On Friday • party of rebel Hottentots succeeded in cut ting of a clump of cattle not far front the fort, but they were ag ain quickly pursued by the Alice Mounted Levy, under Lieutenant Boyce, and all the cattle re-captured, together with several horses and six of their number left dead on the held. The lingoes are said to have captured 10 horses. The euvmy tired very little on either of the days. Two of the School Kann have been apprehended and lodged in the fort for being supposed to have sent informa tion to the Kaffirsthat the place was now weak--most of the lingoes having gone to the Kei--and that the cattle were only herded by old men and boys. Thu Cape Toren Mail, of Dee. 'X, thascomments on the state of affairs: There is certainly something very singular in the present state of affairs at the seat of war . ' l'he territory in which the contest began,—and the possession of which is. in fact, the main object 01 the strife,—has of late enjoyed almost complete tranquillity. A truce seems to have been established between the contending parties. Sir Harry Smith remains stationary at King William's Town. Sandilli possesses the Amatolas in peace. between the two, and within sight of King William's Town, the Kalfirs are culti vating their gardens unmolested. The country which extends from the Kieekamma to the Kei appears to have been consti tuted a neutral territory, by common consent of the bellige rent parties. On each side of this territory, however, the war is waged with vigour, and under very strangecireumstances. The Kaffir warners are in the colee.y, west of the Keit 'canasta, and the British troops are in independent le atf raria, east of the Kei. Some thousands of Oinks) Kadin and rebel Hottentots are infesting the frontier districts, end some thousands of British 'soldiers and loyal Hottentots are harrying Kreli'a country, more that. a hundred miles to the eastward of the colonial border. Since the 27th of last month, when the first column of the Trans-Kei expedi tion left King William's Town, the troops are reported to have 'mowed two or three thousand head of cattle, and to have repulsed iu several skirmishes the Kaffins of Kreli's tribe, who attempted to resist them. In the same period, the Kaffir and Hottentot marauders within the colony have driven oil fri.m one term in the Fort Beaufort district ablaut 1,400 sheep end 240 bead of cattle,—from Post Itetief, 80 head of cattle,—from Fort l'eshlic, ; and from Somerset and rradock districts censiderable numbers (several hundreds) of both cattle and sheep. Tho plunderers have usually made their descents in great force, and, though 'sometimes repulsed with loss, have repeatedly succeeded in heating off the small parties of fanners who at tempted to retake the spoil. If a balance were to be struck between the respective acquisitions of the troops and the K af des, it is doubtful ins which side the advantage would be found. The frontier colonists, who see their flocks and herds swept away by the overwhelming forces of their swarthy invaders, may have the satisfaction of knowing that, about a hundred fifty milts to the eastward, some Kaffir stork owners are suffering simifv ealaniitis s. 'the "horrors of war," which the Katlirs of Macones intlict 1111011 the border settlers are retaliated by ieneral Somerset upon the Kaolin of Krell. The opposing armies having placed the whole of British Kaffniria between them, are waging an easy and advantageous warfare, the one against the disorganised and scattered colonists, the other against the ill arnica and un skilful warriors of the Amagaleka. So for us the conve nience of the chief combatants is concerned, the arrangement may he considered highly discreet and satisfactory. W he- I thee it will be equally favourable to the interests of the colony, mid conducive to an early restoration of rave, re main* to be decided by the result. Not low perplexing the state of our political affairs. All parties in England seem now to be of opinion that the Cape colonists ought to have a constitution which will confer upon them the largest powers of local self-govenintent. Whig. tiny, and radical, —Lord terry, Lord Derby, and Mr. Iluine—agreeing in little else, are fully in accord upon this point. A *institution has consequently been sent out to the *deity, and, though by no means regarded as perfect, has yet be ar received by the inhabitants with a sati.lactiou more hearty I and general than has born manifested in favour of any former plan of this nature, not excepting even the popular o pen made Wi without d wesknesa that the } like the k if you dri back upol voice • W. bad to de+ in the bra human w whole, im towards treasurinE , In a cu cide ? T have ma countryatwafej thweig : reh: e t r t le es uh h e l t igreieoe spotfa ale ot. t .t a d w h e : i lon :heoy • rt ia : during th that tend moveznen reoolute ■ It is st Las led t, governor rancor--c were COI' bastion, has since ances we was bagel tiorus, fei It was t their Cu child hat by the first anal lation fie with the spark Ed ipon . Fu Teeonale, Pte' h o Prr dn ree fu the el frustr Tema"' • coloni the ooh ,ion. until M • tt io hop ins 1. nttai/ei this piste, dcgrsd• would Bite lueble P r ' Thu e pectgl Not a • nor is it k dem odo for twelve even a stv laid, dem , the word of the t Thew M have col ha re bees In it and to e the Oral world for and—it i it. The report o progress. Arriv from A mouth ; Arriv l'ilot, Buffalo; ithadan Arriv from I. Simon's Bay. range. heath the ;Q] It will mtentit tent in wl rattexe levbrua would I the bee the bar ntinatei CAL the her yesterd gentles pillnn, Cunael