in Caffreland, destroying the enemy's crops and
devastating their country. No submissions had been made
by Kreili, Sandilli, Macomo, or the other great chiefs;
but there were renewed attempts to treat, and to obtain
peace on terms short of such absolute submission. These
advances were all sternly rejected, and the patrolling
expeditions were to be kept up with relentless vigour
till the cattle of the enemy should be all taken, their crops
destroyed, and their ammunition gone. These events,
or the unconditional surrender of the chiefs, were
thought to be now somewhat nearer realisation than
before.

The Legislative Council had given cause for fresh
disgust. At a meeting on the 11th February, yet one
more attempt was made to put off proceeding with the
debate on the Constitution Ordinances. There was one
more adjournment, on pretence that Mr. Secretary
Montague might consult the governor-general whether
there should be any further delay. The governor-
general answered him with a short message to "go on
immediately." So the colonists now rather hope for real
progress.

Accounts are brought from the Gold Region of
Australia down to the end of December. The discoveries
near Melbourne are outstripping those made in the
Bathurst district; and the distance of the new happy
land from Melbourne being but two day's walk, an
enormous population had gone out from that city. The
diggers were said to be twenty thousand, and their
gains had been enormous. Statements, apparently
prepared with care, show that the average profit was five
dollars a day. The government escort had brought
down more than a ton of gold in one week.

The same arrivals bring letters which clear up the
mystery about the fate of Mr. Benjamin Boyd. Mr.
Boyd was murdered by the savages of the Solomon
Islands, on the 15th of October last. He had gone on
shore with his fowling-piece; two shots were heard—
fired, it is supposed, by Mr. Boyd in self-defence; and
he was never seen again. The smalll crew had great
difficulty in defending themselves from a similar fate
at the hands of two hundred warriors who attacked
them.

The journals from British Guiana extend to the
27th of February. Governor Barkly had stated, in a
financial address to the Combined Court, that the ordinary
revenue for the last year considerably exceeded
the expenditure of the colony, notwithstanding the
extensive reductions in the tariff sanctioned last year.
The ship Soubahdar had arrived from Calcutta with 600
Coolies, and it was understood that eleven ships had
been engaged to continue the supply; so that some
3000 were expected during the season.

PROGRESS OF EMIGRATION AND COLONISATION.

A committee has been formed in London, in connexion
with others in Scotland, for the purpose of promoting
Emigration from the Island of Skye. For six years the
cry of famine has been raised in the western highlands
and islands, and this it is proposed to relieve by the
removal of the surplus population. We are told that 400
families, or 2000 individuals, seeing no other prospect of
escape from misery, are desirous of emigrating to Australia.
It is proposed to aid them by small advances to cover
the expense of conveyance to the port of embarkation,
and to provide the clothing required under the rules
laid down by the Emigration Commissioners. The sums
so advanced are to be repaid by the emigrants
themselves within a specified time, and when recovered will
be employed in making advances to other needy persons.
England is appealed to for assistance in aid of local
resources; and if the appeal is responded to, whole
families will be removed to a sphere of industry and
comfort from one of illness and want.

Another party of Female Emigrants, fifty in number,
making a total of about 850, who have been sent out by
the Female Emigration Fund, sailed on the 11th inst.,
from Gravesend, on board the Tartar for Sydney. The
whole party were exceedingly respectable and well-
conducted young women.

Upwards of 250 men, women, and children, have left
Penrith for Liverpool, on their way to the government
gold mines of Bathurst, in Australia. Married men
had the privilege of having voyage expenses defrayed
for themselves, their wives, and two children each.
When landed the men would receive a monthly wage
of £6.

At a public meeting of the friends of the Society for
the Propagation of the Gospel, held on the 16th, Mr.
Gladstone, M.P., made the following observations on
the subject of Emigration:—Not only was emigration
on the increase, but many of the best members of society
were becoming members of our colonial communities.
The consequence of this was, that they were forming a
multitude of states in various portions of the globe,
every one of which would probably grow up in time to
a great empire. It might be true that there was less
romance in sending the Gospel to the colonies than to
heathen lands. He did not desire to speak to the
disparagement of those who had given an undue prominence
to missions to the heathen. The best plan to
operate upon the heathen was through our own country
men in the colonies; and if they were well taught, the
rest would follow. What they wanted was, to carry to
the heathen not abstract doctrine, but sound practice
and a new social existence.

The British Ladies' Female Emigrant Society had
its annual meeting on the 23rd, the Earl of Harrowby
in the chair. From the report, it appeared that the
object of the society was "not to promote emigration,
but to elevate and purify its character, and to give to
the emigrants those means of employment and instruction
by which they may improve the leisure of a long
voyage, and be trained in such habits of industry and
self-discipline, as would tend to make the emigrant a
better colonist. The number of ships visited during the
past year are as follows: 54 government ships, carrying
14,050 emigrants; 70 private ships from London, (about)
17,500 emigrants; 27 private ships from Bristol, (about)
5400 emigrants; 6 ships of the Female Emigration
Fund, carrying 244. Total—157 ships; probable number
of emigrants, 37,194. Farewell services had been held
on board 23 ships, and the society's gifts of books and
work had been distributed when practicable. The
accounts, however, showed an excess of expenditure
over receipts of £135, requiring exertions to be made to
improve the finances of the society.

NARRATIVE OF FOREIGN EVENTS.

The swearing in of the French Senate and Legislative
Body took place at the Tuileries, on the 29th of March
The ceremony was rendered as pompous as possible.
The senators and deputies had assembled in the apartment
known as the Galerie Louis Philippe. At a quarter
to one, the chief usher summoned them in a loud voice to
enter the Salle des Marechaux, and, in a few minutes, the
entire hall was filled. The clatter of fire-arms on the pavement
of the square outside was heard along the whole
line; the words of command hastily issued by the
commanding-officers, and the drums beating to arms, then
announced the near approach of the President. A
movement was observed at the end of the hall by which
he was to enter, and, in an instant, the hurried throwing
back of the velvet drapery, and the simultaneous rising
of all in the saloon, announced his presence. M. Bonaparte
advanced, bowing on both sides, towards the
presidential throne. He wore the costume of lieutenant-