joined the Kaffirs. Lieutenant and Adjutant Fletcher,
of the 73rd regiment, was killed in a skirmish on the
16th of April. His hody was found pierced by twenty
assegays. Sir Harry Smith, accompanied by Colonel
Mackinnon, had returned to King Williams Town from
an expedition against the enemy. This expedition
consisted of a series of movements from the I8th to the 25th
of March, among which was the repulse of the enemy,
about 2000 strong, on the 19th, and their flight into the
Amatola Mountains. The operations of the month of
April were confined to patrolling, the enemy's cattle
having been driven into the Amatolas, and the enemy
nowhere to be seen in great force.

PROGRESS OF EMIGRATION AND COLONISATION.

It is stated that a large number of the best and most
experienced of the men employed in the extensive slate-
quarries in North Wales are preparing to emigrate,
during the course of the ensuing summer, to the United
States. The rate of payment in the American quarries
is nearly three times greater than the amount which
can be realised in the Welsh workings. Several
instances have recently occurred where men who left
their native land deeply involved in debt have been
enabled to remit the amount of their debts in full.

The amount of emigration from Ireland has not been
much, if at all, diminished, although it might be
expected that the small farmers were in general waiting
to gather in the present harvest and take its produce
with them across the Atlantic. It is said that the
thinning of the congregations in the Roman Catholic
chapels of some districts has become most remarkable;
and that it is even perceptible in the Protestant churches.

Mr. Robert Faussett, a magistrate of the countv of
Sligo, was among the emigrants from Sligo to America
last week. Persons of a respectable class are now almost
daily found adopting the same course.

A consequence of the extent of Irish emigration is
apparent in the decrease of pauperism. The diminution
in the number of paupers receiving relief is perceptible
in almost every union in Ireland, and, in some,
to a very remarkable extent. In Sligo the decrease
within the year is nearly to the extent of one-half, the
number in the house on the 17th of June this year being
1975, while on the same day last year it was 3322, showing
a decrease of 1357.

NARRATIVE OF FOREIGN EYENTS.

THE revision of the French constitution so as to admit of the re-election of Louis Napoleon to the French
presidency, is the only continental topic that 'stirs' just now, and it hardly amounts to an agitation.
The Frankfort Diet sits quietly and talks just as it used to do five and twenty years ago. The Police in
Italy has resumed its function of entering houses of the 'suspected' night and day, precisely as in the good
old time. Quiet men otherwise obedient to their governments are carried off to prisons, or condemned to
banishment in the marshes, for being caught at the study of Diodati's translation of the New Testament in
Florence or Rome. Even the Paris police appears to have been re-instated in all its ancient rights
interrupted by the two last revolutions, for a man who writes an article on an abstract point of civil or criminal
jurisprudence can now be fined and clapped in prison as easily as in the pleasant old days of Charles Dix
and the Jesuits. Such is the present condition of the continent; while, beyond it, our American cousins are
said to be illustrating their views of national liberty and inter-national honesty, by planning another piratical
expedition against Cuba. Altogether an agreeable prospect.

The political intelligence from France relates chiefly
to the disputes, in and out of the Assembly, on the
various questions connected with the revision of the
Constitution, which continues to be the subject of
absorbing interest. The president, on the occasion of the
inauguration of the railway between Dijon andTonnerre,
on the 2nd instant, made the following remarkable
speech, which has produded a great sensation throughout
the country:—"Gentlemen—I wish those persons
who have doubts as to the future could have
accompanied me in my journey through the populations of
the Yonnc and the Cote d'Or; they would have been
able to have judged for themselves of the true state of
public opinion. They would have seen that neither
intrigues, nor the attacks, nor the passionate discussions
of parties are in harmony with the sentiments and with
the condition of the country. France neither desires
the return of the ancien régime, under whatever form
it may disguise itself, nor the experiment of sad and
impracticable Utopian schemes. It is because I am the
most natural enemy of both one and the other, that
France has placed confidence in me. If this were not
the case, how could we explain the affecting sympathy
of the people towards me, which resists the most
subversive polemics, and which acquits me of being the
cause of their sufferings. If my government has not
been able to realise all the ameliorations which it had
in view, we must attribute the failure to the manœuvres
of the factions, who paralyse the good intentions of
assemblies as well as that of governments most devoted
to the public welfare. It is because you have thus
comprehended the state of the question, that I have had, in
patriotic Burgundy, a reception which is for me an
approbation and an encouragement. I take advantage
of this banquet, as of a tribune, to exhibit, to lay bare
my heart before my fellow citizens. A new phasis has
commenced in our political life; from one end of France
to the other, petitions are being signed for the revision
of the constitution. I await with confidence the
manifestations of the country and the decisions of the Assembly,
which will be inspired only by the sentiment of
the public interest. Since I have been in power I have
proved how much, in presence of the great interests of
society, I set aside all that had effected me personally.
The most unjust and the most violent attacks could not
shake my equanimity. Whatever may be the duties
which the country may impose upon me, it shall find
me resolved to obey its will; and be assured, gentlemen,
that France shall not perish in my hands."

On the 4th inst., a French court-martial at Rome
condemned to death four men belonging to a Roman
patrol who had been provoked by the insults of a French
patrol to attack them in the streets. Three others were
condemned to hard labour for five years, and one for
life. Two of the men were shot on the 12th, in the
Piazza del Popolo.

A great review of troops took place in the Champ de
Mars on the 21st. The president appeared at the head
of a numerous staff, and his reception, by an immense
concourse of people, was indicative of great popularity.
The predominant cry was "Vive Napoléon," with
occasional cries of "Vive la République" and "Vive la Révision."  No disorders occurred

The Court of Assizes has given sentence by default
against Ledru-Rollin in the matters of the publication
of two pamphlets, entitled respectively, "Le 24 Fevrier
—Les Elections," and "Le 13 Juin." The former was
lithographed at Brussels, and the other printed in
London. The author was sentenced to two years'
imprisonment and 1000 francs fine.

M. Hugo, son of Victor Hugo, has been sentenced to
six months' imprisonment and 500 francs line, for