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The Post, however, acquits the central government of any collusion. It lays the blame on the local go vernment of Louisiana,which favoured the expedition at a time when all the ministers were scattered in vacation and recreation, none at Washington, and the powers of the central government thus in abey ance for the , moment. It points out the difference between the cases of Cuba and Texas, there being nothing but a land frontier to cross to get at the latter, and therefore it being out of the power of the American go vernment to prevent aggression and invasion. From all these circumstances the official Post draws the conclusion, that there is no need of Eng land's interfering for the present, the question of its doing so or not being one for future consideration, not present decision. The Times is not satisfied with this dilatory mode of viewing the struggle. According to it, the " ap parent indifference of the British authorities em bolden,'" the adventurers. The Times amerts, that England is as much threatened as Spain, because if the southern states annex Cuba, the northern states can only restore the balance by annexing ('anada, and moreover that Jamaica must become Yankee Land if Cuba does. It is therefore recommended, that England and France bring the cabinet of Washington forthwith to book for permitting, or for not preventing these aggres sions, and extort a promise for the future that will set all anxieties for Cuba at rest. We must own we prefer the policy of our waiting end doing nothing. The present cabinet, supported by the wliigs, will do its utmost to prevent the eon vest of Cuba. If it do this of its own free, Ame rican will, it may gather strength and respect to its party in the coming presidential election. But let it, be known that there is an Anglo-French note me nacing hostilities, and covering Cuba with a Euro pean ergis, and immediately the whigs and peace party lose power and prestige. A popular cry is raised against foreign dictation and interference, and we ',hall have precipitated that which we most seek to avoid. Any threats of ours will but embarrass the central government, without in the least restraining or in timidating the local authorities in the southern state*. if our threats or declamation were to be followed up by the stationing of a combined fleet to protect the liavannah and Cuba permanently, the go-a-head party would no doubt divert their efforts from expeditions to an anti-European movement and war, of which Canada would inevitably be the first aim and field. But threats without these precautions or this assistance would have no effect whatever on the buccaneers of New Orleans or Charleston. Success in an expedition would be all in all to them; and whether their success gave rise to a war with England, that would be a matter of indifference, or perhaps, indeed, of joy at the war. In this should they have succeeded, England would be bound to gratify them, or else humble itself by sneaking out of a war which it had idly and gratuitously threatened. It is nut by threatening the Americans that we can best save the independence of Cuba, hut by inducing the Spaniards to treat Cuba as it is indispensable for European tamers to treat colonies in these ad vanced days. At present all the aids and elements of civilisation and prosperity come to Cuba front America. The Americans have made their railroads, improved their sugar cultivation, and not only set the example, but breathed the ideas of aelf-government. We support Spain in the mainte nance of her military absolutism, and the exclusion of natives and creole from every trust, every (rec tum, every emolument. The liberals of Cuba look no longer to us. hut to America. Perhaps the cro oks are too far gone in hatred to Spain ever to be recalled to loyalty towards it. Still Spain has it in her power to call to her aid the negro population. D. a measure gradually emancipating them, Spain might at once defy ereoles and Americans, and se cure her own permanent authority in the island in despite of the planters of the island or of the neigh bouring continent. Whin a nation or a government have thus the means in their own hands to secure and protect themselves, we do not see that other countries are Dither called upon or warranted to incur enmity or risk war in thetr behalf. Spain, by good and libe ral government, and by a ve 7 obvious policy, can resider Cuba unattackable. V 1 e have nothing to do but to point out to Spain the way, and leave her to her fate if she will not p ursue it. As for fighting for Canada or Jamaica in Cuba, that is nonsense. We are well able to de fend our own, when attacked, without falling, with regard to the New World, into those blunders which we committed in Europe, incurring mountains of debt to support the independence of Austria one day, and Spain the next, with the idea that we were combating for our own independence by paying European powers to stand out and tight for theirs. The most salutary doctrine we can impress upon Spain is that of self-reliance. As long as DONA Issarti.s leans on England for maintaining her so vereignty in Cuba, and on France for upholding her throne in Madrid, so long will she neglect public opinion in both countries, and continue to misrule both. Tim tidings from the Cape are distressing. Much slaughter, much plunder, unheard-of ravages, but no advance made towards a conclusion of the war, or a pacification of the tribes. Sir Maar SMITH bided Lis time and concentrated his force for an attack upon the stronghold of the Kaffirs, or rather upon trier fastnesses, where they had collected their cattle aad booty. With the European force under his com mand, and with the aid of a Hottentot force levied in the west of the colony to serve for sixmonths,Sir HARRY Serra was enabled to make what he called his great expedition ; that is, pene trate from three or four sides into the Anatole moun tains, and there overcame all that resisted, as well as capture all the cattle collected there. The Governor General seemed to be aware that this breaking up of the great hive would send the Kaffirs iu separate marauding parties to infest the en lolly, and try and recover booty and means of livelihood tantamount to what they had ' last. He was right enough in this prevision, but he did not foresee the grand manoeuvre of the spolia tors, or the extent to which they would carry their inroads. He foresaw further ravages. ambuscades, and murders, between the Kat and Keiskanima rivers, and fresh gatherings of foes in British Kaf fraria. And murders there have been in these regions—come most distressing ones. But the balk of the marauders, instead of overrunning the already wasted regions of Victoria and Kaffraria, have made a circuit. and fallen on the comparatively fresh and inland provinces of Somerset and l'iten haw. Here they have ravaged the whole district between the Kat and the Bairns, and have pene trated to the Culenberge. west of Graham's Town, and forming the frontier between Somerset and Uitenhage. Here they met with little opposition. The troops, such as there were. were all east ward ; the Hottentot levies had gone home like any other feudal force. their six months term having expired. and the fanners. surprised in their dwellings, not living under the protection of forts as they do further east, have been massacred, burned out, and ruined. Sir HARRY Sarni oaks, why they did not defend themselves, and recommends them naive tardily to fortify and to arm, and to stand on !their defence. But his whole past policy has been to prevent the farmers from arm ing and defending themselves, and to teach them to rely on the organised force of police and military, collected and paid to defend the frontier. No wonder the fanners are discontented, and, instead of being inclined to repair their losses like men, meditate, like the Irish farmee, an escape from danger and diffi culty, instead of devising the means of facing them. At present, the settlers and farmers of Somerset and Vitenhage, and of course Albany, are reduced to the mode of life forced upon settlers in British Kaffraria itself. They find no safety but in towns and forts. And all their dwellings and farm build ings, and the greater part of their flocks, have been destroyed or carried off by the enemy. It is too late to tell men, reduced to this, to defend their property. They have no property left to defend. Sir HARRY Serra ought to have foreseen the result of his ope rations in the Amatola even if successful, and not only warned the farmers of Somerset to take precau tions for defence, but sent back forthwith the troops he had abstracted from them to aid them in that task. It is perhaps a bad feature in the present hos tilities that no chief seems to lead the Kaffir% Kamt is submissive, even SANDILLI anxious for peace. But the Kaffirs, amidst their losses, and with the drought that afflicts them, seem to have no hope or prospect except in robbery and plunder, and each band seems to act independent of a chief. Such a war as this defies military tactics, and can only be met by an organisation of the frontier set tlers, dependent on themselves, and not on the whim of a distant governor. The difference between settlers managing for them selves and a governor's managing for them is fully depicted in the disaster of the Orange River sove reignty. Here the Dutch and the settlers warned the British resident to refrain from interfering in the quarrels of the native tribes. He would interfere, and they refused to aid or to accompany him. The consequence is, that he has suffered a disgraceful defeat, that he has brought the most powerful tribes against him, and ho is at the same time at variance with the Boers, some of whose farms and pro perties he is confiscating, as the punishment of their lukewarmness. This is a striking picture of a British resident sent to pacify and civilise savage tribes and semi-savage settlers, yet placing himself, by his caprices or his policy, with his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him. . . As an illustration of this we publish an article giving an account of Major WARDEN'S affair, from the Cape Town Mail of the Mk. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNZADAT EVENING. Colonel Guithem has written as follows to the Delia +: _ _ _ Paris, Sept. 9. Sir,-1 have this moment read in several French papers an article taken from the Times, in which en account is given, in terms which do not permit me to keep silence, of the con venation which I had the honour to have on the 26th of August with the Duchess of Orleans at Claremont. I declare everything in that article relating to the Duchess of Orleans to be false, and equally false the coar.e and absurd answer which is attributed to me. I rely, Mr. Editor, on your accustomed courtesy to insert this letter in your nest number.—Aecept, &e., AculLtis °mums. The En:no:tent wag seized yesterday for an article headed " A Confession ;" and a prosecution in directed against the responsible editor and M. F. V. Hugo, the writer of the article, for exciting to hatred and contempt of the government of the Republic. M. Leon Faucher is appointed, ad interim, to the ministry of agriculture and commerce during the ab sence of M. Buffet. M. Bouher replaces M. Buffet in the function of minister of public works, ad interim, during the ab sence of M. Magne. The new proclamation concerning foreigners has made less sensation than might hare been expected. Most of the journals insert it without comment. The Sim-le and the National blame the measure, but with- out advancing any very cogent reasons against it. The former rather naively objects that such harsh ness towards foreigners may expose France to repri sals ; which furnishes the Bulletin Je !'aria an occa sion to exclaim triumphantly that they only wish Lord Palmerston would retaliate in kind. It is also objected that the uneasiness and inconvenience which will be felt by foreign residents will drive them away to the injury of commerce. Doubtless if it were possible to suppose that the literal observance of the edict would be severely enforced against our own countrymen who support the shoos of the Hue de la Paix and the Rue de ltivoli, there would be much in this objection. Englishmen won't like kick ing their heels about that disagreeable and out of the way place in the Rue de Jerusalem called the prefecture, among a crowd of refugees from all countries, probably for several hours, until their turn comes to be interrogated to sec whether they be proper persons to be allowed to remain. lam quite sure that, if they find much fuss made about it, many Englishmen will say " Instead of a permit to remain, you may give me a passport to go somewhere else." 'l' he order is very vague in this respect, that it leaves wholly undefined the meaning of the words " resi dence" or an " intention to reside." Many English have been hero for years who do not call themselves residents; and yet every Englishman, like all other foreigners is exposed to have the question raised, whe ther he is travelling on business or pleasure, or whether he is residing or intending to reside here. I have no doubt that practically the order will very soon become a dead letter, except in respect of those persons who may be suspected as political conspirators, among which we may safely say, none of our own countrymen arc likely to be numbered. The order is countersigned by M. Leon Faucher, and was discussed in a cabinet council before it was issued. It is reported that a measure conceived in a similar spirit will be proposed to the Assembly in November. The object of this measure will be to send away from Paris to their native places ail those workmen who cannot show their means of subsist ence in Paris. Orders would then be given to the prefects not to grant passports for the capital unless certain prescribed formalities should be complied with. The Cason deans, with much more decision and appearance of sincerity than the Assent6/r4, the "im putation" that it is theoretically legitimist and prac tically Bonapartist. It claims the revision move ment in the councils-general as a legitimist demon stration, and says explicitly that it is not a partisan Id the prorogation. of L. Napoleon's powers. A very Machiavelian policy on the part of the Berryer legitimists has been announced as probable. It is said that they mean warmly to support the ministry in their project fur advancing the period of the general elections, in order to have the benefit of government influence in securing as many ISMS as possible for their own party. Then, at the lug few I meat before 1852, they would fall away from the Elysee and bring forward a presidential candidate of their own. It is difficult to say how far either of the parties to this very hollow legitimist-Bonapartist alliance. may go, in the hope of outwitting the other, but it is not likely that the President can be a dupe 'of these guesi allies. A message of the President to 1 the Assemble, in November, is said to be in prepara tion, and the perservering efforts of Dr. N eron ' against the law of the 31st of May, and the obvious policy of the presidential cause, seem to point to a vigorous assault upon that law. Nlarchais was yesterday act at liberty. After being interrogated, it appeared that nothing could be laid to his charge. His letter to Ledru Rollin, which so mysteriously disappeared in Judge Carre's presence, had been read by the commissioner of police, who made an extract front it, but neither in the ex tract nor in the commissioner's memory could any unlawful matter be found. M. Pilhette, formerly secretary to M. Delescluse, has also been discharged from custody. Thus two out of the very few names of any prominence is the list of conspirators are already erased front it. It is stated in the Juunoal dArgenton. of the Bth instant, that the procureur of the republic in the ar rondissement of Mortagne has instituted a prosecu tion against M. Gartner Pages, the former member of the provisional government, for demagogical speeches lately made by him in the neighbourhood. It does not appear that the honourable gentleman is in actual custody, but he has been subjected to a long interrogatory. The Prefect of the Bouchos-du-Rhone, by an edict of Sept. 2. has prohibited the wearing or exhibiting in public of any sign or symbol calculated to propa- gate the spirit of rebellion, or to trouble the public peace, such as red bonnets or caps, red girdles or cravats, pieces of red stuff about the neck or on the breist, or any other distinctive party sign. While such extraordinary precautions are taken in the provisoes against perilous red, the immaculate white colour finds more favour in Paris. M. Micolci, the bookseller of the Quai d'Orferres, and M. Janson, his printer, have been tried for publishing a placard entitled " Manifesto of a Legitimist," by Viscount le &Tree de Bervilly, ornamented with the Bourbon lilies. The legal description of this offence was the publication of seditious emblems tending to provoke rebellion. The counsel for the defence pleaded the whole history of France, which, he said, proved that the " fleur-de-lys" could never be the symbol of dis order. This argument prevailed, and both the pri soners were acquitted. Another canons political trial took place yesterday. On the 26th of June last, as the President of the Republic was returning from a review, loud cries of Vire la Republique" were uttered on the Pont de Sena. A man named Leger answered these cries by shouting "No republic ;" "Down with the republic." He was arrested upon the spot, and a card showing him to be a member of the society of the 10th of December was found upon his person. On his trial for the utterance of illegal cries his advocate urged that he was an honest workman, the father of a family, often out of work, but always the defender of order, and as such he had been wounded at the barricades. The advocate-general, supporting the prosecution, was willing to give the prisoner the benefit of his "antecedents" to the extent of ad mitting " extenuating circumstances," but the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. These two cases arc remarkable precedents in sup port of an argument often used by the Minister of the Interior, when reproached by the opposition for using different weights and measures in their esti mation of political offences. The ministerial defence 'has been that it is useless to prosecute royal ists, or ante-republican illegalities, because acquittals always follow. 'there is, to be sure, one material consideration not adverted to in this argument, namely, the composition of the juries of the depart ment of the Seine. Contrary to the system that prevails throughout the rest of France, they are se lected by the immediate nominees and dependents of the executive power. This explains the reason why, during the recent prosecution of the press, prosecu tion and conviction have always been convertible terms in Paris, whereas in the provinces the number of acquittals in proportion to convictions has been hoax upon a large scale, which might have led to serious consequences, was perpetrated on Sunday at the barrier of Curette, near the Pont de Gre nelle. The directors of the future—or pretended future—national fkes had erected an embryo model, near the bridge, of a grand triumphal arch, which, according to their programme, is to adorn the Champs Elyaecs during the fetes. Not more than 109 car penters had been employed upon this work. During six days of last week a man, representing himself to be an agent of the directors, was installed in an eating-house near the bridge, and engaged all the workmen that he could meet with. To every one he gave a card and number, directing him to come to the Pont de Grenelle on Sunday, when his particular work would be assigned to him. Accordingly on that day about 4,000 artisans assembled at the bridge. The great contractor and the eating-house keeper had both disappeared, and the army of workmen were dispersed by an armed force, to whom, how ever, they appear to have offered not the slightest resistance. As to the motive fur this extraordinary proceeding, nothing is known. It is suggested that the only feasible one must have been the hope, on the part of some political party or another, that an insurrection might grow out of a large discontented assemblage. Both the socialists and the Decembrists accuse each other of being at the bottom of the affair for a political purpose. The mayor of Elbeuf has just received a sum of 500 francs from the President of the Republic for the workmeu thrown out of work by the conflagration of M. Grandin's factory•. A decree of the President of the Republic autho rises the Academy of Sciences to accept a legacy of 200,000 fr., bequeathed to it by 1)r. locker, for the purpose of founding an annual prize to be awarded to the author of the best work on organic chemistry. At the Bourse the Five per Cents closed at 92.25, with a fall of Sc.; and the Three per Cents. fell 23c., closing at 56.20. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1851 from the Minting, and to form little drops. He applied his handkerchief to the painting, and it became stained. He repeated the same operation with the same result. His comrades saw that the stains were of blood. He could not produce the pocket-handkerchief, having sent it to his mo ther. The witness complained of the ridicule which had been thrown on him for his connexion with the affair. Some other witnesses were then examined, but they merely deposed to the Sowing of the blood from the picture, after the prayers of Rose. The father of Josephine Imbcrt ad mitted that Rose had given lessons in writing to her daugh ter during three weeks; and Josephine herself, on being called, retracted all that she had said, as to the power of writing having been miraculously conferred on her, stating that she had long practised writing in secret. The President of the tribunal then interrogated Rose, and she said in reply to his question—" 1 never took any thing from the tabernacle. I admit having communicated supernaturally, sometimes in the presence of witnesses, sometimes alone; but that did not depend on me. I felt a movement of fervour—my mouth opened—and I found the consecrated wafer on my tongue. I only once heard the tabernacle open, and that was the day on which the candles became lighted by enchantment. I never had a false key or any instrument for opening locks. I had the key of the vestry, but gave it up when rumours unfavourable to me began to spread. The number of supernatural communims I have made is six ; three of them after I gave up the key of the vestry. These communions, with one exception, rook place in the church. The exception was when Madame Jean brought me the half of the consecrated wafer on her league from mass, and placed it in my mouth: the wafer was quite hard. I considered that a communion, u I was in a state of grace, having confessed the previous day. I did not prepare the affair with Madame Jean; God permitted it That was after the conversion of Madame Jean. Never in my life did I place blood on the picture ; I would sooner have my head cut off a hundred times than be guilty of such hypocrisy. lam ready to be come o martyr to the truth. I went to the chapel with Josephine. We prayed together, and when I felt my visions coming on I told her ; we then saw the blood on the picture, and she went to bring in people. Josephine never locked me in the church ; she has, however, left me alone in prayer, but that was not to enable me to place blood on the picture. I had marks on my breast ; the cure Dr. Bernard, and some other persons saw them. The linen produced bears the stains caused by those marks. The handkerchief produced contains the stains caused by the blood on the miraculous picture on the 10th Decem ber. I intended to do nothing with the pocket handker chief, and asked Madame Jean to wash it. I did not think that that was irreverent to such precious blood, as I intended to purify it before the washing. I had the same vision as M. Chavard. Ido not wish to know whether he laid a snare for me in telling me that he bad a vision. I never gave lessons in writing to Josephine. I merely told her that she would be able to answer my letter, and she did so. It is not true that I ever made coarse jokes with Madame Jean with respect to the persons who came to see the miracle. As to the buttons for the repair of a curie coat they were sent to me miraculously. With respect to the awakening of the Abbe Sabon early one morning, I sent my guardian angel to do it, and the angel struck the three blows ou the table. My reason for wishing to go into the chapel before the archbishop was, that the crowd might not prevent me from entering into prayer. I never entered the church in the night in the month of December. When I came to Saint Saturnia I was not aware that miracles were ' to take place ; I have not had communication with a per . . son conn r ccted with the sect of Michael Vintras ; I only: re cognise the catholic, apostolic, and Roman religion." On being taken back to prison Rose was hooted by the crowd. In the sitting of the 3rd M. Barret, advocate, pre sented the defence of the accused. Ho began by reading testimonials to her piety. Ile declared that ho believed the marks on her breast were not intentionally caused ; if they had been they would have endangered her life. He could not explain how they came there, but, according to some writers, they mi.ht have been caused by the force of imagination. lie denied that Rose belonged to the sect of Vintras. That sect had only existed for a few years, and for upwards of twenty years Rose had borne mysterious marks an her person. She was accused of having outraged the catholic religion ; but, if such had been her intention, why should she have subjected herself to punishment by relatiug what had been done ? Was it likely, besides, that a girl so pious would have dared to open the tabernacle ? As to the affair of the picture, there were circumstances difficult to explain. Credible witnesses had declared that, after wiping the blood away, they had seen new drops form themselves. lie could nut say that there had been a miracle, but no natural explanation had been given of it; the persons who made experiments could not reproduce exactly the same circumstances. Rose had offered to be bound, and to repeat the miracle ; but that had not been accepted. He then at some length contended that if even all the facts alleged against the accused were ad mitted, they did not amount to a violation of the penal code. A crime consisted in the intention, and Rose had never had any intention of outraging religion. The l'rocurcur of the Republic then presented his requisi tory. Ile entered into an elaborate examination of all the circumstances, and contended that they clearly proved the guilt of Rose. The profanation of the sacred wafer, he ob served, was formerly punish...l with death; but since the re peal of the law of sacrilege. in October, 1830, imprisonment only was inflicted. Ile demanded that, iu virtue of Article 262 of the Penal Code, she should ho condemned to six months' inspriswarnent, the maximum of the punishment. The tribunal then retired to deliberate, and in half an ' hour returnee, with this judgment :—" Considering the facts charged against lime Tamisier do not constitute the offence forest en by Article 262 of the Penal Code, but that foreseen by Article 1 of the law of the 2.lth of March, 1822, the t,ibunal declares itself incompetent." The judg ment dr.:.•v furth marks of astonishment from the advocates and suds tory. Rose famisior remained perfectly calm, so she had done during the whole trial. TRIAL OF ROSE TAMISIER. It has been stated that the ease of Rose Tamisier, the woman tried by the Tribunal of Correctional Police of Carpenabas for having outraged the catholic religion by pretending to work miracles at St. Saturnia, near Apt, came to an abrupt conclusion in consequence of the tribunal 1 declaring itself iaeompetent in such a matter. The follow ing is an account of the last two days' proceedings on the 1 2nd and 3rd: Marie Anne Autheman, of Cadenet, said that seven or eight years ago Rose fell into ccstacy at her house, and one evening she found her kneeling, but her knees did not touch the ground ; she passed her hand between the floor and the knees. Rose gave her an account of the appearance of blood on the picture at St. &damns, but it was not to the sign Whet as that given to others. A widow named Roche dwpossi that, though an intimate friend of Rose, Rose re form" to ressiv• her at the time of the miracles ; and another whims sal that ea the 13th December she saw the cure ester the that* with Josephine Imbert and Madame Jena ; at that time Rose was alone in the church kneeling wear the altar. Two witnesses stated that Rose's father bad said of her miracles, " that they were like carnival sapueritha." Madame Mestre said that after the miracles had become known, she went to the inn of Madame Jean, where " the Saint" (meaning Rose) lived, to get her to 'my for her. Not finding any one in the lower part of the Muse, she went up stairs, and heard voices in a room. On listening, she distinguished the words, " There is a large crowd at the chapel, demanding to see the saint !" " Ah, yes 1" answered some one, " \Veil show them saints!" and thereupon loud laughter, accompanied by gross lan guage, arose. Witness attempted to enter the room, but a woman end a man declared that she could not go in, and pushed her rudely away. From thatcircumstance she was convinced that an audacious mystification had been at tempted. Widow Pourpre proved that Madame Jean told her a gross falsehood with respect to the miracles. 31. Carlaviuz, cure of Hamm, said that on beerier of the miracle, he went to Saint Saturnia on December 20, the day the Archbishop of Avignon arrived. Wit Nees waited to the neat day, and the cure of St. Saturnin mire him a bed. Early in the morning be demanded the key of the chapel that he might go and say his mass, but to his surprise, the cure's servant told him she had not got it. Hs west towards the church, and presently saw the girl Wheat; he followed her, and in a few seconds saw her joined by another girl who whispered mysteriously in her ow. Afterwards this second girl covered her face with her hands as if not to be recognised, hat witness, from the de seription of the person subsequently ascertained that she manna have been Rose Tansisier. Rose, he was afterwards INK had driven away some women who had entered the llama with her. On that day she enured the cure', in r:Xof witness, that the miracle would take place, but ot, and she intimated that the reason was that the emit bad wished for it with what God considered too much endatity. Witness was of opinion that there had been as slue* and so wrote tz the archbishop. His opinion woe shim* by the ecclesiastical commission Inoini rzaatedi the prelate. Before leaving the box the witness to ROM: to tell the truth in the matter, and to say es she had once proposed, she was willing, on being left alone in the c h apel, to have her hands bound, ' and _ . then to effect the miracle. She replied very salmi moniously, and raising her eyes to heaven, said, " The will of God be done in all things and everywhere' I am at the disposal of God; he can do with me what ho will. As to taking an engagement to work the miracle, it does not depend on me to cause the miracle. I have never taken such an engagement, and never will." 11. Colignon, chemist, and M. Sauliers, statuary at Apt, de. , that had made expe riments to -- • the Pr ig pe. SPAIN. MADRID, SEPT. 5. The committee of the budget is to meet every day to expedite the examination of the budget of 1852. This leads to the supposition that tie Cortes will meet sooner than was expected, although it would be'prorogued before the period of the Queen's con finement. could offer. The monied men express one opinion to the pub lic and another to those initiated into the mysteries of stock-jobbing, and they who profess to be most sanguine will probably be the last to invest their spare capital in the new loan. It is a sign of the times to which I have before called your attention, that the wealthier bankers and merchants have, during the last two or three years, sunk a great part of their capital in landed property. From what I see and hear, I am induced to believe that 85,000,0008. can hardly be raised by " voluntary" subscrip tion. (An article on the subject, from a contemporary, appears in another column.) The Emperor of Austria has addressed the follow ing autograph letter to Prince Schwartzenburg : Dear Prince Fichwartsenberg,—Considering the state of our finances, I find it necessary to recommend to my minis try the greatest possible economy in the branches of ad ministration which are confided to it, and to invite it to submit to rue projects tending to bring about all reductions possible iu the public expenses. You will communicate my intention to all the members of the cabinet. Ischl, Aug. 30. Fts.sra losarm. GERMANY. With regard to the intelligence given yesterday , from the A4lner &dung, a telegraphic despatch, dated Berlin, Sept. 9, says :—" A treaty of union between the Zollverein and the Steuerverein was yesterday concluded, by Prussia in the name of the first of these customs associations, and by Hanover in the name of the second." The treaty comes into operation on tho let Ja nuary, 1854. The A;lr.er &dung adds :-- 66 The treaty has been concluded, subt to the approval of the Chambers. Munekhausen, president of the Hanoverian ministry, accompanied by the minister you Ham merstein, has arrived by express at Berlin, to at tend to this matter." AUSTRIA. THE NEW LOAN. The conditions of the loan, which is to be raised by subscription, were published in the Wiener Zei tong of the 7th inst. Foreign subscriptions will be received in Frankfort, Stuttgard, Amsterdam, Brus sels, Antwerp, l'aria, Hamburg, Berlin, and Breslau ; for English subscriptions no provi sion is made. Tho principal features of the loan are, that it bears interest at 5 per cent., and consists of two series. The interests of series A are payable in Austria, those of Bin the above-mentioned cities. The subscriptions for series A begin on the 9th and conclude on the 27th of this month. Series A is issued at 93, and series B at 100 per cent. in Austrian bank notes. Subscribers before the 16th of September will be allowed two per cent., and those who take shares in the loan on or before the 23rd of the same month one tier cent. In order to stimulate the bankers to action an additional one half per cent. will be allowed for all subscriptions _ • hard cash amounting to 50,00011. Payments in hard ...a will be received on the following terms : In September, 1851, 1009. in silver will be considered as 11711. in bank notes; in October as 11611. ' • in November as DS& ; in December as 114 9 . ; and so on, gradually dimi nishing until the month of November, 1832, when there will be no difference made between paper and the - metals. Fr- subscrip the , _._ they rt.... prod uce ,„ . precious .oreign . _.....ement; 1.. I doing, lame effect as that at tkuTrksitrif" - iiii sM the pietare, Dona, if paid in foreign moneys will be taken at --. of the native labourers from their employment, arese jea fre w alt i th di e sas s r . o tt nl ie a sad they found that it might be ceased by a leech current rate of exchange in the places were the sub- ' their warlike passions, excites general alarm amon4 the disgorging blood. They rolled a leech in a piece of ecriptions are made. The amount of the loan is settlers, and throws the whole colony into a state of can e.. linen, and caused it to deposit several drops of blued Ru a at B , l, , xx),(xmit stun, of which the evil consequences are felt atv, e th e a t. tempt ii tht b" sta d° te nc o d i our own colony, at this time, it • on an oil painting. These drops preserved their and the cum subscribed will be form. Ten minutes after they wiped them away made known within " l4 days from the 27th of this is with a white pocket-handkerchief, as Dr. Clement month. The interest of foreign subscriptions will had done at St. Saturnia ; and twice obtained the sane be paid in Amsterdam at the rate of 1 guilder makes it meet apparent that the on l y sure ' not nectigar for :he t° e d e w ils ell. which ßut e i v itfi ery iet re marks as he had done. They repeated the experiments 123 3-3ths e., in Frankfort of IL 12, and in Pans and wed, several times un different groups, with the same smaltA ' B rawls , c g 2f. 64k. per Austrian florin. ments, and the only permanent safnuanl against and an bout after could produce stains on linen. Tlietr As the 7th was S da dthf 11 • da the peculiar un y, an e o own] dangers .to which they are li a bl e , must opinion was that Rom might have employed • leech. A g 9th y be sought in the concession to the colonists of the right of man named Gay, and his wife, mid that *ay had gong to was a holiday, it would not be known till the regulating their own affairs. They , who are most hate the chapel in December at three o'clock is the Ilhornang, in what effect the conditions of the loan would have on rested in the maintenance of peace and good government, order to be the first to see the miracle. A little aker, 'Change. It was said that if the price for the home will probably manage, if leR to •:ae melees, to secure those Rose Tamisier and Josephine Inibert arrived, aad west into mar k et were 92 to 93 percent. it would be willingly tentage& ;or if they h 6-i w ed at times fail in so doing, the chapel, where they remained alone for some time. taken, butw h o ind ced to subscnbe many were u the fault, like the suffering would be their own, and ex ' The witness then heard Rose say, " All is rerly—go cad Iperienee would doubtle , s tell the cure." Josephine then went away. tea- largely to the last loan had declared that they would errors in future. At pre h • teach them how to avoid similar I eluded the evidence for tit. • prosecution , and witnesses ewe not invest an iota in Austrian securities. A letter to be thrown away .sent, experience and warning seem Uron the rashness and incapacity of our ° then called fee the defence. I dated Vienna, September 7, says : , inespunsible rulers. - The first was a gendarme, named Brioll He said that It is supposed that foreign speculators will have more on the 20th December he was sent to Saint Saturnia, sad . the hope d to p re serve order. After the arch stationed in c . confidence in an absolute government than in one ham- i A VW'. TO TILE SEAT OF WAR LN bishop went away on that dry, Dr. Clement applied a 1 pared by a Diet, and this probably induced the cabinet I KAFFRARIA. pocket-handkerchief to the picture, but there were no to let the August ordinances precede the loan. It is, I r.cing idle in Cape Town, where I had come for stains. Another gendarme then examined the PoindoB I however, but simple justice to add, that those in o ffi ce t'-e purpose of recruiting my health, that was somewhat with a lighted candle, but the wounds of Christ were quite I tell the story in a differentand that way, state abeeken by a long residence in tropical countries , and having dry. Alter about ten minutes, witness noticed that the 1 ISo far recovered as to feel wearied with the tedium of the wound on the side became much redder, and presently he 1 min isters considered themselves bound in honour to let Sae i place, I gladly accepted an invitation to go in one of her saw with profound astonishment that blOod, began to tom reign financiers know the exact guarantee which Austria i Majesty's ships to the scene of war in Katfraria. The eon- fusion and bustle that prevailed on board for boon before starting was such as I have only witnessed on hoard a Bel fast steamer, about to start with a cargo of Irishmen and pigs for Glasgow. At one part of the !hip horses were being got out of the boats alongside by means of a derrick or crane that hoisted them on to the deck ; at another part boxes, cases, and trusses of hay, with casks variously marked " wine," "preserved meats," " tobacco," "beer," and "glass, with care," were being pitched on board faster than a doyen men, stationed by the gangways, could get them pared along; while passengers, in the shape of of going on duty to the scat of war, some with wives, and some with heavier encumbrances in the shape of wives, children, and servants, might be seen making the best of their way up the ship's side, and adding to the universal din and hubbub by their anxious inquines as to the dispo sition of themselves and their baggage. it was past sun set before the tumult and noise had at all subsided. By that time the horses were secured between the ship's bul warks and strong barricades that ran along each side of the deck, and were now busy munching the corn out of the nosebags that grooms were fastening on their heads; pas sengers who had got sleeping berths became quite agreeable and chatty, and those who had nothing Pare their choice of the softest plank, seemed at any rate reconciled to their lot; the heaps of luggage were being stowed in regular piles, and all the boats had left for the shore, save the poet captain's, who was just preparing to shove off. In an boar after the engineer came aft and reported the steam up; the anchor was weighed, and just as the moon, that was in her third quarter, got up from behind a lofty screen of mountain range, we began to paddle slowly out of Table Bay. Thu night was clear, calm, and cloud less, and as we made a long sweep in order to avoid the shipping which crowded the buy we had a fine view of the capital of southern Africa. Table Mountain, that formed the background, rose more lofty in the pale moonlight, and its long flat summit looked more exteaded than usual, while the great mountain that rose to the left, like a colossal lion in a rage at being disturbed in his slum bers, looked more than ever like that animal from which it receives its name. By the time we passed the harbour light we were at full speed, a light breeze from the N.W. sprung up about midnight, just as we were rounding the Cape, the watch set sail, and all night we went bowling along at the rate of ten knots an hour. By next morning we were off Agalhas, the most southern point of Africa, which until April last boasted the only lighthsuse along the coast. Since then another has been lighted at Cape Recite, the westernmost point of Algoa Bay, which will no doubt do much to advance the town of Port Elizabeth, that is about ten miles from it. On the morning of the third day wo reached Port Elizabeth, where we tired a gun to awaken the inhabitants that they might send off for their letters that we had on board. But this failing to disturb them, we left them on board a ship lying there ' and without hardly halt ing, held on our course for Buffal o mouth, where we were to land our promiscuous cargo. From Algoa Bay to Buffalo we kept closer to the land than we had hitherto done, that is here not very high, but preserves a gen'le undulating appearance all along the coast, and as far in al the eye could reach. Next morning, on getting on the paddle-box where the officer of the watch was, I found him looking a-head with his glass for the Cove Rock, which lies about seven miles to the west of the Buffalo, and is the chief mark for approaching that river. About eight o'cloca it was made, and in about a couple of hours more we were at anchor off East London, the seaport of British Kaffraria. Since leaving Cape Town the ship had steamed along so steadily, that when below one hardly knew that she was moving through the water at all, hut no sooner had we let go our anchor than a great change took piece, and those who had been congratulating themselves on being good sailors, and had attested it by the vigour of their appetites, all at once became so enamoured of the crieundared deck and fresh air, as not to hesitate even to sacrifice their din nen in their enjoyment of these luxuries. The sea certainly was calm, and there was hardly a breath of wind, but the immense rollers that set in from seaward and took us right on our broadside, made us roll till our paddle-boxes would every now and then come thump against the sea, and once the green top of u great huge fellow came tumbling into our decks, to the great alarm of the poor horses, who, wearied with the lung standing and unused to this motion, could with difficulty keep their feet. The surf on the coast looked terrific, and all day long it was only one continued succession of gigantic waves that rolled into the mouth of the river, to break over the bar into what appeared a lake of seething foam. As there was no chance of landing the first day, we foul ample time to take a view of East London, that boasts about a 100 mud hats and about twice that number of inhabitants. It is tho only port of Kaffrana, and through it all the troops and supplies have been landed fur the present war, and from its being only about forty miles from the centre of operations, the doing so has saved many thousands of pounds sterling in the item of waggon hire alone. The huts that go to form this important place occupy the slope of a hill, having a long range of barracks on its summit, that from seaward looks a very conspicuous object. Front the ship everything looked dull and stagnant, which was really the case, for iu consequence of the badness of tho surf the business of unloading the N'PTIOUS crafts that lay at anchor was suspended. and the people were waiting for fine weather in order to resume operations. Towards evening the surf was much less, and as an easterly wind sprang up and freshened all night, there were great hopes of the bar being passable the following day. Aud so it turned out ; fur soon after daylight the crew were seen to be getting into one of the huge surf boats, and pr. paring to shove off from the shore. These boats rim on hawsers, that are made fast from the shore to a buoy outside the surf, from which, by means of other hawsers, the communication is established with the ships outside. In an hour or two we had two or three all ready to receive their cargoes, which they were not long in getting. Being most anxious to get on shore, I landed in the first boat, and was astonished to find that the great fierce waves of yester day had so POOR subsided into a calm sea. The change seemed almost magical, for now a skiff could ride in safety over it, and I felt inclined to doubt whether I had seen it in so vs ry different a mood, did not u low sullen murmur that I heard as we creased the bar tell IRO that the wild spirit of the surf was chafing itself at being restrained, and longed to roar and moan again, and slush its wild waves about as it did the day before ; and us we floated in safety into the smooth part of the river, I felt much the Paine as I would have done, had I succeeded in passi n g safely by some slumbering tiger that I feared to disturb. Chase by the beach where we landed, some fifty or sixty Kallirs were huddled together, gazing at us as we stepped out of the boat. 'f he Chief or Sbakli of the kraal, a village to which they be longed, was among the number—it stout, lusty fellow, ar rayed in a scarlet jacket, with military cap and trousers. He was got up thus fine in the expectation of there beige some important personage on board, fur on other days, I was told, he only wears the blanket of his tribe. All tho rest were naked, excepting the dirty old greasy blanket each wore over his shoulders, but which was in general se, loosely worn as to leave their whole person exposed. first went to their kraal, that was not far off, and which. I found to be a filthy wretched place, with cottages like b ago worn-out bee-hives that were alike incapable of 'mote ctiug its inmates from sun or rain. These wretched huts were mostly made of straw, and so low that it was only pos sible to stand tonight in the centre. The ea.tcnt of the floor might be some six or seven square feet, and the door way was so low that an individual of four feet could not enter without stooping ; yet this formed the habitation for a whole family that might amount to ten or twelve indivi duals. The interior of these hut. were filthy in the extreme, and men and women were lying about inside, Or s t an di ng idly by the opening which boasted of no door. Offal, refuse, and every manner of foulness lay around the huts, from which the sun's rays ex t rac t e d th e most disgusting o dour,, that forced me to tarn my back on the scene, anything but delighted with Pais my hest speci men of Kaffir life. I must, however, in justice to the Kaffir, say that this kraal was very below the average condition of those situated more in. Poe interior of the coun try, and that to form an opinion, of Kaffirlund from this specimen, would be somethMs og like trying to make a de e in Clue applicable to all l of some eretched *Ag rrtirantiodn. As I had determined to go to King William's Town ' that was about 45 miles off , I. appli e d t o a merc h an t f ur wh om had brought letters as to how horses were to be got, and who not only mounted me well, but managed to get me a remount at each station or. the road, so as to enable me to ride up with the mounted escort that was to start early the following morning. By daylight I wax called, and before half-an-hour had elapsed breakfast w a s over, our horses were got ready, and our escort of Mor.nted Riflemen were by their horses in the centre of thr . barrack square, all ready to mount when given. Our party amounted to three, and, be the in o g rd a e i r wsoLamed, we felt ourselves a match for any num ber of Kering that we might meet. Nor was the appre hensiott of being attacked by any means groundless, for parties of three or four had of late been often fired upon, and that within a mile or so of a military station. After gradual ascent of about a mile we lost eight of East Lon dolt, and entered upon a noble plateau, or flat, where, after the confinement on board a crowded ship, it was a perfect luxury to bathe the brow in the cool breeze, to give the rein to your horse, and urge him along at the top of his speed. Our spirits were light and gay, and we felt our selves in that buoyant condition when it takes but little to please. Certainly, much less than we had would have served to do so. The morning was beautiful, with the rich I glow of sunrise yet streaming down the slopes of the hilly range ahead of us. The road we galloped along was level and firm. Our horses were in excelleut mettle and travel ling in company, each was eager to get ahead of b;s neigh boar, while the sound from their hoores, and the jingling of the swords and horse gear of the dragoons came out ringing and clear as they do in a crisp frosty morning at home. The plain for miles all round glowed with fresh Rowers that tinged it of a bright orange hue, and left no green to be seen, save what grew on the beautiful mimosa, that though stunted in growth from occasional want of rain so as sometimes not to be more than three , feet high, nevertheless preserves in its details of stem, branches and leaves, all the completeness of the normal tree. The Buffalo flowed in long serpentine sweeps in a deep ra , vine to our right, while before us and bounding our view io, that direction rose tl.e blue hills whence that river takes its rise, and from which it receives its name. After four or lee miles ride along this level award, we aude.enly de manded into one of those ravines or passes that are so fre quently occupied by armed Kaffir', who are generally con cealed in the dense brushwood on either side. From the constant traffic here lately the road had beeomc a lm os t an impassable quagmire, as we had to follow a short bridle path that, winding along the ski - et of the bush, exposed us to the mark of any enemy tha t might be concealed within. I observed that those of ou r escort that went ahead looked anxiously about them as art apprehensive of an attack, and when they had passed opt in safety stuck their spun into their horses as if giving way to their delight at getting through unscathed. From this a steep ascent brought us to Fort Grey, which is merely a quadrangle of mud huts, HAMBURG. The Roatock Gazette states that the Pope is about to create at Hamburg the sec of a bishopric for Northern Germany. ITALY. NAPLES.—The Paris Pattie asserts that, accord ing to private information of its own, the King of Naples, in order to reply by official acts and public information to the accusations against his govern ment, has appointed a committee to reform the pri sons in his kingdom. This seems to be an admission that they stand in need of reform; but it is added that several members of the carps diploma:eget have been invited to watch the labours of the committee, visit the prisons with them, and to judge with their own eyes of the value of the assertions that have been made respecting them. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Private accounts, received in the City, state that the colony was suffering deeply and extensively from the war. There was little safety for either life or property, and reinforcements from England, the Cape, aid Mauri tius were absolutely necessary. Trade in the eastern pro vince had suffered severely, and the farmers, both English and Dutch, had sustained heavy losses in cattle and sheep, &c., many having lost thousands of heads of the latter. The export of the principle staple of the eastern pro vince, which, but for the war, would this year have been very large, will now necessarily be small. The import trade was of course also suffering. Sir Harry Smith, who had previously refused a force of 1,500 men from the Mauritius, had despatched her Ma jesty's steamer Hermes to Port Louis, for all the troops that could be spared from thence. Instructions had been re ceived from the home government to provide for the present government of the colony, until further provision be made, by a council of six members (exclusive of the governor), either officials or the governor's nominees, five thereof, including the governor, or four, including the member who may preside in his absence, to form a quorum. But, when the Legislative council shall be assembled to pass the ordi nances 't fur constituting a future parliament," it must consist of the former number of ten or twelve members, exclusive of the governor. THE KAFFIR WAR. (From the Cape Tors Mad of July 29.) The intelligence received by the last post from the Orange River Sovereignty is of a startling tenor. The in terference of the British Resident in the quarrels among the native tribes has led to a collision in which the British force was worsted, with severe loss to the native contingents, which formed the principal portion of it. It appears that ea the 20th of June, Major Warden moved from his camp at Thaba Cuchu towards the Wesleyan mission station of Nether& which he reached on the following day. Here a vain attempt was made by the missionaries of the French Society, Messrs. Castilla and Dyke, to bring about a settle ment of the difference between the Resident and the Chief Moshesh, but without success. Of the causes of their fai lure we have as yet no precise information. On the 28th ult., having received accounts of continued fighting between the Lighopes under Molitzane, and the Barolongs under our " any, ' Melnik°, Major Warden left Platberg for the country of the former chief. His force was of a very miscellaneous description. it consisted of 90 men of the 45th Regiment, 44 Cape Mounted Riflemen, 90 Boers, 30 lingoes, 70 Korannas of Govt Tatlybosch, anilBoo liandongs,—making a total of 1,121 men, with a field bat tery of two six-pounders. With this motley finer, Major Warden arrived on the same day at the foot of a Nat topped mountain, some four or five hundred feet high, on the summit of which the enemy was seen encamped in great strength. Here the resident was joined by the griqua contingent of 200 men, under Adam Kok; and, thus reinforced, he determined, on the 30th, to make an attempt to dis lodge Mont:lute and his allies from their stronghold. The assailing force was divided into three parties. One of these, composed altogether of natives, ascended the mountain in front ; of their success nothing is said, and it may ho presumed not to have been important. Another force, of Mersin'', Barolongs, led by a small party of Boers, ascended on the left flank of the mountain ; and the third division, composed of 34 Cape mounted riflemen, some 40 Boers, and some native auxiliaries, with one six-pounder,— the whole under the command of Capt. Bates,—approached the mountain on theright. Passing through a valley, they reached the foot of the acclivity, where they were suddenly surrounded on all sides by overwhelming numbers of Me litzane's Lighoyas anti Lynx's Korannas, and were obliged to fight their way back to the camp. According to one ac count, the party was saved from destruction chiefly by the bravery and steadiness of the Boers. Another writer who was present in the engagement denies the truth of this assertion; but his own account of the affair seems rather to confirm the report. It is furthermore stated that the division which ascended on the leR was at first successful in capturing a considerable number of cattle ; but these were afterwards retaken by a fresh body of foes, said to be Basutos of Moshesh's tribe. Through these enemies the Boers cut their way in safety, but many of their native companions were killed. The chief loss fell upon the Barolongs, whom Major Warden's expedition was intended to assist. It is said that more than a hundred of them were slain. Atter this unfortunate adventure, the resident retired to his former camp at Thaba Unchu, where, at the last ac counts, he was assembling a larger force, of a still more variegated character, with the object of making a move ment against the Basutos. Besides regulars anti Boers, he expected to muster, on the 20th of this month, upwards of three thousand " native allies," belonging to no less than I seven distinct tribes or clans. It would seem that this force is not likely to be more than he will require, it he should succeed in arousing Moshesh to active hostility, as the people of that chief arc commonly supposed to number altogether about sixty thousand muds, anti their allies, the Korannas under Lynx, are said to have mustered at the recent encounter no less than :100 mounted men. It is with such enemies that the British resident has chosen, at such ' a time, to embroil the government and people of the northern sovereignty. There can be no doubt that Major Warden's motives for attempting to suppress the hostilities among the tribes *bout hint were humane and disinterested; but there can also be no doubt that the attempt was, under the circum stances, a rash and ill-advised movement. Of this the best possible proof may be found in the conduct of the settlers, both English and Dutch. It does not appear that one of the former accompanied the expedition. The Dutch farmers at first resolutely refused to turn out ; and the resident was obliged to resort to the extreme measure of confiscating the farms of two of them before he could ob tain the assistance of even the small number who at last accompanied him, and rendered such valuable service in the field. The reason which the Boers in general assigned for refusing to leave their farms was simply their aversion to take part in quarrels among the native tribes, with all of whom they had been, and desired to remain, at peace. The three British colonies in Southern Africa are all suf fering under one and the same misfortune. Each of them is subjected to the arbitrary rule of a single individual, Wheat; interests ' the interests of the colonists. The are not British resident in the sovereignty thinks himself bound, as a military commander, to keep the peace among the native tribes; and in attempting to achieve this lauda ble purpose, with a wholly inadequate force, he brings down mews his province a host of formidable ene mies. the Lieutenant-Uovernor of Natal, as a sub ordinate officer under Sir Harry Smith, considers it his duty to call out a " commando' of the Zulu inhabitants V. his settlement; in so he withdraws nearly the who',o