The Pembrokeshire Herald and General Advertiser

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCT., I On Tuesday week, a grand ball, given by the Pre- sident to the army, took place at the Ecole Militaire. So immense was the number of persons invited that at half-past ten streams cf carriages two miles in length were seen converging from the populous quar- ters of the city on both banks to the Ecole Militaire. The preparations which had been made at the scene of the festivities were upon a most gigantic and mag- B nificent scale. In the inimiense court of the Ecole t Mil.tiire had been erected a vast and lofty structure covered over with a framework of awning, the gene- ral shape and arrangement of the compartments being those of a Catehdral. The central nave, which was 70 feet high, was the ball-room, and the facade of the Ecole Militaire occupied the place of the screen of the choir. On either side stretched the aisles in double order the two interior ones occupied as pro- menading rooms, with bands at either end-the two exteriors laid out with long-extending supper-tables. The various ait lied portals of drapery Of velvet, and cloth of gold: The pillars of the bail-room rose from bases of warlike trophies, cannons and mortars form- ing their principal supporters, while all the way up they were covered with cross bayonets, swords, and pistols. On either side, the eye caiight two great gal- eries, one, above another, atched and canopied hy hanging!, ithe pilars covered with warlike devices ^nd S&eMs; >(qnjfy^ne^ "Hoil'neur et Patrie." •ts^een VPPPr, paytof the galleries and the 10- side of th^ roof hung largg garlands, -with escutcheons bearing Uje hames of victories gained, 'by the French pnder Napbleon,. IJpiJeri the galleries seats were arranged for the accommodation of the ladies. The whole place glared with lights. Jhe grand apartments of the ,Ecole Militaire, cfi had lately beei^, completely repaired and fitted "P W1tlj gr^at magnincence, were, With the excep- tion,of some rooms reserved for the use of the Prince resident, all open to the guests. The tall-rooms, aDj 't?ora' an<^ the supper-rooms exceeded, two acre3 #nd a half, and,the whole of that space was .filled to Overflowing, the number of guests amounting to, no iesa than 15,000. The greatest portion of, th? ladies were the wives and daughters of. the ameers. The "Zdr*eft-the Fjly8P? aMPn» fs<rPrted by$fitrong ? d of Curai8siers, ^nd repaired to tl]e scene of the testiv,ty,.where, he, aitive^ at half-past eleven, and proceeded at once> cn alighting, to the private apart- ment prepared for his use. After a short delay he fu a* l, 1ball'rQOm, accompanied by bis staft, by the. Marshal of,France, the Princess Mathilde, the Mar.hioness of Douglas, and the Diplomatic Corps 1 lie was received with applause, but no political cries wer. uttered. The bapd struck up the favourite air composed by Queen Hcrtense. In the suite of the Prince wera the Marquis of Douglas, in his splendid highland costume, the Duke of Brunswick, and a great number of English and other foreign officers, in their various uniforms. Dancing then commenced tq the netted strains of Th celebrated bands of the French service. ,i _e I6.8 611,1 freely moved from his seat during JHB t?t and retired at two, Th§ hatipony of the 1V^ ^e. entertainment wa3, somewhat x ?'"re, y a^ irruption of a band of hungry dancers l?"tRatient to wait ^heir turn, charged storm &n^ lhe supper tables by storm, when a desperate scramble ensued. i a ? the Prefect of Police has be^n raised ^°;000f: Th? President has bfered a nf a n nA* i i ^om J118 Pfi*y purse for the best plan rp. 1 e .0 8lng*house for the working classes. The two regiments of artiJbry at Yiiicennes and at the Lcole Militaire have been furnished with howit- zers on the model invented by the President. They PrSdS rm8Sn^ initi^S of A Bill is under examination in. the Council of State £ [«&E CT ^N^TTTCOM- criminals arrested in Fr^ice. .The BILL enacts^St any Frenchman guilty pf a crime according to the ^llli!dr.,vCrnUtled^Ut the territory of the ?^7 f ii^an u^pr«8ecut^d -ar'd Judged pn the de- nund of.the Public Prosecutor, pr on the complaint P?rtles,,even th.ough he may never have ^en pi^ecutet^ in foreign country, unless he ^av ai^hp'T a sentenc^ -A prosecution fori nn %1?lencre(i a^inst a frenchman guilty in foreign countries of the offences offing false W- poi^s, excit;ng tq iefcauchery* robberies, and swind- th/vir-timo 3ectit^on8 ma,y take place even when Fo JiS th1T"?eS0r °ffence» are foreigners. 3^ arre8l?-d in the fFrench territory, as sontn* °J™COVaphV 0f murfier> manslaughter, poi- foruerv and ■waUD.<?'ng»■ rape, arson, piracy, son oi to tbor° -erJ-,n *orei?n countries, on the per- a' it /i ♦ • iprej^ice of a Frenchman, may be pro-1 seeded, tried, and condemned in France. °f administering the oath of, fidelity nf rpfn«al a u^10n the .President proccpds, cases ?hi?Knd it- ueC°ming more frequent. A case of was that of Jch.exclted, S1"^ sensation last week, tho nath k ',L' W^° was called upon to takp TVr t y. he Minister of Public Instruction, the mri £ M i 6 Observatoire being in that de-I f. I -Arago at once,, tendered hip resigna- tion, in prefeyence to taking t{ie oath, and (Sent his letter to the journals for publication. The President oweyer, when informed pf .the circumstance, de- cJmeH to accept the resignation, and ordered M. Arago to be exempted from the obligation of taking 6"^it > # a^' who have refused are equa ly fortunate, M. Yermv, for instance, the,Pre- sident of the late Trihunal of Commerce of ^Evrenx, has been summoned before the Correctional Police on a charge of "exciting to hatred and a contempt of the Government." An ex-representative, M. Beslay, has been subjected to a domiciliary visit from the police, who seized his papers, and among them a let- ter addressed to the Prefect of Morbihan, announcing his intention to resign his seat in the Cauncil General sooner than take the oath. Among those who have refused are two other ex-representatives, Viscount, de Coislin (Loire Inferieure), and M. de Laboufu? (Bouohes-du-lihone. They have both given in their resignation as members of the bouncil General of their departments. Geperal Changarnier has ad; dressed the following letter to the Minister of NVar MALINEZ, May 10, 18^2, a.m. s Monsieur le Ministre,—For a period of 30 years I hsvve served France with a devotion which may he equalled, but cannot be surpassed. During the Restoration I held a rank in the ariny proportion- ate with the obscurity of my services at that date. Under the Government of July the fortune of war raised me rapidly tp the grade cd" Lieutenant- General. Twelve days, after the .proclamation of the Kepublic, w,heri Monseigneur the Duke D'y^u- malftj just escorted by me, on board tl^e Scion, under salute frpm th? ,guns of ihe naval and military forces, as though the King Louis Philippe still occupied ti^e Tijiilleries,, left me the govern'- inent ad interim of Algeria, I wrote to the Minister of War, stating that I had not desired the advent of thp Republic, but that it did not,,appear tq, qr\,e to affect .t^e dyty, yvhich, I owed to ,piy countrVf The Provisional Government.did not break; JpV; sww"d, and. on the I6th of April ,it did not regfet to nnd if. its disposal. Shortly after that day I was appointed GQyernor-Generjjil of Xlgeria in a little time I resigned that_ high, post,. where my will could meet with no obstacle, in order to res-, pond to .the confidence qf the electors o^ Paris, who had called me to the Coii^ti.tueqt Assembly. Gen.' Cavaignac, intrusted,, ^fter t,he events of June,' 1848, in jWhich l had n# share, with the executive, power, appointed pie on the f30th of, June Com- mander-in-Chiefjof the^ational Guards of the Seine. On the 14th of December in the sanpe year, General .Cavaignac having requested my presence at his residence in the Rue de Varennes, told ipe, in the presence of all the Ministers, that the police believed ,th^t .a. Bonapartist movement was in, preparation to ta^e advjy^taife of the cele- bration of the anniversar} of tne transference of the Emperor's remains to the Invattdes," to stir up the enthusj^sm of the,popq]ace, agd Jto conduct Louis f>i^ppleon ^onapafte .tQ. the Tuileries and proclaim him Enjiperoj.' p^eral Cavaignac ended by asking mjy advice as ^o, what measures should I; be taken. v fgajjq it him, a,nd. concluded my obser- vations by sayir^—" AJy dear General,. I give my j. hand to Louis Vapoleon to make him a President, and not an Emperor. In a few days he will be President of the Republic,, but you may depend upon it that to-morrow he will not enter the Tuil- eries, where you have established my head-quar- ters. These-words btieflv but correctiv, expressed my fixed determination to continue that which 1 have been during my whole life,—a firm supotVter 'of order, and of law. Louis Napoleon Port- parte has frequently attempted to make me swerve from the straight line which 1 had traced for myself ialid to induce me to lend myself to, his anibitiou" designs; he has many timps-yery mp offered and caused to be offered me, not only th4 rank of Marshal, which I should have filled in th4 eyes of France without being thought to degradi t, 21 1 it, but another military dignity which has nevei been revived since the fall of the Empire. He pro posed to cgdow. jt with enormous pecuniary ad vantages, but which, thanks to, the simplicity o my mode of life, I arrogate to myself:,np merit ir having refused., Penjeiiving at last that persona! interest had no influence over my conduct, lit attempted to act upon me by .representing.himseli as resolved to prepare the way for the triumph ol the cause of monarchy, to which he believed me attached by predilection. Every species of seduc- tive artifice proved unavailing. I have never ceased, both as Commander of the Army of Paris and in the Assembly, as I asserted at a sitting of the Commission de Permanence," after the review at Satory, to be prepared to defend with energy the legal powers of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, and to oppose the illegal prolpagation of those powers. It would be superfluous in addressing you to recal the means by which the establishment of those powers was brought about, and what acts of ini- quity and violence accompanied their inauguration. Persecution has not cooled the ardour of my pa- triotism. The exile, which I suffer in seclusion, and in the observation of a silence which you now force me to break, has not altered in me the duties which I owe to France. Should an enemy attack her, I should solicit with ardour the honour of combating in her defence. The only French jour- nal which meets my eyes here has just informed me of the decree which prescribes the form of oath to be taken by all in the service of the army. A paragraph evidently drawn up with reference to the Generals, under proscription, allows them an interval of feur. monthp. I reqiiijre np such ex- tended period to, deliberate ;on. a point of duty and hpiiour. The^'tU required by the perjurer who failed in his attempts to corrapt me j refuse. .t CHANQA^NIE.R. Seyeral of the papers having given publicity tp the proceedings of the Council of State, tbey-es-, pecially the Pays and the Public,—bav$. be^n officially admonished that article 16 of the o.rgamc decree pn the, press formally prohibit? any kind of report of the fitting? of the Council of The,'Plufon' steadier left Toulpn pn the 4th with 312 poetical, prisoners for Algeria, among whom was MI. iot member of the late National Assembly. A Jesuit mission has been prganized for Cayenne, where the Government has granted them a -hpi^se and la,nds»., ,• .« The t)ebats and the Constitutional express great satisfaction with the speech delivered.by the Earl of Derby at tb,e, .Mansion House, viewing it as ,A pledge of muti\al desire between prance and Eng- lamAo continue on terms of amity nnd to main- tain the peace of the world. ¡ SPAIN.-Of the fourteen papers published in Madrid, eleven will cease to appear. The Minis- terial journals, the Madrid Gazette, the Espana, Orden alone will continue th^ir ,publication. It is thought that nineteen provincial journals will, likewise, be discontinued. Lord Howden arrived at Gibraltar on the 3rd inst., and after a few days' stay, during which it was his intention to visit Tangier, he proposed to proceed via Granada to Madrid. ,> PORTUGAL.—The Queen, accompanied by the King Consort the Prince Royal, and a numerous retinue, entered Oporto on the 29th ult,, and were received with every demonstration of loyalty. The Royal party had, however, a narrow escape at Bar:el!os, the house which they occupied for the night having taken, fire. ITALY.—The Grand Dukes Nicholas and Michael of Russia arrived.At Rome on the evening of the 2nd, and met with a distinguished reception at the Vatican, i I The Neapo'itan Government has given orders that none of the persons recently expelled from France shall .be allowed tQ. enter the territories of the Two Sicilies. An exception has, however, been made }n favour of M. Thiers, vyho will be permitted to extend his jojiwey in, Italy to the Neapolitan teiritory., The Lyceum of A^ui^a has been intrusted to the Jesijits. j The subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers from tll^ e&rth4«ake ai Melfi, on the l4th of Augvret last,! haying amounted to 111,620 ducat^ ,tjie King qf Naples has ordered part of this sum 40,000 ducats, to Naples has ordered part of this sum 40,000 ducats, to be applied in establishing a permanent loan fund for the relief of smalk, tarmers and manufacturers. GERMANY,—T$e German fleet has definitively leased to exist, the crews, consisting of about 600 men, were all paid off on the 30th ult. A conflict bas qrisen betw^qn the new Regent of. linden and the,ltpmish Fr^burg, in cpnsequence pf the re-j fusat of the latter ,to perform a solemn funeral scr- vicje for the latp Grand Duice: The circumstance Ijfts caused a strong,feeling of dissatisfaction among all classes of the jjopplation! AUSTRIA.—Tjbe Prussian Gazette of ,the ,8th states, from Vienna, under date of the 5th, that t £ e British Minister in that capital has presented,a rtote from his Government to the Austrian Cabi- net, in which the most satisfactory assurances are |iven tha^ jf Ivossuth should ret^n to England, he will not be altowed to abuse tIæ hospitality afforded to him by making himself the centre of political ngitatiou. j DENMARK. The second and final conference for regulating the succession to the Danish throne was held at the Foreign-office, on Saturday, wl^en a treaty, formally recognizing the young .Duke ql Gilucksburgh^ as heir presumptive to the Crown of Denqp^rk aijd its dependencies, who signed the protocol of August the 2nd, 1850, as well as by the Prussian Minister, who was not present at the signature of that protocol. A" arrangement has also been made between the King of Denmarly and the Duke, df Augustenburg, by which the former purchases the estates of tJ.¡e latter in the Duchies tor a sum of 2,300,000 Prussian thalers, to tye paid by annual instalments, in 12 years, and releases the Duke from a debt of 500,000 thalers secured upon the estates. The King of Denmark intends sl^ortl^ to pay a visit to his subjects ia the Duchies^ UNITED STATES.—Xdvices from New York, teach to the 1st inst. The Sjenatq hpd passed a resolu- tion to fix the Oregon seat Pf povei;pmerit pt Salem. A serioqs split likely to interfere ]tvith the eJecti,pn of the /Whig candidate for the Presidency, had,' oc- curred among the Whig, Members of ..Congress, owing to the rejection At a pflee ing of Whig Mem- bers of Resolution pledging fhem to adhere to thp adjustment measures," as fprming, in their mutual dependence and connexipp., a system of compro- mise the most conciliajorj^ .and the best for the entire country. The fn|npnty has since addressed a manifesto to the Whigs, pf the United States. pointing out thp dange^. wljitih threatens the unity of the party, reviewing the benefits which have resulted from the compromise measures, and pre- dicting, if the.jLJonventjqri should fail to adopt the principle of the adjustment measures, the defeat of the Whig Candidate, for the Presidency. I'he Whig Conventiqn pf I^orth Carolina had nominated Mr. Fillmore for. ^'resident, but promised to sup-r portan'^y nonjiijee of the Whig National Conv^j^ tiori, c,n condition of the compromise measprea being adhered;,to. The Anti-Slavery Convention at Cincinnati had resolved to form a ne»V, political organization for the overthrow of the, present Whig and Democratic parties. During tne whole sitting of this Convention the meetinx was densely crowded with white and coloured laqies and gen- tlemen, who sat promiscuously, a. circumstance so .1 novel as to have attracted attention. A meeting was about to bqjield at New York to promote the erection of a monument in Dublin, to the memory of the poet ^oore. At Baltimore, Frederick, and Washington, on,the 30th, the shock of an earthquake was, experienced. M. Kossuth had been entertained at ,,a. banquet in Boston, where his reception was enthusiastic. The California Legislature has defeated a Bill for the suppression of gambling, although the ma- jority of the iphijibitants arc anxious to discoun- tenance gambling in all its varieties, In the Indian districts a Chief had executed ten men of his tribe, and buried pile alive, for having attacked some American travellers. 'I 'v The lopg-p.ending dispute with regard to, the arrest of coloured British seamen in the southern part has at length been brought to a crisis. An,.English hri^ has recently been driven by stress cf weather into Chaileston, having among her crew t coloured Por- tuguese seaman, articled, and therefore under British protection. This man was taken out of the brig by th" Charlestown police, and committed to prison ac- cording to the Act., Uonsiul Mathew applied for ;i writ of habeas corpus, which the Judge refused. The Consul has appealed, and intends to take the case, to the United States Courts, ill Qlller to test the ri'jhl 01 j South Carolina to everru^ the treaties of, the-^g|pL 2 In consequence of the arrest of Colonel Fremont in s. London. a Bill has been taken up in the United 2 States Senate, to create a Board of Commissioners r for the examination and payment of claims against the United States, growing out of the conquest of California. F MEXICO.—The news from Mexico is most unsatis- j factory. The Government of General Arista was ex- tremely unpopular, and. another.revolution was ap- prehended. The Government was without money, rand; iho, Congress would supply none. The employes of the Federal Government of tbe.state of Vera Cruz had received no pay since the commencement of the year.„ 'w Cfe^TRAL AMERICA.—The first election under the new Constitution of Nicaragua, took place on the 15th. Its most important feature .is the universal right of suffrage without regard to colour or pro- perty. Wkst I.ynrKS.—The,decree for the removal of the words Libertic, Egalite, Fratervitc,froni all edi- fices, has been received at Martinique, where a grand nationill.fete has since been celebrated, in honour of the Prince President and of the success of his mea- sures. I he Courier de la. M&rtfnique newspaper has been suppressed, in consequence of certain remarks upon the conduct of the nuttfwities,in allowing some convicts to escape from Fort de France. In Guada- ioupeincendtaryniescontinaed to cause great de- struction of property. The prescribed from France who were to have been provisionally located at bamtes, have been ordered off to Cayenne. Accounts from Hayti to the 17th ult., state that on the 8th, a severe shock of an earthquake was ex- perienced in the island. All the military and other dignitaries had gone to Port-au-Prince for the corona- tion of the Emperor. THE PACIFIC.—Advices from Honolula confirm the ropurt of the deposition of Queen Pomare, and the I establishment of a Republic at Tahiti. Several Americans were engaged in the movement, and it was expected that the example would soon be followed at ,the Sapdwich Islands, .the King being anxious to le- sign his crown and retire into private life. Extensive purchases of land had been, made in the island bv American citizens., A revolt, which was suppressed. but not without bloodshed, had ,occurred amcpg the convicts at Ladrone Island, in the Pacific., In the bapdwich Islands there has been a tcemendous erup.. tion of Manna Loa, the burning lava threatening to 1 overrun., ^ilp. S BRITISH XORTH AMKmcA.—Advicea from Canada state that tty$boards af trade of the principal cities of Canada, including Tofgnto, ,Montreal, and, Quebec, are about, tp hold acqnyenticn, to tak$int^ cpnsidera- tiQn the propriety of revising tb! tariff. Frpm. New- foundland we learn that on ,the 20th ult. upwards of fifty sailing vessels were wrecked on the icp, and a large .number of lives lost. About a thousand or thp survivors had reached Greensford, and the Assem- bly had vote? ,£300 tor their relief. WEST INDIES.—The; accounts .from Jamaica are most unsatisfactory. I,t was thcoght that a large number of estates would be abandoned after the getting in of the crops, it bping impossible for the proprietors to continue the cultivation of sugar at the present prices, Two more delegates, Messrs. Thomp- son and Girod, Members of the House qf Assembly, have come over by the packet, chaiged to place before the British public the actual state of the island, and to urge the claims of the colony to relief. The Governor, Sir Charles Grey, was seriously indisposed at his country residence. From Antigua, likewise memorials from the two Houses of Legislature, setting forth the general dis- tress. have been forwarded to her Majesty and the two Houses of Parliament. At Barbad,oe,s; on the 4th of. April, a ship's figure tiead of unusual .dimensions, supposed to h^ye be- onged to the ill-fated steadier President, has been cast on shore. I.. The accounts from British Guiana state that the estimates had been got through in the Combined Court with unexampled .celerity* the total amount being 743,181 dollars, about 7,000 dollars less than last year. It is stated thfit notwithstanding the re- mission of nearly ?00,000 dollars of taxes last year, the revenue remains, in a prosperous, condition. In the Court, of Policy the Reform Bill was .read a second 4uie and carried without opposition. A Government Ilouse is to be built at Demerara at the cost of the colony.

,'I REMARKABLE ROBBERY BV GOVERNMBNT Cou- RIER.—Under this title the Indepeudarice of Brussels relates one of the most-curious and romantic pieces j of fraud which has or late years been perpetrated, and in which the hqnour of ou,r nation is to some extent concerned. A certain Monsieur X., residing at the Belgian capital, lias been for several yqars agent for one of the largest jewellery firms ,in London. Qne day towards the eiid of f ebtnary last,he ,was great)v surprised a.t reCeiving^rom .EngUnd a, box sealed i'n five,. places, with red wax, and containing pins, brqoches, bril.Uant rings, &c., \0 the value ol, five thousand francs..They. had not been ordered by him, nor,d).d the package coptairi any nolice of their ulterior .destination, The next post brought a letter from the tendon houpe, informing him that .a■,(Mon- sieur de Brachn, a Danish gentleman, hying in the Rue Thereselonne,, in 13russels,; had onlered the despatch of an assortment of the'jewellery,intending tp make presents to his bride., Alonsieur X. \va« re- quested to allow M* de Brachh an oppoituiiity of choice but to part with nothing except for hard cash. Next day the agent sent to the dwelling-house of the Danish gentleman the house Indicated in the letter was that of a pianoforte makej. ,T,he stranger shortly afterwards? arrived to inspect, the bijoux. M. de Brachn was a young gentleman of polished and agreeable manners; he, examined the articles with a certain nonchalance through his glass, not caring to disturb them so far, M taking them into his hands. He concluded his t^ief survey with a slight shrug of the shoulders, Remarking that they were too rococo, and not like the fashionable articles of the same firm tvhich he had seen and admired in St. Petersburg He exceedingly regretted that Monsieur X. had bad so much trouble, but he must present his lady, with something better. A short parley followed, and in the end, from mere good manners, and not tp: allow the firm to suffer unrecompensed trouble, he choose a pin and ring. The price waR only 800f:I.and a draft on Couts's was offered to the a»ent,, Monsieur X was content; he would send the .cheque to London of course all would ba regular, and then his custo- mar.shpuld have the jewellery.) A smile played, on t|ie ^opntepance of the. Dane, If the,agent distrusted bin? hft.w,quid.p^hiipic staling But it was Sun- day, tlie bank? ^,ex^,9h.nt->t-ah,well-then be would call on himjUi-rnorcpw; The undertaking was given with so m,uch gppe.and a bow which seemed to in- timate, that the^ccpfarence was at an end, that Mon- sieur X. withdrew..leaving his ring, and pin in the hands of hik; customer. Next day came, but not the Dane. week elapsed, and still the same unac- countable delay, when returning home one evening, Monpieur X found at his house an individual dressed iliifre costume of a courier of an embassy, with the arms of Great Britain on an armlet which he wore and on his buttons. The courier was in haste. I left London yesterday evening," he said, with im- portant political despatches from the .Foreign-office, for our ambassador here. There's something in \the win-I." kh I ah was the response. "Yes something, I do not know what, (but I retcrn this evening. Here is a letter, which 1 receive for you as 1 came out; if you have any reply it must he ready in an hour. 'I he writer said you would have to give me a box." So saying he left in great haste., Mon- sieur X read. I here, .fit, Jhe, top 9? the page, sure enough, was the printed heading of the London firm -there, at the bottom was the genuinp sign ,manual of his correspondents. The Dane had communicated directly with,the London firm, and the jewellery was to, be returned that same evening. The courier punctually jeturned, took the box, and gave a receipt carefully nigned,, James Villiers." .Monsieur X. wished him a good journey, sat down in his easy chair, delighted to have got rid of a Dane, the jewels and the courier, and wondered what could be in the wind." A week afterwards, and another letter from London arrived, requesting that the box might be sent immediately. Monsieur X. was astonished. He compared,the two letters the headings and signa- tures wele exactly alike. What of the courier, what of M. de Brachn ] By a common trick the latter had made use of,an address not his own, and was missing. The pin and ring had been pledged by a person who was tdentined with the so disant courier. The set- vices of Mr Forester, of the Mansion-house police, were called in. The missing-box was found empty ;.n the lock-up room where .«• Villiert" had lodged. The latter personage was proved to be a former clerk of the London jewellers; he had used their letter I f)aper, and forced their nanu* rr' L<.v« • w- af" 'C:X:?

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. A despatch from Sir Harry Smith, addressed t(t Earl Grey fpcm/'The Camp, Blinkwater," and dated the lith MLrcb, has been published in the Gazette. ,It is a long and interesting document, but we must be content with two passages. The first shows the generously loyal and unrepining spirit in which Sir Harry went on with his duty when degraded, .and only awaiting his successor.. My Lord-I had the honour to lejeive on the 1st instant, at King Williams's Town, your Lordship's despatch, No. 732, of the 14th or January last, intimating to me that her. Majesty's Government had deemed it an unavoidable duty to relieve me from my present position; that my Sovereign had approved of the measure, and that mv successor was immediately to leave Englaud- At that period, however, such were the prospects of this war, and so rapid the progression towards that state of things which cm alone perpetuate peace, (best shown by the proclamation issued by me on the 6th of February, and again enclosed.) that a sense of the,duty which has guided me in the service of jnVfSovereign and country for so many years in- duced me to persevere in the preparatory steps I 0 had taken for the expulsion from certain strong- holds within the colony of the rebel Gaikas and Hottentots under the wily chief Macomo, a rene- gade from the authority of bis paramount chief Sandili; as also for expelling tbe Gaika tribes from British Caffraria, and driving them over the Great Kei." The other passage is a characteristic reply to criticisms on the style of his previous accounts of the war—" I am fully aware that I have been ac- cused, during the progress of this campaign, of using the language of hyperbole in describing the numerous rencontres which have occurred, and in giving praise to the gallant officers and troops as well burghers. Possessing, however, some ex- perience in war, I must maintain that such is not the case. Troops acting in the Open field cxpect not the stimulus of praise: the soldier sees his foe, and bis British courage rises at each step but he who, after, perhaps, a night march of great length, has to ascend mountains or penetrate dense bush and ravines, filled probably with a daring and intrepid enemy, as resolute.a;s athletic, rea.der to;jnurder any one who may fall into his hands, and whose warfare,is of the: most stealthy and enterprising kind, appreciates the praise of his commander, because when his acts are conspicu- ously daring he is conscious he. deserves it. He does his duty but human nature renders even the soldier'> intrepid heart sensible of the appro- bation of his superior, which be is proud to know may reach the eye ot his parents and friends."

CUBES TOR THE UNCTFRED! T- I HOLLOWAY'^ DINTMEST. AN EXTRAORDINARY CCR,E OF SCROFULA, OR IUNO'S EVIL. Eftract nf n faUerfrom Mr, fl. Alliday, 209. lIigll-strut, Chelteflkam, dated 22nd of January, 1850. To Professor Hollpwaj. A > >, SIR,—My »lde3j.,Son, when about three years ofjlge was afflicted with a GlandilUr Swelling in tbe,jieck, which after a short time broke out into An Ulcer. An emipefit medjcal man pronounced it is a very bad case of$crpfula, and pre* scribed for a considerable time without effect. The disease then for four years went on gradually increasing in,viru- lence, when, besides the Ulcer in the neck,, another formed below the left koee, and a third uqder the eye, besides seven otheis on the,,left arm, with a tumour between the eyes, which wi(» expected iu break.v During the whole pt the time my sufl'eritig boy Had received the constant advice of the juost .pelebrated iifetlffal gentlemen at C'hehenliani, Resides beihg -several month* at the (>«neral .J^pspUa), Where one of-the surgeons said that,jpe would amputate.the left arm, bat,that the Wood wit.' so impure, that if t^ Umb iwere t^ikeh off it w >uld be then even impossibly,to subdue the disease. In this desperate stste I to give jour j^jlls a/«d Ointment a trial, atjd after two month's per* severatlep iji their nse, the.Jtumpur gradually ^M>gan to disibepr. and the dis^argft ^rp^n all the ulcers perceptibly decreased. itHd.at tt\c;.ex^iration of eight months they were perfectly hfealeri, and tile ^oy. thojroughly restored to the blessings •fkealth, to the astonishment of a large circle of acquaintances, who could testify the truth of this miraculous case. Three years have now elapsed without any recur- rence of the malady, and the boy is now as healthy as heart can wi.h. Under these circumstances I consnto.that I should be truly ungrateful were I wot to Bi&ke you acquained with this wonderful cure, effected by your medi- cines after every other means had failed. ALWDAy CURE OF XCUTE RfjEtJMATISM OF FOUR YEAR'S STANDING. Extract of a IMter ]fc°m Mr. John Pitt, Dudley, dated the J" ,19iK of January, 1850. diR.—li is with the, greatest] pleasure,, that f write to thank you for,the benefit which I have received,, from yonr Pills and Ointment, which have completely qiired me of the Kheumptfim, under which | suffered for the last, four yeais, attffnesl was so bad as hardly to b,e ^ble to walk. I had tried, every kind of Mjidifi#e ths^ WM recommended without receiving ai/y benefit, I at, last thought I would ■rive your Medicine a triaj, and purchased from Mr HolUn, Chemist, of this Town, two Qoxesof |»dls, and twoof Qiui- ment. aud in three months, through thein and the blessing ol God, 1 was restored to health and strength, and am n«* as well able to walk as ever 1 was in my life. 1 am weji known in.this parish, having been sixty five jea" ig i with an exception of ten years I served .n the 24th Regi- ment of Foot. (Signed).JOHN rll 1. CURE OF A BAD LEG .OF, THAN SlXlY YEARS StAXMNC. Mr. Bar*#. # 5- G«h»m,'s P,ace'r Hull, had ulcers on his leg!} from the age pf eighteen antil upwards of ei^x, 4nditalUiough for manj.year, he,M "ought the first ^/ftund^o curf them. He very of!en suffer,^ most exCruciat^ pa^ for long pVr/ods together, which incapacitated h m from attending tq Ins business. He bad g»»en up all |.opes pf Sai when at I as I he was pej^dto try^Hol- fowa^i Pills and Omtment, which he d.dr and however b, .h« r iW N.H.-Tilt" Huth of thi's extraordinary statemfent cw V vouched for tjy. Mr,. J. C, Keinl.ardt, 22, Market-place, Hull. February 20tli, 1850. CURE OF A DESPERATE CASE OF flNGWOR^ OF SIX YEARS STANDING. Lima, i\'oveM>>er the 13/A, 1819.. p One of the most eminent Surgeons |ft Lima (the Pap><4 of Peru) had a child covered with Ringworm for more tjian six wars in vain he exhausted all bis art in his endeavors, eS a c re. Not succeeding, he consulted among J,s brethren^tt'e most celebrated medical practitmyers of «.e SS b,U nothZ was found to do the cWd ?erv,ce. >> hpn by. Wr..Joseph P. H.S.e Ik- Chemist aiid U!ruggist,.residing at No. 74, Lalieae c to trv Hollowly's Pills and Ointment, which was^one^aod after using .six la^e. Pots of the Ointment, with a propor- tion of the Pillfctlie fihild was radically <r»^- !,uhr* prise of the whole ip^ical, professioii. The name of the parent, from mo.ives of delicacy, la witliheid. The Pills should bf( usjejl conjointly with the Ointment in most of the following cases — RAd tega Cheigo-fcot Fjstulas Sore-throats Bad Breasts Chilblains ouvt Skin-diseasea Burns Chapped hands Glandular Scnrvey Bunions Corns (soft) Sw^lijjgs Sore-heads Bite of Mos-Cancers Lumbago If uours chetoes Contracted Piles sud and Rheumatism Wounds Sand Flies Stiff-joints Scalds YIfWIi Coco-Bay Elephantiasis Sore Nipples &c.&e. Sold bv the Proprietor, 244, Strand, (near Temple-Bar) London, tud by all respectable Vendors of Patent Medi- cines throughout the Civiliaed World, in Pots and Boxe*, at I a. Jld., 2s. Ud., 4s. Cd., 1111 2*s„ and 3is. ear-h. There s a very considerable saving iu taking the large tizex. /A WREXIUM.—CAUTION TO FBE PUBLIC^—F^ast .week a resident of this to^ngqj eased tif. £ 14 tQs.4,ijn4er the following circumstances:— The; party, nshped Palmer, was wishful i,o take,a RUbl.ic top^e, and seeing an advertisement in one of vthe, Manchester papers of a house to be let, which he thought would suit him, immediately kwent over to that town to the address of the advertiser, named Markham. (fiction of -4bly. dl* course). Markham, was respectably, dressed,, .and as business was the order of the day,, Palmer accompa- nied his intended landlord to the house which, was to be his future abode, but as Markbam did not wish the present tenant to be acquainted with the business, as he was anxious not to leave the house, the viewing of the interior was dispensed with, but arrangements come to to giye possession in a short stated peno which was t|ie more securely biding by a deposit p the abotve sum towards good-wijl, fixtures, &-C- order to befriend Palmer still more, M^rkhamordere two barrels ot ale from him; which >vere duly sent, and whicli gave sd much satisfaction, that two mo barrels were ordered, at a higher. p"?e.TO 1 ™ duebt.that the invoice should be sent on a ceitain y, but Pfhnieh haying some doubts, went ove having,found out Jhdt He had beep duped, P? the last,two barrels at (the warehouse, and th two bkrtel8 were traced, by the police to the s ore.y a man who advanced money to parties on goods. need not say the pretended landlord was non est. AN Iitisd COURT, JUDGE, AND REGISTRAR. The following account of a curious scene in the Cork c conrt-hoose, the week before last, is, while a verita- ble story, as full of Irish raciness as anything we have read for a long time. It is a private letter from Cork, and hits at the Monahans" with great fidelity The registrar in the Irish court corresponds to the. marshal in the English and, generally, the post, (which is a well-paid, easy one) of some relative Monahan, who was Attorney-general when Smith O'Brien (poor fool) figured as a rebel, is now a judge, and came the Munster circuit this assizes ip the absence of old Judg^ Ball. Monahan and Ball are both Papist Judges, and although I don't see much connection between their religious profession and their conduct on the bench, yet true it is thtey botn afford the Coftpniaos a bit of fun when they come here. The following morcemtx are. veritable facts, although they seeni incredible in the, second "a the nineteenth century. Scene--Ireland. A was tried this last week for stealing oats. I believe the evidence was conclusive in fact, though not in law' Perhaps the identity of the,property—at all times a difficult proof in the article of grain or Hour— wi/s defective. However thii itoight be, so it was I that the juty brpught in a( verdi^ of acquittal, •' How say .the rt$stfar» a moiat and rather rollicking .hrother, of,^t^e judge— How say yod. gentlemen ot the Jury, the.p^soner guilty ,or not jgailty 1" ,N>t ^ilty," .the I^o't guilty," saynJudge^Monahaa—Oh, Lord Then addres^ipg the prisciner—" Prisoner, the Jury have found you not guilty, but yoa, .stple the, oats, neverthefess,. and take care yoij don't qome bef^re me again." Jhe same worthy brother of t,he..judge was quen?h!in'g his thirst, at a shop .(Mr Ushers) in Prince's-street, \Vhi^ tl\e,court was sitting, and it is his duty to be present to administer the oath. He was sent for, and ran to the court as well as he was able. When he got intd.the court he made his way across the table, squeezed himself in under the front of the bench, and putting his hand qn his pocket, he exclaimed, Oh, d- it, haye broke, my pipe Immediately after this a Quaker came on the table to be examined as a witness the registrar handed the Quaker the swearing-book. "Ijip a Friend, sajs the Quaker. You're no friend of mine," says the l registrar, looking the Quaker full in the face, with a I; rfaze more peculiar than perspicuous—" You re no l _A friend of mine kisst,pe b(>ok.. 1, I one ot tne Friends,1',§aid. the Quaker, "I don t care whose friend you ar$," sayif the regtypr,. kiss the book. The Vudge now interfered, leant dver the bench, and said to his vvorthy brother, ''Let him nbe(af5rnied; be i £ a Quaker." Whereupon the r^istrar dictated the affirmation,-an'|i, J( understand,,hash of it. V\'e had a jum chap--a ^aptaiy ol a vessel- under examination last, Friday. Aq., was partly drunk at th^time, and* when the counsel asked him some questions,fie.did not wjsh to answer, he turned to the judge and said, I say, /wpsmale, am I forced to answer the question !"—Bristol Times. OUR EXISTENCE.—The .njean. general duration of human life is between thirty-eight ^nd forty-two years the natnral limit from eighty to ninety. Ol all new-born infants pns.out, of four dies the hist year, two-fifths scarcely attaip the. sixth year, and before the twenty-second year it ip. reckoned that one-nali if the generation arc, consigned tp, the .urave. The number of males in a givep number of births exceeds that of females in the ratio ol; sixteen to fifteen, but the mortality among male children is at the rate of twenty-seven to twenty-z

6 A RIOT of extraordinary violence and determination raged in Cork Workhouseon ..Sunday hst.. Two in- mates, Houlahan-and Corcoran, who wesson) ties at one,pf ibe gates, £ mugc!ed a bottle of whisky through a hole,in,,the wall and being discovered and oidered to g!ve up the contraband,.they disobeyed, and as- saulted jthe .master* Informations were made against them, end a chief nonstable, wit,h two policemen, went- to,,arrest them. They were found in their vards..surrounded by a crowd of men, women, and children, fiom the midst of whom they defied the constables, and told them to f" come on." The con- stables having laid hold If Houlahan, the whole' posse of the inmates set upon them so ferociously that they were driven back seriously hurt. As they re- treated fttpm one part of the building to another, they we e stnn^tl ened by h» officBrs of theWorkhoute; but the rioters were strengthened by ,t far greater ac cession from the other inmates. In a little time the whole pauper strength was up in arms; and the officers were driven into one or two retreats of tenable strength, and there regularly besieged. The outer gates had been locked, to keep out the mob who vera gathering outside, and a messenger was sent for a large body of police. When these arrived, they found the; mob outside preparing to storm the building, and jo n the rioters inside and these outside sympathi: e s were only dispersed by a charge of levelled bayonets wirh loaded fire-arms. The police entered, and were instantly, attacked iby a crowd of able-bodied who yelled, for the blood of; the master, and fought like de- moniacs. Every window of the building was crowded with other rioters, who threw down bricks (wh'ch Had been piled about fcr purposes of building) with such force as to smash.the great paving-stones of the court. The pplice were getting the better of the rioters.inside, when, the gates of the building were burst ppen, and the outer mob .broke in. Some of the women headed them, and the fight was renewed with greater and more general violence thiin before the women rushed among the horses of, the mounted po- licemen, and suffered, themselves to, be,.ridden over still fighting. But at lat't discipJiae. overcame the brute strength of numbers, and thp rioters were driven into various portions of the. buildings where they could be held in check, Tvio, detachments of mili- tary, infantry and cUagcons, arrived; and with their help the mob was completely subdued. The military did not leave the place till five o'clock next morning Two of, the rioters received bavonet wounds, a great number very severe hurts several of the police were very seriously wounded by the missiles thrown at at,.them., The furniture of the Workhouse was totally wrecked. HWT ON BOAlto OF A PACKET-SHI*' AT LIVERPOOL. -On luesday a serious not occurred on board the packet-sh.ip "Rappahannock," at present lying in,the river, bound for New York. The cause of the dis- turbance was .the robbery of the passengers, four hun- dred, in number, by,the crew. About two o'clock on luesday, while the passengers were undergoing a medical examination, the crew broke open some of their boxes, whence they took several bottlesof whisky. and other spirits. With these they soon became fur)ously.tntoxicated,.and, on being remonstaated with by the injured om:g ?.nts, th<y drew their kni, e a id assaulted them, chasinjj them about the deck, and" threatening to murder all on hoard. The state of affairs p.t this time was of the most exciting character the women and the children huddling together and screaming with affright, and the men being also in no small degree of alarm before the threatening knives of the sailors. A considerable riot, in fact the greater part of it, occorred between decks and here, indeed the most serious portion of the affair took place? One of the emigrants was severely wounded with a knife by a sailor, named Burns, who was, however' severely ill-treated by the passengers.. The aspect of affairs induced some of the parties on hoard to hail the W oodstde steamer, and to request help Intelli- gence was conveyed to Mr. Clough, at the police- office, and a detachment of police W,alS sent off in the- steamer Athens," Inspector Kurney, of the Birken- head force, also going on board the ship. A new crew was taken on board., Sixteen oi, 'the crew were then singled out. namely. Audrey Cwroll (American) John Legjjett (Amer.can). John Campbell and Thomas I VVilson (Imhfcen), Jossph Naughtoi, ^Norwegian) Robert Durham, Daniel Jackson,,and William Mui> ray (Americans), Charles P. Miller (-Norwegian) James Lyons (American), William Parks and Charles Lomer (Englishmen). Peter Joseph (Italian), James ,June." (Austrian), William Maddisun (American) and John learns (Irishman These men were taken onshore at Woodside, the vessel being anchored in that portion of the river, and they were booked on a charge of refusing to Work and proceed to sea in the ship.. The case was adiourned. ship., The case was adiourned. CAPTURE OF A FRAUDULENT BANKRUPT.— GIOCES- TER, TUESDAY.—Some months ago Mr. W. H Barrett corn-dealer and miller of this city, and who' a short time previously bad been elected sheriff of Glocester absconded to America, taking with him a large sum of money, which he had raised chiefly by the use of forged bills, the names of seveial merchants with whom he had transactions and others having been, forged to acceptances by him. He was traced to the, United States, wbpre he was captured, and he was brought to this country in custody, arriving by steamer at Liverpool an Sunday. He was immediately, biought down to Glocester by railway, and loiced in gaol, and yesterday he was taken ,lifo» t|.e mayo" and magistrates for examination on .the charge o( forgery. Acceptances amounting to some thousands: of pounds, all of which are alleged to have been forged by the prisoner, were produced against him. and, after the examination qf several witnesses, he. was remanded for a week, to give time for the pro- duction of further evidence. THE POLITICAL Kx-LKS.—The Limericic Iieportcr saysFather Kenyon, of Templederry, has just received a long letter trom hi& friend John Mitehei. The letter was written in I>fcep»ber ii alToids ;i glowing picture of the present position'and prospect* of the, exile and his famjly, ;who aije. enjoying the sweets ot domestic lu.ppiness in Van Diemen's Lund. Mr. and Airs..M itch^^tni rthf ir children r. re. ail re A" best, healt\¡. n, f- -tc.