against £312,537 1s. 6d. in 1849. Sweeping reductions
were talked of: amongst other changes, one of the
Puisne Judges was to be dispensed with, the offices of
Civil Engineer and Commissioner of Roads were to be
amalgamated as of old, and several Staff appointments
were abolished. The weather, which had long been
adverse to the preparation and shipment of the crops,
had changed, and exporters were busy.

Accounts from Jamaica state that cholera was fast
disappearing from the colony, and the only parish now
afflicted to any extent is Lucia. A serious riot had
occurred in the parish of St. David during an election
for a member of the House of Assembly. A hired band
of ruffians was in attendance, and a fearful riot ensued.
The Court-house was almost entirely demolished, the
police and other persons cut and wounded, some of
whom would not survive. Mr. M'Lean, the coroner of
the parish, was killed; and the sheriff, Mr. Lyons,
obliged to fly for his life. A detachment of troops had
been sent to the district, and some of the ringleaders
arrested on a charge of wilful murder.

There are advices from the Cape of Good Hope to the
26th of December. The excitement respecting the
position of affairs on the frontier continued unabated.
Sir Harry Smith was on the spot, evidently determined
to make a strict investigation as to the causes originating
this renewed spirit of turbulence among the Caffres.
Sandilli, the chief suspected of organising the movement,
had, it was said, escaped into the bush, and
would not attempt to come into the presence of the
governor to explain his conduct. Sir Harry Smith had
entered into arrangements with the other tribes to
support him, if necessary, in maintaining peace, and at the
interviews he had had with them, the whole of the
proceedings were considered to have terminated most
satisfactorily.

The "Clergy Reserves" in Canada have been placed
by the Home Government at the disposition of the
Colonial Legislature. This fact has been communicated
in a despatch from the Colonial Office to the Earl of
Elgin. The dispatch of the Earl of Elgin communicating
the address of the Canadian Assembly on the
subject was received in July last, after the session of
the Provincial Legislature had already closed, and on
the eve of the close of the Imperial session; it was
therefore reserved for mature consideration by the
government. Earl Grey's despatch in answer is dated
the 27th of January. Its substance is as follows:—
Her Majesty has been pleased to receive the address
"very graciously." Lord Elgin will inform the House
of Assembly, that while her Majesty's servants
"greatly regret " that a subject of so much difficulty
should, after an interval of some years, have again been
brought under discussion, "it has appeared to them, on
mature deliberation, that the desire expressed by the
Assembly in this address ought to be acceded to." They
will accordingly be prepared to recommend to parliament,
that an act should be passed giving to the
Provincial Legislature full authority to make such
alterations as they may think fit in the existing arrangements
with regard to the clergy reserves, provided that
existing interests are respected." Great as would be
the advantages of leaving undisturbed the existing
arrangement devoting a portion of the public lands to
the creation of a fund for the religious instruction of the
inhabitants of the province, "still the question is one
so exclusively affecting the people of Canada, that its
decision ought not to be withdrawn from the Provincial
Legislature, to which it properly belongs to regulate all
matters concerning the domestic interests of the
Province." It has appeared to her Majesty's government
"impossible for them, consistently with the principles
on which they have always held that the government
of Canada ought to be conducted," to advise refusal of
the prayer. They have acted on that conclusion with
the less difficulty from observing that the Assembly in
their address recognise the claims of present incumbents
of the fund, and have not asked authority to interfere
with the incomes during the lives of the parties enjoying
them.

NARRATIVE OF FOREIGN EVENTS.

THE great topic of the day in Paris is the President's reduction of his establishment at the Elysée. As
soon as the Assembly refused him his "dotation" he shrewdly announced that his expensive receptions
were at an end; and, as we write, there are one-and-twenty of his saddle and carriage horses in the course of
sale by auction at the stables in the Rue de Montaigne. This is a new way of fighting the Assembly, and
seems to indicate that Louis Napoleon has new and better advisers.

The other great continental event is the steady march of Austria in the direction of extreme absolutism.
Russia is helping her to swamp the German Confederation by forcing her non-German provinces into it, and
wicked schemes against Switzerland and Piedmont are to be Russia's return in kind. There have been all
sorts of protestings from England and France during the last month or two, but the issue remains to be seen.
It will be a most important one, in its influence over the whole civilised world.

The chief article of news from France, during the
month, has been the rejection, by the Assembly, of the
President's Dotation Bill. On the 10th, M. Anthony
Thouret having moved that l,800,000f. be paid to the
President of the Republic as frais de representations,
Messrs. Clay and Lemulier proposed that this credit be paid
out of the salaries of the members.—The Minister of
Justice, M. Royer, stated, on the part of the government,
that the Cabinet would not enter into the debate, but
that it referred the Assembly to the motivation of the bill.
Referring to the credit of last year, he protested that to
the government this question was not one of money,
but of political order.—M. Dufongerais, rising in
opposition to the bill, detailed the grievances of the Assembly
against the President.—M. de Montalembert had hoped
that the good sense of members would have induced
them to hush the schism between the Assembly and the
Executive. He opposed the preferment of such a grant
on principle, but he was of opinion that the demand, if
once made, ought to meet with compliance.—M . Piscatory
opposed the bill. He protested that the Assembly was
by no means hostile to the President, and he declared
that the vote which he felt confident would be
pronounced was a mere warning on the part of the
legislative body.—On a division the numbers were—for the
bill, 294; against it, 396. The bill was accordingly
rejected by a majority of 102 votes.—In consequence of
this refusal to make him a provision, the President has
commenced a rigid economy in his household and
personal expenses. He has discontinued his "receptions,"
and the sale of a number of his saddle and carriage
horses has been advertised. A proposal of a national
subscription for him having been made by some of his
friends, he has decidedly declined all such assistance.

Accounts from Naples of the 3rd bring the
termination of the trial of the members of the Unita Italiana,
which has been going on for some months. Three have
been condemned to death, namely, MM. Faucitano,
Settembrini, and Agresti; M. Risco Pivonti and the