The Sun. — London, England, 1847-02-03 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. nejenetting outline of the ARRANGEMENTS for the SEASON IBMs respecttblly submitted to the Nobility, Patrons of the Opera, sad to the Pubs. It is presented with the confident hope, that the Successful exertions made to secure, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty, a company still more worthy of the first Theatre in Enro/Ar;.filita distinguished Patrons will insure the continuation their ocasirt. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA. Mille. Jenny Lind (her first appearance in this country), Madame del Carmen Montenegro (her first appearance at this Theatre) ; filanchioli, Mdlle, Fagiani, and Madame Solari (their first ap- Paaranee in this country) ; the Contralto, Mdlle. Vietti and Mdlle. Darla Naselo (their first appearanc e in this country) ; and Madame Caste/lan. Signor Fraschini , the g reat Tenor of Italy (his first ap pearance in this country) ; and the favourite Tenor, Signor Gardoni, LlOw of the Italian Opera, Paris, having lately withdrawn, at a great pecuniary sacrifice, fix= the Academie Royale de Musique (his first appearance in this country) ; Signor Superchi, the distinguished Baritone (his first appearance in this country) ; Signor F. Lablache; Signor Borella (his first appearance in this country) ; Signor Corelli ; the celebrated Basso Cantante, Herr Staudigi (his first appearance); and signor Lablache. In addition to the above, arrangements are pending with Signor Coletti, of the Italian Opera at Paris. That great composer, the Chevalier Meyerheer, has arranged to visit this country, to bring out the CAMP DE SILESIE, and another of his admired chefs-d'oeuvre ; the principal parts in the Camp de Silesie, by Mdl'e. Jenny Lind and Signor Fraschini. The celebrated Dr. Fells Mendelssohn Bartholdy will likewise visit England, and produce an Opera expressly composed for her Majesty's Theatre, the libretto founded on THE TEMPEST of Shakspere k written by M. Scribe. - Miranda.- .. • . Ferdinand ..... •• • ••• • • Caliban .. •• • • ••••• • • • • • Herr Staudigl. Prospero •••••••• • • • • •. • • • • Sig. Lablache. It is likewise announced, with great satisfaction, that Signor Verdi, having recovered from his severe Illness, has expressly composed for this theatre a new Opera, of which the plot is founded on the ROB BERS yf SCHILLER. Rossini's Opera of ROBERT BRUCE, lately produced at the Aca demie Royale, has also been secured. Mesdames Castellan, Sanchioli,ld Montenegro ; Signors Gar doni, Superchi, and Fraschini, will appear before Easter. Mdlle. Jenny Lind, whose engagement commences in March, and extends until the end of the season, will appear immediately after Easter. Director of the Music and Conductor, Mr. BALFE. In addition to the above, several Operas, new to this country, will be producNl, and the reperoire will be selected from the chefs d'muvre of Mozart, Cimarosa, lcussini, Donizetti, Mercadante, Bel lint, &c. The stectest attention has been paid to all the details, so that an ensemble tray be presented perfect In all its parts. A NUMEROUS ORCIiEgTRA, of the most distinguished talent and power, has been selected from some of the best Orchestras of Europe. THE CHORUS has been chosen with the greatest care from Italy, Germany, and England ; and will comprise upwards of Eighty Per formers. ARRANGEMENTS FOR TILE BALLET. Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, and Mdlle. Cerito ; in addition to which an engagement has been made with Mdlle. Caroline Rosati (of La Scala, at Milan, and other great theatres of Italy), who will make her first appearance on the first night of the season in a New Ballet, expressly composed and arranged for her, by M. Paul Taglioni ; Mdlle. Wautbier, of La Scala (her first appearance in this country ); Madame Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Itonore, Mdlle. Elise Montfort ; Thevenot, Julien, Lamoreux, Emile, Fanny Pascales, and Bertin ; and Caroline Baucourt, of the Academie Royale, and La Scala, Milan (her first appearance in this country). in consequence of the enthusiastic manner in which this eminent artiste was received last season, hopes arc entertained that Mdlle. Taglioni may he intltioeci to appear for a limited number of performances. 31. St. Leon, B. d'Or, of the Ac.nlemie Royale, Par's (his first appearance in this country), M. Gosselin, M. di Mattia, Sig. ienafra, M. Gouriet, M. Paul Taglioni, and M. I'errot. Composer of the Ballet Music, Signor Pugni. Principal Artist, Mr. Marshall. Maiires de Ballet—M. Paid Taglloiti, M. Casati, of La Scala ; and M. Perrot. Sous-Maitre de Ballet, 3f. Cosselin Regisseur de la Dame, M. Petit. An Original Grand Ballet will be produced, written expressly for her Majesty 's Theatre, by the celebrated poet, Henri Heine, on a subject selected from the Old Legends of Germany. A Novel and Poetical Ballet, for the subject of which the establishment is in debted to the MI - limo of a noble and distinguished Poetess, entitled EGERIA. The celebrated Pas de Quatre and Pas de Deesses will be revived, and an entirely new Divertissement, introducing another Grand Pas by M. Perrot. which, uniting all the peculiar attractions of the Pas des Deesses and Pas de Quatre, will present a novel feature of strik ing originality, and will combine the talent of all, to be entitled LA CONSTELLATION. The Subscription will consist of the same number of nights as last season. The Theatre will open in the middle of February, when will he produced, for the first time at her Majesty's Theatre, Donizietti's adriVrei Opera of LA FAVORITA, in which Signor Gardoni and Signor Superchi will make their first appearance in this country, and w entirely NEW BALLET, by M. Paul Taglioni, in which 3fade,4ollelle Carolineollosati will appear. THEATRE, ROYAL, DR UR Y-LANE. THIS EVENING _ _ Will be performed the grand Opera of THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim, Mr. Borranl ; Florestein, Mr. Harley; Thaddeus. Mr. Rafter ; Devilshoof, Mr. Stretton ; Queen of the Gipsies, Mrs. Hughes; Arline, Miss Rainforth. After which, the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, belnz a mixture of the historical and legendary, entitled HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. R. Webster. sole Lessee. THE LAST JUVENILE NIGHT. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Mr. Hardcastle, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir Charles Marlow, Mr. Tilbury; Young Marlow, Mr. Moll; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Hardcastle, Mrs. Glover; Miss Hardcastle, Miss Julia Bennett; Dolly, Miss Woulds. During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, "Le Fidele Berger," " Antoinette" Cellarius, " Dublin " Waltz, and the " American P o lk a. " To conclude with the Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, called the INVISIBLE PRINCE; or, the Island of Tranquil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. _— THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM . Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comic Drama, called £lOO REWARD. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, Emery, H. Butler, Miss Vlliars, and Miss Forster. After which a new Farce, caUed THE WIGWAM. Characters by Messrs. Matthews, Oxberry. Keeley, Miss Arden, Miss Turner, Miss Foster, and Miss Mary Keeley. To conclude with the Drama, founded on the New Christmas Annual of Charles Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by the exclusive permissiot. of the author, from the proof sheets) by Albert Smith, Esq., called TILE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. Matthews, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley ; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May, mis s Grove, Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. THEATNE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Drama, called CO LOMBA, THE CORSICAN SISTER. Characters supported by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates ; Messrs. Wright, Worrell, Bedford, O. Smith, &e. Between the pieces the celebrated ENTORTILATIONISTS, Mr. John Lees and his three Pupils—the Masters Hanlons, will ex hibit their wonderful Jcux Gymnastiques. Af,er which a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Vans Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenrord, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Grand Opera, entitled ANNE BOLEYN. Henry VIII., Mr. Bodda ; Percy, Mr. Allen; Rochford, Mr. Wal ton ; Smeaton, Miss S. Flower; Harvey, Mr. Wynn ; Lady Jane Seymour, Miss Rourk ; Anne Boleyn, Miss Bassani:). In the course of the evening Professor HEMMING and his ta lented CHILDREN will go through their wonderful performances. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " The Ame rican Polka," introducing "The Railroad Overture." To conclude with a new Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entl tlad The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE; or, The One-eyed Geni. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Burbidge ; Sprite, Mr. 11. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S TIIEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING win be performed the popular domestic Melodrame, entitled LA DAME DE SAINT TROPEZ. Georges Maurice, Mons. F. Le maitre ; iliortense d'Auberlve, Mdlle. Clarisse. Te conclude with the favourite Vaudeville of LOUISET'TE ; ou, La Chanteuse des Rues. Boxes, 6s. , Pit, 3s. 6d. , Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-Vest Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. • ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The — Celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Sta9wood, and Germon, will have the honour of repeat ing their Palm/table ENTERTAINMENTS, at the above Theatre, TO-MORROW EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Doors open at Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment com mences at Halt-past Eight. And, in consequence of the continued demand for places, will repeat their DAY PERFORMANCE on Wednesday Morning next, Feb. 3, and every Wednesday Morning until Easter. Doors open at Two o'clock, and the performance commences at Haif-past.Two. The Programme will be varied on each occasion. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre, 2s. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office. .A.STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family.—Mr. BATTY respectfully begs to acquaint the public that he purposes giving a free night, for the relief of the destitute Irish and Scotch, on THURSDAY, Feb 11. The evening's receipts will be given, and the extensive resources of the Theatre will be brought into action. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE ROYAL FOX-HUNT; or, Life's Course Of Men and Steeds. Entire change of the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the successful Comic Equestrian Fairy Pantomime entitled THE FORTY THIEVES ; or, Harlequin and Ali Baba and the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Har vey; Pantaloon, Mr. Laffarini ; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite. Box-office open trom eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and a immence at half-past six o'clock.--Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Win be performed a new Drama, entitled RARY RATTLER ; or, The Progress of a Scamp. Characters supp orte d by the whole stgength of the Company. To conclude with a grand fairy Pantomime, called THE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreams. Har lequin, Herr Deulin ; Pantaloon, Herr R. Deulin ; Columbine, Iddlle. Theodore; Clown, Herr N.,Deulin ; Punch, Herr E. Dentin. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE GUNSMITH OF ORLEANS ; or, The Dead Woman's Secret. In which Messrs. Hicks, Forman, Searle, Bird, Howard, Miss Vincent, Mrs. Hicks, Mrs. Lee, and Miss Pearce will appear, - After which, THE DUKE OF SHOREDITCH, Supported by the entire Comic strength of the Company. To conclude with the grand Christmas Pantomime, en titled- THE BIRTII OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin Go-a-Head," and Joe Miller and his Men. Clown, Mr. T. Barry. Boxes, Is., Half-price, 6d.; Pit, 61; Gallery, 3d. A statement has reached us of the proceedings of a German Railway Company in effecting a contract for rail road iron, which requires immediate publicity to put the tride in this country on their guard against the possibility of its repetition. It appears that the company in question requested tenders for 8,000 tons of railway iron, and in con sequence, received tenders from three parties in England at the respective prices of 101. 10s., 10/. 55., and lOL per ton ;l e t faith, as is the p r a,•ti ce w ith us , o f th e parties being the czatsrituated as competitos. Instead of this, however, feting at Et t a Nita& not only not c oin pleted with the party of di-ectord, withoutprice' but it is alleged that the board of communicating with the (whose English houses spe.zia request), must be observed, had resulted from a agent of another made use of their lowest offer to induce the to poa,rtthyoto reduce the amount of his tender by 7s. 6d. per and upon this concluded' abringing it 25. 6d. below the 10/. agreement. It is evident that, but for the offer at leg. thenc pany would have had to pay IQ/. 57.4., and it is probable they may congratulate themselves on their adroitness. The injury outof the proceeding, however piece 'with the na tional it must be admitted ra r s Y the other German Cana, character), must fall chic:i of companies, sine:: English ironmast4sowll .not be likely for the fizture—at least, in the absence of to enter into any similar competition. cu3nt guaraatees— A NEW RACE-COURSE FOR MANCHE STER. stated that a site has at length been fixed gooTinvEtiti—beletonis verted into a race-course, and that i n a meccssary lease will be signed. The place chose a n 3 is th e ft e s i ]ow ground near Agecroft Bridge, in Pendleton, the pr o- VYof John Fitzgerald, Esq , of the Pendleton collieri es; we have not heard the extent of the ground, nor the price Which is to be given for it. It appears, however, to be a prevalent opinion that an enormous sum must be ex . -ded before it can be got into a proper condition for •orlse - raring. The races at Newton are, this year, to take place in Whitson week, doubtless, in consequence of there being no racea on Kersal Moor at that time.—Manchester Guardian. Mr. Lloyd Vaughan Watkins, of Pennoyce, has been appointed to the lord-lieutenancy of the county of *scat. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1847 RE-ISSUE OF BURKE'S LANDED GENTRY. Now ready, price 55., PART 11. of BURKE'S HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY. To be Completed in Ten Monthly Parts, price ss. each. " A work in which every gentleman will find a domestic interest, as it contains the fullest account of nearly every known family in the United Kingdom."—Messenger. Henry Colbum, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. PRESENT STATE OF PORTUGAL. ow ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo., AN OVERLAND J OURNEY TO LISBON. AT THE CLOSE OF 1846 ; With a Picture of the Actual State of SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. BY T. M. HUGHES, ESQ., Author of " Revelations of Spain." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough. street. NEW HISTORICAL WORK BY MISS PARDOE. Just ready, in 3 eels. Bvo., with numerous Engravings on Steel and Wood, by William and George 3feasom, 2/. 2s. bound, LOUIS the FOURTEENTH, and the COURT of FRANCE in the SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. By JULIA PARDOE, Author of the " City of the Sultan," ece. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Msjesty. RAILWAY SIIAUES BY rUBLIC SALE. MESSALAMOND S. and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and Fain Air, at One o'clock, at the [lan of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully equestel to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day orevious to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds Janne- Jiatcly disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. THE WEATHEE.—SUN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 2. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 29; Highest, 36 ; Noon, 36, BAROMETER, 29 77.—WIND N.N.W., rain and sleet. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Horning .. 47 minutes after 3. I Evening .. 2 minutes after 4. I tofore maintained with the unconscientious leader of the Cabinet of the Tuilleries. Nothing whatever can be obtained advantageous to the interests of Great Britain byexposing still further the contemptible sophis tries ofa shameless statesman. Lord PALMERSTON might double the extent of his masterly documents, illus trative of the Spanish policy adopted by the present Administration, without divulging the chicaneries of M. GUIZOT in a more conspicuous light, or without rendering one jot mere apparent the baseness and juggling of that accomplished parasite. The merits of this extraordinary misunderstanding between England and France can scarcely be un folded more entirely than they are already, and, therefore, a cessation from a correspondence that has become, not merely superfluous, butliterally hazardous, is manifestly the only rational course to be pursued. Before the matter is brought to this comparative settlement, it were reasonable, however, to enume rate the evils which have arisen indirectly and directly from the selfish encroachments of King Louis PHILIPPE and the accommodating morality of his truckling Minister. It were well to see the fruits which have been already gathered from these sown seeds of international jealousy, and to form some estimate of the pernicious consequences which are always inevitable from a similar dereliction of all the most sacred duties of statesmanship. In Spain herself the harvest of troubles resulting from this incongruous alliance are even now being rapidly gathered in ; the confidence of the population in their rulers has been shaken to its foundation with so much violence that the powerful Cabinet of ISTURITZ has been utterly subverted, and considerable difficulty is experienced in constructing a new Administration from its debris. Insomuch have these difficulties accumulated round the Palace of ISABELLA, that the efforts of CASA IRUJO to form a Government have proved altogether ineffectual, and it is somewhat doubtful whether CASTRO T OROZCO will be enabled to collect into one compact body so many hetero geneous statesmen. But, apart from the considera tions of the obstacles existing to the establishment of an Executive in the Peninsula, the whole frame work of Spanish society has been thrown into con fusion by the dastardly concessions of the rejected Afrancesados ; the moral influence of ISABELLA over her subjects is almost wholly eradi dicated from the hearts of the people, and the multi tude look with suspicion both upon her pageantries and her seclusion. In Portugal, again, the evil con sequences of this introduction of Gallic power into the Peninsula has been significantly experienced upon her eastern frontiers, while DIETZ has fomented those unconstitutional animosities in the heart of the king dom. It is unnecessary to trace the direct connexion existing between the espousal of the INFANTA and the incorporation of Cracow. It is equally superfluous to specify the rupture of the entente cordiale solely in consequence of the execrable duplicity of the French Government. By the binding of that marriage knot all the holiest bonds of amity between nation and nation were loosened. We suspect that King Louis PHILIPPE and hisfami liar M. GUIZOT will ultimately find themselves in the position of the gluttonous cur in AsoP, who loses the substance in snapping at the shadow. In legisla tion, as well as in the marts of commerce, to the statesman and the sovereign, as well as to the pedlar and The costermonger, the venerable adage is under all circumstances applicable, "Honesty is the best policy." GuizoT is finding this out already in the execration with which his hypocrisy is regarded by the more sensible among his fellow-countrymen. Louis PHILIPPE'S turn will follow. The moral laws are inexorable in their fulfilment. Time may elapse to lull the anxieties of the credulous, but ultimately there is certain to come the retribution, and the very procrastination of that retribution renders it on its arrival only the more awful and overwhelming. The recent calamities of Spain have each its NEMESIS, and the swords of those avengers will descend together. five acres; and if Munster, with so large a relative proportion of farms from 15 to 30 acres, be the least prosperous and worst cultivated province in Ireland, what can justify dividing the waste lands into a minimum of 25 acres and a maximum of 50 acres ?" Again, it is evident that the greater the number of farms we propose to create, the extra expenses for barn building, road and fence making, will increase in a heavy proportion. Therefore, as well upon this as the other points to which we have referred, we trust the Government will well consider whether their scheme would not be far more beneficial by limiting the farms in contemplation to an average much beyond the sine to which they have hitherto, in Par liament, expressed themselves to be favourable. Advices from Frankfort state that the Northern Powers have taken such offence at the Speech of King Louis PHILIPPE in opening the Chambers, that they have relinquished the intention they had intimated to him of acknowledging the Queen of SPAIN. Madrid papers of the 25th ult, have arrived. It appears that the cause of the failure of the Duke of SOTOMAYOR in the construction of a Ministry, was the objection entertained by himself and Senor BRAVO NIURILLO to entrusting the Portfolio of the Interior to Senor PIDAL, without whom Senor MoN declared he would not take office. The Deputies sat on the 25th, but Senor SEIJAS, who presided, adjourned the sitting in consequence of the absence of a Ministry. Senor CASTRO Y Oaozco, has taken upon himself the task of constructing a Cabinet, has presented to her MAJESTY two programmes, one of concession, the other of resistance. Senor PACHECO has suggested the first, and Senor BRAVO MURILLO the second. The proceedings against the young persons concerned in the riots near Pampeluna show that the youths were actuated by no political motive. They merely resisted the system of military recruiting, and as their friends have provided substitutes for them, tranquillity in Na varre has been completely restored. MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 25 . —Threes, 31i ; Fives, 20, 15-16. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The Ministerial journals publish the reply cf M. GUIZOT to the last dispatch of Lord PALMERSTON, which the Debats hopes may terminate the correspon dence. Towards the conclusion of its observations on the dispatch the Debats has the following remarkable paragraph, which, as the article evidently emanates from the hotel of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, may be taken as an admission on the part of M. Guizor of the entire truth of the statements of the Marquis of NOR MANDY ; a confession on the part of the French Minister that he knowingly and wilfully acted with bad faith towards the English Ministry and the English Ambas sador, and an attempt to excuse rather than to justify his bad faith by the unblushing reiteration of a twenty times-refuted falsehood:— "There remains but one word more to say about the dis pute which the English portion of the correspondence has given rise to among the F re n c h p a p ers . It a pp ears t o us that there is a great mistake as to the degree of confidence the English Ambassador might have a right to expect on the part of the French Minister for Foreign Affairs. The reasoning is quite as if M. Guizot was bound to take Lord Normanby for his 'confident.' This is a complete misap prehension of the nature of the relations that could exist, under such circumstances, between the two Governments. The English Ministry had changed; there were all sorts of reasons to believe that the English policy bad also changed. lifithout assuming towards the new Ministry a hostile atti tude (which he has at no period done), M. Guizot would have acted very inconsiderably (legerement) if he had not kept towards them in a certain reserve.' Even if this re serve had not been justified by the recollections connected with certain names, it would have been commanded by the position which the representatives of a foreign Government appear to have assumed. It is a justice due to the journals which have attacked the Government's policy, that they have not even taken the trouble of dissembling the source whence they derived their principal arguments. We know not whether those to whom this apparent connivance is, perhaps erroneously, imputed. must be rendered responsible for it; but surely it was enough to render the reserve, which was already the French Government's right, likewise a duty." On this paragraph we will make but a short comment. There is a vast difference between refusing a man your confidence and, under pretence of admitting him to your confidence, telling him that which is not the truth. The man who adopts the first course may perchance be honest, but he who adopts the last must be dishonest. All who have read the correspondence will know in which category to place M. GIIIZOT. The Gauche and the Centre Gauche are now com pletely re-united, and at meetings held on Wednesday and Thursday, to agree upon the course to bepursued in the debate on the Address in the Chamber of Deputies, it was determined to oppose, by all lawful means, the " opprobious system which, at home and abroad, endan gers the prospects of France, and corrupts public mo rality." but the spoor of both cattle and men was tem lost, being ob literated by the tramping of sheep that were grazing there. . . . . On Saturday there were no vessels in Waterloo Bay—neither the Chieftain nor Matilda had returned. TUESDAY.—We are sorry, but not surprised, to learn that Sir A. Stockenstrom has resigned his appointment of Com mandant-General of the Burgher Forces. . . . On Friday a Hottentot was brutally murdered by Kafirs near Fort Beaufort. The unfortunate man was herding cattle, and whilst in this occupation he appears to have been seized and tied, and brutally stabbed to death. Some of the cattle were driven off by the authors of this bar barous outrage . . . . We have received copies of the resolutions lately passed at a public meeting held at Fort Beaufort on the subject of raising a Parliamentary Agent Fund, which want of space prevents us from publishing this week. The names of the branch committee chosen to carry this purpose into effect are Messrs. B. D. Bell, R. J. Painter, A. White, W. T. Cope, and W. Stanton The average price of meal in the Graham's Town market is under 3/. ; butter, 2s. 6d.; wood,lBs. ; potatoes, 10s. 6d. per 1001bs. ; oat hay, 15s. ; tobacco, Is ; brandy, 31. 7s. . . . The remainder of the Rifle Brigade arrived in town this morning. . . . The Brilliant arrived at Port Elizabeth on Thursday last, having on board for Government 40,0001. and stores. In addition to these articles the Miscellany contain: several papers of a light and amusing character, among which we would particularise as particularly worthy of perusal, a paper entitled " Speculation, a Tale of a Bank," by John Parsons Hall. Mr. Hall draws from the life, and it would bo well that all, who feel inclined to indulge in share gambling, should learn from Mr. Hall the history of the rise and the fall of the Liverpool and Manchester Imperial Banking Company. HOOD'S MAGAZINE. A strange article for a magazine, but an interesting one for the public generally, is the first paper in Hood for February, namely, " The Megna Charta of Resus citated Greece." It is drawn up with care, and, from its elaborate nature, occupies a considerable space. Besides this, we have the fourth act of Mr. Lovell's tragedy of The Avenger; a poetical piece called " The Old Maid," by somebody who is vauntingly styled the " Elegiast of Hood;" " The Aurora of Truth," a species of puff preliminary ; a continuation of " Blanche Neville;" an attempt at facetiousness, bight " Good Mr. Summerton ;" and the usual omnium gatherum of stale jokes and second-hand criticisms, which the editor is now miscalling a " Cabinet of Gems and Cu riosities," the gems proving the merest paste, end the curiosities turning out to be the literary lumber of pro vincial newspapers. There is a remarkable falling off in the ma g azine in these particulars, and the editor s h ou ld look well to it. We are surprised at the very vulgar allusion to Sir E. L. B. Lytton's last fiction. tagged on to a diatribe against " Lucretia," quoted from a weekly periodical. The remark about " Bulwer's , sug gestive pictures of filthy passions and foul crimes,' says little fur the acumen of the writer, and still less for his taste. We thank the editor of " Hood " heartily for re viving Thomas Chatterton's inimitable elegiac satire upon February; that single reprint makes the magazine worth double its ordinary price. Otherwise, we could say little this month in praise of a periodical generally filled with felicitous contributions. THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY Considering the present mournful condition of Portu gal, where the sovereign and the people are leagued in arms against each other, severally under the guidance of Saldanha and Das Antes, the opening article in the Dub lin University possesses a singular degree ( f interest. This is a succinct but comprehensive review of " Portu guese History" —a review suggested by the work recently commenced by A. Herculano, and published in Lisbon just anterior to the breaking out of the civil war. The next contribution is an imaginative trifle in the shape of a little romance, entitled " The Rosicrucian : a tale of Cologne." If ever pseud o philosophy invested a class with poetry, that portion of it did, which applied its ener gies to the fabrication of the aurum potabile and elixir vita, The believers in those fantastic dreams, from their originator to Dr. Dee, and from Dr. Dee to Count Cag liostro, appear to have engaged in the pursuit - of th )se chimeras with all the enthusiasm and credulity of fana tics. Their labours were of the most superhuman cha racter, their perseverance was worthy of a better cause, their reliance upon the capacities of the human intellect, had in it something of the sablime, and from these rea -1 sons as we ll as f rom the mystic nature of their creed, thee history of th e f o ll owers of the Rosy Cross has ever been a most fr u itf u l t h eme f or the wr i ters of fi ct i on . When or when properly employed for the decoration of a stor e y , used in the way of allegory, the car, er of th enthralling. In ,Rosicru clans is always attractive and is mostly the vast " Zanoni," this was peculiarly majority of its reader. , did mit recognise the ulterior visible, thogt ab ject of its author. That object has been recently inch. cated by Sir Edward Lytto u B u l w er Lytton in one ad- • MAGAZINES CONTINUED. BENTLEY'S. Bentley-opens this month with a prose burlesque by Albert Smith (illustrated by Leech), of an ancient ballad. It is entitled " The Boy and the Mantle, a Theft from the Percy Reliques." The incidents of the story are adhered to faithfully, but by modernising the language and the manners, and the metaphors, a most quaint effect is produced. Cooper gives us the fourth chapter of Capt. Spike, in which the plot begins to thicken. The Molly Swash having by the skilful manoeuvring of Spike escaped from the revenue schooner and the steamer, proceeds to the West Indian seas. They have been at sea about a week, wh.n Spike begins to speak to the Widow Built _bout love. At first the Widow fancies that she herselt is the object of the Skippers admiration, but is soon undeceived, for Spike declares to her that his love for her niece is " of so animated and lastin' a natur," that he scarce knew what he said. This con versation is overheard by Rose and Mulford, who are thus put on their guard - against the machinations of Spike. On the morning of this extraordinary declara tion, the " Molly Swash,' is boarded in the neighbour• hood of the Mona Passage (the passage between the Islands of St. Domingo and Porto Rico) by tho American twenty-gun corvette Poughkeepsie Captain Adam Mull. The second lieutenat of the corvette. Mr. Wallace, is sent on board the Molly Swash ; and, in answer to his questions, Spike says th a t hi s lading is eight hun dred barrels of flour, and that he is bound to Key West and a market. While Wallace is thi re Rose and her aunt determine to apply to him to take them on board the corvette, as they are suspicious as to the intentions of Spike ; but the nauticalisms of Madam Budd excite such roars of laughter from Wallace and his men, that Rose, calling her aside, induces her not to make the reqwft she intended. Wallace examines the papers of the Moily Swash, looks into the hold, and sees sundry barrels, and, note i•hstanding the brig is armed with eight 12-pound carronadf s, which were sent up out of the hold, and mounted only that morning, Wallace declares himself satisfied, and returns to his ship, leav ing the Molly Swash to pursue her course. Cap tain Mull ; however, is not quite so satisfied of Spike's honesty as his second lieutenant appears to be, and accordingly determines to keep a sharp look out for the brig. Spike, however, alters his course, doubles the eastern end of Jamaica, and runs down the coast of Yucatan. The ladies, alarmed by Spike's attention, make a confidant, to Multord's great surprise, of Jack Tier. The brig is at length fairly launched in the Gulf of Mexico, and then Spike takes all Mulford's charts, instruments, &c., into his own cabin, where they are to remain until the arrival of the brig into port. At length the brig arrives at a group of islets in the Gulf; and, there, in a natural harbour, casts anchor in see:ye " Brian O'Linn" is also continued. Dr. W. C. Taylor, in an article on Nelson and Caracciola, refutes the arguments which Sir Harris Nicolas has recently brought forward, with a view to extenuate the enormous crime which Nelson committed, in being acce.sory to the extra judicial murder of the unfortunate Prince Caracciola in the bay of Naples. We are sorry to feel ourselves forced reluctantly to agree in the conclusion come to by Dr. Taylor. " The whole defence made by Sir Harris Nicolas turns on an attempt to induce his readers to believe that which he does not believe himself, that Nelson had the legal sanction of the King of the Two Sieilies for all hie proceedings. This he con!d not possibly have had until Buffo's commission as Vicar•general was revoked. If Nelson held any commission under the King of Naples, a record of it would neces,arily have been preserved in the archives of that kingdom. But no such record exists, and no such commission ever existed. It is possible that Nelson may have acted on a mistaken sense of right and duty ; he was infatuated by - a guilty passion, and obliquity of intellect may have f- flowed trom perversion of heart. We are ready to admit this palliation, though it increases our sorrow and deepens our shame for tre disgraceful deeds which we have been compelled . to re cord." It is pleasant, however, to find the memory of another great man rescued from the imputation of a crime of which he was not guilty. Several of our readers doubtless remember the intense sensation caused some eight-and-thirty years ago by the mysterious dis appearance of Mr. Bathurst, on his road home to Ent.►- land, from a special mission to the Court of Berlin. It was stated at the time that he had been murdered by order of Napoleon. The mystery of his death is, how ever, now cleared up. In an article in the I ream; num ber of Bentley, entitled "Reminiscences or the late Bishop of Norwich," by one of his daughters, the authoress thus relates the fate of this unfortunate Ambassador, who was the son of the Bishop, and conse quently her own brother. _ _ " Ai a small post town, named Perlberg, hal way between Berlin and Hamburgh, he alighted to change horses ; it was late at night, during intense cold, and in the midst of a snow storm. ['here being, as usual, in those post-houses, but one travellers' - room common to all, where many strangers were seated, he probably displayed his watch and other valuables. He returned again into the carriage when ready, but having, as is supp , sed, forgotten something, he once more alighted to enter the inn never to reappear. " Large rewards were offered by the Briti,h Govern ment, and a free pardon, except tri the immediate perpe • trat •r, promised by the authorities to any accompli c e who would d enounce th e murderer. The rivers and ponds.were dragged far and near, but all to no effect ; not a trace of him could be discovered excepting a pair of overalls which he had worn at the time of his disap pearance. and which were alleged by an aged female to have been found a few days after laid upon the snow in a copse near the village. The pockets were rifiA, and nothing found within but a hurried letter addressed to his wife, in which, singular to say, he expressed a fear of personal danger. From this strange circumstame some thought it possible that he had secreted himself; and a report prevailed that a ):arson of his description had been traced in sailor's attire to the coast, where he had embarked ; this however was improbable. Many supposed that he was confined in some fortress by Na poleon, others that he had been made away with by some stratagem of the Emperor ; this, however, in an interview sought for with him by his widow, Bonaparte entirely denied, assuring her that he ki.ew nothing whatever of the affair, which is, indeed, most likely to be true, as the dispatehes were in the carriage, and arrived in safety. Some imagined that he had, in a fit of spleen, put an end to his own existence, which is negatived by the body not having been found after the most careful search. But the real circumstances of his death, and the most natural, although, alas the most horrible, were in part cleared up twenty years afterwards, when, in dzging behind - the same house where he had disappeared, bu tied very near the ground, in, or near, a long neglected lime kiln, a skeleton with some peculiarity about the form of the foot was discovered ; it was ascertained by medical skill to have lain twenty years in the ground. and was of the singular height of my brother, six foot three inches. This leaves but little lonbt of the fatal truth ; though some supposed it to have been the re mains of another person missing about the same period. It appears that the owners of the inn were persons • f suspicious character. The very bad state of the poll:* in Germany, worse even far than in the present day, added to the difficulty during the time of war of making accurate searches in foreign lands, particularly in - depth of winter, rendered the task of discovery s more hopeless." mirable sentence which for the sake of th 9 nndiscerniv% l it is well he has written. Sir Edward s: tys in his mar terly pamphlet' to a certain portion of the critics-4 pamphlet published a few clays since un fer the title of "A word to tl e Public by the Author of L acretia"—that his aim in penning Zanoni was "to symboli, the beautpd Art." As we may not possibly have abt tter opportu nit, during the present parliamevtary seas ion for refer ring to the pamphlet just mentione.d, we ir obi erve at once, that it deserves to be circulsteel throe gb the iength and breadth of the land &era the foe; of its 1 )ein,c; tive of the bent of Sir Butwer Lyttees gen ins- —a genius that has been much misunderstood, a s (we ' sus p ect la many instances) much maligned. Th e " TV ord to the Public" is a conclusive argument that ft,'9, wort :s of Bul wer are not incubative of vicious print iples, at :e no t cal culated to vitiate the public taste, arc t not d esi g ned to render felons heroes, or sin heroical. .As to the advisa bility of abstaining altogether from tb prese n t a tion of actual crime, Sir Edward exclaims, n o —"• Is this p rohibition possible ?" " Crime meets us," he c ontiuue s, "every where ; you cannot open a newspaper ; yon cant refet to statistics ; you cannot mix in the ordinary world--- but crime is forced daily and hour ly on your notice. You must close up for purity and youth all history, sacred and profane ; you must shut • out from the calen dar of life the tyrant and the martyr ; you must seal UP the fountains of literature, and silence tl to long succession of poets from Sophocles to Dante, ire Dante to Shaks• peare, from Shakspeare to the last 3,11 that has thrilled through the work—if you reek to e e xclude from the mind the dark certainties of guilt.'"- Altogether the pamphlet is a masterly defence fror n : a most unmerite d assault, and it is written too in a str: tin of eloquence en ° candour very honourable to its d isti nguished afitho r e We would see that pamphlet upon tl se table of every n lightened citizen of England, and in title hand of even dispassionate man—it is due to Bula r. As a cont inue' tion of the agreeable serial upon " i t h Rivers," We sr : regaled with a gossip about the Ft in cheon—Fu neu r witn "the deep and emerald-hearted Elades" as B. Siffe mons has sung. The most attractive .contribution t bs number, however, is the biographical eiletch of "Thell. Davis," the poet of the " Nation." It t is acconipsuiedd. stn execrable caricature, possibly condo ‘ered to be an the mirable likeness by the engraver. .16 The Pearl 0 ' i t Bosphorus" is con ple•ted, and is above! the average Were° of similar cotnpo iti , ns. We would gl la dly, did our 01)10 permit, cult from the pages of the Universitg4 ) graceful translation of Moore's " T fora Creina" Latin. Here is the refrain to the fir. st verse hoverer a refrain quite as melodious as the on grenal:--- " Obis—Nora men cara— Ter dilecta, nimis rara, Lux amoris, fons pudoris, Oculus Nora C." " Remarkable Female tuns Criminals "" . ntholoc,ria gi b r e nia," and a critical article on "' reina ßUSE fa," compris e '- remaining portion of the Magazine. a THE OXFORD and CAM B&W E .RE VA fr a There is scarcely a single articlo ol an y importa nt %) the present numb , r, and we *hulk this is the first some we have felt ourselves compelled to as so much. S ° l b e i promise is visible in the serial just co tneaenced the churches of London, beginning, of stourse, with rsl. chef d'ceurre of Sir Christopher Wren s & ',..Paul's Catheulst Dr. Hook on the " Three Reformatio: n%" is r eviewc?.. t , some length, and with some degret 3 of impartial' Jti But the paper least undeserving of not ice is the one le o the "Poor Students at the Universit jos." Thos e,w o have read (and who has not?) about 0 Itiver Goldsm b i t io , miseries az a poor student at Trinity College,'? for will readily comprehend the necessity • which exts`° tte r some smelitirution of their condition.. Ms Aters are helot than they werA, in Goldsmith's time we 'will adm it, there is still vas room for improveme • A piik''lloo /4 1 0 V ±.:S s ;;; 43110 . - • 413' At It - " a •4 4 ,. %,,,tl.oY.anaiO • " v. : • ill ailing .76'llitit LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1847. The returns moved for last night by the Earl of Mousrrcasunn, in the House of Lords, had for their object the attaining of some degree of certainty as to the amount of encumbrances affecting Irish estates. The melancholy fact of the onerous character of the burdens, the heavy interest payable by the Irish land lords as a body, the sad result of their own or their predecessors' extravagances and imprudence, does not require the confirmation of official returns to obtain easy credence. It is a well-known fact that from five to six millions of pounds sterling are required to keep down the annual interest of the encumbrances affecting real property in Ireland, which, as the average interest of money in that country may be reckoned at five per cent. per annum, would show from one hundred to one hundred and twenty millions sterling as the amount of debts, the repay ment of which is secured on the land of that country. We do not think that the Noble Lord would have made the sad reality more certain, if he had obtained the information he required. In the first place, he would only have the rental of the lands which are already under the control of the Court of Chancery, but he should not thereby be enabled to state what portion of the rental was applicable to the purposes of the present owners, after providing for the payment of the annual charges; and, secondly, he would know nothing of the cases where the proprietor still received his own rents, and devoted a large por tion thereof to the satisfaction of the accruing interest on the charges, where the encumbrancers were satisfied to leave the collection in his hands without having re course to the machinery of the Court of Chancery. Whatever legislation may be contemplated on the facts desired to be proved by those returns may fairly be introduced on the universally-admitted state of things. Perhaps, among the many causes that have contri buted to the lamentable condition of our sister king. dow, few have had a greater effect in producing that result than the embarrassments and pecuniary diffi culties of the proprietors of the soil, coupled with the strict settlements and entails, and the other laws by which the free disposal and transfer of property in land was fettered and restrained. The apparent pos sessor was not really the owner, nor could he deal with the property in that capacity. The nominal owner of extensive districts and wide-spread domains had a large and showy rent-roll, but in reality a small income. He was little better than the agent, the trustee of others. lie could not maintain his position in society on the small balance remaining for his use ; after providing for the necessary payments, he found debts accumulating which he could only satisfy by insuring his life and mortgaging his estate for life. His own necessities prevented him from expending any sum of money on improvements, no matter how beneficial they might be, or how ample the return of which they might give reasonable expectation. He could not sell or dispose of any portion of the property, no matterhow greatly its alienation might enhance the value of the remainder. In fact, although differing in name, he differed little in character from the middle man, the monster grievance of Ireland. Like him, he was obliged, by any: means, to increase his present rental, to extort the highest possible amount from the occupiers, to let to the person who would assure the highest rent, without re gard to his character or prospects of payment. If lands were out of lease the rental was increased to the utmost possible degree, or the tenant displaced in order to make room for a new occupier, who would promise a larger payment; thus the occupier had no certainty or security of tenure, the lands remained unimproved, and the greater portion of the kingdom presented the melancholy appearances of neglect and bad cultivation which have attracted so much attention and given occasion to so many well-founded com plaints. What then is the remedy to be adopted ? What palliative can be found by which the disease may be removed, or even mitigated ? Simply this—that every facility must be given to the free transfer of land, that so much of it as may be necessary to satisfy the encumbrances affecting it should as speedily as possible be brought to the hammer. Make it an article of free sale, and reduce the expenses of transfer to a reasonable and moderate amount. Sim- plify the laws relating to real property, and make such arrangements as will give, full security of title ; cut off entails and settlements ; or, at least let them affect the purchase-money in place of the land itself. That purchase-money may be placed in the funds, or on other good and sufficient secu rities, and subjected to the trusts that theretofore ap plied to the land. The greatest blessing that can be conferred upon a nation—a solvent and unembar rassed proprietary—will be obtained. If the land could be conveyed, and a good and perfect title as sured to the purchasers, there are numbers of persons - - - with sufficient capital ready to bid for all that may , be brought into the market. The supply cannot ex- teed the demand so as unduly to depreciate the value of the commodity in the market. Even the unencumbered proprietor will frequently find it his interest to sell a part to improve the rest of his pro _ _ perty ; and the soil of the country will pass into the hands of those who have the capital and ability to manage it with the greatest advantage to them selves and to their country. A very prevalent, and we might almost say a per fectly unanimous, feeling is abroad, that it were more in accordance with the character hitherto assumed by our Government to allow the official correspondence relating to the Montpensier marriage to terminate with the last communication received at the Foreign Office from M. GUIZOT. The advisability of this abstinence from further diplomatic retorts is obvious. The Ministers of a great nation are neither to be guided by a false punctilio, nor are they to yield to the ,master passion of viragoes, namely, a fretful determination "to ha ve th e l as t wor d . " E very dispassionate and intelligent man recognises the truth of these principle s of administration, and consequently every disp ass i onate and intell igent man acknowledges the advisability of drop question, and thereby preven t ing of rev p e lng ntai ng th t e he c a o c r e r o e m sp p o l n is d h e m ne en e t in t t h h e at tra ve n ry sfo o rm rdi a n t a ior ordinary trick of a bundle o f aletitetelrsege i r n d t e o main— aste-paper. No moe some thing more d angerous than ° vi r moment could pos s ibl y b e pportun e f o our withdrawal from th e epistolary squabbl e h e e. We inserted yesterday another letter from Mr. RIGBY WASON to Lord JOIIN RUSSELL, upon the subject of waste lands in Ireland. The writer notices with satisfaction that the Government plan which has been propounded upon this momentous question is identical, in all its outlines, with , the suggestions which he recently submitted, thrmigh our columns, in a series of letters to the Premier. We have our selves some reason to rejoice at this coincidence, in asmuch as we earnestly took the lead in support ing Mr. RIGBY WAsoN's views, conceiving that they were the soundest of any which were being con stantly thrown out for the consideration of Govern ment, with the view of raising agriculture in Ireland from its present depressed condition. Moreover, the vast good which this gentleman had effected on his own property in Scotland, to an extent of some miles, under the auspices of the very system which he strenuously urged the Administration to adopt, increased our confidence in his every recommenda tion—Expert° crede. The object of Mr. R. WAsoN ' s last communication is to except to a matter of detail in Lord J. RUSSELL'S scheme, but which is, nevertheless, one of essential importance. It is officially proposed to divide the unreclaimed land into holdings of not less than twenty-five, nor more than fifty acres. The question of what shall be the maximum and mini mum siae of the farms in Ireland is the most interest ing one that can be entertained in reference to her agricultural improvement. It cannot be too delibe rately canvassed in all its bearings, for, it is beyond all doubt, that a grea t port i on o f t h e agrarian dis- THE CAPE OF GOOD HO PE. By the arrival of the ship Essex at Brixham, f rom land, are to b e a t tr ib ute d to the prevalence turbances, and of th e o th er soc i a l ev il s o f I re- Calcutta and the Cape of Good Hope, we h ave received of the cotti er sys t em. Th e mode in which a papers from the Cape of , Good Hop e t o th e 6t h Decem considerable quantity of the Irish soil, for the most ber, and from Grahams Town to the 2d, from which we part miserably cultivated, has been, as it were, infi- (From the Cape Frontier Times, Dec. 1.) nitessimally partitioned by the tenantry, despite of the WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25.—Information reached town that will of their helpless landlords, it is matter of noto- most of the Fatritfiegrhfiteldouctattol, the i l t r r e u e: ls tak , e l_ n by Kafirs f partyma marauders, de o :, riety has been prolific of pernicious consequences. immediate) went in pursuit of the The art of husbandry has completely decayed beneath and the Commandantbbs hlr o e sent Sporting Club, its blighting influence, and demoralisation has been -. under Penny, lir.Wj'unS.t,eof Stubbs, was r' fired upon by m Kafirs as . he E d t :u a l r ( t i m e ng e t t h fi e t e h i f d e ollo wing : engendered to a frightful extent. The springs of was looking for some oxen th r e e t ar a ll drift iT i the Assegai river, human energy have been dried up, and a spirit of and he escaped without ithouet ball lir t further inj perforated ury self-reliance, the great pivot on which national inde- tilribiuriloAy.—Report received of the wreck of the Albatross, pendence rests, is unknown to the great body of the a schooner of 20 tons, e ch t a o rtf a r n ed d by Messrs. Cawood, Lt for the Irish peasantry. Small possessions, then, 'have, be. We at lL e Te p n i o ng full particulars of this disaster. It mouth. Purpose of _ in the neigntlsutotodof yond controversy, constituted the chief bane of Ire- appears that after crossing the bar she was steered on shore land and Scotland, that diminutive farms are f lb oil e o m w oif i s n t i ko land's prosperity. We know by experience in Eng- — h n i eoft a wr u l r d ri h en a n v e e abteieenenpreond the - and driven the vessel on the rocks. A great most undesirable; their disadvantages must be Part of the cargo will probably probably be Colonel saved Somerset's division. greatly augmented in a country where there are This loDffiAcYec7Rt eacpeipveeerenewsfro has la m tely captured 1,800 head of day, serious u tt accident a t is m i a s d e for redundant labour. Taught by the past the im no manufactures, furnishing channels of employment cattle beyond ' the Kciskamrna, killing thirteen of h the enemy regiment, who w o e f re some t, policy of the cottier system, we ought to be exceed- ihrerewgetlile a r r , it, k , il o le f d conduct on their part in ingly provident of not permitting the new farms, A train of mule and the e e w m a v gg w o h n i s le narrowly escaped intended to be carved out of the unredeemed land, to and losing two private a s ot o lo f o his b o o r in re for Colonel Somerset's camp. p o l r li t ng po in d t d o ie th w e i h t li i nd eo s p o p f lie h s e be of such inferior dimensions as to render them inci- These waggons were very insufficiently guarded, ant od when f dental to the propagation of the evils the effects of large e ft :w a hodared them tion to this, we must be careful to give every facility which we have now so bitterly to deplore. In addi- tao the,oeddvaliocioefi,rsenwdetrielesneenonwe thegons oppositeere hastily driven back the convoy arrived at the Keiskamnla side, of This might have ..' been a little Burn's Hill affair. The rule _e to the tenantry for obtaining a tenure of a secure e Learned that to Fort Peddie, where they arrived safe. and seems without application here simple description, the Farmerfield people had recovered their cattle near The great desideratum in Ireland is to that only three ' Kafirs were seen, two of whom were create a body of that two out of three proprietors who shal wages. We consider that we shall come far short f I become shot. . . . We are sorry to learn permanent employers of labour at remunerative Blue Krantz, on the road to Bathurst. It appears messengers employed to bring dispatchea, to his Excellency_ ry of this object; indeed, we doubt if we should in anytheyw,m from the Government agent ing n t n i; e w i e i r e ei , s t l ,e i of g but e p o art i v of ere cross of this compass it with the limitation of acres proposed by the Government. Our hope is, however, that the question will again undergo the deliberate reflection of the Cabinet. Lord J. RUSSELL does not think the One man crossed with great 1 issuplosedr for hostile Kafirs. difficulty, after Foncienaltihnegrhivim self for manhours amongst the ruahes . growing and succeeded in reaching his destination dispatches. bee S o .IITUR t DAY.-- small holdings have beep injurious, because, in Ar- MoN a l: magh, the most prosperous and best cultivated county d ij a el Y in Ireland, the greatest division of land exists. But the statistics which Mr. R. WAsore has presented, and the reasoning he has advanced upon them, strike ( us as being subversive of the foundations on which the head of the Government rests his conclusions. A u y r . ed withof er, ion apart the Report made that Mr. Maloney's cattle had it.leaHowisonm' Phiunrghsh-ereshass shocking surd7rrtw.as wantonly and pub committed in kligh-strect! Graham's the employ of of 'l ,l l .r e ;eu . r l d% . rer on seeing him raise Ogilvie. The yo u ngnn, twtnten?Poetster in it seems, Hottentot, in tsetantding in the street wi g ts gun loaded, and wa f s speaking o ,s g ew t hiiise h g Mr. o no it t e o ff— a e t e h e e p t e , li h er e chillroenHboetltoenntpt girls whot ;v h e i z m in s, tcohaorngee ofo wtwhrocnlittiLe made a propofia l Bred, and the ball passing levelled . his gun and threatened to shoot her. The children Thet i eo mantli other, Out of the 685,389 farms into which Ireland is one, a boy of about four years of age, leading the younger. divided, 636,997 are under 30 acres, and only 48,312 one The onf? tahlthrough the i sho j ulder of above that number. Under five acres we find the who, after girls, ingetl y n h g o a w s a l s i abort killed on a; the sepxoptirsetdr.o large figure of 306,915. The cottier system is uni- i h e i n e:t e ody . t .. .. From Colonel Somerset's camp there immediately hher declining ra n vernally condemned. It seems a contradiction, there- some of hlijs followers. yesterday,w ere .) on ft i h which e ot)eo tdoaiy hisU h I mvilawaererirveendolviinth fore, to appeal to Ulster, where it is most extensive. wfoitTied..... A convoy object mules and horse wagons, supplies, reached town, with a quantity of loose mules for This province, compared with Munster, has nearly frontier service. . Herald Cape Mail arrived this afternoon. double the number of cottier holdings from one to The Port-Elizabeth H reports that the schooner Rose: five acres; and were it not that Armagh is the centre obrthelptta . ; o n h l.) , athe, had successfully attempted the entr a n ce of the linen trade, Ulster would no doubt have had We We have informal on from Upper Kafir Drift to the 28th the same sad experience which has inseparably accom- inst. learn that Fi e ld-C a ptain H. Bowker has had many night patroles out lately. Two parties of Kafirs had panied the dwarfish diVision of territory in .the other been seen at a distance, and also the spoor of three other provinces. " If, therefore," shrewdly observes Mr. ipmaerntiesee,eanll returning to Kafirland. No spoor of Kafirs had R. WASON, " the prosperity of Ulster is not entirely The old wa e l a ls te o r f ing the colony since Mr. Bowker's arrival. the post had been built up, and all the men owing to another cause—that of the linen trade— had been comfortably butted The Sporting Club, under Mr W Stubbs surely our duty would be to assimilate the test cf iron, Mr. Lalcniey . fru 'hissent to recc,v,r the cattle stolen Ireland with that of Ulster, and increase as much as I turned home on Saturdayl nila.ralltona pptl:aereKtaLeitgase, seven possible the number of cottier holdings from one 0 cattle only are missing, a n d th at th e party found several naked foot-prints in the direction which the cattle bad taken The French Government steamer Etna was wrecked at Tenez on the 20th, crew and passengers saved. Count FIIAIISSONVILLE, the son of the Duc DE BROGLIE, has left Paris for London on a particular mission. The food riots still continue, and as a proof of the serious nature of these disturbances, we may mention the fact, that the Government have just demanded, avowedly with a view of preventing the occurrence of more serious commotions, an additional force of 182 brigades of horse, and 59 of foot gendermerie, and 10,000 men of the line. The French Three per Cents. were done on Sunday, in the Passage de l'Opet a, at 7§f. Isc. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Pm:tau/tar 1. Boulogne and Amiens, 14 % — Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Espelete), 5i —Namur and Liege, 2 %—Northern of France, 11% — 26% Paris Sambre and D and Lyons, 7%leuse, —Pari 6% s and Strasbour g , 4—R ouen and Havre, . PRIVY COUNCIL.—Her Majesty's Privy Council, ap pointed at Windsor Castle on Thursday next, will be holden for the purpose of " pricking" the list of Sheriffs tor the present year, according to ancient custom. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, T UESDA Y. l'he Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early morning walk. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales also took walking exercise this forenoon in the grounds around the Castle. Ihe royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will in clude her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Count Alex ander Mensdorff, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Liverpool, the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, and Captain Francis Seymour. The band of the First Life Guards attended during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Major Stephens, dined, at the St. Mary's Hospital dinner, last evening, at the London Tavern. A deputation from the Corporation of the city of London consisting of Mr. Alderman Hunter, Mr. Prior, Mr. Allen, Mr. Farrier, and the City Remembrancer, had an interview with Lord Morpeth, and the other Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests, yesterday, at their office in Whitehall-place. Mr. Alfred Smee, the surgeon to the Bank of England, had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon at the office of the Board of Trade, yesterday, and exhibited specimens of the " Aphis Vastatcr," the cause of the potato disease. with. the effects of the insect on the potato, and various other plants. Bishop Wilson had an interview with Earl Grey, yester day, at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial• office for the Governors of New Zealand and Aus tralia. Mr. Hildyard, M.P., arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Upper Belgrave-street, yestarday, from his seat near Newark. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ACCEPTANCES FOR THE CHESTER CUP. Age st. lb. Age st. lb. Sweetmeat ..... 5 ... 812 Due an Durras 5 ... 612 Sir Talton Sykes... 4 ... 8 11 Flahowlagh 5 ... 6 12 Inheritress Dulcet... ...... 5 ... 8 8 Chertsev 5 ... 6 12 lago Sting Dolt) 4 8 3 The Premier ....... 4 ... 612 Pam 5 ... 8 2 Cawrom-h ...... 4 ... 612 Doleful 5 8 0 Queen Anne 4 612 Mendicant Annandale ......... 5 ... 713 Cherry 4 610 Faith The Conqueror..... 4 ... 711 Red Rover ...... 6 ... 6 8 St. Lawrence Neweourt a ... 7 10 Fatal Report Queen blab a .. 7 10 Magnet .. ....... .. 5 ... 6 7 Queen of Tyne a ... 7 9 Little Jack 5 ... 6 6 Monarch 6.. 7 8 Best Bower . ...... 6 6 5 Antler Lady si• ildair 5.. 7 8 Farthing Candle... 4 6 2 Jinglepot Tom Tulloch ...... 4 7 8 Erin-go-bragh ... 4 ... 6 0 Mildew Arthur 5 ••• 7 7 The Lamb ...... 4 ... 6 0 The Collier ..... 5 ... 7 7 Flitch ............... 4 ... 6 0 Winchester Fitzallan . ..... 5 ... 7 6 -muggier Bill 4 .. 5 12 Marq. Conyngham 4 ... 7 6 Headsman ..... 4 ... 512 Princess Alice..... 4 ... 7 6 Horn of Chase 3 512 Jonathan Wild ... 4 ... 7 6 Hannah Raine Lord Saltoun Intrepid Gwalior Campanile ...... 5 ... 7 5 Banana Whinstone ...... 5 ... 7 5 Pride of }Ain 3 ..• 5 7 Tom Tough... a ... 7 4 Crozier My Mary ..... 5 ... 7 4 Factory Girl Master Downes ... 5 ... 7 4 Wave ... Crown Prince..... 4 ... 7 4 Devil-me-care Chamois Mickey Free ..... 6 ... 7 3 The Premier Ratcliffe 6 ... 7 3 Pink Bonnet ...... 3 ... 4 11 Comet Crim Con 5 ... 7 3 Sir Martin ...... 3 ... 411 Robin Burns...„ 5 ... 7 2So Nice.. ........ 3 ... 4 9 Pal Maid of Lyme 4 ... 7 2 Mirmillo Plaudet Woodpecker .. ..... 4 ... 7 0c by Euclid ...... 3 ... 4 9 Roderick a .. 6 13 Infringe Councellor a ••• 6 13 Precocious Youth 3 ... 4 6 Ajax ... a ... 6 13 Emerald Isle Marian Ramsay... 5 ... 6 13 Spem Gregis Bourton ........ ... 4 ... 6 13 Bit-nibble FORFEITS FOR THE CHESTER CUP. The declarations ot forfeit subjoined are made up to the close, at twelve o'clock last night in town, and up to four o'clock in the afternoon at Chester ; a few more may be ex • pected from the country. Alarm Lightning Wolfdog Mentor Poynton Cranebrook Grimston Miss Elis Refraction Finvaragh Marmion Rufus Quadruped Prior of St. Margaret's Bravi,simo Sister to Pedometer Bannockburn Mistress Jean Osprey No. 45 Roebuck Roman Cameleopard Sheraton Sir Simon Fitzwilliara Buttress Morocco Emmeline Julia Bennett Humdrum Lady Cecilia Diomed Geraldine Perpetual Motion King of Morven Hyderabad Burgundy Bantam Hope Lord George Sagacity Hoorrah Shelforth Fantastic Tit-bit Polka Dictator Milliner Turpin Ignis Fatuus Projectile Eryx Farmer's Daughter Cossack St. Leon Mary Stuart Filly by Colwick, out o Quid's dam Watchdog lonia Pilgrim Driffield Lady Sarah 131ackstrap Little Hampton Beatrice Vanish Sister to Flambeau ACCEPTANCES FOR '1 STA Age. at. lb. Annandale Queen of Tyne aged 8 2 Lord Saltoun Refraction ...... Miss Elis 5 .. 7 8 Crown Prince 4 •-• 7 7 Mount Callan 4 ... 7 6 Ajax aged 7 4 Clumsy Roderick aged 7 2 Humdrum New Forest Deer 6 ... 6 13 Miss Burns ...... Sir Simon Buttress Foxwhelp . . 5 ... 6 1 Morocco GREAT NORTHAMP' Acceptances for the Great N ject to declarations at North parture of the post on Monde: Age st. lb. Wolfdog Lothario Mendicant ..... Lord Saltoun D01efu1..... Princess Alice.-- 4 ... 7 IGI Dlilden . 5 ... 7 7 Counsellor Bokhara ............ a ... 7 5 Best Bower ......... 6 .. r 5 Roderick Campanile ...... .- 5 ... 7 11 1 kb drangea Camera Obs cura 4 ... 6 121 Magnet 5 .. 6 12] Sis. to Pedometer 5 ... 6 12 Alliance Princess Royal Buttress Secundus Flitch ...... Trojan Satyr Queen Anne .. 4 ... 6 8 Fort William ..... 4 ... 6 7 I'HE SOMERSETSHIRE KES. Age. st. lb. ,I 1 oiroodpecker nagnet Camera Obscura 4 .. 6 9 Alliance Buscot Buck Ali-s Shirley rrojan 6 6 0 Crozier 3 ... 5 9 Regalia Brave Buck 3 ... 5 2 Halo 3 ... 5 0 Daughter of the Star 3 ... 5 0 noodkee Rosin the Beau c. by Euclid! 'TONSHIRE STAKES. Torthamptonshire Stakes sub- Liampton, subsequent to the de ,y night. Age sL lb. G by Young Cad land...... - 5 ... 6 7 Golden Bee ... 4 ... 6 5 Headsman Polka Tragical Fugitive Reminiscence Devil-me-care Queen Mary Comme-il-faut Daughter of the Star 3 5 illoodkee 3 ... 4 12 Watchdog Palma Bro. to Stitch 3 ... 410 Halo ........ Mirmillo Moonlight Lancer ......... Typhon 3 ... 4 10 .uistress Jean 3 ... 4 7 e. by Euclid ...... 3 ... 4 7 NOMINATIONS FOR THE GRAND FRENCH STEEPLE CHASE. —Cavendish, aged—Maid of Llangollen—Switcher—St Leger—Little Tommy —Cam piing —Avoca—Discount—Al- bert—Christopher North — Jack—Culverthorpe—Brunetti Frederick—br g by Glaacus, d by Belzoni—Mahomet— Gazeley— Salute —Golden Rule—Tramp—Latitat—Ragsman —Ga y hurst— Forester—Matchless—Loco--Pet er Slmple— Sabine—Cicy—The Page—Young Lottery—The Orphan— Conservative Pioneer Linkboy Lucifer— Bachelor— Victresa—br g by Tom Brown—Little John—The Roarer— Walter Gay—Little Ben—Hippolita. The . above are the nominations rec e i v ed ir. London, those made in Paris will be published as soon as they are received. TATTERSALLS.—ERRATUM.—FOT even bets between " fif ties" and the field, read between "fifteen" and the field. Potentia, stated to have been bought in, was sold for 355 guineas. METROPOLITAN AND SUBURBAN CEMETERIES SO CIETY.—A Parliamentary Commissioner has just terminated the preliminary inquiries for the first Bill introduced by this company for a cemetery of 150 acres east of London, the es timates of which being proved, showed a return of a nett di vidend per annum of from twelve to twenty per cent., as the ground tnsy be filled up in 250 or 350 years. The standing orders were declared to be complied with on Saturday, and Messrs. Masterman and Lyall, Members . for the City of London, have undertaken the charge of the Bill through the House of Commons. TEMPTATION AND ATONEMENT.—UnIess we are much mistaken, Mrs. Gore's story of "Temptation and Atonement" is likely to prove one of the most popular of her works. Instead of tinsel (says a contemporary) we have sterling gold. A tale of the moat thrilling interest. appeal ing to all the better sympathies of our nature. We are sorry* to learn that this favourite writer is in clecnning health, but the public will find no symptoms of want of vig,ur in the animated pages of this new work, which may be cordially re- I commended to readers both old and young. THE KNI GB TGF G W YNIVE. No. X 1 Charles Lever. Maurice Darcy gets deeper and deeper into Div ? j o s merit, but his hilari o us and g en e ro us disp i asition him noLly throughout. He enters as co lone! int o b, expedition under Abercrombie, and, singular esolli, Forester. is accidentally among the volunteers uncieront command. We may therefore anticipate many Oolong contretemps between the colonel and the vialuitteert,, se ,,• that Forester's condition is " unbeknown" to the pcsl( of G wynne. Miss I)aly's character i developing, / c id very charmingly, a natural goodness of heart 0111 0- itsulf under all her ecct'ntricities. 'rho two etnbe l ments by Phiz are inferior to their priKlecessors. THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. to Like good wine the People's Journal contioue';4 ripen. The number before us is of a very etiP e j j e sl character. There are no less thaw nine o'e e en'c i engravings from the pen c il s o f William Harvey'', p ; of 1%-ado s. Hunt, and Eliza Fox. The cow by Ba ll "' of "!_Devil B 3 ron" is horribly clever, and the likeeesrgoo W. J. Fox is inimitable. Among th e very etli lle , oo o and very talented literary contributions, there el! by Harriet Martineau, Dr. Smiles, I . 7lib u Burrit..,",befl, ter Savage Land on , A ngus . B. Reach, Calder C7 o ` r the E r benezer Elli o tt, an d ot h ers . Th e prona l l rl ensuing numbers of the publication is eitig li b i a tractive, giving us promise of Douglas i b ,(llo 9 P le's Loudon, and a multitude of other writers. ." e coess Journal must ci =nand a continuance of the 9 .1 1 I , o f which it has already attained, from the eon: thins' iv i ° ark , o rn nv gifted minds upon a periodical of such re able cheapness. S FURTHER DISCOVER-L-1 Or" MINERALS. (From the Swan River News, Western,Auti.r fais.) sit We hnve Lem favoured with communications frOln iar James S (the first Governor of the colony) / _.„'"-; T. R. C. Walters, and Mr. A. Shenton, announr:7 discoveries of minerals by their respective correspcts ents. Sir James Stirling's letters inform him that trS ( ;„ of a mine of copper or l ea d, or b ot h , ha ve b e en diE 4 vered on his Woodbridge estate, as well as indicatlon7o coal; also, that on Government land, about 18 or I . miles from Guildford, a mine of tin, with a large Pr o p tion of silver, has been discovered. This letter is v oth Mr. Abraham Jonee, of Woodbridge, wad is dated Svtemt:er, from Guildford. Mr. Shenton writes ( u t:d d date September 13th), " We are now in a state of excitement respecting minerals, good specimens Of are ores of copper and tin being found ; and great hop es ate ntertained of the coal min Mr. Walters' letterfsr. nounce the discovery of co pp er on the grant 63 03 5 00 Lukin, at the Toodyay, about twelve or fourteen, si% west of Mr. Davey's grant ; and o n Mr. Dempster ti t or or seven miles north of it, are supposed to be of plating. tilessir THE OLIVES.—Mr. Jones, i n hi s l e tt e r to --- iring Stirling, quoted abov e , a dd s , " Th e o li ves are th r n? well, as alsb many oth er o f th e f ru i t trees , t his °lil a bi° PROSPECTS OF THE COLONY.—Mr. A. Sh,ent° ll " y erif letter dated September 13, says, " O ur e xpoKs this 010 will amountto nearly 30,0001.; far exceedi n g otirl e lsol The timber trade is also beginning to 'burls- 14 1 1 3 00 parties having l a tely engage d in i t . O r d ers for • 1 te nt, been received from the South Austral•an - Gover el : We but to carry it on; in th e wa y it s qua li t y deser ve ia lioo require a large increase to our labouring Por i v est which now is not adequate to the demand. S 3 ,' &c., are in good requisition—in fact not to be got: TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. w ig' SlR,—The Irish distillers, I perceive by Their r`ii ri gs tions published in The Sun, are similar in their fe e 0 0 , to the large body of Protectionists, namely, I : el l ' e rife willing to forego the advant ages th e y at present o ies. over their brother competitors h ere or i n o ur eci' e o ft would seem; however, that these gentlemen a re , for reasonable in their views, unwi se i n th e i r ge neratio% t o they ought to have tak en th e w h o l e o f t h e co nteo l l 3l . tte ci measure into their co ns id erat i on b e f ore t h ey conin ii „if themselves to the res o l ut i ons t h ey h ave d one . Su se the terms of the permission upon which they 1119 1, 0 t1y sugar in lieu of ma lt i n t h e i r distiller i es will sbuttu-e-00 compensate them for any loss they may sustain f r om the reduction of the rum duty: in that scheme a amount of bounty is ingeniously conceded, for they of have the opp or t un i ty o f se l ect i ng the best qualit'veield sugar for th e i r p rocess, a d escr i pt i on that will J e - . double the qua nt ity o f sp i r i ts, the C hance ll o r 0 , 1 0 . Exchequer calculate s u p on , an d t h ere b y secure to On o selves double the am ount o f t h e ma l t - tax i n t he " ll ' of the allowance to be granted on their spirit &AY' n clsr When the Irish distillers come to look at the ,_,l)t-re shillings, and penc e p ar t o f th e quest i on as a fol',/e„e'ida eollecting that it is the l a st li ne o f fi gures w hi c h " -- 1 , to the profit or loss, they will regret their endeac° o w ill obstruct so beneficial a change to themselves, the wry then easily reconcile to th e i r consc i ences the 1111 r e bkely to accrue from the measure to the landholde waters, and every interest connected with Ireland. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, „ a z A JAMAICA COLCO" MURDEROUS ATTACK UPON A GAMEE. , •-- ER ht Last night the police received information that, on t he : , --- the of the 29th ult., a t M uc kl ey, near Much Wenlock , county of Salop, Abel Martin, gamekeeper to Earl G ranyl eir was so severely b eaten b y a poacher, that no hopes are tertained of his recovery. DEATH OF MR. JAMES TOOLE, THE CITY TOAST MASTER.--After a very short but severe illness, th e tat c, lebrated attendant on all the principal public dinnertime], political and charitable, died on Monday, at his residen ce ' , n to regretted by multitudes of those who have bad "c /ress of admire his excellent manner of presiding over the heel benevolent meetings. - Letters from Odessa speak of the cont i nuan ce of purchases in the grain markets on account of Belgium: France, and England, and the result has been increased firm" ness ness of prices. Fur delivery in June a great deal of buin e e had been transacted. The last advices from England a! stated to have exerted much influence on the lion of the market. general condi rui.A.33.4A.—We have Testy HUMAN SACRIFICES AT_ reason to believe that the fact s te co ntained in the Patriot of ntion in the proper quarter;_ 'Monday' last lave attracted I exerted to prevent th Y l P l d e tri° s t irongest Government will be and w t , effectively exerted influence ofthe • B r r ec it u is r ! r e r i c , e A of n E t n h these horrid . ei c }d; e r n i ay e i s .s • of the efforts are highest respectability now making by in wised on Madaffie de S marez, at tholes(' living in NVinenester, karenam, and other parts, to get the severe s(.ntence p • au Winchester sessions, either reversed or greatly mitigated. THE' S C OTCH IRON TRADE.--GLASGOW, JAN. 30. I Th e price of Scotch pig iron, delivered free on board here, may be quoted to-day at 725. 6d. per ton net cash for the usual proportions 01 Nos. Our market has assumed a firmer aspect this week, and though there have .been but limited sales at the above quotation, and 745. three months' credit/ the price tends upwards. NELSON'S SHIP VICTORY.—A plan proposed by Captain the Hon. A. Jones, R.N., is said to be under the consideration of the Lords of the Admiralty for placing . the Victory in the gre a t qua d rang l e o f G reenw ich Hospital. Prices on the Amsterdam Bourie have furth er fluctuated witlin the last two or three dave. Russian Alexic?n, in col:sNneuee of sales, have gone down, on the other hand, Austrian La's slightly advanced guese Four 'per Cents. have also been a little filmer, but Spanish was not so well held.