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five acres; and if Munster, with so large a relative
proportion of farms from 15 to 30 acres, be the least
prosperous and worst cultivated provir.ce in Ireland,
what can justify dividing the waste lands into a
minimum of 25 acres and a maximum of 50 acres ?"
Again, it is evident that the greater the number of
farms we propose to create, the extra expenses for
barn building, road and fence making, will increase
in a heavy proportion. Therefore, as well upon this
as the other points to which we have referred, we
trust the Government will well consider whether their
scheme would not be far more beneficial by limiting
the farms in contemplation to an average much
beyond the size to which they have hitherto, in Par-
liament, expressed themselves to be favourable.

Advices from Frankfort state that the Northern
Powers have taken such offence at the Speech of King
Lours PHILIPPE in opening the Chambers, that they
hare relinquished the intention they had intimated to
him of acknowledging the Queen of SPAIN.

Madrid papers of the 25th ult. have arrived.
It appears that the cause of the failure of the Duke
of SoromAyou in the construction of a Ministry, was
the objection entertained by himself and Senor BRAVO
MURILLO to entrusting the Portfolio of the Interior to
Senor PIDAL, without whom Senor MoN declared he
would not take office.

The Deputies sat on the 25th, but Senor SEIJAS, who
presided, adjourned the sitting in consequence of the
absence of a Ministry. Senor CASTRO Y Oaozco, has
taken upon himself the task of constructing a Cabinet,
has presented to her MAJESTY two programmes,
one of concession, the other of resistance. Senor
PACHECO has suggested the first, and Senor BRAVO
MURILLO the second.

The proceedings against the young persons concerned
in the riots near Pampeluna show that the youths were
actuated by no political motive. They merely resisted
the system of military recruiting, and as their friends
have provided substitutes for them, tranquillity in Na-
varre has been completely restored.

MADRID BouLt, JAN. 25.—Threes, 31i ; Fives, 20i
15-16.

We have received the Paris papers of Sunday.
The Ministerial journals publish the reply of M.
GUIZOT to the last dispatch of Lord PALMERSTON,
which the Debats hopes may terminate the correspon-
dence. Towards the conclusion of its observations on
the dispatch the Debats has the following remarkable
paragraph, which, as the article evidently emanates from
the hotel of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, may be
taken as an admission on the part of M. Gunor of the
entire truth of the statements of the Marquis of NOR-
MANBY ; a confession on the part of the French Minister
that he knowingly and wilfully acted with bad faith
towards the English Ministry and the English Ambas-
sador, and an attempt to excuse rather than to justify
his bad faith by the unblushing reiteration of a twenty-
times-refuted falsehood:—

" There remains but one word more to say about the dis-
pute which the English portion of the correspondence has
given rise to among the French papers. It appears to us
that there is a great mistake as to the degree of confidence
the English Ambassador might have a right to expect on
the part of the French Minister for Foreign Affairs. The
reasoning is quite as if M. Guizot was bound to take Lord
Normanby for his 'confident.' This is a complete misap-
prehension of the nature of the relations that could exist,
under, such circumstances, between the two Governments.
The English Ministry had changed; there were all sorts of
reasons to believe that the English policy had also changed.
Without assuming towards the new Ministry a hostile atti-
tude (which he has at no period done), M. Guizot would
have acted very inconsiderably (legereinent) if he had not
kept towards them in a certain 'reserve.' Even if this re-
serve had not been justilieffby the recollections connected
with certain names, it would have been commanded by the
position which the representatives of a foreign Government
appear to have assumed. It is a justice due to the journals
which have attacked the Government's policy, that they
have not even taken the trouble of dissembling the source
whence they derived their principal arguments. We know
not whether those to whom this apparent connivance is,
perhaps erroneously, imputed, must be rendered responsible
for it; but surely it was enough to render the reserve, which
was already the French Government's right, likewise a
duty."

On this paragraph we will make but a short comment.
There is a vast difference between refusing a man your
confidence and, under pretence of admitting him to your
confidence, telling him that which is not the truth. The
man who adopts the first 'course may perchance be
honest, but he who adopts the last must be dishonest.
All who have read the correspondence will know in
which category to place M. GIIIZOT.

The Gauche and the Centre Gauche are now com-
pletely re-united, and at meetings held on Wednesday
and Thursday, to agree upon the course to bepursued in
the debate on the Address in the Chamber of Deputies,
it was determined to oppose, by all lawful means, the
" opprobious system which, at home and abroad, endan-
gers the prospects of France, and corrupts public mo-
rality."
The French Government steamer Etna was wrecked
at Tenea on the 20th, crew and passengers saved.
Count D'HAUSSONVILLE, the son of the Due DR
BROGLIE, has left Paris for London on a particular
mission.

The food riots still continue, and as a proof of the
serious nature of these disturbances, we may mention
the fact, that the Government have just demanded,
avowedly with a view of preventing the occurrence of
more serious commotions, an additional force of 182
brigades of horse, and 59 of foot gendermerie, and 10,000
men of the line.

The French Three per Cents. were done on Sunday, in the
Passage de l'Opei a, at 78f. 15e,
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEBRUARY 1.
Boulogne and Amiens, 14%—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cetto
(E2ris and
Pelete) Cons, —Nam ur and Liege, 2%—Northern of France, 11N
I 7%—Paris and strasbourg. 4--Rouen and Havre,
26%—Sambre and Meuse, 6%,

PulvY COUNcII.—H er majesty s rrivy Council, ap-
pointed at Windsor Castle on Thursday next, will be
holden for the purpose of" pricking" the list of Sheriffs
for the present year, according to ancient custom.

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

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ceived
Calcutta and the Cape of G
By the arrival of theshifrom
papers from the Cape of Good Hope to the 6th Decem-
ber, and from Graham's Town to the 2d, from which we
take the following :
(From the Cape Frontier Times, Dec. 1.)
WEDNESDAY, NOT. 25.—Information reached town that
most of the Farmerfield cattle had been taken by Kafirs
during the past night—out of the kraals. A party from
Farmerfield immediately went in pursuit of the marauders,
and the Commandant here sent a party of the Sporting Club,
under Mr. W. Stubbs, also in pursuit of them . ,
Mr. Penny, jun., of Salem, was fired upon by Kafirs .as.he
was looking for some oxen near a drift in the Assegai river,
in the neighbourhood of that village. The ball perforated
the brim of his hat, and he escaped without further injury.
THURSDAY.—Report received of the wreck of the Albatross,
a schooner of 20 tons, chartered by Llessrs. Cawood, for the
purpose of attempting to land supplies at the Fish River
mouth. We have no fall particulars of this disaster. It
appears that after crossing the bar she was steered on shore
by mistake, but that this mischief would have been produc-
tive of no serious accident had not a hurricane arisen on the
following day, and driven the vessel on the rocks. A great
part of the cargo will probably be saved.
Faraar.—Received news from Colonel Somerset's division
This officer, it appears, has lately captured 1,800 head of
cattle beyond the Keiskamma, killing thirteen of the enemy
and losing two privates of his own regiment, who were not,
however, killed in action, but in consequence of some
irregularity of conduct on their part
A train of mule and horse waggons narrowly escaped
falling into the hands of the enemy while proceeding from
Fort Peddie with supplies for Col
Colonel Somersets camp.
These waggons were very insufficiently guarded, and when
the convoy arrived at the Keiskamma drift, a large body of
armed Kafirs were seen on the opposite side, who dared them
to ladvance, and then the waggons were hastily driven back
to Fort Peddie, where they arrived safe. This might have
been a little Burn's Hill affair. The rule of experientia docet
seems without application here ..... Learned that
the Farmerfield people had recovered their cattle near
Blue Krantz, on the road to Bathurst. It appears
that only three Kafirs were seen, two of whom were
shot. . . . We are sorry to learn that two out of three
messengers employed to bring dispatches to his Excellency
from the Government agent in Kreli's country, Mr. W.
Fynn, were shot by a party of burghers as they were cross-
ing the Kei, being taken, it is supposed, for hostile Kafir's.
One man crossed with great difficulty, after concealing him-
self for many hours amongst the rushes growing in the river,
and succeeded in reaching his destination with a part of the
dispatches.
SATURDAY.—Report made that Mr. Maloney's cattle had
been captured near Howison's Poort.
MONDAY.—A shocking murder was wantonly and pub-
licly committed in High- street, Graham's Town, yester-
day evening. The murderer is a young Hottentot, in
the employ of Mr. Ogilvie. The man, it seems, was
standing in the street with his gun loaded, and was speaking
te two Hottentot girls, who were in charge of two little
children belonging to Mr. E. Philipps, to one of whom he
made a prop osal which ou her declining to accept, he
levelled his gunand threatened to shoot her. The children
on seeing him raise his gun, immediately ran off—the eller
ore, a boy of about four years of age, leading the younger.
The man fired, and the ball passing through the shoulder of
one of the girls, who was killed on the spot, struck the other,
who, after lingering a short time, also expired. The man is
in custody From Colonel Somerset's camp there
is news up to yesterday, on which day Umlaala arrived with
some of his followers. Of the object of his visit we are net in-
fo frmed ..... A convoy of mules and horse wagons,
with supplies, reached town, with a quantity of loose mules for
frontier •
service- • • . . Cape Mail arrived this afternoon.
"
' Port-Elizabeth Herald reports that the schooner Rose-
bud,aptain Duthie, hadsuccessfully attempted the entrance
of the St. John's River.
• •
We have •
inst.information from Upper Kafir Drift to the 28th
We leant that Field-Captain 11. Bowker has had
beena seen at patroles out lately. Two parties of Kafirs had
en at a distance, and also the spoor of three other
parties, all returning to Kafirland. No spoor of Kafirs had
been seen'
The
old walls
entering the colony since Mr. Bowker s' arrival.
had been comfortably of the post had been built up, and all the men
hutted The Sporting
Club, under Mr.W. Stubbsp sent to recover the cattle stolen
from Mr. Maloney
from his farm on the Kareiga, re-.
turned home on Saturday night. It appears that seven
cattle only are missing,
and that the party found several