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

THE CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY.

Yesterday an extraordinary general meeting of this com-
pany was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street,
to receive a report from the directors, and to consider the
terms of an arrangement with the West End and Crystal
Palace Railway Company ; Mr. Samuel Laing in the
chair.

(The report, which appeared in The Sun of yesterday)
having been read,
The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said, he be-
lieved the shareholders were aware that the period assigned
by the deed of settlement fer the first meeting of to chom-
pany, was the month of August, and the directors would,
under ordinary circumstances, have waited until that time;
but it having become necessary for them to meet the pro-
prietors, they gladly availed themselves of the opportunity
of explaining many particulars of an interesting and im-
portant nature. Their first business was to consider the
terms of the proposed arrangement with the West End
and Crystal Palace Railway Company. When they in-
formed the proprietors that the arrangement would involve
no guarantee on the part of the Crystal Palace Company,
it must be apparent to them that it would be advisable to
have the means of access from the western part of the me-
tropolis. The agreement provided that the Crystal Palace
Company should fix the rate at which tickets should be
issued, including admission to the Palace and transport by
the railway—the proceeds to be divided in the proportion
of 4-7ths to the Crystal Palace Company, and 3-7ths to the
Railway Company—the condition being, as mentioned in
the report, that the Crystal Palace Company should
not fix the rates so 'extremely low as to give the
Railway Company no chance of remuneration. Taking the
amount to be received for each passenger at the rate of ls.
6d. per head, the division which the railway company
would receive would be Bd. a head. Raving said thus
much upon- the agreement, he would allude to other
branches of it, but the shareholders would understand that
the report now presented was not so formal or so simple
as that which they would, receive at the meeting in August.
At the same time, however, he did not wish that anything
should appear to them conjectural on this occasion. The
works which were in progress would speak for themselves
much more effectually than anything the directors could
bring under their notice aind he had no doubt whatever,
that they should ultimately produce a structure which
would be the admiration of the whole country. The first
point upon which they were prepared to give the share-
holders any positive information was one of a very satisfac-
tory description—viz., that having been driven into the
purchase of a much larger quantity of land than they abso-
lutely required, they had resold the surplus at a price
which left them a very considerable profit. Feeling that
the land would become profitable, the directors had ven-
tured to purchase 160,000/. or 170,0001. worth for the pur-
poses of the undertaking, by doing which they obtained the
command of the whole area of ground ; and they were then
at liberty to dispose of the surplus as they might think
proper. The result had been that they had realised a pro-
fit upon this part of their property amounting to 51,0001.
in the course of a very few months. Another important
consideration was, that the land had been sold entirely
in one lot to Mr. Wyse, ;the well-known contractor at
Reigate, on condition that he would so appropriate it
as to secure the Crystal Palace Company against any-
thing in the nature of a nuisance. Mr. Wyse having
undertaking to build villas, hotels, stabling, &c., together
with roads of the very description desire by the com-
pany, and which they would be compelled to construct if
they had retained the land in question. There was one
circumstance connected with the purchase of the land
which was a source of considerable satisfaction to the di-
rectors. When the original purchase was made it was in-
sinuated that a " job" had been effected, in order that Mr.
Schuster, who was a director of the London and Brighton
Railway, might obtain a price for his land. Now, so far
from that being the case, he gave his land at a market
price, quite irrespective of any considerations affecting the
Crystal Palace, thus securing to this company a profit of
50,0001. at the expense of his own profit. The next im-
portant fact to which he would direct their attention was
as to the sufficiency of the capital provided by the charter
and deed of settlement for the completion of the works.
In an undertaking of this magnitude it was impossible for
the directors to pledge themselves to any amount within a
few hundred pounds ; but the principal sources of expen-
diture being now clearly defined, they did not see, as at
present advised, any necessity for calling up any additional
stock for the purposes of the works. The capital authorised
by the charter was 500,000/., in shares, and one-third of
that amount, or 166,6661. 65. Bd. loan capital. The whole
of the expenses, as far as they could see at present, would
be covered by that amount. As regarded their means of
meeting their expenses, he need only assure them that the
whole of the share capital was subscribed for, and was
available. That difficulty was, therefore, completely got
rid of, and they had now at their command the whole
of that sum of 500,000/. As regarded the 166,6661., pro-
vision had been made for placing it at 4 per cent. in-
terest. In reference to the expense of the undertaking,
he observed that the original estimates had proved to be
erroneous, and far too circumscribed. The works had
since grown upon them, and they felt that the truest po-
licy would• be to make the building worthy of the name of
a national monument. They had, therefore, not shrunk
from affording to Sir Joseph Paxton every facility for car-
rying out the beauties of his magnificent design. As far
as could be judged at present, he (the chairman) thought
the out-door part of the undertaking would be quite as
wonderful, quite as magnficent, and quite as striking as
the Crystal Palace itself ; and when it was borne in mind
that all this was to be effected without calling upon the
shareholders for any increase of capital, it must be acknow-
ledged that their prospects were extremely satisfactory.
He now came to the question as to the income to be de-
rived from the Exhibition. There was an idea in the
minds of some people that the benefit arising from it would
be ephemeral, but in his opinion they would find that such
an opinion was erroneous when it was considered that the
undertaking would be carried out upon a basis of com-
mercial speculation. Taking the lowest estimate they
could form from the amounts offered the present applica-
tions for space would realise 40,0001. a year. Under all
these circumstances he thoughthe was fully justified in
saying that they had a fair prospect of realising a per-
manent income of from 50,000/. to 100,0001. a year. He,
now came to a point which he could not say was quite so
satisfactory—he alluded to the period of opening the
building. The original idea was to open on the lseMay,
1853, but this had been rendered absolutely and physically
impossible—and for two reasons. In the first place, in-
stead of carrying on their operations under favour-
able circumstances, they had had to contend with
very unfavourable circumstances ; for, in his experience,
he had never known a winter in which it would have been
more difficult to push forward works of this magnitude.
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opened until a more distant period, and in the
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meantime to admit the public by tickets, at a price here-
after to be determined upon, to see the works in progress.
They might fix upon a charge for this purpose which would
protect the building from being
so far crowded as to en-
cumber the workmen, but at a later period they might
adopt means to enable the working classes to visit the
palace before the completion of the works. There was one
other subject to which he must allude—viz the question
he
as to the opening of the building on Sundays. Upon this
observed, a matters origin and when they applied
for a charter, both the company the Legislature were
under an impression that there was no restriction as to
opening on Sundays ; but they felt from motives regarding
the public, and apart from any question of profit, that it
wwouldh ee enfo
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hbaet adadvisable
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theth a tprot they
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Sunday
no t a d mit thepublic top any portion of
afternoon. They thought, however, that a line of distinction was to be drawebetween the
building and the gardens —and that there was not the
same objection to allowing access to the latter as there
was to opening an industrial exhibition, in which on week
days bargains were carried on. They, moreover, thought
that as the gardens at Hampton Court
'and other places
were accessible on Sunday, the same privilege might be
granted to this company, and Lord Derby appeared to be
of the same opinion. They had not the slightest idea that
there could be any opposition to this part of their under-
taking, but it had since been discovered that an act of
George 111. was in existence which contained a clause
showing that it would be illegal to open on Sundays, seeing
that they would have to receive payment for admissions.
As soon as they heard of this act of Parliament they felt
that the question had become one of national considera-
tion. They accordingly gave a pledge to the Government
that they would not attempt to evade the operation of the
law, and a charter had been given to them with a pledge
to that effect. In his opinion they had no interest what-
ever in getting that restriction removed. Their under-
taking was no longer a solitary one. There was a crystal
palace in Dublin, one in New York, and another in Paris,
and he was quite sure that each would take a
.pride in
assisting the other. In reference to the building in Paris,
he hoped that it would be regarded as a temple of peace,
and that the two buildings—the one in England and the
other in France—would be looked upon as a pledge of good
whether e rxe thee t e
r company
ef
Dulwich had
will and friendship between the two nations. (Hear,
hear.)
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Proprietors consider-
aCbollleergeeepwonhsiicbhilwitoieule d? entail upon the
The CHAIRMAN replied that they had entered into no
such arrangement ; an offer was made to them from the
college, but they had declined to accept it, and Mr. Wyse,
to whom he had before alluded as the purchaser of their
land, had entered into the agreement proposed by the
college.
The report was then adopted, and a resolution was passed
to the effect that the directors be authorised to enter into
an agreement with the West End and Crystal Palace Rail-
way Company for the conveyance of passengers to and from
the Palace on the basis mentioned in the report. It was
also resolved that the directors be authorised to borrow on
mortgage bonds or debentures, under their corporate seal,
a sum of money not exceeding 166,6661. 6s. Bd. on such
terms as the directors might think desirable.
Mr. Whitmore was then appointed auditor in place of
Mr. Chapman, resigned, and the business terminated.

A JUDGE CAUGHT NAPPING, AND AFTERWARDS SENT
BY POST.—Mr. Justice Williams was the other day on
the Great Western Railway, bound for Oxford. His
lordship, possibly fatigued by the forensic eloquence so
lavishly displayed by learned gentlemen when on circuit,
very speedily surrendered himself fo sleep ; the potency of
which may be imagined, when we state that he did not
awake till the train reached Steventon. This was an awk-
ward affair. His lordship was wanted at Oxford, and thither
he must proceed,—but how ? Post-horses have not been
known since the rail opened, and there was no conveyance
but the mail cart. Stern necessity knows no law, and judi-
cial dignity, accustomed to state processions, powdered
footmen, and luxurious carriages, had to be content with
the rough trap of a country postman. Jehu, ignorant of
the rank of his travelling companion, indulged his gos-
sipping propensity to a great extent • it so happened that
a recent assize trial, in which he had concerned, was
fresh in his recollection, and as the decision was contrary
to his views, he took his revenge of judge, bar, and jury, I
in no measured terms, expressing the utmost contempt
for the institution of trial by jury, and giving it as his
well-grounded opinion that all lawyers were rogues,—
the biggest of the R's always having the most luck. The
judge, doubtless, enjoyed the fun ; but the poor post-
man was paralysed when he afterwards learnt the name
and profession of his distinguished passenger. —Exeter
Flying Poet.
DUMFRIESSHIRE ELECTION.—Lord Drumlanrig's sup-
porters in Dumfriesshire have not only discharged the
whole of the expenses of his late contest, but have also
transmitted a handsome sum to the treasurer of the
Dumfries and Galloway Infirmary, the balance left from
the subscription after defraying expenses.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(From a Correspondent °Ply' Times.)-1,
ADELAIDE; DE0.16.
The Peninsular and Oriental Stearn Navigation Com-
pany, while it is eclipsing the rival company in energy,
promptitude, and speed, bids fair to earn'great unpopu-
larity in this community by a course of conduct adapted
to deprive South Australia altogether of the advantages
of its line of transit. Up to this date two steamers be-
longing to each company have arrived in Australia from
England—the Chusan and the Formosa, belonging to
the Peninsular and Oriental, and the 'AuStritliae and
Sydney, the property of the Australian Royal Mail
Steam Navigation Company. The Chusan and the For-
mosa did not touch at any South Australian port at all
on their outward voyage, and, in consequence, the
first intimation of their coming that reached 'Adelaide
was the fact that they had passed by, learnt ,from
Melbourne papers. On its return voyage, or rather
on its first trip in its destined line from Sydney
to Singapore, by way of Melbourne, Adelaide, and
King George's Sound, the Chusan did come into Port
Adelaide, and remained long enough_ to permit die'
patches to be made up and forwarded. But the com-
mander of the Formosa saw fit to pursue a very uncour-
teous course. He brought his vessel into Gulf St. Vin-
cent early in the morning of the 18th of November last,
and her arrival was signalled in Adelaide about 7 o'clock
a.m. of that day. The Post-office opens at 8, and at
that hour it was ascertained that the Formosa's raw'
would be closed at 10 o'clock—scarcely three hours after
her arrival—as Captain Parfitt had determined to go on
board at that hour. This mode of procedure would be
justifiable enough if the arrival of the vessels could be
expected within anything like a reasonable distance from
their appointed dates. But it is regarded as a Berk°
grievance, by those whose avocations or inclinations re-
quire them to bring their letters up to the latest possible
moment before sailing, that they must either run the
risk of losing the mail altogether, or submit to the alter-
native of preparing their dispatches a fortnight or Pre,
before they can be forwarded. In the instancetc6vine'
I now refer the grievance was enhanced by the circum-
stance that Captain Parfitt did not resume his voyage
until two o'clock in the afternoon. The subject vtue
brought under the notice of the Legislative Council on
the same day by Mr. Angas ; but, as the company vvue
not under any contract, nothing further could be done
to expre,s the feeling of the members under the irritating
circumstances.
The Australian colonies have not yet gained
from the opening of steam communication with we
mother country, and the disappointment felt is severe'
bearing a proportion to the high hopes previously enter-
tained. Neither of the 4 vessels belonging to the eon'
tracting companies made the voyage from Plymouth (er
Southampton) to Sydney under 76 days. One of then:
consumed 79 days on the voyage, another 95 days, aby
another 104 days. The longest passage was made
the last vessel, the Sydney, inducing the fear that mat-
ters are getting worse and worse. The Cleopatra, hair
ing left Liverpool on September 7, contrived to mate
Port Adelaide, on December 9-94 days, and that with'
out touching at any other Australian port. She took 3,
days for the run from the Cape here—a performance
which the skipper of the most easy-going tub that ever
went to the bottom would feel ashamed of. And even
the world-renowned Great Britain has done nothing
to boast of. She did not make Australian land 00,t''
the 11th instant, eighty-four days after her dept"
ture from England —an achievement outdone by
many a merchantman making no pretensions to
clippership. The excuse put forward in all these
cases is, that the coaling arrangements are defec-
tive, but we are not favoured with any intimati,°ll,
whether the defectiveness is accidental or inevitable';
and, if the former, whether any measures will be adopted
to substitute more perfect arrangements for those bi
which our hopes have been so cruelly mocked. These
T complaints have reference only to the Cape line. -1-'d
only experience we have yet had of the Peninsular an,
Oriental Company's route, via Singapore, is calculated
to raise our sinking anticipations. The Chusan arrive
at Port Adelaide on the Ist just, on her first return
voyage from Singapore, which port she had left on the
Ist of November, and brought with her English advi_lce".
to the 24th of September. This is the most "pewit
transmission of intelligence we have yet enjoyed, bt!
even this is not all that we have been promised. It 15
Aidpretty generally believed here that these colonies
not obtain the full benefits of steam communication not'
Brother Jonathan gets the notion into his head to
pete with Old England on the Pacific and Indian, as u*"
already does on the Atlantic Ocean.
While on this subject of steam, I may observe that
the question of the best South Australian port for the
reception of ocean steamers, so warmly debated be.re
prior to the arrival of any, has been, as I anticipated
a former letter, quietly and practically decided in fairer,.
of Port Adelaide.' Captain Down demonstrated tu`
perfect safety and, commodiousness of that port, bar
bringing the Chusan right up to the wharves and laying°
her alongside of them ; and he has been followed by le
or two of the other boats. Generally, however, tut
commanders prefer remaining at some miles distance,
eef
lessen the risk of losing the whole or greater portion , e
their crews ; and for this reason they anchor at tu,
lightship, or go up to the North Arm—both within Per'
Adelaide harbour.
It would be well if ship agents in England would dis-
tinctly intimate to passengers by their respective sb,iPe
woriheatrlrilevraolrantotht
etihredyelsvtoiunladtiobne.lanAdemdoastt tmheeiashni
dent has just occurred here, arising out of the wpcisnoelloPitee;
Aderfimr:itaebnoeusst osifxcmoniltersacftro.
mThtehe Cleopatra, now
e. s
in poortm,ellol
Nor'-
Arm, come up to the wharves, but is anchored at the Nor'-
her passengers called upon Captain Cumming to VT
them free of expense, which he refused todoand„tei
mated that if they did not immediate)y leave the
they would be charged an extra sum for each day they
remained on board ! In consequence of this intimation,.
eighteen of the passengers seized the first opportunity of
getting off the ship, which was offered by a little craft
employed in supplying water to the vessels in harbour.o
th
This boat being already topheavy by the weight of .
tank it carried, was not at all suited for the conveyance
of passengers. The natural consequence of overloading
it ensued ; it was capsized in a puff of wind, and threeo
.
the passengers drowned. The sufferers were the Re!.
Mr. Hiern, a clergyman of the Episcopal Church, 11,
cently of Barnstaple, Devonshire, his son, and Mr. IrenW,
Holloway. Mr. Hiern has left a widow and nine chi'

dren, bereaved strangers in a strand land !
The members of the Legislature have evinced °usi•
derable improvement in this their second session. Thal
has been much less time wasted than during their
assembly, and much more work done ; 29 bills were l a
troduced, of which 26 were passed ; one was negatiep,
in the house, and two were permitted to lapse. The
jected bill was a Government measure, ostensibly
tended to give to the Executive summary pcw„eArsrb
dealing with trespassers upon auriferous land.
applied to Crown lands alone, no objection would hag
been raised, but, as it included in its provisions P
chase' and settled lands as well as waste land, it
r° Nl/4"'
construed into an attempt to enforce payment of a );
alty from the owners of mineral tracts, and therefore 1 e
dignantly rejected. Law reform has occupied a largj
share of legislative attention during the session. Sae 0,
of the bills passed are short enactments assimilating CO,-,t
nial to British law on various points in which improveate.'„,
has of late years been effected. They are however,
tended only to serve a temporary purpose ; and a e°l
mission has been appointed, charged with the imParinto
task of revising the whole code of colonial law an'.
.„
administration. The commissioners are to put thero:
selves into communication with the neighbouring, c°
nies, and, if possible, to induce simultaneous actien.,°of
the part of the respective Governments. The ilittie
marriage has undergone some discussion, and a
of
alteration, the tendency of which is to place the clergy of
all denominations on a footing of equality with those
,e
the Episcopal Church. Very strong inclination"
evinced by a large portion of the Council to treat
able
riage entirely as a civil contract, and it is very probatbe
that some enactment to annul the recognition by the
State of its religious aspect will be carried during,_ oe
next session. Two very stringent measures nana
been passed, directed, the one against moral,
the other against physical pollution. The latte'he
the Scab in Sheep Act—has become law ; but
former—the Convicts Exclusion Bill—is reserved er
u
the Lieutenant-Governor for the signification of Pot
Majesty's pleasure. The supporters of this bill did nto
expect his Excellency to sanction it ; their object Waa.e
give emphatic expression to their sentiments respectibiri
transportation to Van Diemen's Land. One other taia
deserves special notice. It is an act authorising eer-the
parties, called undertakers, to borrow 60,0001. fer d
construction of a railway between the city and Port e-
Adelaide. This is a most desirable, indeed a most ri_p/
'cessary undertaking, and has long been vexatioc",
postponed. Patience, unfortunately, is to be still 7s,
ther tried, owing to the slovenly neglect of our lawrnaqbe
amounting, in this instance, to downright stupidity. he
first section of the act provides that the bonds to
i,jl
issued as security for the moneys to be borrowed il,"-to
be in the form set forth in the Schedule A annexe" e.
the act. There is no schedule. The act, 09'1801
quently, must be inoperative. A large portion
the time of the session was taken up with debates .11*
the proposed changes in the constitution, tire
after all, ended in nothing. Although a eo
majority had supported the proposition that Othe
change in the constitution was necessary, yet when
precise nature of the change required came to he spe-
cified, no majority larger than one at the most (sod to
times the numbers were equal) could be muster of
vote for any specific measure. The medium comae
appointing a select committee was ultimately adePrhis
and a committee was accordingly nominated. jn
committee the Radicals had a decided preponderarl r
but the Conservatives contrived to accompany the reP,„°,l
with a protest, which was, in fact, a counter-report, '-orb
thus nullified the whole proceeding. Both the rePrio-
_ea
inple the protest
eai slatio
n recommended
tthe
three
estates—thethe
ot hwenP, r,i
optrheeserntreedspelas tthheeyGdoviffeerrneodr,
diametrically—the ettriweolyttathheera;eos,l
being thoroughly democratic, the protest as thorling
aristocratic. Nothing, however was done ; and not
the
will be done, until the unsettlement resulting frarcLed.
gold discoveries shall have been completely rein—
Till then, our politics-will be only routine bismess.

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THE SCREW info
-STEAMER CLEOPATRA.-- vvrrr e are thAt
b
7 the owners of the screw steam-ship Cleopatra utlit
she reached Port Adelaide in 92 days from PlYr°:ain
and that the remaining 34' days, which she o 9 'l port
proceeding to Sydney, were taken up by callingau
Philip, and iii-discfi-argiiig-andreCeiving passengertefore
THE NEW PATENT LAW.--A bill has been laid before
ba
the House of Lords by the Lord Chancellor, whin the
just been printed, to repeal certain provisions et 0,
Patent Law; Amendment Act of last year in reap cl 4,
the transmission of copies of letters patent and op
tioni to the aces in Edinburgh and Dublin.

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The Pope's visit to France continues to be the
great question of the day, and it appears to meet
with difficulties of a very tantalising character. It
would seem, in fact, as if Pio Nono had discovered
Louis Napoleon's weak side, and was determined to
take advantage of the discovery. One day, his
Holiness is to come without fail ; the next, there
are obstacles in the way which will make his visit
nearly impossible. Every new difficulty draws a
fresh concession from the Emperor. The organic
articles have long since been conceded, and in that
respect Louis Napoleon has abandoned the interests
of the Galilean Church to their fullest extent. His
Holiness, having got so much, thinks he might now
perhaps squeeze out a little more, and seems deter-
mined to make Louis Napoleon pay, dear for his
whistle. He now asks that the religious ceremony
of marriage should be celebrated before the civil
ceremony, and that no marriage should be legal
without the interposition of the Church. Whether
this point will be conceded or not remains to be
seen ; but at present it appears to be the stumbling-
block. General de Cotte has beery dispatched to
Rome on a secret mission, the object of which is to
bring the matter to a point. He left Paris three
days ago. M. de Lacour, who is also to visit Rome
on his way to Constantinople, though without any
apparently official character, will probably assist
General de Cotte in the negotiations.
Orders have been sent to Toulon to prepare the
steam-frigate Mogador for Tunis, where she is to
receive the Bey and his suite, who are coming to
France. The Mogador will leave Toulon early in
April.
The Princess Lieven has paid a visit to the palace
of the Tuileries, and been presented to the Empe-
ror and Empress. It was on Sunday last, at one
o'clock, that the audience took place in the private
apartments of the Empress. The visit of the Prin-
cess Lieven is looked upon almost in the light of a
political event. Perhaps her movements are as
good an indication of the opinions entertained at
the Court of St. Petersburg as those of M. de Kis-
seleff, the accredited Minister.
The Moniteur announces that Lord Stratford de
Redcliffe was received on the 16th by the Emperor,
to take leave, previous to his departure for Con-
stantinople.
The Moniteur publishes the ratification of the
treaty, concluded on the 25th of January last, be-
tween France and Wurtemburg, for the extradition
of criminals.
Letters from Constantine state that a new expe-
dition was in preparation against the natives. It
was to be sent under the direction of General Her-
linen towards Biscara, and was to start on the
15th of April.
The accounts of Marshal de St. Arnaud's health
are said to be rather more satisfactory, but no one
believes that he will ever return to Paris. It is
now said that General Daumas is to become Minis-
ter of War in his stead. General Aupick, the late
ambassador at Madrid, was also spoken of, but he
'will probably be left in the simple otium cum dig-
nitate of the Senate.
There are still sixteen places of senators to be
disposed of, and for these comfortable berths the
-claimants are numerous. It is said that one of
them 'is destined to Admiral Baudin, who, the
Moniteur states, has accepted from the hands of the
Xmperor the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour,
which he had refused in 1848, when offered by Ge-
neral Cavaignac for his devotedness to the Re-
public. Admiral Baudin was at that period in com-
• raand of the squadron ordered to prevent the
Princes of the house of Orleans from landing on the
coast of France, and he acquitted himself of his
task with a zeal that was highly gratifying to the
heads of the Republican party.
There was a grand reception at the Tuileries on
Wednesday evening. It was of a very brilliant
description, and was numerously attended.
The Council of State met yesterday to examine
several bills relative to loans for towns, delimita-
tions of communes, and other local matters. These
bills will be afterwards presented to the legislative
body.
For some time past commercial affairs in Paris
have not been nearly so flourishing as they had been
some months before. The tradespeople are begin-
ning to cry out, and the working classes have a diffi-
culty in finding work. This state of affairs has
alarmed the Government, and, with a view to the
nnprovement of trade, it is said to have resolved to
flake several new concessions. The Transatlantic
steam-packet service is at once to be conceded to a
company, and several railways, which had been
Postponed for fear of encumbering the Bourse, are
also to be conceded. It will excite suprise, but
it is a fact, that the notorious M. Proudhon is now
a prime favourite with Louis Napoleon. It is
even said that he no longer adheres to the doctrine
that la propriete c'est le vol, and that as his tastes
on that subject have changed, he has applied for a
concession of a railway, and is likely to get it.
The Debats says :
wh`,L,Mre
perhoapverereceived a list of the names of the persons
the Austrian t
yha r s been placed unde sequestration by
Government. Amongst those names are
the following:—Count Gabrio Casati, Count Francis
Arese, Count Henri Martini, Count Vitiliano Borromec
Duke Anthony Litta Arese, Count Jules Litta Arese, Mgr.'
Francis Simonetta, the Marquis Jules Ferzaghi, Count
Vitaliano Crivelli, Mgr. Elie Poli, Count Marc Greppi,
the. Marquis Rosales d'Ordono, the Princess Christina
Barbiano di Belgiojoso, Mgr. Henri Cernuschi, the
Marquis George Pallavicini Trivulzi, Count Hercules
Oldofredi Tadini, Baron Vincent Cesati, Mgr. Gabriel
Camozzi, Mgr. Batiste Camozzi, Count Octave Tasca,
Count Abbondie Barbiano di Belgiojoso, Mgr.
Francis •Colombani Mgr. Paul Carcano, General
aOseph Jacopetti, Mgr. Charles Litta, Mgr. Louis
Litta Biurni, Major Fontana, Colonel Jacques-Che-
Palier and the Marquis George Raimondi.
These names suffice, beyond any doubt, to prove to
every one that the persons who bear them are not,
~.and cannot be the accomplices of M.
Mazzini,
It the Austrian Government imagines that it lays to
their charge anthing of the horror excited in Europe by
the last insurrectionary attempt of the celebrate d dema- .
Rogue, it makes a great mistake ; and public opinion,
Which has already so badly received all the rigorous
measures to which Lombardy has just been subjected,
certainly will not accompany it in that course.'
The market continues inanimate, and prices are
nearly as they were. The Four-and-a-Half per
Cents. are unaltered, at 104 f. 10c., and the Three
Per Cents. are 25c. higher, at 81f. The Shares of
tile Bank of France and of the Mortgage Bank are
unchanged ; those of the Societe Mobiliere are sf.
,lower, and those of the Mortgage Bank Bonds 20f.
lower. Spanish Home Debt is higher, and the
New
Three per Cent. Piedmontese Loan is 10c.
lower, at 70f. 50c. The Turkish Loan was done a
aback higher, at 1,022 f. 50c. Railway Shares have
;y:aried but little, with the exception of the Stras-
.?nrg and the Lyons to Mediterranean, which are
40f. better. Exchange on London (short) 25f. sc.
naoney ; ditto (90 days); 24f. 90c. paper.

GERMANY.

The Emperor of Austria has taken his usual walk
Ln the bastion, accompanied by Prince Albert of
i°o4Loiay, to whom he pointed out the spot of the
attempt of the 18th ult.
General Hayuau died suddenly in the night.
40te had been to an evening party at Count Buol's,
Where he remained till past twelve. A few mo-
lnents after he retired to rest he was struck by apo-
Plexy, and death put a term to his agitated career.
The Archbishop of Vienna has also died.
The Second Chamber of Prussia, 'en attendant
tile discussion of the estimates, has adopted, by a
liajorit3r of 164 to 137, the second and last reading
of the bill for prolonging Parliaments from three
to six years, after the close of the present legislative
Period.

L Cholera at Breslau does not augment as regards
the number of cases, but, on the other hand, it has
BPread more generally throughout the city. Its
Progress westward is generally expected upon the
c'Pening of spring.
▪ -After a week's thaw and two days' spring wea-
,her, we have a return of winter, with heavy snow,
("id the thermometer two to three degrees below
U Iteaumur.
• LieUtenant-General von Prittnitz, commanding
In chief the whole corps of Guards, resigned his
'll4,..ctions three days past, having accomplished the
"itt,tith yeair of his long and distinguished services.
is rumoured that the veteran General von
Gads,
is to succeed to the command of the
21.1ards, and that Prince William von Radziwill,
uw- commanding the 4th corps d'armee at Magda-
b :I'g, will replace Wrangel at the head of the 3d
113 s, and of all troops in the marches, with head-
garters at Berlin.

SWITZERLAND.

THE KAFIR WAR.

The following summary of Cape news is taken
from the South African Commercial Advertiser of
February the sth :--
" The Sydney takes intelligence from the Cape only ten
days later than the Indiana. In the interval small parties
of marauders have shown themselves on the borders and
within some of the frontier districts, who have been ac-
tively pursued by the burghers and mounted police, and
generally with success. Some 10 or 12 rebel Hottentots
had surrendered at or near Whittlesea' but nothing cer-
tain is known of the Hottentot leader, Brander, or of the
Kafir chiefs, Sandilli and Macomo. There was a report
that some arrangement was in progress with these Gaika
chiefs, on the condition of their retiring beyond the Kei, a
considerable number of their people having been permitted
to mingle with the friendly tribes in lower Kafirland, and
his Excellency's expression in a general order of the 26th
of Jan., that this arduous contest (is) now happily brought
to an end,' gives some colour to it.
" This arduous contest commenced on the 24th of Dec.,
1850, in an attempt to seize Sandilli. Kafraria was at
that time held in subjection by a military force, or in
what is called military occupation. At the end of two
years of active operations Sandilli is still at large, and
Kafraria is held in subjection only by a military force.
The only difference is, that the force was smaller in 1850,
said to have been about 1,500 bayonets, while it is esti-
mated at some 7,000 or 8,000 in 1853. Should this force
be reduced to what it was in 1850 would the colony be
more secure than it was at that period ? Are the frontier
districts stronger, or Kafirland weaker now, or will their
relative strength be more favourable to the colony two or
three years hence than in 1850?

" During the contest a large number of the bravest
frontier colonists have fallen, and a much larger number
have been ruined and greatly disheartened.
" The boundaries of the colony have been considerably
extended, and many inhabitants of the older frontier dis-
tricts are moving into the new territory, still further
weakening the old frontier.
" The Kafirs have suffered loss in men, and cattle, and
territory ; but to people in their condition such losses often
give union and strength. The loss of independence and of
native land is not forgotten or forgiven. They err who
suppose that in this respect the black man differs from the
white. The justice or injustice of the conquest or expa-
triation are out of the case. Justice, policy, necessity,
may relieve the conscience of the conqueror, but resent-
ment glows for ages in the heart of the vanquished. It is
a sentiment universal as the sun, and whatever border
system the British Government may adopt, founded on
the military occupation of Kafraria, they must keep this
law of nature in view, and make provision on this as a fact
that the vanquished and expatriated Kafirs hate them in
their hearts.
" In this contest the Kafirs have shown that they have
the means of obtaining fire-arms, and that they are acquir-
ing skill in using them. To the gun they haveT hiasdednetdirtehlye
changes the character of border horse—a still more dangerorduseernwgianrfeaorfewanard.
of border de-
aonndhosarasetbtearcka,lmwiatsht.
rifles,
n foot, armed only with sticks or
any number of natives o
their far-reaching
Thirtyfarreaeh inygears ago
caofuleT ccoonlofnirosntts
missile spears cast fromf
me well, they could return fromm the hand. If they examined their
ground and chose their
Perea show what a fearful change
almost
hill, Waterkloof, and without a wound. Burns'-
a successful campaign
has taken place within a few
it
during the last three wars,that they lost
hardly appears. years. In some instances
, the advantage lay.
it remained doubtful on which side
more men than the disciplined troops, and more than once
They improve in adroitness and daringclearly
with every war,
with every action. Every slice cut from
" The Governor has all this and more.
itself
eyes, and will make it plain enough in his dispatches. But
it is not known whether any remedy has suggested
to his mind, or whether he has yet discovered the root of
Secretaries of
the evil. In many dispatches from different .
State the too great and too hasty extension of the colony
is emphatically condemned and recently Earl Grey sug-
gested a question, whether the loss of land might not be
one cause at least of native hostility. In the case of
Moshesh, General Cathcart saw clearly that to deprive the
Basutos of their land was to kindle a war not soon to be
extinguished. On this point there cannot be two opinions.
A South African tribe deprived of their land must either
lie down and die, or betake themselves to plunder. They,
have none of the thousand and one arts by which civilised
nations make up for loss of land or scantit.erritory. Land
is their life.
"There is another thing that will, probably strike the
Governor's mind, namely, that in all barbarous tribes there
is a strong love of independence. They don't readily sub-
mit to foreign rule. As far as can be Judged, the Govern-
ment of Kafirland, under Colonel Mackinnon, was more
just, eqUitable, and beneficial to the people than the Go-
vernment of their native chiefs. Many, if not all of them,
were ready to admit this, and were probably convinced of
it. But events demonstrated that men even in a state of
barbarism are not wholly governed by self-interest. With
death and destruction before their eyes they cling to their
chiefs, and have for two long -years exhibited an example
of fidelity never surpassed in any age or. nation. This may
be lamented or condemned, but it cannot be denied, and it
would be a fatal error in the British Government to over-
look it when constructing their future relations with such
tribes. _

ITALY.
„The Opinione of Turin quotes a letter from Milan
111- ithe 12th, stating that the decrees respecting the
guting of the streets are not confined to Milan
One, but extend to all the frontier towns. The
1111111inipality of Milan has received orders to furnish
r°visions for 4,000 men, besides 800 more at
but
The blockade of Ticino is still in force,
lit there are fewer troops on the service. Two
orQ PS are spoken of as likely to be established—
e at "Varese, and another close to the Sardinian
routier,
nA. letter from Florence of the 9th, in the Opi-
:ne of Turin, states that the trial of Guerrazzi
ortcl others for high treason has been suspended,
deaccount of the illness of Montazio, one of the
,_.49ndants. The police proceeded to a domiciliary
tr,:t the other day at the house of Mme. Unger,
celebrated singer, but nothing was found to
Trt any charge there might be against her.
tat,,,o Turin and Savigliauo Railway was inaugu-
pri'q en the 14th. The King, accompanied by the
Ile° Of Piedmont, the Duke of Genoa, and the

•
" After frontier affairs, the internal state of the colony
may obtain a brief notice in England. They have learnt
from the speeches in Parliament that the Constitution is
still withheld, and that the colonists have no more concern
in public affairs than the oxen they drive or the horses they
ride; that; consequently, they are in no way responsible
for any wars or fightings, or other sources of expense, in-
curred by British policy in these parts ; that they, how-
ever, payin taxes levied without their advice or consent,
and spent in like manner,-230,0001. a-year ; that they are
not pleased with this ignoring of their existence, and that
after many vain supplications they are electing a few re-
'spectable men in the several districts, with instructions to
meet together and consider how the actual state of the
colony may be best ascertained, and by what method, or
in what shape, their case may be most effectually repre-
sented to those who may have it in their power to grant
relief. This plan is in progress in a quiet, orderly, loyal,
and constitutional spirit, without passion, hurry, or excite-
ment of any kind. That the people here acknowledge no
connexion with any parties or factions in England, not
being able at this distance to see any marked distinction
between Whigs, Tories, Conservatives, Radicals, Protec-
tionists, or Free-traders, admitting all to be equally
honest and truthful in what they say of each other, and all
equally abroad in colonial matters. That, under these im-
pressions, it is their wish and intention to relieve the brain
of Downing-street, as far and as -soon as possible, from

THE FREN CII EMPIRE. Prince of Carinan, was presnt at the cerem oy.
ief ' The inters g
Many senators,e deuties, and ch
functionaries also attended.

The Bale Gazette of the 15th says :—" The
Biiancia of Milan publishes an article according to
which the Austrian Government is said to have an
intention of extinguishing the flames of revolution
in Switzerland, and of re-establishing the sovereignty
of the cantons by means of an act of mediation.
This article has produced such a lively impression
on the mind of the Federal Council, that it has
transmitted it to its commissioner in the canton of
Ticino. It is stated that Austria still calculates on
a change in the government of that canton. The
number of persons expelled from Lombardy goes
on increasing."

The Zurich Gazette states that ,it is informed on
good authority that for the future the United States
of America will be represented in Switzerland by a
special charge d'affaires. _

ARRIVAL OF THE SYDNEY.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 17.
The Sydney, Captain Franklyn, who has charge
of the mails, arrived last evening in the Sound.
Her cargo consists of gold dust, from Sydney,
32,854 oz. 14 dwt. 21 gr.; Port Philip, 45,289 oz.
14 dwt. 12 gr.; Adelaide, 97,646 oz. 1 dwt. 5 gr.;
making a total of 175,790 oz. 10 dwt. 14 gr.; be-
sides 115 tons 12 cwt. of tallow from Sydney.
From Sydney she brings, as first-class passengers,
Le Comte de Chabrillon, Mr. and Mrs. Walton,
Messrs. Lewis Marks, Herr Halgee, Herr Beeger,
and Emile Dubois ; two second-class, and fifteen
third-class. From Port Philip—Messrs. Russell,
A. Beach, Beauchamp, and Price ; thirty-four
second-class, and thirty-two third-class. From
Adelaide—Mr. and Mrs. G. Hall, Mr. and Mrs.
Hall, six children and servant, Mrs. Lambton,
Miss Armsberg, Mr. B. Armsberg, Charles Groch,
W. Probyn, and A. Jeffry ; twenty second-class,
and six third-class. There are also one from King
George's Sound, one from the Cape of Good Hope,
and one from St. Vincent—making in all 140 pas-
sengers, including children. In addition to these,
the Sydney has obtained 2,0001. from intercolonial
passages only.
Mr. Charles Walton, a gentleman engaged by
the Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Com-
pany, has been the round in Sydney, to perfect
arrangements for facilitating the dispatch of the
company's ships at the various ports of arrival and
departure.
The Sydney left Plymouth the 4th of August,
1852, at 8 30 a.m., and arrived at St. Vincent in
10 days 5 hours ; she was detained there 3 days 6i
hours. From St. Vincent to Ascension she was 12
days 13 hours on the voyage, and was detained
there 6 days 6i hours. The run from Ascension to
the Cape of Good Hope- occupied 9 days 20 hours,
and she was detained there 5 days 6 hours. She
left the Cape of Good Hope October 3, and arrived
at King George's Sound October 24, making the
passage in 21 days 12 hours. She was detained at
that place coaling for 4 days 21 hours from the im-
possibility of procuring labour, and sailed October
29 • arrived in 5 days at Adelaide, remained there
1 day 7 hours ; sailed November 7, remained dis-,
charging passengers and cargo there 5 days 19
hours ; and on November 13 sailed for Sydney,
where she arrived November 16, in 711 hours.
On her return voyage she sailed from Sydney
December 4, arrived in 89 hours at Port Philip,
and remained there 3 days 7 hours. On December
11, she sailed for Adelaide, where she arrived De-
cember 14, in 61f hours, remained there taking
passengers and treasure 3 days 9 hours ; sailed for
King George's Sound December 17, arrived De-
cember 23, in 6 days, remained coaling 9 days 3
hours ; sailed January 1, arriving at the Cape on
February 1, in 30 days 23 hours ; remained at the
Cape 4
'days 12i hours coaling, sailed February 6
arrived at St. Vincent February 26, in 20 days 13i
hours ' • remained coaling 3 days 21 hours ; sailed
March 2, and arrived at Plymouth in 14 days 3
hoursr The General Screw Steam-shipping Com-
pany's ship Queen of the South, was at St. Vin-
cent on the arrival of the Sydney ; she sailed for
,the Cape Feb. 27. The ship John Bartlett was
spoken with off the Cape shortly after the Sydney
left