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      Kaffir police , eighty in number , whose fidelity had been hitherto relied upon , had deserted during trie night , carrying with them their arms and a large supply of ammun tion . The Governor instantly issued a proclamation , placing the whole of the frontier districts under martial law , and calling upon all the male inhabitants between the ages ot eighteen and fifty , and not legally exempted , to enrol themselves tor self-defence , under officers of their own choice . . , c , But the most deplorable news of all is that ot the total destruction of the three military villages ot Woburn , Johannisberg , and Auckland , in which , more than seventy men , women , and children were

      massacred . In former wars the Kaffirs have generally spared women and children . It is said that they have declared their intention of making war only upon the Whites , and that the Fingoes do not appear to apprehend danger to themselves .

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      ANOTHER ARCTIC EXPEDITION . The intense interest and anxiety still felt in the fate of Sir John Franklin and the crews of the Erebus and Terror , ihe anxious solicitude of Lady Franklin — and , probably , the fact of the Government reward of £ 20 , 000 for the discovery of the missing voyagers being still attainable—have led to the undertaking of another expedition , to sail from Aberdeen . It will be remembered that the Prince Albert arrived in that port in October last , after about three months' absence in the Polar Seas . Circumstances , however—and chiefly , it was alleged , the state of the jce—prevented Commander X ' orsyth and his crew been intended in the

      from accomplishing what had way of a search for Franklin and his associates . An attempt , under hopeful auspices , is , however , to be made this season , to effect , if possible , a search in the same quarter and to the full extent , as proposed last year . The Prince Albert will again be fitted out and manned , and will proceed to Prince Regent's Inlet , where the ship will be laid up in such safe and convenient harbourage as can be found . The party ¦ will then proceed in boats so far as can be reached by open water ; they will cross the Isthmus of Boothia ; and follow out their search as far to the ¦ westward as possible . Where boats cannot be worked , «* Kyacks" will be used , which , with ihe assistance of the Esquimaux , Avill enable the party to proceed one or two hundred miles farther than boats could

      carry them , as the "Kyacks ' ' can be rolled up and dragged over the ice . It is proposed that the expedition shall remain out one season , and , if the state of the weather and the ice be favourable , it is expected that a very extensive search will be effected . The Prince Albert will be got ready as soon as possible , and it is hoped she will be able to reach Lancaster Sound by the middle of June . The expedition will be under the command of Captain William Kennedy , who has come from America for that purpose . Mr . Kennedy has a very intimate acquaintance with the Arctic Regions , having served for a considerable period in the employ of this Hudson ' s Bay Company . He wintered eight years in Labrador , and was the first European who explored the northernmost point of that icy coast . Captain Kennedy , who possesses inflexible determination , courage , and enthusiasm , is very hopeful of success .

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      PROTESTANTISM AND POPERY . In the Vice-Chancellor ' s Court , on Wednesday , the case of Metairie v . Wiseman was opened by Mr . Bethell , who moved for an injunction to restrain Cardinal Wiseman , John Athanasius Cooke , James Holdstoek , the Reverend Edward Norris , or Edward Cox , from transferring a sum of £ 7000 , now in the funds , and from receiving or applying the dividends thereon . The money was bequeathed by Mathurin Carre , an old French emigrant , who hud maintained himself by teaching languages , and , in the course of hulf a century , had amassed upwards of £ 10 , 000 . During Curre ' s last illness , Mr . Gusquet , a burgeon , of the Roman Catholic persuasion , was called in to nee him , and found him in a state of the greatest misery and w < int . Alter leaving him , ( iusquet Biiid to the landlord , " Poor creature ! lie stands more : in

      want ot some nutritious food and a little wine than of medicine , but 1 suppose he has not the menus of getting them . " The landlord said he was mistaken , for Carre hud £ 10 , 000 in the funds . Nothing more was said then , but next day the Reverend James jloldstoek , priest of u Roman Catholic chapel ut . JSomers-town , dedicated to St . Aloytshts , culled on Curie , and the result of that visit , wan the drawing up n will by Mr . John Athanasius ( , ' ook , under t . he in-Htructions ot the priest , whereby M . Carre bequeathed

      the Hum of £ ¦ ' {()()(> in equal proportions to lour brothers and nifsteiM , and £ 7000 to the Right Reverend Thomas (/' ox , Jfisliop of Olvnn , and another trustee , "for the benefit , maintenance , and . support , of ( lie girls' charity schools uLlaehed to tin ; chapel of St . Aloy . siiis , Sinners-town . The latter part of the bequest was ultimately changed into a deed ; but it was istuted by Mr . lielhell that ( he old man ' s higiiuturi ; hud been obtained under very suspicious circumstances . Jle had nIiowii great unwillingness , to go on with the tiunauction , and Jmd ,

      uccording to the witnesses , been frightened into it by the priest . A power of attorney was signed by the dving man , who " was propped up m his bed , and a pen was put into his hand by the priest , who hung over him , and all but compelled him to execute the instrument . " By this deed Cook was enabled to transfer £ 7000 in the funds into the names of the trustees of the deed . After all this had been done the priest was said to have left him , and never visited him again . The old man died unconfessed and unabsolved , the priest alleging in excuse for his negligence , that the medical man told him his patient was better . Carre died just about an hour after the £ 7000 was transferred to the trustees .

      On Thursday two affidavitswere read , which lasted several hours . The statements contained in them reflected very severely on the conduct of the Reverend Mr . Holdstock , who was represented as having forced the dying man to give away his money against his will . The further hearing of the case was adjourned till yesterday . . Mr . William Chambers , of Edinburgh , m a letter to the Times , contradicts the statement of the Duke of Argyll that the public feeling in favour of the EcclesiasticalTities Bill is as decided and unanimous in Scotland as in England . He says : —

      " The feeling on the subject of Papal aggression has been much more moderate in Scotland than in England . It has done little : nore than awaken the attention of that portion of the public who were accustomed to take an active part in controversial religious matters . These have assembled and made demonstrations of the old hatred to Popery ; but the mass of the public of Scotland have certainly felt little beyond a curiosity and wonder at the fervour which the subject has excited in the sister country . Nor is this very surprising when we remember that the feeling regarding the invasion of the

      Royal supremacy is necessarily wanting here , there being no religious body in Scotland which entertaitis that principle . Even the consideration of ecclesiastical titles is in a great measure foreign to the Scottish mind , nineteentwentieths of the community repudiating them wholly . I am atcood deal among people of most grades , and my conviction is , that were the unfortunate attempt at legislation on the Papal aggression to be abandoned tomorrow , the bulk of the Scottish public would hear of the fact without the slightest emotion . "

      The Bishop of Bath and Wells has sanctioned the use of lighted candles on the communion table at Sornerton . Four persons abjured Catholicism on Sunday , under the spiritual direction of the Rev . Thomas Scott , ot St . Thomas ' s Church , Dublin . One of the converts had been a student for the priesthood in St . Jarlath ' s College , Tuam , under the auspices of the Most Rev . Dr . M'Hale , and is now a postulant for admission to the care of the Priests' Protection Society . —Dublin Evening Mail . A serious disturbance , connected with Pusejite observances , took place in East Grinstead on Friday week . The widow of a Mr . Allchin , formerly a respectable farmer , having fallen into misfortunes , was admitted as At

      an inmate of Sa ^ kville College . her death , a fortnight ago , her daughter , who keeps the charity school of Mrs . lloper , of Thornhill , applied to have the body of her mother buried according to the usual customs of the English Church ; to this the Reverend Mr . Neale , the warden of the college , objected , and insisted upon the right of furnishing a peculiarly shaped mediajval coffin , a curtain bier , and a pall bearing the sign of the cross . The relations expostulated with Mr . Ncale , and during the negotiations the college was declared in ix state of siege . Warders were stationed at every porta ) , and all ingress or egress was denied . As the funeral procession moved from the door , a grandson of Mrs . Allchin snatched the obnoxious pall from the coflin , and the corpse was carried ,

      amidst a crowd of indignant bystanders , to the Crown Inn , where it was unscrewed , to satisfy the friends of the deceased that the body was indeed at last in their possession . The funeral service was afterwards performed by the Reverend J . N . Harward . A riot took place in the evening . The street in front of the college was filled with inhabitants ; a bier , in imitation of that used in the college , was surmounted with crosses , a scarlet mantle , and the inscription , " No Popery , " and burnt amidst yells and hisses . The mob then entered the garden belonging to the warden , where they committed much depredation , breaking the windows and shrubs , acid waving torches , accompanying their movements with rough music of various sorts . Thin scandalous . scene lusted till a late hour in the night . — -, Susstix

      hxprcss . The agitation against Lord John Russell ' s Anti-Papal Bill ingoing on with increased zeal throughout Ireland . Large meetings are being held all over the country , at which addresses to the Queen and petitions to Parliament , against the measure are adopted .

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      TllK IJANQUKT TO MR . MACRKADY . The dinner to Mr Muoreudy on his retirement from the Ktuge was u thing to be remembered . The ; company which sat , down to dinner at the London Tavern on Saturday , was truly < in "Assembly of Notables , " in literature , science , and ail .. 15 y six o ' clock every . scut , iii the HpucioiiM hall was occupied . Soon afterwards J \ l r . ftiacieady , who was accompanied by the chairman , Sir K . Itulwcr 1-ytt . on , and the members of the dinner committee , entered the hall , and wan received with enthiiHiuslic cheering . Among the noblemen and gentlemen present were the Chcviilier IJunnen , Marquis of ( 'luuricnrde , Lord DuHciin , { Sir () . I ,. KuHllake , I ' . R . A . ; Mr . <) . Dickens , Sir JO . J . imdseer , Mr . ( J . ltabbnge , Mr . W . M . Thnckeray , Sir R . Murchison , Mr , C , Jvcmble Mr . J . 1 ' or . stcr , Mr . C .

      Btunfleld Mr . W . J . Fox , M . P . ; Mr . R . M . Milnes , M . P . ; Mr . D . Maclise , R . A . ; Mr . C . Leslie , R . A . ; Mr . Macaulay , Q . C ; Mr . D . Roberts , R . A . ; Mr . E . Warburton , Mr . W . F . Pollock , Mr . A . Fonblanque , Dr . Quin , Mr . J . Cattermole , Mr . R . S . Rmtoul , Mr . D . W . Harvey , and a host of other well-known

      names . Sir E Bulwer Lytton prefaced the toast of " Health , happiness , and long life to William Macready , " with an eloquent oration on the claims of that actor to the hi"h position he has attained in the profession , " which he has lifted to its proper rank amid the liberal arts . " The toast was drunk by the company outstanding , and was followed by enthusiastic and renewed cheering .

      Mr . Macready , in returning thanks , expressed a hope that the rising actors of the day " will strive to elevate their art , and also raise themselves above the level of the player ' s easy life to public regard and distinction by a faithful ministry to the genius of our incomparable Shakspeare . " To effect this purpose , they must bring resolute eneigy and unfaltering labour to the task . They must be content " to spurn delights and live laborious days . " Referring to what he had done for the theatre , and to what still

      remained to do , he said : — " Others will take up this uncompleted work , and , if inquiry were set on foot for one best qualified to undertake the task , I should seek him in the theatre which , by eight years' labour , he had , from the most degraded condition , raised high in public estimation , not only as regards the intelligence and respectability of his audiences , but by the learned and tasteful spirit of his productions . " Mr . Charles Dickens , in proposing the health of the chairman , made the following allusion to Bulwer ' s popularity as an author , and the fitness of his presiding at such a banquet as the one to Macready :

      " When he looked round on the vast assemblage of Wednesday , and observed the huge pit hushed into stillness on the rising of the curtain , and when he saw the misty surging galiery , where men in their shirt sleeves were at first striking out their arms like strong swimmers { laughter ) , become still water in a moment , and remain so through the play , it suggested to rum something besides the trustworthiness o ( an English crowd , and the delusion under which those persons laboured who disparaged and maligned such an assembly . It suggested to him that in meeting here to-night they undertook to represent something of the all-pervading

      feeling of that crowd through all its intermediate degrees , from the full-dressed lady with sparkling diamonds in the proscenium box to the half-undressed gentleman ( great laughter ) who was biding his Unit ? for taking sonic refreshment in the back row of the gallery , ( lleneioed laughter . ) He considered that no one whom they could possibly place in the chair could so well head that comprehensive representation , and could so well give a crowning grace to their festivities , as one whose comprehensive g"nius had in his various works embraced them all ( hear , hear ) , and who had in his dramatic genius enchanted and enthralled them all at once . ( Cheers . )"

      Mr . John rorstcr , after referring to the connection of Mr . Mat-ready , as an actor , with the dramas of Lord Byron , Sir Bulwer Lytton , Mr . Knowlcs , Mr . Justice Talfourd , Mr . Proctor , the Reverend Mr . White , Mr . Sheil , Miss Mitford , Douglas Jcrrold , and others stated that Alfred Tennyson had inintrusted him with a few lines of poetry addressed to their distinguished guest , which with the permission of the assembly he would read . ( Loud cries of " Head , read . ") Mr . For . stcr proceeded to read the following lines , which were received with much applause : —

      " Farewell , Macready ; since to-night we part . Full-handed thunders often have contest Thy power , well used to move the public , breast . We thank thco with one voice , and from the heart . Farewell , Macready ; since this nif » lit we part . ( jo , take thine honours home ; rank with the best—¦ G . irrick , and statelier Kemblc , ; md the rest Who made a nation purer thro' their art . Thine is it . that our drama did not die , JMor flicker down to brainless pantomime , And those gilt gaud . s men-children swarm to aee . Farewell , Mac-ready ; moral , grave , sublime . Our Shiiksprare ' s bland and universal eye Dwells pleased , thro' twice a hundred years , on thee . "

      ihe toast of "'Ihe ( ierninn exponents of Shakspeare , " which was given b y the chairman , called up the Chevalier Iluusen , who spoke in eloquent terms of the iuiliK-uce which the great , J'lnglish bard had bad upon ( ioethe , Schiller , and th <; followers of th < : romantic ; school . lie quoted u remark of Tieck , in his Dramaturtjit : ts ' . tLartt , written in INI 7 , speaking of Macready , whom hi ; had seen during his visit to lOnglund in 1 X 17 , Tieck said " If this young man goes on as he has be ^ un , lit ; will become one of the most eminent actors of the day . "

      Mr . W . J . Fox in proposing "The Stage , " connecting- with it . the name of Mr . ( , ' . kcinhle , as one of tho represent . nt . ivrn of the past , and of Mr . j'helpf ) , a « one of the representutiven of the fiiimi ) tin ; latter gentleman , be observed , having redeemed Sadler ' s WYHh from clowns and waterworks - (/ u : a / , hear ) —nnd made it a not unworthy nluine of Sbukspeure , and u pledge of what , the drama would he before tin ; impulse which bad been given to it b y Mr . Macrcitdy was uxlmuwtcd . "

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  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), March 8, 1851, page 218, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1873/page/6/