purchased for 250 guineas. The Prince of Wales's brought
55 guineas, and the remaining drawings by the Princess
Alice, Princess Helena, and Prince Alfred, 30 guineas
each. They will, however, continue to be exhibited at
Burlington House during the season.

Mr. Albert Smith gave his Mont Blanc entertainment
for the thousandth time on the 1st inst.

Mr. Macaulay has just been elected a member of the
Royal Academy of Amsterdam, in the class of literature,
languages, history, and belles–lettres. Jacob Grimm
the grammarian, Ranke the historian, Lepsius the
archaeologist, and other learned men of European
reputation, were elected at the same time.

At a late meeting of the Royal Geographical Society,
Sir Roderick Murchison announced that the Geographical
Society of Paris had transmitted to the society of
London three medals for presentation to three members
of that society. They were—a gold medal to Captain
M'Clure, for his discovery of the north–west passage; a
silver medal to Captain lnglefield, for his discoveries in
the arctic regions; and a silver medal to Mr. Francis
Galton, for his explorations in the Namaqua, Damara,
and Ovarupo countries, northward of the Orange River,
in south–west Africa. The medals were accordingly
presented by Sir Roderick to these gentlemen.

                   Obituary of Notable Persons

SIR HENRY ROWLEY BISHOP, the celebrated composer, died
in London, on the 30th ult., in his 69th year.

REAR–ADMIRAL CORRY died at Paris, on the 1st inst.

ADMIRAL LLOYD died suddenly, at his residence, at
Cheltenham, on the 29th ult., aged 70.

SIR ROBERT HARRY INGLIS, BART., died on the 5th inst.,
in London, in his 70th year.

The widow of Sir HUMPHRY DAVY died on the 8th inst., at
her residence in Park–street, Grosvenor–square, at an
advanced age.

LORD DE MAULY died on the 16th inst., in his 68th year,
at his residence in St. James's–street.

MR. TRAVERS, the popular vocalist, died at Kensington, on
the 20th inst. He was known in the musical world by the
name of Travers, but his real name was Romer, and he
belonged to the talented family of the Romers, the different
members of which have been long popularly identified with
the lyrical drama.

LORD SPENCER COMPTON, Captain in the 15th Hussars, died
suddenly, on the 21st inst., at Exeter, where he was stationed
with his regiment.

          COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES.

THE Overland Mail has brought dates from Bombay
to April 17, and from Calcutta to April 10. There have
been some severe skirmishes on the Punjaub frontier,
betweeen a field force under Colonel Craigie, and the
Momunds, or hostile hill–men, who have been beaten
and dispersed.—On the 30th March, a treaty of
friendship with the Cabul government, was signed at
Peshawur by Sirdar Goolam Hyder Khan, on the part
of Ameer Dost Mahomed Khan, and by Mr. John Lawrence,
chief–commissioner of the Punjaub, on the part
of Lord Dalhousie. The treaty contains three articles;
by the first of which friendship and peace are established
between the British government and Dost Mahomed
Khan and his heirs; by the second, the East India
Company engages to respect the territories now
possessed by the Ameer, and not to interfere therein; and
by the third, the Ameer and his heirs undertake not
only to do the same towards us, but to be the friends of
our friends, and the enemies of our enemies.—The
Supreme Government has ordered the construction of a
line of telegraph from Mirzapore viâ Jubbulpore,
Seeonee, Nagpore, and Hyderbad to Bellary, connecting
those places with the existing lines between the capitals
of the presidencies and the Punjaub.

Advices from the Cape of Good Hope mention the
opening of the second session of the Colonial Parliament
on the 15th March, by Sir George Grey. In his opening
speech, the governor stated the nature of his plans for
the defence of the frontier. He proposed that enrolled
English pensioners, married men, and medically fit,
should be invited to settle in British Caffraria; that
each man should have a cottage and an acre of land;
that for seven years he should be liable to serve twelve
days without pay, and any number of days for
pay when called on; and that at the end of the seven
years he should have a free grant of the cottage and
land. The villages would be so arranged as to form,
with the military post, a continuous line of defence. At
the same time, every effort should be made to raise the
Caffres in Christianity and civilisation, by the establishment
among them, and beyond our boundary, of missions
connected with industrial schools, by employing them
on public works, and by other similar means.

There are advices from Melbourne to the 11th March,
and from Sydney to the 7th of that month. The Melbourne
accounts state, that the artisans who had been
thrown out of employment, consequent upon the
demand for building having ceased, were beginning to
turn their attention to gardening and other industrial
pursuits. A great portion of land, which had previously
been sown for hay, had this year been sown with wheat,
and in some districts considerable progress had been
made in the erection of flour–mills. The total amount
of gold dust brought by the government escorts from
the various gold–fields from the beginning of January to
the 3rd of March was 170,584 ounces. The weather
had been unusually dry, but the miners were engaged
in making piles of washing stuff, and it was expected
that the average of the preceding year would be
maintained. Quartz crushing was beginning to be carried
on with great activity at Bendigo and Ballarat. At
Ballarat, also, machinery was extensively used for
pumping water from the deep levels, which, in some
cases, were upwards of 200 feet from the surface. The
circulation of the banks continued steady, but there was
a slight increase in the deposits. The drain upon them
is said to have ceased, and the accounts of the colonists
to be improving rapidly. The suspension of steam
communication, both via India and the Cape of Good Hope,
had created much dissatisfaction throughout the whole
of the Australian colonies. The supplies at the diggings,
in consequence of the suspension of credit, were short,
and every one was endeavouring to lay in stock, which
caused a brisk trade in provisions, ironmongery,
machinery, cordage, and other suitable goods. In Victoria,
for months past, the rate of wages had been declining.
Rents were falling. The trial of the diggers, taken
prisoners at Ballarat, commenced on the 22nd February,
but, verdicts of acquittal having been returned in two
cases, the attorney–general declared he had no
confidence in the jury, and refused to proceed with the
trial of the other prisoners that session.

On the 16th of February the council voted £20,000
as a contribution from the colony to the Patriotic Fund.

Discoveries of gold have been made on the Keilor
Plains, and also at Mount Ararat, near the River
Hopkins. The workings at Anderson's Creek, or
rather in the bed of the Yarra Yarra, were still spoken
of favourably, and several hundreds of men were
reported to be at work there.

         NARRATIVE OF FOREIGN EVENTS.

The narrative of the Siege of Sebastopol in our last
number was brought down to the 14th of April. The
fire from the batteries of the Allies, mentioned in Lord
Raglan's despatch of that date, continued till the 17th,