The Sun. — London, England, 1851-04-16 00:00:00

tirrti.7 trt- ,IALTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) iiY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,) The Claret Stakes. Unity ... ••• Charles Xllth colt ... Cutler Four ran. Won by a length. The Convivial Stakes. Caradoc colt ... Vanguard .•• ••• ••• ••• Three ran. Won by a neck. FRANCE. The Moniteur publishes the returns of the indirect taxes and revenues during the first quarter of 1351, which amounted to 179,111,000 francs. Compared with those of the corresponding period of 1849 there is an increase of 10,767 ; 000 francs, and of 7,423,000 francs over 1850. The different items are as follow : Regi•try duties, mortgages, &c.... ... S!,ca l , duty ••• ••• ••• ••• Import duties—on wheat ... .. Ditto on various goods and merchandiza Ditto on colJnial sugar ~. ... ... Dltto on foreign sugar ••• ... Export duties ~. ..• 214 ••• NAvi , r l , -..tion dues ••• ••• ... :‘,rr L•neous Customs' duties ••• ... slit ... ••• ••- ..if.f.1.0 on liquors ..•... ... ••• ... . Ditto on dome s ti c sugar ••• ••• . . 31 ix , ' :Taneous duties an d re ceipts •.• Sale :.:tobacco, &c. ... ... Ditto of gu n p ow der ... ... "' Postage of letters ... ••• Dwy of two per cent.c o n money sent through the post-offie ••• Duty on goods, gold and silver onveyed ..• ••• by tho mail packts ... Fares in mail coaches ... Ditto in mail packets ... ... ... Sundry rece i p ts ... ••• ••• 49,156 000 11, 706,000 1,000 19,418,00 0 3.550,0 00 3,791,000 797,000 569,000 807,000 6,042.000 23,620.000 9,499,000 8_435 000 29,704,000 1,007,000 10,072,000 289,000 104,000 238,000 13,000 5,000 Total ... 179,111,000 rrivate letters from Madrid, dated the 10th, an nourxe the death of the celebrated bull-fighter Fran cisco Montes, in the town of Chiclana, near Cadiz. It is not stated whether by accident or whether his death was natural. It is probable that it was the consequence of the severe injury he received some months since in the ring. Francisco Montes was far superior in manners, tastes, and education to the ge nerality of his class. lie had published an interesting work on his art, in which he proves that there is nothing shocking or cruel in its practice. The book is a manual of bull.fighting. Montes was a careful man, and must have died wealthy ; his age was about 56. PORTUGAL. SOUTILIMrTO'N, TUESDAY.—The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Iberia, Captain F. Burney, R.N., Commander, has arrived here with the usual Spanish and Portuguese mails, and dates from Gibraltar to the sth ; Cadiz, 6th ; Lisbon, 9th ; Oporto, 10th ; and Vigo, to the 10th rlst. The Iberia brings forty-two passengers, and cargo of the usual character. Lisbon advices by this packet have been an ticipated twenty-four hours by the Brazil mail steamer Tay, which vessel left the Tagus one day after the Iberia had sailed. Oporto letters quote the rates of exchange for this packet on London at 55 to 551, with some transac tions in first-rate paper at 5-li. A good many Bra zilian bills were expected by the steamer then due, which would tend to support the present rate. The revenue of the Oporto Custom-house for the last month amounted to 183 contos, less 16 contos amor tization of notes. A report was current at Oporto that the Govern ment was about to equalize the export duties imposed on wines shipped to America and England. The precise intentions of the Government were not known, bat it was suppoped that the export duty per pipe would in future be from eight to ten milreis, while that on wines hitherto shipped to America and other ports out of Europe has been merely nominal. St ippers were consequently dispatching large quantities previous to the new arrangements " taking effect, several hundred pipes having passed entry for shipments at the Custom-house, while an entire stoppage was, for the present, put upon ship ments to England. Heavy exports of wine were made daring March to Great Britain. The cotton and woollen trades remained un- changed. We have no political news from Oporto, where public tranquillity was undisturbed on the 9th inst. There is nothing additional by this packet in rela tion to the news of a military insurrection in Portugal brought by the Tay. We have accounts from Gibraltar to the sth inst. TI-.e British steamer Grecian, twenty-three days from Constantinople, arrived on the 31st ult., and cleared for Liverpool. The steamear Waterwitch, 14 days from Palermo, arrived on the Ist instant, and sailed for Liverpool. The screw steamer Astrologer, 7 days from Liver pool, arrived on the 3d inst., and proceeded for Kilta and Beyrout. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Euxine, five days from Southampton, arrived on the 4th, and sail e d for Malta and Constantinople. The steamer Shamrock, bound for the same ports, ar rived the same day, in five and a half days from Liverpool. The quarantine hitherto imposed at Malaga upon vessels arriving from Gibraltar has been remojed. At Gibraltar on the sth inst.' exchange on London at 90 days' date was quoted 50 and to 51 ;on Paris, Sf. 29c.; Spanish pillared dollars, and premium. GERMANY. The Frankfort Journal of the 10th, says— " The annual meeting of the German Association for National Trade was opened yesterday by "eProtection of Prince N Felix o f alluhenlohe. " The Prince,in the speech which he made upon the occasion, said that the essential tendency of the associa tion should be to labour at the grand politico - commercial union of Germany and A . ' stria while it at the same time conscientiously maintained the union already obtained by the Zollverein, and by introducing into it the necessary reforms. " Before the closing of the afternoon sitting, a long dis cussion ensued on the question of the A ro-German customs and commerc i a l un i on . The Assembly n made the following declaration on the subject:— . " The Assembly proclaims in principle the necessity of an A ustro - German customs and commercial union, based on the maintenance of the Aollvereia, and on the principle of the protection of German trade. It invites the President of the Association to use every means in his power to accomplish this work, by endeavouring to remove the difficulties which still oppose that union.' " The Easter Fair was opened on the 9th, and will not be closed till the second Tuesday after Easter. There was an abundant supply of articles, especially from the states of the Zollverein, but it was apprehended that the lair would not be good, from the present state of political affairs." A letter from Berlin, in the bulipendance of Brus sels, s ays that Austria has laid down conditions for the opening of the Diet of Frankfort, and that the principal o f these is that the Diet sh a ll ra tif y a ll t h e decisions taken by the Assembly at Frankfort, al thougn neither Prussia nor her allies were represented But it was considered that the negotiations bu"rcci into n thnisthe 1 subj st May. ect will not prevent th e open log of the Diet o Chamber Prussia, in its sitting of th e 11th, in th e C discuss i on o n the Bill on Ministerial re sponsibility. adopted an amendment, to the effect that when one Chamber shall h ave resolved to impeach a • shall inform the other turn, and that if such o ther Chamber of it, in ' order th at it may vote in i Chamb er shall not vote for the resolution, it shall not become definitive until after the former Chamber shall have declared that it persists in it' f KalieliP sth e e n A Bohemi an journal, un d er date o inse., ecn states that severa l arr ests have at Wars b aw. made in P o l and, and part i c ularly re s t literary men. Among the number are some priests and though It is stated in a letter Hanover , from the Chambers have been prorogued to the btu between the hostility that al th ough "a Com mittees of the Chambersutli continues to t b and e the wn s ve ry sharp, chiefly with respect t o t h e demand of the here dit a ry e nehles to maintain the privileges they possess. T he latter are supported by th e Government. SAXONY. The Diet of the kingdom of Saxony followit the 12th instant, by the King in person, was closed on who ad ntmetrhalesinTddle of dressed the Assembly in the .6 Gentlemen of the Estatel,;: r tz: d i c e r onyiction last year I convoked you, that you would agree with me as to the ne cessity of restoring the essential principles of m at ( l : , , ve vative policy, and of relying on that Constitutio n ° w l n t hi c r h: for many years promoted the happiness of Saxony. great ^.titMaction to me that this day I am enabled to say that that 1 was not disappointed in my expectation. Though it was not possible to come to an u nderstanding on the sub ject of the modifications in the Charter of the Constitu tion and the Electionary Law as proposed by my Govern ment, still part of the object:in view has been realised by the abolition (in another way) of the fundamental laws, while your consent to the modification of several para. graphs of the Charter of the Constitution secures the supplies for the want of the Administration in the event of unexpected but still possible contingencies. The fo reign affairs of Saxony have of late assumed a satisfac tory aspect. The affairs of Germany, which last year compelled me to take extraordinary rueasta" (ad pro scribed by my federal duties) have not yet been defini tively arranged, bet they are progressing peaceably and so .tording to the dictates of the federal law. "An important event,(viz., the opening of the Dresden- Prague Railroad) has confirmed the union between Austria and Saxony. It is the basis of an amalgama tion of the interests of the two States, and it makes Saxony the connecting link between the north and south of our country. This event has been the more joyful to me, since I am certain that the great and desired purpose of a German unity is attainable only on the basis of an identity of interests of all the German States. Thus, gentlemen, you conclude your labours. May they improve the prosperity of the country; may peace, order, tranquillity, and safety flourish, so that our country may recover from the wounds of the fatal past." ITALY. La Croce di Savoia states that the Austrian Go vernment has demanded a passage through the Sar dinian territory for its troops in case of any political change in France, and also demands some fortresses as a guarantee. THE SUN, EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 6.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Oriental, with the Cal cutta of the Bth of March, arrived at Suez in the right of the Ist inst., with 147 pazsongers. The Indus, with the London Mail of 24th March, arrived here only yesterday afternoon, and starts on her re'urn voyage this day. The Austrian steamer left for Trieste direct yesterday, and took nearly sixty passengers from India; she arrived here from Triete direct on the Ist, and brought the new Governor of Java, his Excellency A. J. Duynraer van Twist, and suite, who proceeded on the following day to Cairo, in a special steamer, placed at their dis posal by the Viceroy, Abbas Pacha and who will embark at Suez on board the Oriental, for Ceylon. The families of Kamil Pacha and Artin Bey, ex- Prime Minister of Egypt, left last week for Con stantinople. Intelligence has been received from Constantinople to the effect that Kanee Pacha, the Viceroy's Envoy, had been well received by the Sultan, and the expla nations he had given relative to the present condition of Egypt had proved satisfactory. No doubt is entertained here that the works for a railroad between Cairo and Alexandria will be com menced in the course of the present year, an event which is contemplated with great interest, owing to the incalculable advantages that a railroad between the two principal towns of Egypt will confer upon the country. His Highness Said Pacha, successor to the Pachalic, a few days ago gave a grand dinner at his garden on the canal, to the European Consuls and most of the European merchants resident here. His Highness, supported by one of his younger brothers, Haleem Bey, and his nephew, Ismael Bey, son of the late Ibrahim Pacha, treated his guests in the most affable and courteous manner. On the 29th March, a large party of ladies and gentlemen, composed of most of the British residents in Alexandria, repaired to Aboukir Bey, to comme morate the 50th anniversary of the landing at that place of their guest, Mr. Samuel Briggs, merchant, of Alexandria, who came to Egypt with the British army under Sir Ralph Abercrombie in 1801. Trade is brisk, and prices on the rise. The scar city of British shipping has been much felt through out the winter. The Government continue their bi-weekly sales by auction of grain and pulse, and in another week Abbas Pacha will have paid off all his creditors. Exchange on London, 97i piastres per pound sterling. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The following officers were received by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir F. T. Baring, Bart., yesterday:— Captains—A. D. C. Hay, G. Mansell, W. Nevill, W. A. Willis, Sir G. Back, C. Edmonds, H. Bagot; Comman ders—F. W. Horton, L. D. T. Prevost, F. Cannon, E. Smith, H. W. Bingham, J. Iludson, W. H. Stewart, H. A. E. Scott, W. J. C. Dunn; Lieutenants—Joseph Day man4 Joscelyn, Jervis, E. E. Tumour, C. Bamber, W. W. Lee, Thomas Creser; Inspectors of Hospitals—Dr. Sir B. Outram, C. 8., K.H., R. P. Hillyer, C. 8., K.H. ; Royal Marines—Lieutenant Colonel Pratt, Lieutenant W. Branch. The following officers were received by Admiral Dun das, C.R, M.P., the Senior Naval Lord:—Captains — Kitchens, A. C. Key; Commodore Forbes; Lieutenants —C. Bamber, J. Palmer, Edward Hardy, W. Gordon, J. W. Vaughan, Sir Augustus Campbell, H. B. Everest, C. H. Lapidge, A. Bathurst, E. A. Blackett, Mems, J. C. Barlow, J. H. Cook, R. Wilson, G. B. Holfmeister, Henry Knox, R. B. Stuart, Jocelyn, Jervice, Parrett. PROIIOTION. Mate—William Cavendish spencer Sulivan (Dec., 1848), to the rank of Lieutenant. APPOINTMENTS. Second Masters—Samuel Braddon (1844), of the Trafalgar, 1820, at Sheerness, to the Caradoc, steam pack t, at Woolwich ; Edward M'Kenzie (1845), to the Trafalgar. Assistant Surgeon Dr. John Barclay (1846), to the Teszer, screw tender. Clerk in Charge—R. J. B. Tucker (1848), late of the Flamer, to the Caradoc. THE BRAZILS.—A letter from Rear-Admiral Rey nolds's squadron, dated March 15, says there is nothing stirring. The Southampton, 50, Captain Cory, with the flag of Rear. Admiral Reynolds, C. 8., had had a cruise to sea on account of a few cases of fever on board this ship, one only of which terminated fatally. Captrin Scornbery, late of the Cormorant, goes home in the Tay, the first lieutenant of her being made acting-commander till the arrival of Commander Chamberlain in the Amphitrite, expected in a few days. The Thetis, 38, Captain Kuper, C. 8., and Tweed, 18, Commander Lord F. Russell, are at Bahia, with Conflict, screw sloop, Commander Drake, and Sharpshooter. screw-gun vessel, Lieut.-Commander Dalby, are at Rio. The Geyser, steam-sloop, Commander Tatham, is cruising to the southward, and really, from her forlorn appear arce when she arrived after having been on shore, she looks very well, better even than before. The cold weather will soon set in here—" bono for the levers," as the Portuguese tell us; :so after a short cruise or two the Southampton will stop here for our relief. The Locust steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Curtis, arrived at Rio on the 19th February. The admiral intends a short trip to the mountain while the Southampton is away cruising. PRIZE-MONEY TO THE CYCLOPS STEAM-FRIGATE Burnett and Wynne has given notice to the late officers and crew of her Maj,sty's steam-vessel Cyclops, the Honourable George Fowler Hastings, captain, that an account of bounties, &c., received for the under-men tioned captures, will be forthwith deposited in the re gistry of the High Court of Admiralty—viz, Born Suc cesso, captured Dec. 25,:1848; Esperanca, captured May 10, 1849‘.! The Penelope, 16, steam-frigate, Captain Lyster, went out of Portsmouth harbour on Monday morning. Com modore Bruce hoisted his red burgee yesterday morning on board her; she will be paid advance to-day. The Sprightly steam-tender, took out to her yesterday morn ing the corporal and six privates of the Royal Marine Artillery, for a passage to the coast to fill up vacancies in the squadron. Prince Regent, 90, Captain Harris, is all ataunt. She is rattling down her rigging and landing her old defec tive chain cables; she will probably go out of the basin at Portsmouth on Friday. THE CASE OF POISONING AT MARCH. We gave last week the leading features of a singular case of poisoning which occurred at March on Tuesday, the Bth instant, in which three servant girls conspired together to put an end to their existence by taking laudanum. Two of these girls were servants to Mr. Miller, brewer, Bze., of March, and the other servant to Mr. Jones, of the same place, whose house adjoins that of Mr. Miller. Ore of the unfortunate creatures, Mary Ann Sutton, died under the influence of the drug, and the other two very nearly shared her fate. A maniacal sort of attachment existed between the deceased and Mr. Jones's servant, Roberts, and they used to meet and kiss each other in the yard every night before going to bed. Th e d ecease d was o nly 17 years old, and Ro berts wa s of the same age. The other girl , Archer , was somewh at o ld er; s h e is unmarried, but has had two children. On Saturdly last the adjourned inquest was holden before Mr. Pr a t t , at the Griffin inn, at ten o'clock. After some further evidence. The CORONER cautioned the girls in the usual way, and told them they were at 'ibex ty to make any state ment, weich might, however, be used against them here after, to the prejudice of their lives or liberty. Archer said the reason why she took the laudanum was that she did not like to be laughed and scorned at in the streets. Roberts had nothing to say, except that deceased and she were " partners,' and she loved her so that she thought she would like to die with her. The Corlowxß explained to the jury that if any one encouraged another to commit suicide, the person so en couraging was in the eye of the law guilty of mur der. He also explained the nature of the crime of fel° de se, and then went through the evidence, comment ing upon it as he went on. He left the jury to say, whether deceased was in a sound state of mind when she took the laudanum ; and whether the others were aiding and abetting, and encouraging each other to commit suicide, and being then in a sound state of mind, in which ca.:43 the law held them to be guilty of murder. The juryto a after a consultation of about h a lf an h our, n:verdict of felo de se in the case of M ar y and of tiding and abetting in th e cr i me o f Ann returned Sutton, murder in the casei of Sarah Archer and Sar a h A nn Roberts.i Th e two prisonersagre of wilfulweres ub m s equardr. eri f tly committed to ~bridge on a charge Cam lue t , he fis n h i i g n h g t sm o e f ek t , h o e f 3qth ult., the crew o head, observed a strong light VESSEL BUR -7—NT AfTthSeEAT. Ramsgate, while off the Spurn head, —rue°l3ll nets, and sanding towards the burning in the E.N.E. quarter. '1 hey irnm.e.:iastheilpy, hwaeurleedhumpledthheiyr a boat cont • 'the They then bore to the vessel, whom they took on board. up for the wreck, ' head, bearing oft' Flamborough- until , aiming master and seven seamen belonging which was o \ l V l • e N ,, N ess • e a l b w ou as t t 2 h s e r n ii es an d re mained 1 A.M. the following d ' when it went down stern pre f most. tons burden, bound Anna alongside I coals, and the fire is supposed to have been occasioned by some cinders falling out of the fire-place in the cabin, through ballast hla ritao, theof E N x o e r t t e h r, , fora a brigca cargo 0 30 0 0 f the heavy rolling of tl4-y e8 , 4 0 , while the men were engaged in reefing the topsail. - STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAT.—The Arctic's advices, re ceived here this morning, inform us that, on the 26th March, a few days before the arrival of the Canada, a decline of per cent. per lb. took place in the price of cotton at New York, evidently from an apprehension on the part of holders that they would hear by that vessel of the Liverpool and Manchester markets having been seriously depressed by intelligence (which reached us March Bth) of the panic which had previously thrown down their prices 1 4 cent. On the arrival of the Canada, however, it was found that no such effect had been produced either amongst ourselves or our neighbours; and prices re gained there what they had just before lost, but again became dull, and closed per cent. lower on the 2d of ApriL The Arctic brings a telegraphic account that the news by the Canada had led to a recovery of per cent. in the previously declining southern markets. These advices have exercised a rather unfavourable in fluence upon this day's business. While the American holders of cotton appear to be looking to the English con sumers for support, the latter are watching every oscillation on the other side, and moving backward and forward in its direction. Had a little more time elapsed betwixt the Canada's reaching port, and the Arctic's departure, we might possibly have heard of a greater recovery of price thsn we are now advised of. As it is, however, the buyers in our market have generally manifested a somewhat increased want of confidence. Their purchases of g oads have. consequently, been quite inconsi derable, and effected only under the inducement of a further concession in many articles, such as shirt ings, long cloths, and domestics; yet, much irregularity is found among the sellers of these fabrics, arising from their varying views and their different positions is regard to stocks or to orders. In yarns the transactions are mostly for the continent, and though but very limited, they are yet fair in extent under the oir eumstances. Other classes of buyers are doing very little. Spinners are at a disadvantage of T id. to per lb. Fortunately our market does not sutler from any general pressure of stock; taken in the aggregate, indeed, the amount of yarns and goods on hand is not more than would be cleared away by a short fit of smart buying. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—The trade is still heavy, and not much doing, yet there has been rather more inquiry for goods. The wool market continues slack, but former prices are fully maintained. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—The activity displayed by the wholesale houses, noted in our last, has not yet been followed by a corresponding demand for goods. With one or two exceptions, very little business has been transacted in the interim; the result of this is, that manufacturers are exercising renewed caution, and stopping :production where practicable. The in creased business done in throwns of late, has now con siderably subsided, and prices, though reduced, may be quoted nominal, the disposition of merchants to concede materially in their prices of raws (probably in some in stances to the extent of Is. per lb.) having most likely contributed to this, and induced so decided a pause. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—The amount of business transacted to-day in the Cloth Hall has not been large. Low goods of light texture have principally been dealt in. There is rather more briskness in the fancy trade than there has been for some time, and most of the ma nufacturers in that branch are very brisk in vestings of new styles and patterns for the summer home trade. A little more has been done in the yarn trade, at steady prices. _ . . HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—The (thief inquiry in our Piece Hall to-day has been for low lastings and low mixtures. The demand, however, is not brisk; and the prices offered are not remunerative. Both in yarn and wool rather more purchases have been made, but the markets are still dull, and the quotations without vari ation. LEEDS, TIIESDAY.—There has been a good attendance at the Cloth Halls both to-day and on Saturday last, and rather more goods have been sold. There is no altera tion in prices, and business is also a little brisker in the warehouses. 1 ••• ... 2 ... 1 ... 2 LONDON, A TRIAL IN FRANCE. An old invalid was on Saturday taken before the court martial, to answer the charge of having stabbed a ser geant of the Hotel des Invalides with a shoemaker's awl. The President asked him his name. "I am Louis XVIL, King of France and Navarre," said ho. " But," said the President, "you must have some family name, in addi tion to that quality." " I bear the name of my father, the unfortunate Louis XVI., King of France and Na varre." The President said, " Speak with good sense, if it be possible." He replied. " I have said, write Louis X_VII.' , It being impossible to get any other answer from him, it was stated to the Court that the accused was named Persat, that he was formerly in a light dragoon regiment, and that he was a corporal at the Hotel des In valides. The offence having been proved, the prisoner rose, and in his kingly quality protested against the court-martial trying a person of his rank. He also announced that he had communicated the following docu ment to the President of the Republic:— " Having an indisputable right to the crown of France, I order— " Art. 1, There shall be paid to me by the public Treasury twelve years' pay in my quality of Prince Royal. " Art. 2. I abdicate all my rights in favour of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, in the persuasion that it is an act necessary for the good of my country. " Art. 3. A passport shall bo delivered to me, to enable me to go to Austria, to reside with my Royal Family and my Austrian relatives, and to join my dear sister Marie Tlerese Charlotte de Bourbon, Duchess d'Angoulme._ _ _ _ " hone and given at Paris, 12th February, 1851. " Lotus XVIII., " Kin.. of France and Navarre. _ _ " P.S. The letters which — l have had the honour to write to you, as well as to the Minister of Finance, will give you the proof of my royal person. In friendship. Prince, I am yours truly, Louis XVII.. King of F. and N." This important document he confithd with his owa royal hands to the porter of the Elytie with the direc tion that it should be forthwith banded to the President. Witnesses stated that the prisoner acted with perfect in telligence in all matters, except what regarded his fan cied rights to the throne as Louis XVII., or except after drinking. The accused, however, indignantly protested against the idea of his mind being affected, and repea tedly declared that he was Louis XVII. Re also again demanded that as a Royal Prince he should be sent be fore a higher tribunal. The Court acquitted him on the ground of insanity, but ordered him to be given up to the General commanding the first military division, in order to be taken care of. BANQUET AT THE MANSION•HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor attended yesterday at St. Thomas's Hospital to re ceive " the charge," as President of that institution, to which office he was unanimously elected upon the death of the late Sir John I'irie, Bart. his Lordship afterwards received at dinner, at the Mansion-house, the Treasurer and his lady, with the almoners, and several of the governors, also the medical staff of the hospital, as well as a number of his Lord ship's private friends, to meet them. Covers were laid in the Egyptian-hall for 150 ; and among the guests we noticed —The treasurer of the Royal Hospital; Charles Barclay, Esq., president of Guy's Hospital ; Alderman Copeland, M.P., treasurer of Kin!'s-cross Hospital ; C. B. Stutfield, Esq., treasurer of the London Hospital, and Mrs. Stutfield; Bo namy Dobree, Esq., treasurer of Guy's Hospital ; the Right Hon. Stephen Lushington, D.C.L., John Masterman, Esq., M.P., Sir James Duke, M.P., Bart.; the Hun. J. Melville, Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., M.P.,Alderman Humphery, M. P., Mr. Baldock, M.P., Alderman Sidney, M.P., Alderman Wilson, Alderman Farncomb, Alderman Moon, Alderman Finnis, Alderman Salomons, Alderman Carter, Mr. Sheriff Hodgkinson, Mr. Tite, F.R.S., J. W. Freshfield, Esq., Dr. Barker, M.D., Dr. Leeson, M.D., Dr. Bennet, Dr. Waller, M.D., Mr. M'Murdo, Mr. Simon, Mr. and Mrs. J. Garford, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Garford, Mr. C. S. Butler, the Master of the Clothworkers' Company, the Rev. J. Teeson, Mr. and Mrs. 11. R. Briggs, Mr. Henry Kemble, Mr. J. B. Heath, Mr. Josiah Wilson, Mr. Barker, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wood, and a number of other gentlemen. REPRESENTATION OF CORK CITY.—The Cork Examiner of Monday announces the resignation of Mr. W. Fagan, one of the teresentatives of that city. The same journal contains an address to the electors from Mr. Sergeant Murphy, offering himself as a candidate, in which he says— " Whatever opinions I (in common with others of your community) may have entertained as to the question of 'protection,' events have considerably modified them. lam of opinion that any attempts to re-enact it now might, in the manufacturing districts of England, lead to serious con sequences; but, however, I do not shut my eyes to the fact that there are many heavy burdens which press on the I agricultural interest of Ireland, and I will readily join in any plan that may be devised for affording that interest relief. I have seen with deep disgust the introduction into Parliament of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill.' I need not say that that Bill shall have my most strenuous opposition." There is a rumour that Mr. Butt, Q.C., will be in the field on the Conservative interest. DRIVING OF CATTLE THROUGH THE STREETS.— DEPUTATION '7.0 TIIR HOME SECRETARY.- Yesterday a de putation, consisting of Mr. Masterman, M.P., Sir James Duke, M.P., Mr. H. L Taylor (chairman of the Markets Improvement Committee), Messrs. R Ta, lor, F.R.S., Hicks (Deputy), T. 11. Hall, John Dixon, and Dakin, attended by Mr. Tyrrell, the City Remembrancer, waited upon Sir G. Grey, Bart., M.P., at the Home-office. The City Bill, with reference to Smithfield-market, being lost for the present session of Parliament, the object of the deputation was to ascertain whether the Government would aid in effecting one of the objects embraced in that Bill, by repealing, during the present session, a statute which keeps the market open until three o'clock in the after noon, thus mitigating the inconve nience of cattle -driving in the City during the hours when the streets are crowded. THE LONDON GAZETTE, April lb. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of West Riding Yeo marnareyt,Cvaivcaelrßyi—aya, promoted,CdharlesNla rm April 9. to be co WHITEHALL, APRIL 10. The Right Hon. Sir John Jervis, Knt. , Lord Chief Justice of h er M a j est y's Court of Common Pleas, at r W a u e g s t h m o i f ri s vi t e r a , r w h s ic s k , a ci p p e o n i t n i e t e m d a ThomaseNoicnekso, f of th te ehpbeo r- petual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for the county of Warwick. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Edward Smith, hop and teed merchant, Worcester. surrender, AprilHarfi Hatfield, BANKRUPTS. William Rous Mahson, auctioneer, Southampton, to a S n o d u t M h of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook court, Basinghall-street ; Lee and Pemberton, Lincoln's In j n- o te n ldsj owett, a a m y p 2 to 7 n ,.at two, at the Court shoe merchant, Ball-bridge, Derby, April 25 and May 23, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official ham; Campbell, Nottingham. assignee, Notting- . - John Gracie, woollendraper, Bristol, April 29 and May 27, at eleven, at the Bristol Diotriat.Ceurt. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Whittington and Gribbin, Bristol. Wm. Farrow, coal merchant, Hull, April 30 and May 21, at half-past twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Levett and Champney, Hall. Thomas Moore, jun., merchant, South Hylton, Dur ham, April 25 and June 5, at one, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Wright, Burn, jun., Sunderland; Maples and Pearce, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. Lorens Theodor Wang, merchant, Sunderland, April 25, at eleven, and Jane 5, at twelve, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Jobling and Fleming, Newcastle upon-Tyne; Bell, Broderick, and Bell, Bow churchyard, Cheapside. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. S. Willis, plumber, East-street, Manchester-square. Joseph Jolly, grocer, Grove-street, Camden-town. Henry Bedford, poulterer, Three Tuns-passage, New gate-street. H.W. Crew, journeyman bricklayer,King-street,Chelsea. Abraham Northen, bootmaker, King-street, Snow-hill. William Park, journeyman globemaker, Coppice-row, Clerkenwell. A. Boyce, milliner, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square. T. G. Smith, Tennison-street, York-road, Lambeth. W. Hutchinson, grocer, Acre-lane, Brixton. Alexander Russell, gardener, Frant, Sussex. John Williams, greengrocer, High-street, Marylebone. Charles Brereton, tailor, Barnet. J. H. S. Wildamith, lecturer, Gloucester-street, Queen square. W. G. Bentley, wood letter manufacturer, Great Port land str.-et, Marylebone. William hlicklefield, cheesemonger, New Church-street, Lisson-grove. Isidore Bernstein, tailor, Strand. Duncan Bowman, tailor, Fore-street, Cripplegate. E. Murphy, jobbing porter, Fen-court, Fenchurch-street. Matthew Appleton, baker, Liverpool. Matthew Bramwell, dealer in ale, Ashton-under-Lyne. Sarah Ann Fowler, spinster, Manchester. Peter Jameson, tailor, Staley bridge. Thomas Jones, dealer in ale, Manchester. Thomas Mellody, dealer in hay, Blackburn. Thomas Nuttall, flour dealer, Bolton-le•Moors. Joseph Pearson, provision -shop keeper, Liverpool. John Parry, licensed victualler, Liverpool. Thomas Silk, railway-tavern keeper, Nether Whitacre, Warwickshire. James Wellsted, Tredworth-field, Gloucestershire. John Widdall, licensed victualler, Bolton-le-Moors. David Worthington, baker, Salford. William Whyte, Hindley, near Wigan. John Sleddon, provision-shop keeper, Preston. Joseph Bray, innkeeper, Hereford. David Bryan, Cottiegham, near Hull. Richard Mawdsley, machine broker, Manchester. James Lawrence, shoemaker, Ware, Herts. A. C. Stancomb, clerk in a cloth factory, Trowbridge. John Scott, grocer, Bristol. Charles Gray, auctioneer, Dudley, Worcestershire. Richard Shadrick, currier, Gravesend, Kent. Francis Meillear, beerseller, Plumstead, Kent. John Bustard, builder, Manchester. Isaac Howard, cloth manufacturer, Holme, Yorkshire. Edward Hinchcliffe, plumber, Wakefield. John Merifield, master mariner, Gerrans, Cornwall. Mip!min WEDNESDAY EVENING, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF COMMONS, April 15. SCHOOL BOOKS. Lord MAHON had another subject connected with Ireland to call the Noble Lord's attention to. It was to the practice of issuing school books in Ireland at the public expense, which interfered most unjustly with pri vate competition. Was it the intention of Government to do away with it? Lord JOHN RUSSELL sail the subject was one which could only be dealt with by the Education Com mittee of the Privy Council. Sir R. H. INGLIS thought that Hon. Gentlemen op posite who were Free-traders and opposed to all mono polies, ought to take up this question. Mr. HUME was glad to find that the Right Hon. Ba ronet was coming over to the ranks of free trade.— (Laughter.) He seemed, however, to forget that there existed in this country a still greater mono • poly than the one at present complained of, the monopoly of printing Bibles. He also wished, before he sat down, to cell the attention of the Noble Lord to the length of time that had elapsed since the first commencement of the movement to open Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral to the public free of expense, and the final accomplishment of these two objects; and also to thank the Noble Lord for his efforts in the attainment of these objects. Colonel RAWDON hoped the Government would take into consideration also the propriety of opening the National Gallery and Kew Gardens on Sunday. Sir R. INGLIS explained that he had not said he was a Free-trader, but the reverse. Neither had he defended a monopoly of printing school books, but he had pro tested against it. GOVERNMENT BUSINESS. Sir G. CLERK hoped the Noble Lord at the head of the Government would mention what days he meant to take particular Bills when stating the course of the public business to be pursued after Easter. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the Uovernment pro posed to take the second reading of the Income-tax Bill the first thing on Monday, the 26th of April. He intended to give notice that the second reading of the Jew Bill should be taken before any other business on the following Thursday. He also intended to give notice that the navy estimates should be brought on on that day, after the Jew Bill had been disposed of. On Friday the Income-tax Bill would be proceeded with, and the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill would be fixed for Monday. With respect to the questions of the Hon. Member for Montrose, in reference to Westminster Abbey, he would inquire whether anything could be done in that matter. ADDRESSES TO HER MAJESTY. Mr. DUNCOABE wished to know whether the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) intended to renew his motion respecting addresses to her Majesty by the House? It would be recollected that in consequence of an absurd and hasty, vote which the House came to last year, the whole country was thrown into confusion, the practice of delivering letters on a Sunday having been summarily stopped. Lord J. RUSSELL replied that the subject was still under his consideration. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. After a few words from Mr. SPOONER, The Motion for the adjournment of the House until Monday, the 28th of April, was agreed to. UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE. Mr. HUME gave notice that early after Easter he would renew his motion for universal suffrage. CEYLON. Mr. BAILLIE gave notice that he should bring for ward his Ceylon motion on the Bth of May. THE CHINESE WAR. Mr. G. BANKES gave notice that he would, on an early day after the recess, move for a copy of any cor respondence which might have taken place between the East India Company and the Government on the sub ject of the expenses of the Chinese war. TRANSPORTATION. Sir WM. MOLESWORTU gave notice that early after Easter he should move an address to the Crown, praying for the abolition of transportation to Van Die men's Land. B B r. E E R . Y E A L N u D eE C? J R . ußntriorP,TlgOavNe AT no t ice t hthat, e ELECTIONS. aay after Easter, he should move for leave to bring in a Bill for the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the manner in which the elective franchise had been exercised in St. Alban's. Mr. COBDEN gave notice that be should 'also move that the Bill be extended to the Falkirk Burghs. MALT TAX. Mr. CHRISTOPHER gave notice, on the part of his Hon. Friend the Member for the North Riding of York shire (Mr. Cayley), that his Hoe. Friend would on Thursday, the Bth of May, bring forward a motion for the repeal of the malt tax. SUPPLY OF WATER. Sir G. GREY gave notice that on Tuesday, the 13th of May, he would move for leave to bring in a Bill for the better supply of water to the metropolis. HOME MADE SPIRITS. Lord NAAS gave notice that early after Easter he should renew his motion on the subject of home made spirits in bond. EDUCATION. Mr. W. J. FOX gave notice that on Thursday, the Bth of May, he should renew his motion on the subject of education. . CANADIAN CANALS. Mr. T. DUNCOZII3E wished to know if the report of the A mer i can papers was true, that the Canadian Government h a d closed their canals to the American shipping? Mr. HAWES had no official information on the subject. ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION. On the motion for resuming the adjourned debate on the amend ment to t he motion for the discharge of Henry Edwards, Sir G. CLERK suggested that both the motion and the amendment s hould be withdrawn, and the debate renewed on the petition of Mr. Edwards. Mr. AGLIONBY had no objection to the course, and the :notion and amendment were withdrawn accordingly. The order of the day for considering the petition of H. Edwards having been read, Mr. AGLIONBY said that that matter was at present entirely in the hands of the House, and he believed they would be prep are d to temper justice with mercy. He had himself on the preceding night presented a petition from Mr. Edward., in which that person had not at tempted to deny the allegations charged against hiss, but having s t a t e d that he had been found guilty of a breach of the privileges of that House, expressed his con trition. for his offence, and throwing himself on the mercy of the House, had prayed that he might be discharged from custody. He further stated that during his con finement he had the misfortune of knowing that those nearest and dearest to him had been dangerously ill. Under these circumstances he (Mr. Aglionby), would move that Henry Edwards should be called to the bar of the House and reprimanded by the Speaker, and then discharged on payment of his fees. A pause of a few moments here took place, and no other Member having risen, Mr. E. ELLICE proceeded to say, that, as Chairman of the St. Alban's Election Committee, he felt it was then the duty of the House to deal with that matter as they might think fit. He should add if there bad been for merly any doubt as to the propriety of the report made by the Committee, that doubt must have been com pletely removed by the petition ofUr..Edwardr.—(Hear.) Sir F. THESIGER said he had expected that one of the law officers of the Crown would have risen to inform the House what course it ought in their opinion then to pursue in that matter. But as they had not done so, he telt compelled to assume the rather unwelcome task of pressing with severity against a man who had acknow ledged his offence, and who had expressed his deep con trition for that offence. It eppeared to him (Sir F. The siger) that it would really be trifling with the House— (Hear, hear)—to dismiss Mr. Edwards at that moment. That person had at first presented a petition to the House in which he had indirectly denied that he had been guilty of the practices with which he had been charged. But at present it appeared that that first peti tion was entirely false.—(Hear, hear.) He had shifted his original ground, and had addressed the House in lan guage which amounted to an admission of his guilt. And what was it of which he had been guilty? He had been guilty of a gross and scandalous attempt—and an attempt which bad been successful—to obstruct the course of justice by bribing a witness who had most important evi dence to give to the Committee to keep out of the way. The consequence had been that the whole in. quiry had been defeated, and that the petitioner before the Committee, after all the expense and trouble to which he had been put, had been denied a fair opportu nity of substantiating his case. Mr. Edwards stated in his petition thet those nearest and dearest to him had been dangerously ill, and had suffered severely on his ac count. But that was one of the natural consequences of gross misconduct. It was a providential arrangement that men should not only suffer in their own persons for their faults or their crimes, but that they should also suffer in the misery which they inflicted on their rela tives and friends, and the certainty of that misery fre quently deterred from crime men who might be insensi ble to the mere personal losses or inconveniences to which they might give rise. There might be many zealous partisans who would readily expose themselves to a few days' confinement by pursuing such a course of conduct as that which Mr. Edwards had followed, if they felt that after the lapse of those few days they could escape with impunity. He believed that Mr. Edwards had not yet sufficiently expiated his guilt, and he there fore felt compelled to move, as an amendment to the motion of his Hon. Friend the Member for Cocker mouth, that Mr. Edwards be committed to Newgate. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that he quite concurred in the view which his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Abingdon (Sir F. Thesiger) had taken of that case. The only reason why he had not sooner risen to address the House was, that he did not feel that the law officers of the Crown were pecu liarly called upon to state their opinions to the House on questions in which no point of law was involved. Mr. Edwards had virtually admitted that he had been guilty of a gross and outrageous violation of the privi leges of the House; and he (the Attorney-General) felt that that person had not undergone a sufficient punish ment for such an offence. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, the clerk at the table here read from the journals of the House a resolution declaring that any attempt to induce witnesses not to give evidence required by the House was a high crime and misdemeanour, and that the House would pro ceed with the utmost severity against persons guilty of such an offence. The clerk at the table also read the resolution for the commitment of H. Edwards to the custody of the Ser geant-at-Arms, and the statement of the offence with which he was charged. • . The motion and the amendment having been put from the Chair, Mr. AGLIONBY said it appeared to be the general feeling of the House that Mr. Edwards had not yet undergone a sufficient punishment for his offence; and, yielding to that feeling, he should not press his motion. The House would on a future occasion decide when it would be proper to discharge the prisoner. Lord J. RUSSELL said he was glad to find that his Hon. and Learned Friend (Mr. Agiionby) had decided on not dividing the House on that occasion, because it was manifestly desirable that the House should, if possi ble, come to a unanimous vote on all matters affecting their privileges. It was but right that they should severely punish that grave offence. He should observe that, after the course which that case had taken, he was very glad that they had postponed their decision upon it until that evening. Mr. BANKES said it was not his intention to offer any observations contrary to what appeared to be the nnanimousieeling of the House; but he wished to take that opportunity of saying a few words with regard to the other parties against whom warrants had been issued by the Speaker, and begged to ask the Noble Lord at the head of the Government whether any intention existed of offering a reward for their apprehension, in conformity with the course pursued on former occa sions of a similar kind? For this course they had the precedents of the Grantham case and the Penrhyn case, if he was not mistaken. Ho would also suggest that they ought to have the short-hand writer's notes of the proceedings of the Committee on the last day of their sitting, when he believed no evidence was received. He had understood the Honourable Chairman of the Committee to state yesterday that the question of the competency of the Committee at the moment when they gave their report was never raised or claimed to be raised. This was not in accordance with a statement which he had read in one of the public journals of that day, which indeed was directly the reverse, for there it was said that the ques tion of the competency of the Committee was raised by counsel, who ventured to address them not ea a Com mittee but as Members of that House. Could it be said, then, that the point was not raised ? He also found by the same authority that the Learned Counsel for the petitioner did expressly, again and again, urge upon the Committee the propriety of adjourning, in the hope of obtaining the testimony of those witnesses, and that it was stated by one party who appeared before the Com mittee that he had reason to believe that within an hour he should be able to give an account of one of these wit nesses. For this reason he should be disposed to move, at the proper time, for a copy of the short-hand writer's notes; and although it might not be competent for him to move for the speeches of counsel, he might move for information as to the applications made by counsel with regard to the petitioner or with regard to the sitting Member. When the commission should be moved for, he should move, in accordance with precedent, that it should be composed of Members of that House. Mr. E. ELLICE, jun., after what had fallen from the Hon. Member who had just sat down, felt bound to offer a few words of explanation as to what had taken place be fore the Committee on the last day of its sitting. The Committee met, and proposed, in consequence of what had taken place in that House, to meet objections as to the legality of their proceedings. No such objection was, however, raised on either side. An application for a further adjournment was made to them in their capacity as a Committee, and in point of fact the party making that application naturally admitted that they were a Committee legally entitled to decide the question. The Committee, however, bearing in mind that they had already been adjourning for a week or a fortnight, and yet appeared as far from any chance of obtaining the attendance of the missing witnesses as ever, did not think it incumbent on them to hang up the case against both the petitions and the Bitting Member over the Easter holidays, and, therefore, came to their decision without the slightest doubt as to its propriety. Having come to that decision, he communicated it to the counsel, who said that, being precluded from a further adjourn ment, he could not go on with the case. Here he (Mr. E. Ellice), perhaps, was wrong in not at once clearing the room; but a conversation arose in which he distinctly stated that no formal objection had been made to the proceedings of the Committee. Mr. BANKES explained. Mr. AGLIONBY wished to put it to the House whe ther it would not be wise for the purposes of justice to discharge the warrant against the three persons who were not yet in custody?—(No, no.) The reason was this. If the warrant continued in force they would keep out of the way, and the Commission would lose the ad vantage of their evidence. If, on the contrary, the war rant was discharged and they were allowed to come home they would, no doubt, be ready to come forward and give evidence under a bill of indemnity. Sir G. CLERK protested against this course, and was rather inclined to support the suggestion of the Hon. Member for Dorset, to address her Majesty praying that a reward might be offered for the apprehension of those individuals, having first summoned the Sergeant -at-Arms to ascertain what steps ho had taken to ,serve th• warrant. Lord J. RUSSELL agreed entirely with the recom• mendation just made by the Right Hon. Baronet. He did not think it would be i❑ accordance with precedent for the Crown to offer a reward withotit first receiving an address from that House. The amendment for committing Mr. H. Edwards to Newgate was then carried without a division. THE KAFIR WAR. Mr. ADDERLEY then brought forward the motion of which he had given notice, with reference to South Africa. He had presented a petition signed by parsons in London connected with the Cape, praying that the House would be pleased " to recommend to her Majesty the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry to proceed as speedily 83 possible to the Cape of Good Hope to in quire into, and report upon, the relations between this country and the native tribes on the frontier of her Ma jesty's possessions in Southern Africa." There was one name appended to it which had more significance even than the others, namely, of the gentleman delegated to represent the grievances of the Cape to her Majesty on behalf of nine-tenths of the whole electoral body there. The important duty bad devolved on him (Mr. Adderley) of stating those grievances. He asked the House to consider the question not as a party question. At this moment there was no such thing as a Government at the Cape of Good Hope, nor had there been for two years any Government there, either despotic or democratic. The Council had not been filled up for a year and a half. The Governor was obliged to act on his own responsibility; he was not able to get a single vote in supply, at the same time there was a dangerous war on the frontier, and the policy of the Government with respect to native tribes had entirely failed. There were three propositions which would fall to be consi dered by the House. There was first that of which he had given notice, for a commission of inquiry as to the best mode of adjusting the relations between this coun try and the Kafir tribes. The object of that resolution was to wind up for ever those outstanding engagements, treaties, and agreements, into which her Majesty had en tered with the tribes and settlers at the Cape, in order that on the concession of representative government to the Cape that colony might in future take the responsi bility of its own defence. A precedent had been set for the appointment of a commi ssion to inquire on the spot in 1827, when Lord C. S omerset was Governor of the colony and Lord Bathurst Secretary for the Colonies. Another proposition was made by the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, who thought inquiry ne cessary, and immediately necessary. The Noble Lord acknowledged that the Executive at the Cape was at a dead lock, but the object of the Noble Lord was very The Noble Lea l different from his (Slr, Adderley's). APRIL 10, 1851. object was not to put an end to the present policy, but to remove obstructions to its working.—(Hear, bear.) The distinction between the two propositions in this respect was marked by the omission in the Noble Lord's of such words as " definitive adjustment." But the Noble Lord's proposition differed from his (Alr. Adderley's) not only in the purpose and object, but also in the mode of inquiry. The Noble Lord proposed a Select Committee of Inquiry, instead of a Commission on the spot. A Select Committee must consume a con siderable time. They would have before them a variety of theories—from military men, from philanthropic men, and from economic men—and before the terminatinn of the inquiry the object would be fatally lost in its ex tent. A third proposition, that of the Hon. Baronet the Member for Southwark, was also before the House. That Hon. Member thought that this country neither needed nor ought to institute an inquiry, as he wished to throw the responsibility of the future policy on the Executive here ; but it should be considered that the Executive had confessed its inability to act practically ; and, therefere, that proposition threw the responsibility on the colony. That was scarcely consistent with the justice, honour, and dignity of this country. After this country had framed a policy of its own, which indeed had caused infinite disturbance and confusien on the spot, this country was bound in honour to wind up and finish that policy before it threw on the colony the task of instituting a new policy. That was the objec tion he had to the Hon. Baronet's proposition, but though he saw the objection to it in point of justice, yet he admitted it to be an effectual proposition ; and, if not able to carry his own, he should prefer it to the Noble Lord's proposition, With regard to his own pro position, the circumstances which in his mind rendered inquiry necessary were—first, the apparently endless recurrence of wars on the frontier, utterly destructive to the colony, to the property and welfare of the colonists, and not leading to the civilization or subjugation of the savage tribes, but attended with enormous expense to this country; and, secondly, the prolonged deference of the concession of representative government; and thirdly, not so much the encroachment on the native tribes as the vacillation manifested in our frontier policy. With regard to the concession of constitutional powers, he hoped that the Government would not much longer allow its promises to be obstructed by officials on the spot, and that it would abide by its own enlightened intentions, rather than allow itself to be frustrated by officials on the spot. With regard to encroachment on the native tribes, he should say that the most dangerous character of our policy was its vacillating character. The system of encroachment, variable and uncertain, at one time letting the Kafirs into their own country, and then driv ing them out of it, was neither vigorous, just, nor chari table. It had been said by the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hawes) it was not fai r t o accuse an absent man, and more especially an absent governor, during war. He agreed in that as well as in Lord Torrington'e observations that the Government should have recalled him when the Cey lon Committee was appointed, and he (Mr. Adderle) ) hoped Sir EL Smith would be recalled, if the Noble Lord succeeded in getting his Committee en the affairs of Kafraria. But Sir H. Smith, when he went out to the Cape, with the analogy of India in his mind, laid down a gigantic scheme of encroachment, to be regulated by the natural features of the country. He called the chiefs together, and, notwithstanding the remoestrances of some of his advisers, he said he had a plan of his own, and forthwith proceeded to frame a treaty, in which the advantages were all on his side, and the loss of ter ritory all on the aide of the Kafirs. For the first time in our colonial history he introduced a form of Govern ment called a " Military Commission," of which he re ported in 1849 that it was perfectly successful in keeping tranquillity. But in October, 1850, he reported the existence of what he called " restlessness" in Kafraria, and in that singular confidential kingdom, which had been created between Sir Harry Smith and Lord Grey, and of which no one else in the country, from her Majesty down, knew anything whatever. This " restlessness" ho attributed to famine among the tribes, and to the existence of wizards, and he pro posed to suppress it by deposing some of the chiefs, by pensioning others, and by turning the wizards into ridicule. But imprisoning chiefs did not destroy the allegiance of their tribes, and if any of them deserved pensions they should have received them before. A national superstition had never yet been put down by ridicule, and when Sir H. Smith tried to put his plan into opt retion he found he was imprisoned instead of the chiefs, and even now he was imprisoned though at the head of 5,000 men, with a whole nation in arms around him. Lord Grey would take no information from any person but Sir H. Smith, though he had been warned several times, and Sir H. Smith had told a gentleman who knew the people, and wished to warn him of what was coming, " I understand the matter better than you do; mind your own business." He still talked of the fidelity of Pato and some other chiefs, but Pato was only shamming, as in the last war, and was biding his time to take the side of the strongest. The massacre of the six military villages, filled with people unable to defend the colony or themselves, must be a painful matter to Lord Grey, but it was to be feared more blood would be yet shed in a similar way. The war was very serious, and not likely to be put down as soon as the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Hawes) seemed to think. It was not a war of plunder, but for the recovery of lost territory; not against the Governor of the Cape, but against the High Commissioner for Kafraria, and the real wizard who excited it was Sir Harry Smith. The authority of the chiefs had been destroyed, as Lord Grey had pointed out, but Sir H. Smith bad not succeeded in substituting his own. Ilis system would be successful if it could be carried out, but this country would never permit it, for it was in fact ex termination. The only other system was to recognize the nationality of the tribes, and gradually to elevate them by the influences of civilization; but the Governor had fallen between the former and the latter. The only question that remained was, what course must now be pursued? In the first place the war must be finished. Next, he proposed they should adopt the course indicated in the motion, for which he had a precedent in the course taken in 1827, when a commissioner was sent out to the colony. Though the Hon. Baronet's (Sir W. Moles worth's) policy might be wanting in justice, he preferred it to that of the Government. The Hon. Member con cluded by moving, "That an humble address be pre sented to her Majesty, praying that she would be gra ciously pleased to appoint one or more Commissioners, with instructions to proceed to South Africa, to inquire and report as to the best mode of adjusting the relations between this country and the Kafir tribes; and also of determining the engagements entered into by her Ma jesty's High Commissioner in his settlement of the ex tended territory." Lord J. RUSSELL rose to propose an amendment. He owned he could have wished the Hon. Member had kept his promise not to cast blame on Sir Harry Smith, because, instead of investigating the cause of the present war, be had contented himself with making allegations against that Gallant Officer and Lord Grey. It was, however, more desirable to look to the general interests of the country and to the position of the colony, as to which they had a very serious question to determine. In looking back to the history of that colony it would be found, that when the Dutch were in possession of it they had not confined themselves to Cape Town, but had extended their possession to Fish River. The co lony was in that state when we first came there, and our officers employed their care and attention in endea vouring to reconcile the interests of the colonists with the habits of savages, who bad no other notion of pro perty than that it was so much goods on which to seize. After the second capture in 1805, that question became still more urgent, and a further extension took place in 1810, but in 1819 there was a proposal made in the House that 50,0001. should be voted for sending out emigrants to the Cape, to be settled in the district called Graham's Town, and in its vicinity, which was very much ap proved of by the House ; and it was thought desirable that persons suffering from inadequacy of means at home should be enabled to live in comfort in a colony so healthy as the Cape of Good Hope. The House agreed to that proposal, and the only speech recorded on the occasion was that of the Hon. Member for Montrose, who only complained that Government had not gone far enough, and that a further grant ought to be proposed, and a greater number of people sent out. There was such a number of persons sent out that the district be came in process of time very flourishing, and the English and Dutch colonists came into possession of considerable property. In 1848 it was stated the export of wool was about 2,250,0001 b., the value of which was 143 0001. ; of agricultural produce, 182,0001.; of live stock, upwards of 2,000,000; of fixed pro perty, 2,000,0001. ; making a value of upwards of 4,000,0001. in the eastern district. But the per sons who had been there settled by the direct interven tion of Government complained from time to time of depredations made upon their cattle, that their lives and properties were not safe, and that the tribes made con tinual incursions upon their estates. The British Go vernment and nation could not be indifferent to such complaints. Having sanctioned emigration to the Cape, after the colony had been formally ceded to us by the Dutch, it was only natural that persons in command at the Cape should seek a remedy for the evils complained of. This question was not to be decided by casting blame on the officer who happened to be in command at the Cape. Sir H. Smith was a man distinguished for his military services, and his acquirements were in ferior to those of few men. W h y sho uld the whole blame be thrown upon him? I t must be observed that various governors who had preceded Sir H. Smith, earnsdets,irSHirenßry ottinger, Benjamin , all jamin D'U r b an, en deavoured, according to their d i fferent views, fou n d e d on namelyS i rPer e grine Lord M C a t 1 a S n o d ni , the information they possessed, to find a remedy for what appeared to them to be a very serious mischief. It was found that the Fish River was ill chosen as a boundary, because the thickets on each side of the river enabled unperceived by the savages to come down to the borders, the military posts, and select a favourable for making an incursion into the British 1819 the boundary was extendedthe Dfuuthteirsheae territory. opportunity A c co r Id a. a regular organization for defending ing to the ancient system of the incursions made by the native tri tbcehs, the f t iscre ;Cape ee _ had purpose rca b pi e inm e ss n et of stealing cattle, which was called the sy.s_tem_i?ef rigour, but This system was one of considerable g, but was liable to abuse, and gave rise to acts of violence. Our When he (Lord J. for the Russell) was Secretary Colo nies a gei tleman from the Cape_ described the system to him, and h e cou l d assure the House that it was not one of which the people of this country would approve. If, on the one hand, incursions of a barbarous character were made isy the native tribes, who would ravage and destroy all within their reach and drive away the cattle which they captured, so, on the other, the settlers not unfrequently avenged their losses by sacrificing the lives of any natives who might happen to fall into their power, without observing those laws by which military men were so careful to regulate their proceedings. It was, he apprehended, on account of those abuses that the commando system was dissolved in 1832 by Lord Stan ley, who thou held the seals for the colonies. But then • Hon. Members said, that if we deprived the colon i s ts cf the means of defending themselves—if we objected .1", their system of defence on the ground that it seas, in to human and inconsistent with justice, e e were bouna ilo provide an effective system of defence for them, and . , u st , no right to complain, because it proved to be a uf upon the imperial resources. It was impossible ncno„ allow that this argument had a great deal of force. u . that as it might, the commando system was dissolaslr, IC In 1835, Sir B. D'Urban being Governor, 10,0 00 i ll ' g invaded the east district, destroying farms and swe e P te d away everything they encountered, until they con verts a flourishing province into a desert. Sir B. D took his military measures with great vigour, with only a small regular force, directed with ability, 2 ' o met the Kafirs. He was successful; but, the coniter t j,,, se stem having been abolished, the inconveniences 0 est system which succeeded it began to be felt, and the o ' l , of the military operations attracted attention. Th e er e dinary and extraordinary charge for the military defeet`i, of the colony in 1835 amounted to 249,7901. The e i s • o g mated charge of the military chest for the year enuld. the 31st March, 1837, was 206,149/. It must be ea rl been that this was a considerable expense, and lt been incurred by resisting the incursions of the li: 4 , es and in def . < ace of the colony. In on e o f his dispat c h, Sir B. D'Urban st a t e d th at b e t ween th e 23d of Dec e ibs her and the Ist of J anuar y, b e f ore th e war began' ; e a Kafirs had murdered every man they found, dest r°l l 250 houses, and carri e d o ff 100 000 h ea d o f cattle test 150,000 sheep and goat s . Thi s a l one wou ld show t the evils we now had to deal with were not evils Ile rz , s l themselves, or to be met by s i m ply d ec l a ri n g that " 0 bad been done was wrong, and that some other sP t* ,,,, must be at once adopted. Up o n th e occas ion in cl u ,l ie tion Sir B. D'Urban carried hostilities far into :, 0 1 country of the Ksfirs; he even went beyond the 'Col severely chastised those tribes who had either aett' i r `b s participated in or encouraged the hostile invasion 0' t o 13ritish territory. Sir B. D'Uurthan then declared opinion that if we desired to maintain our territorY r cure for the future it was necessary to extend the Vigodary, dary, and he recommended that the boundary shoel e se i carried beyond the Kieskamma, and fixed at the 91 . river. We should not then blame Sir H. Smith for so tending our frontier line, when we found that in 1 or , it was proposed to extend our boundary for the P so , pose of giving greater security to the Albany and re cl merset districts, which it mast always b e remember had a just claim to our protection. The Cabili tio that day took this matter into seri o u s cons id era tion. authority of Sir B. D'Urban stood very high. Th e :, s 1 litary ability which he had shown, and the sure had attended his operatio ns , induced ' the Got% ment to attach great weight to his representations• o d the other hand, it was stated in this co untry- -f k o with great effect on the public mind—th a t the ha , ' is tribes were treated with great i e j ust i ce; an d that' fact, the European settlers the mse l ves were the e eti p d of hostilities by the outra ges th e y corattu tt ; o : and that the time had com e w h en it was n e7 ,01 nary to replace a system of severity tow a rd s the ell's s e . by one of conciliation and justice. Finally, .Lord P I , o f ley at length gave instructions that the new t e rritoo. oo which Sir B. D'Urban had already tak e n pesee9sist should be abandoned. We returned within our for e 'e e boundary, and it was determined that treaties s hould o ' l o made with chiefs of the Kafirs, and reliance pla, i e ed ,,e them as the means of preserving peac e . Sir u'°°-to Napier went to the Cape, not long after, in order c , carry these instructions into effect. Sir Andries Sy o 6 kenstrom, a m an o f cons id era bl e t a l ent, an d exert 0, great influence over all who came into contact with hl o e was appointed to carry on the necessary negotiations 4, the frontiers, and t o conc ili ate, as f ar as possible, the Dutch settlers, whos e con fid ence h e possessed, snel;tas native tribes, to who m h e was k nown. From t his disturbances occasionally broke out, although they tl e ' n 'j assumed the character of op en war , f or S i r B. D'Ult/hti successes had been strikin g an d remarkable, 00"[I'si left a powerful impression on th e nat i ves. I n curs e be were continally being made i n t o our territory forted purpose of cattle stealing. These forays were bel' e ile to be favoured by the chiefs, although they c onstae id ; disavowed the imputati on . Sir ;George Napier h,e jo . conference with too chiefs f or the purpose 01 ' O . clueing them to observe the treaties into which they e A tered. It soon, however, became apparent that the ' Ol . system was as little lik e ly t o secure perman ent tr 4,6 quillity as that which it had su p erse d e d ; f or in 184 " es i; during the time when Sir P. M a itl an d was goverP o i there arose a fresh war, which was more extensive lbe dangerous than any th a t h a d occurre d before. I,l'„cia Parliamentary papers w ou ld b e f oun d Si r P . Malte/1:, account of the occurr ences — at fi rst tr i v i a l , an d se ht s e lt quently assuming a m ore aggravate d character--/fros led to this war. It appeared that in this instance ate Kafirs bad not to complain of any invasion of their r'b r o , by the settlers; but, because the British authoritiel a st posed to punish, in a part of the British colony, " who bad committed some offence against the law, a P;pr of Kafirs came in to rescue th e p r i soner . I t was 11°-4,0 tained that this was not an isolated attempt, babeo suggested by one of the chiefs. N ow, t h ere co uld t o doubt that when Sir P. Maitland went to the coloel A was actuated by the most benevolent i ntent i on s, an d o f was inclined to adopt the opinion th at t h e outbrea'", et the Kafirs were entirely owing to th e non-observeotnca a conciliatory system towards them. Si r P. Are it ' e fi o ra however, bore remarkable testimony t o th e good duct of the settlers, and the absence of all p ro vocation, their part for a considerable p er i o d b e f ore t h e war c ;s 0 1 menced; indeed, he declared in one of his dispatches the colonists had com m i tte d no act of offence spirted natives for seven pr ece di ng years. This war coot"hi-e0 a long time, and was more costly to the Treasury is any that had previously taken place. Sir P. Maitlaawir, the first instance, and Sir H. Pottinger subseclue t/ del carried on the war with the success which had at° s e former contests, and u lti mate l y t h e K a fi rs wer e e,' plately, and, it was h o p e d, permanent l y d efeate d. S' r o . Maitland then considered w n a t s y stem h e s h ou ld roc t ' fas , mend for the purpose of securing the colony tram e t ea t ther depredations and a tt ac k s , an d h e recomme nded' D o the boundary should be extended to the Kei, and tbstro hostile Kafir tribes should b e a ll owe d to li ve i n the Po adjoining the British territory, b u t t h a t th os e distr i c t should be peopled with friendly tribes. Sir H. Pet tin bt took a view of the subject not v er y di ss i m il ar from ' as , of Sir P. Maitland. Earl G re y a l so issued ine t li r s - g• tions to the same effect; but, at th e same timee,-tiSts Bested that it might be pos s ible t o contro l the 1 00, through their chiefs, and to obtain the 00-oper e os el of the latter in an endeavour to improve the 0 0 habits of the Kafirs by discountenancing Prgicl,or, which were abhorrent t o B r i t i s h f ee li ng. Sore° 1 0 1 sons, and among them the Hon. Member wh ° o brought the question before th e H ouse , seeme d to , b ol that the Kafirs ought to be left at liberty to d o li ed they pleased among themselves. Upon that point he fi l e d come to a different conclusion. P rac ti ce s prel c - itli amongst savage tribes in various parts of the world 0. which British feeling could never be brought in ar c t he ante. The Hon. Baronet the Member for Southwar' h i c of other evening indulged in som e pl easantry on the 511tlie of witchcraft; but this belief in w i tc h cra ft was rani cover for the perpetration of the grossest abuses• t ber man possessed large herds, or was rich in any ° sal ) kind of property, it was a common thing to aech ee ,i t bs of witchcraft, whereupon he was put to death, ' 44 It whole of his property was divided amongst the chie7;o o was impossible that these murders and eonfiseit, - ,04 should take place under the eye of British mask )- pot and governors without an attempt on their part te. s loo down practices so abhorrent to us. Consequently ,:iitts Grey, Sir H. P ot ti nger , an d l ast l y Sir • P`"itte' bad endeavoured to suppress these practices, ii "o 3 o° out, however, attempti ng t o d es t roy the 13: rity of the chiefs, which they looked 11 1 ) °,':,,gsr a means of governing the peopl e . Si r H. P"''4o/ drew up an able plan, by which he th oug ht the c" bot might be secured from war for the future ► h ife' like others who had gone before hi m — as a bl e ite e si, self—he was of opinion that the t err it or y s h o uld e` t i of tended to the Kei. Sir H. Smith had been aceas e p ill , despotic government, and al mos t o f ty ranny an d ert i l s ite But the objection which had been m a d e i n s ome (4 str letters that had appeared in th e news p a p ers on the ' 13 ,0 ject was, that Sir H. Smith had behaved with too 0 ,0, lenity to the p r i nc ip a l c hi e f s . I n one o f th e let t ' a r for instance, it was stated that Sir Henry Patti hod kept Sandilli a prisoner, and that if Sir H. Smith Lod either hanged hi m or sent him out of th e colony, loin/ of allowing him his freedom, the colony would 11 ,° / ,e, h t a n d o those en chiefs, dec in the danger in which it was now placed.--(t1 - 00 The accusation against Sir H. Smith had been the r e bad too great confidence, that he placed too great aid mhisinttceeindotuntehproadntetdsht,aihratenHhdfe.atishthahmati Smith h f not sufficiently distrust them. He (Lord J. Russell) a d ' ed that no insurr O O c w i p a s a d th b e e w lie a v r which had brokel: e se t-i° t t h h a a d t taken e a character which ho had not expected ' .ll O . was not unaware that there were circuras til „ l3o ce of dangetrhwas quite clear from the fact of his O. levi Cape i a v n ed d i t n ha b t is be e °,4 l: and writing home to say tho o el circumstancesthe on the frontier required his apperi r es e there, in order to meet the danger that was Oro hended. But he certainly had not believed thet es danger would assume the formidable shape that 1 1,ir a y s tmuzd.—(Elear, hear.) But, in making this ts°7, o es &ion, he could not forget that numerous other inste:so could be cited in which men of great talent and P ° n " t , P ol of government had been surprised by the breaking 0- 6„a an insurrection which they thought they would ° p' means of preventing.—(Hear, hear.) As th e Hon. tleman the Under-Secretary of State for th e ColO b st said the other night, Sir H. Smith had had the :ell assistance of Colonel Mackinnon, an officer who w 5 , 9 ,;e0' acquainted with the frontier, and who was not on l y log pablo of rendering valuable aid in the fi e ld, b ut of gi - e) information of the impending danger.—(Hear, bolo, There was one circumstance to be remarked wit h he et , ference to the present war —that we did not nosy r il e as we heard with respect to th e war o f 1835, that al , - 03 bodies of the natives had broken into the peacefu l " e et settled parts of the colony ; but the source of the Pr f :ed danger, and the hostiliti es t h at had recently been cael on. were removed to a g reat di stance from those riffs —(Hear, hear.) So far we had gained by the in" 5 1713 6( „ we bad adopted. B ut undoubtedly there were "„3eo: d e measures to be con s id ered; and those further ; sures, he thought, ought to be considered -130 dispassionately,—(Hear, hear.) They ought t° 4 o l considered with reference to the engagements ;" 0 ' which we had entered, with reference to the pron i. c .fi all protection which our taking possession of the ; 0 0°," originally by force of arms, and the ultimate resi t the colony to us by treati after of 18 ° , the eace clearly implied,—(Hear s hear.) Wought a's° /re e . ts is ; consider them with referenceear.) to the safety of the 5 ' reo as . well as with reference to the well-being of those g o at' tribes who belonged to the territory, and whose in t°l* ,ele 3 ought, if po ss ibl e, to b e carefully protected and g 4 s by us. In considering these questions he though t 1 0 ' 4 ~., could not say, as the lion. Baronet the Mewl** Southey' k (S . dr it W. Molesworth) seemed disposed : l, h° the other night with respect to the Cape, and wht` c o 1/ 3 ' did say with respect to our colonies generally , w eto them have free constitutions, and take their ow n r 4 J' and don't let us be put to any expense." Lie Cla°- ~.~u ~~ Russell) WE be respons (Me4r.) I War ; for a the colonic: appare n tl y W e were co T 'lline rev Dismissing question, w tie red with W and to ima i that they to have be( ev ery wish success had of the pro' (near.) Ti laS4r meat lifeiil l lll ltn°6t.:YPllit inanityBl Idi r ell itaener s tfeo. siecdhg t dtePtv;eB° r e9aaas i sont:tatLt c voel titsrdt° t :ait((c4 i tars' posts a t considered termin e by hear.) Inani tY, th a dopt. I Which in great rnilit tl P O a thou g oose of task of obi 'object, a n Plan which that if Plan hith that th e fi Barry s uai to enable be ar)—the fr om their great assist native tril s hould li ve ations oug Great Brit raittee, the to w wi a te s s rie nbtalia, 1 1 y tee states t s e t t e ciiti o wen subtni 'MY, as a not as W ho was a i . 6 1 , 3 ,11 who al tnittee wot Whethe r th sound 0 a ny ‘ other Leaded wit t arn Whetl] tic % or i n tight in re the amend Plan whist sending as: Separate the Roo th ough Erst lama W hole mat Pla ced bet geetiou. t ( l ,roendr n „ , e rtitnitteo African fi 1; Ur. V. Membe r whit ..tenaber f Part y quo , t v , i b ieetin "or, h g ei lent out t shire,exi sted a eeintniuic Weak en na ence wi 2PPosed "e could t. Pursue till Put aside Colonies, b enefit of first call 1 the: When the lienaen in f ormation aghast, fc could give means a say that t nate had means of fo rmation at temptin opinion I tn the ar doubted i h ad suffic In give ai e draw n ?ate th e '' l ,,ers.l gut ''°n• Me o ught no the Cape 10 pk at it d IdOr see Pursued 411 Cee Ss f u of that p c ape, of 0 'aPe, Str he i ct th , Noble L bad gout a certain he curie to afford themseli ta le of I Willing t ti P° ll us .. r a % long t tai hat'w th• e w or Fir V iree f or retro Gr ey, eolo 0 draw a i . Lord 'Peooh. , Mr. ta rt' for must %aid, colo ny Lord G P r opert Oar. v L'Dger, By sac th w] t en n( as sured f ,' w ould e 4 ', 611 dit4 ' e ,.° ll lthai .40t tstov e a „ na if War BUci atan( at w as °ll the eith er h oe t and read, `were i to ted, fo r all z ooid ~ -Pri em ` t ress thi, th e ea t ißat e , ®cut .prob a Ja. s n 14)0 p11 kith () me nd wer e th e a of t a re Pea ce and II hent h e w( more C pats w e tie PPa e , 1 ' 144 he Y