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been guilty of no misconduct whatever, and, therefore, th , - Chancellor had no authority to di6miss him from the office. Lord CAMPBELL—Do you wish us to enter hit° the 1110 , it8 of the case? Mr. FITZROY KELLY—Clearly, my Lord. Lord CAMPBELL—Then I am afraid we have no power to do so. _ _ Sir FITZROY KELLY with great submission, contended they must to some extent look to their affidavits. Lord CAMPBELL—You wish to contend, that the Chancellor, 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 he 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 in reference to his conduct as a judge generally, or to any particular case, nothing bad occurred during the ten or eleven months which Mr. Ramshay held the office Of Judge of the Liverpool County Court which could, in lay way indicate either misconduct or incompetency in the discharge of his duties. Lord CAMPBELL said, according to his present view Of the subject, the Court had no jurisdiction in the matter ; but they had better assume, for the sake of the argument, that Mr. Ramshay's conduct and capacity were everything that could be expected of a county court judge. Sir F. KELLY said he had done so, and that was the reason why he had simply stated the general effect of the affidavits. There being„ then, no misconduct or incapacity in the judge, he contended that under the Act of Parliament the Chancellor had no power to remove him. If the Court was justified in granting a quo warran to in the case of a parish clerk who h a d b een 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 had 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. He 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, arrive at any sound or correct decision. Re 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 inability or misbehaviour, he could apply to the Court, and on denying those allegations, it would enable him to try the question before a jury by granting an infor mation in the nature of a quo warranto. Could not the Court adopt the same course in regard to the . present application? He (Sir F. Kelly) contended that neither the rector in the case ,of a parish clerk, nor the Chancellor of t h e "achy of Lancaster in that of a county court judge, Was the final judge of the officer's incompetence or mis behaviour. It was certainly a very grievous thing that a man was to be deprived of his livelihood, and to have his reputation injured, by a tribunal which had no jurisdiction. That there was no juris diction in the Chancellor of the Duoby was clearly apparent, because the fact of inability and misbehaviour Was a fact precedent to the jurisdiction commencing, and the affidavits stated there was no inability or mis behaviour. Lord CAMPBELL said he was at present of opinion that the decision of the Chancellor was final and con clusive. Sir F. KELLY then detailed at some length the nature of the proceedings previous to Mr. Ramshay's dismissal. Re read a private letter from Earl Carlisle to Mr. Ramshay, which accompanied the formal notice of his decision, stating that he still believed Mr. Ramshay possessed many good and great qualities, and that he had conferred great benefits on the community by his ministrations, but thought he had not that degree of self-command which would enable him properly to discharge his duties. • Lord CAMPBELL thought the letter might well have been considered as private, though not marked so. It Was an effort of kindness to mitigate to some extent the sufferings which he had inflicted on the gentleman by dismissing him from the office of judge. Sir FITZROY KELLY said there was a paragraph at the end allowing Mr. Ramshay to make what use he liked of the letter, and he only referred to the letter be cause it pointed to the fact that the ground of dismissal Was not incompetence, but misconduct. On the conclu s i on f the Learned Counsel's address, Lord CAMPBELL, after a brief consultation with his Learned Brethren, said the Court would consider t h e ap plication, and give judgment on the 10th February. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY) JUDGMENTS. HEMINGWAY V. WYNNE. In this case, which arose out of certain transactions connected with the purchase of the horse Elcho, The COURT gave judgment this morning, intimating that they considered there ought to be no rule for a new trial.--Rule refused. DOBSON V. BROCKLEBANK. The question in this case was whether the effect of Zruialinjunction obtained by the defendant to prevent the Plain ' was an impediment to the proceedings o f the from t t l h ir e , and wh ether the plaintiff was thereby relieved the -12) necessity j; of taking the case down to trial, or Whether unction was merely an interruption that eased to exist as soon as the injunction was removed, and did not justify the plaintiff in abandoning his action. Their LORDSHIPS were of opinion that the plaintiff Was bound, according to the practise of the court, to troceed to trial as soon as the injunction was removed. :h e rule to e n t e r a nonsuit would, therefore, be made i t an lute, unless the plaintiff gave a peremptory under taking to proceed to trial. HILL V. PHILIP. T h. e COURT were of opinion that the costs of inspec -41011112 this case ought to be paid by the party making re application.—Costs of the rule to be plaintiff's costs au the oause. CLERKEN WELL.—( T HIS DAY.) Ennui, Asserria.— William Bathampton, a most re sPectably-dressed man residing in Ball's-pond, was charged before Mr. Try whitt with having committed a luoat violent and brutal assault upon a man of the name of Gordon M.‘Laren. The prosecutor, who appeared in a most deplorable condition, both his eyes being blacked and bis face other !hie scratched and disfigured, stated that last night, as he W 7 ,18 Proceeding along tbe Ball's-pond-road, and when:near 7,!e New Islington Cattle-market, he endeavoured to pass ' u eprisoner and his friend; he accidentally knocked a gainst one of them, he could not tell which. Before e had time to make an apology the prisoner turned Vinci and knocked him violently to the ground, and upon getting up he was knocked don three times. He t its not drunk, although he migh t have had something a_drink, but he was sober enough to know what he was 4 7, 11 t. He did not annoy the prisoner or his friend, nor did he say that he thought that they were medical stu dents from Guy's, and that they had better go home to their mothers. The ceman wh took the defeant into custod stated, p , that oli last nigh t about half-pas nd t eleven, he hearin g the cries of " Murder," proceeded to the spot, when he hold the prosecutor on the ground, and the prisoner ing him down with his left-hand, and striking him over the head and face with his right. The prisoner's coat and waistcoat were torn in the scale. The defendant, in defence, stated that he and his friend where proceeding home, when the prosecutor fol lowed them for a considerable distance and grossly in sulted them. He called them medical students from Guy' s and said he thought that they had much better be home a bed than out at that time of night. He, feeling annoyed, certainly did turn round and strike the com plainant. Mr. rfniwizirrr said the defendant had committed a most unjustifiable assault, and had he not thought that the complainant was in some respects to blame he cer tainly should not have dealt so leniently with the case as he now intended to do. He would fine the prisoner 11., or in default of payment 21 days' imprisonment. The fine was at once paid, and the defendant left the court with his friends. "THE RUSSIANS ARE coMIN an Every now and then we are haunted b y t mica' fright in this country. Some one startau u epide mical out, " Old Bogy! It's coming !" At this pg great d t alarm spreads abroad, and the newspaper press j o i ns in the panic. Some years ago it was " The Russians !" " They are coming," said some, " through the Kat tegat !" Others, " They are coming by the Darda nelles !" Others, " They are about to strike a blow at Our Indian Empire ! They are coming through the Rhyber Pass 1" And then the Russo-phobia alarmingly set in, until it was replaced by the Franco -phobia, Which seized upon the nation so soon as the Duke of Wallington and Sir Francis Read had penned their famous " alarms." Then the cry changed to " The French are coming ! They are coming across from toulogne ! From Harfleur! From Calais !" That alarm, too, passed by, and it has been stilled for a time by the pacific influence of the Great Exhibition. What the next alarm may be, who knows? Perhaps "The Russians" again! Something in the Old Bogy style from afar off. Yet " The Russians" are among us, and we know it not; or if not Russians or Cossacks, t hen something even more dangerous. They are in our midst! In the streets! In the bye-lanes! In the ! a arket-places! In prisons! Everywhere! We mean the dangerous classes; in other words, the uncared-for classes— w h om well-conditioned people shun , whom few but policemen and police-courts know anything or care an ything about. These are "The Russians" who have already invaded our great towns and cities , and wh o are be found in even remote country-places, scouring th e 8 - i ° n °43 at midnight for game. Many o f them occa aal!y find their w ay into the workhouse, but hatiiig s'restraint. as they do, these Cossacks of civilization p ref er Wandering abroad in all the freedom of vicious igno. mice.— Eliza Cook's Journal. EDUCATION.—The report of the Committee ;4 the Inns of Court is prepared, with the unanimous appro bation of its members, and it merely waits their collective si gnature for publication. The committee is composed of amore than thirty of the highest names in the p rofession, and we und ers t an d i t recommends a very stringent examination ?t all future candidates for admission to the bar. Sanctioned by such authority , A few days since a soldier, belonging to th e garri the rec ommen d a ti o n must be adopted. Bon of Al ais, presented hi s musket in joke at one of his com -I::d.es, and pulled th e tr i gger; unfortunately, without no ticing a aliked,e had take n up a wrong musket, which happene d to b e w i is nd the ball entering his comrade's head, killed hi m Pot~ --French Paper. THE SUN, THE KAFIR WAR. ARRIVAL OF TI-1E HELLESPONT. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 30.—The Royal Mail steam packet Hellespont, Captain W. Watts, anchored in Millbay this 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 uroper 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 F.M. ; and St. Vincent, on the 18th, at eight .an. She brings home three passengers —Mr. Chadwick, Mr. Holland, and Mr. Ogilvy, all from the Cape ; a full cargo of wool and oil, a n d thi r t y b a l es of general merchandize, 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 made 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 vesse4 the Allegro, of Liverpool, in lat. 25 30, long. 25 45, on the 24th of January. The Bosphorus left Sierra Leone on the sth ; all well, The postmaster here received the mails at 3 15, and as 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 nor, 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 Hellesp on t' s l eav i ng , 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 for twelve months, as the condi tion on which he will grant even a suspension of hostili ties. Tne Kafir chiefs, it is said, demand' indepen dence.' Sir Harry has pronounced the word extermi nation,' by which he 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 Kei into the territories of Krell, 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 all:arms. 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 Ksfraria. These columns were under the command of Colonel Mackinnon, General Somerset, and Captain Tylden. 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 Rif - I , s, 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 Blinkwater, by the way of Kat River; and also with the force of Captain Tylden, from Whittlesea. General Somerseei column comprised about 1,000 men, and Captain fyldeu's about 400—both being composed chiefly of burgher and native levies, with some men of the Cape Corps. After this junetinn cif several forces, Gtneral Somo!. set proceeded on to the White Kei, detaching Captain Tylden, with a force of 900 men, and afterwards Mujor Somerset, with 100 cavalry, to scour the country about the head waters of the Kei, 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 7:h instant General Somerset formes: his camp at Kakadu, near the White Kei; and on the following day Colonel Mackinnon and Lieutenant-Colonel 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 Tipper 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 n ephews of Bookoo. On our sid four men are said to have been killed or wounded; but the official report has not been received. After arriving at Butterworth, Colonel Eyre made patrols into the neighbouring country, where he captured a considerable number of cattle, and again defeated a body of 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 colony 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, the camp of the Kafirs and rebel Hottentots, on the Kromme Heights is reported (by a prisoner whom they released) to occupy a space as large 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 last seen wstn said u sually in large bo dies, com p risin g bot h h orse and foot, h a ve repulsed their pur s u ers, a n d carried off their booty in triumph. Sir tn Wil g th a T whichSm i Smith p h has ost h r e em ha a s ine n d ot at moved li during in g d William's months. No military operat i o ns have taken place in that immediate vicini t y. The hostile Kafirs are :in El o df f ra to h r at a place where they can be oni Harry be cultivating from the post. their gardens within about five miles In the Orange River Sovereignty, and in Natal, trail. quillity prevailed at the date of the latest intelligence. lnßuhionebm p affairsp t o ,r li o toifneattelhiesettlers of both those settlements were, how ever,oue r,, Major u inanunsoegtgtleedansdtate. Mr. Tohyreena,ssihsatadntarcrievd memis atat into the origin o n ' t a e nd were engaged in their investigations t t l he troubles in the Sovereignty. A , both English and Dutch, had presented an address those trouble s were to the Co mm i ss i oners , in which of the local ascribed to the improper inter ferenceauthoritiesNatalth in the quarrels of the said to be this year unusuffiaeolltydcrtaobpes native tribes. At n o d f a a n i t l . The descriptions e 010 colonists i a s r t are obtaining labourers. The native inhabitants were beyeoofmilnogd had experienced much di less manageable than formerly, and the lack i :e e g d u s l i a x tions for their government excited much complaint appre hension. Mr. Benj. Moodie, sec retary p t a o m the t Go vernment, who has for some time past been at v a m a ta r o i n a t n h c s e with Lieutenant -Governor Pine, ins reeel leave of absence, preparatory, it understood, to his rc has The Cape Legislative Council been in session the month. The doting the greater part of tirement from office. Proposed ordinance appropriating 40,0001. to the repair of p ri sms has been withdrawn by order of the Governor. The Bi 1 f or the removal of squatters from Gov,rnment land has al so been withdrawn, it not being considered advisable to proceed with such a measure in the p resent state of the Colony. A resolution has been passed authorising a joint-stock company t o b or row 25,00 0 /. on t he credit of the Colonial T reasury, f or the improvement o f 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, with out alteration. The second reading of the Constitution Ordinances is not to come on before the 2Sth 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 colonist) in thus passing laws and pledging the public cr e di t f ee large su ms has excited very great and general di ssat i s f act i on i n a ll parts of the colony. important Public meetings have been held in ,Ce pe Town, Stel lenbosch, Worcester, Beaufort, and Graaft-Reinet, to LONDON, r express the sentiments of the inhabitants in regard to i the constitution embodied n the draft, ordinances which have been received 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 at once, and without alteration, leaving any amendments that may be hereafter found necessary to be made by the future Parliament. It is generally feared that an attempt will be made, in the present Council, 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, as usual, contain such conflicting and contradictory re ports, that, until something more substantial comes to hand, it is scarcely safe to repeat them. Some letters state that severe fighting had taken place beyond the Icei—some, that there has been a mere skirmish. Some say that the loss of life on our tide amounts to about three or four; some that there has been fearful destruc tio❑ among the Kafirs, amongst wheat the Lancers have made great havoc. Some report that the troops were most resolutely opposed on ent-ring Kreli's country — some that scarcely any opposition was offered! Again, the captured cattle are reported by some to be but 1,200, 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. Scyola 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, some 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 Staal Klip Drift. Colenel Mackinnon had joined the Major-General on the 3d instant, after a somewhat te dious march from head•qutrters, owing to heavy rains. When the express left the troops were in possession of about 1,500 head of cattle, captured from the enemy. The Major-General intended to move on the Bth towards the north-east, the 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 fall. 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 on. Sunday morning proceeded forward, and arrived at Toise's kraal about sundown. During the night a Kafir, armed with a gun, &c., 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. Unfortunately his horse swerving suddenly round threw him off, thus leaving him to the mercy of the enemy, one of whom inflicted two severe assegai wounds, from which; however, we have now the happiness to say he is fast recovering. Too much cannot be said of the Lancer officers, who afforded every possible convenience for his comfort. Wednesday the remainder of the wag gons crossed the Swart Kei. and proceeded forward under escort. At the outspanning 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 suffered severely in a skirmish, in which the Lancers highly distinguished themselves. (From the Frontier Times.) Whito Kei. Camp. Dec. 8. 1851. After the moat difficulty journey imaginable we 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 those 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 o n th e Umvani nine head of cattle and killed one Kafi r — a l so s h o t a K a fir spy that n ight in 'camp. He came ev id ent l y to seo w h a t strength we w ere. 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, goats, a nd horses, with a loss to th e enemy of f ourteen killed — without any casualties on our s id e. Th e s t a t e of the w eather has greatly retard e d our operat i ons, or no doubt a much better account wo u ld h ave b een g i ve n of the affair. The enemy here 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 here up to the present. Camp, Pear the Kei, Dec. 7, 1851. Colonel Mackinnon's division met us on the Umvani, on the 3d, as agreed. Captain Tylden moved on the sth, in a northerly direction, with 1,000 men. Major Somerset, with 50 C.M.R., and 280 Lancers, made a diversion and joined Captain Tylden, capturing from the enemy 400 head of cattle, some horses, and a flock of sheep and goats—killing two Kafirs and wound ing several others in taking the cattle. Major Somer set's party returned to camp the same evening. Captain Tylden had 1,000 head of cattle in his pos session, including tlifse taken from the enemy by Major Somerset. They had experienced the heaviest rai ns d a il y . The division from King William's Town is without tents. THE TRANS-KEI EXVEDITION—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 Trans. Keian 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 passage of the Kei. The Kafirs were con cealed in a Woof 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 rear. 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. Umjwza's cattle, to gether with many others of his neighbourhood, fell into the hands of the troops, Umj wza himself being wounded. Since the attack on Umjwza another expedition had moved from Butterworth, 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 wouin spiration, informed his people that , by coldmbinegabolue to t,and openly opposing the English, theyre pulse them. Emboldened by this assurance they nce theymet charging the troops on open ground, and the cavalry them, they were in a short time dispersed , with great loss. Being confident of victory Tyabo, s people did not send away their cattle; these, therefore, fell an easy prey to our troops. effect upon the Gaikas. Sandilli had lately sen t r os e e p n r t e s s s a n c t r e o d s s a t s h e te K ll e i i n , g and w t t he e c w a p a a t u d r e e r f e a f l cattle, The m ar e e ve a confidential messenger to Jan Tzatzoe's location; to endeavour to ascertain his position in re. ference to Government, and what prospect there might be at present for obtaining peace. Should this messenger have ascertained the real tone of the Go vernment, be doubtless will not take very comforting intelligence to his master. It is confidently expected that the movements across the Kei will be attended with beneficial results. The Kafirs have hitherto diverted our attention to their positions in the colony, while their cattle Were in security out of our reach, but now the arrangementso nsfit is hofor the protection of the frontier line, and Bo los cattle madep e i thehoped , loss of th e i r catt l e w i t hi n the i r own country, will em ert o h s e t irtone. Thevulnerable point with all the Kafir trib e s. Th e i r fathers and brothers be slain by, hundredswithout may exciting the slightest grief in the breasts of these "highquinded people," as Mr. Ren 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 i s a knowledge of this fact that has induced us so often to press earlier movements in the direction of those now in progrese. DEATH BY DnowNxtro.—We regret to announce the death, under very painful circumstances, of Mr. T. K. Beresford, the representative of Messrs. Openshaw and Uona's house, at l A —g" Bay. Mr. Beresford was re turning from a business tour in the Sovereignty, and h as t e ning to see a sister before her departure for Ea gland, when in crossing the Palmiet Spruit River be was drowne, owing, it is understood, to the upsetting of the cart in which he was travelling, and to hie becoming entangled in the tent cover, or receiving some accidental blow, as, being a good swimmer, it was considered that he could have reached the bank if disentangled, or un hurt by auy 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 sail this evening. FRONTIER.—GENERAL ORDER. Hcad-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 Com man d of L i eutenants H arris and Reed, for the purpose of joining the army—circum stances now demanding th e i r return to their sh i ps, h is 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 nun-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 conspicuous. (Signed) A. J. CLOETE, Q.M.G. MINISTERIAL CHANGES, AND THE NEW REFORM BILL. (From the Times.) We have not kept count of the Cabinet 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 dissolutions, revolutions, 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. I n the first place, Lord Broughton retires from the Board of Control, and Mr. Fox Maule takes his place. Solve seneseentem. 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 are 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 gener a l enlarge ment or swamping of the existing constituencies. For the la householders we are to have 51. householders; for the 50/. tenants we are to have 201. tenants ; and the notorious boroughs are to bo 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 1 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 set of men in the House, they could hardly be suppos©d content with a less share of representatives than any other equal population in the kingdom. Were London in Connaught, 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 alteration being, that whereas there are now seventeen thousand registered electors in the borough of Marylebone, t h er e 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 51. householders as a purifying ele ment. If the 101. householders are to be washed by the 6/. hou...notcler,, w hat ablution is to bo found for the latter class? Passing from the boroughs to the counties, it cannot, in common decency, bo 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 be entirely swamped by this change, unless it be ac companied by some provision in their favour. If this is all that we are to expect, the public will deem 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, 8 0 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 1 which nobody is responsible, and we may as well expect a c hild to thrive without th e care of a parent as an Act o f Parliament to be effectually worked without some p ar ty or other being specially committed to its success. That however is the present mood of the Legislature. There is scarcely a measure of the last two sessions of which Government may not say, if it answers their purpose, e That is no child of ours. You changed it at nurse;” and, to all appearance, see h a lt dozen changelings of are threatened with some the same sort this session. There is nothing healthy or robust in the appearance of the Reform Bill as it is described to us; its features are not marked, or its movements characteristic. It is only the wax to receive any impressi on that may b e put u p on it—the rude metal to be coined as this or that political m eneyer may get the large s t share. We admit that t h e present is not th e time for sweeping changes. The tree is rather to be trained and pruned than planted anew. We have a House of Common s, an d We h a d better k eep it, for, once thrown away, w© may never find a substitute. But the reform intended,i seems alt ether to lose sight The of the occasion. manif est diseases of the consti tuency are small boroughse invariably corrupt, large ; tow wholly unrepresented , various important classes excluded ns from the franchise, ansss, wealthy populations without half their just share of these dise representatives.ases hut t Theh e , reme di e s should be adjusted to remedies provided by the proposed measure have little or no reference to them. There lificati • was no such pressing call for a lower qu a on in our boroughs, nor will t he nuisences among them be Much sweetened by the infusion of suburban !sillages, eeowever, as the measure betrays the agency of too many Co o k s, , there i s h ope that it may and has probably received some dozen revision s undergo still f u rther change before it is,submitted to the Legislature. RIFLED CANNON. - A nine 'Pounder field battery gun has been grooved at the Royal a rs enal on the rifle prin- ciple, and experiments will short- y m ade with it in the marshes to ascertain its men ecnocmhpared with the usual nine pounder field battery g h with spherical shot. about half an inch The four grooves in the rifle ca . nnon ar a g r e e d parts o of the c ylindro-conical or deep by half an inch broad . each, and the shot and shell in tended to be fired from it are made sugar-loaf shape, with four projecting ll on each to enter and fill the grooves. Both a ot and shell are galvanized, and so smooth and not liable to the b y that process that they may be rammed home with . t e greatest ease, the simple pressure of the hand being sufficient to pi ece them an arm's length into the mouth of the cannon, although they are made to fit more full than the spherical shot does, and consequently they will have less windage and fequire a less charge of powder. The sugar-loaf shape ofthe nevr nzed iron shot renders it of a far greater weight than asinine-pounder spherical fired and the principle on which it will proceed after being from a rifle cannon, being similar to an arrow instead of revolving in the same manner as spherical shot, is expected to cause it to go more direct to the mar, and to have a much longer range. Lieutenant-General Brkotherton was present on Blackheath on Wednesday last to witness a sergeant and two gunners firing with the Minie rife and balls at a target. ARCTIC EXPEDlTlON.—Lieutenant Bedford Pimp R.N., who has now been some time at s t. Petersburgh endeavouring to obtain Russian P 9 and co-opera tionrmission in proceeding through Siberi Lue M olar Sea, in Enoland, search of Sir John Prank!in, hast returned to having failed in all his endeavour! ce o r accomplish the great object he had in view. This °ln l now a volunteer for employment in the expedition intended_. for the search to the north-west of the Wellington Ullannel. England will be A detail of Lieutenant Pim's proceedings since . leaving laid before Sir Roderick Murchison,. the president of the Geographical Society, under whose immediate auspices he went out. THE EAST RETFORD ELECTION. We b elieve the writ for electing a burgess to serve , in Parliament for the borough of East Retford with 13assetlaw, in the Honourable Captain Duncombe, who ,. since his election the place of has been chosen Member for the East Riding of Yorkshire, will be moved for on the first night of the s ess i on, and the election will be held some day i n the e n suing week. At present no one is in the field as a candidate, b ut the- Hon. W. E. Duncomb e , e ld es t son of Lord eversham, and we be lieve that he will be returned without opposition.--D oncaster Gazette. An attempt is being made to obtain the franchise for Itr-usgate. SATURDAY EVENING, 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., Caius College. Stephen Parkinson M.A., St: John's College. EXAMINERS. Arthur Cayley, M.A., Trinity College. Chas. Frederick Mackenzie,iM.A., Caius College. *,* In all cases of equality the names are bracketted. WRANGLERS. 1 Tait, * Pet. 21 Jeakes, Pet. 2 Steele, pet. 22 Lloyd, J., Trin. 3 Godfrey, IJoh. 23 Maltby, Caius. 4 Phear, Emm, 24 Cabell, Joh. Dickinson, Trim 25 Ballance, Trin. Seeley,§ j Trin. Duckworth, Joh. 7 Wright, § Corpus. Evans, Trill. 8 Hunter, Trin. Hammond, Trin. 9 Carey, Trin. Herries, Trin. 10 Chambers, Joh. 30 Barry, Pemb. 11 Snell, I!Corpus. 31 Smith, Jesus. 12 Sharpe, Trin. 32 Locock, Trin. 13 White ' T., Job. 33 Il ar b or d , Joh. 14 Shaw, C:AiGS. 34 Laughton, Cain,. rust, 1 Trin. Scott, Jesus. I Hudson, S Joh. Smith, Clare. 17 Searle, Queens'. 37 Prescott, Trin. 18 Sale, Christ's. 38 Lloyd, 0. W., Trin. 19 Woodward, Joh. 39 Ilughes, Joh. 20 Mathews, Joh. 40 Le Suour, Joh. * From Edinburgh. t From Dublin. $ From Jersey. § City of London School. II King's College, London. ~ . SENIOR OPTIbIES. 1 Edwards, Trin. 26 Smith, Trin. 2 Rotherham, Joh. Coke, t Job. 3 Mitchell, Job. Le Gros, S Jesus. 4 Smith, Queens'. 29 Peake, Joh. 5 Montford, Corpus. 30 Usil, Trin. 6 Hyde, Emm. 31 Thomson, Pct. 7 Ellis, Joh. 32 Parnell, Joh. 8 Elliott, Trin. 33 Bagshawe, Joh. Conworth, Caius. 34 Macnaghten, Trin. I Pepys, Trin. 35 Norman, Cath. 11 Brownlow, Trin. 36 Lane, Caius. [2 Marden, Christ's. 37 Platt, Trin. [3 Every, Jesus. 38 Goodhart, Caius. ,4 Meadows, Corpus. 39 Bramley, Trin. [5 Christie, L., Trim 40 Huntsman, Jesus. .6 Chandless, Trio. 41 Morley, Job. 17 Handeock, Christ's. Lees, Emm. Mason, S Christ's. 20 Ramskill, Cath. 21 Rose, Caius. 22 Pratt, Pet. 23 Christie, J. S., Trin. 24 Gurdon, Trin. 25 Outram, Christ's. JUNIOR 42 Tomkins, Joh. 43 Benson, Trin. 44 Fowler, Sid. 45 Campbell, Caius. 46 Perceval, Caius. 47 Turnbull, Caius. 48 Hedgeland, Emm. 49 Clark, Trio. H. 1 Bousfield, Queens'. 2 Burn, Trin. 3 Pearce, Trin. 4 Cleaver, Magd. 5 Bingley, Trio. 6 Brandt, Trin. 7 Trevor, Cath. 8 Carte, Sid. 9 Ellis, Trin. Francis, Z Christ's. Thompson S Fem. 12 Ferard, Trio. 13 Raynes, Clare. 14 Martin, Trin. 15 Brown, Christ's. 16 Monro, Joh. 17 Bazley, Trin. 18 Lloyd, Caius. 19 Haslam, Joh. 20 Boodribb, Joh. 21 Lovell, Joh. 22 Frest, Trin. 23 Denton, Job. 24 Black, Pemb. UPTIMES. 25 White, F. A., Trin. 26 Oldfield, Trin. 27 Langley, Job. 28 Orford, Christ's. 29 Riadore, Pet. 30 Atherton, Job. 31 Assheton, Trio. 32 Fenn, Trio. 33 Page, Job. 34 Watson, Job. 35 ICempson, Job. 36 Tulk, Trin. 37 Dory, Emm. , 38 Watson, Corpus. 39 Chippendall, Trin. 40 Lennard, Pet. 41 Wade, Joh. 142 Frossard, Joh. • Badcock, 2 Job. Pittar S Caius. 46 Haslewood, Job. 46 Laurence, Trio. 47 Munn, Caius. Tomkin: ,OTAT. is, Cath. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. CANDIDATES FOR ORDINARY DEGREE. EXAMINERS. MATHEMATICAL. John Sykes, M.A., Pembroke College. Rev. William Marsh, 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, M.A., 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. Gonne, 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, gr., Caius. Leach, Emmanuel. Wood, Trinity. FIFTH Ds. Aldrich, Pembroke. Ash, Jesus. Atkinson, Jesus. Bailey, Catherine. Bidwell, John's. Benson, Trinity. Buckley, Trinity. Calvert, John's. Carr, Emmanuel. Duckworth, Trinity. Eaton, Corpus. Empson, Downing, Goodrick, John's. Goodley, John's. Hall, John's. Hall, Emmanuel. Hammond, Jesus. Harris, Caius. Harrison, Christ's. Hogarth, Catharine. Holgate, Trinity. SIXTH CLASS. Ds. Loathes, Jesus. Lewis, John's. Manley, Trinity. Nicoll, Pembroke. Nickols, Peter's. Paske, Clare. Patchett, John's. Plummer, Trinity. Richardson, Caius. Ridsdale, Jesus. Rogers, Trinity. Sawin, Trinity. Scudamore, Catharine. Shaw, J., John's. Smith, Catharine. Solari, John's. Thompson, V. T., Trin. Thornton, John's. Vale, Trinity Hall. Walker, Trinity. Warren, Catherine. CLASS. Ds. Banks, Corpus. Belcher, Emmanuel. Blackburn, Corpus. Bland, John's. Bright, Trinity. Buchanan, Clare. Chambers, Trinity. Chenoweth, Pembroke. Colborne, Peter's. Cex, Trinity. Craven, Peter's. Crowther, Clare. Drury, Peter's. Faithful, Caius. 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. 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, Caine. 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 Rutsen, Trinity. Sadler, Trinity. Safford, Corpus. Smith, Pembroke. Spraggot, Pembroke. Taylor, W. F., Trinity. Thomas, Trinity. Thompson, G. H. Trin. Towne, Trinity. Ward, John's. rrAT. Trin. It as three classes. Allen, The honours cow LONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, 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 splendid orchestra and choir seldom exerted themselves 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, t h a t the pub lic are well acquainted with the music, and we are sure the most fastidious could scarcely find fault with the manner in which it was given last night. Guided by the able baton of Mr. Surman, the i ns trumen rem tatiar on k ms s in most precise and spirited, and the s ame y with justice be said of the choruses. No lagging and jarring, no discords such as wo hav e heard s n ometimes in the performances of the rival society. Indeed every care seems to have been taken in its production, and bears evidence of having b een mos t laboriously re hearsed. The soloists were t he Misses Birch, Dolb y , Stewart, and Mrs. Endershon, Messrs. Lockey, Cotterill, Frost, Temple, and Mr. 11. Phillips, all o f whom acquitted themselves, as is th eir wont, exceedingly well. The fine trio, "Lift thine e y es, was given by t h e Misses Birch, Baxter, an d Dolby with fiue effect, an d unanimously re-demand ed, as was also the air " 0 rest in the Lord" by Miss Dolby.. The hall was fully and fashionably attended, and during the whole evening the audience were frequent in their demonstrations of satis faction. so inconveniently s nd c , om th . at g to . delay its deposit in in 111 The supply fast for the k3ank of their cellars and to ensure its purity the Bank directors re ---ofiEonldglai ceive it only through one assay-nouse ; and it can only assay a given qu antity a day. Already, it i s repor t e d, one great commercial establishment in the city has gold dust to the extent of nearly a quarter of a million in its custody. The gold -melting establishments are quite oppressed with employment. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. O. The following had the honour of dining at the Royal table yesterday :—ller Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Truro, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord and Lady John Russell, Viscount Harding.; the Countess of Shel burne, the Right Hon. 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:— Ov erture Ressiger. Selection, " Matilde e Shabran" ••• R oss i n i . Waltz, " Traume ant dem Ocean" • ••• Gungl. Fakel Tanz Meyerbeer. Qalop, " Q ueen ' s " .„ ••• •.• D'Albert. Rev Majesty's private band afterwards attended, and performed the following selection: — Overture, " Le Serment" Auber. Selection, 2d act, " Stradella" ••• Flotow. Romance, " Guido et Genevra" ..• . . lialtry. The Queen did not tako her usual walk this morning. owing to the unfavourable st , ite of the weather, but her Majesty rode in the Riding-house in the forenoon. The Prince of WuleF, the PriumEs Royal, Prince Alfred, and Princeas Alice, also rude iu the Riding house. His Royal Highness Prineo Albert went nut shooting this foienoon, accompanied by the Viscount Hardinge, Lord John Russell, and the Right Hon. Fox Manic, and attended by Colonel Hoe. C. B. Phipps, Colonel Hon. Charles Grey, and Colonel F. H. Seymour. Field-Marsh a l 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 Baba" Duetto, "I Purita n i" ••• Cherubini. ••• Bellini. Ariette et Cheeur, "La Fille du Regiment" Donizetti. Romance, " Guido et Genevra" Halevy. Walzer, "Die Schonbruner" • • ... Lanner. Galop, "Die Venitianer" Lanner. The fourth dramatic performance at the Castle took place this evening. The plays selected upon this occa sion were a comic drama, by J. B.Planchii, in two acts, entitled The Jacobite; and a vaudeville, in one act, by Thomas Haynes Bayly, entitled The 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. Major M urr ay ... ... ... John Duck ... ... ... ... Mr. Ryder. ... Mr. A. Wigan. ... Mr. Buckstone. - - Ralph (a servant) ... Mr. Clark. Corporal ... „.. Mr. Coe. Lady Somerferd . 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 ... Swiss Soldiers...Me,ssrs. Daly, Rolleston, Collis, Hains Barnes. and Parsloe. Swiss Peasants.. Misses Desborough, E. Lovel, Walstein, 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 Duchess of 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. FQX Maule, 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 Waiting. 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 do Speth. 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 Mrs. Grey and Miss Bulteel, the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Cast, Lady Anna Maria and two Misses Cust, the Hon. and Rev. E. Moore, Mrs. Moore, and Miss Moore, Sir George and Lady Couper, Miss Coeval . and Mr. R. Couper, Lady Mary B er keley, 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 Ponsonby and Lieutenant Maxee, 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. Cballoner, Mr. H. Cox, Miss Cox, Mr. F. Cox, and Mr. A. and Miss Greville. The assembled company were served with refresh ments in the Throne Room. The Oxford University Commission had a meeting yes terday at the official residence of the First Lord of the . Treasury, in Downing -st ree t. Present the Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pembroke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, the Rev. G. IL 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-office, on Thursday evening. Dispatches were received yesterday from the Governor of Gibraltar. Dispatches were sent to the Governor of Canada yes terday, from the Colonial-office. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLI- GENCE. 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 the 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, is 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 yard an American clipper schooner of 100 tons, for Jose h Gee, Esq., of Hull. She is on the line of theenizfathmepend. American pilot boat Mary Taylor. is i ing the Flower of Ya rro w 12 feet by the bow for Lord John Scott, she will be 220 ten, ; and Earl Fitehardinge's cutter yacht, Imogene, 8 feet by the bow. Mr. Wild is lengthening hi s h yacht, act b t u h i e l d A i n 1 a g r m y a , r 2 d o s feet by the bow ; indeed, all they are crammed full of vessel s which are being pushed o n with all possible dispatch. American builder of the Am erica , Steers, iis constructing r a t t w e d o y a chts, a cutter, and a schooner, to shame us with next season ; he promises that he will be at Cowes with them by July next. E„ATA.--in ----- our report of the dinner given to the Members for Thom for s Bradford on Thursday, in line 67 of Colonel speech, for barker d backer, a nd lin e 15 from the end f or learned read leaned. re a THE AUGMENTATION OF THE ARMY.-The amended scheme for the augm en t a ti on o f th e arm y i s s till 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., I st Foot (ea c h battalion of the Ist Foot, 100), 4th, 7th, 9th, 14th, 17th, 19th, 21st, 27th, 28th, 31st, 33d, 35th, 38th, 39th, 40th, 46th, 48th, 50th, 52d, 57th, 62d, G3d, 77th, 79th, 81st, 82d, 85th, 88th, 89th, 90th, 93d, and 95th-say 34 at 100 each, 3,400 men ; and the following depots (service com panies abroad) are to be also increased to the extent of 100 men each-viz. depots 2d, 3d, 6 th , 11 th , 13 th , 16 th , 34 th 43d, 54th, 55th, 58th (2d battalion), 60th, 65th, 66th, 68th, 72d, 73d, 74th, 92d, 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 , , i s considerably improved in h ea l t h and will resume his Far . u amen tary duties n ex t wee k . t o state NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE EFFICIENCY OF THE HOME FORQL IT N We announced yesterday that the Admiralty 44 , , ,i - r.-_ , ,,, ordered the guard-ships at the ports to be adyttlncia ,k.4.‘.1t)-I'-:-.- sea-going efficiency. They have also order the ft . e ," ~..,...f.,t4p. vanced ships to have their holds cleared and relatOweir.,„, 3i 4 : 4 2 1 ' This is a wise and necessary precaution. r „k64,-,,,,f4piipt v c., „t4,.., it was contemplated a long time since, wh ' , .,liit .g • ,_ ' George, 120, was substituted for the old San " ' ~ :14 , 1,-,:- Devonport; Britannia, 120, for the Illustrious, a r le k I mouth; and since then the Neptune, 120' 46 itiliiAlti SAv't .ml ik Britannia, ordered to sea; the Waterloo, 120, fo r t h e o ld Ocean, and the Monarch, 84, for the Wellington, at Sheerness; and the Cumberland, 70, for the old Poictiera ; and subsequently the Boscawen, 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 Qti enstown. The alarmists have been writing as if our home ports were denuded of ships and ince, when the facts are as v.e have above sta!od; and we may state that, in addi tion to the marines in barracks at Woolwich, Chatham, Ports-month, and 1),-,voriporT, we had in cc - emission and afloat, at the three principal hetue ports, on Saturday , last, more than seven thousand live hundred otlicerE, sea men, marines and boys; amf, moreover, we have round our coasts about 3,000 of the elite of the navy, iu the shape of coast-guard men. We are, the re f ore, not so utterly defenceless as the alarmists would have the c., untry to b e li eve. W e h ave a nuclus that is capabl e of such extension as would speedily ensure defeat and disaster to any enemy op proaching.our shores; and we doubt not that should the period arrive—for instance, should we find such a fleet assembled at Brest or Cherbourg, as were at the latter port in September, 1850, we should soon find afloat— and without the insuperable difficulty which the igno rant alarmists have raised up in their own imagination —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 th e F renc h 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, lens, and Jupiter, ships of the line, Gomer and SaLi 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'Hyeres, 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 de 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 Hyena when the squadron anchored. The Genereux, which is to take on board some of the prisoners sentenced to transportation, lett 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.—llersild. 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 lrave on Saturday, it is said, conveying the dead body of Mr. Shell, and having as passengers, Major (and Mrs.) Cameron, of the Buffs, who leaves the regiment to command the depot at home. SHEERNEB9.—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 dock fitting for immediate service. The Waterloo, 120, flag-ship, Captain G. R. 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 adtApted for such service. As an instance, the Cyclops took onboard 100 horses for conveyance to Ear, London. They were stowed on deck (strange as the phrase may appear, it is true), being ranged fore and aft on both sides. Imme diately the ship was in a sea-way they became a moving mass, kicking each other and plunging about so much that it was found difficult to prevent their being preci cipated into the engine -room. One of them very unce remoniously paid a visit to the gun-room, through the skylight, where it was found necessary to kill him, hoist him on deck, and consign him to the deep. Bat of these poor animals, sent forth for the express purpose of carrying our troops 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 six feet in height mounted, for their diminutive size rendered it almost impossible for the riders to keep their,feet from ground. It is the opinion of many in the the who from their position and correct obser vationotooulocohyit are competent to judge, that we may send all our cavalry without producing any effect on the Kafirs, un less we furnish them with horses that are fit 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 40s. each, not a pur chaser could be found for them. Wonwics, JAN. 30.—The name of the Amazon w inadvertently given yesterday , instead of the Am ph 34, screw steam - frigate of 300-horse power, when ding to the inspection of her steam machinery, at Sh Royal Mari n ness, where the Aniphion is stationed as an „I va embarked to day on board the T y ne store-shi p , M aster -Commander steamer. of O th n e e w d rouo m iw m i e e r h a a n o d d l c B h p a r t i h v e a m tes d o i f yie th io e ns at of Wthooomlweinchb,eifnogr a passage to As. volunteers for ser vice at that island. First Lieuten ant Charles WArthur c P e e n t s e iro n7tehileis wholeg t en , of the Portsmouth division, will embark in the Tyne to take the command of the detachment. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER U We are informed that af ter CUP. r P report of the betting at Tattersall's on Thursday was made up and when most of the subscrib ers had left, 20 to P was taken about Nancy in Hundreds; and at that price she has since been backed for a considerable amount. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her M ajestys stag hds. will meet on Wed. at Mai denhead Station; Sat. Winfield-row-11. Lord Elcho's hds, Mon. Hetton; Wed. Preston-by- Dunce; Fri. Riffington ; Sat. Harkart-10i. Newcastle andiGateshead harrs., Mon. Portland; Fri- Wallsend-10. Haydon lids., Wed. Mill Hill's Plantation; Sat. Dar netby. Morpeth harre., Mon. Cawsey Park-bridge; Thurs. Morpeth High Church-10i. Durham County lids., Mon. Two-mile Houses; Wed. Mainsforth; Fri. Embleton-10i. Tindale hds., Mon. West Dipton; Thurs. Halton Castle-11i. Hurwortb hds., Tues. Over Dinsdale; Sat. Crathorae. Stockton and Billingham harts., Thurs. Hutton Henry —loi. Suffolk hds., Tues. Wattisfield Swan; Thurs. Cow linge Green Man; Sat. Rushbrooke Hall-10i. Mr. Hillier's hds., Mon. Brackenborough Bar; Tues. Waterloo Wood; Fir. Legsby; Sat. Ketsby Mill-11. Cottesmore hds., Mon. Grimsthorpe; Tues. Tilton Wood; Thurs. Horn Mill; Sat. Rocart-11. Earl Fitzwilliam's hds., Mon. Long Orton; Wel Barnewell Castle-10. Lord Yarborough's lids., Mon. Grimsby House-41J. Thurs. Audleby Villas-12; Sat. Newsham Lodge - 7'A . I Sir T. Sykes's hds., Mon. Rsteethorp-10i; Wed' 1 berfoss Mill -11 ; Fri. Kilham West Field lionse-- 10 1. SAVILLE HOUSE, LEICESTER SQuArts• —A new kind of magic has been invented by Professor Bross°, 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 s t age a ft er th e act of d e capitation has take n place, to inspect the then headless trunk, which is done very minutely by the curious, and the body is afterwards speedily restored to animation. All lovers of the horrible should wit ness this performance, which must be seen to be appreciated. g in ed to e a_p ixt ro ): THE DEATH IN A COPPED.—Yesterday forenoon o l e f r ' S ajl a Sarah h a Torsos,jury 'enat who was found frightfully scalded at tracted inquiry, at the Gun Dock _ Tavern, lii,,h. Mr. William Baker, th d e e c at o h roz g street, Wap ping, having, it is supposed, deliberately ping, respecting eo t p h p e nine years, a paup er , washing d epartment of St. John's work the bottom of a circumstances under which the de committed suicide sitting down in the boiling liquid in our paper yesterday. The preparedj il u a so r u y s el e Ntlro was r ai P ed i the unngl Iv were r n l d e r i h c e t stated "t the deceased was found dead in a copper of boil gwa erw ith certain iniuries, but how or immersed they had no satis factory what means she became So • - - factory proof." TUE OLD FAMILIAR FACES.—A gentleman o. Easton, Maryland, United States not over 25 years of age , informs the editor of the Star, that five of his school mates have committed murder, th t s wo on h e a v h e as b ebene been u s r e d n e t ret two have met with vi o l ent the Penitentiary for stealing , and another has narrowly escaped going the same voyag e f or a like offence.—Atnerican Paper. O il sp a krr. ter cit il Ig II it Al a gen . 0 1 1 Di 1 , 6 , 150"