The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-09 00:00:00

" DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

" The Government solicitously cultivates the re-
lations of the Confederation with friendly states.
Those which it loyally maintained with the Govern-
ments of Great Britain and France still continue un-
interrupted. The latter have, with a tendency to the
re-establishment of peace, signified a change in their
policy. The Government has reciprocated it with
estimation.

" In my last messages I informed you of the at-
tacks made on the independence and honour of the
Confederation by Commodore John B. Purvis, in
command of her Britannic Majesty's naval forces, and
that his supercession by Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley
did not alter so deplorable a situation.
" Subsequently the Government of her Britannic
Majesty confided the command of the River Plate
station to Rear-Admiral Ingle&ld. The latter has
exceeded the injustice of his predecessors and aggra-
vated still more the offences offered to the Confe-
deration.

" I regret to say that the answer given by her
Britannic Majesty's Government to the remonstrance
made by the Argentine Minister at the Court of
London, in conformity with the orders of the Govern-
ment, of which I informed you in my previous mes•
sage, has not been agreeable either to the principle,:
of the law of nations, or to the stipulations of the
treaty existing between the Confederation and Great
Britain. The Argentine Minister demanded his
passport, and sustained the rights and honour of the
republic uninjured and untarnished.
" In that state of things, the hope which the Go-
vernment had been inspired with from the official
declarations, the magnanimity and rectitude of her
Majesty, and the honour of the British people were
realised. Owing to this gratifying motive, the Ar-

gentine Minister suspended his departure from the
Court of London.

" it has been satisfactory to the Government to
evince to her Britannic Majesty its constant disposi-
• •• • • • • .• • •

tion to re-establish the relaiion; of both countries on
their former footing of cordial friendship, without
detracting from the national independence and honour.
" The Government of her Majesty set at liberty
various Argentine prisoners, and that of the republic
has made a suitable return for that act of benevolent
moderation.

" The Government perseveres in sustaining the
perfect rights of sovereignty of the Confederation
over the Falkland Islands.

" Repeated attacks against the sovereign rights of
the republic, committed on the Patagonian coasts
and on the Huano islands, by merchant vessels under
the flag of friendly nations, particularly that of Great
Britain, have seriously called the attention of Go.
vernment. It devotes to this important subject that
preferent attention which it merits, in order to pre-
serve and maintain the prerogatives of the national
sovereignty and independence.
" It is with concern the Government informs you
that in the answer given by that of his Majesty the
King of the French to the remonstrance made by the
Argentine Minister to the Court of Paris, in com-
pliance with the orders of Government, of which I
informed you in my previous message, the laws of
international justice have 'A been regarded, nor the
persevering loyalty reciprocated with which the Go-
vernment of the Confederation preserves the relations
of peace and friendship re-established by the Confe-
deration of 1840.

" The Argentine Minister demanded his passports,
and upheld the dignity and independence of the Con-
federation. The high rectitude of his Majesty the
King of the French, in which the Government so
justly confided, subsequently presented to the Argen-
tine Minister gratifying motives for delaying his
departure from the Court of Paris.

"It has been pleasing to the government to respond
with the most benevolent friendship—the rights and
honour of the nation saved—to the just and benevo-
lent spirit manifested by the Government of his
Majesty the King of the French.
“. Rear• Admiral Laine, Commander-in-Chief of
the naval forces of his Majesty in the River Plate,
hus continued uninterruptedly a series of unjustifiable
attacks against the dignity and independence of the Re-
public, with which he has aggravated still more his
former offenses ....

" The Government has been solicitous to remove
every motive of complication with those of France
and Great Britain. At the time when the confede-
rate army, under the command of General Joz-e de
Urquiza, entered victoriously into the province of
Corrientes, the Government made a protest to the
Ministers of Great Britain and France against any
acts of the Anglo-French naval forces, tending to co-
operate with the ruthless Unitarians, or in any
manner to aid them. And it declared to them that,
in such case of assault on the part of these Ministers,
it would necessarily make just and adequate reprisals.
"tin unheard-of and outrageous event occurred in
the port of Ensenada. Several merchant vessels which
were loading there, where they entered when it was
not blockaded by any Anglo French naval forces,
were burnt and plundered. This deed, which is re-
probated by the public law of nations, committed to
the disparagement of the elevation of the Govern-
ments of his Majesty the King of the French and of
her Britannic Majesty, in the presence of their
Ministers Plenipotentiary, imperiously obliged the
Government to make a protest to the Ministers
against so great an abuse of force and all its conse-
quences. It adopted measures with a view to avoid
its repetition, and, in order to curb the actors, it de-
clared that they rendered themselves liable to the con-
dign punishment which the law of nations prescribed
in such extreme cases. The Ministers, in their answer
were led away by a lamentable and irreconcilable spirit
of inhumanity against the Republic. Denying the
justice of the protest of the Government, they declared
they would not receive any fresh communication
which should not have the paclfication of the Plata
for its object, with the previous clause of the evacua-
tion of the Oriental territory by the Argentine
auxiliary divisions. And they indiscreetly descended
so far as to accept a distorted fact trumped up by the
mendacious press of Monte Video in regard to the
death of an English officer, a mate, occasioned in the
port of Atalaya, by his own unjustifiable attack and
imprudent proceeding.
" By these means, which are prescribed by civiliza-
tion and humanity, they protracted indefinitely the
war and the unjust aggressions of the Anglo-French
naval forces, at the same time that the Minister of
Foreign Affairs of her Britannic Majesty was having
at the court of London important and friendly expla-
nations with the Argentine Minister. In the course
of these, he declared to the latter that the Govern-
ment of her Britannic Majesty felt disposed to termi-
nate amicably, in a manner satisfactory and honour-
able to both countries, the existing differences, taking
as a basis the minutes which the Argentine Govern-
ment had confidently transmitted to Viscount de
Mareuil, Charge d'Aff,Aires of France, in consequence
of a priVate and confidential invitation from the latter,
and which were rejected by the Ministers of Great
Britain ald France in Monte Video.

" At that very iirn; s,veral conferences were taking
place between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of his
Majesty the King of the French and the Argentine
Minister in Paris. The Government is sorry to an
nounce to you, that although courteous and benevo-
lent, the explanations of his Majesty's Minister were
not so explicit as those given by her Britannic Ma-
jesty's Minister to the Argentine Minister in London.
" It was about that period that the ringleader Ri-
vera returned again to figure amongst the degraded
oppressors of the unf.,rtunate city of Monte Video.
The bloody scenes which were there enacted on the
arrival of th•!t odious criminal have scandalised the
world. The Anglo-French naval forces have afforded

him protection in his iniquitous plans of bloodshed
and cb,v,,qtstien. They c:ir v4-.yed him with his de-
testable I, reign I.,(There;lts coasts, pro-
. vided with arms, ammunition, and pecuniary subsi-
dies, through the influence of the Ministers of France
and England. He had there perpetrated enormous
crimes of horrid cruelty and shameful spoliations.
The Ministers have thus contracte 1 a heavy respon-
sibility by conduct so much in opposition to huma-
nity, justice, and the general interest of nations.
" Under those same circumstances the most unre
strained robbery was committed in the inLnd rivers
by the pirate Garibaldi, his colleague Rivera, and
other ruthless Unitarians, with the assistance of fo-
reivn outcasts prone to pillage. Under the protection
and auspices of the Ministers of England and France,
they have committed exorbitant and infamous depre-
dations. The Government has orlered its Ministers
at the Courts of London and Paris to protest against
such scandalous acts of violence.
"Neither the explicit acknowledgment which the
governments of France and Great Britain have made
of the perfect rights of the Republic to its inland
rivers, nor the reprobation which they have expressed
of the attack against the Parana by the Anglo-
French forces, has preserved the immunity of the
Argentine territory. The British and French vessels
of war, to the grievous offence of the prerogatives of
sovereignty of the confederation, domineer over the
inland rivers, and aggravate still more the scandalous
acts of unheard-of intervention with which the
Ministers of France and England in Monte Video are
chargeable.
"In the midst of such aggressions the Government
has not ceased to testify the most persevering mode-
ration. Sustained by the justice of its cause,
seconded by the heroic enthusiasm of the nation, and
its firm resolution of maintaining its honour and in-
dependence, it tranquilly awaits the issue of so
strange a situation. _ _ _

" Thomas Samuel Hood, Esq., arrived in this city
encharged with a confidential mission by the Govern-
ments of England and France, to present to the legal
governments of the Confederation and the Oriental
state propositions for peace agreed upon by those
cabinets. I have rendered you an account, honour-
able representatives, of that honourable mission, and
of the correspondence which took place with Mr.
Hood. You are informed of the obstacles which the
Ministers of France and England have reckles*ly
thrown in the way of a favourable termination of the
pacification.

" The Government, for whom it was impossible to
agree to demands irreconcileable with the honour and
independence of the republics of La Plata, was placed
under the indispensable necessity of referring the pro-
posals for peace to those of England and France. You
have given your sovereign approval to the conduct of
the Government.

" With a very painful feeling did the Government
communicate to those of France and Great Britain
that their mutual wishes for the pacification of the
republics of La Plata had been frustrated. It mani-
fested to them the circumstances which had caused
this, and the sincere disposition of the Government
of the republic to prosecute the negotiation on the
proposals presented by air. Hood, and accepted in the
manner in which they had cordially been by the Go.
vernment of the Confederation. And, constantly
iinimated with a spirit of conciliation and of honour-
able peace, it stated to them that if new events occur-
ring subsequently should make it necessary to adopt
some other proposal, it might become the subject of
fresh discussion between the negotiating plenipoten-
tiaries.

" The Government relies with grateful confidence
on the rectitude of the Governments of Great Britain
and France. It hopes that, inspired by a wish for an
honourable peace, suitable to the interests of all par-
ties, they will continue the negotiation set on foot by
Mr. Thomas Samuel Flood, and will remove the diffi-
culties which were thrown in the way of the happy
result of his mission by the ministers of France and
Eugl,:nd in Monte Video.
" The withdrawal from that city of the British
regiments which her Britannic Majesty's Minister
there diverted from their original destination, the
removal of Rear-Admiral Inglefield from the com-
mand of the British naval station in the River Plate,
the appointment and arrival of Commodore Sir
Iliornas Herbert, of such honourable antecedents in
the republics of La Piata, are events which concur to
justify the sanguine hopes of the Government.
" It feels satisfaction in announcing to you that in
Europe and America the most lively reprobation lit-ts
been manifested and expressed against the Anglo-
French intervention. So just a demonstration has
augmented the moral strength of the legal Govern-
ments of La Plata.

" The Consul-General of her Majesty the Queen
of Spain, in Monte Video, solicited the Government
to exempt from service all her Catholic Majesty's
subjects, who might involuntarily have entered the
ranks of the army of the Confederation, and to
allow all Spaniards freely to leave the republic who
might be desirous of so doing.
" The Governments, animated with the most
lively sympathies towards the Spanish nation, not-
withstanding the impediments offered by the want
of an official character near the Argentine Confede-
ration, in the Spanish Consul-General at Monte
Video, did all that was possible in order to tes-
tify the feelings of benevolent friendship which it
cherishes towards her Catholic Majesty. Giving the
correspondence a confidential character it pre-
sented in that same form to her Majesty's Con-
sul General frank and sincere explanations of the
true political position of Spaniards in the Confedera-
tion. It informed him of the kind of civic service ren-
dered by the latter, on the same footing as the natives
of the country, in the militia corps, and of the just
motives of the restraint experienced by some, on
certain occasions, in obtaining their passports.
" Her Majesty's Consul- General insisted on his
groundless demand, and despatched the Commander
of the Spanish naval forces to follow up the same on
friendly terms. The Government maintained the
justice of its rights. It evinced towards the Com-
mander the courtesy and consideration due to the
dignity of her Catholic Majesty's Government. lam
sorry to announce to you that that of the Confedera-
tion did not receive a suitable return. The undue
protection afforded by the boats belonging to her
Majesty's Nessel of war lying in the port of Buenos
Ayres to several Spanish emigrants who had run
away from their employers, to whom they were in-
debted for the amount of their passage, was well nigh
producing unpleasant results.
"In view of such unjustifiable proceedings, the
Government, with all moderation, avoided dh-agreable
complications, by adopting suitable measures to pre-
vent the recurrence of such an abuse.
"In the answer given to her Majesty's Consul-
General enlarging on the previous explanations, it
ceased not to manifest its kind feeling towards the
Spanish nation and its Government.

The Government of the Confederation has been
recently informed, by official advices from Europe
that the ex-President of the Republic of Ecuador,
General Flores, an E►nigrant in Spain residing in
Madrid, has concerted and prepared a warlike inva-
sion against that republic, with the aid of the Spanish
Government, for the purpose of re--establishing
Spanish dominion under a monarchy vk hich is to be
formed out of the Republics of Ecuador, New Gra-
nada, Peru, and Bolivia, and is to fall to the lot of a
son of her Majesty Queen Christina and the Duke
de Riansares, her second husband, which son, scarcely
in his infancy, would offer a many years' regency in
favour of General Flores.

" One of his aides-de-camp was enlisting two thou-
sand Irishmen, who were to join the expedition, for
which purpose he had hired three steamers to convey
them to Sawander, where they are to join the Spanish
troops. It was not ascertained whether the large
quantity of funds which was disposed of in London
was supplied by her Majesty Queen Christina or by
his Majesty of the King of the French.
General Flores was aided in this treacherous en-

terprise by the odious Spaniard Mora, so well known
in the American republics from the cooperation he
afforded in his plans of usurpation to the traitor Santa
Cruz. The latter had arrived at Madrid, from Bor-
deaux, to join the debased General Flores.
" The Minister Plenipotentiary of the republic of
Peru and the Chargé d'Affaires from New Granada
at the Court of London, had officially remonstrated
with her Britannic Majesty's Minister of Foreign
Affairs in regard to that strange conspiracy against
the liberty and independence of the states they re-
present, especially with respect to the enlistment in
Ireland, requesting the Government of her Majesty
to prevent it, as was its duty, according to the laws
of Great Britain, and as a friendly and neutral
power.
" The Charge d'Affaires of the Chilian Republic at
.the. Court of Parisi- well informed of this nefarious
project, had repaired to London, and was taking steps
with the Government of her Majesty to the same
effect. In view of the character which that execrable
attempt presents, so outrageous to the dignity and
independence of America, and so much at variance
with the interests of her Catholic Majesty and of the
Spanish nation, the GeNernment has adopted and will
decidedly maintain the position prescribed to it by
the paramount interests of the Confederation, and
those of the common cause of the other American
states, in order to resist and repel so unheard of and
irritating an aggression."
(EXTRACT FROM PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.)
BUENOS AYRES, JAN 13.—My dear Friend—Many
thanks fur your kind letter of 4 h Nov., which came
to hind on the 7th inst., per packet, and I can only
hope that your next will contain the pleasing news
that both the British and French Governments have
resolved on removing their present Ministers from
the River Plate: fur unless they decicle on this, I am
afraid it will be very difficult to settle the existing
differences, as this Government will not accede to
their preten-ions, and they will throw every obstacle
possible in the way of a settlem“nt. The question would
easily be settled with new Ministers, but with Messrs.

Ouseley and Deffaudis I am afraid it is impossible ;
e%•en suppose by strict orders from tbpir Governments
tl-,ey agree upon the terms, thy obstacles
in the e.xecadon of the treaty. The old proverb of
" where there is a will there is a way," applies well
to the Ministers, and as long as they have any inter-
ference in the question, it will be very difficult to
settle.

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TRADE IN CHINA.

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he House of Coininons of J.ln. 26 a copy of order
ordinances, rules, and regulations concerning ti
trade in China. The f aowing is an extract there
from of much interest :
SIR JOHN DAVIS TO THE CHINESE MINISTER.

The taking of Paysandu on the Nth ult., by
Frutos Rivera, assisted by the french, has cau,ed
great sensation here, on account of the horrors com-
mitted. The French brig of war, Pandour, fired
150 shells into the town, and Rivera, not contented
with this destruction of property, set fire to the town
—the number killed on both sides is estimated at
about 700. So much towards pacifying the Banda
Oriental ; for if they go on killing people at this rate,
the ministers will certainly obtain their object, for
there will not remain any inhabitants to fight. We
shall, as well as many of our neighbours, be losers,
as many who owed us money were killed in the
assault.

Victoria, IL.iz-Kong, Jan. 22, 1846.
I have had the honour to receive y,ur Excellency's
,:ote respecting the difficulties attendant on openii g
the city of Canton to British merchants.
In the Treaty of Nanking, the second article states
chat "British subjects with their families and esta-
blishments shall he allowed to reside, for the purpose
of carrying on their mercantile pursuits, without mo-
lestation or restraint, at the cities and towns of Can-
ton, Amoy, Foo-chow-foo, Ningpo, and Shanghae."
Now, the treaty has already been equitably fulfilled
at four of these ports, and Canton remains the only
exception. Even at Foo-chow foo, where difficulties
were last year urged exactly similar to those alleged
regarding Canton, your Excellency's Government has
enforced the provisions of the treaty.
In the first article of the Treaty of Nanking, it is
stated that the subjects of our two Governments re-
spectively "shall enjoy full security and protection
for their persons and property within the dominions
of the other."
It is a matter of high satisfaction to reflect that at
four of the ports the greatest security and tranquil-
lity prevail. Even at Foo-chow-foo, where I had
last year so much reason to complain, the people have
been brought, in consequence of my representations,
and by means of proper examples, to behave with
perfect correctness towards foreigners. But, unfor-
tunately, at Canton the evil is far from being confined
to a mere exclusion from the city. Your Excellency
knows that the Vice-consul himself, a public officer,
was wantonly and outrageously assaulted on the
opposite side of the river, and no redress whatever
has yet been afforded for that and another similar
instance reported to me by the Consul.
Your Excellency's long experience of public life
must convince you that such a state of things cannot
continue. At Canton was the origin of those troubles
which were happily terminated by the peace ; and it
is my wish for the continuance of our present friendly
relations that makes me desirous to urge in the least
unpleasant manner, and before it is too late, the com-
pletion of treaty engagements at Canton.
In the twelfth article of the Treaty of Nanking it
is expressly provided, that " the islands of Koolangsoo
and Chusan will continue to be held by her Majesty's
forces until the money payments and the arrange-
ments for opening the ports to British merchants be
completed."
In July, 1843, your Excellency addressed the an-
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with the others, and solemnly engaging that it should
be done. I have myself repeatedly pressed this en-
gagement on your Excellency, and now urge it with
the authority of my Government. Koolangsoo has
already been delivered up; and her Majesty 'a forces
will evacuate Chusan the moment some arrangement

The report that a steamer was waiting the arrival
of Air. Flood, to bring out the decision of the British
and French Governments, has given spirits to the
people, and all are anxiously waiting for this desired
event—the general wish is for peace.

EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH-
WEST.
(From the South Australian Gazette, of Sept. 19.)
IVe announced last week the unfortunate termina-
tion of the expedition to the north-west of Lake
"L'orrens, under the direction of Mr. J. A. Horrocks.
esterday afternoon an express arrived from Mr.
llobinson's station, with the intelligence that Mr.
Horrocks and his party had arrived there. Mr.
Horrock's wounds were not considered desperate,
although it was feared that amputation of the injured
hand would be necessary. Medical aid, we believe,
was promptly dispatched, and the following letter
from Mr. Horrocks himself to the gentlemen who
contributed to the expense of the outfit of the expedi-
tion gives all the particulars, and will be read with
much interest :

"Dep6t Creek, Sept. 8, 1846.
" It is with the greatest regret I have to inform the
committee and my fellow-colonists who subscribed tc
the expedition, of its untimely and unfortunate termi-
nation.

"Having made an excursion, accompanied by Mr.
Gill, to the table land on the west of Lake Torrens,
to ascertain if it were practicable to form a depot in
that neighbourhood; and, not succeeding in finding
either water or grass, I returned to Depot Creek, de-
termined to make an excursion with the camel, as it
was impracticable to take horses sufficiently far, from
what I saw of the desolate barren country.
" Having ascertained, the morning previous to our
departure, from the summit of the range behind
Depot Creek, the bearings of a high land seen by
Messrs. Eyre and Darke, to be 32 deg. north of west
by compass, and the distance I considered about 80
miles, I determined to make straight for that land.
4Vith this view I started on the 28th of August, ac-
companied by Mr. Gill and Bernard Kilroy, with
provi.ions sufficient for three weeks, and ten gallon,
of water, the camel being loaded with about 350
pounds.
‘b Our first day's journey brought us to one of the
creeks running from Lake Torrens into the Gulf;
distance about ten miles. The last four miles were
over red sandhills, partially covered with oaten grass
" The second day's journey we camped on the west
side of the table land, distance 15 miles, the first
eight miles over a continuation of sandhills, the last
seven miles over a country covered with stones and
salsolaceous plants.
" The next day we entered a light scrub and very
heavy sandhills, 15 miles.

las been effected according to the treaty.

Your

Excellency is aware that scarcely any -buildings
I whatever have been constructed at Chusan, in antici-
pation of its speedy evacuation.
Adverting now to your Excellency's last note, the
uinult in which the rabble attacked the Prefect of
Canton's house is publi-.•ly and universally known to
have originated in the undtv severity exercised by
that officer on an individual who impuded his way,
And not in any rumoured attempts of foreigners to
liter the city. I have gone to an extreme length in
prohibiting British merchants and others from the
exercise of their just and admitted rights. But even
supposing that such a tumult arose from a mere ills
moured attempt of foreigners to exercise a right
secured by treaty, this only proves the extent of the
evil to be remedied. _ _ _

" The day following, scrub and very heavy sand-
and plains all covered with salsolaceous plants.
The day atter, having made six miles, we reached
a large salt water lake, about ten miles long and five
miles broad. The land we were making for we dis-
tinctly saw. I supposed about 25 miles distant. I►,
rounding this lake—which I named Lake Gill—Ber-
nard Kilrop, who was walking ahead of the party,
stopped, saying he saw a beautiful bird, which he
recommended me to shoot to add to the collection.
My gun being loaded with slugs in one barrel and
ball in the other, I stopped the camel to get at the
shot-belt, which I could not get without his lying
down. Whilst Mr. Gill was unfastening it, I was
screwing the ramrod into the wad over the slugs,
standing close alongside of the camel. At this mo-
o,ent the camel gave a lurch to one side, and caul ht
his pack on the cock of my gun, which discharged the
barrel I was unloading, the contents of which first
took off the middle finger of my right hand between
the second and third joints, and entered my left cheek
by my lower jaw, knocking out a row of teeth from
my upper jaw.

The control of Chinese subjects belongs exclu-
sively to your Excellency's Government. I have
only to recriire for British subjects ft-Ilse privileges
and that protection which have been so often urged,
and so long postponed— and having now received
positive instructions from my Government, I cannot
,lo otherwise than be guided by them.
I take this occasion to renew to your Excellency
*the assurances of my highest consideration.
J. F. DAVIS.
(True copy) ADAM W. EMSLIE.
COMMISSIONER KEYING TO SIR JOHN DAVIS.
(Translation.—Extract.)
JULY, 1843.
As to the free entry into Canton, the two nations
are now at peace, without the slightest ground for jar
or
between
altercation;the inside and the outside of the city?y
at
he ?
When, too, Ningpo, Foochow, Shangliae, may
he entered, why should Canton be solitary in this
respect ? The evil is that the temper of the Canton
population is so unlike that of the Chekiang and
Kiangnan people. The former, since they have felt
the misery and disasters of war, have been filled
with consternation; and, unsettled in mind, they
are easily accessible to doubts and suspicions. The
high Commissioner, on his first arrival at Canton,

In this dilemma I was fortunate in having two
most excellent companions. We were now sixty- five
miles from the depot or any water that we knew of,
and all the water remaining was about five gallons.
With very great reluctance I consented to Bernard
Kilroy's entreaty for him to return back and fetch
Mr. Theakston and two horses, as I knew part of the
country was inhabited by a fierce lot of natives, as
they had attacked Mr. Gill and myself on every pre-
vious excursion. He said he was not afraid, therefore
he left, and reached the depot the next evening by
about nine o'clock. Having missed the tracks during
the night, he could not have walked less than 100
miles from the morning of the accident to the time he
reached the depot, having most bravely accomplished
his task.
" Mr. Gill stopped to nurse me, his attention and
kindness were not to be surpassed, considering the
distance we were away, and
the uncertainty of Kil-
roy's reaching the depot. Mr. Gill has shown him-
self to be a brave and steady companion by remaining
with me. Mr. Gill has taken several sketches of this
country which will show to those interested how very
improbable it is that any stations can be made to the
west of Lake Torrens. All the drainage is into fresh
water ponds and salt water lakes. The
ap-
parently dry in a very few (la 's after rain, the water
hile it is in them being ‘cf a dark red ocherous
colour, the size of them varyi from half an acre to
five acres, and when full not more than six inches in
depth.ponds are

issued a proclamation earnestly and clearly ex-
horting them, and at that time hoped that the
popular mind was becoming by degrees quieter.
But, when returning from Hong-Kong, with a
mind fully decided on inviting, the Plenipotentiary
to conference there, that he might in some measure
exhibit his feelings towards him, he was to his
astonishment saluted with representations from one
Ho-Yushu, who, with more than eighty other of the
gentry, joined in presenting addresses against his
doing so, at the offices of himself, the High Commis-
sioner, and of all the principal offices. Though the
High Commissioner admopished them face to face,
and refused to receive their addresses, yet, observing
day by day the actual disposition of the people, he
finds their suspicions and surmises still unremoved.

The High Commissioner has now, in conjunction
with the Governor-General and Governor, commanded
all local magistrates and other officers to adopt
measures for inculcating a better spirit. And he
only waits till the port is opened and commerce in
progress, when all parties settling into a state of
quiet, they shall meet together to consult within the

The hill we were making for is table-topped with
precipitous sides about seven miles in length; to the
N.N,E. are three more smaller hills continuing on
from them is a low land, gradually diminit.hing in
height till it joins the land running from Lake Tor-
rens. I did not find a spot where there was any pro-
excepbability of finding a spring; grass there is none
except a little wild oaten grass,
sand here and there, and that
not sufficient to feed a
horse.which grows in the

city, whenever business may call them thither. If
there be the slightest falsehood in this, may the
Highest regard it !

It is with extreme sorrow I am obliged to ter-
minate this expedition, as the two men that were with
rue, the camel and myself, were in excellent working
condition; and had it not been for this accident, it
was my intention to have followed down this low
land, running to the N.N.E., and returned by Lake
Torrens, a distance of between 300 and 400 miles ;
and would then have been able to have given P more
accurate account; although I am convinced we should
not hive found one acre of ground to make a station,
judging from the land I had gone over, and what I
could discern with my naked eye, there being a
sterile sameness throughout. Mad it been earlier in
the season, and my wounds healed up, I should have
started again.

" On Sunday last I returned to the depot, horses,
myself, and party, all completely knocked up.—l
remain, yours truly, " J. A. HORROCKS.
" Mr. C. Mutts, Hon. Sec. Northern .Vxpedition."
We are much concerned to announce the return of
Dr. Knott, from Mr. Rohinsotv's station, to which
Mr. Horrocks had been conveyed, with the intelli-
gence of the very dangerous state in which that gen-
tleman is. Mr. llorrocks had been much weakened
by his removal from place to place, and the fatal ter-
mination of his career was hourly looked for.

TILE GENERAL. ELECTION.—We believe we may
eonfid, ntly announce that every effort will be made by
the Government to bring the business of the session of'
Parliament to a speedy termination, With
a view to a
general election. We hear that it is considered not un-
likely that the prorogation will take place some time in
June, and the dissolution will immediately follow. The
Legislature must, of course, assemble soon after the elec-
tion has terminated, but it is very doubtful whether any
other than the necessary business, such as the election of
a Speaker, &c., will be entered upon.—Manchester
and had got the lead by
Guardian.
ACCIDENT TO LORD BROWNLOW CECIL.—Lord
Brownlow Cecil, the second son of the Marquis of Exeter,
who was thrown from his horse Jack, while riding fur'
over him.
the Five Sovereigns Sweepstakes, at the Windsor Steeple
Chases, on TueFday, met with more, severe. injuries than
was at first anticipated. His horse, which had cleared
after the brook,
st
throwinghe se: e rl aalstlebn secondfence•
brook beautifully,
dfefrn, a
atnt
the
e partially
II 1 n
ez
Before he could be dragged away by the bystanders, hi.
Lordship was struck by the next horse., whii.h
._,__s '•••aewer
the brook, and rendered for a time insensible Upon
being taken to the inlantry barracks,. and
placed under
the care of Mr. Richarison, the 11.4nm..taut surgeon to
the Scots Fusilier Guards, in which regiment his Lord
ship bolds a commission, it was found that bis shoulder
was dislocated, in addition to a severe wrist sprain, and
bruises on various parts of the body—the latter being
occasioned, as it is supposed, by his horse railing over
him. The shoulder was set within an hour after the
accident, and up to Wednesday evening his Lordship
was eoing on very favourably.
MUNIFICENT GIFT.--A gentleman, called last week
at Messrs. Herries and Co.. in St'
,Jadfies's-street, am;left, under the initials Z. Z. Z. five nund-ed pounds in
I
aid of the Royal Free Hospital n Gray's Inn-road. We
are glad to find, that, while enormous sums are being
given by the benevolent fur the alleviation ibf Irish dis-
tress, the charities of our ewn country are not, forgotien.
A royal ordonnance was signed on the Ist, approv-
-1 ing the Contract for the fusion of the Cecil and Saint
Quentin Northern Railroads.

POPE PIUS THE NINTH.

To him who now wears the tiara a noble mission
is confided. Gregory the Sixteenth, with all his re
sistances, prejudices, and alarms, belongs to the
times that were. Pius the Ninth has entered upon
his high position with a true appreciation of the
wants—the claims of the age. If he can resist the
pernicious influences that will beset him, there will
be no bounds to his popularity and power, not only
in the States of Italy, but throughout Catholic
Christianity. His dispositi.m to advance will be
favourably contrasted with the determination to stand
still, which was the law of his predecessor Italy
wants a Sovereign who stiall be the recipient of
the public love, and Rome has still links enough
binding her to all the States around to give
an intelligent Pontiff an immense authority. The
other day I received from an Italian r lady a
letter written on a sheet, at the top of which,
engraved in gold, was a portrait of the pre-
sent Pope. "See !" said she, "it is thus we comtnu-

nicate with one another, thus that we convey our gra-
titude for what the ho:y father is doing—our ex-
peea t tion of what he still may do." Un ler the
guidance of a cultivated and civilised spirit, Rome
itself maw awaken from its slumbers. It has still
wi,bin it- some of the intellectual elements which
made it great and glorious. Let any man cross
the city into the Trans-'Ziberian quarter ( fres-
tavere), and watch the countenances of those who
still represent the citizens of ancient Rome—that
portion of the population which is believed to have
e•caped the fusion which the various races which
have from time to time invaded, possessed, and peo-
pled the Italian provinces ; in the whole of that
community, in the women especially, he will find
much to admire, and will not easily believe that
any great degeneracy can have corrupted such a
noble race. And it may be laid down as a safe posi-
tion, that where sound minds and fine physical powers
are preserved, there is no cause to despair of the re-
demption of nations. The seed of greatness have
not been wholly trampled down in Rome itself—
there is still fire in the ashes.—Dr. Bowring, in
Howitts Journal.

THE FINE ARTS.—Wednesday afternoon a prelimi-
nary meeting of gentlemen connected with literary and.
scientific pursuits, and interested in the promotion of the
fine arts, was held at the saloon of the Adelaide Gallery,
Strand, for the purpose of taking into consideration the
propriety of establishing an annual exhibition of pic-
tures, sculpture, and drawing, intended for the Royal
Academy, but which the committee of that body are
compelled, from want of space, to refuse. William Car-
penter, Esq., was unanimously called on to preside.
After a discussion, in which the Rev. J. Richardson,
LLD., Captain Brander. Robert Soutar, Esq., Bertie
Ambrose, Esq., W. Carpenter, Esq., H. Justins, Esq..
and other gentlemen took part, the following resolution
was proposed by the Rev. Mr. Richardson, seconded by
Mr. Soutar, and carried unanimously:—" That a com-
mittee be now formed, with power to add to their num-
ber, for the purpose of carrying out the object of this
meeting."
METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—Wednesday the
prrparations for the foimation of the new street from
the Broad Sanctuary, .Westminster, to Shaftesbury-
Owe. Vauxhall-bridge-road, was commenced, and also
the demolition of the remaining portion of Upper St.
Martin's-lane, for the continuation of the new street
through Leicester•square from Piccadilly and Coventry-
street.

THE VING OF THE NETHERLANDS.--•THE lIAGUF
APRIL 4.—His Majesty the King is so much better
that no more bulletins will be issued.

ACT TO FACILITATE THE SALE f Crown without the Crown's consent, certified by the
OF ENCUMBERED ESTATES IN IRELA NI). I Attorney-General for Trobind.
44. The Acts to extend only to Ireland, and may
be altered or repealed during the present session.

A Bill with the above title has been introduced in
the Lords by the Lord Chancellor; subjoined is an
abstract of its provisions :
CLAUSE 1. Declares that the object of the Act is to
"grant facilities for the sale of estates situat%in that
part of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland,
which may be charged with incumbrances, or subject
to trusts authorising or requiring sale ;" and the fol-
lowing words shall be taken in the extended or res-
tricted sense expressly attached to them in this clause :
Lands Manors, advowsons, rectories, messuages, lands,
tenements, tithes, rents, and hereditaments of any te-
nure, and whether corporeal or incorporeal, and any
undivided share thereof.—Estate. Estate in equity, as
well as at law, and the benefit of any covenant or con-
tract for, or in right of, renewal.—Encumbrance. Any
legal or equitable mortgage in fee or for any less es-
tate ; any money secured by a trust, judgment, decree,
or order, any legacy, portion, lien, or any other charge
upon land, by which a sum of money is secured to be
paid on an event, or at a time certain ; any annual
charge which by the instrument creating it, or any
other instrument, is repurchaseable on payment of
a gross sum.—incumbrancer. Any person entitled
to an incumbrance.—Possession includes the receipt
of rents and profits. —Owner. This word, applied to
any lands or incumbrances, includes any person en-
titled in possession, absolutely or in tail, or quasi el..
tail ; any person for a life or lives, or for a term of
years determinable on the dropping of any life or
lives; any person entitled in possession as tenants by
the courtesy, whether at law or in equity; any pert
son entitled in possession to the equity of redemption,
or the property subject to the incumbrance in any
land, whether in fee or less estate ; any feoffees or
trustees for charitable or other purposes. It is de-
clared that the Act shall operate as well with respect
to any estate or incumbrance created before as after
the passing of th. Act.
2. Under the provisions of this Act the owner of
any land or estate in land in Ireland subject to in-
cumbrance, may (subject to the approbation of
Court) contract for the sale of a part of it, freed from
such incumbrance; any owner or incumbrancer may,
without having so contracted, apply for sale of whole
or part of such land or estate; if an incumbrance
affect less than the whole estate of the owner, but
affect an estate carved out of it of not less than fifty
years unexpired at the time of contract or sale, the
power of sale shall extend to the whole estate.
3. The owner or incumbrancer contracting for sale,
or desirous to sell, may apply to the Lord Chancellor
of Ireland to confirm the contract or sale, the petition
and all subsequent petitions in the case being enti-
tled ex parte the petitioner "in the matter of the
Act for facilitating the sale of encumbered estates in
Ireland."

4. The Lord Chancellor of Ireland, with the ad-
vice and Consent of the Master of the Rolls, may
wake rules or orders for carrying this Act into
effect; the rules and orders to be laid before Parlia-
ment.

5. He may, with the advice and consent, alter or
rescind former rules or orders.
6. Upon presentation of the petition, the Court
may, without the attendance of counsel, refer the
same to a Master in Chancery, who shall inquire into
the particulars and report.
7. Such land may be sold freed from her Majesty's
title, as authorised by 4 and 5 Wm. IV. c. 92.
8. Ml laws, rules, orders, and discretionary power,
and practice in force with respect to proceedings in
court for fore-closure or redemption of a mortgages
and under a decree for sale of estates for payment of
encumbrances or debts, not inconsistent with' this Act
or any rules made under it; the court may apportion
costs as it thinks fit, and order surplus moneys to be
invested in hind for the benefit of parties entitled to
them; and all persons becoming parties are to be sub-
ject to the jurisdiction of the court.

9. When a petition for sale is presented by an in-
cutnbrancer, the court may allow the owner time to
ascertain the validity of the debt.
10. Proceedings before the court under this Act to
he by petition or motion in a summary way ; not to
abate or be suspended by dew h or transmission of in-
terest; parties aggrieved by report of Master are not
compelled to take exceptions.
11. In case of death or transmission of interest any
person interested may apply to the court to carry on
proceedings.

AGRICULTURE IN FRANCE.
A vast improvement in agriculture was brought about
by the revolution of 1789, which by abolishing tithes, ie
leading to the sale of the immense properties of the
clergy and nobility, in ordaining an equal division of
patrimonies amongst children essentially changed the
conditions of landed property, rendering it mere free
and accessible to the class of persons who were most ca-
pable of cultivating it to advantage. But during the
convulsions of the revolution, it was impossible for agri-
culture to make progress in the new career that had
been opened to it; under the directory, the consulate,
and the empire, it had fewer difficulties to contend
against. It was then directed and encouraged by tin.
who knew it, both theoretically and P racticAt--
Francois dos Neuf-chateau, to whom we
are iebted
for the establishment of departmental nurseries- Na-
poleon also showed that he was disposed to eneourage it,
by directing the formation of several agricelteral socie-
ties, enriching and enlarging the nationegarden, and
creating several botanical or economical evens. Still
the wars of the empire retarded its pr Mess, Its ad-
vance was more rapid after the restoratig4ihrought peace
to France, and the old officers of itf6 tenpire, turning
their swords into ploughshares, shed on their new pre-
fession the Mae of that which they had left; whilst they
also introduced new modes of culture. which had come
under their notice in foreign coUntries. It was during
this period that the school of Forestry was founded at
Nancy in 1824, under ',leis XVIII., and that the society
of horticulture was formed under the patronage of
Charles X., during whose reign were also promulgated
the Forest Code, and that in regard to river fishings.
But the fallen dynasty being suspected of the design of
re-establishing the aristocracy of the soil, found itself
hampered in carrying out measures which would have
been favourable to agriculture. Since the revolution of
1830, a greater freedom of action has been acquired;
and it is since tlaini that it has made the most rapid ad-
vances. Its progress has been such since 1789, that its
produce has been increased forty per cent. The greatest
share in this increase is attributable to the subdivision of
the soil among a greater cumber of persons, who culti-
vate it, if not with greaten science, at least with more
energy, and a stricter regard to economy,—to the sale of
the properties of the emigrants—to the reclamation of
waste lands—to the general cultivation of potatoes,
brought about chiefly by the influence of Parmentier—
to the ameliorations in the breeds or live stock, and the
rearing of domestic animals—to the great increase of
Merinos—and finally to the exertions of scientific agri-
culturists, especially Mathew de Bombasle, to propagate
sound agricultural doctrines. At the present day the
onward movement of agriculture continues to take place
on all the points of the territory, and is perhaps more
rapid than in any other country.

12. iirlien upon a petition a reference shall have
been made to the Master, he shall cause an adw•rtibv-
went, announcing the petitioner's name, and describ
ing the land or estate contracted for or desired to be
sold, to be inserted at least once two previous weeks
in whatever daily or other public journals he pleases,
and fixing a day for entering upon a consideration of
the matter.

13. No error in such advertisement shall vitiate the
proceedings.

CHEAP STEAM TRAVELLING.—Wednesday steam-
vebsels •v. re eon i►'g passengers from the river Thames
to Ipswich For 2s. each.

TEE ROYAL HIBERNIAN BALL.—This ball, in aid
of the fund, for the destitute Irish, took place on Wednes-
day night at Wi:lis's Rooms, and was excellently attended.
Nothing could exceed the admirable arrangements
made by the stewards for the convenience of visitors,
and in their endeavours they were ably seconded by the
directors of these popular rooms.
WILSON'S ENTERTAINMENT IN Et DI:M=OEI.--On
Saturday evening Mr. Wilson gave an entertainment on
the songs and ballads of Scotland in the Music Hall,
which was attended by a numerous and fashionable audi-
ence. The minstrel was in great force, and seeing to
increase in strength and vigour with his constant whirl-
ine through the country, for he never sang better than
he did on Saturday, and the selection of songs was ad-
mirable. Besides many of the old favourites, which one
never tires of hearing Wilson warble, the programme
contained some songs that he Dever sang before in &line
bergh ; for example. Burns' fine sone of "Go fetch to
me a pint o' wine, which he gave splendidly to a very
fine melody that expressed well the feeling of the song ;
and another by Tannehill, called " Despairing Mars,"
beautiful pathetic song, and sung to one of the most deli-
cious bits of melody we ever listened to. " The Stuarts
of Apple is a noble song, and produced as great an
effect as it did when Mr. Wilson sang it on his former
visit. In addition to the programme he
sung, and as
"The
Flow, re of the Forest," and it was as finely
a
earnestly listened to by the audience, as ever. In the
humorous song of " The Married Man's Lament," he
delineated the queribius old man with such force and
effect as to elicit frequent applause. At .the cenclueion
of the entertainment, Mr. Wilson i aid a few words in his
usual happy style, in white he alluded to his late visit to
Parie, where the songs of Seotlaiid gave great delight to
his audiences. He said he was to return thither soon,
wi.h the intention of &leg all in his power "to bring the Frerch on iu Scotch." He returns to London to com-
mence his entertainments for the season.—Edieburgh
Evening Courant. [lt will be ebserved, ou reference to
our advertising columns, that this distinguished vocalist
makes his first appearance for the season at the Music
Hall. Store-street. on Monday next.—ED. Sun.]
DANGEROUS SPORT.-011 Thursday, two lads,
named Haliwell and Harvey, who are in the employment
of Messrs. Tebbutt, Rawes, a: td Coy, Back Ring-street,
were placed at the bar of the Borough Court, on a
charge of firing a cross-bew the day before, by which
the lives of certain persons were endangered. The crose•
bow, which was produciel in court, is a powerful instru-
ment, and fitted to do execution not less decisive than a
musket or pistol. It appeared that the lads had got
hold of this bow, which Mr. Tebbutt said he kept in his
private office, and were almost daily in the habit of
amusing themselves with it. On this occasion they used
pieces of lead about the weight of a common pistol
bullet, and fired the bow in the direction of Cross-street.
According to their own confession, each fired a shot.
One piece went through the top pane of the window of
the Scottish Widows' Fund Insurance Office (Mr. Booth.
man's), and then through the glass partition which di-
vides the shop from an inner office, and striking against
the opposite wall rebounded into the middle of the room.
Mr. Boothman's clerk was in the room at the the time,
but fortunately & little to the one side of the window, and
escaled unhurt. The distance of the shot was about 100
yards. The other lead was fired in the same direction only a little higher, into the office of Mr. Petty, soli-
citor,
in the flat above. Mr. Petty has his desk right in
the middle of the window, and had been sitting there
just before the shot way fired, but had left his seat for a
few moments. Inspector M'Mutlen was sent to make in-
quiries, but the culprits at first denied all knowledge of
fee matter, and only confessed when he discovered the
bow in a room up stairs. A sister of one of them said
she was sure her brother had no evil intent ; but Mr.
Maude said that that was no excuse whatever for lads
like them taking up a dangerous instrument, and firing
recklessly in the centre of a crowded town. They had
had a narrrow escape from being brought up on a charge
of murder, one gentleman being seated in the direction of
this shot just a moment before it was fired. Thought.
lessness would not be any excuse whatever in such a
case, for nobody could pretend ignorance of the conse-
quences likely to ensue from firing into the heart of a
crowded thorough atre. He hoped this would be a
warning to them and others to be more careful in future.
He fined them in 10s. 6d., the value of the broken glass,
and 108, each besides. He expressed a hope that such a
dangerous article would be kept out of the reach of boys
like them. Mr. Tebbutt said he bad already discharged
them, and would take care to do as Mr. Maude had sug-
gested. He had no idea that they were able to get at
the bow, which he kept in his own room. The fine
having been paid the prisoners were discharged.—Man-
chester Examiner.

14. Before proceeding the master shall cause notice
to be given to all persons having interest in the sub-
.
ject of inquiry.
1.5. All parties claiming an interest in the subject
of the inquiries may appear, and the master shall de-
termine what parties have a rig-ht-to take part in the
proceedings; the master's omission to give notice not
to vitiate proceedings.
16. Parties disallowed to attend by the master may
apply to the court against his decision within twenty-
one days, or if the court is not sitting, after giving
notice within twenty-one days to the party petition-
ing for sale.
17. Where there is only one incumbrance the court
shall not direct a sale without consent of the incum-
brancer, unless it consider the produce sufficient to
pay the principal and arrears of interest, or sufficient
(if the incumbrance is a re-purchasable annual charge)
to pay re-purchase, arrears, and costs
18. Where there is more than one incumbrancer,
the first shall, for the purpose of giving consent, be
considered the whole encumbrancer, reserving to the
second a right to pay him off and become sole incum-
brancer.

19. When an incumbrancer is held subject to limi-
tation, or in trust, the first person entitled to the in-

come is the party to consent.
20. Where a person entitled to a charge, which is
not an incumbrance in the meaning of the Act, is
willing to accept a gross sum in satisfaction of it,
the master may treat it as an incumbrance, and charge
the portion of land which is not to be sold with it
preferably.
21, All reports and other proceedings under this
Act are to be filled according to the rules of the court.
22. The order for sale may include the whole or
part of the incumbered estate.

23. The court may order the whole of an estate to
be Sold although the master shall have approved of
the save of part only.

24. The court may confirm the report nisi, and
direct it to be served on any person or referred back
to the master for review previously to making order
for sale.

25. The assurance of the land or estate sold shall
t'e made in such form as the master shall direct ; or
he may authorise any other persons to execute the
Bathe; the assurance shall be made to the purchaser,
his heirs, executors, administrators, anti assigns.
26. The purchase money arising on the sale is to
be paid into the Bank of Ireland.
27. The receipt of the Accountant-General is to be
a sufficient cliFeha go.

SINGULAR SNOW PHENOMENON IN ORKNEY.—rn
the current number of the Philosophical Magazine, Mr.
Clouston, of. Stroinness, relates a curious circumstance
which, it appears, not only ast niched slid perphxed
the neighbourhood in which it occurred, but filled the
superstitiou4 with consternation. During one night a
h"lpure dthcearppleati,7
to a*
thiseo vet-
r
says the
writer, there rested xt morning thousands
severaltio l'ic.kheps!lc*: . which Upon
of large masses of *Mow, wiAch euntr,:sted strangely
?tep tallth snow
with its smooth surface." These occurred generally in
tr-m One acre to a huniirifl in extent, while the
clusters wore often hit a tilt a:sunder. ish fields so
e.,ve. ed looked as it tile) h,rl been scattered e
over with
cart loads of manure, and the latter covered with snow;
but on examination the masses were all found to be
cylindrical, like hollow fluted rollers, or ladies' swan:-
down muff., bearing a strong rtAerirbluece to the latter.
The largest measured was 3i feet keg, a,41 7 fi-et in cir-
cumference. ,The centres wets ?early but not quite
holb.w, and by plseieg the fi ad sv :thin when tie sun
was bright, the cone,ntric structure it. The cyliod. r
uPPitrent. They did nil i.ccur in any of the adjoining
parishes, and Were bitli!ed 0) a space of about tire miles:
The first idea as to the erigin of 'hose bodies was, that
they had fallen from the clouds, awl portended some
direful calamity. But • had they fallen from the atmos-
The writer having examined them, was soon
and loose texture must have h-eii
ineed that they had wen formed by the wind rolling
dphesetrre,,,)tehde.ir symmetry
couiTtvhe snow, as boys form snow-balls. Their round
position
u tweett c:ld auoytml otter' t m't
heiaari tydh
with respect to the weatht r side of eminences proved
this. And also from the fact of their lying
eyi aids r dt lengthways,
siti in
were
forte,eitrhtvhci
seoiinbrclseeindi concentric
tcthoset
the
e ot
wuwri
do
rfl;
the windward direction, whence the had
yevidently ga
thered up their concentric layers.
A NOVELTY AT LOUT,--Though the d
rawmg-
room is now a week old, yet there, was one circumstance
so singular and so remarkable—so significant of the
times—that it will well bear to be the subject of gossip
between us now. It
is no less a fact than the Turkish
Minister actually b • his •
ringing wife to court, not
shrouded and veiled up
the profane gaze of "dogs of Christians " and hurried
secretly into the presence of a female Sovereign, but
banging on the arm of her Ottoman lord, and threading
her way through the diplomatic crowd in a court dress,
not distinguished from any other lady, though the
Minister, of course, appeared in his national costume.
Just fancy the old Tories of Constantinople hearing of
this dreadful innovation—there's an end of the con
stitution of Turkey at once; and a pretty account the
Princess will give, when she gets back among the
secluded inhabitants of the harem, of the privileges she
has enjoyed. But while this is all very pleasant, as far
es the Turkish ladies are concerned, we all know that
Ottoman gentlemen are allowed four wives by law, and.
all who can afford it generally avail themselves of their
privilege. What is to be done, then, with wires No. 2,,
3, and 4, should they claim to come to court; or what
would her Majesty do if a Turkish ambassador should
bring his four ambassadresses all at ore !? Some such'
difficulty seems to have presented itself to the minds of
the court and the diplomatic authorities, tbr the Princess
Callimaki was not presented with the furnis and ar
monies usual on the introduction of the wife of a foxt•Jign
minister.— Cheltenham Looker-ox.

28. Where there are several incumbrances the court
ti.ay order proceedings to ascertain their respective
priority.
29. Where an annual charge, not an incurnbrance
in the sense of this pct, affects any land or estate :u
be sold under this Act, being part of an estate affected
by such charge, the person entitled to it may release
the land or estate to be sold without impairing the
charge as to the remaining part of the estate.
30. Provided no payment, not being payment in
full of an incunibrauce, shall affect the incumbrancer's
right to the balance.

31. When an ineumbrancer shall be satisfied,
wholly, or in part, by monies arising out of a sale
under this Act, and that it shill appear that other
persons, or lands, or estutes should contribute to dis-
charge the incumbrance, the court may order pro-
ceedings to recover the money, and have it paid into
the Bank of Ireland.
32. No payment in respect of any incumbrance
under this Act shall affect the right of persons out of
whose estate the payment is made to be indamnified
out of any other land or estate, except in so far as
the court shall order under special circumstances.
33. Where the estate is ordered to be sold the court
may empower the master to include in his report other
interests in the same eftate.

34. Where the land to be sold is subject to a lease
the master may apportion the rent of the sold and
unsold parts, and all covenants of the lease shall re-
main in force as regards the apportioned parts except
as to the amount of rent.

35. No person entitled to any incumbrance shall
be bound to accept payment under this Act Without
i
six months' notice, nor until the ncurabranee is pay-
able.

36. Where the incumbrence is not payable or not
ascertained the court may direct the Accountant.
General to set apart the sum to the credit of the in-
cumbrance and for costs and expenses.
37. When a petition for carrying into execution a
contract of sale has been presented without the requi-
site consent, the consent may be given subsequently.
38. The court may appoint a receiver subject to its
jurisdiction while proceedings are pending.
39. The court may appoint guardians to act for
infants for the purposes of this Act.
40. The court may appoint persons to act for idiots
or lunatics for the purposes of this Act.
41. Costs and expenses incident to applications for
app• ointment or change of a guardian, may be intro-
duced among the general costs.
42 No proceedings of the nature of an appeal can
be undertaken without leave of the court.
43. No land to be sold freed from any debt to the

N.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
SHERIFFS' COURT, April 8.
(Before Mr. Under-Shei iff BURCIIELL.)
WILLSIIER P. SMITH.
The plaintiff in this action is a printer, in Manor-
street, Chelsea, and the defendant is a nuseryman, at
Chelsea and Battersea. The action was brought to re-
cover the sum of 81. 2s. 6d. for engraving and printing
cards, &c.
The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted, but
did not appear.
Two witnesses were called who proved the delivery of
the goods, but the order for part only was proved.
The plaintiff's attorney said if the jury had any doubt
he would call his clerk.
The UNDER-SHERIFF—To fill up the gaps? but
perhaps the jury will be satisfied with the proof of value.
A witness was called and proved the prices to be fair,
and the attorney's clerk was called and proved he
had
written a letter to the defendant, who had returned it by
his man with an answer.
The UNDER-SHERIFF said that evidence of the letter
could not be received, as no notice had been given to the
defendant to produce it,
The jury gave a verdict for the amount
CLERS. claimed.
WOOD AND OTHERS V. WoRS
This was an action brought to recover the sum of
851. 2s. 7d. for goods sold anddelivere
The plaintiffs are coal-merchants -
street, Strand and at Kentish Town, and the defendant is
a clergyman at Finchley•
ed judgment to go by default.
The defendant allow
The plaintifra attorney stated the case. The defendant
had dealt with the firm since 1844, and goods to the
amount of the sum claimed had been delivered ; there
was also a previous amount due to the plaintiffs as exe-
cutors of their predecessor, Mr. Edward Wood. This
latter amount did not, however, form part of the present
claim, although it was all admitted to be due when de-
fendant was applied to for payment.
Evidence to this effect was produced.
One of the witnesses, on being asked the price of some
of the coals, gave the merchant's price, 245. 3d. per ton.
They were, however, charged at 40s.
The jury gave a verdict for the full amount claimed.