The Express. — London, England, 1846-11-28 00:00:00

mi.teomen;" it maintains (though on slender and not very tenable grounds) that the whore Court of Exche quer committed themselves last y " our opinion," and conceives all further argument superfluous. As, however, the public generally appear inclined to acqui esce in the justice of the decision pronounced by the Barons on Wednesday last , it ma y not be unad visible for the Times to assign some reason for the faith that is in it; otherwise the public may regard its yesterday's railing at the Court of Exchequer as a mere expectoration of spleen on seeing its opinion set at nou;, , ht. And captious persons may insinuate that the pride of other people, besides Barons of the Court of Exchequer, " has had a fell ;" that there are others who would have acted more wisely had they been contented to " keep the general level," instead of seeking to bully the supreme courts of the kingdom into subserviency to their piques and crotchets. TEN yews ago the province of South Australia was tenanted onl by kangaroos and a few struggling natives, phy sically and mentally the lowest of the human race. It is at present the scene of the enterprise and enemy of more than eighteen thousand individuals of English race ; has an active and extending mining industry, a great breadth of land under cultivation, and a greater covered with flocks. It imported in 1842 from this country to the value of some 32,0001., and exported in the same year to Great Britain to the valve of 23,0001., to Van Diemen's Land, to the value of 8,0001. And South Australia, we learn from the Governor's financial statement of 30th June last, is in this, the tenth year of its existence, a self-support ing colony. The revenue for 1846 is estimated at 42,970/. ; the expenditure at 32,677/. This young, but already full-grown community, not only sends copper for the use of our metallic, and wool for the use of our textile fabrics, not only relieves us of a corresponding *mount of our surplus produce, but offers congenial homes and competence to the less favoured by fortune among us. During the year ended 21st November, 1815, the sales of land yielded 72,000/. ; during the next seven months, 60,000!. A large fund has accumulated applicable to purposes of internal improvement and immigration. The Colonial Land and Emi„eration Commissioners continue to despatch a vessel with emigrant labourers, to whom free passages are given, to :south Australia every month. Th© Princess Royal, which sailed from Plymouth on the 14th inst., carried out 326, the sexes being fairly proportioned. Durinc , the ten years of its existence , South Aus tralis has frequently been the object of vehement attacks. We have no intention to deny that there was often good cause for severe criticism. Mis management on the part of those to whom its direc tion was at first entrusted, and an unlucky spirit of gambling speculation that arose among the settlers, rendered the colony at one time fairly bankrupt. But having recovered from the effects of these errors in so short a time, in despite of the generally lax and some times thwarting , influence of successive colonial minis ters, the colony s prosperity . is only on this account a more convincing demonstration of the general sound ness of the principles upon which it was founded, and to which its rulers have, on the whole, more or less closely adhered. In respect to the practical application of these principles, much has been learned since South Australia was founded, but much remains to be learned. This, however, has been shown by its suc cess :—That by disposing of no landiri property under a price of from 12s. to 1!. per acre ; by allotting a liberal proportion of the fund thus raised to internal improvements, and to affording free passages to labouring emigrants in as nearly as possible equal numbers of the sexes; a self-supporting colony, with nearly 20,1100 prosperous inhabitants, has been established in the lapse of ten years, notwithstanding serious reverses incurred by errors,l;oth of the govern ment and the general population. Adherence to these regulations has enabled the colonists, without having recourse to slave-labour, to escape the priva tions almost invariably suffered by other infant colonies. The moral of this history will not be lost upon the English public : it will not be lost upon the present colonial minister. Arivie)(.4 from Portugal by no means tend to keep up that confidence in the success of the insurgent party, hitherto generally entertained. We before hinted, that the army being pretty equally divided between the two camps, neither would fight, but one infallibly go over to the other. This seems to be felt by both the commanders-in-chief, for they seem little anxious to approach each other, or put the fide lity of their soldiers to the proof. This state of suspense might have listed for a con siderable time, but the events in the North, not the action in which SA DA BANDEIRA was defeated, which is comparatively unimportant, but the fact of a regiment having gone over from the insurgents, is an example of a dangerous and ominous kind. Small as the action was, it displayed the usual circumstances of Portuguese warfare; the national guard could not be got to form squares or lilies, and were routed for want of discipline. The regulars preferred not fighting at all, and proved of weak fidelity. An unpleasant symptom is, that the Legitimists of the north seem to have fallen off from the insurgents, and to be leagued with the Cabralists and the present party of the Queen to uphold her. Nothing is more natural than this, seeing that her Majesty has de creed a despotism. But both circumstances cast a very gloomy shade over the future colour and prospects of the Queen's government, even in case of her SIMMS. The tactics of the two parties, though both are in the field, seem anything but military. SALDANHA evidently hopes to entice the military followers of DAS As ris from him, and with this aim sends forth proclamations in lieu of other projectiles. One of these he charged with the unwarrantable assertion, that Col. WYLDE hail declared the insurgents to be a forlorn hope of luckless knaves, which assuredly Colonel WYLDE never uttered, especially on the eve of visiting them. But the story serves SALDASBA'S purpose. A popular rising in Lisbon would effect for DAS ANTAS what desertion from the insurgent camp would effect for SALDANHA. With these arms both are manceuveing in Portuguese fashion. And the upshot will probably be, that not the sharpest sword will prove victorious, but the longest purse. The reciprocal incrimination by the journals of France and England, of complicity with the northern powers in the spoliation of Cracow, is not re garded seriously by the public in Paris, and is viewed rather as the result of ill-humour on both sides, than as a charge which either government would really think of sustaining against each other. This feeling was generally entertained in Paris, al though some of the minor organs of the press con tinued to occupy themselves on Thursday with this thesis. All sensible persons feel, however, that pettishness which is bad enough between individuals, though it must be sometimes thus tolerated, is in saffemblebetween Cabinets seriously administering the affairs of great states. What, however, is maintained in Paris with more colour of truth, is, that the Cracow affair did not come upon M. Gnizot so suddenly as is pretended, and that he certainly had both directly and indirectly information of it for a considerable time before he allowed it to transpire through his official organs. Much solicitude was felt in Paris as to the part which the English cabinet would take respecting the northern courts and great uncertainty continued to prevail upon this subject. Much contradiction also prevailed respecting the reported recall of the Count St. Aure. The ministerial organs say that his recall was never intended ; that, although there may have been times at which the relations of the two cabinets were more cordial, yet that they were never more courteous and more worthy of two great nations; that the Count St. Aulaire had never thought of taking his . cove ; that the relative situation of the two countries is serious enough without being aggravated by the gratuitous offence implied by the withdrawal of an ambassador. On the contrary,the opposition °Naas more than insinu ate that the ambassador had really been recalled, and that as a mark of the resentment of the court and cabinet towards those of London, it was intended only to accredit there a charge d'affaires, but that the explosion of public enthusiasm, which followed the announcement of the Cracow affair, collected round M. Guizot luid his cabinet difficulties too formidable to render such a step either prudent or safe. One of the ministerial journals of Tuesday,. pro fessing ignorance as to what the ultimate decision of the two cabinets may be, declares that the only -- itive and certainly known is, that • firmly resolved to consider of Vienna as completely ...... ~_ Aloud this resolution, r and to thing which is pogtiie az the French government is henceforward the treaties broken; to proclaim Ala • - . THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1846. FRANCE—It. was stated by several Of the Jour, nide of Monday that the 3fonievrie of the follow,* day would contain a royal oreonnance, opening a new 'Wit of' 'two millions of francs to the Miniver of Public Works, for the repair of the damage caused by the inundations. The ordonnance has not yet appeared, but tho Presse states that the omission must be purely fortuitous, as the ordon nance has received the royal signature, and has been for warded to the Bulletin de Lois for publication. The French government, says the Frew, has just sent a mission to the Emperor of Morocco at the capital of empire, where no official personage has hitherto been, the foreign envoys having alwaysitopped at Fez or Mequines. IL. de Cnasteau, the chargé d'affaires of the King of the French in Morocco, is at the head of this mission. He was to proceed from Tangier to Mangan by sea, and from thence by land to the capital. General de Lamoriciere embarked a few days ego at Toulon, for Algiers, in the steam-frigate Albatros. Re is said to have received from :he Minister of War full instruc tions as to the exchange of prisoners, which has not yet been effected. A Toulon letter states that the Bey of Tunis intends to negotiate for a loan, either in Paris or London and that this is the reason why his Highness isattended by his Minis ter of Pumices. VISIT OF TILE BET OF TUNIS TO THE INVALIDES. —On Wednesday the Bey of Tunis accompanied by bis suite, by Col. Thierry, and M. Alex. Desgranges, first secretary-in terpreter of the King, paid a visit to the Hotel des InvHides. On alighting his Highness was received by Marshal Duke of leaning on the arm of General Oudinot. After v~ling the marshal, " I am come, said the Bey, under the eespiees of a great king to visit the halls of glory , and I am happy at being received by one so worthy of dwelling there." All the veterans were drawn up in line. " Why can I not question them all ?" said the Bey, " they would be for me as hying books of history ' • and their words woul d confirm the high deeds which I read on their manly faces, and in their noble wounds. Tell th' so, General." The Bey, then inspected the church and whilst examining the trophies, expressed hie vows for the success of French arms. Before the tomb of the Emperor, be remained thoughtful for a moment, and then raid " This is he who has tilled the universe with his name, and whose glory still shines in the world." He likewise visited the hospital and every part of this noble institution. Before leaving, he went to take leave of the venerable Duke de Reggio, who at the Bey's request had retired to his apart ments, and partook of a collation, at which the Duchess de Reggio did the honours. The Bey of Tunis, like most Orientals, is of an extreme sobriety. His principal food is rice, but he also partakes of poultry, which, according to the law of Mehemet, is stilled, and not killed by bleediug lie drinks no wine, but takes a great deal of coffee. He also smokes very cons tantly, for ahich purpoee a divan h been fitted up for him near his sleeping chamber, furnished with abundance of the finest tobacco. THE MURDER OF THE MAYOR OF AL - HERE.—We have mentioned the murder of M. Fulhouze, notary and mayor of Aubiere, in the Puy-de-Dnme, by a man named Montel. The murderer was tried on the 18th by the Court of Assize of the department. It appeared from the evidence , that Montel, who was a poacher ant otherwise a man of bad character, had conceived a hatred against M. Fulbouze, in consequence of his haying, in the discharge of his duty as a magistrate, taken proceedinus against him and having, in a family dispute which was referred to him, pronounced a deeSion in favour of Montel's sulversary. The prisoner had frequently threatened the life of M. Fulhouze, and that gen tleman had almost as frequently declared to his friends that he feared the man would carry his threats into execution. The murder took place in the middle of the day, as M. Ful house was walking in the fields, whin Monte' was waiting with a gun to shoot him. The WiGOW of the victim appeared as a witness, but she was so much agitated that she could scarcely be heard. The prisoner set up an alibi, but it was overthrown, and the evidence generally left no doubt of his guilt. The jury gave their verdict accordingly, and Montel was sentenced to death. THE INFANTA'S APPRECI.ITION OF ART.—M. Du pree, having presented to the Duchess do Montpeusier his " Art du Chant," has received from her Royal Highness a very gracious letter, with a magnificent pencil-case, mounted with a large diamond. THE HISTORIAN OF CRACOW.—By royal ordonnance, M. X. Marmier, librarian at the Ministry of Public Instruc tion, is appointed conservator of the library of Sainte Gene vieve, in the rocm of M. Drevet, deceased. HORRIBLE DEATII. —A quarrel took place on the 19th in a public-house at Tourriers ' near Anuotile'me, be tween two men, named Dumoins and Bernard, in the course of which Dumoina stabbed his adversary with a knife with such force that he died immediately. The murderer was arrested and put into prison, where he contrived to get poe session of some sulphuric acid, which he drank, and in a few hours died, after having endured great agony. NETILEitLANDS.—TUE HAGUE, Nov. 24. Count Schemnielpenninck, the newly-appointed ambassador to the court of St. James's, left Rotterdam this morning fur London. He is accompanied by Viscount de Villestreex and family. The Catholic clergyman of Gruerdo who, as already stated in the Daily News, was sentenced to be hanged, has appealed from the sentence. Some disturb ances ensued after his conviction, but they were speedily re pleased by the military. The Fokkina arrived this day at lielvoetaluys from London ; the Johanna, from Cardiff; the Gipsey, from Hul l ; the Atlas, front Swansea ; th e Sky luk, from Stockton ; and the Samuel and Sarah, from Sun derland. GERMANY. The Frank Art Gazette quotes a letter from Berlin, dated 19th November, ais follows :—" The independence and the neutrality of the republic of Cracow were guaranteed by the great powers, and by the treaty of Vienna; but these guarantees regard, especially the treaty of 3rd May ( - 21st April, 1810), between Austria, l'russia, and Russia, anp which created the independence of Cracow on the condition of the strictest neutrality on the part of that state. The guarantee of Europe ia not, therefore, an abso lute, but a relative guarantee. The republic of Cracow com promised its independence by breaking that neutrality, which was a sine guil non condition. Not content with proclaiming the revolution, and turning out the authorities established by the treaty of Vienna, Cra cow carried the revolution into the territory of the protecting powers The inhabitants of Cracow sent armed bands into Galicia, and propagated their revolutionary ideas in the Grand Duchy of Posen and in the provinces of the kingdom of Poland. It will be in vain to object here that it was the people of Cracow, and not the republic itself, which made those revolutionary attempts, for the legal authorities were turned out by the insurgents. It was in consequence the republic, and not a revolutionary band, which acted. Austria, though attacked on her own territory, preferred preserving her character of protective power than to make reprisals as she might have done, and she only consented to the incorporation of Cracow in her dominions, because Russia proposed the alternative to the two powers to take that step, else Russia would take Cracow herself. It was an act of self-defence which decided the powers to take a step which will destroy a nest of insur rection. The protective powers had established the inde pendence of Cracow by special treaties before the con gress of Vienna, on condition of the strictest neutrality. An act to that effect is inserted in the treaty of Vienna, which, it is true, was guaranteed by all the powers of Europe ; but which adds nothing to the indispensable conditions of the in dependence of Cracow. The most indispensable condition of that independence was neutrality, - and Crarow broke that condition. If the two other European powers think differently, if they are of the opinion that their signa ture to the treaty of Vienna implies a guarantee above an objection, and they even pretend that the republic of Cracow might have violated all the conditions of peace towards other states without stating its independence ; all that they can do is our opinion is to make their reserves relative to an act which is not in accordance with their political views. CRACOW, NOV. 16.—The conductors of three Polish journals—The Third of May, The Polish Nation, and The Polish Democrat—have been summoned to appear on the 21st before the police authorities, to answer the charge of publishing political journals without having deposited the prescribed securities. It is robable that the three journals will cease to exist .—Frank f urter Journal, Nov. 21. DEATH OF TILE GRAND DUCHESS MARY OF RUSSIA. —This young Princess, daughter of the Grand Duke Michael, has just expired at Vienna, of consumpton, after twomonths' illness. She was only 21 years of age. TRANSMISSION OF THE INDIAN OVERLAND MAIL. —The Cologne Gazette explains the delay occasioned to the last courier front Trieste with the Indian despatches as fol lows :—" The courier arrived on the 29th Oct., at half-past 11 a.m., at Cologne, but as the hour for granting an express engine had passed he was obliged to wait for the 2 o'clock train, thus losing two hours and a half. At Eschweiler some part of the engine broke, which caused a delay of four hours, the train only arriving at Aix-la-Chapelle at six in the evening. It was ten o'clock before the train reached Verviers, one hour snore than usual, and the courier was obliged to get post horses, as a special train was refused him, losing thus one hour more ; he reached Tirlemont at seven cm. on the 30th Oct. Here he had to wait for the two o'clock train, a loud six hours, and he did not reach Ostend till half-past seven p.m. on the evening of the 30th, basing taken nineteen and a-half hours more than ordinary, and 24 hours more than an express courier. For the next and third trial the tele graph between Coblentz and Cologne is to be turned to ac count, which will afford four and a-half hours to make the necessary preparations ; and the news of the courier's arrival can be conveyed by intervening trains to the steamers at Ostend. gbe Court. The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing in an open carriage, the l'rincc driving, on Thursday afternoon, to wards ootton. The Marchioness of Sormanby arrived at Osborne House on Thursday on a visit to her Majesty. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took a :drive in a pony carriage yesterday. Yesterday was the birthday of her Royal Highness the Princess Mary. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, arrived in town I from Kew iu the afternoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester gave a grand dinner, and afterwards a ball, at Gloucester house, in honour of the natal day of her illustrious niece and god-daughter. The juvenile nobility and gentry invited to the ball began to arrive at Gloucester-horse at 9 o'clock. At 10 o'clock the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Princess Mary, followed by the royal and distinguished visitors, descended the grand staircase and entered the hall room, and danciag commenced. Their Serene Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar are shortly expected to arrive in this country from Germany, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager. THE SON OF DON CARLOS.—Yesterday the Conde de Montemolin received several visitors, amongst whom were Viscount Palmerston and Viscount Itatielagh.—Morning Post. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston leave town on Tuesday morning, for Arundel Castle, Sussex, to meet her Majesty and the Prince Consort. A deputation of contractors for cleansing, consist ing of Messrs. W. Thorn, E. Reddin, .1. Gore, E. Wood, B. Westley, and W. Parsons, had an interview with Lord Mor peth yesterday, at the office of the Woods and Forests. Sir George Grey has returned to town from a visit to the Speaker of the House of Commons. The Mar quis of Lorne had an interview with the night Hon. Baro- at S to ir vin Geo y r e ge ste y rd este ay rda after y , c(edvileststioub,(l7ish7mooeint„). m eci t lie t i ica ssti n cal mbus (l,o h , m 6o e a n c. --- . l4s ji: Zial , . lice po t v e t Lo . Hro M dm r road department C 2 3 4,0001.), aborightes,(2,Blll. 10s.), pens, id aretwedfimincalelomwifueetes, ( d 10 au ,553d .d and aw misci<le,lleaanmeopnoneiserryFicarsish. asic: W fr i o th in h C is he lo nies h . ip T . h had e Postmaster-Generalry had an inter- Inte Chan real4tUrnT6eidtedto Gordon l John er yesterday. The Speaker of the cellor of the Exchequ of had also tßhievelratbelsopupetka,Lotcek S o e f p t t h . c , a t-l es fi ti , ma " unfavourable aspect of some of them, has been occasioned by thtees,galvderncithereocnixPplattis thavelyt the "disturbance in our social system caused by the disraufg- interviews yesterday with the Right Hon . Gentleman. House of tion of our peeceful relations with the neighbouring K r The Right Hon. E. Strutt had an interview with ns uri a lt n Y d the ChairmantheExt ras tribes, and the ensuing war." In respect to the war ex- the Earl of Clarendon yestirday. penditure he says, "It is impossible to foresee accurately A deputation from the University . Club, consisting what items of extra expenditure may have to be defrayed in , fore omitted ' such charge', from the estimate which I lay the ensuing year on account of the Kaffir war; I have there - of Re S e i d r , G m eorg p e z e nd he xi tw r y . nird.,l.lrotch.,eSrirTßoweraibertowC, o ha ea d yn a , n Co in lo te ne r ! 161,8.54 i. 15s. 10d., leaving an anticipated balance atthe close I before_ you, and have calculated the ordinaq' expenditure at Earl Grey left town yesterday on a visit to Lord view with i.:ord idorpeth yesterday. licable to the payment of any unforeseen charges which Despate ea m e of 1!147 of 3,3801. 85. 11d. This surplus will, I trust, be found Ashburton at the Grange. h fro th Governor of the Cape of may grow out of the present war." Connected , rith this Good Hope were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. subject is the following passage iu the minute : The ter- PROTEST OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AGAINST mination of the treaties with the bordeting tribes of Kafftrs the British Government against thebreach bwyillwhicrenhdetrherneceasahate been th as e macsomheinneeryw TUE ANNEXATION or CILACOVI.—The solitary protest of th mad e e n ff ti er nuln tive7b o u f t charges are likely to arise in the place of those which will t ties of Vienna, b the annexation of Cracow to Austria, tribes,' the item of 2,3111. which is 1,1541 9s. less tha : n and . nna A cop) of that protest has been subsequently cease, I have inserted, under the head of aboriginal has ! been despatched t o the courts of Berlin, St. Petereburgh, And a new head of expenditure in the present estimates for THE AMBASSADOR TO FItANCE.—The step taken the estimate of last year." 'Also the following—" You will communicated to the French government. the establishment of the British Resident among the tribes by Lord Normanby, of paying his respects to the Duke and beyond the north-east border. The favourable operation Duchess of alontpenaier, after refusing to attend the public of - the system which has been thus partially intro- levee, is said to have been disapproved of in high quarters. duced, will, I hope, convince • you of the utility of this charge. For 1817 it will amount to 7791. I shall have also to ask you for a supplementary vote for the expenses of the establishment from its commencement up to the close of the present year." These indications of the contemplated Kaffir policy of Sir Peregrine Maitland lose much of their importance from the possibility that his successor may adopt a different course. THE FUONTIEIL—Sir Peregrine Maitland remained at his head-quarters, near the mouth of the Fish River. A number of petty affairs are recorded as having occurred between the llth and the 30th of September, showing only that the Kadin • continued their predatory warfare with unabated audacity and great success. The last arrivals brought the intelligence of Sir Andries Stockenstrom's retirement from active service in disgust. The present bring the news of Colonel Hare's resignation it is said, on account of ill health. The condition and feeling of the colony is truly and condensedly expressed in the following extract from the South African commercial Advertiser, of 3rd October: It cannot be ooncealed that at this moment a very dark cloud bangs over the whole settlement. Of this the frontier papers say enough to alartu the most resolute, but private letters from highly trustworthy parties are inexpressibly more gloomy. Aftermaking every allowance for personal suffering, and it may he, defective information, it is Imps to read tue letters alluded to wi es thout feeling that despair ant anarchy begin to prevail where a few months ago there was, amidst all their griefs, both zealous and hearty service and a ready obedience? It is everywhere said that the burghers have been ill used. The feeling is that there h as been no pneral plan, or, that subordinate enumigulers have taken upon themselves to act without reference it. That there has been no general success is too evident. litre and therea slight blow has been delivered, but there never has been any thing that a military man, much loss a Doer, would call " results." Stockenstrom cleared the Amatola, restrained Creili, chastised Morass and formed a body of beers as a guard on tho upper frontier. Captain Hogg and several other calkers also made successful tripe against certain portions of the hostile country. But all has ended in retreat and disruption; there has been no simultaneous movement of the whole force, and at this date the colonists feel that down as far as Sundays River and all along the birder for twenty or forty miles in ward, they are just as insecure as they were four or five neighs ago. They may be mistaken, but this is their feeling arising in some mea sure from the return of the burghers in a state too deplorable to be de 'scribed —mimed, lagged, and unable to conceal their discontent and despondency. All hopes, therefore, respecting an improved revenue for next year, depend m a sudden change in this condition of affairs. For this change, it is to be feared, the colony must wait till the re ported reinforcements arrive from home, with such additions as in telligence brought by every vessel from the Cape, may induce the government to despatch for the termination of what must, by this time at least, appear to them a very dangerous contest —by no means a " firtfewor." It is said, that at present the military on the fron tier are about 4,000. In a few weeks there will be upwards of fl,ooo. In a few months It is not improbable that several thousand,' more will be sent out—or that native corps will be formed to the amount of some thousands, so as entirely to relieve the burghers and to enable them to rename their various employments throughout the country. Tills will work two ways for the advantage of .he colony in an indus trid reuse. It gives scope fur production and a market for produce. The following are the only other extracts of general interest we have been able to glean from our files: — (From the South African Commercial Advertiser of Oct. 3.) By the lan.st intelligence from the interior it appears that heavy rains had fallen in the district. of George, Beaufort, Graaff Reinet, Coleeberg, and Somerset, at length relieving those important districts after the late tremendous drought. On the 20th there was much rain and snow in the Lange district of George. It will be seen in the governor's minute, that it is proposed to form a series of tanks across the dry central region called the Great Karroo. Such tanks should, in the first place, be formed along the line of great military roads, where water is likely to be deficient. Amongst other deficiencies that have protracted the present war, was the deficiency of water and stations for refresh ment, along the road from Aigoa Bay to Graham's Town. (From the Graham's Town Journal, of Sept. 19.) There is but little change in the aspect of our affairs since the date of our last number. Numerous parties of the enemy are scattered along the frontier line, sweeping away cattle, and exciting alarm whenever they make their ap pearance. In this desultory petty warfare there has been loss of life on both sides, but tho booty has becn exclusively on the side of the Katfirs, who, in several instances, have been pflrfeetly successful in getting the stolen cattle beyond the reach of pursuit, namely, into the difficult jungles of the Fish River, or beyond that boundary. The discharge of the Burgher force is another marked incident of the week—a very important step, considering the extreme difficulty and cost of bringing them hither. There is, we think, great danger lest the enemy should construe this retrograde movement into a defeat on our part, and should take courage therefrom to renew the contest with more determined purpose. No dependence can or ought to be placed in the pacific professions of Kr 4i. Be is known to be playing a double game, and is only one of a class so bluntly but truly described by Captain Hogg in his official despatch, where he says, "Y found all the Kaffirs (loath friends and foes) guilty of such enormous lying, that I can believe nothing. , Some important changes, it is said, are about to be made in the disposition of the forces now in the field. The Lieu tenant-Governor, Colonel Hare, has been permitted to re sign his command, and which will devolve upon Lieutenant Colonel Johnstone, an officer in every respect qualified to discharge efficiently the duties to which he is now called. His Honour, Colonel Hare, it is understood, retires in con sequence of very seriously impaired health, induced from intense and long-continued anxiety, as well as from the Kara-sing duties to which he has been called sine" the com mencement by him of active operations in 'the field. It is understood that Colonel Somerset, in the event of Colonel Hare's departure from the colony, will, as the officer next in rank, assume the duties of Lieut.-Gover nor, until the pleasure of her Majesty shall be known thereon. This appointment will, if confirmed, give general satisfaction to the frontier inhabitants. Colonel Somerset has been nurtured among them, and has had mere expe rience of the Katfirs, in connexion with the defence of the border, than any man now living. (From the Graham's Town Journal of Sept. 26.) There is little in the events of the past week, in con nexion with our stet: of hostility with the Kaffir, which calls for particular or lengthened comment. The movements of the enemy have been comparatively unimportant, and would appear to indicate that he is watching the course our affairs, and is shrewd enough to refrain from exciting any great alarm at the moment when a considerable reduc- Con is being made, by the retirement of the Burghers, in the force opposed to him. There is, as may be supposed, considerable anxiety felt by the frontier inhabitants, as to the basis on which the affairs of Kaffirland will hereafter he placed. An idea is prevalent that the whole cf the territory of which the Kaffirs may be dispossessed will be re-occupied by coloured people exclusively. We do not give credit to this rumour. We are firmly of opinion that, if it be in anywise practicable, the country itself ought to he made to pay ultimately the whole expenses of the war. In no other way will the fact of the punishment of the hostile Kaffirs be made intelligible to the other tribes of South Africa. It is of the utmost im portance that a deep moral impression should be made upon these tribes, but this will only be effected by boldly colonising the conquered country, not alone by blacks, but bysuch a proportion of whites as may serve to leaven the whole mass; as may give an impetus to commercial industry, exhibit by example the advantages of civilisation, and who thus, by acting as pioneers in reclaiming the wilder ness, may be made a blessing to the land as well as in strumental in consolidating British interests in this part of the world. DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 24.—The Queen has ap pointed W. Beckett and R. Therry, Esqrs., to be Puisne Judges of the Supreme Court of the colony of New South Wales ; A. Cheeke, Esq., to be Commissioner of the Court of Requests, and T. Callaghan, Esq., to be Crown Prosecu tor in the Court of Quarter Sessions, in that colony. Also, W. G. Knox, Esq., to be Puisne Judge for the island of Trinidad; and J. 11. Dawson, Esq., to be Chief Clerk and Registrar of the Supreme Court, and Clerk of the Ceutral Circuit Court, of the island of Newfoundland. THE DEATH FROM STARVATION IN MARY LEBONE.—OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION. Yesterday the board of directors and guardians of the poor of Marylebone met in the board-room of the work house, to investigate the serious charges made against the officers of the workhouse by the verdict of the coroner's jury, in the case of Louisa Maudant, as reported in our paper of Thursday last. Mr. F. W. Bushill was in the chair. Mr. Meeser, the relieving overseer, presented a report to the board, concerning the facts elicited at the recent inquest. He said the case of the mother of the deceased female, Mrs. Maudant, was well known to him, she having been on the hooks a, a pensioner for the lust ten years. With respect to the young woman (the deceased) and Ler sister, they applied for relief in the month of August lust, and he gave them some bread, and at the same time offered them the house. He again did so in the latter end of October, and told them he could do no more, but that there was an order of admission to the workhouse made out for them.—Mr. Walpole Eyre : Did that order i apply to the old woman, who, I believe, is upwards of 70, and imbecile ?—Yes, it applied to all.—ln answer to the Chairman : Mr. Langley was the inspector who left the blue ticket for the mother to obtain her pension, the day before the deceased's death. He at first said he left it with the daughter, but afterwards admitted that he gave it to a lodger. Such a proceeding is contrary to the express orders of the board. It Lithe duty of an inspector of the poor, every time he visits, to see if there are any changes in their circumstances, either fur good or bad, and whether there are any extraor dinary circumstances rendering a larger amount of relief ne cessary.—Mr. Mallilieu : Did you inform the Coroner and jury that the orders of this board were not to give out-door relief to persons under 60 years of ace ?—I stated that 60 was the standard age for giving out relLf, and that under that age we did not give any, except casually, where the parties were single.—Sir James Hamilton : When these poor crea tures applied to you for out relief, and said they were starving, did you think you were acting rightly in telling them they must come into the house ?—I offered it as atest of their destitution. There was no inspection of the cases of these young women. In answer to Mr. Potter : My opinion of the duties of an inspector are to make a rigid examination of the condition of the partitsvisited. Mr. Langley never reported to me the altered circumstances of the family of the Maudants, when an officer fails in the performance of his duty, it is my duty, as the superior officer, to report such dereliction of duty to the board. I have not done so.—Sir Walter Stirling : In cases where thecircumstances of a pauper vary for the smee, is it usual for them to make a fresh application fur relief? —lt is not an uncommon thing fur them to do so.—Mr. Cal ley : Now is it true, Mr. Messer, when Mary Anne Maudant applied to you for relief, you gave her a loaf of bread, and said, " Now I have done with you, there is no more relief for you ?"—I said, "I can give yeu no more relief; you must come into the house."—Mr. Colley : It seems to me monstrous that every person, however respectable, when they apply here for relief , should be offered the house. Do you not, Mr. Messer, allow circumstances to alter cases? Supposing a respectable semne stress applies for temporary relief out, whilst out of work, would you refuse her ?—lt depends entirely on circum stances.—Mr. Colley : In this case it was quite clear that the deceased woman and her sister were in deep distress, and yet you did nut think it a case requiring instant relief.—l did not feel justified in offering otlo r relief than bread, and an order of admission to the workhouse. Mr. Potter : Are you not aware Mr. Messer that of all persons likely to become destitute from the precarious nature of their work, it is needlewomen, and that therefore you would be justified in going in such cases out of the ordinary rule.—l considered this Me one coming under the ordinary rule—in fact a pauperised case. When I refused these par ties relief I was not j ustified in doing so from any report of the inspectors, but from my own impressions on the ease. Mr. Walpole Eyre said, even in the case of the mother it appeared to him that justice had not been done. It was the practice of that board to allow a person like her 3s. 6d. per week instead of half-a-crown. The most serious portion of the matter, however, was that which, as it appeared from the pub lic newspapers, had occurred between the opening and the ad journment of the inquest. He wanted to know if it was true that Mr. Messer received a communication from the coroner calling his attention to the starving condition of the family, and that during the interval between the two sittings of the jury, he never visited them or paid the slightest attention to their wants. Mr. Messer said he expected that AP Kenzie, the summoning otiicer, would have brought the sister of deceased there for relief. Being himself summoned as a witness, he felt a degree of delicacy in going to the parties, lest it might be con sidered he had influenced the sister in giving her evidence. Mr. Langley, the poor inspector, admitted that he did not, as stated by him previously, give the blue ticket to the sister of deceased, but to a lodger in the house. In answer to questions by Sir James Hamilton, he admitted that it was his duty to have inspected the case, but he had been up and down so many stairs during the day, he did not do so. He asked no questions as to the state of the parties, nor did he hear that the deceased was M. Mary Ann Maudant (sister of deceased) repeated the state ment she made before the coroner and jury. In answer to further questions by the Board she said : The blue ticket was given by the inspector to a lodger. If the inspector had made any inquiry he would have known my ;sister was ill. My sister was affected with spasms, and has several times applied to the parish for medical relief. She has been re ceiving medicine from the Dispensary for the last six months. Mr. Messer expressed his ignorance that such was the case. —Mr. Potter: This poor creature bad been receiving me dical advice for six months, and the fact was not known to one of our officers. I ask Mr. Messer if he, had known the deceased had been under medical treatment he would have given the same answer when she applied to him that he has done ?—Mr. Messer : Certainly not.—Mr, Potter : That re ply clearly:shows the inefficiency of our inspection. IVL.ry Ann Maudant further examined : All the relief I received myself was seven loaves of bread in the last four months. I first applied for relief about eight months ago. I then got a loaf of bread and It, as my case was inspected. On the second occasion there was no inspection. By Mr. Anderson: My sister applied for relief herself. She had no nutriment whatever; nothing but medicine for day after day before she died. I have several times given information of her:destitute condition to Mr. Messer. I per fectly understood that we could both come into the house.— Mr. Walpole Eyre: And yet although you were in a state of starvation, and you knew there was admission waiting for you to come into the workhouse, yet you did not avail your self of it ?—We did not because we thought if we got a little extra relief we might have got on out of the workhouse. My sister died of starvation.--The Chairman : You allowed your sister to die of starvation, although you knew there was an asylum for her here ? Mr. Potter said it was quite clear that the overseer had grossly neglected his duty, in allowing the woman to die of want when it was considered that he had power uncon trolled of giving her relief in food or money to any amount. The rules of the board were efficient in every respect to ..pre vent persons dying of starvation, provided the officers carried out these rules. Sir James Hamilton said the inspector Langley, upon his own showing, had proved his negligence. He should there fore at once move that officer's dismissal. Mr. Anderson did not agree that the visit of the inspector would have saved the woman's life. The blame was in the application of the workhouse test, which ought only to be applied to the vicious and bad. (Hear.) Mr. Potter thought the board ought not to stop short at the dismissal of one particular officer. Mr. Messer was to blame, and there had been, altogether, a scene of such gross mismanagement, that it involved the question of whether all the officers were not deserving of dismissal. (Hear.) If, therefore, Sir James Hamilton would withdraw his motion, he would move that a special investigation into the mode o performing their duties by the whole of the relieving officer and inspectors be gone into. Sir James Hamilton, having assented to this proposal, Mr. Potter's resolution was adopted unanimously , —The board separated. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. ST. PAUL'S, COVENT-GARDEN.—Last evening a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of the parish of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, took place in the vestry room, to hear the report of the deputation appointed to wait upon the Metropolis Improvement Com missioners, with reference to the prop .sed new street, and also to consider irony and what steps shall be taken to oppose the insertion of the following clause :—" And in the said bill will be contained powers to enable the overseers of the poor of the parish of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, to levy and raise, by means of a rate or rates, and as part of the rates for the relief of the poor of the said parish, a certain sum or sums of money, to be appropriated towards the expenses of carrying the several purposes aforesaid into execution, in an act of parliament proposed to be obtained for making a new street from Long-acre to King-stret, Covent-garden." From execute the conventions of 180 only just so long at it may suit Frt nch interests to do so. Austria, Russia, and Prussia have absolved France from her engage ments, and France gladly acquiesces in her The Free-trade Association held a meeting in Pyris on Tuesday. The Duke de Harcourt was in the chair, and opened the business of the day by a speech on the object of the emaciation. The principal speakers were MM. Leon Faucher, Ortotan, and Blanqui. Several important adhesions to the society were an nounced at this meeting, among which were the Duke de Broglie M. Dumas (member of the Aca dem y of Sciences), and M. Adam, Mayor of Boulogne, and president of the Council-General of the Pas de A royal ordonnance appeared in the Moniteur, an nouncing some modifications in the tariffs, which, though unimportant in themselves, are in the right direction ; and an intention of a further revision is mentioned, which will probably lead to more serious changes. Intelligence had arrived from the provision-markets of various parts of France, indicating a marked ten dency to a moderation of price, the markets being generally well supplied.; There was a general depression of all securities at the Bourse on Thursday, which was felt by shares of ever description. The North opened at 633, and declining gradually, closed at 627 i. The Madrid papers and private correspondence of the 20th were received in Paris on Thursday. The advices from Lisbon are several daysbehind those already received in London. There is nothing in the news from Madrid of importance. It was said that the expedition of General Flores was to proceed directly to the Canaries, where it would pass several months in being organised. Vargas, on whom the command of the cavalry devolves, was to leave Vala dolid, where he had remained a considerable time in recruiting, and in procuring supplies and accoutre ments. The official journal states that the Cabinet of Madrid intended, early in the approaching session, to bring several important measures before the Cartes, among others modifications of the tariff in the liberal direction, and a diminution of the territorial and mortgage contributions. A law upon the bank and joint-stack comnies was also contemplated. El Clamor Public° says that it appears certain that Cabrera and several of his officers and par ty had pene trated into the Spanish territory notwithstanding the vigilance of the French police. When this celebrated person, says that journal, has decided to try his fortune on the field of battle, he must reckon upon great resources and numerous partisans. We have always thought that the Carlist party were prepared to go to extremities. If civil war breaks out, we fear for the throne, in consequence of the disgust, discon tentment and prostration of the people. The popula tion begins to thank that its situation would not be aggravated by the triumph of Carlism. PORTUGAL.—We have received the following bulletin from the royal army in the north, direct from 'Vigo : On this day, the 20th Nov., arrived in this city of Vigo, an olEeitl despatch, addressed to the Councillor Antonio Pereira dos Iteia, in which the Viscount de Vinhasof and the Civil Governor of Villa Real, communicate the important intelli gence of the defeat of the rebel forces commanded by Ber nardo de Sa Nogucira. The loyal division, being informed that the insurgents had taken up a position at Vulpressoff, moved immediately towards the bridge of that place, where it arrived on the 16th, at four o'clock in the afternoon. A brisk fire was immediately opened, when the 3rd and sth regiments of infentry, with shouts of " Long live the Queen and the Charter," made common cause' with the loyal division. Upwards of 300 of the enemy were killed,: amongst them the older Veiga do Castedo, and other guerilla chiefs. The Viscount de Vinhees returned by Chaves, and the Baron de Casal marched with his division, increased by 1,100 men, in pursuit of Bernardo de Sa Nogueira, and other companies, who fled in complete dis order. On the night of the 17th, several care arrived at Chaves, laden with the wounded belonging to the enemy. Barron do blont-Aleigre, 'alto de Co has, and the Padre Victor de Valverde, chiefs of guerillas, were taken prisoners on the same day, and shut at Soutelhino, near the frontier. The ex.Conde des Antos, with a force' of about 3,000 men, was surrounded in Santarem by the forces of the Duke of Sal da• ha, who, by this time, must have effected a junction with the Viscount de Setubal, and upwards of 8,000 men. PARIS, Nov. 25. A common topic of discussion at the Bourse and in political circles, is the coming change in the ministry. Even names have been mentioned; and the interview which Count Mold has had with the King serves as a pretext or a commentary to all these rumours. There is at present no foundation for the supposition built upon the pretended re-formation of the ministry. The King cannot think of bending away M. Guizot, or sacrificing the Cabinet under the cross fire of England and the Northern powers. If the ministry is to fall, it can only do so before the Chambers,and cannot becondemned before it is heard. I think M. Gaizot will remain a minister until the opening of the Chambers, it is doubtful whe ther he will go through the ordeal of the debate on the Address unscathed. The rumours, whether true or false, of a re-formation of the minis try, which have circulated during the last few days, only prove that the position of M.Guizot seems to every body a false one. That, indeed, he may pretend to hold an energetic language towards the Northern Powers, and fold his person in the mantle of France ; nobody will ever again believe in his foresight or firmness. It becomes evident that the cabinet of the Tuileries had been unable to foresee anything that is now taking place; that it did not expect the displeasure of Eng land, since it prostrated itself at the feet of the Whig cabinet, in order to stave off the consequences, I and that it had slumbered on the edge of a precipice, wider the effect of the deceitful caresses of M. de Kisselef and M. de Metter nich. Government affects to make a noise about the breaking of the treaties of 1815, and says that France becomes free to act as if they had never existed. The Northern l'owers have, no doubt, given us the right of holding such a language, but there is a re volutionary attitude which does not suit a govern ment represented by . M. Guizot. When the King de sires seriously to frighten the absolutist courts, and awaken them to the consequences of their policy, he must take ministers who can sing the .llarseillaise with him, and, at need, buckle on the sword. How is it possible to declare war against Europe with a ministry , composed of invalids, renegades, and emigres? It is not without some secret apprehension that the ministry is seen to lift its voice and utter threats. We all know by the sad experience of 1810, that when it does not succeed in frightening its adver saries, it ends by showing alarm itself. It has been aptly compared to an overcharged cannon, which, the more it is loaded, the more it recoils. The agitation in favour of free trade continues in Paris. The third public eeting of the association took place yesterday, in m the salle of the Rue Montesquieu. The Duke d'Harcourt, who pre sided, opened the meeting by a very striking speech. M. Leon Faucher, Deputy of Rheims, who followed him , stig matised the tactics adopted by the Protectionist Committee, who, instead of lend ing themselves to discussion , and taking public opi nion for their judge, have addressed petitions to the Council of Ministers, iu which they demand that the pro f ess ors of political economy shall be deprived of their situations, or suspended from their functions; and that the Government shall impose silence on the journals who defend the cause of free-trade. M. Faucher also entered into the futility and the ini quity of the protective system. M. Pexpin, a work ing watchmaker, then addressed the meeting, and explained the fatal consequences of the prohibitive system, as far as it affected the working 'classes. M. Ortolan, professor of the Erole de Droit, and M. Blanqui, succeeded him, and each received the marked sympathies of the meeting, which consisted of at least 1,200 persons. The association will soon take a fresh step. On Sunday next will appear the first number of a weekly . journal, which will bear the title of Le Progres, Journal de la Liberte des Eehanges. This paper,which will consist ofeight pages and twenty-four alumna, and of rather a larger size than The L e ague paper, will only , cost twelve francs a year. This ournal is to be edited by M. Bastia t, and a committee 'has also been formed to assist him, consisting of MM. Blanqui, Wolowski, Leon Faucher, Michel Chevalier, and Horace Say. The association intends to hold special conferences with every branch of trade. 'Thus, the cause of free trade, boldly begun, seems likely to be sustained with perseverance. The protectionists are greatly alarmed at this demonstration, but as they intimidate the ministry, they hope to escape from the consequences of the impression whioli has been made on public opinion. The future, not very remote, will SILDW. 0. COLONIAL. CAPE OF Goon HOPE— By the Apollo troop-ship, I ar rived at Spitheacl, from Simon's Bay, in 59 days, we have papers from this colony : from Cape Town to the 7th of Oct.; from Graham's Town, to the 30th of Sept. Our previous dates were, Cape Towu, 20th Sept. ; and Graham's Town, 12th. CAPE TOWN.—To the government Gazette of the Ist Oct. is appended a supplement, containing the ways and means and estimated expenditure of the colony for 1847. We find therein stated : Probable balance in bawl on 14 Jan., 1847 ......... 5.812 4 9 E s timated revenue of 1847 165,235 4 9 probable expenditure of 1947, as per estimate . 161,054 15 10 Probable balance available for the service of 1818 C 3,380 8 11 The sources of income relied upon are: 1. Fixed revenue, consisting of general indirect (stamp duties, customs, do., and auction do.) ; partial direct (transfer dues) ; from public establishments and offices ( postage, fees, Somerset Hospital, late Orphan Chamber) ; from crown lands (rents, fines, &c.) 2. Incidental: sales of crown lauds, permits to cut timber, &c. There is also a local revenue I rom market dues, and from the wharfage at Simon': Town. The principal heads of expenditure are the report it appeared that on the 21ert of May Lotion had an interview with the commissioner ' 'nee to the formation of a new street from King-street, Covent-garden. 'They were is towards ouch street the Duke of Sw ar d 10,0001. They (the commissioners) had no n disposal, and that 5,0001. more would he re , won of it. The deputation informed the et their utter inability to raise such a sum, hut not the slightest doubt but that they could voluntary subseriricns. The gectlecain fan* tation went round to the inhabitants and sun lecting . 62 , sl. The commissioners were inform, then wished to know if a rate would not produi amount ,• and were answered by some of the de I provided it were spread over a series of yea r obtained, but not if it was a compulsory rate tion urged upon the commissioners that, as th, be benefited by_ the improveme n t , t h ey ougl some money. The commissioners stated it wa take to suppose that the crown would benefit tualiy it was agreed to oppose the appropriath rates to such a purpose. DISTRESSED NEEDLE-WOMEN.—A m, half of the Distressed Needle-Women', Sealer evening, at the Crown and Anchor TIMM, Hansard, Esq., in the chair. A coresident ladies were present. The chairman stated tb had been convened at the instance of sera tradesmen, whose feelings on this subjea wen able. Mr. Roper, the treasurer and hono showed the necessity which existed for the o] society, and gave a detail of its objects, follow :- 1. The continuation of a register-office, for eel hands, in order to afford the trade and others an o taming aemparresses when required, without mum —2. In ears of nectssity s to laconic security for t!a in the hands of those employed through the society, without requiring any deduttion from their Dewing the gem/wirers from being subject to Me middle-roan.-3. To assist orphans and other pos e efficient at their business, by paying a mall sure necessary instruction, and thus, being duly (meth to give satisfaction to their employer a.--I. To iso sir tabour during the period when slate is • by ~making up clothing for the destitute locos, tributed in the various districts by the inmates, 5. To induce the principals of union workliousos ao.operate with the views of the society, by adomin as a fair and reasonable nom dos for the W s) To establish a provident hind, uuder the superinte tienteme comuuttoe, so as to enable those 'ho have non and relief, through the medium of this sods themselves, if temporarily distressed, or whet overtakes them, a continued and future means of them independent of that revolting sy-sre a , tional am! private almsgiving brutoliws the heat and aggravator the &Are*e . of the destitute poor. Mr. Roper observed, that one of the 311041.1 of the society was that which proposed to al in acquiring efficiency in their business; ft means by which the elide of foreign competit midahle, could ha averted. It was a Set, dozen young females in London knew a petticoat ; the material had to be land for the purpose. (Hear, hear. l ) e mo pn r c eo yforcf our r y s ow ho n w need the le- iz) m ortan en; e s e nd of nc the l urged on the attention of the society, by a s number of the leading tradesmen in the no reference to the fifth obj• et of the society, waited on the poor-law commissioner?, and the control of the metropolitan prisoners. I no satisfactory answer had been received. said he had been connected with the society I and lie thought it the mos! efficient soeietj polls, considering the amount of its funds. solution, pledging the meeting to support t utmost of its ability.—Mr. G. F. Carden se lution.—Mr. T. Cochrane moved a vote o members of the ladies committee, for the N vices which they had rendered. Mr. Joyce of Messrs. Silver and Co), seconded the re served, that an improvement in trade was with a corresponding improvement in the Thanks were also voted to Mr. Roper, and TIIE ROYAL GEORGE.—Yesterday Pasley, was presented by ShPyitiltheesdieceenntti United Service Museum. US4nrak4jea t td he Lords of the t 1 14e 92 Royaland which w as v. THE MORNING MAO v.—" Geners Nov. 27.—0 n and after the sth day of Het tinns from the London Receiving-houses w minutes past 7 o'clock in the morning him as at present, consequently all letters intcadi by that despatch must Le posted at the said before the above-mentioned hour of 45 mit This change has become necessary to ensu the whole of the letters and newspapers mails from the General Post-office." WOOD PAVING FOR WEIFILS, FOR Hoors.—A correspondent of the But the wood paving be laid in parallel lint. and 'separation as may suit the differing d wheels, having narrow slips of stone to ; with a stone paved or macadamised ens That two lines be laid at each side of nearest the middle to be twice the wWO enable two wheels to pass on it. If enough, a line of double width in the m the other side ; so that, with fire lines of vehiles may pass abreast. If the road id enough for three vehicles, then four lines If there is room only fur two vehielEss, th be enough. REPEATED IMPRI.DNMENT OF T VIDUAL FOR THE SAIL I)Ltsr.—Sir, feelings of disgust the case of Bidel, Sheriff's Court, as reported in your pa appears that he has already been imprison part of which he had given a bill, and law he is liable to be again imprisoned holder of the bill, who declares himself re hint the moment he procures Employment of the liberty of which Englishmen b vaunted equality of our laws. If ama and robs his fellow-countrymen of some fit thousand pounds, or the Itussian or some c half a million, he has only to walk to Basi times, and he is for ever exonerated fro& but if a poor journeyman brassfouader into debt fifteen or twenty pounds, be m prison over and over again, and then is 111 debt. Why, the old court of request !rya a debt at the rate of one shilling a day w more Christianlike than this new law. years since that we were rejoicing in the 1 meat for debt, except in cases of fraud, until I read your paper of to-day Iwa error. It is true I have been absent 6 time, and I believe this new law has heel interval.—As ENOLISRMSN. 'I'IIE LATE SIR CHARLES WETBEI the property of the late Sir Charles W the second portion of the sale), was put auction-rooms of Mr. Hammond, Chance removed from the mansion in Berke chambers in Stone-buildings, for that m of the service of plate, amounting to alen cellar of wines, of about 3.10 dozen of been bottled 15 and 30 years ; the Libra 2,500 volumes; the fittings of chambet Berkeley-square, &c. The books int the Houses of Lords and Commons ; a v Vesey, J. Vernon, P. Williams, Maul" well and Cresawell, &e., many of will notes by the eminent deceased ; a col and Latin Classics, by the best authors Yesterday the service of plate was dial prised 18.1 lots, and consisted of scv spoons, plates, dishes, lea ivea and fork' sent sale will last four days. THE FOG.—The metropolis era' in some parts with a dense fog. At London-bridge piers a notice was poste stating "that the steam vessels betweel minster-bridge, would not run during t fog." The communication between 0 by water was completely cut off, the ' only running during a portion of t 1 Blackwell. A few of the more I steamers left London-bridge and lilac bability made their passages in safety, neral, was not so thick below Wool' cleared off sufficiently to allow them to TEA CASES.—There ie a deseripti now made use of in the importation o which a question has arisen as to th the same manner as lacquered ware 1 shops of the retail as well as the mo tea shine so conspicuously, anal which I use and request as tea caddies, for adapted, and which has been decided i interesting and of importance to the I certain description of square boxes, wl in the common sense of the term, Is varnished, but which are not orname which the article known as lacquered fished, with figures or designs, but si side of the package some Chinese known by the trade as the " chop a guide to them of the place of grow tion of the tea; Ind it being consit officers of the revenue that from the 6 boxes, or internal packages, and not portation of the article contained the liable to duty as lacquered ware cadd and the matter having been represent the importers of the particular pares respectability, it has been decided 61 any duty, being of a totally ditteret ornamental article before mentioned, value will well bear the duty thereof such inner boxes, of the common d containing tea, whether they be lacq nished, and not otherwise ornament as it is termed, or the character or c are to be admitted duty free. ALTERATION IN COVENT G.aßl proposed wholly to take down the theatre, from the ceiling to the top pit, and including the walls under throughout their whole height, and as to increase the size of the pit an fronts of the boxes, and from the fret proscenium. Two new stone stsirct the level of the corridor behind t boxes, to the height of the highest pit-tier corridor will be made wit( municating with the pit itself, as' boxes on one side, and with the grou of a double flight of stone stairs. T