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

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 would seem, in fact, as if Pio Nono had discovered Louis 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 nearly 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 Galilean 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 beery dispatched to Rome on a secret mission, the object of which is to bring 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'clock, that the audience took place in 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. The Moniteur announces that Lord Stratford de Redcliffe was received on the 16th by the Emperor, to take leave, previous to his departure for Con stantinople. The Moniteur 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 linen 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 now said that General Daumas is to become Minis ter of War in his stead. General Aupick, the late ambassador at Madrid, was also spoken of, but he 'will probably be left in the simple otium cum dig nitate of the Senate. There are still sixteen places of senators to be disposed of, and for these comfortable berths the - claimants are numerous. It is said that one of them 'is destined to Admiral Baudin, who, the Moniteur states, ha s accepted from the hands of the Xmperor 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 • raand of the squadron ordered to prevent the Princes of the house of Orleans from landing on the coast of France, and he acquitted himself of his task with a zeal that was highly gratifying to the heads of the Republican party. There was a grand reception at the Tuileries on Wednesday evening. It was of a very brilliant description, and was numerously attended. The Council of State met yesterday to examine several bills relative to loans for towns, delimita tions of communes, and other local matters. These bills will be afterwards presented to the legislative body. For some time past commercial affairs in Paris have not been nearly so flourishing as they had been some months before. The tradespeople are begin ning to cry out, and the working classes have a diffi culty in finding work. This state of affairs has alarmed the Government, and, with a view to the nnprovement of trade, it is said to have resolved to flake several new concessions. The Transatlantic steam-packet service is at once to be conceded to a company, and several railways, which had been Postponed for fear of encumbering the Bourse, are also to be conceded. It will excite suprise, but it is a fact, that the notorious M. Proudhon is now a prime favourite with Louis Napoleon. It is even said that he no longer adheres to the doctrine that la propriete c'est le vol, and that as his tastes on that subject have changed, he has applied for a concession of a railway, and is likely to get it. The Debats says : wh`,L,Mre p e r h o a p v er ereceived a list of th e names o f th e persons the Austrian t yha r s been placed unde sequestration by Government. A mongs t th ose names are the following:—Count Gabrio Casati, Count Francis Arese, Count Henri Martini, C oun t Vi t ili ano Borromec Duke Anthony Litta Arese, Count Jules Litt a 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, Mgr. Henri Cernuschi, the Marquis George Pallavicini Trivulzi, Count Hercules Oldofredi Tadini, Baron Vincent Cesati, Mgr. Gabriel Camozzi, Mgr. Batiste Camozzi, Count Octave Tasca, Count Abbondie Barbiano di Belgiojoso, Mgr. Francis •Colombani Mgr. Paul Carcano, General aOseph Jacopetti, Mgr. Charles Litta, Mgr. Louis Litta Biurni, Major Fontana, Colonel Jacques-Che- Palier and the Marquis George Raimondi. These names suffice, beyond any doubt, to prove to every one that the persons who bear them are not, ~.and cannot be the accomplices of M. Mazzini, It the Austrian Government imagines that it lays to their charge anthing of the horror excited in Europe by the last insurrectionary attempt of the celebrate d dema- . Rogue, it makes a great mistake ; and public opinion, Which has already so badly received all the rigorous measures to which Lombardy has just been subjected, certainly will not accompany it in that course.' The market continues inanimate, and prices are nearly as they were. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are unaltered, at 104 f. 10c., and the Three Per Cents. are 25c. higher, at 81f. The Shares of tile Bank of France and of the Mortgage Bank are unchanged ; those of the Societe Mobiliere are sf. ,lower, and those of the M o rt g age Bank Bonds 20f. lower. Spanish Home Debt is higher, and the New Three per Cent. Pi e d mon t ese Loan is 10c. lower, at 70f. 50c. The Turkish Loan was done a aback higher, at 1,022 f. 50c. Railway Shares have ;y:aried but little, with the exception of the Stras .?nrg and the Lyons to M e dit erranean , w hi c h are 40 f. better. Exchange on London (short) 25f. sc. naoney ; ditto (90 days); 24f. 90c. paper. GERMANY. The Emperor of Austria has taken his usual walk Ln the bastion, accompanied by Prince Albert of i° o 4Loiay, to whom he pointed out the spot of the attempt of the 18th ult. General Hayuau died suddenly in the night. 40 te had been to an evening party at Count Buol's, Where he remained till past twelve. A few mo lnents after he retired to rest he was struck by apo- Plexy, and death put a term to his agitated career. The Archbishop of Vienna has also died. The Second Chamber of Prussia, 'en attendant tile discussion of the estimates, has adopted, by a liajorit3r of 164 to 137, the second and last reading of the bill for prolonging Parliaments from three to six years, after the close of the present legislative Period. L Cholera at Breslau does not augment as regards the number of cases, but, on the other hand, it has B Pread more generally throughout the city. Its Progress westward is generally expected upon the c 'Pening of spring. ▪ -After a week's thaw and two days' spring wea ,her, we have a return of winter, with heavy snow, ( "id the th ermome ter two to three degrees below U Iteaumur. • LieUtenant-General von Prittnitz, commanding In chief the whole corps of Guards, resigned his ' ll 4,..ctions three days past, having accomplished the "itt,tith yea i r of his long and distinguished services. is rumoured that the veteran General von Gads, is to succe e d t o the command of the 21. 1 ards, and that Prince William von Radziwill, uw - commanding the 4th corps d'armee at Magda b : I 'g, will replace Wran ge l a t th e head of the 3d 1 1 3 s, and of all troops in the marches, with head garters at Berlin. SWITZERLAND. THE KAFIR WAR. 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 Whittlesea ' but nothing cer tain is known of th e H o tt en t o t leader, 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 in 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 T hi a s d e d n e t d ir t e h ly e changes the character of border horse—a still more dangerorduseernwgianrfeaorfewanard. of border de aonndhosarasetbtearcka,lmwiatsht. rifles, n foot, armed only with sticks or any number of natives o their far-reaching Thirty farreaeh in y g ears ago c a o f ul e T c c o o n lo f ni ro s n t t s m i ss ile spears cast fromf me well, they could return fromm the hand. If they examined their ground and chose their Perea show what a fearful change almost hill, Waterkloof, and without a wound. Burns'- a successful campaign has taken place within a few it during the last three wars,that they lost hardly appears. years. In some instances , the advantage lay. it remained doubtful on which side more men than the disciplined troops, and more than once They improve in adroitness and daringclearly with every war, with every action. Every slice cut from " The Go vernor h as a ll this and more. itself eyes, and w ill ma k e it p l a i n en ough in his dispatches. But it is not k nown whether any reme dy has suggested to his mi n d, or w h ether he has ye t di s covered the root of Secretaries of the evil. I n many dispatches from diff ere nt . State the to o great and too hasty extens i on of the colony is emphatically condemned and recently Earl Grey sug gested a questi on , w h ether the loss of lan d m i g ht not be one cause at least of native hostility. In the case of Moshesh, General Cathcart saw clearly that to deprive the Basutos of their land was to kindle a war not soon to be extinguished. On this point there cannot be two opinions. A South African tribe deprived of their land must either lie down and die, or betake themselves to plunder. They, have none of the thou san d and one arts by which civilised nations make up for loss of land or scantit.erritory. Land is their life. "There is another thing that will, probably strike the Governor's mind, namely, that in all barbarous tribes there is a strong love of independence. They don't readily sub mit to foreign rule. As far as can be Judged, the Govern ment of Kafirland, under Colonel Mackinn on , was more just, eqUitable, and beneficial to the people than the Go vernment of their native chiefs. Many, if not all of them, were ready to admit this, and were probably convinced of it. But events demonstrated that men even in a state of barbarism are not wholly governed by self-interest. With death and destruction before their eyes they clin g t o th e i r chiefs, and have for two l ong -years exhibited an example of fidelity never surpassed in any age or. nation. This may be lamented or condemned, but it cannot be denied, and it would be a fatal error in the British Government to over look it when constructing their future relations with such tribes. _ ITALY. „The Opinione of Turin quo t es a letter from Milan 11 1- i the 12th, stati ng th a t th e d ecrees respec ti ng th e guting of the streets are not confined to Milan O ne, but extend to all the frontier towns. The 1111111 inipality of Milan has recei ve d or d ers t o f urn i s h r°visions for 4,000 men, besides 800 more at bu t The blockade of Ti c i no i s s till i n f orce, lit there are fewer troops on the service. Two orQ PS are sp o k en o f as lik e l y t o b e established— e at "Varese, and another close to th e S ar di n i an ro utier, n A. letter f rom Fl orence o f t h e 9th, i n the Opi :ne of Turin, states that the trial of Gu errazz i ortcl others for high treason has been suspended, de ac count of the illness of Monta z i o , one o f t h e ,_. 4 9ndant s . Th e pol i ce proceeded to a domiciliary tr,: t the oth er d ay a t th e h ouse o f M me. U nger, celebrated singer, but nothing was found to Trt any charge there might be against her. tat ,,,o Turin and Savigliauo Railway was inaugu pri'q en the 14th. The King, accompanied by the Ile° Of Piedmont, the Duke of Genoa, and the • " After frontier affairs, the internal state of the colony may obtain a brief notice in England. Th ey have learnt from the speeches in Parliament that th e Constitution is still withheld, and that the colonists have n o more concern in public affairs than the oxen they drive or the h orses 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 ; th a t th ey, how ever, payin taxes levied without their advice or consent, and spent in like manner,-230,0001. a-year ; that they are 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 and consider how the actual state of the colony may be best ascertained, and by what method, or in what shape, their case may be most effectually 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 far and as -soon as possible, from THE FREN CII EMPIRE. Prince of Carinan, was presnt at the cerem oy. ief ' The inters g Many senators, e deuties, and ch functionaries also attended. 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 charge d'affaires. _ 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, Mr. 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. Lambton, 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 6i hours. From St. Vincent to Ascension she was 12 days 13 hours on the voyage, and was detained there 6 days 6i 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 61f 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 12i hours coaling, sailed February 6 arrived at St. Vincent February 26, in 20 days 13i hours ' • remained coaling 3 days 21 hours ; sa il e d March 2, and arrived at Plymouth in 14 days 3 hoursr 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 SUN, Lo,NpON, FRIDAY gy_FNal 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." (Erma ties 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 Kafira as had found shelter 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 stealin g , or fi r i ng a t 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 St. affairs of British Kafraria three questions naturally present 50 themselves :-1. Have the Slambie chiefs " kept their people in order," according to a fair and liberal interpreta- St. tion of his Excellency's words ? 2. Have the Gaika 10 chiefs and their people bees driven over the Bei ? And, St. 3. If they should even cross that river with a view of in- St. veigling his Excellency to make a treaty of peace with St. them, what security is there that they will not come back St. again? St. His Excellency, we understand, does not expect to be St. long absent from Graham's Town, so that the anxiety of the public to know something of the contemplated arrange- St. merits for peace will probably soon be satisfied. 12 From Fort Beaufort we learn that many Hottentots have 5 0 lately surrendered, and that courts-martial are sitting on 16 7 the culprits. St. MONDAY.--This day a detachment of Cape Mounted 20 Rifles left Graham's Town for King William's Town. It is 1 4 reported that a fresh expedition against Kreli is contem- 5 0 plated. We learn, however, that Kreli not long since paid 20 a further instalment of his cattle fine, and that he Ihas re- 11i cently sent a friendly communication to the authorities at 10 King William's Town, to the effect that he is collecting St. more cattle. St. TUESDAY.—About 26 head of cattle were taken several 20 days ago from Manley's Flats, which we hear were recap- 10 tured yesterday by a party of police under Lieutenant St. Surmon, in the Fish River Bush, with the exception of 50 one of the oxen which bad been slaughtered. 40 (From the Graham's Town Joutosal, Feb. 1.) 25 Letters from British Kafraria, dated the 29th instant, St. announce the arrival there of the Governor, and state that SE: his Excellency contemplates another visit to Kreli's coun- St. try, the conduct of that chief beirig rather equivocal, and 50 the compensation he engaged to 'make for the destruction of 2 5 Butterworth and the plunder of British traders not having 100 been sent as promised. It is quite probable that such a St. move is in contemplation, the report being spread concur- 6 rently with the march of a strong detachment of the Cape 25, Mounted Rifles from Graham's Town, and, as we are in- 50 formed, of other troops from Fort Beaufort to the capital 20 of British Kafirland. It seems absolutely necessary that in dealing with the Amagelika Chief he should be disabused of St. the mischievous impression which appears to have been 15 made on his mind by the sudden retrograde mr,roh of the . 50 British troops from the Basuto country. Very prepos- St. terous stories have gained currency in Kafirland in con- 16 nexion with that affair, and it would seem that among the 18 most active propagators of such rumours are some of the 8 native waggon drivers, who accompanied the expedition, 8 and who, according to our informant, have absurdly 20 exaggerated everything so as to raise the Basutos and lower 20 the English in the estimation of the credulous natives. It 10 is most essential to the future peace of South Africa that s 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 British 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. Lieritenant-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 4 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 : St. Arrivals at Table-bay.—Jan 31.—The ships Royal Stuart 25 25 and the Camperdown from Calcutta for London, with St'spassengers. Feb. I.—The barque Clydeside, from 'Liver pool, and the American barque F. Bunchinia, *haling. Feb. 2.—The Danish barque Frederick Wilhelm, from Copen6gen ; and the schooner Osprey, from Mossel-bay. St. Feb. 3.—The barque Countess of Zetland, from London 5 for the East Indies, with passengers ; the French ship St. Myosotis, from Cardiff ; the Dutch barque Henrietta, from 20 Batavia for Amsterdam, put in for suppl; es. Feb. 4.—The St. Hamburgh brig Alwina, from Hamburgh ; the ship Col- 15 lingwood, from Singapore for London ; and the brig Lean . der, from Liverpool. Departures from Table-bay.—Feb. I.—The Timandra, • 6 for Moulmein ; the Bella Portina, for London ; the Ad derley, for Mossel-bay. Feb. 3.—The Anne, for Port 3i Natal ; the Mississipi, United States steamer, for Japan ; 5 the Simoom and Meteor clippers, for London. Feb. 4. 7 The Ide, for Mauritius ; the Emily Smith, for Algoa-bay ; 6 the Resolute, for Sydney ; the Royal Stuart, for London ; the Maidstone, for Trinidad ; the Helen Augusta (Amen- 6 can), for whaling ; the Fox, for Mossel-bay. 10 The General Screw Steam-shipping Company's steam- 20 ship Bosphorus, Captain Benson, sailed on the 29th of Januiry for Mauritius Ceylon, and Calcutta. St. On .Sunday, Jan. 30 , the Resolute, with 131 passengers, 5 from London to Australia, put into Table-bay for supplies, St. having been 924 days on the voyage ; and yesterday, the Medora put in from New York in 103 days, with 193 pas- St. Bangers. St. The Great Britain steam-ship, Captain Matthews, was daily expected at the Cape. She will coal at Simon's-bay, 6 i and not en t er Table-bay. SOUTHAMPTON PACKETS. - SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 16. —The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Madrid, Captain Weeks, with the Peninsular mails, left at half-past two. She took out •a small quantity of specie, and about twenty passengers, among whom were Sir E. Hutchinson and Lady Hutchinson. The Penin sular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Tagus, with the homeward Peninsular mails, is expected about the 24th instant. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steam-ship Bengal, is expected about the 19th instant. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ripon will leave for Malta and Alexandria on the 20th instant, and the City of London, chartered ship, for Malta and Constantinople, on the 20th. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's steam-ship Magdalena, Captain C. M. Chapman, with the usual West India mails, left this day at half-past two. She took out forty nine passengers, a full general cargo, and specie to th e amount of 10,0001. The R o y a l Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Parana, Captain C. Woolley, is hourly expected with the homeward West India mails. THE LATE ROBBERY AT MESSRS. OLLIVANT'S AT MAN CHESTER.-At the Manchester borough court, on Thurs day, Maxwell, the young man who was apprehended last week with the whole of the proceeds of the robbery at Messrs. 011ivant's silversmith, in his possession, was re-examined before Mr. Maude, and finally committed for trial at the assizes. The evidence given did not carry the case further than it did last week, and the only fact 'of interest, added to those already given is, that a pair of bags had been found in one of the trunks seized at the house in which he was taken, .eVidently made to sling at the man's sides by means of a strap thrown across the shoulders. They would readily contain the property he took away, which weighed about two stones. No one else is at present implicated. SHOCKING CASE OF MATRICIDE IN DURHAM. - Mr. Trotter coroner, held an inquest a t a pl ace name d But terwick, in the western part of • this county, on the 15th on the body of an old woman, aged 90, wife of. Abraham Sewell, who was cruelly murdered by her son, Abraham, 40 years of age, on the morning of the previous day. It appears that the old people lived in a cottage in the hamlet, and, that their son, who is a married man, but parted from his wife, lived with them at the time of the 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 old woman slept in, another bed in the same room. Early in the morning of Monday the son got out of bed, and, without taking time to dress himself; made 'a savage attack upon his h aged mothern er intfred witehar and he a h n e d w b a e s at a h ls e o r T t o death. e old man beaten. The 'poor maniac, after leaving his n fo t r o de a ad n , el l g eap o e n d n o n u g t of the window in his hb • house. He rapped at state of looking out, with a gun, and he was and seeing him in a maniacal the sashegvieredt d :Pae e la o ynr e r, dnrtas but was refused ' admission , . of excitement, ran after him captured without doing f urther in j ur er is mosty. fe T a h rf e u old lm m an a n n likelywoman oma n t o w recover , was hea te n though o deathugh much in a Iv injured. ilfutlo ma u T prl h da e ecre p . (:) ,0 o f r oldcon finement. e: fipTonhoeermj creatureue n ry t. returned It htao a so took four efverdict y personso removedf‘ ' to keep him quiet on 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 quit e 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, we understand, are to be so constructed that, in to be carried toenN done ovevennE without o m f ot destroyinghu e s B r T a lt iAI London-brid ge p a . y tohbeingoe: elsewhere, a atut intendedr a d n a yyn new f uw lastt h t ee u rraeec sameto person noa. periodcan e e d rdo oa J m e s r m. o niln ta n hne tSi course u oM i •s f eaor Martin ' s, f si nt sr quarterHae whichr f he f r d an l:7 ea s h cte O d u p r i nuhrae mbnewhaaeicamonkset h i n a t d o atehten a a ll p y ai h t e m en en e t, an a g n h d t th h e y re on d e is o c y o s v teerre d , a t n h d at th tw ei o r heads broken by the shells when attempting to purloin the fish.— Carmaraot Journal. THE 811 ABB MARKETS. St. ro 50 20 45 DublinkßelfastJun. all Dundee Perth&Aben deen Junction .... all Do. New all East Anglian (£25 L and E. & L. & a ll Do. Do. (181. E.& IL) all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) 84 Do., do a ll Do., B. and C 100 East Lancashire . all East & West Incl. Dk & Binning. Juno.. 100 Edinburgh & Glasg ow 14)Edin. and Peebles.... 100 Edin. Prth. &Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk.. 100. Do., A. Stock ..... . . 100 Do., B. Stock .... 100 Great Southern and Western (Ireland). 100 Great Western . ..... 11 Irish South-Eastern. a ll Lancaster & Carlisle. 11 Do., Thirds .... . . ... 100 Lancash.& Yorks hire 15 Do., Fifths 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwall 3 Load. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond. Brigt. &S. Cst. 100 London &N. Western 'l2 Do., Fifths. 1 Do. , £lO Sh.M. &B. C 100 London &S. Western 424 Do., £5O • •34 • Do., £4O all Londerry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch. Shef. &Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do. Binning. & Derby 47h Midland G. West. (Ir.) 171 Do. Shares a ll Newcastle & Carlisle 100 Newmarket S Do. Bury Extension 16 Newp. Aberg. &llftd 7i Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint and itestrevei 100 Nor:1)1k a ll Do., Now 3A Northn.Counties Un DO North British 13 North Devon, No. 1 64 Do., No. 2 a ll Do., I Deferred . g Do., i B Guaranteed 176 North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. unc 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg 100 Do., L. &N. Westn _ _ St St St. St. - Guaranteed Stock. 8 Shrewsby.& Hereford I a ll Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves do all Do Do. Oswesti y 6i Shropshire Union all Swath Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yorksh.River Dun 5 Do. 16/ Stockton & Hartlepl 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vali , of Neath • all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford& Limerick 13 West Cornwall 1./.ls Wimbledon&Croydn 1 Woodford 1.00 York Newetl. &Berw 20 Do. Extensions 11i Do. G. N. E. Purchase 1100 York &N. Midland—, 100 i Aberdeen . .... all Do., No. 2,7 p. e.. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. SI 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares . 100 Caledonian £lO all i Chester & Holyhead . Guar. 53 per cent. 34 Cork&Band on 53 P.C. all Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction all E. Ang. (705.) 6 p. c. all Do. (X 5), 7 per cent. 2 Do. (X 7 17s), 7. p ct. all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2 all Do., New 6p. e. St: all Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.:, 100 East Laucash. 6p. ets. all Edinb. Pith. & Dund. 100 Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per tint... 100 Great Northn. sp. c. 100 Do. 5 p. c., Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem.., all Gt.S outhn. & Westn. . (Ireland) Eights.. _ 6 Gt: Westn . . (Birks & Hants Ex. 5 p. a.) .00 Great Western, fixed 4i per cent 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. e 100 Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St all Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar. 6p. c 5 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds 10 Londonderry & Coler. i Shares . all Londndry. & Ennisk. 1 Shares .- . ... .... all Manch., Shot. ,& iin., Shares, No. 1 all Do., New, XlO 3 Do., .£6 ..... all Marypt. drbarl. all Do. 4h per cent 8i Do — .. 100 Mid. Consol. 6 p.a.St. 100' Do. Consol. Bristol S E Birm. 6 per cent.... 5 Do. Pref. 4i percent. all Norfolk Extension... all Do. Guar. 5i per ct. all Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent 100 North British all North Staffordshire.. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. 9 iDo. .11 (Shrewsbury & • New Guaranteed.. all Shrewsby. & Chester Nor.W. (Min), 3 p.c . 10 Do. 5 per cent. • all South Devon I . ilDo,New... all - S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f£l Os. 6d. all S. Yorksh. 4p. e. Guar. 3 Waterfd.&Kilk. 6p .c. [OO York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4p. c: Pref 5' Do 10 !York & N. Midland, H. & S. Purchase...l FOR: 3 Antwrp.&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. Junct. all Charleroi & Erquelin 8 'Dijon and Besangon 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian. 1 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 7 Gd: Junct. of France 15i at. Westn. of Canada Shares 1 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. prof 15 Luxembourg 10 Do: (Railway) 2 Do. 3 Do. (Canal),.. 2 Do. 6p. cent. pref. 7 Lyons & Medlt,erran 4i Madras 29 Maria Antonia 10 Do. New all Namur & Liege (with in o tel e .est all D. (x interest) tirg all Northern of France all Do. 201. 3p. o. Bds • (fmy. B. &Ams.Shs. all Norwegian Trnk. Pre 10 Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbo 4 Paris Caen&Cherbrg. 54 Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre all Sambre and Meuse 4 Do. 54 per cent. pref 4 Southern of France 2s. tipper India Scrip all West Flanders 6 Do. 54 per c. Pref.., 9 Western of France 2 ' West. of Switzerland 3 New Zealand.... •• •.• • I -- . air. Paid RAILWAYS. 100 Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. all Birmg. Woli-erh. & Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct. 11 Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 184 Do., £2O 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Blackrock and Passage 1' -- I p - , 14 -,- 15 21 2ip 2* 1 6 -- 6 t A p 4 -- 2 p 7 - A 14 -- pP P 7 —8 xin 41 zin 11 1. —grin p iP 9 p '2 211 p • 7a 8 6 -- 7 36k -36 i 14 -- 15 8i -- 91 17i -- 17Ip 42 -- 43 42 -- 43 5 i P 2ik -20 i ,9 -- 9} 41 -- sip 51 -- par 9 10ip r= OPearCl BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this lay. ' PREFERENCE SHARES. JOINT-STOC all Australasia all British N. American 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial 20 ICommercip .f Lon. don 4 English Scottish and, Australian 74 Land. Chart. Bk. a 7 Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. dt Westminster 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 22i National of Ireland all Oriental Bank of Corporation 5 Do. New 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Austrahi.Bkg & Gold Imp. Co. 25 South Australia all Union of Australia 24 Do. New 10 Union of London all Union of Madrid Business done this day. RAILWAYS. all IBedford and Bleteb ley. all Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... all Po. withoutgr all Birm. Woly. do Dudley guar. all Do.wthtguar. 100 Buckghamsh. all Clydesdale Jc. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 0 per cent. all Gistr.& Dn. all Hrtlpl. Dk. &I Railway All Hull & Selby all Do. Shares. all Do. Shares. all Lon.&Greenw all Do.Preferencel all Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. all Do. 6 per et. all Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock all Middlesbro' & Redcar all Midld.Bradfd all Northern and Easternsp.e. all Do. 8 per et. all Do. Fixedripe all Prest. & Wyre 11A Do. Shares. 100 Roystn.&Hit. 100 Do.Shepth.St 181 Shef.Roth.and Goole g. 5 p.c. 94 S. Staffordsh. all Wear Valleygr 6 per cent all Do 1100 l'iYilts&Somrsi Lesidng Compans, London &I N. West., Gt.Weistn, Do Do Do L.StN.W. Caledon IGt.Nrthn. Gt: Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &Nlid Do S. Eastern !D0......... Norfolk L.& N. W. & Midld. Stckton & Darlingt. Midland.. E. Count, Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do 1 (fit Northni Do Lancash& Yorksh. M.MClean Stoat. & I Darlingt, p 0...... ... IGtWestn. Closing Prices this day. SO - 31 . 291 -301 30 - 31 29 -30 105 -107 521 -531 151 - 153 321 - 331 111 - 113 554 - 56: 27 -- 28; 1 - 14 25 - 26 19 -19 i 25 - 27 2 - 3ixd .05 —lo6xd, 64 - 66 xd 149 —lslxd 148 —lsoid, •• ••. 1 di 32A -33 A 103 - 104 MINES. all Agna Fria all Anglo Californian 2 Australasian 6 Australian all Aust-alian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all British Austrin. Gold 13.5 Br!:;ish Iron 24h Brazilian Imp. (issued, at .45 pm.) all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 15 Do. St. John Del Rey, • i C..rson's Creek.. 1 all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold 14 Copiapo all CopperMinersof Eng , all Do. Preference all English and Austin, Copper Staeltg. Co. all General all Great Nugget Vein all Great Polgooth all Lake Bathurst all Liberty all Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co all Mariquita 9 Mexican &S. Amelia all New Granada all Nouveau Monde 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhyniney Iron 15 Do. New 10i Santiago de Cuba all South Australian 7 Tin Croft all United Mexican all Waller all West Granada all West Mariposa all Yuba 1 P P par— 1 p 5i 6 Par— A p par— p P Par p A - p 7 —9 5 -- 51 29 -- 30 par 4 p 47 -- 49 2g -- 2i pj 70 75 7 8j p 18 —2O d 2 —2 p 1 —ll p in— par ft P d d Par P d p 25 7 8 8 - 11 — 13 7 }die P p • P ,K BANKS. 93 - - 94 - 21p1 3 -31 p 5 k - 511) - ip - 59 --- ... ** • • i dig — ila 1 50 52 71 —78 i 8i 9 MISCELLANEOUS. )0 . 35 Australian Agricult , 103 108 !O 6 Austrlasn.Pcific.lsfail .. ... .0 5 Australis. Royal Mail, ... 38A,Brit. Americn. Land 324 1 Canada 5 Crystal Palace 2 Crystal Pal. of France ... 1 Eastern Steam — 1 Electric. Teleg. of Ir ... 14 Gen. Steam Navigat ... 50 General Screw Steam ... 24 Irish Beetroot Sugar, ~, all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... 2 Netherlands Land ... 2. Nrth. of Europe Steam ... all Peninsular & Oriental ... 25 Do. Do. ... 60 Royal Mail Steam.... .. 25' South Austral. Land 50 56 1 Submar. Telegraph... l ... ... 2 Universal Emigration and Colonisation... ... ... 284 Van Diemen's Land.. 24 —25 - ... 24A 5i 4} RA f LWA r ACCIDENTS. TO THE EDITOR OF 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 on 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 A B 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 fiat 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 13} i 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. ♦—The velocity. 11011 r—The radius of curvature. The centrifugal force— acts at G in GA. GA=a, AD=b. Resolving forces parallel and perpendicular to AB, we Mv2 W Cos a + Q o. R + 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. —IV cos a) b= (R —R) a. 2 1 When the carriage is on the point of upsetting R=o. R=W sin a. MV2 cos a +2- W sin a. =w (a sin a + b cos a) • r W n Ca Si a+ b cos a) %)( • - g the force of gravity. = b 2.._ . g (a sin a + b cos a) Which gives the limiting value of v, and if v be greater the carriage will upset. CANTAB. THE WAR WITH Ave.—The House of Lords has just ordered a document from the East India House to be printed respecting the war with Ava. 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 estimate for next year 1852-03, the amount assumed is 50,00,000 rupees. 1 1 i 5 6 4 i a I 48 3 1 i 4 i 4 i 5 41 Business this day 10 25 10 10( 10 20 10 20 29 - 30 i 6} - 6} 0 - 10} 7 —6idxd 21 —22 d 3i —2OIW 101 105 641 64 21 22 18 19 1 pxcl, 12. 13; 20 20 8 - 5 5A 12 —l3Axd 13 10 11 • 7i 8i 8 60 73 —74 id i d 50 55 57xd r 56 7 x d 50 25 74 76; 33 35 61 63 I 81 82nd' 81i 45 47 I 123 —l24xcl. 1 90 07 914 1 1-1084wf 1074 914; 6 7t 92 94 13 nap Pa 75 —7O 76 z d 33 - 16 - 16i3 d 16k a 8k 9ixd 8 1 lip'. 11 103 104A' 104 k 3 —3101119 i —3p ad 14i 1 --la pad 90 5 a ! 90j -- 4 d I 4 '—. 3 d 11i —. 1 i 19 21 29 30 3i — 8d 75 --75 i 4 4 -- 46. 7 5 1 i 1 5 ... - .. 50 • - 3 3 1 - 52 - :-- 351 - 4 .. d 8 - 8i 3 —.4P 48 - 49 100 -- 102 64 - 66 64 - 66 70 -- 75 ... - d 18 -- 20 9 -- 10 14 -- 15 .3i— id 21 -- .22 78i -- 78 36 87 12i -- 13 4 -- 441 1 15 11 2 4 9 91 29 31 94 -- 9i d•— p 69 70 7 d 2 2#d 58 2 —59 i d 3°' St. a d 5O St. x d 10(1 - 108 jlO6 - 108 181 - 61 - - 34 - if - lb 1 -2 p 1 1 - 4 1 -- p 15 18 -- 19 3i -- 3i 1127 - 128 1110 - 112 - 8 0t 7ixd 105 -- 107 id— p ,150 --152 1531 3 - 3 ip 10i 11 13 -13 i 8 - 9 - 148 - 149 - ip 22 4 4 - 23 6 1 - 2 - 24 109 - 111 25 - 26 1 - 131) 1 11 -11 A 174 183 1 15 -- 1 6 p P 20 — 21 d par! 101 - 103 'par :GN. 105 641 374 10 54 84 2i d 36. 20 5 0 21 78 100 100 151 50 50 100 5 , 1 I 25 100 rm I 4 I 20 128 I 20 1113 5° 100 25' 5° 1481 9 8 221 109; 11/ i 4i a .281 7i 87i 42 42, 33 pm 12 St. St. 25 so 20 1 40 88 28 21 i 57i 8i 8 108 5 7 53 9 8 64 $ i 83i 80i .55A 6 tilitrbr Xbition. WARWICK _RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) • FREE HANDICAP STEEPLE CHASE, Gulnare The Unknown Eight ran. The SCURRY STAKES were won by the Macaw. I of the company, and if he had such a wish his task would certainly be a difficult one, but he thought it right that there should be no appearance of overcharge in what was stated against the company ; and, in the first place, he might remind their lordships of the exact nature of the communication which existed at the present moment between this country and Australia. The Australian Royal Mail Company did not provide the only means of postal communication between England and the Aus tralian colonies. There was, or there ought to be, a regular monthly mail, starting alternately from Ply. mouth and Southampton, proceeding on each alternate month by the Cape of Good Hope to Australia, and the other months by the Mediterranean and Singapore. On. every alternate month of the year the service was per formed by the Australian Mail Steam Navigation Com pany, their vessels sailing by way of St. Vincent and the Cape of Good Hope ; but however imperfectly the service might be performed by them, there was not the absence of all sure communication which his noble friend had seemed to suppose. He (Viscount Canning) had no I wish to extenuate the conduct of the company in failing 1 to perform their contract, but he simply desired to assure their lordships and the public as to the fact of there being a safe and reliable means of communication between this country and Australia. His noble friend had also found fault with the low rate of speed at which the vessels of the company had performed their voyages ; but he (Vis count Canning) could not help thinking that his noble friend had left out of his calculations the stoppages which the vessels were obliged to ma k e, b eing compelled to stop at St. Vincent's, and at the Cape, besides further stoppages in Australia, before they arrived at Sydney. These stoppages ought t o b e ta k en into consideration. He was not praising the company for their punctuality or rapidity ; far from it ; but he wished their lordships' to be informed of the whole of the facts of the case. The Australian, on her first voyage, had occupied 95 days in reaching Sydney ; according to the time tables attached to the contract 79 days was the time allowed to her for completing the voyage. Upon her return she had oc cupied 113 days in going over the same space. That therefore gave, in the one instance, a delay of 16, and in the other a delay of 34 days over and above the right time. With respect to touching at King George's Sound, he was not prepared to defend the arrangement under which that provision made a part of the contract. The contract had been signed in June last, and he was ignorant of the motive which had induced the Govern ment of the day to put this and some other provisions into the contract, though he was sure that they had not been inserted without due consideration. However, he was inclined to think that the stoppage at King George's Sound was on the whole objectionable. His noble friend had stated correctly all that had happened in reference to this unfortunate vessel the Australian. She ought to have left Plymouth on her last voyage on the 3d of Feb., but the company had made application that she should not sail until the 23d, as she was not likely to be ready for sea before that day. The Lords of the Admiralty had given their sanction to the delay, and the mails had/ been sent down to Plymouth on the 23d, but the vessel was not then ready, and did not sail until the 24th. This last delay had been without the sanction of the Lords of the Admiralty, and a fine had been inflicted on the occa casion, which would be enforced against the company. On the 24th, the Australian put to sea, but on the 25th she was obliged to put back to Plymouth, herself disabled and her mails very seriously damaged. So far as re garded the performance of the public service, her Ma jesty's Government felt it to be their duty to provide for the immediate dispatch of the letter part of the mails, and it had so happened that when the accident occurred to the Australian, it was within seven days of the dispatch of the next monthly steamer. Accordingly, the letter portion of the mail had been immediately sent to South ampton, and was now on its way, by the Mediterranean and Singapore, to Australia. He did not apprehend that much inconvenience would be suffered by parties from this brief delay of seven days, because the means of communication by which the letters had been dispatched was so much shorter than the other that the letters would reach their destination nearly as soon as if the Australian had proceeded on her voyrge. After sundry repairs, it had been announced to Government that the Australian would be ready to start again from Plymouth on the 10th of this month. She did start, with a new mail, and, as their lordships were aware, was obliged to put back into Plymouth, more than ever disabled ; the mails, how ever, had suffered no injury, and the vessel was now on her way up the Channel to the port of London. That portion of the last mail which was addressed to the Cape of Good Hope had been immediately transhipped to a vessel belonging to the Screw Steam Company, which sailed the following day ; and, in fact, the only portion of the mail which would be at all delayed, and by which any inconvenience would be caused, was the newspapers. That, no doubt, would occasion serious inconvenience to parties in Australia, but it had been quite ont of th e power of the Post-office to make arrangements for the transmission of the newspapers, inasmuch as it would have been utterly hopeless to attempt to convey the 150 large boxes which would be required for the purpose across the Isthmus of Suez, unless due notice were given beforehand. Those newspapers would in all pro bability be conveyed in a day or two by some fast sailing passenger vessel, and in the ordinary course of things they would be delivered in the Australian colonies within ninety-five days. He believed that he had now replied to the inquiry of his noble friend so far as itirelated to the transport of the present mails. As regarded the question whether the Government would take any steps for enforcing the contract with the Aus tralian Royal Mail Steam-packet Company, it was neces sary that he should state that, during the delay which had occurred in consequence of the mishaps of the Aus tralian, the Lords of the Admiralty had received a letter from the chairman of the company, setting forth the dif ficulties under which the company conceived that they had been called upon to perform the service, and pray ing for a favourable consideration. and requesting that, as it would be impossible for them to provide a vessel for the conveyance of the mail which ought to leave England in due course on the 3d of April, their lord ships would consent to forego that service, and would he satisfied if the vessel were ready by the 3d of June. That letter had been referred to a committee which was now sitting for the purpose of investigating the state of the Post-office packet service. The committee having bad the letter before them, had yesterday reported their opinion to the Lords of the Admiralty ; but as he (Vis count Canning) was not then in a position to state that any action had been taken on that opinion, he hoped that his noble friend would not press him to give any distinct explanation of the terms in which it had been conveyed. It would be perhaps sufficient to state that the spirit in which the .committee had approached the subject had been, that while, on the one hand, it was most desirable that the Government should not justly undergo the charge of straining their legal rights or of pressing hard upon the company, yet, on the other hand, it was their firm conviction that the system of con tracts for the packet service of this country was to be carried on, and if the public was to be called upon to pay large subsidies for such service, it was the duty of the Government to insure to the public the enjoyment of all contracts of a reasonable amount of punctuality, cer tainty, and dispatch. (Hear, hear.) He had only to add that, if the contract between the company and the Government were not already on the table of both houses of Parliament, it should be placed on their lordships' table forthwith. Lord COLCHESTER was understood to observe that it was for the convenience of Western Australia that it had been provided by the contract that vessels should call at King George's Sound. In reply to a further re mark by the noble lord, which did not reach the gallery, Viscount CANNING said he believee that the por tion of the Australian's mail which had suffered most were the bags for Melbourne. Those bags had been opened and the letters dried, which was an operation that had occupied a considerable time. The letters which had their directions still legible had then been packed in boxes, and had been sent off by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Company's vessel along the overland route. There were, however, about 60 or 70 letters, the addresses of which had been so entirely obli terated that it was quite impossible to forward them to their destination, and under these circumstances they had been dealt with in the usual way, and sent to the Dead Letter-office. About half of them had been claimed, and about 30 still remained, which could hardly b e • called letters, and could not be distinguished from mere scraps of paper. In reply to a question by Lord WHARNCLIPPE, which did not reach us, a v V er is y co sa n t n i t sf C ac AN tory N a l n N sw G e s r a t i o d h t h e e f eared gu es t h i e e n c ooufl dhinsotngcbvlee friend, because it related go entirely to Admiralty busi ness that he was not fully informed on the subject. He had seen a report from Captain Lowe, the Admiralty surveyor at Plymouth, to the effect that, on examina tion, it appeared that the Australian had started on her second voyage with something like 400 tons weight, in the shape of coals, stores, and cargo, beyond that which she had had on a former voya ge , w hi c h , although not performed at th e stipulated rate of speed, had been caus safe e, andto prosperous. It Was conjectured that this gether with , sev ere weather, h a d -l e d t o the opening of h er seams, through which the water had got in, and the safety of the vessel had been risked. This supposition sho elohnadg asb ee s nhcarefully ea appeared l to be b orne out b y the fact that Perfectlyinap parently watertight. The conversation then dropped. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. On the motion that the house do now adjourn, The Earl of DERBY said he wished, before the house adjourned to ask a question of the noble duke the Secre tary of State for the Colonies, or of the noble and learned lord on the woolsack. Their lordships had re ceived in the course of that day a communication on a very important subject from the other house, to whom it was due, in point of courtesy and respect, that they i should p of ay su t c h h e deeaerpliesinttaetrteesntt.ion,rinheorcoemepe communicationon r re ferred to the proceedings which had bLen taken by the other house under the act which had been brought into m s e e s o e a,g f l a e s s t n y f etre, sane a n w kind might r yet which b o o pe r r e a c t e is i oe v nv e e d irna b lt y hoe t t h hc e eo i r r ur lordships. This was the first in stance in which they had been called upon under the provisions of the act of last year to concur with the mu e s oe f t u no h n e t oeo th ey the soi intended that hmerta ascertain ees t heesar gametipurposemessage. Government frpcHuoomrpursue Government t n ee c i t e t pre venting acts of bribery, and he thought it wa go s nge im swt p ot o uh r ldei v iw t H a ih n t o nh t u t stehe referencean that they rs C t s ho u ldh o e e m y t ni th was ai l.d henow ha d t the expectedduty course which they would advise their o lords t hi e pGs Government o o p ro urs m u en e t the house, but m mad otio e n b f y or s t o h m e e ad m jo el m ber en f t of h havebefore the been probably it had been from inadvertence that no such Communication had been made. He now wished to ask what course her Majeaty's Government were prspa eiragvhtuoie conceived effectually fourtbMittilii WARWICK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE. Oscar Peter Simple ad ad ad ad Fourteen ran. THE SCURRY STEEPLECHASE. Macaw Smuggler Bill IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS-{YESTERDAY.) THE MAILS TO AUSTRALIA. Lord WHARNCLIFFE rose to ask the noble lord the Postinaster-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 u p on was, t h at they were to proceed by the Cape to Adelaide, Mel bourne, aid Sydney ; an d, i n po i nt o f fact, the Govern ment never insisted upon their going to King George's Sound—a place where there were no settlers—and by this alteration the vessels were saved 1,000 miles of their journey. They were required to make an average speed of 8i 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 26,000/. ; 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 i 148 miles a day ; although she was required by her con tract to perform at the rate of 84- 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 107 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 Greenpck. 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 there had been a delay in the case of the Melbourne of eleven days, in the case of the Adelaide a delay, first of fourteen days, then of one day in putting back, and afterwards of sixteen days, making a total of thirty-one days ; and, lastly, that the Australian had at first been delayed twenty days, and eighteen days after that, making in all thirty-eight days. And the speed per hour which those vessels had reached during their voyages had been much below that which was stipulated for in the contract. He thought that he was now en titled to ask their lordships whether it was not mon strous that the mail service should be allowed to be executed in this very imperfect and defective manner— (hear, 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 to others. There was no question but that the service, if properly arranged, might be performed in two months, instead of, as at present 100 or 120 days ; indeed, he un derstood that letters had been received by the overland mail which had left Australia in the middle of Novem ber, and had arrived here in the middle of January ; and that others, which had been dispatched from Australia on the 16th of January, had arrived here on the 16th of March-- A NOBLE PEER : From Sydney ? Lord WHARNCLIFFE—No, from South Australia. It appeared to him that the passengers had just ground of complaint, not only on the source of delay, but also on account of the insulting manner in which they had been treated. The company had filled the Australian so fully with freight that it had been necessary to de spatch the passengers' luggage by another vessel, and the consequence was that the passengers were parted from their effects. It was not for him (Lord Wham eliffe) 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 been given to th em o f interfering, by means of surveyors, in order to satisfy themselves that the vessels were really fit for service, and yet in spite of those powers the vessels had been allowed to leave port evidently in a totally unseaworthy state. He found that it was provided that in case of any wilful breach of agree ment on the part of the company, the Government should have the power of dissolving the contract without giving any compensation to the company. The Govern- Hineenttrumsitgehdtt, that t rh th ap e se,aaevea,iivlhthemselveseh he had statedthi p w r o o v n i l s d ion. considered sufficient to justify the following questions, whether friender Majesty's .IGieenwerisatedntaompeulyt hisw the Post- I G Nnvi o ai v siet e eh r r nment proposed to take any measures for the more s n m , o i s r c s i i o n n g of th e t the contractmails e c ff er e ta ct i u n a t ll r y an e to Australia, that purpose with a, and for_ the Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Com pany ?" (Hear, hear.) Viscount CANNING said that no apology was needed from his noble friend for bringing under the notice of their lordships an occurrence which had caused so much public inconvenience, and had led to so much disappoint ment and anxiety on the part ofprivate indivi du a lf p noble f r i en d had Before proceeding to answer the questions which hiss put to him, he thought it was necessary o that he sh ou ld refer to one or two points regardwith to the the c on t ract between the Government an d the Australianthe mode in Royal M a il S team Packet Company, He (Viscount and • which it was per f orme d b y the Canning) had no wish to be considered ered as the champion 2 2 sl . 1 11 1 1 91 i 79 8