The Sun. — London, England, 1853-03-18 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The Pope's visit to France continues to be the great question of the day, and it appears to meet with difficulties of a very tantalising character. It Louis seem, i n f act, as if Pi o N ono h a d di scovered . . 401 1is Napoleon's weak side, and was determined to take advantage of, the discovery. One day, his -holiness is to come without fail ; the next, there are obstacles in the way which will make his visit early impossible. Every new difficulty draws a fresh concession from the Emperor. The organic articles have long since been conceded, and in that respect Louis Napoleon has abandoned the interests of the Gallican Church to their fullest extent. His -holiness, having got so much, thinks he might now Perhaps squeeze out a little more, and seems deter mined to make Louis Napoleon pay dear for his * Whistle. He now asks that the religious ceremony of marriage should be celebrated before the civil ceremony, and that no marriage should be legal without the interposition of the Church. Whether this point will be conceded or not remains to be seen ; but at present it appears to be the stumbling block. General de Cotte has been dispatched to bring on a secret mission, the object of which is to Ting the matter to a point. He left Paris three days ago. M. de Lacour, who is also to visit Rome on his way to Constantinople, though without any apparently official character, will probably assist General de Cotte in the negotiations. Orders have been sent to Toulon to prepare the steam-frigate Mogador for Tunis, where she is to receive the Bey and his suite, who are coming to France. The Mogador will leave Toulon early in April. The Princess Lieven has paid a visit to the palace of the Tuileries, and been presented to the Empe ror and Empress. It was on Sunday last, at one , o'clo c k, that the audience took place m the private apartments of the Empress. The visit of the Prin cess Lieven is looked upon almost in the light of a Political event. Perhaps her movements are as good an indication of the opinions entertained at the Court of St. Petersburg as those of M. de Kis seleff, the accredited Minister. ReThe Moniteur announces that Lord Stratford de el , cliffe was received on the 16th by the Eniperor, to take leave previous to his departure for Con stantinople. The ltioniteur publishes the ratification of the treaty, concluded on the 25th of January last, be tween France and Wurtemburg, for the extradition of criminals. Letters from Constantine state that a new expe dition was in preparation against the natives. It Was to be sent under the direction of General Her 'Dillon towards Biscara, and was to start on the 15th of April. The accounts of Marshal de St. Arnaud's health are said to be rather more satisfactory, but no one believes that he will ever return to Paris. It is 11 ,_°w said that General Daumas is to become Minis ter of War in his stead. General Aupick, the late a mbassador at Madrid, was also spoken of, but he Will probably be left in the simple otium cum dig tlitate of the Senate. There are still sixteen places of senators to be deposed of, and for these comfortable berths the t hem are numerous. It is said that one of ` A tera is destined to Admiral Baudin, who, the 4 r -Loy • tzteur states, has accepted from the hands of the peror the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Which he had refused in 1848, when offered by Ge neral Cavaignac for his devotedness to the Re- Public. Admiral Baudin was at that period in com bland of the squadron ordered to ' prevent the paces of the house of Orleans from landing on the rad of France, and he acquitted himself of his task with a zeal th a t was hi g hly gra tifyi ng to the heads of the Republican party. There was a gr a n d rece pti on a t th e T u ileries on Wednesday even i ng . It was o f a ver y brilliant d e scription, and was numerously attended. The Co unc il o f St a t e me t yes t er d a y t o examine se veral ti bills relative to loans for towns, delimita ans of commu nes , And other local matters. These 11' 48 will be afterwards presented to the legislative uudy. Pox. some time past commercial affairs in Paris h ave not been near ly so fl our ishing as they had been iso months before. The tradespeople are begin to sry out, and the working classes have a diffi 4tY in finding work. This state of affairs has improvement the Government, and, with a view to the 4 " l Provement of trade, it is said to have resolved to make a Z several new concessions. The Transatlantic ~,c a ln-packet service is at once to be conceded to a vs —lal Pany, and several railways, which had been 4",,,ostponed for fear of encumbering the Bourse, are It to be conceded. It will excite suprise, but 4 1 ' i 8 a fact, that the notorious M. Proudhon is now. Prime favourite with Louis Napoleon. It is s?en said that he no longer adheres to the doctrine that la propriet# c' est le vol, and that as his tastes ° hthat subj ec t h ave c h ange d , h e h as app li e d f or a Concession of a railway, and is likely to get it. The Debats says • whWe hae , received a list of th e names o f th e persons ose property nas been placed under sequestration by the Austrian Government Amongst those names are the following :—Count Gabrio Casati, Count Francis A.reSe, Count Henri Martini, Count Vitiliano Borromeo, Duke Anthony Litta Arese, Count Jules Litta Arese, Mgr. Francis Simonetta, the Marquis Jules Ferzaghi, Count Vitaliano Crivelli, Mgr. Elie Poli, Count Marc Greppi, the Marquis Rosales d'Ordono, the Princess Christina Barbiano di Belgiojoso , Mg r. Henri Cernuschi, the 'marquis George Pallavicini Trivulzi , C ount Hercules Oldofredi Tadini, Baron Vincent Cesati , Mg r. Gabriel „a.rnozzi, Mgr Batiste Camozzi, Coun t Octave Tasca, F rancis Abbondie Barbiano di Bel g io j oso, Mgr. Colombani, Mgr. Paul Carcano, General , B ePh Jacopetti, Mgr. Charles Lit ta, Mgr. Louis 1 "ta Biurni, Major Fontana, Colonel Jacques-Che t.-" These S essa , an d the Marquis George Raim ondi. 'hese names suffice, beyond any doubt, to prove to every one that the persons who bear them are not, and cannot be the acco mplices of M. Mazzini , th the Austrian Government imagines that it lays to th ei r, charge anything of the horror excited in Europe by vn e last insurrectionary attempt of the celebrated dema ;"bal c it makes a great mistake ; and public opinion, ' O l has already so badly received all the rigorous measures to which Lombardy has just been subjected, rt ,,,, a inlY will not accompany it in that course." 11 , -1 - 11 -e market continues inanimate, and prices are Q,7 4 Y as they were. The Four-and-a -Half per I lts. are unaltered, at 104 f. 10c., and the Three ter Cents. are 25 c . hi g he r , at 81f. The Shares of Bank of France and of the Mortgage Bank are o ic hanged ; those of the Societe Mobiliere are s f. Wer, and those of the Mortgage Bank Bonds 20f. 11 ,Wer. S pan i s h H ome D e b t i s hi g h er, an d the j o e 'w Three per Cent. Piedmontese Loan is 10c. p W er, at 70f. 50c. The Turkish Loan was done a a cle higher, at 1,022 f. 50c. Railway Shares have b a ked but little, with the exceptio n of th e Stras 0g and the Lyons to Mediterranean, whi c h are 41, 4 bett er . E xc h ange on L on d on ( s h or t) 25f. Sc. (41 e3 , ; ditto (90 days), 24f. 90c. paper. GERMANY. 04 1 :he Emperor of Austria has taken his usual walk the bastion, accompanied by Prince Albert of 4 r 4 ._ . enY, to whom he pointed out the spot of the "riapt of the 18th ult. General Haynau 'died suddenly in the night. wi e i had been to au evening party at Count Buol's, 111. ere he remained till past twelve. A few mo- N e lda after he retired to rest he was struck by apo er,;(3r, and death put a term to his agitated career. The Archbishop of Vienna has also died. t he Second Chamber of Prussia, en attendant Ze . discussion of the estimates, has adopted, by a 7Jerity of 164 to 137, the second and last reading tt) the bill for prolonging Parliaments from three kri si o xzears, after the close of the present legislative %Choler a a t B res l au d oes no t aug ment as regards hp: 'lumber of cases, but, on the other hand, it has pro ad more generally throughout the city. Its oi,,g l ;ess westward is generally expected upon the - , ll lng of spring. th e t er a week's thaw and two days' spring wea am; we have a return of winter, with heavy snow, 0 , the th ermometer t wo t o three degrees below j e .utenant-General von Prittnitz, commanding N a 'lief the whole corps of Guards, resigned his k t . e 'lens three days past, having accomplished the It I , e : th Year of his long and distinguished services. liV ra, 4l rumoured that the veteran General von Q., 44 lagel i s t o succee d to t h e comm and of the 4 01 , 1*(18 ) and that Prince William von Radziwill, I)4,„ e ° l3 amanding the 4th corps d'armee at Magde cog's' will replace Wrangel at the head of the 3d olu a ', , antoff all troops in the marches, with head `‘ere erlin. ITALY. . of. t e Opznione of Turin quotes a letter from . Milan . lihhe 1 2th, stating that the decrees respecting the t ing of the streets are not confined to Milan k u l le) but extend to all the frontier towns. The p x . o 4l .i.Pality of Milan has received orders to furnish Po r / lß lens for 4,000 men, besides 800 more at but t3 ea. The blockade of Ticino is still in force, 4,lll.there are fewer troops on the service. Two one at are spoken of as likely to be established— *l34tier. 'V arese, and another close to the Sardinian Nletter from Florence of the 9th, in the Opi ahatte of Turin, states that the trial of Guerrazzi ° tilers for high treason has been suspended, tlef e "%eelnit of the illness of Montazio, one of the Nlait il i a nte• The police proceeded to a domiciliary th e ue other day at the house of Mme. Unger, Fluppeoelebrated singer, but nothing was found to Th„ ll ,allY charge there might be against her. tte,'" urin and Savigliano Railway was inaugu- Noe en the 14th. The King, accompanied by the " Piechnoht, the Duke of Genoa, and the Prince of Carignan, was present at the ceremony. The NI inisters, many senators, deputies, and chief functionaries also attended. SWITZERLAND. The Bale Gazette of the 15th says :—" The Biiancia of Milan publishes an article according to which the Austrian Government is said to have an intention of extinguishing the flames of revolution in Switzerland, and of re-establishing the sovereignty of the cantons by means of an act of mediation. This article has produced such a lively impression on the mind of the Federal Council, that it has transmitted it to its commissioner in the canton of Ticino. It is stated that Austria still calculates on a change in the government of that canton. The number of persons expelled from Lombardy goes on increasing." The Zurich Gazette states that it is informed on good authority that for the future the United States of America will be represented in Switzerland by a special chargé d'affaires. THE KAFIR WAR. ARRIVAL OF THE SYDNEY. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 17. The Sydney, Captain Franklyn, who has charge of the mails, arrived last evening in the Sound. Her cargo consists of gold dust, from Sydney, 32,854 oz. 14 dwt. 21 gr.; Port Philip, 45,289 oz. 14 dwt. 12 gr. ; Adelaide, 97,646 oz. 1 dwt. 5 gr.; making a total of 175,790 oz. 10 dwt. 14 gr.; be sides 115 tons 12 cwt. of tallow from Sydney. From Sydney she brings, as first-class passengers, Le Comte de Chabrillon, Vlr. and Mrs. Walton, Messrs. Lewis Marks, Herr Halgee, Herr Beeger, and Emile Dubois ; two second-class, and fifteen third-class. From Port Philip—Messrs. Russell, A. Beach, Beauchamp, and Price ; thirty-four second-class and thirty-two third-class. From Adelaide—Mr. and Mrs. G. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Hall, six children and servant, Mrs. Larnbton, Miss Armsberg, Mr. B. Armsberg, Charles Groch, W. Probyn, and A. Jeffry ; twenty second-class, and six third-class. There are also one from King George's Sound, one from the Cape of Good Hope, and one from St. Vincent—making in all 140 pas sengers, including children. In addition to these, the Sydney has obtained 2,0001. from intercolonial passages only. Mr. Charles Walton, a gentleman engaged by the Australian. Royal Mail Steam Navigation Com pany, has been the round in Sydney, to perfect arrangements for facilitating the dispatch of the company's ships at the various ports of arrival and departure. The Sydney left Plymouth the 4th of August, 1852, at 8 30 a.m., and arrived at St. Vincent in 10 days 5 hours ; she was detained there 3 days 61 hours. From St. Vincent to Ascension she was 12 days 13 hours on the voyage, and was detained there 6 days 6 hours. The run from Ascension to the Cape of Good Hope occupied 9 days 20 hours, and she was detained there 5 days 6 hours. She left the Cape of Good Hope October 3, and arrived at King George's Sound October 24, making the passage in 21 days 12 hours. She was detained at that place coaling for 4 days 21 hours from the im possibility of procuring labour, and sailed October 29 • arrived in 5 days at Adelaide, remained there 1 day 7 hours ; sailed November 7, remained dis charging passengers and cargo there 5 days 19 hours ; and on November 13 sailed for Sydney, where she arrived November 16 , in 711 hours. On her return voyage she sailed from Sydney December 4, arrived in 89 hours at Port Philip, and remained there 3 days 7 hours. On December 11, she sailed for Adelaide, where she arrived De cember 14, in 611 hours, remained there taking passengers and treasure 3 days 9 hours ; sailed for King George's Sound December 17, arrived De cember 23, in 6 days, remained coaling 9 days 3 hours ; sailed January 1, arriving at the Cape on February 1, in 30 days 23 hours ; remained at the Cape 4 days 121 hours coaling, sailed February 6 ; arrived at St. Vincent February 26, in 20 days 131 hours ' • remained coaling 3 days 21 hours ; sailed March 2, and arrived at Plymouth in 14 days 3 hours. The General Screw Steam-shipping Com pany's ship Queen of the South, was at St. Vin cent on the arrival of the Sydney; she sailed for the Cape Feb. 27. The ship. John Bartlett was spoken with off the Cape shortly after the Sydney left The following summary of Cape news is taken from the South African Commercial Advertiser of February the sth " The Sydney takes intelligence from the Cape only ten days later than the Indiana. In the interval small parties of marauders have shown themselves on the borders and within some of the frontier districts, who have been ac tively pursued by the burghers and mounted police, and generally with success. Some 10 or 12 rebel Hottentots had surrendered at or near Whittleseabut nothing cer tain is known of the Hott e nt o t l ea d er , Brander, or of the Kafir chiefs, Sandilli and Macomo. There was a report that some arrangement was in progress with these Gaika chiefs, on the condition of their retiring beyond the Kei, a considerable number of their people having been permitted to mingle with the friendly tribes in lower Kafirland, and his Excellency's expression in a general order of the 26th of Jan., that ' this arduous contest (is) now happily brought to an end,' gives some colour to it. "This arduous contest commenced on the 24th of Dec., 1850, in an attempt to seize Sandilli. Kafraria was at that time held in subjection by a military force, or in what is called military occupation. At the end of two years of active operations Sandilli is still at large, and Kafraria is held in subjection only by a military force. The only difference is, that the force was smaller m 1850, said to have been about 1,500 bayonets, while it is esti mated at some 7,000 or 8,000 in 1853. Should this force be reduced to what it was in 1850 would the colony be more secure than it was at that period ? Are the frontier districts stronger, or Kafirland weaker now, or will their relative strength be more favourable to the colony two or three years hence than in 1850? " During the contest a large number of the bravest frontier colonists have fallen, and a much larger number have been ruined and greatly disheartened. " The boundaries of the colony have been considerably extended, and many inhabitants of the older frontier dis tricts are moving into the new territory, still further weakening the old frontier. " The Kafirs have suffered loss in men, and cattle, and territory ; but to people in their condition such losses often give union and strength. The loss of independence and of native land is not forgotten or forgiven. They err who suppose that in this respect the black man differs from the white. The justice or injustice of the conquest or expa triation are out of the case. Justice, policy, necessity, may relieve the conscience of the conqueror, but resent ment glows for ages in the heart of the vanquished. It is a sentiment universal as the sun, and whatever border system the British Government may adopt, founded on the military occupation of Kafraria, they must keep this law of nature in view, and make provision on this as a fact that the vanquished and expatriated Kafirs hate them in their hearts. " In this contest the Kafirs have shown that they have the means of obtaining fire-arms, and that they are acquir ing skill in using them. To the gun they have added the horse—a still more dangerous engine of war. This entirely changes the character of border warfare and of border de fence. Thirty, years ago a few colonists on horseback , with their far-reaching rifles, could confront and scatter almost any number of natives on foot, armed only w x i a t m h i s n t e i d ck t s he o i r r missile spears cast f rom the hand. If they g a r s o n u e n e d es a sf n ui d chose atihgeniratlimmoestwwellahtohnety a co w u o l e d un r d et . I n f rn ro s t hill, Waterkloof, and Perea shoewarswhatna sofemarfeulnstaannegees has taken place within a f ew y • mo r r i e ng m t e h n e t l h a a s n t three wars, n i e t d h t a r r o dl o y ps a , p a p n e d a r s m o t r h e a t t h t h a n e y o l n o e s e t du it remained doubtful on which side the advantage lay. They improve in adroitness and daring with every war, with every acti o n. Every slice cut from their territory confirms and inflames their hostility: " The Governor has all this and more clearly before his eyes, and will make it plain enough in his dispatches. But it is not kn own w h et h er any remedy has suggested itself the t evil. oh his mind, o m r a w n h y ether he has yet discover ed the root of a t t c o o h ehs fromash different State the too great and is emphatically condem ne d ; an d recentlyextension of Earl t SecretarieshG e r ey colony sug gested ogf gested a question, whether the loss of land might not be one cause at least of native hostility. In the case of Basutos Moshes of h, their General l aCnadthwcaas to rtsakwi kindle e clearly tahw : arhr landa t not to must soon to plunder. n to: r i extinguished. On this point there cannot be two opinions. A South African tribe deprived lie down and die, or betake themselves have none of the thousand and o ne ar t s b y • lised e nations make up for loss of land or is their life. which v e h h theebe They scanty territory. Land " There is another thing that will probably strike the Governor's mind, namely, that in all barbarous tribes there . y d don't readily sub mitis a s t t e ro fe n r g ei l g o n ve rul of e i . nd A ep s e f n ar de a n s ce e . an be a ju ek ged, the Govern ment just, equitable, i K t a a b fi l r e 1 , a anndd, beneficial alto Colonel th M e them, more people than the Go vernment of their native chiefs. Many, i i f n n n o o t n' all w o a f s were ready to admit this, and were probably convinced of it. But events demonstrated that me s n efft e h v ie e ny n tecrl i ie nit . state . of s n m d dareestnruotetwiehnollbyefegroevetrnheeird eyes,byb d a ea rb th ari a to theirith chiefs, and have for two long years exibited an g example of fidelity never surpassed in any age or nation. This may lamented or condemned, but it cannot be denied, and it a 7 wo uld be a fatal error in the British Government to over look it when constructing their future relations with such tribes. " After frontier affairs, the internal state of the colony may obtain a brief notice in England. They have learnt from the speeches in Parliament that the Constitution • still withheld, and that the colonists have no more concern s in public affairs than the oxen they drive or the horses they ride; that, consequently, they are in no way responsible for any wars or fightings, or other sources of expense, in curred by British policy in these parts ; that they, how ever, pay in taxes levied without their advice or consent, and spent in like manner, 230,0001. a-year ; that they aro not pleased with this ignoring of their existence, and that after many vain supplications they are electing a few re spectable men in the several districts, with instructions to meet together ed and consider how the actual state of the colony be b e st ascertain, and by what method, or in ymay be best ascertained, and by what method, or in what shape, their case may be most effe ctuall y repre sented to those who may have it in their power to grant relief. This plan is in progress in a quiet, orderly, loyal, and constitutional spirit, without passion, hurry, or excite ment of any kind. That the people here acknowledge no connexion with any parties or factions in England, not being able at this distance to see any marked distinction between Whigs, Tories, Conservatives, Radicals, Protec tionists, or Free-traders, admitting all to be equally honest and truthful in what they say of each other, and all equally abroad in colonial matters. That, under these im pressions, it is their wish and intention to relieve the brain of Downing-street, as fax and as soon as possible, from much of its perplexity about things of which it is very ig norant, by doing colonial government work on the spot. That is all at present." (From. the Supplement to the Cape Town Mail, Feb. 5.) The following extracts from the frontier papers, just received, show how little is known in that quarter of the views and intentions of General Cathcart, in reference to the measures now to be adopted, either in carrying on the war or restoring peace to this long-afflicted colony : (From the Frontier Times.) His Excellency, accompanied by his staff, proceeded on Thursday last to King William's Town, for the purpose, as it is supposed, of making arrangements for the introduction of peace. What, the nature of these arrangements will be it is not very easy to conjecture, seeing that we are now apparently only at war with the Gaika chiefs and their people, of whom his Excellency thus spoke in a Govern ment notice, dated Graham's Town, 9th October, 1852 : " What is their just punishment ? The Gaika chiefs and their associates must for ever be driven out of their former lands ; the guilty chiefs must never be allowed to dwell in peace on this side of the Kei." And in giving permission to such of the Gaika, Kafirs as had found shlter in the Slambie territory to remain there, he told the Slambie chiefs that they must be ," answerable for their conduct." But," said his Excellency, addressing these chiefs, "there must be no cattle stealing, or firing at waggon trains in your countries. You must keep your people in order, and if you cannot do so, then I will not talk, but I must come and do it for you with a strong arm." Such are the relative positions of his Excellency and the hostile and so-called friendly tribes. And in settling the affairs of British Kafraria three questions naturally present themselves :-1. Have the Slambie chiefs " kept their people in order," according to a fair and liberal interpreta tion of his Excellency's words ? 2. Have the Gaika chiefs and their people been driven over the Kei ? And, 3. If they should even cross that river with a view of in veigling his Excellency to make a treaty of peace with them, what security is there that they will not come back again ? His Excellency, we understand, does not expect to be long absent from Graham's Town, so that the anxiety of the public to know something of the contemplated arrange ments for peace will probably soon be satisfied. From Fort Beaufort we learn that many Hottentots have lately surrendered, and that courts-martial are sitting on the culprits. MoNDAY.—This day. a detachment of Cape Mounted Rifles left Graham's Town for King William's Town. It is reported that a fresh expedition against Kreli is contew plated. We learn, however, that Kreli not long since paid a further instalment of his cattle fine, and that he Ihas re cently sent a friendly communication to the authorities at King William's Town, to the effect that he is collecting more cattle. TUESDAY.—About 26 head of cattle were taken several days ago from Manley's Flats, which we hear were recap tured yesterday by a party of police under Lieutenant Surmon, in the Fish River Bush, with the exception of one of the oxen which had been slaughtered. THE SUN, LONDON,, ,, FRIDAY EV'ENIN'G; IVIARCII le; ii3's6. (From the Graham's Town Journal, Feb. 1.) Letters from British Kafraria, dated the 29th instant, announce the arrival there of the Governor, and state that his Excellency contemplates another visit to Kreli's coun try, the conduct of that chief being rather equivocal, and the compensation he engaged to make for the destruction of Butterworth and the plunder of British traders not having been sent, as promised. It is quite probable that such a move is in contemplation, the report being spread concur rently with the march of a strong detachment of the Cape Mounted Rifles from Graham's Town, and, as we are in formed, of other troops from Fort Beaufort to the capital of British Kafirland. It seems absolutely necessary that in dealing with the Amagelika Chief he should be disabused of the mischievous impression which appears to have been made on his mind by the sudden retrograde march of the British troops from the Basuto country. Very prepos terous stories have gained currency in Kafirland in con nexion, with that affair, and it would seem that among the most active propagators of such rumours are some of the native waggon drivers, who accompanied the expedition, and who, according to our informant, have absurdly exaggerated everything so as to raise the Basutos and lower the English in the estimation of the credulous natives. It is most essential to the future peace of South Africa that this delusion should be dispelled; for if it be not no peace that may be made will be anything more than a mere form—an empty ceremony without substance, on which the colonists can rest their hopes of permanent or even long-continued peace. With such a British force as are on this frontier at this moment, the colony and the Brit' sh people look to the Government to prescribe terms—terms founded on reason and justice—and to see to it that they are complied with to the letter. _ _ - . . . . . Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre, 73d Regiment, is about to proceed to England, his health failing him under the extra ordinary exertions for which this gallant officer has been so conspicuous ever since he has been on this command. His name will always be a ' household word" among the frontier inhabitants in connexion with the present war. He has stood foremost among the most intelligent, gallant, and zealous defenders of this country, and he will take with him the grateful aspirations of every frontier inhabi tant for his fv ture welfare. The Sydney is reported to be in good condition, with a perfect hull, having no leakage, and Captain Franklyn and his chief officer have received, both from the first and second class passengers, letters of thanks for their attention on the passages out and home. She brings the following ship news : Arrivals atTable-bay.—Jaii - 31.- I The ships Royal Stuart and the Camperdown, from Calcutta for London, with passengers. Feb. I.—The barque Clydeside, from Liver pool, and the American barque F. Bunchinia, whaling. Feb. 2.—The Danish barque Frederick Wilhelm, from Copenhagen ; and the schooner Osprey, from Mossel-bay. Feb. 3.—The barque Countess of Zetland, from London for the East Indies, with passengers ; the French ship Myosotis, from Cardiff ; the Dutch barque Henrietta, from Batavia for Amsterdam, put in for supplies. Feb. 4.—The Hamburgh brig Alwina, from Hamburgh ; the ship Col lingwood, from Singapore for Loudon ; and the brig Lean der, from Liverpool. Departures frZ)m Table-bay.—Feb. I.—The Timandra, for Moulmein ; the Bella Portina, for London ; the Ad derley, for Mossel-bay. Feb. 3.—The Anne, for Port Natal ; the Mississipi, United States steamer, for Japan ; the Simoom and Meteor clippers, for London. Feb. 4. — The Ide, for Mauritius ; the Emily Smith, for Algoa-bay ; the Resolute, for Sydney ; the Royal Stuart, for London ; the Maidstone, for Trinidad ; the Helen Augusta (Ameri can), for whaling ; the Fox, for Mossel-bay. The General Screw Steam-shipping Company's steam ship Bosphorus, Captain Benson, sailed on the 29th of January for Mauritius, Ceylon, and Calcutta. On Sunday, Jan. 30 the Resolute, with 131 passengers, from London to Australia, put into Table-bay for supplies, having been 92 ; days on the voyage ; and yesterday, the Medora put in from New York in 103 days, with 193 pas sengers. _ _ The Great Britain steam-ship, Captain Matthews, was s daily expected at the Cape. She will coal at Simon's-bay, and not enter Table-bay. SOUTHAMPTON PACKETS.—SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 16. —The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship 50 Madrid, Captain Weeks, with the Peninsular mails, left at half-past two. She took out a sm a ll quan tity o f St. specie, and about twenty passengers, amo ng w h om were r t. Sir E. Hutchinson and Lady Hutchinson. The Penin- St. sular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Tagus, with the homeward Peninsular mails, is expected about the St. 24th instant. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's 50 screw steam-ship Bengal, is expected about the 19th instant. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam- St. ship Ripon will leave for Malta and Alexandria on the 50 20th instant, and the City of London, chartered ship, for Malta and Constantinople, on the 2.th. The Royal 12! Mail Steam Packet Company's steam-ship Magdalena, 121 Captain C. M. Chapman, with the usual West India 25 . mails, left this day at half-past two. She took out forty nine passengers, a full general cargo, and specie to the 10 amount of 10,0001. The Royal Mail Steam Packet 6 Company's ship Parana, Captain C. Woolley, is hourly 12! expected with the homeward West India mails. 12! THE LATE ROBBERY AT MESSRS. OLLIVANT'S AT MAN- 12/ CHESTER.—At the Manchester borough court, on Thurs- St day, Maxwell, the young man who was apprehe n d e d last week with the whole of the proceeds of the robbery 1.6 4 at Messrs. 011ivant's silversmith, in his possession, was 20. re-examined before Mr. Maude, and finally committed 5 for trial at the assizes. The evidence given did not 2 carry the case further than it did last week, and the only St. fact of interest, added to those already given is, that a 20 pair of bags had been found in one of the trunks seized St. at the house in which he was taken, evidently made to 15 sling at the man's. sides by means of a strap thrown across the shoulders. They would readily contain the 10 property he took away, which weighed about two stones. No one else is at present implicated. 10 SHOCKING CASE OF MATRICIDE IN DURHAM. Mr. 25 Trotter, coroner, held an inquest at a place named But- 10 terwick, in the western part of this county, on the 15th 1.0.( on the body of an old woman, aged 90, wife of Abraham Sewell, who was cruelly murdered by her son, Abraham, 20 40 years of age, on the morning of the previous day. It appears that the old people lived in a cottage in the ' ll hamlet, and that their son, who is a married man, but 17 parted from his wife, lived with them at the time of the 25 Murder. Nothing particular was observed in his con duct until last Friday night, when he appeared to wander in his mind. Father and son slept in one bed, and the s s e o i n f, got ma d o e u a t os savage v b a e g d e , 10 old woman slept in another bed in the same room. and, without mornin g taking time of to d Monday ress the him interfered, and he was also 20 to death. The o 20 Them man n oor maniac, after leaving his attack upon his age ld d mother with a poker, and beat her 20 severely beaten. dead, Early i . n the leaped p out of the window in his 20 aged parents for 20 admission, and the man of the 5 the door, but was refused him in 20 seeing in a maniacal state 204 house looking out, and . shirt, and ran to a neighbouring house. He rapped at ' further injury. The old man is 5 captured without doing injured. The poor old likely to recover, though much . moat fearful of excitement, ran after him with a gun, and he was manner. 20 woman was beaten to death in a " 10 to a place of con poor creature has been safely removed 5 keep him quiet on finement. It took four persons to 10 The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder." 10 Wednesday evening. SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—For several days past the greatest activity has prevailed at the Waterloo ter minus of the London and South-Western Railway, the directors having given orders for the erection of a new station instead of the unsightly and inconvenient place hitherto devoted for the accommodation of the public. The terminus, which is nearly half finished, will shortly prove quite an ornament to the neighbourhood. The building will present much the appearance, but on a smaller scale, of the late Crystal Palace in Hyde-park. Already have the workmen commenced turning the arches, so as to form the transept • and the lines for the carriages, w e u n d ers t an d, are to be so constructed that, in the event of the railway being at any future period carried on to London-bridge or elsewhere, the same can be done without destroying the intended new erection. m e d Jerome,a small in quantity S t. ofM a e r y t i s n t e ' s r , s H w a h v i e e h r f o h r e d p w l e a s e t e , d p i nu chasedra- A NOVEL MOUSE TRAP .—O n S aturday last a person named back room. In the course of a quarter of an hour he went into the apartment, and there discovered that two mice had actually been caught by one oyster, and their heads broken by the shells when attempting to purloin the fish.---Carmcprthot Journal. 20 20 20 20 TILE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paid I RAILWAYS. .00 'Aberdeen .... . B.4lAmbg. Nottng.Bosi dx Eastn. June. I -- all Birmng. Wolverh. di Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lanesh. Ze Cheshire Junet .. _ 27i all Do. Chesh. £5O & £25 Cons.... 22 184 Do., £20... ...... St. 100 Bristol & Exeter...... 255 5 000 t . l aaa nOOllll Cork, ooh a e. e kks d t, oe Black. an. and a( keß Bandon. H . yo. Pass. e .. a. 50 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc. 25 all Dundee Perth &Aber. deen Junction ....... 5 all Do. New .... • ..... 25 all East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... 18 all Do., (£lB E. & 20 all Eastern Counties..... 25 all Eastern Union, Class' A. late E. U. 5h.... 25 8i Do., do.. ...... 25 all D o ., B. &C. ....... ...... 3t. 100 East Lan cas hi re 50 all East & West Ind. Dk & Binning. June.... 3t. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow LO 1i Edinb. and Peebles... it. 100 Edinb.Prth. &Dundee it. 100 Glasgow &S. Western it. 100 Great Northern Stk., it. 100 Do., A. Stock it. 100 Do., B. Stock It. 100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) it. 100 Great Western 2 11 Irish South-Fasterm. 0 all Lancaster & Carlisle.. 61 11i Do., Thirds.... ..... t. 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire l 0 15 Do., Fifths 4 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un. 0 all Leeds Northern 0 all Liv.Crsby.&Soutbpt 1 all London & Blackwall D 3 Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. t. 100 Lond.Bright.& S. Cst. l t. 100 London &N. Western, ) 12 Do. Fifths 1 D0.,10/.5h.,M&8...0 100 London & S. Western 421 Do., 34 Do., £4O all Lndndrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. do Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef.&Lincln. 48 Do., Man. &Lin. Un. 100 Midland 100 Do. Birming.& Derby 47i Midland G. West.(lr.) 176 Do. Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle.. 100 Newmarket 3 Do. Bury Extensions 16 Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd. 7i Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint Rostrevor 100 Norfolk.. all Do., New 33 Northn. Counties Un 100 North British 13 North Devon, No.l 63 Do., No. 2. all Do., 1 A Deferred 5 Do., 4 B Guaranteed 173 North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. di S. Westrn. unc 100 Oxford Worcester di Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland...... 100 Shrewsbury dr Birmg. 100 Do., L. dr N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock... 8 Shrewsby. & Herefd. all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.)...... all Do. Halves, all. Do. Oswestry 6i Shropshire Union .... all South Devon 1.00 South Eastern . all South Wales 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 5 Do.. 18-i Stockton & Hartlepl. 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath .. ... all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limeri ck 13 West Cornwall 21s. Wnibledon &Croydon 1 Woodford.... ..... [OO York Newctl. & Berw 20 Do. Extensions .. 111 Do. G.N.E. Purchase [OO York dr N. Midland.. . 100 Aberdeen • 5 all Do., No. 2, 7 p c... >t. 100 Brits. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 9 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... ft. 100 Caledonian .£lO ...... 5 all Chester & Holyhead duar. 5,3 p6r cent... 64 3,1 Cork &Bandon 53 p.c. 64 all Dundee Perth&Aber dew' Junction....... 34 all EastA ngliau (X 3 10s) , .. .._ , O per cent. ..... ...... all Do. (25) 7 per cent. 2 Do. (C; 7175) 7 p. ct. all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2....... ..... all Do., New 6 p. e. St all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 100 EastLancash. 6 p.cts all Edinb. Pith. &Dundee 5i per cent.. 100 Glasgow &S. Western guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. sp. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem all Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths _ _ 6 Gt. Westii. ()jerks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. .00 G. West. fixcd 4i p c. 6 Lan. di York. F. £20,1 100 Do., 6p. c., Stock... 100 London and Brighton) Guaranteed 5 p. c... 100 Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852. ,. 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. 5 'London &S. Western ; Con. Thirds 10 Londonderry& Color. i Shares .............. all Londy. & Ennis. iSh all Nanch.,Shef.,&Lin., . . 4 Shares, No. 1..... all Do. New, M 0..—... 3 IDo., £6. all Marypt. &Carl. 4p. c. all Do. per cent....... 81 Do .. ...... * 100 Mid. Consol. 6p. c. Si. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 5 ADo. Pref. ii per cent. all Norfolk Extension... all Do. Guar. 5. per ct.. all Do. Way. Val. 5 p c 100 North British .. .. .. all North Staffordshire.. 100 Oxford Worcester tit Wolvcrh. £15,6p. c. 9 D• all Shrews& Birm. N. G all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon Li Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. all S. Yorksh .4p. c. Guar. 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref 5 Do 10 York& N. Midland H & S. Purch - 49 - 102 - 66 - 66 75 ~ dis - 20 - 10 3d 22 781 37 —13 A 21 19 1i 14;4 - 9 - 29 - 91 -4 - 164 9A 31 9i p 69 - 7i - 211 59 7 d' - 2id 60 PREFERENCE SHARES. lii 1106 _' FORE: 3 Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 BelgianEastn. Junct. all Charleroi & Erquelin. 6 Dijon and Besaugon 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 1 Do. Extension .... all Gt. Indian Peninsula 7 Gd. Junct. of France 151 Gt. Western of Canada Shares 1 Lucca & Pistoja sp.c. 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. 3 Do. (Canal) S Do. 6p. ct. pref..- 7 Lyons ill Mediterran. 4?_- ; Madras all !Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest), all Northern of France. all . Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds. (fmy. B. &Ams. all NorwegianTrunkPrel 10 Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans. all Paris and Rouen... all Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen& Cherbrg. 5i Quebec &Richmond all [touen and Havre all Sambre and Meuse 4 Do.• 5i p. et. pref 4 Southern of France 2s. Upper India Scrip all West Flanders 6 Do. 5a per c. Pref 10 Western of Mum_ 2 West, of Switzerland 3 Zealand Closing Prices Yesterday. 29i -30 - 6i 91 - 104 7i —6idxd 21 22 34 -- 101 --105 644 -64 t 21A -- 226 18i -- - 1 8 - 31 - 4 12j -13 j loi -- lli 73 - 74 55 - 57 74 - • 76 33 - 35 - 62 -- 64 8 1 82 45 -- 47 123 - 124 Io7i -108 a 91 —91 A 6t -_ 92 --4 # 13 -13 h p 76 -_ 76 -4 1 d 0 0 -- 3d 16 -- 16 " xd 8i -- 9i 103i 4 1i -- p -- IGell 119 —. 1191 21 -- 3 p 1 l .90 -- 9 1 p 5 4d 11} -- -- 1 S Ad 19 -- 21 - 29 -- 30 34 s d 7 5 -- 7541 44 -- 46' - •.. 50 Jr 34 3. 3 d 31 si 10 55 —B 4 2 d 36 ... a 4 8 - S - 4 di 8 4 p Baslneu done this day. Paid RtiLwars. ctm eas pa ing ns. Cl i o , s es ing ter P ia ri y c . es thisßustinares: 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchley.. .. N. West 304 all Birm. & Oxfd. ... ... • guarantee ... Gt.Westn. 30 —3l 304 all Do.withoutgr Do 291 —304 301 all Birm.Woly. & Dudleyguar. Do 3O —3l 304 all Do.wthtguar. Do 29 30 St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. diN.W lO5 —lO7 I 50 all ClydesdaleJe. Caledon I St. 100 E. Lincoln. gr. 6p. cent .. ... Gt.Notrhn 151 153 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt. Westn. "324 334 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw.. . . 50 all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 111 113 25 all Do. a Shares Do 55. —56 12a all Do. 4 Shares. Do 27k —28 a 12 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern 134 14/ 20 all Do. Preference Do 254 —26 a 20 all Lowestoft gr. all 4 per cent... Norfolk 20 all Do. 6 per ct 'Do 25 27 5a all Manch.Bxton. Lu.diN.W and Matlock & Midld 24 34xd x d 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton & Redcar Darlingt. . . -- 100 ... all Midld.Bradfd. Midland... 105 —lo6xd x d 50 all Northern and Eastern sp.c. E. Count.. 64 66 50 all Do. 6 per et Do — ... 50 all Do. Fixed sp. cDo. . . _ 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. & . I‘. W diLn& Yk ... xd x d 124 114 Do. a Shares. Do ... _. . xd x d St. 100 Roystn.& Hit. Gt.Northn 149 151 x 1 St. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do l4B 150 x d 25 18# Shef. Roth. & Lancash. di Goole g. 5. p.c Torksh ... - ... 12 94 S. Staffordsh.. MrMClean 1 3 d 60 all WearValleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent ... Darling . . . 25 all Do Do 324 334 St. 100 ,Wilts &Somrst Gt.Westn lO3 104 MINE 1 all Agua Fria ..... ...... .. / 1 p' 14 2 10s. all Anglo Californian ... p 10 2 Australasian 20 5 Australian 6— 6 p6 i 1 all Australian Cordillera par p 1 all Australian Freehold par pl 4 1 all Ave Maria 1 dig— p , 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austria. Gold 1 pll I 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 244 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 5 5i 54 30 all Do. Cocaes & C u i a d a 4 4a 44 ft 1 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3O 1 Carsons's Creek.,.,,,, p ar 4 p 40 al l Cobre Copper 46 —47 5 1 Colonial Gold 2# 24 3 1 14 Copiapo 5l 61 61 St. all Copper Min. of Eng 7o' , 75 25 all Do. Pref. 7a p. cent 74 —8 4 p I all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co ll i d 41 20 all General lB —2O 2 all Great Nugget Vein 24 —3i p 44 3 all Great Polgooth . l4 —lg p 1 all Lake Bathurst ...... . . f dis— par 1 1 all Liberty ft — I p I 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co — d 1 all Mariquita.. 10 9 Mexican&S.Amerien B. 9 t 1 all New Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 -- 14 2# 6 1 Port Philip — Ip2 li 4 v 1 all Quartz Rock I is — it p 1 r 50 all Rhymney Iron 22 —24 t 15 Do. New 7 8 30 10 Santiago de Cuba 7 8 t 1 all South Australian..,., 1 1 p 14 i ii 10 7 Tin Croft . 11 13 to 281 all United Mexican 64 7 1 all Waller ••• P v 1 all West Granada P o 1 all West Mariposa 1 dis 8 tl 1R all Yuba 1 a P b JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 92i —93 i 50 all British N. American 20 2 Clutd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 2i 2 11) 100 25 Colonial — 100 20 Commercial of Lond — ... 10 English Scottish and Australian 2 - 3 p 20 12i Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia si s gl , 50 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock — LOO 20 Lond. & Westminster 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India —j p 50 22i National of Ireland — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 56 57 57i Eq 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland -- 10 all Do. New — ii 1 Royal A.ustraln.Bkg & Gold Imp Co par 1 25 all South Australia 5O 52 25 all Union of Australia 77i 78. 79 ... 2i Do. New B4 9 50 10 Union of London 40 all Union of Madrid__ „. )0 35 !O 4 0 5 5 5 4 2 h) 1 1 1 [5 14 )0 50 K) 2 1 all .0 2 !O 2 i 0 all 10 60 ;5 25 1 1 5 2 MISCELLANEOUS Australian Agricult. A ustralsn. Pcific. Mail Australn. Royal Mail Brit. American Laud Canada Crystal Palace Crystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam Electric To leg. of Ir Gen. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land Nrth. of Europe Steam Peninsular & Oriental Do. Do. Royal Mail Steam ... South Austral. Land Submar. Telegraph.. Univeral Emigration and Colonization.... Van Diemen's Land ii = G 7 24 -= 25 24i 5i 5 RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. SlR,—Allow me to forward for the benefit of your readers, the probable cause of the accidents which have taken place lately on two of the principal railway lines in this country. I enclose the mathematical calculation ; and for the benefit of your non-algebraic readers the fol lowing explanation :—lf the velocity of any body be infi nite, it will describe a circle moving horizontally •n an even plane, but as the speed is decreased the body gradu ally recovers its perpendicular ; it is therefore impossible for a goods train to go round a curve with the same in clination as an Express. The permanent way being necessarily the same for all trains, an express train will very possibly go over the upper rail, and thereby cause the accidents which the railway officials and the public in general are unable to account for. Let AB be parallel to the axles through the centre of gravity, and the inclination of the vertical to AB. CD a section of the rails by a vertical plane through AB, CB, DA to the flat surface of the rails. Sup posing no tendency to upset endwise, the reactions of the rail on the two wheels on one side perpendicular to the flat surface will be equivalent to single force RI, in CB, and the similar reactions on the other two wheels to a single force Rin DA. There will also be a pressure 2 of the flange of the wheels against the inner side of the outer rail, and consequently a reaction on the wheels parallel to the plane of the rails. By these forces the carriage is constantly turned in the plane parallel to the rails, so as to make it follow the curve of the rails. The single force, therefore, which is equivalent to these' would act parallel to these would act parallel to DC, at some point a little in advance of D, but as far as the effect of upsetting the carriage sideways is concerned, it may be supposed to act at D : let it be Q. v—The velocity. r—The radius of curvature. The centrifugal force-1 2 acts at Gin GA. GA=a, AD= b. Resolving forces parallel and perpendicular to AB, we have- Mv2 W Cos a+ It + R-W sin A=o. M being the mass of carriage. • Taking moments about Gin the plane BAD. Qb —(R R) a= o (3) 2 1 from (1) and (3) we obtain ( 1 1 v 2 --W cos a ) b=(R --R) a. 2 1 When the carriage is on the point of upsetting R= o. R=W sin a. 1 MV2 w a . cos a+ - w s in a. w (a sin a + b cos a) •*. v2= b r Ca T sin a b cos a) • • — vv — =g the fore° of gravity. M g (a sin a + b cos a) Which gives the carriage the limiting value of v, an: if v be greater will upset. CANTAB. THE WAR WITH Avi..—The House of Lords has just ordered a document from the East India House to be printed respecting the war with Asa. A. return was called for of the expense of the war. It appears that no account of the expense already incurred has yet been received. In the Bengal regular estimate for 1851-52 the war-charges on account of the expedition to Burmah are assumed to amount that year to 10,00,000 rupees, and in the Bengal sketch estimat e f or nex t year 1852-53 , the amount assumed is 50,00,000 rupees. 50 25 .00 St. iosl 108 19 20 i d pai 34- 41 -2 p 0 -- 14t -1 1 5 p 18i -- :9 a 1127 - 128 110 - 112 - 7i 105 • —lo7x( id 150 152' ••• xd. ••• xd ••• -- xd 3 1 - 3 p 10a - in 13 - 13; 8 - 9 -11 i .•• ..... .. .47 -1.49x6 1 221 - 23 I) 5 - 2 61 - .09 - ill 25 - 26 1 li - p 11 -- ili 17i -18 i i -- -- 17 1/p 16 par -- i p 261 20 -- 21 id -- par .O 1 - 103 6 - P - iPI 11m 1091 1151 i i d— par 1 13 —14 i 2 2 -- 1 6 2t r p 6 p l ip 1 t h 2p 14— 2p P 7 .8 4 1 - ii 1 - 2 par 4 p 9 11 . p 2 = 2ai)l 74- 8 6 - 36$ -- 36 14 -- 15 18 -- 91 -- 18ip 42 -- 43 42 -- 43 Vii_ 54p 204 -- 21 9i -- 9i 4 - 5iP p id 4d P id xd ad xd xd xd 9141 xd 76 pm 11041 3i 119 141 1 75 i i i 13i xd 148 k 9 8 22i n a 42 33g 91 9 i pm ebtrb Zbition. WARWICK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FREE HANDICAP STEEPLE CHASE , Gulnare The Unknown Eight ran. The SCURRY STARES were won by the Macaw. IMPERIAL PARMA Al ENT, HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CaANCELLdR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from Lyme Regis, against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. The Earl of DESART presented a petition to a simi lar effect. • The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from I Stockport and a place in Yorkshire, praying for Parlia mentary Papers. The Bishop of EXETER presented a petition from a place in Cornwall, against the admission of Jews into Parliament. Lord BATEMAN presented a number of petitions to the same effect. COUNTY ELECTIONS POLLS BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, The Marquis of SALISBURY asked to be informed of its nature ? The Earl of CARLISLE said that its principle object was to limit the time of polling' for county elections, to one day, as the second day had been found to be pro ductive of additional expense to the candidates, without giving any facilities for the taking of the poll, or the de termining of the contest. After a few words from the Earl of DERBY and Lord REDESDALE, the bill was read a third time and passed. SLAVE • TRADE (SONAR, IN ARABIA) BILL. On the motion of Lord WODEHOUSE, this bill passed through committee. THE COLONIAL CHURCH. - - ----- The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from certain members of the Church of England in the colonies, against a measure which they had reason to believe was about to be introduced with respect to the Colonial Church. THE REVISION OF THE STATUTES. Lord ST. LEONARDS wished to ask his noble and learned friend on the woolsack the question of which he had given notice, and could assure him that nothing was further from his intention than to cause him any embar rassment ; but he wished that their lordships should know exactly the course which his noble and learned friend meant to pursue for the revision of the statutes and the machinery by which he proposed to effect his object. A desire for the revision and digest of the sta tutes had long been felt, and in the year 1816 a motion was made in that house for a committee to consider whether it was expedient to arrange the statutes under proper heads. A committee was appointed, and came to the resolution that such a measure was expedient, and that a person learned in the law, with clerks not exceed ing twenty in number to assist him, should be appointed to execute the task. The resolution of the committee was adopted first by that house, and afterwards by the other house of Parliament ; and ultimately an address to the Crown, based on that resolution, was agreed upon by both houses, to which the Prince Regent returned a satisfactory answer, ordering the statutes to be arranged under proper heads accordingly. The matter rested there till 1834, when a commission was issued to certain learned and very competent persons to form a digest of that portion of the statute and common law relating to criminal offences, and also to inquire whether it was ex ' pedient to consolidate the general statute law, or any part of it. In 1835 these learned persons made a report, in which they stated what were their views with regard to the consolidation of the statutes. They pointed out that there were three modes of proceeding. One mode was simply by expungation, which might be attended by a classification under different heads, such as the clergy, the poor, highways, and the like. The commissioners thought that that would be a safe and a useful plan ; and if his noble and learned friend intended to confine himself to that, he (Lord St. Leonards) should not have a word to say in objection. The next course was, that ' of consolidating and classifying the statutes ; and the ' commissioners pointed out the great danger and incon- ' venience that might arise from it, inasmuch as it might affect titles, and they reported against the adoption of that plan. Supposing they took a clause out of a parti cular act of Parliament, because it ought to be arranged ' under a different head, they would find that it would not admit of the sense that ought to be attached to it when read with the context of the original act in which it originally appeared. The third course was one of a very large and character, amounting to the co - dification and entire remodelling and reforming of the statute law, so as to cause the statutes not to mean what . they at present mean, but to assimilate them to what might be the different constructions which had actually been put upon them by the decisions of the judges. The commissioners pointed out the difficulties of this last plan —they said they thought a complete and systematic con solidation, accompanied with the adjustment of the enactment to the judicial decision, was practical and de sirable, but that so extensive a reform, however beneficial, could not safely be accomplished without great danger, nor was it one that ought to be attempted without first cautiously weighin g the means of performing so ar d uous a task, or without fully estimating the difficulties to be encountered in its execution. The commissioners cer tainly had not exaggerated the difficulties, which would amount to the entire codification of all the statutes, and their adjustment to the decisions of the courts—a work of such immense magnitude that no man could hope to live to see its completion. To the same commissioners the task of digesting the statute and common law affect ing criminal offences was afterwards confided, and in the course of a few years they produced eight large blue blooks ! five more having been subsequently produced by other commissioners ; and the whole of these thir teen blue-books were now under the consideration of a select committee of their lordships. The noble and learned lord concluded by asking the noble and learned lord upon the woolsack, according to the terms of his notice, whether his revision of the statutes will be con fined to a digest, or extend also to the alteration and amendment of the statute law ; also whether it is pro posed that the Crown shall issue a commission, or that the two houses shall proceed by resolution, following up by an address to the Crown, as in 1816, or by what au thority the barristers employed will be appointed ? The LORD CHANCELLOR said that in answer to the question of his noble and learned friend, he had to state, and in fact he thought he had stated before, that he was perfectly aware that there had been committees and reports of committees of that and the other house Of Parliament upon the very subject to which he alluded, namely, the consolidation of the law ; that great discus sions had taken place in both houses, the result of which was an address to the then Prince Regent, praying that a commission might issue, and that a very courteous answer was given, but nothing was done. A commis sion was issued some fifteen or sixteen years afterwards, in 1833 or 1834: and a very elaborate report was pre sented by the commissioners, recommending that some thing should be done, showing what was easy and what was difficult, and chalking out what might be done. But he had really thought that we had arrived at such a point that farther speculation as to what might be and what was convenient to be done was absurd ; that these in quiries had ended, and would always end, in nothing. What he had proposed, therefore, was not anything so absurd as that be should himself undertake to attempt the consolidation of the statute law ; but he did think himself competent to superintend some three or four gentlemen, who, in the course of the year, under his direction, might endeavour to do the best that could be done ' • first, making what his noble and learned friend called such an expurgation of the law as would show what was and what was not now in force, and forming a sort of index and classification, and then to attempt to reduce into much better form than that in which they now existed some of the statutes under the simplest heads—endeavouring as far as possible to shorten that inconvenient language in which they were now couched, and to improve it. He only looked upon what could be done in this way in the first instance as specimens of what might be done ; and when that was accomplished, he would then have to consider if what had been done af forded such an auguary of how the whole might be com pleted as would justify him in recommending, with the con currence of his colleagues, the issue of a commission of learned persons to accomplish the remainder of the work. His object, therefore, was not to inquire merely what could be done, but to set practically to work to get something really done, in order to furnish a criterion of what ac tually could be effected. An he thought he Nvoul:hbaaet deserting his duty if he were to rest satisfied with merely stood,stringi stringing htoegbeetteervedthethaetxisatin jeasttadteuatlesmoarse they h sanguineuy o m than s ts ant hewnt might be done without any risk. But as extent they might go with safety, he did not like to speculate, and it might be that he was tooo e too timid on that thought point i s; naletbhloeugahn,dolneatil.ineedothfreirehndanwd,a the subject. He (the Lord Chancellor) ths.ought a great deal in the way of consolidation and) thought and and putting the statutes getting rid of much verbosity, into better shape, might be safelyreffected, and it would be his main endeavour to accomplish that object. And it would also be otnenseotboalfen h_aisd.main objects to follow the Lyndhurst), viz., th a t n t (Lordh esuggestion existing n o s f t statutes, whleilaernthedeyfriend behind him lan guage, they should constdanthtly He did not know anything, for ad • opting the necessity k tur ee n p t in he v i E n j i o e u w in g to better ewbe t t t h e;m t o h d e e y o w f loeugil.dslabtieo nabfloherttththoesofeuulgatogus ssere suggest but he believed that the course he proposed afforded the best chance of accomplishing that desirable object. His noble and leained friend asked under what_ r authority th e work was to be d one ; he answered under his auth or i ty, with the concurrenc e_ . of an his d h e c o ll eagues . beve The exp ense would b e extreme ly sman , d that he had secured the services o f four of the best gen- tlemen that he could hear of ; and isren satisfied that he had never s een on beFiP his life, but he had selected them fr commendations after min u t e ly exa eo A pp; c :„: - tive qualifications. He had chosen e/e-' - a,a . 45 competent for the task as he could fincba "-." E •-o se --- of a very few hundred pounds for eacliTdirtVet ligtht course of a year. They would devote their whole time to the work, and if a great deal was not accomplished, he believed the matter would be put into such a train that some good must eventually result from their efforts. It must be a great advantage to possess an authentic record of the statutes now in force, and a mode of classi fication chalked out, with specimens of some of the easiest statutes recast into better language and form ; and this, he confidently anticipated, would lead to the ultimate adoption of a better mode of framing future statutes. One thing most gratifying to him, since the announcement he had made about a month or five weeks ago, was to find how very much alive the profession ano other persons were to the importance of this subject, and what greatly surprised him was to see how much had been already done. Only that day he had a com munication from a very distinguished person, Sir Edward Ryan, who put into his hands a work (which, according to his description, was most elaborate) written by the late Sir H. Seaton, who had investigated this subject, and classified and made a kind of arrangement of the statutes in a remarkable manner. He had not yet seen the work himself, and spoke from Sir. Edward Ryan's account of it. Other works of a similar nature had also been brought under his (the Lord Chancellor's) notice, the authors of which it would be invidious to particularise ; but it was from among these gentlemen that he selected those persons whom he thought most competent to assist in the task to which he had referred. He did not say that what might be done in the course of this year would be anything very elaborate or very perfect, but he believed it would be essentially useful, and that it would afford the best prospect of the complete consolida sion of the statutes hereafter. At all events, it must do some good, and by no possibility could it do any evil. (Hear, hear.) Lord St. LEONARDS was very glad to hear the statement of his noble and learned friend. The altera tion of a single word in any act of Parliament might affect the whole act, and they never could predicate what it would be held to mean until there had been an actual decision upon it. Lora BEAUMONT thought it most advisable that the language of the statutes should be put into confor mity with the decisions of the judges, and he believed that that was wh a t was proposed byhis noble and learned friend on the woolsack. Lord ST. LEONARDS said that that was not at all what his noble and learned friend proposed. It would be one of the most difficult tasks that could be assigned to any man, and he had already quoted -the cautious language in which the commissioners had spoken of such • an undertaking. Lord BEAUMONT explained. Where the language of the law was in evident opposition to the judicial de cisions it ought to be altered ; but beyond that the re form, he thought, ought no t t o exten d . The subject then dropped. • THE MAILS TO AUSTRALIA. Lord WHARNCLIFFE rose to ask the noble lord the Postmaster-General whether the Government pro posed to make any arrangements for the more certain transmission of the mails to Australia ; and whether they intended to take any steps for more effectually en forcing or for terminating the contract for that object with the Royal Australian Mail-packet Company. The noble lord (who was extremely indistinctly heard) was understood to say that he thought no one could be sur prised that great anxiety was felt by every person in the remotest degree interested in our colonies situated in the southern hemisphere, to have some explanation from the Government as to the position in which the contract for the transmission of the mails between this country and those colonies now stood, and as to the course which the Government intended to pursue in order to render that most important service more efficient. To enable their lordships thoroughly to appreciate the force of the case which he wished to place before them, he trusted that he would be allowed to recite a few facts. In the year 1851 a committee of the other house sat, and inquired into what was the best course for establishing steam com munication between this country and Australia. The committee presented their report, and upon that report the Government subsequently acted. He believed the contract with the Royal Australian Mail-packet Com pany had never yet been laid before Parliament, and, with the concurrence of the noble lord, he would move for a production of a copy of it. He had no intention of casting any imputation upon any member of the com pany, some of whom he knew, and he believed they were men of the highest character ; but this was a question of public importance, and must be treated as one, the merits of which did not turn upon individual compe tency. In the spring of 1852 the contract was entered into, and by the terms of the tenders which were ac cepted by the company, the contractors were required to convey the mails by screw steam-ships 6 times a year each way, and to deliver and receive the mails at King George's Sound, Adelaide, Port Philip, Sydney, and other places which the Admiralty might appoint. The course that was, however, determined upon was, that they were to proceed by the Cape to Adelaide, Mel bourne, aid Sydney; and, in point -of fact, the Govern ment never insisted upon their going to King George's Sound—a place where there were nu settlers—and by this alteration the vessels were saved 1,000 miles of their journey. They were required to make an average speed of 84 knots an hour; the dates and hours of departure were fixed by the Government; a penalty of 1001. (as we un derstood) was imposed in the event of a steamer not being ready, with a further penalty of 501. a day for detention beyond the appointed time of starting. Then there was a penalty of 1001. if she lingered on the voyage, put back, &c. The contract was given for 4 years, and there was a provision for payment being made to the company beforehand. Now the company which obtained the contract, at the time they so obtained it, were not in possession of a single vessel. The amount of their tender was 26,0001. ; while that of another established com pany, which was bond fide in possession of vessels, offered to take the service for 56,0001. It appeared that the Royal Australian Mail packet Company had now four vessels— the Australian, the Sydney, the Mel bourne, and the Adelaide. How had they performed the mail service ? The Australian, the first vessel, was ap pointed to sail on the 4th of April, 1852. It turned out afterwards that she could' not leave then, and her depar ture was postponed till the 4th of June. She arrived at Sydney on the Bth of September, taking 99 days to ac complish the distance, calculating it at 14,000 miles, the highest amount, This was only a speed at the rate of 148 miles a day ; although she was required by her con tract to perform at the rate of 81 knots an hour, 204 miles. On her return she left Sydney on the 24th of September, and was driven, from want of' coals, or some other defect, into the Mauritius. She arrived at Ply mouth on the 11th of January, 1853, occupying 112 days on the passage, and steaming at the rate of 124 miles a day. The next vessel was the Sydney, which sailed from England on the 4th of August last, and arrived at Syd ney in the middle of November, making the passage in about 100 days, at an average speed of 140 miles per day. She left Sydney on the 4th of December, and and arrived on the 16th of March, making the passage in IC7 days, or at a speed of 130 miles a day. The Mel bourne was the next vessel that started. She was originally in her Majesty's navy, and known by the name of the Greenock. She sailed on the 15th of Octo ber, eleven days after the time appointed, and when she got to the Bay of Biscay she broke down. She put in to the Tagus for repairs, and again put to sea from Lisbon on the 21st of November, and the last that was heard of her was that she had arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on the 27th of December, and left it to con tinue on her voyage on the Ist of January. He under stood the General Screw Steam Company's vessels made the passage to the Cape in 35 days. The Melbourne took 77 days, accomplishing not more than 100 miles per day. The next vessel was the Australian, which ought to have sailed on the 3d of February, but did not leave till the 24th. She was forced to put back. When pro ceeding on her second voyage she was again delayed, and was again obliged to put back. She afterwards sailed again on the 10th of March, and once more had to put back to Plymouth, after having been in danger in the Bay of Biscay, and was now he believed, on her way to London. From what he had stated to their lordships, it appeared that th ere h a d b een a delay in the case of the Melbourne of eleven days, in the case of the Adel a id e a delay, first of fou r t een days, then of one d ay in putting back, and after war d s o f s i xteen days, making thirty-one days ; and, l as tly, th at the Aust ralian total of had at first been delayed twenty days, and ed e ighteen days a ft er p that, making in all thirty-eight d ays. - - And th e per hour which th ose vessels had reached during s th e eir voyages had been much below that which was stipulated for in the contract. He thoughtf that he wa s now en titled to ask th e i r lordships whether mon strous that the ma il servile executed in this very i mperfect and defective manner— (hear,be it allowed to t o e hear)—and he should like to be - informed whether there were no means of withdrawing it from the hands in which it was at present placed, and of entrusting. it t . 0.. others. There was n o properly arranged, mi question but that the service, mail which had left instead of, as at present 100 or 120 7 d a ys • indeed, he un and had arrived derstood that the overland Australiamight b e performedthe in two months, letters had been received by that others, in m iddle of Novem ber,ch had been dispa the 16th of on the 16th of January, had arrived here on which here in the . middle of of fr J o a m nu A a March rY, January A. NOBLE PEER : From Sydney ? passengers had just grou nd ItLaporpdeaWroaHtoAßhNinlCtLhlar the passengers from South Austra lia. of complaint, not only on the source of delay, but also 011 account of the insulting manner - in which they had bsoeefnultlyreawtietdh. fr T ei h gh e teotrnhaptanity ihiallbfieellnedntehooessAaruysttroalidaen. spatch the passengers' luggage by another vessel, and ftrhoeincothnoiserqeuffenenctes.waslttwhaats the not p fo a r sse h n im ger ( s Lo w ni ere lv p h a a rt rn ed . cliffe) to say what ought to be done under these circum stances. He must say that he could not entirely exempt the Government from some share of the blame, because great powers had b een g iven to them of interfering, by teof that mea ns of surveyors, in order to satisfy themselves that the vessels were really fit e f a o w r oof se a r; ws e ta , iffte a u n i d br y llea et echf in oou s fn p d i t h os e powers the vessels had been allowed to leave port yoinfun case thes unseaworthy the Gov ernmen t i v n id a e d t p o t a t r a l i t t itagree mentevidentlyv was s opro vided 0 the should have the power of dissolving the contract without giving • any compensation to the company. The Govern ment might, perhaps, avail themselves ofthis He trusted that the case w hi c h he had provision. considered sufficient tojustify stated would be which he wished to put to his noble • master-General, n ame l y :" W friend the Post hether her Majesty's ▪ ;,/ ▪ /.. S N :IGN. 13 i 831 55i 6 108 5 58 9 6 4 i