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befit guilty of no misconduct whatever, and, therefore, thy, enaticellor had to aullierity to dismiss him from ties office. Lard CAMPBELL—Do you with U 3 to enter iota the Merits of the case? Mr. FITZROY KELLY—Clearly, my Lord. Lord CAMPBELL— rhen I ate afraid we have no power to do so. Sir FITZROY KELLY with greet submission, contended 16 7 must to some extent look to their affidavits. Lord CAMPB , LL—Y,;u wish to contend, that the C hancellor, although he has heard the parties, , has Improperly decided the question, and therefore it ought to be submitted to a jury ? Sir FITZROY KELLY said this was the ground upon which be moved, and, in truth, it was the only ground upon which he could move. Well, then, he might state generally, that the effect of the affidavit was simply that M reference to his conduct as a judge g enerally, or to 4 nY particul a r c ase, cothiog had occur red durin g the 'an or eleven months which Mr. Ranashay held the office "Judge of the Liverpool County Court which could, in t I Y Way indicate either misconduct or incompetency in the discharge of his dude?. Lord CAMPBELL said, according to his present view I f the suojeet, the Court hail no jurisdiction in the the but they had better as3ume, for the sake of '"e argument, that Mr. Ratushay's conduct and capacity *era everything that could be expected of a county Court judge. Sir F. KELLY said he had doge so, and that was the reason why ha had simply stated the general effect of !he affidavits. There being„ then, no misconduct or Incap ac i ty in the judge, he contended that under the Act o f Parliament tho Chancellor had no power to remove him. If the Court was justified in granting a ( "le warrauto in the case of a parish clerk who had been dismissed by a rector, surely it had the power of sanc tioning the same proceeding in regard to a judge of a county court, who hod been dismissed by the Lord Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster without, as he should allege, any sufficient cause. Lord CAMPBELL said the practice of the Court was to grant a certiorari or mandamus only when a fair ques tion was raised by the affidavits. Sir FITZROY KELLY said the affidavits showed that Mr. Ramshay had not been guilty of the misconduct on the ground of which he was dismissed from the office. lie had been deprived of an office which was important both in point of dignity and emolument. His means of livelihood had been taken away, and what was of still greater moment, his character had been injured, and this had been done by Earl Carlisle, who had no power to administer an oath, and could not, there fore,t arrive at any sound or correct de c i s i on . e might have acted entirely on false evidence, Yet he had nO power to punish or prosecute the Parties. When a parish clerk was dismissed for inabili ty or m i s b e h av i our, he could app l y to t h e C ourt , tel on denying those allegations, it would enable him ta d try 'the question before a jury by granting an infor me on in the nature of a quo warranto. Could not the Con rt adopt the same course in regard to the present application? He (Sir F. Kelly) contended that neither the rector in the case a pariah clerk, nor the Chancellor of the D mh „ of Lancaster in that of a county court judge, ilwas th e fi na l j u d ge o f th e o ffi ce r' s incompetence or nets , h atiour. It was certainly a very grievous thing that 11 , 1 _ 341 was to be deprived of his livelihood, and td have his reputation injured, by a tribunal which dno jurisdiction. That there was no juris lotion in the Chancellor of the Duchy was clearly li w PPltrent, because the fact of inability and misbehaviour th e a fa c t p rece d en t t o t h e j ur i s di ct i on commenc i ng , an d 'e l _ l ? affidavits stated there was no inability or liaise eme ttviour. „Lord C AMPBELL sa id b e was at present o f op i n i on a it! t.the decision of the Ch ance ll or was fi na l an d con elttetve.. air F. KELLY then detailed at some length the nature of the proceedings previous to Mr. Ramshay's dismissal. tle read a private letter f rom E ar l C arl i sle to Mr. elush e y, which accompanied the formal notice of his d Cetalon, stating that he still believed M r . R ams h ay tolessed many good and great qualiti e s, an d t h at h e ministrations, conferred great benefits on the community by hi s uluistre.tions, bat thought he had not that degree of t d i self-command which would enable him properly t o Mherg e his duties. L _Lord C AMPBELL th oug ht the letter might w e ll h ave ;eh consid ere d as p r i vate , th o ugh not marked so. It ib `Z en effort of kindness to mitigate to some extent the dlatlings which he had inflicted on the gentleman by !liming him from the office of judge. the end KELLY said there was a paragraph at w k ....? lid allowing M r . R ams h ay to ma k e what use he of the letter, and he only referred to the letter be 4_se it pointed to the fact that the ground of dismissal ,4 ', not incompetence but misconduct. s Lord CAMPBELL, after of the Learned Counsel's address, teemed after a b r i e f consu lt a ti on w ith his tee Brethren , said th e C ourt wou ld consi d er t h e ap egeetton, and give judgment on the 10th February. EXCHEQUER. —(THIS DAY.) JUDGMENTS. HEMINGWAY V. WYNNE. IR this case, which arose out of certain transactions c onnected with the purchase of the hors® Elcho, The COURT gave judgment this morning, intimating that they considered there *fo l .—Rule r e f used, ought to be no rule for a new The q DOBSON V. !SROC E LEDANK. 411 i uestion in thi s case whether the effect of 4";_il in w unction obtain e d b y the d a e s fendant to prevent the tlaiowas an impediment to the proceedings of the cetiff, and whether the plaintiff was thereby relieved phe necessity of taking the case down to trial, or et r the injunction was merely an interruption that ...ted to exist as soon as the injunction was removed, " ( 'EI did not justify the plaintiff in abandoning his action. has bar LORDSHIPS were o f o pi n i on t h a t t h e p l a i nt i ff Dio - °cued, accor di ng to the pract i se of the court, to t e4tl tc trial a s soon as th e i n j unc ti on was removed. 01:01rule to enter a n onsu it wou ld, t h ere f ore , b e made to ii te, unless the plaintiff gave a peremptory under "g tc proceed to trial. Th e n HILL V. PHILIP. 404 • ''OttliT were of opinion th a t the cost s of inspec the In the t his ease ought to b e p a id by th e party reeking llPPlieation• —Costs of the rate to be plaintiff's costs cause. BA~ERKEN DAY.) i kot ASSAULT.— William Bathampton, a most re- Oh; 4°IY-dressed man residing in Ball's-pond, was ta os ,ged before Mr. Try whitt with having committed a of " /lolent and brutal assault upon a man of the name The de n l'aren. tondis. P ro secutor, who appeared in a most d e pl ora bl e Vti l ." l ° l l, both his eyes being blacked and his face other ha" teratehed and disfigured, stated that last night, as he t he tOeeeding along the Ball's. pond-road, and when:near th e pr i g Islin gton C att l e - mar k et , h o en d eavoured to pass ho bad and his friend; he accidentally kn oc k e d ` 1 " n e el them, ho could not tell which. Befor e de me to make an apology the prisoner turned p ia it knocked him violently to the ground, and upon Wte tt ing up he w as knocked down three times. H e to dril;(4 drunk, although he might have had something . tho li n k, but h e was so b er enoug h to know what he was he Re did not annoy the prisoner or his friend, nor uea t :„; B4 Y that h e th oug h t th a t they were medical s.,u the; ' r ° lll Guy's and that they had better go home to tuoth T he ere. siEtt'T Policeman who took the defendant into custody . th e e "? that last night , about half-past eleven, he hearing tarn e ri r ' e a of " Murder ," proceeded to the spot, when he li o i - (1 `. 4 the prosecutor on the ground, and the prisoner ot. in g him down with his left-hand, and striking him cote the head and face with his right. The prisoner 's .Ind waistcoat we re torn in the scuffle. T he defendant, inefence, defence, stated that he and his 10,:hci where proceeding home, when the prosecutor fol 'tiled them for a considerable distance and grossly in them. He called them medical students from hom e and said he thought that they had much better be piea bed than out at that time of night. He, feeling ul loyed certainly did turn round and strike the com- Plai ant : Mr. T.,,wHirr said the defendant had committed a Nat unjustifiable assault, and had he not though th e t that complainant was in some respects to blame be cer 'iticly should not have dealt so leniently with the case 1 ,4 he now intended to do. He would fine the prisoner ' l ., or in default of payment 21 days' imprisonment. The floe was at once paid, an d t h e d e f en d ant loft the ti) art with his friends. THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING r i' 7 erY now and then we are h a u n ted by an epide -1,141 fri g ht i n t hi s coun t ry. S ome one starts sup and " Old Bogy! It's co m i ng !" Mar At this great tb o m spreads abroad, and the newspaper press joins in ipanic. Some years a . go it was " The Rassians !" ts r ,„"Y are coming," said some, " through the Kat aat_l:, Others, " They are coming by the Darda tot Others " They are about to strike a blow at hbt.andtan Empire ! They are coming through . the "or Pass 1" A d then the Russo-phobia alarmingly i„ • n until it was replaced by the Franco-phobia, Pit e ' t i , ll , seized upon the nation so soon as the Duke o f fns, - ,; (t lton and Sir Francis Head h a d penned their Ps —n s " alarms." Tben the cry changed to " The I 3 „aare coming! They are coming across from rilo 'll t i „, ss ßne , From Harfleur! i From Calais !" Th a t ,_ lO O, passed by, and it has been still e d f or WC e ° the pacific influence of the Great Exh i bi t i on. , „at t 3' he next alarm may be, who knows? Perhaps Itylhe Russians" again! Something in the Old Bogy Unti fr om afar off. Yet " The Russians" are „ among us, th, know it no t ; or if no t R uss i ans or Cossacks, Lot' some thing even more dangerous. They are : le n kism r te ni( ist! Ia the streets! In the bye-lines! In t th e d o .. t i lla ces! ln , prisons! Everywhere! We mean ugern us classes; in other words, the uncared- f for . 15 '1 „ 8 , - , Whom welt-conditioned people shun, whom sayiii""ceteen and police-courts know anything or cars eu itlseionlg abnut. These are "The Russians" who have to btsul invaded our great towns and cities, and who are woods in even moire country-pkces, scouring the °ioaQll at Inirinight fur game. Many of them occa- Nr ' nu thei r way into the workhouse, but hatin Nii,i4l4t as they do, the se C ossac k s o f c i v ili zat i on prefer g t ill , et , er inv, abroad in all the freedom of vicious igno --Eliza Cook's Journal, ts n th,i'tz. Enucamors.—The report of the Committee bstion of nos of Court is prepared, with the unanimous appro ißoat 48 members, and it merely waits their collective thanire for. publication. The committee is composed of we re _ta thirty of the highest names in the profession, and 471erstand it recommends a very stringent examination by " future candidates for admission to the bar. Sanctioned soti 4.4ejl authority, the recommendation must he adopted. (I ,cw days Since a soldier, belonging to he garris ral e : Alai% presented his musket in joke'at - eof his em it, ba t h a • n d pulled the trigger ; unfortunately, without noticing 10 4 sd taken up a wrong-musket, which - happened 'to be fu e cl, and the ball entering his comrade' head, killed him "sipcisq.-krene/i wiper, _ THE SUN, THE KAFIR, WAR. ARRIVAL OF T;tl- , , HELLESPONT. PLTMOT_ITH, JAN. 30.--The Royal Mlll steam packet. Helk,pont, Captnin W. Watts, anchored in Milibay 'his afternoon at a quarter to three o'clock, after a splendid passage home of thirty-two days and eighteen hours—the shortest one on record. She was under steam only thirty days and eighteen hours, and having left on the proper day for starting she has reached here a week earlier than was anticipated. She left the Cape of Good Hope at seven P.M. on the 28th of December; Sierra Leone, Jan. 12, at eleven P.M.; and St. Vincent, on the 18th, at eight P.M. She brings home three passengers-=Mr. Chadwick, Mr. Holland, and Mr. Ogilvy, 611 from the Cape ; a full cargo of wool and oil, and thirty bales of general naerchandize, and 1,0001. worth of gold dust. The passage home wards was a very rough one. The Hellespont has been very successful in making her passages. The previous passage home was the shortest that had been made, and now in this passage she beats her former- run. She also wade her run out in thirty-five days and seven hours—the shortest on record, and six hours under the contract time. On her voyage home, the Hellespont only spoke one merchant vessel, the Allegro, of Liverpool, in lat. 25 30, long. 25 45, on the 24th of January. Tne Bosphorus left Sierra Leone on the sth ; all well, The postmaster here received the mails at 3 15, and es the London mail leaves at 6 20, and his staff is small, the bags will not be opened, but sent on to town to be sorted there. We shall no', therefore, get our letters here and in the west generally till Sunday. The news brought by this mail shows that the war had made no advance since the last intelligence arrived, owing to the severity and inclemency of the weather which had prevailed preventing the troops that had left King William's Town prosecuting their march, and it was expected that they would have to return to recruit. The latest intelligence, written up to the day of the Ilellespont's leaving, will be found in the following communication : The South African Commercial Advertiser of the 27th December says— " Not a word has yet been heard of peace in any quarter, nor is it known, or even guessed,' what Sir Harry Smith will demand of the numerous tribes who have kept him at bay fur twelve mouths, as the condi tion on which he will grant even a suspension of hostili ties. Tee Kafir chiefs, it is said, demand' indepen dence.' Sir Harry has pronounced the word extermi nation,' by which ho means the removal of the hostile tribes to some country beyond the Kei. These are the two extremes. There are many strong reasons against both, but what other course is open? It is no relief to say that peace cannot be made with the chiefs after what has taken place without discredit or without affording a dangerous proof of weakness in the opinion of native tribes; or to maintain that the Kafirs have justly forfeited their country. The question recurs, can you govern and keep in order a nation like the Kafirs otherwise than through chiefs? And if you drive them, to the number of fifty or sixty thousand, back upon other tribes, will you not strengthen and provoke a more powerful native combination than you have yet had to deal with? Africa is inexhaustible. Extermination, in the broadest sense of the word, is useless as well as in human, with regard to single tribes—with regard to the whole, impossible." MONTHLY SUMMARY. (From the Cape Town Mail of Dec, 27.) The only important military movement which has taken place during the month is the expedition across the Km into the territories of Kreli, the paramount chief of Kafirland. That chief has acted an ambiguous part during the present war. While professing pacific intentions, he has allowed his people to plunder the English traders in his country, and has refused to make restitution. Great numbers of the cattle captured in the colony:by the hostile Kafirs are said to have been driven into his country for safe keeping. The Commander-in- Chief has at length determined to dispatch a force against this chief, in order to bring him to account, and to obtain restitution of the spoil. The force employed in this expedition comprises about four thousand men, of alrarms. They have crossed the Kei in two divisions—the One near the mouth of the river and the other higher up. The main division, under Major- Generel Somerset, who directs the military operations, consists of about 2,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry. This division was formed of three columns, which started respectively from King William's Town, the Blink water and Whittlesea, and met at the Imvani, on the northern border of British Kafraria. These columns, were under the command o f C olonel Mack i nnon, General Somerset, and Captain Tyld en. Colonel Mackinnon's columns, consisting of about 1,600 men, and including detachments of the 12th Lancers, 60th Rifles, the 2d, 6th, and 73d regiments, Cape Mounted Rifles, and other corps, left King William's Town on the 27th ult., and marched northward to the Imvani. Lieutenant-Colonels Pole, Nisbet, Burns, Michel, and Napier, are in com mand under Colonel Mackinnon, At Imvani, on the 3d inst., this column formed a junction with that of Gen. Somerset, who had arrived from the Blinkwator, by the way of Kat River; arid also with the force of Captain Tylden, from W hittlesea. General Somerset's column comprised about 1,000 men, and Captain Tyldeu's about 400 —both being composed ebb fly of burgher and native levies, with some men of the Cape Corps. After this junction of several forces, General Somer set proceeded on to the White Kei, detaching Captain Tylden, with a force of 900 men, and afterwards Mjer Somerset, with 100 cavalry, to scour the country about the head waters of the KA, whither the Kafirs were supposed to have driven their cattle. This service was well performed, and about 2,000 head of cattle were captured. Some skirmishing took place during these operations, and several Kafirs were killed. On the 7th instant General Somerset formed his camp at Kakadu, near the White Kei; aed on the following day Colonel Mackinnon and Lieutenant-alonel Michel started on patrol, with a force of about 2,000 men. Nothing is yet known of the later movements of this division. The operations had been greatly impeded by the heavy rains which had fallen almost every day. While these movements were attracting the attention of the enemy towards the Upper Kei, Lieut.-Colonel Eyre, with his division, comprising about 1,000 men, left King William's Town on the Ist instant, and marched directly towards Butterworth, the mission sta tion near the principal residence of Kreli. In crossing the Kei, he encountered and defeated a large body of Kafirs, under Bookoo, an inferior chief, who. like Kreli himself, had hither professed to be neutral. Forty-three Kafirs were killed in this engagement, including two nephews of Bookoo. On our sid tour men are said to have been killed or wounded; but the official report has not been received. After arriving at Batterworth, Colonel Eyre made patrols into the neighbouring country, where he captured a considerable number of cattle, and again defeated a body o f Kafirs, who are said to have fled at the first volley from our cavalry, and to have suffered a loss of at least twenty of their number. While these successful operations have been going on beyond the Kei, the hostile Kafirs within the c olony have been no less active and successful in their forays in some of the frontier districts. The 12th and 74th Regiments, with some colonial levies, have been able to render but partial protection to those districts. In Albany depredations have of late been few and unim portant; but Fort Beaufort, Cradock, .and Somerset districts have suffered severely from the ravages of the enemy, whose principal strongholds are in the Water kloof and the Fish River Bush. At the former place, tie camp of the Kafirs tied rebel Hottentots, on the Kromme Heights is reported (by a prisoner whom they released) to occupy a space as largo as the town of Fort Beaufort, and to be well supplied with cattle and sheep. Since the departure of the expedition beyond the Kei, these marauders have driven off from a single farm in the Fort Beaufort district about 1,900 sheep (of which 450 were recovered) and 250 head of cattle. Many other valuable flocks and herds have been swept off from the adjoining country. In some instances, patrols of farmers and troops have been able to recover the spoil; but in other cases the plunderers, who move usually in large bodies, comprising both horse and foot, have repulsed their pursuers, and carried off their booty in triumph. Sir Barry Smith has remained at King William's rown, from w hi c h post h e h as no t m o ve d during the last ten months No military operations have taken place in .that immediate vicinity. The hostile Kafirs are said t o b e seen from th e miles of Bead -quarters', In the O°eltivating their gardens within about five quarters', at a place where they can be 3 li ranPgever Sovereignty, and in Natal, tram quillity prevailed at The political affairs 0 11, dat e o f the l atest i nte lli gence. both those se ttl emen t s were , how ever, in an u nsettled sionetee Major Ho gge aeaclate• The as s i s t an t comm i s - Bloom Fontein, and were engMrae. Owen, eel in their i nvest i ga ti ons had arrived at into the origin of the trouble s osh s - tn g t and missioners D , utch, h which ad i t . he Sovereignty. A pin nruemsebnetredo_fanthe address settlers, to the Com both those troubles were ascribed to the inter ference of the local authorities in the improper quarrels of th tribes. At Natal the crops of a ll descriptions e native said to be this year u nusuall y abundant Thecolon .s are had experienced muc h difficult y in obtaining labourer s . The native inhabitants were becoming less manageable than formerly, and the leek of good regulations for their government excited much complaint and appre hension. Mr. Benj. Moodie, secretary to the Natal G e .. vernment, who has for some time past been at variance with Lieutenant-Governor Pine, has received six months' leave of absence, preparatory, it is understood, to his re tirement from office. The Cape Legislative Council has been in session during the greater part 0 . 7 the month. The proposed ordinance • • aneti.priating 40,000/. to ' the repair of prisons has been withdrawn by order of the Governor. The Pi 1 for the removal of squatters from Government laud has also been withdrawn, it not being considered advisable to proceed with such a measure in the present state of the colony. A resolution hes been passed authorising a joint-stock company to borrow 25,000/. on the credit of the Colonial Treasury, for the improve went of the Kowie River, on condition that an equal amount should be raised by the shareholders. The estimates for the colonial expenditure of 1852 have been sanctioned, wit - out alteration. The second reading of the Constitution Ordinances is not to come on before the 28th ' of January. The course pursued by the council (which is a purely nominated body, and does not in any degree possess the confidence of the colonists) in thus passing imeortatit laws and pledging the public credit for largo sum* has excited very great and general dissatisfaction n in all parts of the colony. Nen e meetings have been held in Co r Pe —own, Stel lenbosch, Worcester, Beaufort, and Grauft-Reinet, to LO N DON, express the sontiments of the inhabitants in regard to the cer,sticution embodied in the draft ordinances which hav ,- bet:a rt ceiveti from England. Resolutions have been everywhere passed, with unanimity, gratefully ac cepting this constitution, and expressing the general de sire that it should be established nt once, and without alteration, laving any amendments that may be hereafter found necessary to be mode by the future Parliament. It is generally feared that an attempt will be made, in the present Cuuncil, to abridge, as far as possible, the privi leges and franchises conceded by this constitution—some of the members of the Council being notoriously hostile to the system of colonial self-government which these ordinances are designed • to establish. GRAHAM'S TOWN, DEC. 16.—Since writing you last , there has been nothing stirring in this neighbourhood. The Kafirland post, due on Monday morning, only ar rived here this morning. Many letters and accounts have been received by it, from various parts, and these, a 3 usual, contain such conflicting and contradictory re ports, that, until something wore substantial comes to hand, it is scarcely safq to repeat them. Some letters state that severe fighting had taken place beyond the Kei—some, that there has la,en a mere skirmish. Some say that the loss of life on our tide amounts to about three or four; soma that there has been fearful destruc tion among t e K:ifire, amongst "ahem the Lancers have made great havoc. Some report that the troops were most resolutely opposed on entering Kreli's country — some that scarcely any opposition was offered! Again, the captured cattle are reported by some to be but 1,9.00, whilst other accounts say 1,500, 3,000, 5,000, and even 7,000. Who can judge which is the most correct version ? Time will show. At Mount Coke missionary station all has been again in a state of great alarm. Seyola has renewed his former threats of taking all, the cattle) and destroying the sta. tion. A patrol was sent out to their assistance from , head-quarters, which probably prevented the contem plated attack. However, eiome Kafirs have stolen four horses from the mission stables, and one horse, with some calves, the next day from the veldt. From other quarters around us we hear of no fresh depredations. Much rain has again fallen, and the rivers are consider ably swollen. At the time of .posting this, no mail had arrived from Cape Town, being nearly thirty hours behind time. THE TRANS-KEI EXPEDITION. (From the Graham's Town Journal, Extra, Dec. 16.) Favourable accounts have been received from one division of the force sent to operate across the Kei— that of Major-General Somerset, the dates of whose re ports are up to the 7th instant. The troops were then at Steal Flip Drift. Cotenet Mackinnon had joined the Major-General on the 3d instant, after a somewhat te dious march from head-quarters, owing to heavy rains. When the express left the troops were in possession of about 1,500 head' of cattle, captured from the enendy. The Major-General intended to move on . the Bth towards the north-east, life enemy's cattle having been driven in that direction. No official report had been received from Lieut.-Colonel Eyre, at Butterworth, owing, it is sup posed, to the Kei River being full. We regret to learn that Mr. John Crouch has received two severe assegai wounds whilst out skirmishing on the line of march on the Ist inst. The following letters from our correspondents give full particulars of the movements of the troops: — Camp, near Kakadoo Station, Bolota. DEC. B.—On Saturday, 29th November, we started from King William's Town with a, party of about 1,700 men, horse and foot, under command of Colonel Mac. kinnon, in charge of a number of mule and ox waggons with supplies, and proceeded as far as Hangman's Bush before outspanning, remaining there for the day on ac count of rain coming ou. Sunday morning proceeded forward, and arrived at Toise's kraal about sundown. During the night a Kafir, armed with a gun, LC, in en deavouring to get into the camp, was shot dead by a Hottentot levy man. Monday early started again, and arrived at Thorn River about sundown. Tuesday morn ing early again on the road, and succeeded in getting most of the train of waggons across the Swart Kei the same day. During this day's route Mr. John Crouch, being out with two or three others skirmishing, fell in with a few •Kafirs ' to whom they gave chase. In doing so Mr. Crouch had got considerably in advance of his companions, and on coming up with the enemy snapped both barrels. at the nearest, his gun missing fire. Untortunately his horse swerving suddenly round threw him off, thus leaving him to the mercy of the enemy, one of whom iefiteted two severe assegai wounds, from which, however, we have now the happiness to say he is last recovering. Too much cannot be said of the Lancer officers, who afforded every possible convenience for his comfort. Wednesday the remuinder of the wag gons crossed the Swart Kei. and proceeded forward under escort. At the ohtspanning the division was met by General Somerset, and after a short stay we moved on to the Imvani, where we joined his division, which we found to consist of about 1,100 blacks, with the ex ception of officers and non-commissioned officers. After some delay, we at length arrived here on the 6th inst. A patrol has since. been out under Major Somerset, and captured about 1,000 head of cattle and sheep, and goats. Another patrol of about 2,000 - men, horse and toot, under command of Colonels Mackinnon and Michel, left this morning, but to all appearance the country is deserted—no enemy to withstand; the cattle, chance lots, but no question the country abounds with them. Rumours are in circulation, founded, we understand. on Kafir statements, that the booty on the evening of the Bth amounted to 5,000 head of cattle, and that the enemy had sar2red severely in a skirmish, in which the Lancers highly distinguished themselves. (From the Frontier Times.) White K-i, Camp, Dec. 8, 1851. After the most difficulty journey imaginable wo ar rived here all right, but dreadfully knocked up for want of anything like comfort. Since we started from Cat River there has been scarcely a day but we have had rain, sometimes so heavy that the water ran in streams through the tents (of tliose that had them) six inches deep. We were joined on the 3d by Colonel Mackin non's division, and were surprised to find that Mr. John Crouch had been badly wounded by the enemy some days previously. We captured on the Umveni nine head of cattle and killed one Kafir—also shot a Kafir spy that night in casor. 13e came evidently to see what strength we were. From Umvani we moved to the White Kei. During the whole of the march patrols have been sent out. Up to the present, these operations have resulted in the capture of 1,100 head of cattle, a few sheep, gut's, and horses, with a loss to the enemy of fourteen killed — without any casualties on our side. The state of the weather has greatly retarded our operations, or no doubt a much better account would have been given of the affair. The enemy hero do not fight with anything like the pluck of the Gaikas. We anticipate complete success if the state of the weather only proves more favourable. nothing has been heard of Colonel Eyre's division hors up to the present. Camp, near the Kei, Dec. 7, 1851. Colonel Mackinnon's divisi on me t us on the Umvarn., on the 3(1, as agreed. Captain Tyklen moved on the stb, in a northerly direction, with 1,000 men. Major Somerset, with 50 C.M,13,,, and 280 Lancers, made a diversion and joined Captain Tylden, capturing f rom t h e ene my 400 head of cattle, some horses, and a flock of sheep and golfs—killing two Kafir& and wound ing several others in taking .the cattle. Major Somer set'A party returned to camp the same evening. Captain Tylden -had 1,000 head of cattle in his pos session, including those taken from the enemy by Major Somerset. They had experienced the heaviest rains daily. The division from King William's Town is without tents. THE TRANS-KEI EXUEDITION—IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE.—DEc. 20. By the last military mail from the frontier we are put in possession of important intelligence from Lieutenant- Colonel Eyre's division, which our readers are aware forms part of the TranteKeirtn force. By information received at King William's Town it appears that on Colonel Eyre's way to Butterworth, a large force of Kreli's and Bookoo's Kafirs assembled to oppose his passego of the Kei. The Kafirs were con cealed in a kloot leading to the waggon drift, and from this cover they fired upon the troops while they were crossing, but by the guidance of Mr. Conway a party of cavalry was sent through the river by a bridle drift, so as to take the assailants in the roar. This movement was so well executed that the troops were behind the Kafirs before they were aware of it. A skirmish ensued and 35 Kafirs were killed at this place, many wounded, and others drowned in attempting to mak their escape across the river. • Colonel Eyre then marched to Butterworth, and on his arrival there made a movement on the kraal Umjwza, the son of Lynx, who has been implicated in all the cases of robbery across the Kei. Urujwza's cattle, to gether with many others of his neighbourhood, fell into the hands of the troops, Umjwza himself being wounded. Since the attack On Umj wza another expedition had moved from Bntterwortb, in which many cattle are said to have fallen into our hands. In this case the petty chief Tyabo, who lays claim to a certain degree of in spiration, informed his people that, by coming out ;and openly opposing the- English, they would be able to re pulse them. Emboldened by this assurance they mot the troops on open ground, and the cavalry charging them, they wore in a short time dispersed, with great loss. Being confident of viotory Tyabo's people did not send away their cattle; these, therefore, fell an easy prey to our troops. The movements across the Kei, and the capture of cattle, are represented vs telling with wonderful effect upon the Gaikas. Saudilli had lately sent .a confidential messenger to Jan Tzatzoe's location, to endeavour to ascertain his position in re ference to Government, and what prospect there Should G might be at present for obtaining peace. tho :itrsr n me„ ge en : t r eh g et e o r h li s s v n ie doubtlessa ascertained ste,rv.i l the real tone of the Il n t o 4 tfi c k o e nfid v that the movements across the Kei will be eern a yt t l re c .n oem d x e f d poer w ctit i ne th dg beneficial results. Tne Kafirs have hitherto divert d e al u T r a a n t g t e e m nt e io n n ts to m th a e d i e r icpositionsthe protectioni iith ecoloonfy thewhile t cattle were in security out of our reach, but now theirthe line, and the loss of their cattle within their own country, will ay a b l e l e c s a . ttle lb is ei t r he f m at o b s e t r v s ul a n e er d ab b l will soon, it is hoped, alter their tone.' r e o pointt r brothers withm s l a i n by hundreds without exciting the slightest grief in the breasts of these "biti-rnindcd people," as Mr. Rer the'llhi'alfiorsstr(ibf ton Calls them; but when deprived of their cows and oxen the springs of their feelings begin to flow, and they get tired of war. It is a knowledge of this fact that has induced is fo often to press earlier movements in the direction of those now in progress. DEATH BY DROWNING.—We regret to announce the death, under very painful circumstances, of Mr. T. K. Beresford, the re presentative of Messrs. Openshaw and Unna's house, at Algoa Bay. Mr. DPresford was re turning from a business tour in the Sovereignty, and hastening to lee a sister before her departure ter En. SATURDAY EVENING, gland, when in crossing the Palmiet 6prnit River he wls drowned, owing, it is understood, to the upsetting of the cart in which he was travelling, and to his bc•comlng: entangled in the tent cover, or receiving some accidental blow, as, being a good swimmer, it was considered that ho could have reached the bank if disentangled, or un hurt by any blow of the vehicle. Her Majesty's steamer Vulcan arrived at the Buffalo on the 16th inst. with troops and horses. About 40 men of the 43d were left as a garrison to the Castle at Cape Town, the panic in the West having ren dered that course advisable. A further extract, dated East London, Dec. 17, states that " the Vulcan came in yesterday, and has already discharged nearly all the 43d. She is expected to sad this evening. FRONTIER.—GENERAL ORDER. Head-quarters, King William's Town, Dec. 3, 1851. In the commencement of the war Commodore Wyvill, with his characteristic zeal for the good of her Majesty's service, landed the marines of her Majesty's ships Castor and Dee, under the Command of Li eutenants H ar ri s and Reed, for the purpose of joining the army—circum stances now demanding their return to their ships, his Excellency the Commander in -Chief has great satis faction in conveying his marked approbation of the conduct of Lieutenants Harris and Reed, and of the non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the detachment under their command. They were attached to the 73d Regiment, and ac companied that corps on very many arduous patrols their gallantry in the field and their endurance of fatigue being ever cotispicuous. (Signed) A. J. CLOETE, Q.M.G. _____ MINISTERIAL CHANGES, AND THE NEW REFORM BILL (From the Times.) We have not kept count of the Ctibinet Councils, but this afternoon's, we see it stated, will be the seventeenth within about twice that number of days. It is natural that expectation should be roused by such permanent sitting, and, as rumour runs, since the commencement of this great incubation we have been once on the eve of a new Cabinet, and twice flattered with a reconstruc tion, besides distant glimpses of dissoluti ons, revolut i ons, and radical reforms. But expectation is as proverbial for ushering in small things as great, and it seems to be generally felt that, if the effort is sustained very long, the result will be very small. That is to be the case in the present instance. It becomes our painful duty to announce a meagre catastrophe. In the fir st place, Lord Broughton retires from the Board of Control, and Mr. Fox Mauls takes his place. Sokasenescente m , He has left some heavy work to his successor in . :the construc tion of the new Bill for the Government of India. That work devolves on a man whose long habits of business, strong sense, and genial temper particularly qualify him for it. So far all is well. The whole value of the change cannot be known till Mr. Fox Maule's successor is ap pointed. This, however, is all the Ministerial modifica tion we aro yet to expect, but still it is about as little as possible. The Indian charter being about to lapse, something was necessary to be done, and Lord John has given the work to the best man for the purpose he could find in the existing Cabinet. The great measure of the session is on much the ; same scales—that is the infinitesimal. The principle of the new Reform Bill is to propose as little as possible, on the speculation that either the House of Commons will accept that little, or will take on itself the respon sibility of more. There is to be neither disfranchise ment nor enfranchisement, as far as regards localities, if' we are rightly informed, but only a general enlarge ment or swamping of the existing constituencies. For the 101. householders we are to have 51. householders; for the 501. tenants we are to have 20/. tenants ; and the notorious boroughs are to be enlarged by copious annexations. On this plan there will not be a single change in the seats—no new metropolitan boroughs —no more representatives for Manchester and Liverpool— none for the score or two large towns now un represented—and no obliteration of the names that have brought on the Reform Act the odium of having created more corruption than it de. stroyed. That, at least, is our present informa tion. We confess that we can hardly believe it. It is impossible to suppose that a thriving town with twenty thousand inhabitants—and there are many such—will look on quietly while new Parliamentary boroughs are faggoted round such places as Sudbury, Harwich, or St. Albans, and they are themselves put off with their pre sent share in the county constituencies. As for our huge metropolitan boroughs, except that they have hi therto been content to return perhaps the most inefficient sot of men in the Howe, th®y c ould hardly be supposed content with a l ess s h are o f representatives than any other equal population in the kingdom. Were London inConnaught, were its princes peasants and its palaces hovels, it would have twice as many Members. The new Reform Bill is to effect no improvement in this point ; the only alt era ti on being, that whereas there are now seventeen thousand registered electors in the borough of Marylebone, there may possibly be for the future twenty-five thousand, and so for the other boroughs. Whether the representatives will undergo a corresponding improvement we very much doubt, or rather we have no doubt in the matter. In the smaller class of boroughs, at present almost inva riably the sinks of corruption, we have to contemplate the operation of a twofold change, viz., a reduced quali fication and a larger area. It may be readily conceded that the larger the constituency the less chance of cor ruption, but it is a lamentable fact, whatever the infer ence, that the poorer the constituent the more accessible he generally is to a bribe, and we cannot venture to re gard the addition of 5/. householders as a purifying de ment. If the 10/. householders aro to be washed by the 5/. householder=, what ablution is to be found for the latter class? Passing from the boroughs to the counties, it cannot, in common decency, be denied that a man who pays a rent of 201. a year is a fair subject for enfran chisement. When freeholds are in the market for 201., surely the annual payment of that sum ought to be a qualification. But there remains the practical question, whether the agriculturists in many of our counties will not bo entirely swamped by this change, unless it be ac companied by some provision in their favour. It this is all that we are to expebt, the public will d eem either that Lord John has recoiled from the blast of his own trumpet, or that he has been overruled in his Cabinet, It may be that, as in some recent in stances, his Lordship thinks it best to throw a rough measure into the House, leaving that body to fill up the outline. But this is not a courageous policy, nor one that can endure. We look for an initiative Government , and any considerable alteration made in a Government measure helps to transfer the initiative elsewhere, besides that, patchwork is never so good as that which is thrown off, so to speak, at one heat and from one master hand. At this moment one of the chief dangers of the country is pompous and abortive legislation. The statute-book is encumbered with a brood of spurious measures, for which nobody is responsible, and we m a y as we ll ex pect a' child to thrive without the care of a parent as an Act of Parliament to be effectually worked without some party or other being specially commit te d to its success. That however is the present mood of ;b e Legislature. There is scarcely a m easure of the last two sessions of which if it an swers their purpose, Governme nt may not say, " That is no chil d of ours. You • chan ge d i t at nurse; and, to all appearance, we are th reatened with some h a lt-dozen changelings of the same sort this sess i on. There is nothing healthy or robu st in the appearance of the Reform 13111 as it is described to us; its features are not mar k e d, or its movements ch aracteristic. It is only the wax to receive any impression that may be put upon it—the rude metal to be_ coined as this or that political get the largest share, We moneyer may rather not the t; admit that the present is time for sweeping changes. The tree is planted ane to be trained and pruned thanw* we have a House and vie had of Commons,bett e r keep it, for, once thrown away, lye May never find a substitute. But the reform intended seems alt ogether to lose sight of the occasion. The manifest disease s o f t h e consti tuency are smal l boroughs i Invariably unrepresented, various important large towns wholly sous important classes excluded from the franchise, and wealthy populations without half their just share of r epresentatives. The remedies should be adjusted to these diseases, but the r e medies provided by the p ro p ose d m easure have little or no reference to them. There was no such pressing call for a lower qua lification . in our b oroughs, nor will the nuisances among them be puch s weetened by the i n fusion of suburban villages. However , as the measure betrays the agency of too many cooks, and has probably rece i ve d some dozen revisions, there is hope that it may undergo still further change before it istsab na i tted to the Legislature. battery RIFLED CANNON. —A nine-pounder g eld with it in the usual ni gun has been grooved at the Royal Arsenal on the rifle prin. ciple and experiments will shortly be made spherical L e t - . marshes to ascertain its merit compared with th e pounder field battery gun when charged with The four grooves in the rifle cannon are about half an inch deep by half an inch broad each, and the shot a n d shell in tended to be fired f r om it are made of the cylindro-conical or sugar-loaf shape, with four projecting parts on each t o and fill the grooves. B o th shot and shell are enter galvanised and so smooth and not liable to rust by that proc ess that they may be rammed home with the greatest ease, the pressure of the hand being sufficient to place them an ark ,: length into the mouth of the cannon, although they a re • to fit more full than the spherical shot does , made and consequently they will have less windage and require a less charge of powder. The sugar-loaf shape of the new galvanized iron shot renders it of a far greater weight tha n a nine-pound er spherical shot; and the principle on which it win proceed ' an ar row after being fired from a rifle cannon, being similar . to instead of revolving in the same manner as spherical shot, i s e xpected to cause it to go more direct to the mark, and to have a much longer range. Lie u tenant -Gener al Brotherton was present on Blackheath on Wednesday.lalt to witness a sergeant and two gunners firing with the Millie rifle and balls' at a target. Lieutenant.. Bedford pitll) ARCTIC EXPEDITION.— R.N., who has now been some time at St. Pet ers b urgh endeavouring to obtain Russian permiss i on and coopers.tion in proceeding through Siberia to the Polar Sea, i n search of Sir John Franklin, has returned to England, having failed in all his endeavours to accomplish the great object he had in view. This officer is now a volunteer for employment in the expedition in tended for the search to the north-west of the Wellington C hannel. A detail of England Lieutenant Pim's proceedings since lea vin g will be laid before Sir Roderick Murchison,. the president of the Geographical Society, under whose immediate auspices he went out. TUE EAST RETFORD ELECTION. —We believe the writ for electing a burgess to serve in Parliament for the borough of East Retford with Bassetlaw, in the place of the Honourable Captain Duncombe, w ho since his election has been chosen Member for the East Riding of Yorkshire, will be moved for on the first night of the session, and the election will be held s^me day in the ensuing week. At present no one is in the field as a candidate, but the lion W. E. D uncombe, eldest son of L or d F e vershatn, and w e b e : lieve that he will be returned without opposition.—Doncaster Gazette. An attempt is being made to obtain the franchise for Ramsgate. JANUARY 31, 1852. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE, CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 30. LIST OF HONOURS AT THE BACHELOR OF ARTS' COMMENCEMENT, JAN. 31, 1852. MODERATORS. Harvey Goodwin, M.A., Csius College. Stephen Parkinson M.A., St.:John's College. EXAMINERS. . _ Arthur Cayley, MA., Trinity College. Chas. Frederick Mackenzie,lM.A., Cams College. *,* In all cases of equality the names are bracketted. WRANGLERS. 1 Tait, *Pet. 21 Jeakes, Pct. 2 Steele, t Pet. 22 Lloyd, J., Trin. 3 Godfrey, t Joh. 23 Maltby, Caius. 4 Phfir, Emm. 24 Cabell, Joh. Dickinson, Trin. 25 B a ll ance , T r i n . Z Seeley,§ 5 Trin. Duckwortb, Joh. 7 Wright, § Corpus. Evans, Trio. 8 Hurter, Trin. Hammond, Trio. 9 Carey, Trin. Berries,' Trio. 10 Chambers, Joh. 30 Barry, Pemb. 11 Snell, 11Corpus. 31 Smith, Jesus. 12 Sharpe, Trio. :32 Locock, Trin. 13 White, T., Job. 33 Harbord, Joh. 14 Shaw, Caius. 34 Laughton, Cahn,. Cust, Z Trin. Scott, Z Jesus. 5 ' Hudson 1 Job. Smith, Clare. 17 Searle, Queens'. 37 Prescott, Trin. 18 Sale, Cnrist's. 38 Lloyd, 0. W., Trio. 19 Woodward, Job. 39 Hughes, Joh. 20 Mathews, Joh. 40 Le Sucur, Joh. * From Edinburgh. t From Dublin. f From Jersey. § City of London School. ll King's College, London. SENIOR OPTIMES. 1 Edwards, Trin. 26 Smith, Trio. 2 Rotherham, Joh. Coke, Z Job. 3 Mitchell, Job. Le Gros, % Jesus. 4 Smith, Queens'. 29 Peake, Joh. . 5 Montford, Corpus. 30 U3ll, Trin. 6 Hyde, Emm. 31 Thomson, Pet. 7 Ellis, Job. 32 Parnell, Joh. 8 Elliott, Trin. 33 Bagshawe, Job. Con worth, Caius. 34 Mscnaghten, Trin. 1 Pepys, Trin. 35 Norman, Cath. 11 Brownlow, Trin. 36 Lane, Caine. 12 Marden, Christ's. 37 Platt, Trin. 13 Every, Jesus. 38 Goodhart, Caius. 14 Meadows, Corpus. 39 Bramley, Trin. 15 Christie, L., Trim, 40 Huntsman, Jesus. 16 Chandless, Trin. 41 Morley, Job. 17 Handcock, Christ's. 42 Tomkins, Joh. Lees, Emm. 43 Benson, Trin. / Mason, Christ's. 44 Fowler, Sid. 20 Ramskill, Oath. 45 Campbell, Caius. 21 Rose, Caius. 46 Perceval, Caius. 22 Pratt, Pet. 47 Turnbull, Caius. 23 Christie, J. S., Trin. 48 Hedgeland, Emm. 24 Gordon, Trio. 49 Clark, Trin. H. 25 Outram, Christ's. JUNIOR I Bousfield, Queens'. 2 Burn, Trio. 3 Pestle, Trin. 4 Cleaver, Magd. 5 Bingley, Trin. 6 Brandt, Trio. 7 Trevor, Catb. 8 Carte, Sid. 9 Ellis, Trio. Francis, Z Christ's. Thompson $ Pem. 12 Ferard, Tram 13 Baynes, Clare. 14 Martin, Trim I's Brown, Christ's. 16 Monro, Job. 17 /Inlay, Trin. 18 Lloyd, Cahn. 10 Haslam, Joh. 20 Boodribb, Job. 21 Lovell, Job. 22 Prest, Trin. 23 Denton, Job. 24 Black, Pemb. DPTIN ES. 25 White, F. A., Trin. 26 Oldfield, Trin. 27 Langley, Job. 28 Orford, Christ's. 29 Riadore, Pet. 30 Atherton, Job. 31 Aesheton, Trin. 32 Fenn, Trio. 33 Page, Joh. 34 Watson, Job. 35 Kempson, Job. 36 Tulk, Trin. H. 37 Dary, Emm. 38 Watson, Corpus. 39 Chippendall, Trin. 40 Leanard, Pet. 41 Wade, Job. 1 42 Frossard, Job. Badcook, 2 Job. Pittar S Caius. 46 Haslewood, Job. 46 Laurence, Trin. 47 Munn, Caius. IEG] Tomkii OTAT. is, Cath. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. CANDIDATES FOR ORDINARY DEGREE. EXAMINERS. MATHEMATICAL. John Sykes, M.A., Pembroke College. Rev. William Marab, M.A., Trinity Hall CLASSICAL. Rev. T. G. Woollaston, M.A. St. Peter's College. Rev. J. Cooper, M.A. St. John's College. THE ACTS, THE EPISTLES, AND ECCLESIASTICAL HIS- TORY, AND PALEY. Rev. G. Howes, MA., St. Peter's College. Rev. J. S. Wood, M.A. St. John's College. FOURTH CLASS. Ds. St. Aubin, Trinity Col. Ds. Marshall, Catherine. Barber, Clare. Mellish, Queen's. Barlow, Trinity Hall. Morton, Trinity. Bartlett, Corpus. Perring, Trinity. Bassett, Caius. Piffard, Clare. Beard, Trinity. Radcliffe, John's. Breay, Trinity. Ramsden, Sir J., Trin. Clarkson Caius. Room, John's. Cooke, Corpus. Salt, John's. Field, Clare. Scott, Trinity. Gent, Corpus. Shapcot, Corpus. Gin:me, Trinity. Smith, A., Trinity. Greaves, Corpus. Snody, Peter's. Hall, Emmanuel. Turner, Trinity Hall. Raiford, Trinity. White, Magdalen. Hayman, John's. Wimberley, Emmanuel. Lambert, Trinity. Wood, W., Cahn. Leach, Emmanuel. Wood, Trinity. FiFTU CLASS. Di. Aldrich, Pembroke. Ds. Leathes, Jesus. Ash, Jesus. Lewis, John's. Atkinson, Jesus. Manley, Trinity. Bailey, Catherine. Nicol!, Pembroke. Bidwell, John's. Nickole, Peter's. Benson, Trinity. Paske,- Clare. Buckley, Trinity. Patchett, John's. Calvert, John's. Plummer,. Trinity. Carr, Emmanuel. Richardson, Caius. Duckworth, Trinity. Ridsdale, Jesus. Eaton, Corpus. Rogers, Trinity. Empson, Downing. Sawin, Trinity. Goodrick, John's. Scudamore, Catharine. Goodley, John's. Shaw , _ J., John' s . Hall, John's. Smith, Catharine. Hall, Emmanuel. Solari, John's. Hammond, Jesus. Thompson, V. T., Trim Harris, Caius. Thornton, John's. Harrison, Christ's. Vale, Trinity Hall. Hogarth, Catharine. Walker, Trinity. Ilolgate, Trinity. Warren, Catherine. SIXTH CLASS. Ds. Hodgson, Trinity. Hunt, Peter's. Jones, John's, Layng, Sidney, Luxmore, Trinity. Maxwell, Trinity. Newton. Magdalen, Ogle, Trinity. Parker, Trinity. Patchett, jun., John's. Pringle, Caius. Proctor, Christ's. Sheldon, Queen's. Shutte, Caius. Smedley, Corpus. Stanham, John's. Taylor, A., Trinity. Theed, John's. Tuckey, John's. Wheeler, Christ's. Wilson, John's. Yates, Trinity. CLASS. Ds. Moore, Catharine. More, John's. Newman, Trinity. Newton, Trinity. Nicholson, Trinity. Owen, Clare: Pilling, John's. Raymond, Queen's. Reade, John's. Richardson, Trinity. Ruddack, Pembroke. De Rutzen, Trinity. Sadler, Trinity. Safford, Corpus. Smith, Pembroke. Spragget, Pembroke. Taylor, W. F., Trinity. Thomas, Trinity. Thompson, G. H. Trin. Towne, Trinity. Ward, John's. Trin. t as three classes. Ds. Banks, Corpus. Belcher, Emmanuel. Blackburn, Corpus. Bland, John'e. Bright, Trinity. Buchanan, Clare. Chambers, Trinity. Chenoweth, Pembroke. Colborne, Peter's. Cox, Trinity. Craven, Peter's. Crowther, Clare. Drury, Peter's. Faithful, Otitis. Fell, Trinity. Foreman, John's. Gabriel, Corpus. Gill, Downing. Green, Caius. Hey, Clare. Heygate, Trinity. Hitchings, John's. SETENT: Ds. Anderson, Peter's. Barber, Emmanuel. Candy, Trinity. Crosse, Trinity. Dalton, Queen's. Davies, Jesus. Deck, Trinity. Duesbery, Trinity. Dyer, Emmanuel. Ewen, Peter's. Foord, Trinity. Fripp, Trinity. Gifford, Christ's. Gough, John's. Hathway, Queen's. Head, Caius. Heyworth, John's. Hough. Trinity. Hunt, Emmanuel. Meade, Clare. Merest, Peter's. lEaRi Allen, The honours cow LONDON St ACRED HARMONIC SOCIE7'. - EXETER- HALL. Mendelssohn's Elijah, the most popular, and perhaps the most sublime composition of the great master, was given last night by the above society. The 4endid orchestra and choir seldom exerted the semlves With greater success, and every latent beauty and musi cal effect was given with the greatest clearness and ac curacy. The work has been so often performed both by this society and the Sacred Harmonic, that the pub lic ate well acquainted with the music, and we are sure the most fastidious could scarcely find fault with the !wanner in which it was given last night. Guided by tha able baton of Mr. Surman, the instrumentation Wet most precise and spirited, and the same remark may with justice be said of the choruses. No lagging and ktrring, no discords such as we have heard sometimes in .tibe performances of the rival society. Inded evey ease seems to have been taken in its production, a n d bears evidence of having been most laboriously re well. bearsed. The soloists were tuheesMsrsis.sie,oseßkeiryc,he, olt)toelrhayi: Stewart, and Mrs. Eodershon, effk cc, and Foss, Temple, and Mr. H. Phillips, all of w h om " 0 rest acquitted themselves, as is their went, exceedingly as was also the air The fine trio, "Lift thine eyes," Was given by the Misses Birch, Baxter, and Dolby with fine Unanimously re-demanded , '1 h in the Lord" by Miss e hall was fully and fashionably attended, and during the whole evening the audience were frequent in their demonstrations of satie- The supply of g old is coming in so i nconven i ent l y fast for the Bank of Englan:satyAh-alhrteoautds , it is reported, oneoe delay its deposit in their cellars and to ensure its purity the Bank directors ; and it can only Already re ceiveaasay i a t gonivlyeatgliaroaungtihty oano day. , groat commercial establishment in the city has gold dust to the extent of nearly a quarter of a million in its custody. The gold-melting e4tablisliments are quite oppressed pith eulplopueut. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 30. The following had the honour of dining at the Royal table yesterday:—Fier Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Truro, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of hem, the Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord and Lady John Russell, Viscount klardinge, the Countess of Shel burne, the Right lion. Fox Maule and Mrs. Maule, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Lieutenant -Colonel Francis Seymour. The band of the Royal Horse Guards attended in the Castle during dinner, and performed the following pieces:— Overture ... Ressiger. Selection, " Matilda o Shabran" Rossini. Waltz, Traume auf dem Ocean" ... Gungl. Fakel Tacz Meyerbeer. Galop, " Queen's" D'Albert. Her blajesty's private band afterwards attended, and performed the following selection:— Overture, "Le Serment" ••• Auber. Selection, 2d act, " Stre.della" ••• ••• Flotolv. Romano, " Guido et Gencvra" . Halevy. Tho Queer did not take her usual walk this morning. owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, but her Majesty rode in the Riding-house in the forenoon. The Prince of Wale-, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and Princess Alice, also rode in the Riding house. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting this forenoon, accompanied by the Viscount Hardinge, Lord John Russell, and the Right Hon. Fox Menlo, and attended by Colonel Hon. C. 13. Phipps, Colonel Hon. Charles Grey, and Colonel F. H. Seymour. Field-Marshal Count Nugent, and Colonel Count A. Nugent, arrived at the Castle this afternoon on a visit to her Majesty. During the royal dinner this evening, the band of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance, and played the following pieces:— Overture, " Ali I3aba" Cher übini. Duetto, "I Puritani" ..• ••• Bellini. Arietto et Chceur, "La Fille du Regiment" Donizetti. Romance, " Guido et Genevra" Halevy. Walzer, "Die Schonbruner" ••• Lanner. Galop, " Die Venitianer" Leaner. The fourth dramatic performance at the Castle took place this evening. The plays &elected upon this occa sion were a comic drama, by J. B.Plancliii, in two acts, entitled The Jacobite; and a vaudeville, in one act, by Thomas Haynes Bay ly, entitled 7he Swiss Cottage; or, Why don't she Marry? and the parts were filled accord ing to the following programmes:— THE JACOBITE. Sir Richard Wroughton, Bart. ... Mr. Ryder. Major Murray... ... ... Mr. A. Wigan. John Duck ... Mr. Buckstone. Ralph (a servant) ... ... Mr. Clark. Corporal ... Mr. Coe. Lady Somerford •.. ... Miss Murray. Widow Pottle (Landlady of " The Crooked Billet") ... Mrs. Stanley. Patty (her daughter) ... Miss Robertson. Soldiers, &c. THE SWISS COTTAGE ; or, WHY DON'T SHE MARRY. Natz Teik (a young farmer) ... ... Mr. Keeley. Max (a Swiss soldier) ... ... Mr. A. Wigan. Lisette Gierstein (sister to Max) .. Mrs. Keeley. Louise... ... ... Miss Vivash. Janet ... ... Miss Daly. Swiss Soldiers... Messrs. Daly, Rolleston, Collis, Haim Barnes, and Parsloe. Swies Peasants.. Misses Desborough, E. Love!, Wa'stein, Murray, Startin, and Newman. Director Assistant Director Mr. George Ellis. The theatre arranged and the scenery painted by Mr. Thomas Grieve. _ _ About eight o'clock her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the elder Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family, and her Royal Highness the Duche ss o f Kent, entered the Rubella' Room from the north corridor, accompanied by the Lord Chancellor and Lady Truro, Lord and Lady John Rus sell, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Aberdeen, Field Marshal Count Nugent, the Countess of Shelburne, Viscount Hardinge, the Right. Hon. Fox Mauls, the Hon. Mrs. Fox Maule, Colonel Count A. Nugent, and Lieut. Colonel Francis Seymour. Her Majesty was attended by the Lady in Waiting, the two Maids of Honour, the Lord in Waiting, the Master of the Household, the Groom in Waiting, and the Equerry in Waiti ng . Prince Albert was attended by his Equerry in Wait ing, and the Duchess of Kent was attended by her Lady in Waiting and the Baroness de Spetb. Her Majesty and her august circle having taken their elevated seats fronting the temporary stage, and the Queen's private band having played some introductory music, the performances commenced. In addition to the visitors staying at the Castle, the following party of the Nobility and Gentry had the honour of receiving invitations to witness the perfor mances:—Lady Caroline and Miss Barrington, Colonel Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, Colonel Hon. Charles and Mra. Grey and Miss Bulteel, the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Cost, Lady Anna Maria and two Misses Cust, the Hon. and Rev. E. Moore, Mrs. Moore, and Miss Moore, Sir George and Lady Couper, Miss Couper and Mr. R. Cooper, Lady Mary Berkeley, Lady Frances and Mr. Hotham, Colonel and Mrs. Knollys, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. Forrester, Commanding Officer; Cornet Lord George Lennox, and Cornet Bellington, of the Royal Horse Guards; Colonel Crawfurd, Commanding Officer, Lieu tenant the Hon. Ashley Poasonby and Lieutenant Maxne, of the 2d Battalion Grenadier Guards; the Rev. the Provost of Eton and Hon. Mrs. Hodgson, the Rev. F. and Hon. Mrs. ;Anson, the Rev. Seymour Neville, Mr. and Lady Sophia Tower, Mr. and Mrs. Challoner, Mr. H. Cox, Miss Cox, Mr. F. Ccx, and Mr. A. and Miss Greville. The assembled company were served with refresh ments in the Throne Doom. The Oxford University Commission bed a meeting yes terday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing -street. Present the Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pembroke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary). Mr. Charles Villiers had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial• office. The Clerk to the Local Board of Health for Great Yarmouth, Mr. C. Cary, had an interview yesterday with the General Board of Health, at their Offices, Whitehall. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his official residence in Downing -street, yesterday. A Deputation from the Association of Employers of Operative Engineers, consisting of Mr. Field (of the firm of Messrs. Mandalay, Sons, and Field), Mr. Raven hill (of the firm of Miller, Ravenhill, and Co.), Mr. Penn (of the firm of John Penn and Son), Mr. T. Fair bairn (of the firm of Messrs. W. Fairbairn and Sons), and Mr. J. Blyth (of the firm of J. and A. Blyth), had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. Dispatches from the Governor of West Australia were received at the Colonial•oflice, on Thursday evening. Dispatches were received yesterday from the Governor of Gibraltar. Dispatches wero sent to tho Governor of Canada ycs• terday, from the Colonial-office. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INIELLh GEiICE. The yachting prospects for the coming season look brighter than they have done for many years past. There is, indeed, quite a yachting mania. The numbers building and being Americanized exceeds anything we remember. Mr. Joseph White has in his yard a new cutter yacht of 90 tons for John Grey, Esq , of t he Royal Yacht Squadron. A schooner of 120 tons, for Sir Percy Shelly. A brigantine of 120 tons, for the Earl of Mount edgecumbe. A schooner of 130, for a Russian Prince. A schooner of 100 tons, lengthened at both ends from the Fennella cutter, originally 47 tons. She is on the American lines. Lord Godolphin's yacht, the Coquette schooner, i s having eight feet added to her bow. The Marquis of Conyngham's yacht, the Constance, . of 225 tons, is being lengthened by the bows 12 feet. Mr. Michael Ratsey is building in his y ard an American clipper schooner of 100 tons, for Joseph Gee, Esq., of Hull. Sh e is on th e lines of th He is leengftahmeend. American pilot boat Mar y Ta ylor. ing the Flower of Yarrow 12 feet by the bow for Lord John Scott, she will be 220 tons ; and Earl Fitzhardinge's cutter yacht, Imogene, 8 feet by the bow. Mr. Wild is lengthening his ya cht, the Alarm, 20 feet by the bow ; indeed, all th e ya cht building yards are c rammed full of vessels w hich are being pushed on with all possible dispatch. Steers, the celebrated American builder of the America, is constructing two yachts, a cutter, and a schooner, to shame us with next season ; he promises that he will be at Cowes with them by July next. EARATA. n our report of the dinner given to the Members for Br a df ord on Thursday, in line 67 of Colonel Thompson's speech, for barker backer, and in line 15 from the end f or l earned read re leaned. THE AUGMENTATION OF THE Artmv.-The amended scheme for the augmentation of the army is still an official secret, but we have good reason to regard the following statement as substantially correct, and give it accordingly ; The regiments at home of 750 rank and file are to be in creased 100 men each (not 130 as at first intended)-viz , Ist Foot (elch battalion of the Ist Foot, 100), 4th, 7th, 9th, 14th, 17th, 19th, 21st, 27111, 28th, 319 t, 33d, 35th, 38th, 39th, 40th, 46th, 48th, roth, 52d, 57th, C2d, 630, 77lii, 79th, 81st, 82d, B:sth, 88th, 89th, 90th, 911, and 95th - say 34 at 100 each, 3,400 men ; and the following depots (service com panies abload ) are to be also increased to the extent of 100 men each-viz., depots 2d, 3d, 6th, 1 ith, 13th, 16th, 34th 43d, 54th, 55th, 58th (2d battalion), 60th, 65th, 66th, 68th, 72d, 730, 74th, 920, and Ist battalion Rifle Brigade-say 20 at 100 each, 2,000 men ; total augmentation, 5,400 men. On the other hand, it is proposed to reduce the following depots about 150 men each-viz., depots 26th, 30th. 36th, 41st, 42d, 47th, 49th, 67th, 69th, and 2d battalion Rifle Brigade-say 10 at 150, decrease 1,509 men; increase about 3,900 men. One or two other depots may be probably re duced, but we believe the above is in the main a correct statement. There will also be an addition to the Artillery, which will increase the augmentation from about 3,900 to 5,000 infantry, which (after what has been said by the press) is the maximum number of the increase to be at first pro posed to Parliament. Lord Brougham has arrived in Grafton-street, from Paris. The Noble and Learned Lord, we are happy to state is considerably in?proved in health, and will resume hii Par . lianuatary duties 11cXt WOOL -Ji•-•;,,1 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, THE EFFICIENCY OF THE HOME FORCE. We announced yesterday that the Admiralty had ordered the guard-ships at the ports to be advanced to sea-going efficiency. They have also ordered the ad vanced ships to have their holds cleared and restowed. This is a wise and necessary precaution. We know it was contemplated a long time since, when the St. George, 120, was substituted for the old San Josef, at Devonport; Britannia, 120, for the Illustrious, at Ports mouth; and since then the Neptune, 120, vice the Britannia, ordered to sea; the Waterloo, 120, for the old Ocean, and the Monarch, 84, for the Wellington, at Sheerness; and the Cumberland, 70, for the old Poictiers; and subsequently the Boscavven, 70, vice Cumberland, sent to sea. In addition to these new and powerful 120-gun ships —one at each of the three principal ports—there is now a steam guard-ship at Sheerness, Portsmouth, and Devonport—two gunnery ships, one at Portsmouth and Devonport; and a screw steam guard-ship, Ajax, 60 guns, in seagoing order, at Queenstown. The alarmists have been writing as if our home ports were denuded of ships End nlec, when the facts are as we have:hove stare.; ; and we may state that, in addi tion to the Lanni! es in barracks at Woolwich, Chatham, Portcmeuth and Derorport, we h a d i n comm i ss i on an d abat, at the three principal home port!, on Saturday last, more than seven thousand five hundred officers, sea men, marines and boys; ant?, moreover, we bare round our coasts about 3,000 or' the elite of the navy, in the shape of coast-guard men. W e are, therefore, not so utterly defenceless as the alarmists would have t:.e Country to believe. We hare a nuclus that is cepaLie of t nee extension as would spLedily ensure defeat and disaster to any enemy up . - prokehing our shores; and we doubt riot that should the pried arrive—for instance, should we find such a fleet assemblt d at Brest or Cherbourg, £l3 were at the latter port in September, 1650, we should Boon find afloat-- and without the insuperable difficulty which the igno rant alarmists have n.iseol up in their own imagi nat i on —a fleet, as Sir G. Cockburn anticipated, sufficient to blockade the ports of our neighbours from end to end. At the present moment it is well known the French fleet is in the Mediterranean, and its latest movements are thus reported:— " The squadron of evolutions under the command of Admiral de la Susse, consisting of the Ville de Paris, the Valmy, Henry IV., Bayard, lena, and Jupiter, ships of the line, Gomer and SaLe steam-frigates, and Caton steam-corvette, sailed from Toulon on the 21st. After passing the night and the next day at sea, the squadron anchored in the night of the 22d off the Iles d ilyeres, where they will remain a few days, in order to exercise the men at the guns. During this short cruise, during which there was a fine breeze from the N.W., the Ville do Paris, which had undergone material changes in her armament, was found to answer very well in every respect. The Uranie, of 60 guns, was lying in the roadstead of Jelyercs when the squadron anchored. The Genereux, which is to take on board some of the prisoners sentenced to transportation, left the harbour of Toulon on the 21st, and anchored in the outer roads." Here are six efficient sea-going line-of-battle ships, well equipped and well manned. They have returned to Toulon, where there are one or two more ships in the same efficient condition. But they are in the Mediter ranean, where the British fleet is very properly sta tioned, and where it will of course remain. But should the French fleet come through the Straits, one or two of the best ships of the Mediterranean would doubtless reinforce Commodore Martin's smart squadron at Lis bon, and these, with the sea-going guard-ships and steamers at home, and an additional ship from each of the ports, would form a strong channel force for any eventuality.—Herald. Captain Kingcome, it is said, will commission the Simoom, iron screw-frigate at Portsmouth. The. Simoom is being hastened. Captain Kingcome is down at Ports mouth superintending her fittings. She has a midship man's berth and the usual ward-room accommodation. She will go to the mooring off Gosport next week to swing her compasses before she goes out on a trial cruise. Second Master—Charles Turner (1845), has been promoted to the rank of master. Clerk—T. W. W. Spear (1842), has been appointed to the Horatio, screw steam guard-ship, at Sheerness. Gorgon, steam-sloop, Commander Paynter, will be paid off at Portsmouth on the 4th of February. MALTA, JAN. 22.--The ships at sea on a cruise have been in sight of the island, and news has arrived of their nightly going to quarters and daily exercising, but no particulars have been received. The Terrible steam-frigate has gone out to them, and returned with dispatches to the Admiral, and one invalid to go home by the Merlin, which vessel will leave on Saturday, it is said, conveying the dead body of Mr. Sheil, and having as passengers, Major (and Mrs.) Cameron, of the Buffs, who leaves the regiment to command the depOt at home. SHEERNESS.—The Horatio, 28, screw steam-frigate, 250-horse power, Captain the Hon. Swynfen T. Carne gie, is progressing rapidly in her equipment as steam guard-ship at this port. The London, 90, Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopford, has struck her lower yards and topmasts. The Cyclops, 6, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, 320 horse power, is in clock fitting for immediate service. The Waterloo, 120, flag -ship, Captain G. 11. Mundy, will be ready to come out of dock on the 9th of Fe bruary. By private communication from the Cape of Good Hope, it appears that the transporting of horses from port to port in the colony has been attended with consi derable injury to the animals themselves, and to such an extent as to render them useless to the cavalry. The steamers employed were in no respect ad a pt e d f or such service. As an instance, tho Cyclops took onboard 100 horses for conveyance to East London. They were stowed on deck (strange as the phrase may appear, it is true), being ranged fore and att on both sides. imme diately the ship was in a sea-way they became a moving mass, kicking each other and pleo g i va about so much that it was toned difficult to prevent their being preci cipated into the . engine-room. One of th em ver y once reinoniously paid a visit to the gun-room, through the skylight, where it was found ncetAisary to kill him, hoist him on deck, and consign him to th e deep. But of these poor an imals, sent forth so p the express purpose of carryi n g our troo p s to contend against a for midable and determined foe, not one-fifth, when landed, was found in a condition for that purpose, and even on these it was truly ridiculous to behold soldiers nearly si x feet in height mounted , for t h eir diminutive size rendered it almost impossible for the riders to keep their feet . from touching the ground. It is the opini on of many i n the colony—those who from their position and correct obser vation are competent tojudge, that we may send all our cavalry without producing any effect on the Kafirs, un less we furnish them with horses that are St to carry them. Such was the bruised and maimed state of the unfortunate animals when they landed that, although offered at the very low price of 403. each, not pur chaser could be found for thew. ut 6h WOOLWICH', JAN. 30.—The n ame of the Amazo n sstteaatTo machinery, e a r y u , isel VIA inadvertently given yesterday, instead of the lymph 34, screw steam-frigate of 300-horse power,. voietir n d e in ss g , to the inspectionthin ph i o o f n heris Royal Marin war steamer. 18 privates of the R o y Chatham c Woolwich and .divisions embarked to o' the d the Tyne store-shin store-ship, Master -Commander day on boar F igtol3, at Woolwich, for a passage to As cension,the the whole ot men being volunteers for ser vice at that island. Fi rst Lieutenant Charles M'Arthur of t h e Portsmouth division, will embark in the Tyae to take the command of the detachment. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER CUP. Wo are informed that after our report of the betting at Tattersall's on 'Thursday . urs ay was mad e up, and wh e n most of the subscribers had left, 20 to 1 was taken about Nancy in Hundreds; and at that price the has since been backed for a considerable amount. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Msji‘stys stag hds. will meet on Wed. at Mai denhead Station; Sat. Winfield-row-11. Lord Eicho's hds, Mon. Helton; Wed. Preston-by- Dunse; Fri. Riffington • Sat. Harkart-101. Nt•wctotle and,Gatelead harm, Mon. Portland; Fri. Wallsend—lo. Haydon hds., Wed. Mill Hill's Plantation; Sat. Dar netby. Morpeth harrs., Mon. Camay Park-bridge; Thurs. Morpeth High Church-10i. Durham County hds., Mon. Two-mile Houses; Wed. Mainsforth; Fri. Embloton-10i. Tindale hds., Mon. West Lipton; Thurs. Halton Castle-11f. Hurwortn hds., Tues. Over Dinsdale; Sat. Crathorße. Stockton and Billingham harrs., Thurs. Hutt on H enr y —lok. Suffolk hds., Tues. Wattisfield Swan; Thurs. Cow lingo Green Man; Sat. Rushbrooke Hall-10 . Mr. Hillier's hds., Mon. Brackenborough Bar; Tues. Waterloo Wood; Fir. Legsby; Sat. Kotsby Mill-11. Cottesmoro hds., Mon. Grimsthorpe; Tues. Tilton Wood; Thurs. Horn Mill; Sat. Rocart-11. Earl Fitzwilliam's hds., Mon. Long Orton; Wed. Barnewell Castle-10. Lurd Yarborough's hds., Mon. Grimsby Thurs. Audleby Villas -12 Sat. Newsham 11. Sir T. Sykes's hds., Mon.Racethorp-10/; Wed. Wil berfoss Mill-11; Fri. K WField ilham ' Pest House--11; douse-10i. • - SAYILLE HOUSE, LEICESTER SQUARE. —A new kind of magic has been invented by Professor gross°, prin cipal of the German troupe, at the above place of amusement, which consists of severing the head of a lady from her body. Almost incredible as this may appear, nevertheless it is nightly witnessed with astonishment. The audience are in vited on the stage after the act of decapitation has taken place, to inspect the then bcadless trunk, which is done very minutely by the curious, and the body is afterwards speedilywealshould -- restored to animation. AU lovers ot the horrible wit ness this performance, which must be seen to be appreciated. THE DuATir rN A CoPPEE.—Yenterday forenoo n Mr. NV iiliam Baker, the ci-roncr, and a jury was found kibit Tavern, frightfully ii i-;11 I reet scalded slx t3 a .. t pro tracted years, r o s o : inquiry, r p y a , ping, reipecting the death of Sarah 'i‘„r,„),,, aged , % . V. p uaptert:te:ltlion the bottom of a copper, having, it i, supposed committed suicide by sitting d own in th • , deliberately its r de I prepared in the wash i., 1 ailment c boiling liquid - Lt. John's work house, Wapping. The circumstances under wh ch the de ceased was round were stated in our paper yesterday. The jury return ed a verdict "That the deceased was found dead in a copper of boiling water with certain by what means she became so injuries, but how or immersed they bad no satis factory proof." TEE OLD FAMILIAR FACES.—A gentleman ()- Easton, Maryland, United States, not over 25 years of age, informs the editor of th e Star, that five of his school mates have committed murde r, two have been murdered, tw o have met with violent deaths, one has been sent to the Penitentiary for stealin g, and another h" narrowlyA escaped going the same voya ge for a like offe n ce. — A merican Payer. -<•