MR. SAPIO, the once-popular tenor singer, died on the 27th
ult., in great indigence.

THE EARL OF SUFFOLK AND BERKSHIRE died at Charlton
House, Malmesbury, on the 4th inst., aged 75.

PRIESSNITZ, the celebrated founder of hydropathy, died at
Grafenberg on the 26th of November, at the age of 52.

WILHELM MEINHOLD, the pastor, author of the "Amber
Witch," died on the 30th ult., at Charlottenburg. He was one
of the leaders of the old Lutheran party in Pomerania, but had
for some years lived in retirement. His son has joined the
Catholic Church.

LADY CAROLINE KING died on the 5th inst., in her thirty-
third year. She was sister to the Earl of Portarlington, and
married Captain George St. Vincent King, R.N., in 1847.

SIR JOHN GLADSTONE, BART., the father of the Right. Hon.
W. Gladstone, died on the 7th inst., at Fasque, in his 87th
year.

PROFESSOR DUNBAR, of Edinburgh, whose name is familiar
to most of Greek scholars died on the 6th inst., at his residence
in that city.

JOSEPH WILLIAM TURNER, the grand landscape painter,
died at his house in Queen Anne-street, on the 19th inst., at the
age of 76.

HENRY LUTTRELL, Esq., died at his house in Brompton-square,
on the 19th inst. in his 81st year.

WILLIAM JACOB, Esq., F.R.S., late Comptroller of Corn
Returns to the Board of Trade, died in Cadogan-place, on the
17th, in his 80th year.

COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES.

THE dreary war in Caffraria continues to be drearily discussed, dragging its slow length through military
despatches that announce continual success, and through newspaper leaders that prove how little the
success is worth. But though the success is worth so little, it is costing nearly a million and a half by the
year; and this fact will doubtless sharpen the interest of next session's colonial debates. Taxes and the
Caffres will be found in ominous conjunction.

The only important piece of intelligence lately
received from India, is the fact that the Nizam has
paid up the whole of his debt to the British Government,
and has thus secured his political independence.

The accounts from the Cape of Good Hope mention
numerous actions between the British troops and the
Caffres, in which the former are stated to have always
the advantage, though without any results which
promise a termination to this disastrous war.

PROGRESS OF EMIGRATION AND COLONISATION.

A parliamentary return has been printed, containing
interesting Statistical Information respecting New
Zealand. Last year the population of the colony was 4047,
being an increase of 675 on the preceding year. The actual
revenue of the year 1850 was £3506 18s. 5d., and the
expenditure £3213 18s. 11d. In 1850 the exports were
£7116, being a decrease of £1576 10s. on the preceding
year. It is stated that the decrease had arisen by the
increased population consuming the flour which otherwise
would have been exported. In 1850 the imports
were £17,507 2s. 6d., being an increase of £3253 1s. 6d.
on the preceding year. There has been a great increase
in the number of acres fenced, cleared and cultivated
last year, compared with 1849. It appears that the
native population within the districts of Wellington,
Waikanal, Otaki, Manawatu, Rangitikie, and
Wairarapa, in the province of New Munster, is 4711, of
which number 2955 are Christians. Of those stated to
be Christians, 1148 can read and write, and 444 can read
only. There are 39 churches and chapels within the
province.

The project of establishing a new convict settlement
at New Caledonia, in the Southern Archipelago, has, it
is stated, for some time occupied the attention of
Government, and active steps for the purpose are at this
moment under consideration. The island is described
by those who have visited it in whaling-ships, as
presenting resources of a most valuable character, teeming
with vegetation, and abounding in varieties of timber of
the best description, suitable alike for shipbuilding and
other useful purposes, whilst the climate is, at the same
time, said to be delightfully salubrious, and the harbours
already known safe and capacious.

NARRATIVE OF FOREIGN EVENTS.

THE dismay which M. Bonaparte's coup d'état has carried into Belgium, Switzerland, and Piedmont, no
less than the delight which has hailed it in the palaces of Vienna and St. Petersburg, indicates pretty
plainly the direction in which the interest of continental affairs is now likely for some time to be concentrated.
In America M. Kossuth's reception appears to have been of a mixed kind—doubtful from the authorities,
enthusiastic from the people; but under the influence of his remarkable oratory the warmer feeling is on
the increase, and that his crusade through the States will not be suffered to pass off as a mere lionising
excitement becomes daily more and more evident.

We have to record the commencement of Another
Revolution in France. All the political questions which
had occupied the Assembly and the public mind since
the commencement of the Session, have been at once
put an end to by a sudden Coup d' Etat of the President.
Down to Tuesday the 2nd of this month, no remarkable
occurrence had taken place in addition to those
mentioned in our last number. But, on the morning of
that day, the inhabitants of Paris awoke to find the city
occupied by troops, and a decree by the President posted
on every wall, announcing the dissolution of the National
Assembly and of the Council of State, the re-establishment
of universal suffrage, and the establishment of the
"state of siege" throughout the first military division.
It was further announced that "the French people
were convoked in its elective colleges from the 14th to
the 21st of December." There were also proclamations,
addressed to the people and the army. The address to
the people contained the outline of a new constitution:
"Persuaded," said the President, "that the instability
of the Government and the preponderance of a single
Assembly are permanent causes of trouble and disorder,
I submit to your suffrages the following fundamental
basis of a Constitution which Assemblies will develope
afterwards:—1. A responsible head, named for ten
years. 2. Ministers dependent on the Executive Power
alone. 3. A council of state, formed of the most eminent
men, preparing the laws and supporting the discussion
of them before the legislative body. 4. A legislative
body discussing and voting laws, named by universal
suffrage, without scrutin de liste, which falsifies the
election. 5. A second Assembly, formed of all the