abandoned some weeks before, was then attacked, and
after a fight from dawn till noon, was "carried, sacked,
and burnt down." Ninety dead Caffres were left on the
field—many more were doubtless removed by their
defeated countrymen; and 230 prisoners were taken. Our
loss was twelve killed—only four Europeans, and fifty
wounded. Colonel Somerset, in his despatch, says—
"The brave conduct of the Burghers is beyond all
praise."—Sir Harry Smith had received further levies
from Cape Town; but still remained at King William's
Town. Pato continued friendly, keeping open the
communication with East London on the coast. From the
tenor of the accounts, it is evident that the Caffre
combination is extensive and firm, and that Sir H. Smith
has a formidable foe to contend with.

It appears from the Montreal Journals that, in Lower
Canada, the annexation feeling has lately shown some
symptoms of revival in Lower Canada. A public
meeting has been held in the county of Huntington, at
which annexation was decidedly maintained by a portion
of the speakers, but was opposed by the Roman Catholic
clergy.

The Legislature of New Brunswick opened on the
25th of March. The Governor in his address, referred
to the dispute which existed between his predecessor
and the Assembly, and announced that he was prepared
to introduce a responsible government into the colony
in a modified form; and also to surrender the disposal
of her Majesty's crown revenues when the legislature
shall have agreed to certain conditions required on the
part of the crown.

PROGRESS OF EMIGRATION AND COLONISATION.

The following facts will show the progress of
Emigration from Ireland. Since the commencement of the
present season, 2311 emigrants have sailed from Limerick,
and 1600 from Galway; both of these ports being besides
filled with ships at this moment, preparing to carry off
living freights to America. It was computed that on a
single day, in this month, 1100 emigrants sailed from
Cork. Vessels in the emigrant trade sail from that port
almost every day, and several are now filling with
passengers there. From Waterford, the emigrants generally
proceed to Liverpool, to take shipping there for
America; but a great many emigrant ships also sail direct
from that port to the New World. The Mars, from
Waterford to Liverpool, had 300 passengers bound for
America on board, and all the steamers from the same
port are generally crowded with persons for the same
destination. From New Ross the emigration is
proceeding at the same rate. One vessel sailed hence for
Quebec with 430 passengers, a fortnight ago, and another
large ship is preparing to follow. From Drogheda it is
supposed that the number of emigrants this season (and
we are yet only in the beginning of it) has amounted to
some 5000; and from every port around the Irish coast,
emigration is proceeding in the same proportion. The
Limerick Chronicle says that several of the Irish
constabulary are leaving the force, for the purpose of going
to America.

The Family Colonization Loan Society, on the 8th,
had a meeting of the emigrants who are about to sail in
the Blundell, the society's first ship of the season, which
leaves England early next month, for the purpose of
introducing them to each other, and arranging all the
preliminaries for their voyage. It appeared that 230
persons are going out by the next ship, 64 of whom
have brothers and sisters in the colonies; and 18 aged
parents, who have been sent for by their children, who
in most cases had forwarded £5 towards the expense of
their voyage. The expense for each individual was £12,
and this society lent £4, on the payment of which the
party repaying it nominates a relative, to whom £4 is
again lent, with an additional pound; so that the debt
from the family became increased as they became more
known to the society. The payments from the working
classes amounted to between £150 and £200, and the
society could send off five ships by September next, if
they could advance a sufficient number of £4 loans to
each adult. The sum of £1242. 9s. had been paid by the
parties now about to sail. The number of children
going out this voyage amounted to 60; and a school-room
is to be fitted up for them on board, so that the time
passed on the voyage may not be thrown away. A sort
of friendly compact was then established amongst the
intending emigrants (under the direction of Mrs. Chisholm,
the originator of the society), and various arrangements
were agreed upon with a view to their comfort on
the voyage.

The Committee for carrying out Mr. Sidney Herbert's
Scheme for Promoting Female Emigration have circulated
a report of the proceedings in the first year of
their labours, to the 31st December last. The amount
of subscriptions to the fund was £22,500. During the
year 409 females were despatched to various colonies;
among them were 32 dressmakers, 3 governesses, 79
needleworkers, 2 schoolmistresses, 169 servants, 11
shirtmakers, and 1 teacher of languages. It is explained
that the class of "servants" includes many poor women
who when out of service have attempted to obtain a
living by means of needlework. The women were sent
out in ten ships, eight of which were sent out to the
Australian Colonies, one to Canada, and one to the
Cape. Since the commencement of this year, thirty
emigrants have departed for New Zealand. The women
have been well received in the colonies: not one
remained unhired four days after arriving at the Colonial
Depôts. The Canada emigrants were all engaged before
they arrived at their destination. The committee
declare, that "if supported by the liberality of the
public, they can, with the greatest benefit to the poor
and suffering female population of London, expend in
emigration every year, a sum of at least £6000 or £7000;
and if their operations were extended so as to embrace
the female population of other large cities, they might
expend double this amount advantageously and well."
Of the original subscriptions, two-thirds yet remain
in hand, which will pay for the emigration of 800 more
young women.

The government has decided on making Deptford and
Plymouth the Emigration Depôts. The South-western
Railway Company offered to convey emigrants and all
their luggage from London to Southampton, and place
the whole on board ship in Southampton Docks, at 6s.
per head, if government would make Southampton the
depôt, and enable the emigrants to avoid the dangers
and delay of that part of the Channel voyage between
the Thames and the Isle of Wight. It is calculated
that the value of a depôt to a town will average about
£200,000 per annum. The emigration department is
becoming of great magnitude. The fees of the government
emigration-agent at Plymouth will, it is expected,
amount very shortly to £2000 a year.

NARRATIVE OF FOREIGN EVENTS.

THE most curious foreign event of the month has been the Duke of Saldanha's abortive attempt at a
military revolution in Portugal. A country must be in an odd condition which requires a movement of
this kind to unseat an obnoxious minister; for it is not pretended that the noble conspirator had any other
object in view than to bring about a ministerial crisis. He appears to have been baffled chiefly by the spirit
and energy of "El Rey," the queen's husband, a prince of the Coburg family, and evidently a very capable
man.

Prince Metternich has returned to his native country, and the first three years' instalment of the great
German revolution (which Goethe predicted would last some hundred years or so, when once begun) has