The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-01 00:00:00

fiVerlxoiol ~:tailVarV. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1853. THE WEEK THE clear bright weather which prevailed for some short time, was rudely broken in upon early on Saturday by a tempestuous gale from the N.W., which did considerable damage, and raised more swell in the Mersey than was caused by the gales about Christmas. So violent was the gale and heavy the swell about the middle of the day, when it was high water, that even the Wood side ferry-boats could not make the passage, nor land their passengers; several of the trips which, ordinarily, are performed in five minutes, occupying nearly two hours It was predicted by the Rev. SIDNEY SMITH, of facetious memory, that little improvement would take place in Railway management until a Bishop or a Railway Director was killed. This has at length been realised on the Great Western Railway, where, on Thursday, within a few miles of Pad dington, the express train went to smash, and one of four directors who were in the carriage was killed on the spot. The details of the accident will be found in another column. They present some extraordinary features, and show, if possible, more forcibly than before, the importance of having a direct and available communication between the guard of the train and the driver of the engine. In the case before us it is difficult to imagine what might have been the extent of the calamity, had the driver not reversed his engine, owing to his being aware of something wrong with the carriages. Such a calamity demands a searching investigation ; and there is no doubt that it will undergo the fullest inquiry. The Select Vestry have been found fault with by Mr. MANSFIELD, the stipendiary magistrate, for administering out-door relief improperly, and admitting able-bodied paupers into the house when sufficient employment may be obtained outside. The lesson was not received in good part, and elicited a somewhat angry discussion. There are many who would be inclined to attribute this manifestation of ill temper to a consciousness of the rebuke being deserved. It is clear that allega tions ma3e on such respectable authority should be inquired into, and if true, a remedy ought to be found for such an abuse of the public funds. A committee of inquiry would have been far wiser than an ebullition of petulance as to the manner in which the complaint was made; at the same time it maybe thought that Mr. MANSFIELD could have found a less unpalatable mode of caliing attention to the subject. In the amusements of the week the attractions at the Philharmonic Hall have taken the lead. The first concert for the season of the Philharmonic Society took place on Wednesday, and was well attended, and on Thursday the performances of Mr. THOMAS'S unrivalled band were resumed. It is almost impossible to eulogise too warmly the exquisite harmony which delights the frequenters of these cheap concerts, for it has been observed, by the first musical judges, that for all those qualities which constitute the perfection of orchestral music, the band of Mr. TII OMAS was never equalled in Liverpool, and perhaps not elsewhere. This loyal town had a visit on Thursday from the veritable Dr. WISEMAN, whose elevation to episcopal rank, and his fulmination of a Papal Bull, led to the celebrated Durham letter and the agitation on the Romish aggression. A contempo rary states that, owing to the improved tone of feeling amongst us, the scarlet-robed pretender was received with joyous animation and hearty cheers of welcome, instead of indignant execrations. The improved tone of which our contemporary speaks was scarcely to be tested by the loiterers in Copperas-hill, most of whom stared as they would have done at an ape. Great preparations are making for the celebrAtion of the centenary of RoscoE on Tuesday next, and the most lively anticipations are indulged in as to the whole affair going off with eclat. The town will be honoured with the visit of several of the celebrities of the day, and all seem united in the wish to do honour to the memory of one who was himself an honour to the town. THE ROMISH BRIGADE. — The government have dealt with the Brigade simply with a view to rob it of its talent and efficiency; and this, so far as Mr. Keogh's brilliant talents and Mr. Sadleir's aptitude for intrigue are concerned, they have most effec tually accomplished. As respects the perverts to the Aberdeen heresy, it seems to us that they are in a very critical fix. Henceforward they stand not on public favour, but upon ministerial patronage. They are placemen or—nobodies. Mr. Sadleir is already politically poisoned by Lord Aberdeen's golden pill. He has lost his seat, and without a seat he can't hold his place in the Treasury. Rumour gives him the Clerkship of the Crown in the Queen's Bench, vacant by the death of Mr. Pierce Mahony. But ministers may possibly give him nothing. In that case, the practice of Lord Aberdeen will bear a strong resemblance to that attributed to Richelieu, who is charged with having invited disaffected opponents to conciliatory closet ings, in the midst of which they suddenly vanished through a trap in the floor, and broke their necks, in a fall of a hundred feet.—Dublin Evening Herald. THE GRAND JURY AT CLARE have, we rejoice to say, igr.ored the bills which charged as mur derers the soldiers engaged in repelling the hired Popish assassins who attempted to slay those very soldiers at Six-mile-bridge. This finding is in the very teeth of poor old Judge Perrin, who actually laid it down as law that soldiers, wben opposed by a riotous mob, should do all in their power to render such mob amenable to the law; but that troops are never justified in firing unless the mob close in upon them : when, of course, they would not be able to use their arms at all. The Peace Society, it is sug gested, will entertain the poor judge at breakfast, and vote him a testimonial consisting of a gruel basin, bearing the pacific interpretation of the law as rendered by the aged lady on the bench. Cer tain Papists, who looked forward with eagerness to the hanging of at least a leash of the English soldiers charged, are understood as being in a very desponding way at the finding of the Grand Jury. —Church and State Gazette. UNCHRISTIAN LEGISLATION.—When Sir Robt. Inglis urged that our Indian empire contained a vast number of religious persuasions, " which w ould, on the same principle, be entitled to repre sentation in that house," the announcement was received by the Ministerialists with loud cheers. The animus of the party is plain ; it is shown by an attack upon the Clergy in Canada; upon the Clergy in Ireland by strengthening the hands of their adversaries ; and now, by another not less deadly, the admission of the Jews. These are, it is true, a small party; so would be a Mahometan, or a Turkish, or a Greek party there, a supposition by no means improbable ; little formidable in them selves, perhaps ' every hut little a rty admitted there sw e ll s the nucleus of those already unfavour able to the Protestant Church of this country. The Independent, Presbyterian, the the Unitarian, the non-believer, the Romanist all small in themselves; by union feathers light as air, and multiplication, a ble at last to break thehirrse,, back.—Morniny Herald. MAY NOTH Co L I,,EG E.—We beli eve entirely that the Popery of Dr. 11111 ale and Mr. Lucas is nothing in the world but the true Popery of the Rornish Church and the infallible fruit of Popish teaching. We ackn ow l e d ge also that Popery is naturally en couraged by a seminary founded for encouragin g it ; but, at th e same t i me, it cannot be denied that these prospective developments were carefully con cealed at the time the endowment was proposed. The simple truth is th a t Papists, while struggling doubtfully against the instinctive repugnance of Englishmen to their tenets and practices, made large professions of innoce nce an d goo d i n t en t, disguised their views, reserved their designs, and received every instalment of relief with such eX• THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1853. Among these will be M. Morlot, Archbishop of Tours, M. Savelli, his Minister of the Interior, and M. Viole, the Nuncio at Vienna. AUSTRIA.—The last bulletin of the state of the Em peror of Austria's health annonnces that it is completely satisfactory. The wound is not deep, and it had begun to heal. His Majesty had on the 21st affixed his signa ture to several state papers. A. Te Deum was sung in the Cathedral of Vienna, on Sunday, the 20th ult., to return thanks to the Almighty for preserving the life of the Emperor of Austria from the hand of the assassin. The day before he was wounded the Austrian Emperor sent to Italy 12,000 cwts. of lead for bullets, and 550 ducats as a gratification to the wounded soldiers at Milan. RUSSIA.—The Journal de Frankfort announces That the Emperor of Russia has appointed Prince Menschikoff to the command in chief of the three corps d'armee as sembled in Bessarabia and on the Turkish frontier. SPAlN.—According to the electorial returns, drawn up in the Ministry of the Interior, the combined opposi tions had not obtained more than 70 nominations. Thirty deputies remained to be elected in consequence of double elections. The season continued extremely rigorous. A man and hig. wife residing on the banks of the Manzanares had (lied of cold. Two stage coaches on their way to Madrid were stopped near Biutrago by the snow and 10 or 12 ad ditional mules were required to extricate them from their. perilous position. Several stage coaches were two days be yond their time, and others were waiting the melting of the snow to quit Madrid. THE MAURITIUS.—By the Indiana, arrived at Ply mouth, we have advices from the IVlauritus to the 9th of June. A fair number of emigrants heed left for Australia ; others were preparing, but their ardour was somewhat abated by the Melbourne accounts to November. There is little fluctuation in the sugar market. Large purchases have been made. The following is an approximation to the price :—lracutun clairced, 5.25 to 5.75; fine yellow, 4.60 to 4.75 ; good ditto, 4.35 to 4.50 ; middling. 4 to 4.25 ; low, 3.60 to 3.75. Shipped and left to the Bth of January, 1853, 8'2,097,083 lb., against 74,502,9 1 10 lb. at same time in 1852. Freights, .43 2s. 6d. to the United Kingdom. Rice has risen from sc. to 10c. over previous prices. Stock on hued on the 7th of January, 1853. 143,760 bags. TURKEY.—The COunt de Leiningen has demandtcl the cessio to Austria of the two ports of Kleck and Sutcri;- na, which Turkey claims-as forming part of her territorY, Austria would, it is said, make a casus bell of it. Oh , the other hand, France and England support the Porte.. It was reported in Paris that the Austrian Government had proposed to Louis Napoleon to occupy Geneva, while an Austrian division would enter the canton of Ticino. It , is not known what answer has been given. We have strong ground to believe that Prince Menschi koff has been sent from St. Petershurgh to Constantino ple upon a special embassy for the express purpose of de claring. in the name of the Emperor Nicholas, that, as head of the Greek Church, he cannot submit, or allow the Eastern Church to submit, to' the conditions of the' firman recently obtained by the French Am baesador with reference to the holy shrines in the Holy Land ; and, if this be the case,• it would seem that the negotiations opened between .Ressia- and France on this subject have led to no result. A telegraphic despatch from Vienna brings the im portant intelligence that, by accounts which had just arrived . from Constantinople, the Ottoman Government had refused to accept the ultimatum presented to it by the Count de Leiningen in the name of the Austrian Go vernment. The despatch adds that net only the Count de Leiningen, the Austrian ambassador- extraordinary, but the whole of the Austrian legation had left Constanti nople. The Ottoman Porte immediately placed itself 1 under the protection of England and Frame. The steamer Croatia had her steam up, .ready to start. Business was at a stand-still. Universal , consternation prevailed, and the exchange had risen ten percent. INDIA.—By the steam-ship Adria, which an-ived from Alexandria at Trieste on Thursday, after a passage of 140 hours, we have later intelligence from , Thdie. The Burmese occupy the Aeng Pass with a large force. Pegu has been- again. occupied by a large force of Burmese. They raised the seige (of the town) on the Bth and 9th of January, and marched to the defence of Schoygyt upon learning that General Steel was advancing upon that plate.. . -- The Burmese have retired from Prome- and' from Meadami. It is said that a vevolution has taken place-at Ave r by which the old king has been. deposed and driven-out,. and that the new king has , recalled the troops to Ave, and desires peace. _ _ Fever and diarrhc prevailed among our troops, and were increasinx, Trade in India was languid.. Exchange wiairrn , at in Calcutta. The insurrection 4u China eained considerabb devasta tion. The Pottinger has brought Eto Suez) 21 boxes-of gold. dust from Ausaralia. - AUSTRALIA,-1331 the Cape mails of the lEth Ant, we have received some further intelligence of the gold. fields brought by the Fiances Henry, which sailed on the ist of December; with 713,100fHounces of cold and`s9 pas sengers ; and the Lockinagar, with 4,000 ounces-of , gold. and 16 passengers :zboth ves sels being ladenwitb valuable cargoes of wont for the English. raorket. The accounts from the diggings show a continuance of the astonishing yield of gold from the mines lately. opened, and mention the discovery of fresh deposits on the Koorong River, ,which bid:fair to eclipse all previous discoveries, the metal being of exceeding purity', and fonnd more commonly in the form of small nuggets than in the scattered state which renders the laborious-opera tion of " washing" indispensable in other places., From the Echunga diggings, near Adelaide, the intelligence is equally favourable. " Pt unds , weight of gold," writes the government commissioner, " are spoken of now as com monly as ounces were formerly!' Still great numbers of persons are disappointed, and the general rate of wages shows a downward tendency in the price of labour. Pro visions had fallen considerably in the market, and sup plies are pouring in :from all wafters, so that the • appre hension of famine atone time entertained had entirely dis appeared. The local legis:ature at Melbourne had proposed to es tablish an export- duty on gold, which had caused much excitement, and a popular demonstration on the subject had been threatened. The proposition, however, was abandoned. Numerous vessels were loading for Linden, but, most of them would probably proceed by way of Cape lgorn,.the passage by that route being moat favourable about this season. The S7dnev mail steamer was advertised to start on her return voyage to the Cape on the Ist of December, and may therefore.be hourly- expected. The Great dkitain was to follow cu the Ist of January. In the lash official accounts received from Van Diemen's Lanai ,it is mentioned that some mines of coal which were opened in 1851 in the vicinity of dlobart- Town were being worked successfully. The coal is an anthracite of indifferent quality, but its proximity to the market, and its-consequent comparative lowness-of price, had caused a.great demand for it. pressions of thankfulness as would lead most readily to another. Then, when the first check was given to their ambitious proceedings, they turned sud denly round, and availed themselves of the vantage ground already g ained to exert all thei▪ r resources of hostility and annoyance. They verifi▪ ed to the letter every prediction which had been hazarded by the opponents of the measures for relief. After gratefully accepting toleration and freedom for their religion, they pushed its pretensions higher and higher, till they are now demanding the reduction of the Established Church to their own level, and are but one step, in fact, from the assertion of supremacy. They have kept the Romanist portions of the empire in greater agitation than before, have brought into conspicuous prominence the unna tional features of their creed, h ave rev i ve d th e most repulsive doctrines of " Popery" in its worst ac ceptation, have o p en l y converte d sp i r i tual authority into secular influence, and have clamorously de clared that th e y w ill regu l ate all their political duties by the interests of an ambitious priesthood. Mr. Lucas and his friends maintain that this is a very natural and proper exem plifi ca ti on o f th e i r religion. We have no desire to contradict them ; on the contrary, we are of the same opinion our selves. We very much doubt whether in England, or, indeed, in any free Protestant country, a true Papist can be a good subject; but if all this had been avowed some years ago, the opportunities of Popery would never have been what they are.— The Times. AUSTRIAN AFFAIRS.—A proclamation to the Hungarian soldiers in Italy, which was published last week in the name of Kossuth, is now in his name disowned. We are willing to believe that the disclaiming Kossuth is the real one. In that case, Mazzini, as the instigator of the late outbreak at Milan, stands alone. Within a week of this miserable riot comes an all but successful attempt to assassinate the Emperor of Austria. Thus it is that under a despotism the most iron oppression never wants a plausible excuse. Severity begets crime, and crime affords a plea for severity. For these mad and isolated acts of atrocity the state of siege will be indefinitely prolonged at Vienna, and Milan is handcuffed, gagged, and fined, till the iron enters deeper than ever into the soul of the people. It is easier to get into the groove than to get out of it—yet even that is not so difficrilt as it looks. The Emperor is a young man; let hirn try for once whether a little mildness will diminish the stability of his precarious throne.—Guardian. MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS.—The John Bull says that on Monday last the transformation of the Foreign Secretary into an officeless leader of the House of Commons was effected by the transfer of the seals of the Foreign Office to the Earl of Clarendon. This completes the extraordinary arrangement—contemplated, it seems, from the first formation of Lord Aberdeen's ministry—by which two members of the cabinet occupy seats, one in the Upper and another in the Lower House, with out any definite employment, and without being specifically responsible as her Majesty's servants for any one department of government. We regard the arrangement, an objectionable one in itself, with the greater jealousy, because the two noble lords thus attached as fifth•wheels to the government waggon happen to he the original promoters and strenuous advocates of the establishment of an edu cational State Department. We cannot help think ing of the nursery rhyme, according to which " Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do." THE VACANT BISHOPRICS.—The death of two Bishops in rapid succession,—of the Bishop of Lincoln on Friday, and of the Bishop of Sidney early on Sunday,—places two bishoprics at the dis posal of her Majesty's Ministers. The manner in which these appointments will be filled up by the coalition ministry will be jealously and anxiously watched for more than one reason. Looking at the composition of the cabinet, there is abundant cause of uneasiness in the fact that, to confront the Deism of Sir W. Molesworth, the Presbyterianism of the Earl of Aberbeen and the Duke of Argyll;.and the Latitudinarian Erastianism of Lords Lansdowne and Russell, there is no Church element, except one tainted by Tractarian unsoundness and tendency to separation between Church and State. But the solicitude of Churchmen is increased by the charac ter of the times, which demands, both at home and in the :colonies, not merely that the appointments should be unobjectionable, but that the persons placed in offices of such high trust should,.by their energy, their courage, their zeal and practical,know ledge, be enabled to make provision for the wants of the Church, and successfully to cope with the difficulties which beset her, as well as with the enemies by whom she is surrounded.—John,Bull. FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE.—The Monteur announces that His Majesty the Emperor has received the reply of Queen Victoria to the Emperor's letter announcing his marriage as also a similar answer from the King of Belgium. The King of Wurtemberg has returned a reply through his Minister at Paris, to the notification of the Emperor's marriage. The Austrian Minister has presented letters from the Emperor, notifying the decease of the Archduke Regnier Joseph. The Emperor goes into mourning for nine days. The Papal Nuncio has presented letters from his Holiness. A decree of the Emperor has just regularized the pro motion of the Marquis de Pastoret to the rank of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. The nomination was made in 1830, bat events have prevented its being carried into effect. This is the same Marquis de Pastoret who was till lately the Count de Chambord's.agent in Prance, and who, though two months ago he addressed a letter to the head of the family of Bourbon, has since gone over to the powers that be, in consideration of a seat in the Senate, a salary of 30,000 f. a-year, and a rosette at the button-hole of his coat. General Gemeau, late Commander-in-Chief of the army in Rome, has returned to Paris. Thirty-six military pri soners have just effected their escape- from Fort Lamalgue, near Toulon. According to a return, published in the Monaeur, the receipts of the customs duties and the indirect taxes dur ing the last month amounted to 8,945,549 f., being 1,344,800 f less than in the corresponding month of 1852 4 and 734,434 f. more than in January, 1851. It is said to be in the contemplation of the Emperor and Empress to make a journey in the spring to the south of France, and particularly to the Pyrenees, from Bagneres de-Bigorre to Bayonne and Biarritz. Louis Napoleon is at this moment hurrying forward the works which were commenced some years since at the Chateau of Pau. The Emperor, who takes a lively interest in everything which reminds him of his mother, wishes to visit the places through which she so often passed, such as Luz, St. Sau veur, Cauteretz, and Gavarnie, all those A picturesque mountains which, it may almost be said, are no longer France, and are scarcely Spain. The Empress herself, since 1845, has almost always passed the summer in the Pyrenees with her mother, and will be glad to revisit them. In the Council of Ministers the wish of the Emperor was adopted in principle for opening a universal exhibition in 1854, to which all countries will be invited to send their productions. The exhibition will take place in the Crystal Palace in the Champs Elys6es, which will be constructed as rapidly as possible. Under the decree of the 22nd of January, which con fiscated the Orleans property, estimated at 10,000,000 f., the Emperor has determined that 3,000,000 f. out of that sum shall be employed in improving the dwellings of the working-classes. The Paris Presse has a notice of the assurances given in the German papers, that the British Government will be called on to expel the foreign refugees who have abused hospitality by conspiring against friendly states, for the purpose of expressing its doubts that England will swerve from her old feelings on the right of asylum to refugees.; ITALY.—Six more of the insurgents have been hung at Milan, making in all thirteen that have been put to death. Marshal Radetzky has placed the whole of Lom bardy under the strictest martial law, from a conviction that the inhabitants, " with a few laudable exceptions, allow themselves to he intimidated by the infamous revo lutionary party, instead of openly and loyally making cause with the imperial government."—The military au thorities, at Milan, believing that Mazzini was still in town, have taken the most rigorous measures to prevent him from escaping. They even opened the coffins which were being carried to consecrated ground, to assure them selves that Mazzini was not concealed in one of them. Orders had been issued to the householders to suspend, for the purpose of lighting the town, a lamp from the first floor of every fou r th h ouse , w hi c h i s to remain burning from six o'clock in the evening tntil daylight. In case of disturbance the householders are to close their doors, and every man found i n th e streets i s to be treated as con • cerned in the affray. The inhabitants are forbidden to appear on the bastions f rom s i x o ' clock in the evening till seven in the morning. A letter from Turin, of the 21st February, says :—lt is believed that the visit of M. Massimo d'Azeglio to Lon don is connected with the London refugees, and that he has been despatched at the instance of the Queen, who still remains in the Tyrol. The government continued to expel from Piedmont the most dangerous of the refu gees. The loan of two millions would be effected with the house of Rothschild at Paris. All the natives of Ticino, resident in Lomba r dy, h ave been ordered to quit the kingdom : the workmen . in twenty-four hours, landed proprietors and others h. in three suffer by this measure. e t a h s a u t r t e l . ie days. A le t At e brf r t o sn4 Leghorn that some steamer had brought news . from O G OOt en T o i a ci o n f es t e h w e 121131, which sailors belonging to an English corvette, there, being on shore, had cried out " Vive Rabe ." and had been the earnest protestations in stantly arrested by the Austrians. Some stated that,. at Austrians had set the sailors at liberty, but others, who of the English captain, the thought themselves better informed, declare that the Austrians have refused to release them, and that in con sequenee the corvette had sailed to bring the English squadron to support the honour of its flag. The Pope of Rome eight cardi na l s w ill h e nom i na t e d, will, on th e 4th o f M arc h, h o ld a consistory, at which THE KAFFIR WAR. SERIOUS- LOSS OF LIFE.-ARRIVAL .0? THE INDIANA. By the steam-ship Indiana, which arrived at Plymouth on Saturday, we have advices from Cape Town to the 24th of january, thirty-nine days later than those by the Lady Jocelyn, which left on the 16th December, and reached Plymouth on the 24th January. General Cathcart, with 2000 men, had then enterod the Orango-River Sovereignty, to settle disputes between the powerful Basuta chief, Moshesh, and the Sovereignty farmers, on the subject of plundered cattle. Assistant commissioners Hogge and Owen had previously investi gated the whole ease, and decided that certain fines should be paid by delinquents of all classes and com plexion. The fine imposed on Moshash was never paid, and Ger,. Cathcart, under date Dec.. 13, demanded of that chief, within three days, 10,000• head of cattle and 11300 horses, and, in default. threat tined to take them himself,, or make reprisals. Moshesh came into the camp the next day, and had a " parley"' with the Governor. On the 18th Moshesh's son, Nehemiah, came in with 3500 head of cattle. On the 19th,,n0 more cattle appear ing, Lieut.-Colonel Eyre, with the cavalry brigade, two guns, and one brigade of infantry ; _ encamped on the Upper Caledon Waggon Drift, leading to Molitsani's country. On the 20th this force, accompanied by his Excellency in person, marched at daylight in three columns. The fence consisted of detachment of 12th Lancers, under Lieutenant Clough ; a demi-brigade of 12-pounder howitzers, under Captain Robinson, R... 1. • two compa nies of the 43rd regiment, under Major Phillips;, and a detachment of Cape Mounted Rill s, under Ensign Rorke. According to Colonel Cloete's official despatch, the Basutos, to defend their vast droves of cattle, first fired on him and Captain Tylden. An attempt at parley by the Governor was answered by a shot, when two rounds of shrapnel caused the enemy to fly from the southern angle of the Berea towards Thaba Bossigo. The despatch proceeds " The infantry,. strengthened by a company of the 43rd regiment, under Captain the Hon. Percy Herbert, were now brought up, and the columns advanced, crossed the deep mountain stream ' Rietspruit,' and were posted on a commanding knoll at its junction with the Little Caledon River, on the Thaba Bossigo plains, covering the ap proaches by which Lieut.-Colonel Eyre and Lieut.-Colonel Napier's columns were to join. While in this position, the enemy were collecting in fresh patches of horsemen in all directions. Those approaching within distance were driven back. On the clearing away of a thun der-storm and rain, the enemy suddenly displayed his whole force. Masses of horsemen were observed to move from the Thaba Bossigo Poort, to turn the General's right, while large bodies extended along the front. These movements were conducted with the utmost order and regularity. Lieut.-Colonel Eyre's division joined at five p.m., with 1,500 head of cattle, which it was necessary to secure, for which purpose some kraals in a commanding position were ordered to be occupied. The enemy, who had now mustered not less than 6,000 horsemen, made every effort to assail the troops moving into their bivouac, repeating their attacks on front and rear, but were repulsed by the troops. The demi-battery, by a round of canister, silenced the enemy's fire, which had been kept up till eight p.m., when they disappeared from the field, having suffered severely." Lieut.-Colonel G. Napier states his force to have been —l2 Lancers, 114 rank and file, under Major Tottenham ; Cape Mounted Rifles, 119, under Major Somerset, and says, " Having collected a great number of cattle, I com menced driving them down the north-east side of the Be rea mountains ; when half way down, 700 mounted men attacked the rear, who retired. On the open ground the Lancers charged, and the enemy fled. Near the drift, on the Caledon, a large body of mounted Caffres were re pulsed by the Minis rifles of the 75th Ilighlanders, under Captain Bruce." • In this contest, begun early in the morning' of the 20th of December, and not closed until 8 p.m., 6,000 mounted Caffres are said to have been mined, At the close, Col, Eyre had secured 1,510 and Colonel Napier 3,000 head of cattle. The casualities on the part of the British were very severe. Killed—Captain Famice, 73rd, and 2 privates ; 12th Lancers, 4 non-commissioned officers and 23 pri vates ; Rifles, 3 privates ; and 5 Cape Mounted Rifles. Wounded-2 officers, 4 noncommissioned officers, and 9 privates. Total—kiled, 38: wounded, 15. This great sacrifice seems, however, to have secured the submission of Moshesl, who, the next day, the 21st of December, sent to thecamp the following letter : Thaba Bosigo, Dec. 20th, 1852. " Your Excellency,—This day you have fought against my people, and taken much cattle. As the object for which you have come s to have a compensation for boers, I beg you will be satisied with what you have taken. I entreat peace from yon ; you have shown your power, you have chastised,—let it be enough I pray you, and let me no longer be considend an enemy of the Queen. I will try all I can to keep try people in order in the future. . . " Your humble servant, " MOSHESH." Although the Goverior has received the submission of Moshesh, he has recommended the Sovereignty farmers to organize themselves on the commando system, to pur sue the cattle lifters, aid, if necessary, to kill them. The result of this proclamaion isnot yet known ; it is expect ed to be successful. lot a meeting of resident househol ders was held at Bloon Fontein, on the 4th of January, when the unsatisfactory condition of the Sovereignty was considered, and a petiion to the Queen in Council, or Parliament, resolved 01. In the course of thovoyage the Indiana has spoken or signalised the followin, vessels :—Jan. 13. in lat 28, long. 43 E., the barque Figao, from Amoy to Havannah ; Jan. 18, off Cape Receife, pissed the British barque Frederick Huth, from Macao, iowards Table Bay, out 70 days% Jan. 20, off Cape Aguhas, the barque Albert Edward, from Calcutta to Liverpol, with loss of jibboom and top gallantmasts, having bean in collision with the Australia ; Feb. 4, off Ascension, the ship Francis Henty, from Aus tralia and Cape ; Feb. 8, in lat. 5 51 1., long. 17 25 W., the John Ritson, from Bremen for the Cape. out 60 days ; 10, in lat. 11, N., long., 21 IX., the barque Sultan, from London ; 17, in lat. 23 N., lotg. 23 W., the barque Gib son Craig, and the schooner SOrit ; on the 20th, (Sunday last,) off Madeira, the screw-steamship Queen of the South, with the outward mails—all well; any the 21st, in lat. 37 N., long. Tip W., the bariLue Ensign. The screw-steamer Formosa eas at Point de Galle, on her way to Singapore from Austlida, when the Indiana left. Her engines having brokendown, she would be de tained some weeks. The screw- teanter Calcutta arrived at Mauritius on the 11th December, and left on the 19th. The Nile, Nisbet, arrived at Madras on the 22d Diec. She had been on shore at Waltair Poirt, near Vizipatam, but providentially got off agaitl; and lad apparently scatained no damage. The Sydney steam-ship;- with the homeward mails from Australia, had not arrived at he Cape when the in diens left. She was looked' for 'cry anxiously, ao she 'was long overdue. The Adelaide, vith the outward mails fotrthe Cape and Australia, of whom detention we heard by the Severn, was kept at St. , "inent 17 days before she cord& get sufficient coal to proceed at her voyage. AMERICA, ARRIVAL OF THE ANDES' .AND AFRICA. The' screw steam-ship Andes, Caitain Hutchings, ar rived on Tuesday night, with advise,. frona New York to the Sth ;:and the Africa arrived eat) , on Wednesday, with advices to the 9th. She "Orrught $'200,000 on freight. The Senate, on the ith, resitned the debate on the Monroe doctrine. After one or tvo speeches it was again postponed. A message from the President on the present state of the negotiation belween the Uni , ed States and'Great Britain respecting theisheries had been laid before the house. England is wiring, except in the case of Newfoundland, that the Antertan and colonial fishermen shalt enjoy the same privileges, so far as regards the right tcvtake,. cure, and dispose of lilt in the waters, on the banks-, and in the markets of boa. countries. The negotiations , for reciprocity in trade with Canada are said not to be in -Iv sufficient state of forwaidness to warrant the belief that they would be presented to the Congress during the •,-,rsvent session. A letter frem . British Hon duras confirms- the report that the State cf Honduras has taken possession of the English settlentnt at Limas. They have appointed a commandant, ant declared that the State of Honduras will, at all hazards and every sa crifice, continue to hold the territory. ARRIVAL 07P THE FRANKLI: The United States moil steam-ship Franklin arrived off Cowes on Friday, with advices from Nev York to the 12th ult., and 48500,000 in specie for Have. The com mittee on foreign relations had reported that the en ' eroachments of British settlers in Central America, either with or without the consent of their government, is a matter for adjudication between England and those states ; but that any attempt of the former power to extend its possessions in that region would be a direst violation of treaty sitipulations with this country. Tte exercise of actual dominion by Great Britain in that portion of America would also be a question to which this Govern ment car, never be indifferent. Upon the Waole, the com mittee consider it unnecessary to adopt any measures with regard tt, the carrying out of the Claytol and Bulwer treaty. The House of Representatives committee on the question of reciprocity with the British Ncrth American provinces had reported strongly in favour of that prin ciple. A. deices had been received from California to the 15th Jan. The Ohio was on the voyage to New' York with a mi llion and a-half of gold dust on freight- There was much distress at-the diggings, owing to the continued Hoods. 1 'resident Cevalos, finding the Mexican Congress refractory , played the part of Cromwell, introduced a large body • of soldiers into the hall, and cleared it of the members. who afterwards assembled and impeached the President. President Cevalos had called a convention to reform th e constitution and elect a new President. He had issued a proclamation opening the ports of Mazatlan, San Bias., Tampico, Vera Cruz, and Carmago. Uraga had been summoned to the capital. ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA The 114 )yal mail steam-ship Canada, Capt. Lang, which reached tl ie Mersey yesterJay (Monday) shortly aftermid night, hr ought ad ices from New York to the 15th, and from Boston to the 16th ult., being four days later than rho se brought by th., Franklin. She also brought $217,001 )in specie -on freight, and the following 76 pas sengers ; From Boston:: erncr Fairbanks, Miss Fairbanks, Mr. J. Atkinson, Mr. S. F. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Q. Porter, Mr. Smith, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Killogg, Mr. Quincy, Mr. Chase,.Mr. Mills and lady. Mr. Ketridge, Mr. K immond, Mr. W. Mills, Mr. T. Steinel, Mrs. Steinel , Miss Barnes, Mr. Muller, Mr. Winter, Mr. Prodrick, Mrs. Ptodrick and three children, Mr. Z'; Mar cus, 111:r. T. C. Vincent, Mr. C. Bodnel, Mrs. Leigh, Mr. G. Law, Mr. B. Dawson, Mr. A. Morrison, Mr. J. Dick, Mrs. Dick and two children, Mr. T. A. Cocker, Mr. Kayser, Mr. Ji.Norton, Mr. C. Cochrane, Mr. Ham mers. Mr. M'Coy, Sir -Edward ?pore, Mr. Litchenberg, Mr. J. Casey, Mr. Crowarty, Mr. Johnson, Mr..A. Syd ney, Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Kidemyer, Mr. Garmagros, Mr, Geo. Cocker. From Haloll'4—Mr. John Daffus, Mrs.. P. Clarke, Deputy-Assistant Corn- Clarke, Lieut. Smith, Lieut. Lumley, Mrs. Lumley and maid, )4r. Thos. F. Knight, Mr. Edward Billing, Mrs. Heathcote and maid,. Mr. J. A. S. De Wolfe, Mr. S. Strong, Mr. Chipman, Mr. Horsefal, Miss Huchery, Mr. H. F. Ward, Mt. James Hardy, Mr. L. Kerry,, Mr. Hurd, Mr. Erowne, Mr. Browne, Mt. Brown. The RoyaL mail steam-ship Niagara, with the mails of the 29th January, arrived at New York on the lath inst. ; and the America, with, the mails of the sth ult., for Hali fax and Boston, arrived at the former port on. the 17th ult., both vessels having experienced a continuance of boisteroug. weather.. The caloric-ship Ericsson left New York. on the 15th instant,_ on a. trial: trip. Het average speed was seven knots. The.Mnphitrite had arrived at Panama. with 4'680,000 in specie. _ _ _ Washington correspondence states that General Pierce,. President elect, had chosen Mr. A. G. Flagg, the present comptroller of New York, to be Secretary of the Trsa, sury., General Cushing Secretary of State, Governor M'Clelland for Postmaster-General, commodore Steek ton for the Navy, Mr. Dobbin for the Interior, and Mr. Davis for the War Department. The steam-ships Northern Light and Uncle Sam had arrived at New York with advices from San Francisco to the 15th Jan., and 5'448,931 in specie on freight. The Golden Gate left San Francisco on the nth with 4'1,744,300m freight. The intelligence possesses-a pain ful interest. Famine had done its fell work within the snow-beleagured gorges of the mountains, and some of the miners had actually died of starvation. The destitution was not confined to solitary an scattered instances, but it seemed to have affected entire communities,, in remote disrricts, which had been rendered almost inaccessible from a number of causes, the principal of which was the inundation of the roads and, the destruction of bridges by the immense floods. A favourable change in the weather having occurred, the extreme stringency of the provision market was beginning to relax as supplies arrived. The weather in Oregon had been very severe, and the prices of provisions was exceedingly high. Gold was scarce : the quotations were *l7 23c. to 4317 30c. per ounce. Letters from Baltimore report the occurrence of a strike amongst the railway navvies. The Canadian Parliament resumed its sitting on the 14th instant. There appears to be no end to the discoveries of gold and other precious metals. It is now announced that gold and auriferous quartz have been found in New Zea land, and a belief prevailed that the island teemed with treasure. According to some of the British West India papers.. her Majesiy's colonies are in a fair way of becoming depopu lated in consequence of the extensive emigration to Aus tralia. - permanent, and the only effect they have had has been to "limit the extent of the decline. The following is a statement of the movement in Cotton since the Ist of September last, as compared with the pre vious three years : 1853 1853 1831 1850 Receipts into the ports 2,066,000 1,564,000 1,446,000 1,369,000 Exports to Great Britain 848,000 526,000 442,000 386,000 „ France „ other for. ports 136,000 104,000 104,000 78,000 Total exports Stock on hand 670,000 534,000 659,000 600,000 Of which during the past week, included in the above : 1853 1852 1851 1850 Receipts at the ports 131,000 117,000 105,000 66,0 1 0 Exports to Great Britain 36,000 26,000 22,000 19,000 „ France 9,000 19,000 6,000 5,000 „ otherfor. ports 8,000 19,000 7,000 4,000 Total exports From which it will be seen that the excess in receipts now amounts to 502,000 bales ; the increase in exports to Great Britain, 322,000 ; other foreign ports, 32,000. Decrease to France,49,ooo. Total increase in exports, 305,000 bales. BREADSTUFFS.-The flour market continued in a drooping condition throughout last week, and a decline of 121 c. in shippine qualities was established at the close. The advices of the '29th ult., from Liverpool, per Niagara, quite unsettled the market, and fair brands of Western Canal were freely offered at S's, without finding buyers. The decline in prices of wheat ranges from 3c. to sc. per bushel, Indian corn partakes of the general decline of prices of breadstuffs to the extent of 3c. to 4c. per bushel; namely. Northern round yellow, none ; Southern yellow, 64c. to 65c. per 56 lbs. ; white, 64c. to 66c. per 56 lbs. ; mixed, 70c. to 72e. per 56 lbs. PROVISIONS.-Pork, dull. New Mess, •$l6 75c. to , 817, nominal. Prime, $15 1 50b. to Sels 621 c. Beef is firm, at last Saturday's quotations. NAVAL. STORES.-The market is quiet for rough tur pentine; spirits are lower 65c. ; rosin, steady; Wilming ton, St 65. c. ; fine ditto, 'S'3 to 41'5; spices, very active and buoyant. FREIGHT'.--Freights are not active, and rates without any important change. To Liverpool Cotton, kd. per ; flour, 2s. to 23. 3d. per barrel; grain, in bulk, 7a. to 71d. per bushel. To London : Flour, 31 per barrel. To Havre : Cotton, c. per lb. CHARLESTOWN. Feb. 10.—Sales to-day, 900 bales, and for the week, 9,000 bales ; receipts for the. week, 16,800 bales ; stock on hand, 31,850 bales. Middling fair to fair, 10c. to 101 c. per lb. MOBILE, Feb. 11.—Receipts for the week, 22',000•bales middling 9c., market declining. Sales for the week , 19,000 bales. Freights to Liverpo o l, 9-16 d. Ei tc h ange , 81 per cwt. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 12.—Receipts for the week, 54.000 bales ; sales for the week, 32,000 bales. market active; Griddling, ne. Freight to Liverpool, VI.. MC change on London, 9 per cent. FhVANA, Feb. B.—Sincethe 28th ult. the weather has been favourable, and sugars have arrived more freely. They commanded the highest figures. Molasses were selling at higher prices. A !evr vessels had been chartered for Cowes, at £3 51. Sterling exchange, ten per csnt• per annum. SAN F?3A , NCISCO, Jan. 14.----During the !last fortnight an improving state of things can be noticed against the very gloomy accounts we recorded at the sailing of the last steamer. The unfavourable state of the interior in; regard to transportation has bsen but little benefited, yet' the distress and suffering appears to have been greatly al— leviated. Merchants, both at Sacramento and Stockton, have transported their goods to points where teams could have access; and a large portion of the trade of these two cities has been thus temporarily transferred to more con venient localities.. Within forty-eight hours the rain has ceased, and we are now enjoying tine weather, with the prospect of its continuance for some days at least; should such be the case, we can look forward to a very large business, but we imagine, not of a general character. The dearth of 'provisions has had the effect of confining business almost entirely to articles of food ; while the ex cessive rates of transportation, where land carriage is ne cessary contribute to confine all the efforts of trade in one channel. The same scarcity of money in trade and tardi ness of remittances from the interior have continued to exist since the date of our last review. Large freights have been due since the Ist instant, and the anxiety to ob tain possession of consignments has induced their pay ments, which, being all cash, has absorbed a large portion of available funds and will be remitted by this steamer. The only obstacle, besides the weather, in the way of a heavy business will exist in the want - of money. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK,. FEB. 15. MONEY.—The stock market closed firmly, with a fair amount of business transacted. The money market is tight at 54 to 7 per cent.; on first class paper 6 to 7. Exchange on England was in moderate demand at 110 to 1104 per cent. Bills on France, f. 5.131 to f. 5.121. COTTON.—The Cotton market is dull and heavy. Sales 600 bales. (From TV. P. Wright's Circular, of Feb. 15.) Yesterday we were in possession of Liverpool dates of the 29th ult., per Niagara, advising a fair business for the reek, with an advance in price of kd. to 3.161. per lb. The business in this market during the past we e k h as on ly been to a small extent, at irregular prices, closing at a reduction of 4r.. to ic. from my quotations of Sth instant. The prices ruling must be considered nominal, as there is no regular demand, and holders show a desire b reduce their stocks. The total sales since Tuesday have been 5000 hales. There has been no foreign export of Cotton during the past week. The receipts at the ports continue upon an extensive scale ; during the past week they have been 131,000 bales, against 117,000 bales in the corre sponding week last year. Next week they will again be heavy, and exceed those of the same period last season, further augmenting the excess, which is now 502,000 bales. The continuance of receipts upon such an enor- _ - mous scale has not been without its effect upon the I sh . ot. Threeweeksago,lshot a wild horse, which was eaten various markets in this country, for, as will be seen by at the mines by 50 diggers, who assisted us in eating it. We reference to reports, a decline has been submitted to in I intend to remain here about a twelvemonth, and after that each. The favourable accounts from Liverpool received time I believe we shall all be rich enough for all our born by the last two steamers are nQt considered as likely to be days. This is g splendid climate, The overap warmth is as in Denmark, on a bot June day. Generally speaking,'peoPld here are in good health, but those who have weak CO suffer much. A man from Hamburg is going about IC posing upon people, by pretendin g to s e ll w hat be .o, l ° " eye water, " at £1 per bottle. H e d r i ves a roar ing Fa d e r and it is thought that he w ill soon h ave a b u llet s e a < through his head. But a man w h o i s care f u l, an d does 111 mix himself up with quarrels, an d b e h aves decently an keeps on good terms with the people at the mines, no; here live as peaceably as people do in our country. • few months there will be an English functionary Col back to his own country and th en I w ill sen d you f.sotu• you may come to Australia. When you get the money you must come at once, wh a te ver y our pos i t i on a t 1 103 . .. may be, for here something wo r th h av i ng i s t o b e made, that is all !" 11 the HORRIBLE HOMICIDE AT WABB IKGTON .— OA c evening of the 3d ultimo, M r . Ed war d F u ll er was al to enter the National Hotel ; h e w as met b y J ame s ; Schaumberg, formerly of the United States Drage o , ll l who, without th e exc h ange o f any wor d s, d i scharg ed pistol at Mr. F u ll er , woun di ng hi m severely i n the r ift side. Mr. Fuller immediately retreated into the streP,,', passing between the h ac k ne y carriages, and crossed OW opposite side of the street, where he fell, and was th e ! conveyed into the W aver l ey House. Physicians sve" immediately sent for. The wound was pronounced Idle o'clock that evening to be in all probability mortal. . 04 .,, r " Fuller was sensible up t o th a t h our, an d hi s fam il y in attendance upon him. Mr. Schaumberg, upon t r i Fuller's retreating, supposed, as we were informed' tits his fire had taken no effect, pursued Mr. Fuller I:null: the other side of the avenue, when, by the interference , bystanders and others, an d upon t h e i n f ormation tkel Fuller had fallen, he retraced his steps to the hotel ? 03 `.,, ascended to his room. He was arrested there shorty, after by some officers. M uc h i n di gnat i on at his con dr was expressed by the cro w d w h o h a d congregated a te doors and in the office of the hotel. Schaumberg committed to jail for further examination, an offer to g" bail being refused. The im me di a t e cause o f t hi s un h a ppy event was the appearance of large placards on Mendi g morning posted in the vicinity of all the h o t e l s , head "James W. Schaumberg a Liar, a Coward, and!, Swindler," and whi c h con t a i ne d a s t atement ten di n g t o show and prove Schaturberg to be guilty of lyieg e ' cowardice and swindlin g , i n t ersperse d w ith many o thr opprobrious epithets. Schaumberg was indebted to g r ' Fuller, and ill-feeling had existed between them for considerable time ; and whicli*on a former occasion, le d Schaumberg to make a ptzblieation concerning Fuller' and Fuller to make a personals assault on Schaumberg' The Bulletin's dispatch says, the ball is supposed to halle passed through and lodged in the liver. If so, it 0 , mortal. Schaumb e r g i s s till i n j a il , w h ere h e was v i s ited this morning by nearly half the members , of the senate' who all pledged their will to support him. FOREIGN MISCELLANY. THERE are in Cincinnati one hundred and seventy.five persons and companies that pay an annual tax of between five and te❑ thousand dollars. THE United States mail-stamer, the Baltic, took to Europe, on her last voyage from New York, 30,834 letters and 18,000 newspapers. ABD-EL'ICAD'ER.—A letter from Brouasa states that the health of Abd-el-Kader is good. Ile lives in the greatest retirement, spending all his time in reading and prayer. It is said that he has commenced writing a religious work, to be called " Meditations on:the Koran." SPIRIT RA PPINGS.—In the Ohio Lunatic Asylum there are at present confined twenty-six victims of the " spirit rappings" delusion, the number being equally divided between males and females. Louis NAPOLEON has purchased for the Empress the splendid piano of Erard, which attracted such attention at the London ExhibitiOn. The price is stated to have been 40,000 f. THE EMIGR TION constantly going on from New York to California is hardly less than that from Great Britain to Australia. On Saturday, the 5M ultimo, 2,037 pas sengers left New York for California. THE Montreal True Witness,( Roman Catholic), in a selected article on the threatened invasion of Great Bri tain by Louis Napoleon, makes use of the following loyal language :—" Great Britain is the main-stay of the ene mies of God and Christ ; she is drunk with the blood of martyrs, and, in the approaching contest, the powers of two hundred millions of Catholics throughout the world will daily and hourly ascend for her defeat." RAILWAY. FROM NEW YORK- TO SAN FRANCISCO.— An experienced writer, in the New York Tribune, says " I am prepared to say, there is no obstacle in the way of constructing a double truck railroad from New York to Nisqually, Astoria, or San Francisco. The country from Independence, Mo., to either of these places, is no rougher than it is from New Yorleto Dunkirk." INTERESTING FAMILY FRund—The Louisville Jour nal states that the trial of the parties surviving the last fray in Garrard county, Kentucky., between the Hills and the Evanses, has resulted in their acquittal. The different clans, with the exception of the Murphys and the Mays, have signed a formal treaty of peace. By the various battles, assassinations, sieges, Ste., among the parties, eight men and boys have been killed, several crippled Ind maimed for life, and forty-eight children left fatherless. The quarrel commenced about the year 1822. STRANGE AND FEARFUL DEATR.—Tsvo young men of the village of Brandee, in France, lately perished in a very, singular manner. They went out to shote wild ducks. In order to arrive at the marshy ground which the birds frequented, they determined to proceed down to the venal in a boat, and then crossing over to the other side, to walk the rest of their way. The waters being unusually high, in consequence of the rains, the young men found that they could scarcely pass under the arch in their boat. They thought, it is supposed, that by lying down in the boat they could pass. It so happened that the water was higher than they anticipated, so-that when the boat got under. the arch it stuck fast, thus in closing the young men completely, without their having may means to extricate •themselves. They were found two days after dead in the boat, and clasped in each.other's arms. A HORRIBLE TRAOEDT took place a few clays ago in the little village of Cauret, department of the Cruse. A. young man named Dagu.et, son of a wealthy farmer, sud denly rushed on his. mother-in-law as she spas peeling potatoes, and struck, her on the back of the head with a hatchet until the stall was completely beaten in, and she fell dead. Shortly. after the murderer's father entered, and he discharged.his. gun at him. Although it was only charged with powder, the commotion it occasioned caused the old man to fall. He then loaded his gun, and as his sister entered at the moment, discharged it at her. She was wounded in. the hand and shoulder. He then knocked her down, ancl , beat her on the head withthe hatchet until she was dead.. He nest dispatched his father in the same way. He did not attempt to fly, and calmly said to one of his relatives. who came in, " All is over—take up the bodies! You may do with me what you mean neither to fly nor to do any harm to you or to myself V' He was arrested, and lodged in the gaol of Gueret. As no motive for these crimes is known, it is supposed that the murderer had become suddenly insane. YOU'IIIIEUL CRIME IN Amcaica.—A Fitchburg cor respondent of the B08:012 Traveller states that four boys have been arrested in that city for store-breaking and larceny. They had regularly prepared themselves for thieving, and fitted up a small room in a barn adjoining the house of one of them as a receptacle for stolen goods. On examining this room a large number of articles, which was ascertained to have been stolen, were discovered. A book was found, in which was a long list of houses and stores that had been entered, and an account of all the articles taken. A ledger was also found, in which each boy had an account, and was credited on one side with the amount he stole, and on the other side was charged with the amount he received of the stolen property. A large quantity of tools, taken from different workshops in town, were also found. The boys had regular signals, and have been in the habit of attending public meetings and creating disturbances. Two. of the offenders were sentenced to the State Reform School during their minority, and the other two were fined ten dollars each and costs. All the boys belonged to respectable families, and had enjoyed, as is believed, excellent home privi leges and instruction. The oldest was but 16 years of age, and the youngest 13. One of the lads was the son of a widow, whose heart is almost broken by the wickedness and disgrace of her child. DANES AT THE DroolNos.—The following letter from Jens. Peter Neilsen, a saddler, late of Aalborg, in Jutland, but now of Sydney, New South Wales, to his brother, 0. C. Neilsen, a baker at Aalborg, is extensively published by the Danish papers :—" Sydney, Sept. 11th, 1852. I am now in Australia. After working 10 months in Lon don, and clearing half a hundred pounds, I resolved to try my luck in Australia. I sailed from Liverpool, and the passage cost me £3O. There were two more Danes on board, who also intended to dig gold, and we agreed in all and everything to enter into a partnership * * We have now been above three months at work, and have cone, ted 443 ounces of gold, in pieces, of from one to six ounces, and we have moreover 134 ounces of gold dust. D A a t n t is h h is m p i r le e s se d n is t ta m n o e m e e fr n o t m w t e hi a e re m i i n nes S , y i d n n o e r y cie w r h t i o ch s ; l2 e our gold, which is pl a ced in a bank at our disposition. You can have no idea where, and in what manner the gold is found here; the more we go about it, the richer are the treasures we find. In a few days we shall again go out to the mines. * * We live here chiefly on game, which I provide for our kitchen, for you know that I am a good IRELAND. DkIRLIN GARRISON GOSSIP.—it is said the Duke o' Cambridge is shortly to succeed Sir Edward Blakenev is the command of the forces; that a battalion of th e Foo t Guards and the Blues are to be brought to Dublin , for tb°, Exhibition; th a t th e occas i on f or t h e Ex hibition wil l ir marked for a grand military display in the Phecenix-par" in which a large encampment will be- formed ; the al Queen is coining ; and that, altogether, we may exPec' something very grand in a military point otview. FORTIINATZ POLICEMAN.— Sub - constable Ca lli ganr Of the Bruff Constab u l ary , h as got married to a young IP I possessed of £l,OOO fortune in her own right.. The laaj had been for some weeks on a visit with friends at Brulo and grew enamoured with the prepossessing appearatiq of the sub. constable. The happy pair have been joino in wedlock, and since embarked for Australia,. the sub' constable being paid down £5OO of the fortune, and is O r get the remainder on his arrival at Sydney or Pert PhiliP' Chronicle. THE WRECK OF THE QUEEN VICTORIA,.— After 11 lengthened investigation into the causes of the-accident , the coroner's jury gave the following verdict, us-the reso of their deliberations :—" We find that John Reardon' jun., came by his death by drowning, he being a t Of time a passenger on hoard the Queen Victoria stearacP bound from Liverpool to Dublin, which said steam-stlIP was wrecked on the morning of th e 15th F e b ruary, 113Dat off Howth ;:and that his death was occasioned by tihe culpable neglect of Captain Church and Thomas Davis /,, e not slackening speed in a s now s t orm , w hi c h o b scure d 1 1 ;:, lights, and they knowing they were a p proac hi ng l an d. The Coroner said that, under that finding, it would he his duty to commit Davis for trial at Commission, upon!. charge of manslaughter. Mr. Curran applied to had Davis admitted to bail, which was at once acceded 0 , and a recognisance for his ap p earance was t h en enter e d into, himself in £lOO, and two sureties in £5O each; The jury returned a verdict in the other cases to the egg' that three bodies we re f oun d fl oat i ng i n the Bay 01 Dublin. SUGAR 'FROM. BEETROOT.—The experiment of mint' facturing sugar from beetroot in Ireland is alleged by' promoters to have removed all doubt of ultimate success' A sale of I42:bags has taken place in Dublin duringill past week, and the general position of the affair is stao at present to be as follows :—The works are being e arl& on by a company called the Irish Beet Sugar Corn Pal, with a Royal charter, an d a su b scr ib e d cap i ta l £120,000 in £2O shares, with power of increase ° £500,000. Their establishments at present are limited f":' the localities of Mountmellick and Donoughmore, in Queen's County, and these are adapted to the consul; tion of 50)tons.of ro o ts p er d ay . Th e tota l of sq. manufactured and• so ld th us f ar h as b een about $ O t°V while the prices re a li se d h ave b een between £3l and t . exclusive of duty, leaving, as it is stated, a large prof''' . - - - THE SIX-MILZ BRIDGE AFFRAY.—The Spring Assio l opened at Ennis on Tuesday, when Mr. Justice Perrla! after the usual preliminaries, charged the jury at great length, calling upon them to exclude all hearsay' 1 1 weighing the evidence. and to disregard all statements an previous impressions under which they entered the Court' house. He then referred to the Six-mile Bridge a ffray' i and particularly impressed upo n th em th e app li ca ti o n 0 . : the above principles to that ca s e, th e l ea di ng part i c ulaP, of which be sketched. He als o p o i n t e d ou t t o t h em thP if the soldiers were found to have fired without previell a excitement they were guilty of murder, but if any excite' ment led to the conclusion that they h a d no deliberate / 0 ' rention to take away life they were guilty of manslaughter,/ They could not also find a general verdi c t, b u t mus t find their bill against every individu a l so ldi er w h o was pro ve: to have discharged his musket. His Lordship.,made De allusion in his charge to the Romish priests, Messes Burke and Clune, against whom informations have been sworn for riot, and who, it was un d ers t oo d , wou ld b e 1 0 2 on their trial at these ass i zes . Th e G ran d J ury reserve!, the consideration of th e bill s t o Wednesday, when they ignored them. in consequence of this decision th: Attorney-General, Mr. Bre ws t er , ca ll e d upon t h e co at i to place one of the soldie r s i n th e d oc k f or t h e purpose 0., a proforma trial, which would enable him to deliver sr address upon the whole case in open court. Accordingi he proceeded to state facts con nec t e d w ith t h e a ff ra y o f Six-mile Bridge. and maintained that it was the duty e; the Attorney-General to prosecute in a caseuf that kind' He would indignantly repudiate any insinuation that b'; was only, carrying out a compromise when he announce': that it was not his intention to proceed farther w ith tite charges arising out of that unhappy circumstance ; and he trusted that all parties would join in preventing a recur' rence of such events as had recently taken place in the country. The jury, then, under the direction of his lore' ship, acquitted the traverser, who was discharged ; and n' nolle pm:aqui was entered in the case of Mr. Delraeget J.P., and. all the other soldiers. Trig ROXBURGH CAsmx, with 70., passengers, and large frieght of gold, arrived off Portland on Saturday, f!ri,.. landed so me o f h er p assengers b y t h e pilot boat. Ow!rto to the heavy gale, they had some difficulty in reachteg Portsmouth. On the p assage th e R ox b urg h Castle rescqc„, the crew, 21 in numb er , o f a merc h ant s hi p on fire, whic" soon afterwards burnt to the water'S edge. DESXRUCTIVE FIRE.—A fire, involving vast destruct' tion of property, broke out on Thursday morning, s hort before 2 o clock, in the extensive premises belonging t " Messrs. Pa wson an d C o., of St..?aul ' s Churchyard, LO W' don. The two policemen on duty rang the bell violent and succeeded i n arous i ng t h e i nmates to a sense of t bel „ danger. Mes srs . P awson h ave no l ess than 300 yonl3 men in thei r emp l oy , one - t hi r d o f w h om sleep in t't house. The greatest alarra.prevailed for some ti m e aftej the discovery, and but for the means of escape affor4 e by an outlet on to the roof, and thence over the adjoinl houses, there is n o d ou bt great l oss of life would 13,111 taken place. Mr. Pawson. and his brother-in-law, Ellerton, were sleeping on the premises, and they bed only just time to escape. The upper portion of the Pt , mises is almost entirely destroyed, and aver;: costly quill?, stock is also considerably damaged by water. tity of lace and Coventry ribands is burnt._ The whO, WRECK OF THE AJLIENIs.—The fate of this vessel, ,t li f East Indiaman, and. that of her officers and, cre w , has I", a long while excited much anxiety. She sailed from 1. 00 4 don some two years since, on a voyage for Bombay n P e China, and from th e per i o d of her departure fromßonabl; nothing was heard o f h er unt il a b out a month or six wee:, , ago, when th ere appeare d i n t h e J ava paper, an announcla ment that a large ship, supposed to, be the Arienis fr°• T j England, had been wrecked on the Eugans lat. 5 31 south, long. 102 12 east, about 60 miles off 130 matra, on the west coast, and that the whole of the ere to 44 in number, had perished by starvation. Lloyd's a ge at Singapore have sent additional information respeCti_ v the unhappy catastr o ph e , f rom w hi c h we ga th er, that, W 4, though a great many of th e crew . i nc l u di ng th e mast° T , Captain Brown, hi s c hi e f o ffi cer , M r . Ch urc h , and other", 20 in all, perished, th e rema i n d er of th e s hi p ' s coinP9ll;,o 24, were found on th e i s l an d by a merch an t tra di ng the n for oil, who took th em on board hi s vesse l , which P" since arrived at Singapore. p o d FATAL SHIPWLZECK.—A very sad shipwreck hape— e o at Shields, on Wednesday night. Th e sea rose with grals suddenness and fury at the mouth o f th e Tyne, vio heavy falls of snow, and just as a heavy snowstorm citjg on, the schooner Sir William Wallace, laden with c?, and provisions, was observed running from the nortbnl i o with sails partly set, and a flag of distress in her O k ett rigging. As she was observed to approach the br o i a t' water in Shields bar, the Tyne pilots ran to the ° . ° olo house, and immediately manned both lifeboats. " T 1 36 they were so engaged the vessel was obscured by 130 snowstorm from the sight of hundreds of persons " fi f, were on the shore, and when the snow cleared n' c i lie which it did in ten minutes or a quarter of an hour,s o rt• vessel was not to b e seen. The men in the lifeb oat,'les' ever, pulled do wn t o t h e " Narrows, " and looked On' I,OV ward, imagining she had managed to run out to se n „ ; r 01:1 not an obje c t was o b serva b le on the waters. scr, however, as th e snow bl ew entirely away, the ves,s' k l'; discovered o n h er b roa d s i de, with her masts and "ce the sea, drifting inshore, when both boats gave waY n ' a ller T were soon in the mid s t o f t h e ra-ing waters. TM.l„rd round her, b u t no t one of her crew was left ; they he had perished, It is supposed that just as the snowstorwoore, shut the vessel out from the gaze of the peonic on Tr , 1 . 13° , she had struck, and having a fine narrow bott?_d squall catching her sails at the same moment, she 1 1 :; her' stantly upset, and drowned every one belonging _ a The dreadful scene thus enacted within less that . " 9 an d i of the shore, and almost within reach of strong I. ,r au se willing hearts, ready to risk their lives in the, thti humanity, was awfully sudden, being all over 111 ball au hour. t , SRI oaturi Wedn A. 1 subje c ehanc Perfon tesday clown muslin one of Amc tim e al 1., iverp Pert I (Shrem Wav : O NE here of °Oat, a maker' Whom C am p a dirnenE 7 feet £ 20 tons MR. been ticket f day n i 910eml 4 esday , Mr, Atiss A Arevi o , retrar n kore f. ac coo ki n i n Li verp kre ir. t he cor S een ti] °, the b? ti r de anxiou mlgges Pos' peen i pi Port ' 1 erp i nterne 4° N - ari earlier earlier. 1 , 124 Pr0v Kati -gs w ° l f the 'lidlar OCT c l%e in o 42 4 1111,,4be Ini A °° gal reli ef r O f ,2r si ck t ti ehild re listing person thousa reek besto s