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shadowed the dangers to which we may be exposed. We, LT OUSE and ESTATE AGENCY.—Liato of
have proposed to assert the independence and authority of Homes Sal Apartments sent her by post, os se/Ammon to
the crown and country of England. We think there is Yr. Dit BERNARDT, boos sad estate meet, and auctioneer, ao,
danger of encroachments on our temporal government, and Jenn-drect, Adushl.
vs have adopted a course which to us appeared calculated . '
to meet the evil as far as legislation could at present meet
it. We have, however, found it difficult to use words by
which the operation of acts necessary to the Roman catholic
religion might not be prevented. It must be apparent
that acts of ordination as well as some others come
fairly within the spiritual jurisdiction of the church.
After all, I really wish that honourable gentlemen
would consider the imperfections of language with which
we meet in drawing up such measures. We have found it
impossible after various attempts to use language of such • '
nature as to prohibit what we might most wisely prohibit,
and leave free that which we might most wisely leave free.
Hon. gentlemen may be more fortunate than we have been
and may he able to point to that exact measure of legis-
tion which is requisite. It is evident that Lord Stanley
has been equallyunfortunate, for he has no definite measure
Ito propose. I certainly will not say that by this bill or
any other bill we have now to propose, we arc free from
danger. I will not say that we arc free from the inter-
ference of the Roman catholic bishops and priesthood with
the education of the people in Ireland, nor in other
matters partly temporal and partly spiritual, and others of
a wholly temporal nature. I du not, however, think, be-
cause we have such dangers to apprehend, that it would be
right to prevent the meeting of the Roman catholic bishop*
for the consideration of matters connected with their church
entir:.ly of a spiritual nature. Every one must wish that
the bishops should have proper facilities for exercising legi-
timate power over their clergy—should superintend their
moral conduct, and should have power to take steps to re-
strain any immorality occurring among the people. On the
subject of the interference of the Roman catholic priesthood
with regard to temporal matters, I am not without
my apprehensions. I have no apprehension iu regard to
this country after the feeling so generally, I might. almost
say unanimously evinced in favour of protestantiam. There
is no danger in Great Britain ; I cannot say there is none in
Ireland. (Hear, hear.) I cannot say that the Roman
catholic priesthood there may not interfere very seriously
with the progress of education, and use their power mis-
chievously for the country. I admit that the whole subject
requires consideration ; but we must see before we proceed
with legislation much further on the subject—we must see
in what manner the government of Rome says and the
bishops in Ireland act. The question, I repeat, is one full
of difficulty ; and I must confess that, after all I have seen,
I think we ought to confine ourselves in this bill to that
amount and character of legislation which will duly assert
the sovereignty of the Queen of this country. (Hear,
hear.)
Mr. NEWDEGATE said that any one who had heard
the speech of the noble lord (Russell), and saw the bill in
the shape in which it was now proposed to carry it, must
exclaim, " quantion mulaus, air illo Ilectore." (Laughter.)
Many people were not aware of the powers conferred on
the ltoman catholic dignitaries. Ile found in • Roan=
catholic work of authority that—" The legates a later.
have the right of managing all the affair., civil, crone-
rnical, and political, of the nations committed to them
by the sovereign pontiff, and according to the decrees of
Benedict XIV. they may renew investiture, condemn,
deprive of fiefs, and give absolution to the extent of the apos-
tolic power; accordingly, as vicars of his holiness, they
possess the plenitude of spiritual and temporal power."
It was contrary to the constitution of this country, Lord
Hale said, that any cardinal should be resident in England.
The following were the powers conferred on cardinals. In
a work entitled " Nolitia Congregationum El Tribunal=
Curve Rum:knee," by Ilunold I'lettenburg, a jesuit, dedi-
cated to the Bishop of Paderborn, and printed at the epis-
copal press at iiildesium, Westphalia, 1693, he found the
following passages : —Page 42—" De l'revelegus Cardi-
nalum. Head 9, chap. 9—" Cardinali Aaserenti se cue
legatum creditor, etiamsi literal sus legationis non exhi-
beat."—Bull Noblissimus. 12—" Elect= in Cardinalem co
ipso a patria potestate est liberatus." 13—" Cardinale. in
COMMIS3IIII BIM ceclesiis a sede apostolica pouunt beneficia
confcrre, jurisdictionem exereen, ante captain posses-
sionem." 15—. Cardinali Asserenti aliquid actum in pro- ,
sentia Papte vel sibi, vivo vocis oraculo a Papa, mandattual
Nine credi depict." He (Mr. Newdegate) slid not think it
safe that such powers should rest with the officers of the
Roman catholic church in this country. Ile hoped that
after the declaration made by the people, and by 395,
members of that house, that something should be done; go-
vernment would really not trifle with such an importantsub-
ject. Well might Cardinal Antonslli say the hon. baronet
the Secretory for the Home Department wasthe most ineffi-
cient officer who ever held office.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 8.

A MORE careful examination of the accounts from
the scene of the new Kaffir war has tended rather to
enhance than diminish our estimate of its threaten-
ing character. In many of the reports., it is true, wo
can trace the exaggerations of panic ; but, after
making allowance for everything of this kind,
enough remains to warrant anxious anticipations.
We have little doubt that the cruelties said to
have been exercised on settlers will ultimately prove
to have been exaggerated. But the reverses expe-
rienced by our soldiery arc beyond dispute, and,
what is worse, they imply either great negligence or
an unpardonable excess of confidence on the part of
the officers in command.
The facts of the case arc simply these : Disaffec-
tion to British rule was known to be widely diffused
among the Guikas and the neighbouring tribes. So
serious was the aspect of affairs that Sir thRRY
SMITH deemed it incumbent on him to visit British
Kaffraria in person. When there he had recourse to
the extreme measure of deposing the greatest chief
among the Katfirs. Had he paid the slightest at-
tention to the indications of what was passing
around him ho must have seen that this had greatly
increased the existing irritation. lie consulted some
of the chiefs, who, if not friendly, had not at least
openly joined the malcontents, about arresting SAN.
DILLI. Ono of them frankly told him that the
attempt would be resisted; the rest, when he told
of the reward he would offer, replied with scornfal
irony that the man who took SANDILLI would be-
come very rich. No man who knew the Katfus
could doubt that they had made up their minds fur
mischief. _ _

Matters standing thus, a detachment of soldiers
was ordered out from Fort Cox to arrest SAxtom.
Colonel MACKINNON marched upon this service with
as little precaution as he might have marched from
one town in England to another. He directed his
soldiers in single file through the most difficult and
dangerous pass in Kaffirland, with their muskets
unloaded. The advanced guard was allowed to pass,
the main body was surrounded and tired upon by an
enemy wider cover. It was only after suffering con-
siderable lose that he was able to extricate huuself
from the defile: all thoughts of arresting SANDILLI
had to be relinquished, and the force had to retarie
to Fort Cox by a circuitous route.
Meanwhile, the insurgent Kaffir, surrounded Sir
HARRY himself, with a weak force at Fort Cox, and
cut off his communications. An attempt made by
Colonel Soneuser to re-open the communication
was defeated. About the same time simultaneous
attacks were made upon different parties of our strag-
gling troops, is all of which they suffered more or
less.

Mr.. STANFORD compared Lorl J. Russell to a thea-
trical manager, and made several jokes upon the ministerial
programme for the season.
Mr. PLCMTRE feared that the omissions proposed in

the bill would neutralise all the good effect it might have
produced.
Mr. FAGAN repudiated She assertion that any insult
had been offered to the crown and people of England. Ile
should oppose the bill, because it was an invasion of civil
and religious liberty.
Colonel SIIITHORP had expected to be deceived by the
government, and had found his expectations realised. Ile
should not be surprised to hear very shortly that the Pope
was in Downing-street, sumptuously entertained out of the
secret service money.
The postponement of the debate was then agreed to.
APPOINTMENT OF A VICE-CHANCELLOR DILL.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved that the bill be
read a second time.

Mr. STUAIVI observed that, as the bill stood, if by any
chance they !were deprived of the Vice-Chancellor, who
would be appointed under the bill, they could not appoint
another without another act of parliament.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he had given notice
of some clauses which he intended to propose when the bill
was in committee, in order to ensure the proper working of
the bill.
The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be
committed on Monday.
INCLOSURE OF LANDS.
On the motion of Sir G. GREY, leave was given to bring
in a bill to authorise the inclosurc of certain lands, in pur-
suance of the sixth report of the inclosure commissioners.
NUNNERIES.
On the motion of Mr. LACY, leave was given to bring in
a bill to prevent the forcible detention of females in reli-
gious houses.
The house then, at 20 minutes to nine o'clock, adjourned
until Monday.

Sir HARRY SMITH contrived to make his escape to
King Willhun's Town. The communication between
that place and the sea was, according to the latest
despatches, still open. None of our forts fell into
the hands of the Kaffirs, and they were understood
to be provisioned for six weeks. Still, the position
of the Commander-in-Chief and his troops was ex-
. .

tremely precarious. His whole troops 'could not
amount to 2,000 men. With these he had to main-
tain a number of forts, keep open the communi-
cation between them, and with the colony. The su-
perficial extent of the country these forts were
erected to hold in check cannot be less than 700
square miles, and it is one of the most impracti-
cable countries on the face of the earth. The po-
pulation cannot be very dense, for the inhabi-
tants depend for their support mainly upon
agriculture; but it is said to exceed in proportion
many districts in Scotland; and throughout this
country almost every man was either in units against
the British, or afraid to assist them, and assailed by
every kind of inducement and intimidation to draw
him over to the side of the insurgents.
In this awkward position Sir lIARRY SMITH had
placed himself by neglecting to concentrate his force,
and keep it on the alert against surprise, at the very
time that ho was doing an act which he ought to
have known, and which ho was warned by the
Kaffirs themselves, was certain to bring the whole of
the neighbouring tribes upon his hands. Sir HARRY
Colonel SOIIIIRSET, and Colonel MACKINNON are
brave and able soldiers, and two of them have great
experience in Kaffir warfare. The first surprise being
over, they may be able to make good their ground
till reinforcements arrive. 'fho Burgher and Hot-
tentot levies are mustering and moving in force to
the frontier. A force of 1,000 men, with stores and
ammunition, have been despatched from Cape Town
or Simon's Bay. As yet only the tribes in British Kaf-
fraria—indeecl only a part of them—have assumed a
decidedly hostile attitude. But if the small and
scattered force in the province be overwhelmed be-
fore succour can reach them, it is certain that other
tribes will join those already in arms, and the move-
ment extend to the north of the Winterbcrg, and
into Independent Kaffirland. What the consequence
of such a result would be, the events of 1836.0
may teach us. Swarms of marauders would enter
the colony by the innumerable passes of its ex-
tended frontier, fill with their ambushes every bush
and kloof as far west almost as Citenliage, and ex-
, tend their ravages northward to Somerset and the
, Tarka. The isolated farm-houses would be burnt,
the cattle driven off in all directions, the corn fields
and stackyards fired. Even as it is, apprehension
' and the appearance of straggling plunderers have in
many places driven the husbandmen from their la-
; , hours in mid-harvest.

THE FALSE CHARGE AGAINST LOR

STAMFORD.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—Tins DAY.
OLD COURT.—Barns rxe it.coausa.

Mary Ant-s-Fari-es-,-g, 41-us—ter for wilful
and corrupt perjury, and unlawfully conspiring with others
to charge George Harry Grey, Earl of Stamford with being
the father of a bastard child.
The defendant, a coarse, ordinary-looking woman, shab-
bily, dressed, and with a child in her arms, pleaded not
guilty.
Mr. Parry and Mr. Parnell were fur the prosecution ;
and Mr. Wm. Cooper defended.
Mr. Parry stated the following case to the jury, and said:
The prisoner is the daughter of most respectable parents,
her father being a spade-maker at Hyde, in Staffordshire, a
village about half a mile from Enville, the seat of the Earl
of Stamford and Warrington. She left her father's house
in September last, enceinte, and on the Gth of Feb. last she
lodged an information at the Marlborough-street police-
court, charging Lord Stamford with being the father of a
child which she had given birth to on the 28th of Feb. last.
On the 18th the case came on for hearing, when the earl
was represented by Mr. Clarkson. A woman named Jane
Lewis accompanied her. The defendant, having been
sworn, stated that on the 28th of February last she was in
company with Jane Lewis, collecting some rent for her
father, and that about nine o'clock in the evening the met
the earl with a clergyman. They were intoxicated. She had
known the earl fur 21 years. He left the clergyman and
accosted her, and inquired whether she was going home.
His lordship said he would walk with her, and after some
persuasion he had a connexion with her, which resulted in
the birth of the child.;
The evidence was proceeding when we went to press, and
the evidence of his lordship and several servants proved
that his lordship was at home on the day in question until
11 o'clock at night, and his lordship positively swore that
he had never to his recollection seen the defendant.
The case was likely to occupy the whole day.

SWORD OF WILLIAM TIIE CONQUEROIL—TheraI
can be little doubt that the sword of the Conqueror is in the
armoury at Goodrich Court. It was presented by Lord
Viscount Gage to the late Sir Samuel Meyrick, and exhi-
bited by Dr. Meyrick to the Society of Antiquaries, Novem-
ber.
23, 1826. The Doctor's letter is to he found in the
Appendix to the " Archteologia " of that date, with
an engraving of the sword. lie states that the arms on the
pommel are those of Battle Abbey, that its date is about
1430, and that it was the symbol of the criminal juris-
diction of the abbot. At the dissolution of the abbey it fell
into the hands of Sir J. Gage, who was one of the commis-
,4uners for taking the burreuder of religious houses.—
Notes and Queries. _ _

The mischief done is already great, and the pos-
sible future devastation defies estimate. The danger,
as we have seen, has been augmented by the
Commander-in-Chiefs overweening opinion of his
prestige among tho Kaflirs. Unfortunately our
charges against him cannot stop here : we arc com-
pelled to come to the conclusion that he has not only
enhanced the danger by his recent conduct, but is
the origin of the whole mischief.
The rising originated, and as far as is yet known
in this country, had been confined to British Kaffra-
ria. The irritation among the Kaffirs had its source
• in the systematic policy pursued towards them since
Ilast war. They were then amerced in a considerable
extent of territory, enough of itself to occasion sore-
ness. In addition to this, military villages were
established inside of and along their frontier. The
settlers in these were old soldiers and camp fol-
lowers, who were, or were called, their wives. The
habits of these settlers were of a nature to bring
them often into angry collision with the natives. To
I avert the bad consequences of this, Sir HARRY
SMITH repaired to British Kaffraria. When there
he attempted to intimidate the chiefs by fantastical
actions and strange mystical harangues. The chiefs
laughed at his vapouring and were indignant at his
peremptory- measures. He first provoked the war,

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JUNE 30, 1850.-Blacksmiths, 6s. per day, without board
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bricklayers, 6s. per day, without board and lodging ; bul-
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with board and lodging carpenters, 7s. per day, without I
board or lodging ; cabinet-makers, 7s. per day, without •
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