The Express. — London, England, 1851-04-18 00:00:00

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'then, in due season, these run to sed: and so we oscillate between extremes. l'oor-law administration is signally illustrative at this. For a long time a fixed idea ruled all minds amongst us that the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, lay in the unrestricted and untiwt titled sovereignty of parochial authorities over pstrochiul income and expenditure for the relief of tic Issor. In fulness of time the alone s of unbalanced localism grew intolerable; whenapou tloe Somerset house conspiracy axes formed —stn honest and patriotic purpose being under pretenee of lopping the decayed branches to make its own of the entire wood. In delight at being relieved from insupport able burthens the rate-paying community clapped hands at the inauguration of the new principle. They neither asked its name, its purpose, or its tendency ; and only by tardy experience hate they learned to suspect that centralisation unchecked may prove as intolerable a nuisance as unchecked loralisat ion. In England, however, we are very much disposed to sulk mill growl who ii things are going wrong, and the priviletnet cliques by about we have the honour and happiness. of being govenied air wont to get excessively nervous, and exesedingly civil when the tail of the national animal is pereeived to move in a nu miring manner. No effort is then wanting on (lie pert of our lourcauenetie COILeI/1711et to pacify him. Sweet wools ad li4iNat, ronnasions of the very vi tals of their pet thosories--an) thing, everything is surrendered summarily to abate his rising rage, *pm the calculation that once composed into a sound sleep again, they may hope to resume their rti pithy schemes of official monopoly, esoneentration and absorption. And thus in England the wheel of jugglery goes round. Hut it, Ireland, unfortunately, the cheek of opinion is not at operative or ellevtive. It appear,' to be a settled axiom with flu Treasury and the Home tollice, that all expostulation or suggi slim' of an un political kind rot 1111 l g from the other side of the Channel should be treated with frac:tuitions contempt. Nothing short of a cabal or a row has the least chance of Is Mg attended to by our political prigs 01 any party in power. And as the officials who are paid for going through the forms of the Irish department arc not sufrrvd to do the business for which it is pretended that they are paid (and which we are bound to suppose the v might 110 letter than it is now done, inmintielt us nothing can prietically be worse than its present mode of execution), it follows as matter of course that nothing is eviar ridded in the way of legislation for 1111.1111 i until in the face of an angry opposition, or on the eve of some ministerial crisis, plans, projects, and principles are all tumbled oeerboaril at the instants• of the anxious whipper-in. TV/II years ago the organisation Of the Irish poor law oesapied not inconsiderable portjust of senatorial time. T in' /If the over-ceittnilised aystem had then reached their height. In one-third of the king doom the electice guardians had been altogether superalled by the apprentiees of the Treasury., fur whom• extravaganoe, ins and injustiee, thous:m.ls of inolusirious rats- payer- are still sultleing the ‘et iglit of ox rtiiiitoon taxatiim. (hi the other loud it ...idol not be denied that ait bout some actise and vigorous intervention from ecittnil authority, over lourthened property in many plan, was too easily tempted to slothe or negleo its duties in timesof %mi ser-4d pnraration and distress : and in short that tits balance inust somehow, or by 501115' one, be held lietatt-111.0101/111.rIti011 for the pnservation of indus trial energy. and for the preservation of pauper life. it mas ao el/111010y Pite!gl'lLted by massy hu mane and 'tensible is. 12.011 S 5'4 haying totes to give on a division, and by some, in lbuth hones. of parliament, who hill, that the true remedy for the the/0114 dangers of loth systems lay in the due combination of the two. Vice guardians acting uncontrolled were apt to squander the mamma of the union, and to plunge its rateable property into imputable debt. Elective boards had shown theinselees untrustaortity beyond a certain point of aellatagellation with the rafr-whip, and in sensilols to the claims of humanity in the panic of Pelf- preservation. What more rational, then, than to cede atour by due equipoise of contervailing impulses to prevent in future the nvurrentv of either extreme? But the bureaucrats 'stilled it otherwise. No combina tion of the two systems would be admitted by them. NO argument would satisfy their profound intelli gence deal a stipendiary guardian sitting with an thelive beard was likely to prove us usehtl ter a sti pendiary magistrate sitting with uffixiitl justices. It must he either the ono thing or the other. .'t comprovnipe or balance of clashs was not eecording to the as /rico of centralised administration. And what is the result? In Kilrush and Ennistymon. neighbouring, unions in the mane county, the one ruled ever by un exclu sitely unpaid hoard, the other administered exclu sively by paid guardians named by the pour-law caluniassoners, the state of things has risen to suclea pitch of sffifering and shame. that it is dittieult to say which of the two presents the more lamentable and revolting Opectawle. Inadequate provision made fur the sustenance, clothing, and houang of the misera ble inmates of the workhouses, follotweil hr their in evitable ronsispiencea, disease und sheath: mark the rival scenes d mismanagement and malversation. Originating in opposite sources, the streams of wretched:am% cruelty, and mortality Mow in the same direction. equally deep, dark, and disastrous. Hut what avails complaint? Is it all inasording to the system? itt, it must be confessed, one passage in Bishop l' LL rirrrs's Pastoral I.et ter that extorts some acquieseunee in it. Quell the prelate of strife and diaccald : It was my misfortune to be tumble to concur with the great saijonty of the bishop. in an address which they have vent on this subject (ritual differences] to the clergy of their dioceses. If ritual diffiTences were the principal matters which at present cause divisive amongst us. I should fully rivogniee the fitness of stag an unit. 41 effort to produce Imrmony. But, is this the fart ? Iv it not rather true dif ferences on incomparably higher matters, grave questions of doctrine, are those which really iuterfere with the unity and peace of the church ? Is it then accordant with the t ru e dignity--or even very manifestly consistent with the duty—of bishops, to close their eyes, and seal their mouths. walnut (the daring violation of on artiste of the chunk and to look at nothing but little ritual irregularities ? Differing entirely as to wherein consists "us; daring violation of an article of the church," and he from considering the questions involved in excessive rubricism us "little ritual irregularities," we never theless assent to the episcopal proposition thut it was e i t neither accordant with the true nor con is tent with the obvious duty of the bishops to att t to produce an external conformity of practices in t e church, and to leave unnoticed and untouched those far greater doctrinal controversies out of which ritual dissensions have really sprung. And though the - -- the signatures of 22 '-• no huger mistake amongst the 23 thought and views —' : essentials—that ens.. and the hoslhms 1 At to this edam de OntriZ a t=t era sea tellsise s mesh it entre lime et telseeption, 1 the character of a Bishop Puturarrs bench with endes- vourhig to escape from tres*Aiglesitilas, byte over the cranks and crannies of the terser difficulties.' The assenting bishops cried "peace! peace!" when they themselves know net what " peace " is. Why, it may be inquired. refer to this episcopal di:cord ? Btcause. we reply, in it—in the points of disunion, arc involved questions of not merely the highest religious interest, such as we don't profess to discuss here, but of en swing political import ance, the examination of which cannot be avoided without augmenting their mischievous tendency. 'lle Church of England has at all times played so great a part in our political system, and occupies so prominent a position in our social organisation—the power of its clergy is so omnipresent in Englund, and the influence of its hierarchy so predominant in the councils of even whit; cabinets, that its throes and distractions, its controversies and debates, are matters and things that affict, not only the welfare of the community, but more or less the repose of every individual. It is not, then, a light or trivial thing to have this church rent by a debate as to its own character; to have one party in it claiming for it a position here on earth of a transcendental character; for its clergy, functions, and powers fur exceeding any that the physical organisation, mental capacity, or intellectual cultivation of man can evolve or disclose; for its literature, an authority not far from supernatural; and to have in it another party treating it as only an ordinary ecclesiastical organisation with no such at tributes, possessing, as a church, principally historical claims for teepee, and, as to means uf religious in struction and edification, that authority which arises wryly from its fidelity to revelation. No doubt these two parties have,mere or less deve lord, always existed in the church of England. But until our times they existed rather in its literature than in its active ranks; their debates were the dis cussions of schoolmen rather than a war of armed men : they evaporated in books and pamphlets and tracts, they never before penetrated into the bosoms of families and into the vitals of society. From the termination of Cromwell's great reign to the days of Bangor'e greatest bishop thesedehatcs have beenevery now and then breaking out afresh in one form or other, but in a harniless,unimpassioned,uninjulious way. Not so now. In our generation, they have marshalled the church of England into two great armies—they give employment to these armies in regular cam paign—they have driven one party to rely for aid and succour on the legions of Rome ; they arc urging the other to a better and holier alliance and friend ship with the more powerful, though irregular, troops of nonconformity. The struggle is one over which parliamentary in fluence is almost powerless ; on Which legislative action can have at best but little effect; fur neither party reeognisca parliamentary jurisdiction over their dispute : it is, moreover, one in which parliament, as a body, is not well informed, and on which few legislators take that ae• the interest which, perhaps, the gravity of the warfare requires. A time may, however, arrive when parliament may be compelled to interfere; but when reached taw intervention will lie unwilling, and its consequence may produce in England what legislation on a cognate controversy brought about in Scotland—a disruption of the southern establish , ment—a contingency by no means absent from con templation of Bishop Putcceorrs : for, on referring to what he chasms the excessive pretensions of the royal supremacy in ecclesiastical affairs, he says: A retnapert of they , matter* has not failed to fill tAe churchman'• mind a ii h strange foreboding*, to excite appre ben.ions revecting a much longer continuance on the part of the state of a continuance el those rights and antics of the church, which will not, cannot he abandoned by her, br Me cost adhrriny Mawr,' what it may ; for, on them, her faithfulness to a higher power than any which human laws can alts t to give or cluion—nay, her very being, us " the church of the Living God, the Pillar and Ground of the Truth"- incuntestablydepends. Secession and separation being then already ' within the prebable results, as acknowledged by a bishop and a leader of one of the parties. it is a matter and contingency to be steadily looked at and fairly and reasonably estimated. Is there then aught in the discussion and the controversy about which moderate and temperate and solsermind:al men ought to risk u result which, in the opinion of churchmen at least, would he a great and serious evil? Whatever might previously have been the opinion formed on this 4 l uestion:llishop Pilita.eorrs statement of the differ ence, if udopted and accepted by his party generally, cull, we near, leave little doubt. For between him and the Archbishop of CANTERIWItit the differences are whully irreconcilable. The religion they deduce from, the scheme of redemption they respectively find in revelation, has not even common terms; it is not only discordant, it is antagonistic. Be tween them, there are no &thaw, elaborate finely spun lognmachic discords such us Gums de lights in unravelling and tracing down to one common knot, but great and mighty, and fundamental contra rieties; lwtween them it is no dispute about sub laisarianism or super-lapsarianism, such as oeeu pied the time of the Synod of Onset, but I irreconcilable statements of doctrines, and navcon cilia& discrepancies of interpretation on the primor dial element, its it were, of Christianity. The turning point and pivot of all their differences is the character of the church of which the one is Primate, and the other is comprovincial bishop. On this subject Archbishop SUMNER is plain and ex plicit ; on it he ulmust reproduces the noble language of lloantse Practically, our Saviour is treated with dishonour when the church which he has established is made to usurp his place, to perform his acts, to receive his homage so repre sented as to be, virtually, the author of salvation, instead of the channel through which salvation flows. This is, in truth, to depose him from his throne, and to invest his sub jects with the authority which belongs to himself alone. Again : It is convene-nt. no doubt, in language to embody the multitude who le beet , in Christ under one comprehensive term, and our Lord himself taught us by example that we may do this safely and legitimately. But language may mile 01. We may personify a body, for the convenience ..f discourse, and by degrees forget that a community is not a person. And further: Perhaps it is ton much to expect, which nevertheless we earnestly de•+ire, that there should he no schisms or divisions amongst Christians; that the church of Christ should ever be a seamless coat ; that all congregations of faithful men should ever be so strictly one. as to think alike and agree unanimously upon all subjects—upon such subjects, for instant..., as diocesan cpiscop:u•7 or infant baptism, or litur gical forms, or church membership fur a national esta blishment. Lastly: One of the first and most needful works of the reformers was to pierce the veil and to divest the church of the mys tery in which it bad been shrouded, and to disclose it to the world in its true and scriptural form, as the company of believers. This is strong language of the Primate's. But it is as true in essence and as correct in form I as it is powerful in terms and emphatic in expression. It is language that embodies principles under the operation of which the church of England may easily be reconciled with civil government, under which the supremacy of royal authority may readily be made to adjust and fit in with ecclesiastical organisation, under which authority and order mar be cordially made to accord with fre'edom of thought ; for in such principles and views there is practically a repudiation and a denial of all those pernicious and dangerous figments in cluded in that silliest of terms, cathaicity. Bi - N7E - C — se archiepiscopal views of a church—of the church of England, Archbishop SUMNER'S com provincial uof Exeter denounces in the most unmeasured as unscriptural ; as heretical ; as" maiming and " truncating" the body of the faith ; squaring the revelation of Goo to man's presumptuous measure of what is rea sonable, good, and edifying." The Primate who utters these and other such reasonable views of Chris tianity. is said to have thereby „ forfeited his right to catholic communion, to be a Solifidean ;" to have "renounced the divine authority of the office in 1 1 which the power of mission is lodged "—to have 1 " flung the commission of CHRIST under the footstool ci an earthly throne," to have made "6, voluntary betrayal of a high and most sacred trust"—"Traditor potestatis, glum sancta matey ecelesia a spouse sue acceperat "—to have placed St. Paul " in the Index Expargatorins of modern Lambeth." All this is. of course, disgusting enough, when re garded as mere episcopal - Billingsgate. But it is much more than that; its fierceness of expression in dicates how vital is the controversy raging in the church of England; and its vindictiveness shows how powerful a breakwater the moderation and truthfulness of the Primate arc in times like these. Remove them, and between church and state in England would ownmence a straggle which, though , recent episcopal addrees' bZre die a I t . out of our 26 prelates, there can be I 1 1 than to sumo that there is a that substantial unanimity of thou that unanimity of opinion on assent 7ret the ellen, the position a whisk bseription useil imeipt ib e% d isia l . On the a eadrearns a diatoms ea realities of religie they et Antrim at the very schen) nume lp :3r; views as to th Aetna& ia , wellentitle Bi I be tea= an the be , , ' THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1851. it would quickly cod in the overthrow of the chunk might also bring down society in its ruins. FRANCE. rAitts, Turnsosy Evr.NING. A council of ministers was held yesterday at the Elysee, at which the President of the Republic pre sided. Couriers had arrived during the previous night with important despatches from Vienna, and the coun cil was occupied with deliberating on the serious question of the entrance of Austria with all her states into the Germanic confederation. After an animated . discussion, it was decided that the French govern ment should renew its protests on the subject, but without departing from the moderate policy which it had adopted in concert with England. The latest political event of any importance is the new programme which I mentioned briefly yesterday of the fusionist party in the Assenabke Yttinnal. It is this party which sided with the legitimists in voting against the motion of M. Cretan, and arc now striving, with the ulterior view of restoring the Bourbon monarchy, to conciliate to the Elysie the support of M. Ben•vcr and his party. The fusionists arc legitimists in tc.cory and Bonapartists in prac tice. They have a word for each of the three dynastic parties; they say to the legitimists that them is no monarchy for France but the monarchy of the house of Bourbon; to the Orleanists that this monarchy, in order to be true, must be complete; and to the Bonapurtists that they will not shake the sent under which France must for the present shelter herself. The Union, however, gives a very cold reception to these advances. The Josrnal des Debals is quite silent ; so is the Opininn Pabligne. The Messayer, inspired by 'M. Thienc makes a slush ing onslaught at the manifesto of this party, which, indeed, has been long in existence, but only yesterday put forth its views in an overt ar.d declareti . shape. The Charienri of this morning . has been seized. The motive of this chastisement is a caricature re presenting a match at cross-bow-shooting. The butt is the plaster head of a female, with " Constitution" written on her brow. Louis Napoleon, seated with his back to the spectator, is distnbuting arrows to a group of marksmen, who arc easily recognised as the grave Odilon Ilarrot, the bald round &troche, the cravatted Vermin, the minute owl-like and spectacled Thiers. The poor Constitution, hit already by two! arrows in the neck and one in her brow, seems on the point of falling, when M. Leon Faucher takes aim. The President exclaims : " Cclui qni la rcn versem tout-i-fait sera mon ministre!" A portfolio lies us prize nt the bottom of the pole on which the bast is hung. The funds continue to fall. To-day the Fives de clined .10 centimes, closing at 92.23. The Threes closed at 56.95, with a fall of 30e. The reports of the Patric that the Duke of Levis is the beater of instructions from the Count of Cham bord, favorable to the prolongation of the president's powers, and that M. de Falloux is coming to I'aris to accept a seat in the cabinet, do not agree with the intelligence which I receive from other well-informed quarters. M. de Falloux has written two articles in the Union Jr tOurst, of Angers, to prove that the prolongation of the president's powers is one of the most unsatisfactory solutions possible of the crisis of t 5.52. _ _ _ _ The cstablishnient of several telegraphic-offices about Paris begins to be attended with serious in conveniences ; for these oracles, csmducteil mostly by stockjobbers and persons entirely ignorant of pli tical and diplomatic questions, deluge the public with false alarms and worthless, or rather mischiev- OUS. rumours. _ . . _ _ ..... M. Chupot, one of the secretaries of the Chamber, has brought in a bill on the right of petition, which merits notice, as it seems likely to be adopted. Ac cording to this system, at least one of the signatures must be legalised by the mayor; and the petition shall be considered null and void if the authenticity of nil the signatures be not guaranteed by some single petitioner, whose signature has been attested bethre the mayor. If any of the signatures of the petition be forged, the peiSOn who becomes guarantee for their authenticity is punished by a tine varying from 100 to 50(1 francs. imprisonment for not more than six months, tow-' ther with a fine out exceeding 204)fr., and depriva tion of civil and political rights for not more than ten years, are the penalties imposed on the author of a false signature. The session of the Congress of Agriculture t today. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. THE KAFFIR WAR. By the arrival of the Propmtis nt Plymouth we are in p,isussion of tiles from Cape Town to the ith of March, with news from Fort William, the head quarters of Sir Harry Smith, to the 23rd of February. The main body under Sir Harry, about 4,000 strong, still remained at King William's Town, and had only been partially occupied in riezzias against the kraals of chiefs, and in tlirowing reinforcements into the beleaguered ties. The most notable incident in the news by this arrival is the recapture of Fort Arm strong from the Ilennanus rebels. On the 30th of January Colonel Mackinnon (as stated in our last accounts) succeeded in relieving Forts White and Cox by throwing six weeks' provi- sions into each. Ou the 3rd February, the Commander-in-Chief hav ing received despatches from Gen. Somerset, issued a proclamation, in which he referred to his proclama tion of martial law, calling upon the burghers to MOVe against the enemy, and to assist in repressing the rebellion of the Hottentots, who were making common cause with the Kaflirs. Ile animadverted upon the want of energy which had been manifested on the part of the inhabitants of the frontier districts, ' many of whose families and properties would be in consequence, if they were not already, at the mercy of the insurgents. He then declared that the rebel lion would not be checked except by the assistance of an efficient burgher force; and if it were allowed to extend itself, the most mischievous results were to be apprehended; and he called upon all loyal in habitants between the ages of 18 and 5 to place themselves wider the orders of General Somerset for the defence of their country. Ile expressed deep regret at the apathy now for the first time mani fested by the burghers, remarking that in a month scarcely one burgher had come to his aid; and he declared that unless they now came forward, and as he now confidently trusted they would, they alone would be responsible for all the evils that would ensue. - - _ _ . - . . . On the afternoon of the 3rd of Feb. Lieut.-Col. Napier, ('.M.lt., with a force of about 1,100 men of Cape Corps, 73rd ltegt., and Swellendam and Gem dendal levies, proceeded to the Umgazini River, west of Fort White, for the puma*: of intercepting Seyolo in ease he should attempt to move into the Gaika country. on Col. Mackinnon 's approaching his kraal by the direct route. On the looming of the .Ith, Col. Maekinnon with a three of 1,150 men of the Cape Corps, 73rd ftegt., and ltiversdale and Albany ley ics, and Fort Peddle Fingers, marched to Scyolo s kraal on Lino 1/rift, without opposition, and de stroyed it. He then joined Lieut.-Col. Napier who had reported a large body of Kaffirs in the neigh bourhood, but upon the two forces joining the enemy retired, and the lateness of the hour did not permit of pursuit. On the sth, the whole division proceeded to the Prophet tiolungeni's kraal. The Kaffirs at the kraal at first drew up in considerable numbers as if intending to offer sonic opposition; they, however, dispersed on the approach of the troops. who then proceeded to the kraal situate on the keiskamma, a few miles below Line Drift. The kraal was dcstrovcsl, and a party of the Cape Corps and lingoes were de spatchcd in pursuit of the cattle; they returned late, having captured about MOO head. On the Ittli inst., Col. Mackinnon returned to King William's Town. On the 7th, the following general order was issued on the receipt by tit:* Commander-in-Chief of Col. Mackinnon's report : . „ GERMANY. A letter in the Cdogne Gazdtr, dated Berlin, April hi, says: " We learn that many consultations have been held during Count Thun s presence in Vienna, on the subject of new instructions for the Austrian ambassador at the Bund. The instructions contain the same propositions as Austria has put forth at I hesden, but the question of the incorporation of the non-German states it has been deemed prudent for a time to set aside. An Austrian memorandum, in which the plans and views of Austria in the recon stitution of the Bund ace fully explained, is in pro cess of preparation, and is to be sent to all the German courts on the opening of the Diet. The closest di plomatic alliance has lately taken place between Bavaria and Wurtemburg, tile object of which is not only a common declaration with respect to the dissolution of the Dresden conferences,but also a closer alliance of the middle states among themselves. I learn from a certain quarter, where I can place great confidence, that the • Four Months of Foreign Politics seized by the police has been released by the city law authorities. VIENNA, Amu, 13. Count Thun had a long audience yesterday of the Emperor, at which Prince Schwarzenberg was pre sent. The count will not return to Frankfurt till utter the Easter holidays. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Meerit 30. Hy an ordnance of the 27th ult., M. Nlussurus, for merly ambassador of the Porte to Vienna, has been named ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at the court of London. He will, iu the course of a few days, embark for London on board the government steamer nazi Bahari, which will also convey to England several objects for the London Exhibition. It is stated that the Russians will evacuate the Danubian principalities on the 27th instant. TIIE CASE or 1.. J. HANSARD.—A meeting of the industrious classes was held last night at the Bell Inn, Old Dailey, to promote subscriptions on behalf of Mr. Ilea sard, whose plalauthropic • exertions in prosperity, it was considered, rendered it a grateful duty of the working men of London to combine and assist him in his present difficul ties. Resolutions were passed with this .iew, and at the close of the meeting additional subscriptions were an nounced. THE STRIKE AMONGST THE SAILORS OF POOLE, which has continued for the last three weeks, has now closed by the arrival of sailors from other ports. A disturb ance was anticipated between the new comers and the natives, which has fortunately not taken place. The timber ships which have been detained for want of crews, have during the present week departed for Quebec, and the dis turbance may be considered as terminated. FIRE NEAR LONDON BRIDGE.—Late on Wednes day night another destructive fire broke out on the pre mises in the joint occupation of the Surrey Stnnefard and Nunez Ezpress office, and Mr. Bates, caner and gilder, No. 15, Duke-street, London-bridge, adjoining to the ruins left by the great fire in February last. The discovery was made by Mrs. Bates about half-past ten o'clock. She was passing the premises, on her way to her residence, which Is the neighbourhood, when her attention was attracted to a glare of light in Mr. Bates's workshops, underneath the front shop, and in a few seconds it was found that the I place was on firs. She instantly gave the alarm to a family named Deckanan, residing in the second floor, the only parties sleeping on the premises, who with difficulty ma ed street to escape by the door, but th e y M t barely quitted the building before the flames burst forth and enveloped the whole 'of the in terior, from the basement to the roof. The police the moment the alarm was given, promptly despatched no tice round to the different brigade stations, and secured an expeditious attendance of engine§ and assistance. Most of them were at the place in an instant, plenty of water being ble—an unusual circumstance in that n e i g h. ron e rrod ; and by considerable exertion the flames were in the course of half-an-hour entirely subdued. The damage, however, to the premises was most exte ns i ve ; nearly die whole of the rooms in the house were burned out. In Mr. Bates's front shops there was a valuable collection of paint ings, estimated at 3,0001.; mint of them were destroyed, weether with contents of the workshops beneath. Defer taantely be was insured only to the extent of MI. Tbe seer ef the Surrey Standard and Sumer Ezpress, on the let Gm, were for the most part burned out. Mr. Beater, preiptittor, was not insured. No aroma could be ob tained explaining the exact awe of the Ike. Head QuurtjmKing William's Town,Feb : 7, 19.11 The Commander-in-Chief having received Colonel Mac kinnon's report of his three days' movements in the com mand of a strong patrol for the purpose of punishing the chief Scyolo for hi, rebellious conduct, and of endeavour ing to apprehend the ....ailed prophet l•mlanjeni, lcae great pleasure in publishing the subjoined extract front that report. This dot% has been most toweessfully and etically performed tno-tt trying weather • and hi+ ( el l s " elene • • s y begs to assure Colonel Mackinnon of ht+ marked approbation, and that he will not fail to lay 'whin: bar Majesty's government a report which refleAs so much credit upon the Colonel himself, the officer; named in the report, and the olliceri and soldiers generally : "We captured on :be whole about eight hun dred head of cattle, snout a hundred of which were lost tact night by the carelessness of the erttle guard. Our casualties amounted to one }lngo killed. If the west: race had favoured us more, I have no doubt that we should have captured large numbers of cattle • but during the whole three days it was most unfavourable to our opera tion'. I have miry reason to speak well of the exertimis of the officers commanding the different corps, vie., 14i1:11t.- Col. Ever, commanding the 73rd Regiment ; Lieut.-Col. Napier, commanding C.M.R. : Major Wilmot, commanding R.I. • and Capt. Davit", commanding the Native Levies. The cheerfulness and good spirit showu by the troops dur ing three most trying days, was all that could be desired. I have to thank Lieut. Stoke, Royal Engineene D. A. Quatiennaster-General of my division, and ('apt. Smith, your Escellehey'e aide theemnp, for the aesioaunee they rendered me. A. J. CLOETF., Lieut.-Cul., D.Q.Nr.u." On the 13th of February a column of nearly three thousand men marched to Fort Hare to reinforce General Somerset: and, after performing some desul tory evolutions about the Chumic, the column re turned to King William's Town on the 111th, fight ing all the way with the Kaffir's, who attacked in great numbers and with the utmost, determination, threw the levies into confusion (as the reports go), and were only beattsi hack by repeated charges of the gallant 73rd. The detachment brought in 14 men killed and 17 severely wounded. Of the Kaffira about 150 are supposed to have fallen. The following is the official report of the move ment : King William'salown, Feb. 19, 1851. Sir,—l have the honour to reporrthe operations wider taken by the diasion under my einunnuid since the 13th inst. 1 proceeded on that day, with five companies 73rd Regi ment, 200 men of the Cape Mounted Riflemen, and two 0-pounders, the European Provisional Levy, and the (it;w Town, River-dale, Swellendam, Denadendal, and Fitegoo Levies, in all amounting to about 2,7•50 men, to Fort White. On messing through the fiche Neck, a considerable body of liaflirs assembled on the right to molest us no the road through the puss; two shells and a spirited charge by the Cape M. Riflemen and the Fingoe Levy set them to Hight. I reached Fort Whites without further impe diment. On the 11th inst. I proceeded from Fort W - hite by the Middle Drift of the Keiskamma to Fort Hare. Large bodies of mounted K tars appeared on the heights on our right, near the Kareiga River, but tome well-directed shells and an attack by the C. M. Riflemen, supported by the giulcorps of native levies, suea dispersed them. I destrnyed all the habitations on this road, which was very thickly populists's]. On my arrival at Fort Hare I reinforeed Major-General Somerset with the European Levy of 400 men, as directed by your Excellency. On the 15th instant, Major-General Somerset having expressed a desire that we should make a combined movement on the Chtunie Valley, 1 placed at his disposal the first corps of native levies, and proceeded with the remainder of my division up this Cliumie Valley, keep iug on the high ground to the right. I met with nu mope sitiun, but had the satisfaction of destroying the huts and laying waste fields of the ruthless savages, who so treacherously murdered the military settlere of Woburn and Auckland, with whom they had besot lie ing for the three previousears on terms of apples nt friendship and ism I - dislity. I bivouacked fur the night mar the Chemist NI.- sionary Station. Ido not advert to Majereieneral Solder sees operations on this day, as he will report them I • If. On the 10th in-t. I returned to, Fort Hare. On the 17th inst. I took tfie road by the Broad Drift of the K risk 11111114 to return to Fort White, in order to carry the war int., the hitherto untouched countries of the rebel elliefs Kona, and 'Coda. 011 r.Wlllllg the neighlourhood of the Umjutiga River Mar liltlllllll . e a W:.% olio 11.1 .111 the column from a strung rocky high g 1 on the right of the road, and several large belies of Kaffir, simulta neously appeared un the 11111111111 our left. I sent the Cape Corps out on both flanks to get round the bills into the enemy's rear, and extended the infantry isi the bushy and rocky ground which he occupied. Alter a spirit. il foulest the Kaffir. were driven out of their lurking plates at all points, and a considerable number killd. I then proceeded to the K0.11411111/11:1, where I halted fie* two hours. 1)111.1111{ our halt the K alii rs inflected in huge numbers, and von after we marched y series of attaek• 011 our rear H inks, reeds,,,, render newts from all the lateral valleys i.ll our r o ad. Es cry attack was mug successfully and gallantly n•puleel, and the enemy wan repeatedly 1•114/14. d .111.1 4111. 1 hack by the 74.1 Item. ment, who, towards th.• lett.•r part /11 th.• day, formed the l rear guard. 'fhe count,y theme), whirl, our read piss, el was most favourable to. the K4lllrs, and to their peeuliar mode 6,lmA...fighting. I mire them the fairest meter tunity of trying their strength, us I halted the velum,/ whenever the r.. 41. was pr 1,1441. The day wan op srewively hot. and the fatigue attendant ..it 11 Mug mere!, of 23 miles W 44 Itiereseeil by the reseesity of trairemrting the wounded on litters Mane by the WI/11PM The attacks continued till after dark, and indeed our rear guard continued tiring until within a short distance of Fort White. ( h , •eprearliing the pose Captain Mansrrgh of the fith Regiment, .• ~,,,, minding the peat, marched out to meet lie with a Reapply of ammunition -a proceeding evincing great ewethought on his part. Our leas on this day 11/11111111V11 to tf killed and 17 wounded severely, Iswldes some who received contusions and alight wounds. The runny suffered very heavily, and several men of note are said te have fallen on his side. The tribes engaged aesinst us were priucipally there of Kona, Stock, Ants, Lotman, Sento Sendilli and SeyoM. 1 feel confident your isoelleney will be retitled at the result of this patrol. We marched about 110 milo through the heart of the enemy's country destroying his habitations, and bewing him Mr with loss wherever he attacked us. The behaviour of the troops, regular nod provisional, was all that could be desired. I beg particularly to bring to your Excellency's uutire the gallantry and efficiency of Lieutenant-Colonel ]lyre, Captain Fanne.s (acting major;, and th.• officers mid men of the 73rd Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel Napier, Brevet-Major Armstrong, and the officers and men of the Cape Mounted Rifles performed their duty in their usual effluent manner. The guns were ably direct: 1 by Brevet-Major Wilmot, R.A. I received 'every assistance from Commandants Bevis and Avliff, and the officers of the native levies. I have to thank L;cuto nant Stokes, of the Royal Engineers, the Deputy Adjutant Quartermaster-General of my division, Mr his great real and activity. After halting yesterday at Fort White, I re turned today to this place without meeting with any fur ther serious resistance.-1 have, .fee. ' Geo. MACKINNoN, Colonel. His Excellency Lieut.-General Sir 11. G. W. Smith, Bart. G.C.B. The operations of (tart., Somerset, after he was reinforced by Colonel Mackinnon, were the attack and recapture of Fort Armstrong, which are thus described in the official report : Fort Armstrong, Feb. 23. We took fort Armstrong yesterday morning . ; at twelve o'clock, basing stormed it with the C. M. Rifles, headed by Major Somerset, supported by burghers, volunteers, and levies. The burghers were fighting from day-dawn until I joined them. 1 was attacked before dawn, at Chumie Ridge, by a lxxly of Hottentota, having two men and two horses wounded. This delayed me an hour and a half, and I did not join the burghers until half-past ten. The fort was in possession of the enemy. We then stormed it with C. M. Rifles. I shelled the fort for some time. The rebels then mixed themselves up with the women and children. The greatest trouble 1 had to contend with was to separate the women and children, and to save them front destruction, before we could storm the place. The men in the tower would not surrender, but kept firinz upon us out of the portholes. We could not take it. I was obliged to blow it up with shells. They fought d•wiperately in the fort alter it was stormed. We killed 27 Kadin and Hot tentots in the fort ;9 in the tower. The burghers had a despi rate fight before I came up—three men killed and fourteen wounded, with lingoes. They had to contend against thousands, and fought most bravely. I have four men dangerously wounded, and four horses —Scr gcaut l'itt badly :•11.t through the leg, also Daly, and two native soldiers. I have upwards of DA prisoners, Ti) to tin stand of arms, HO women and children. I have destroyed the fort, and all its contents. We have several waggons, but very few cattle but what fell into the hands of the Fingoec SWAM was at Philipton on the 21st, and gave his orders to the rebel commanders, and it is supposed went back. lam busy to-day arranging about prisoners and women and chiliken. I fielieve the nem band are much broken up, and gone off to the Amatola, but we had so hard a day yesterday I. have not gone out to-day. I shall clear thu Island's River country to-morrow, and try and get to Eland's Post. This. I think, will break the neck of this rebellion. I have all their women and children, and shall keep them, which will Ming the men out. I send this express to calm the mind of the public. I have not re ceived the crentirandant's report, but will do so in a day or two. The brave conduct of the burghers is beyond all praise. The whole colony is indebted for its salvation to the con duct of thew burghers fur the last six weeks, particularly yesterday. (Signed) 11. SI MER,T.T. To Lieut.-Colonel Sutton, commanding at Fort Beaufort. N.11.—13y a methormilunt on the outside of the dispatch, which wri. wmt oft from Fort Itrrwrtnorg at day-break of 21th of February, the prisoner* then amounted to 220. W. SUTTON, lit. Lieut.-Col. C. M. It. Memorandum of killed and wounded on the 2'2nd February, ..„.. i~ idled : 2 burgher.. I Fingots—total, 6 killed. Wounded : 5 Hottentots-1 t. 31.11., 1 George, 15 burgher*, d lingoes 25 wounded. (Signed) W. C. EDDIT., The following extracts from the journal of Com mandant Walter Conic, referring to the attack on Fort Armstrong, are interesting additional par ticulars: Wednesday, Feb. 19.—Bowker arrived from the general with orders to move on the Kat River immediately. Our mess produced no end of grapes, and all kind of vegetables the result of good living. Thursday, 20.—A1l hands got under weigh at sunrise, nothing particular occurring. Moved up Water Kloof to its source, out-panned to breakfast under Buslineek. Started again about 12, passed Old Brar's place, all burnt to the ground, and pulled up at Kael Koek for the night. Ileugh'is and Ziervogel's burglars kept ahead of us all day, and are out of sight in the direction of Port Itetief. Friday, 21. Started at daylight, reached Retief in about three hours, and found mustered here about SOO men miealy mounted (200 Finguen , 200 British, and 103 Dutch). Mr. Wilson held service in the morning; in the afternoon had a mertinp, of the commandants, and fecht.al on the manner of attack. A general attack to he made to-morrow at daylight. General Somerset, with 1,800 men, will einne Iron Fort Hare, on Fort Arinvtrong, while our men, under their respective cominiaulants (for a wonder all unanimous), move upon Balfour, within two miles of Fort Armstrong. Saturday, 22.—Started when the moon rove, about 19 o'clock, and reached the rebels, both Hottentots and Kaffir , (lierninnus's Katfirt), at Balfour, at daylight. The Kattirs were taken by surprise, and for about an hour we had it all our own way, until supported by a lot of relict; from Fort Armstrong, when we were obliged to defend ourselves, and make two or three charges, to clear some rocks, where the enemy were annoying us; and at about 19 o'clock we drove the enemy into Fort Armstrong, helter s'ielter, where we were met by Major-General Somerset, with a bout 1,400 men and two cannon, and in less than two hours after the fort was carried, sacked, and burnt down, and, altogether, we made a pretty example of the Kat 'liver people of this fort. In the burgher force we had killed four mcii, and k,urteen wounded. I found ninety rebels dead. Two fellows hi lot on in the fort until this morning, when they wire captured, and am to be shot immediately. , - Fort Armstrong had been but a short time in the hands of the rebels when it was taken. It seems that on the 22nd of January the rebel Hottentots and Kaftirs appeared in considerable force before the fort, surrounding it in every direction. A parley took place between the rebel chiefs and the Ikv, Mr. Thompson, Field-commandant Groepe, and Pield-cornets Fourie and Botha, after which the rebels left the camp without anyhostilc demonstra tion. On the 23rd, the inhabitants held a meeting, and it was resolved that if assistance did not arrive before sunset that evening they would leave the camp for Whittlesea; which they did, under an escort of Burghers. from Philipton. Others of the English families were removed to Phi- Lipton. The coloured people at the Fort are represented as mixing freely with the rebels ; and all classes appeared to be suspicious of one another. During the night of the 23rd, and the morning of the 21th, all the stores, houses, &e., in Fort Armstrong were broken open and pillaged. On the Nth me; sengers arrived from Oen. Somerset, but were imme diately surounded by Hottentots within the fort, and their letters taken front them. On the morning of the 25th other messengers arrived, and a Amilar attempt was made, but the letters were secured by the Her. Mr. Thompson. The insurgents were daily increasing in numbers, and very few were believed to remain loyal. Considering It no longer safe to remain at Fort Armstrong. Mr. Weinand left on the 29th, at which time several of the rebel chiefs and their followers are stated to have been in the camp. The rebels in the Stoekenstrom settlement are said to be in constant communication with Sandilli land Maeomo. From the sovereignty there are accounts of a sue tannmando aguinAt tlw Tatubookies. A letter from Culesberg, dated '2olli February, MI. says:— " Major Warden, with the soldiers, ltoetu, and Griquas of Philippolis, that lie took under his orders, on commando, towards the lsdnlnn River, had a light with the Tatolwx,bies, who bud lately been 110ing misehirf there, and defeated them severely, with the 10,, of about si c men on his side." The missionary settlement at Shiloh had been burnt down hr the insurgents. Some severe lighting hull taki it prime there. The Hottentot rebels there were attacked by at large party of Burghers, Kaina's people, and Fingoes, and the lighting continued for six I rs. The nonrigid's were driven, in hlleel'S. Sion, rl9llll every building in the settlement, until they took refuge in the church. 'lite buildings, as m.t its they were evacuated, were tired and de 'droved. Haring this engagement, it is reported, 11 oldie assailing party were slain, including one or two white men. The number of the enemy killed is not known, but it is believed to have been great, for whilst tlwy were entering the church in a dense imam, drugging with them their dead and wounded, two volleys were tired at them. What became of the assailants is not known, for it is reported that a day or two afterwards the same Hottentots from Shiloh, having been reintbreed by another body of their countrymen and some KaiArs, made a despe rate attack upon Whittlesea. An Englishman named Webster was killed, and a few Fingocs, but the enemy was bravely repulsed with great loss. In consequence of some misunderstandi r , probably of the delay of the despatches containing an account of their excesses, hostilities against the Shiloh insurgents were temporarily discontinued, by orders from head-quarters; but the true state of the case becoming known, Sir Harry Smith issued a pro- clamation on the 22nd ult., declaring them guilty af rebellion, but still giving these misguided men the opportunity of proceeding to Whittlesea, and of lay ing down their arms, stating that otherwise they will still be regarded as enemies. Letters had been received from Captain Tylderto r, and commanding at Whittlesea, to the 3rd inst., comma. Ideating the news above given. The following general order was issued 4t• tho coimmuider-in-chief on the receipt of Capt. Tyldea's official report : Dead-quarters, King William's Town, February 16, The commander-in-thief having only lately received tho report of Captain Tylden'a most gallant defence of Whit- Resta, which has been twice attacked by large holies of the enemy, has now the satisfaction to eons, y his just sense and appreciation of the very energetic. tend meritorious services of Captain Tylden, of the Royal Engineer , , and of the exertions of the gentlemen who served and him in so obedient and military a spirit, and ho likewise oe.ires to record his approbation of the services of the intrepid Fingoes and the men of Kansas tribe. They all merit well of their country for their services rendered at a most critical period. It appears that upon one occasion the enemy lost 30 killed and wounded ; ou another about the KM,' number, and that in an attack made by Captain Tylden upon tho misguided men at Shiloh, aided by Mapas,i, about .10 of the enemy were killed and wounded, and $OO head of cattle raptured, and brought oaf in the face of a vastly superior force.—A. J. etamte, Lt.-Col., l)ep. Qr.-Mr.-Gen. The chief Pato had remained faithful to our cause, He had not only assisted in transporting cattle for us, but he had kept open the communication between King William's Town and East London ; his people, however, du not appear so deserving of reliance, Gtr, aceording to the latest frontier intelligenee in the Cape :ILO .1/o;tth/y Dispatch, in Albany serious apprehensions were entertained front the simulta neous desertion of a number of Mattis Kaffirs from their masters, by many of whom they have berm employed fur vents : they carried oft' with them a large herd of Mr. torkcrott's cattle ; these very men were faithful to the colonists during the last war, and actu ally fought against their countrymen. A party of tho Farmers Protection Societe and Stubbs Rangers started in pursuit, but too lute to overtake the fugi: . . " It appears a suspicions circumstanee (says the Dispatch) that their flight was directed down tho Fish River, towards haus country, thougk the ac counts from Fort Peddle state that there is still not the least reason to suspect his fidelity; but it is pro bable that the Hairs construe General Somerset's return front Fort flare to King Williams Town into a retreat, for it is said that some of the Hottentot levies were panic struck on that occasion, and only saved from being thrown into utter confusion by tho steadiness and gallant behaviour of the 7:lrd Itegi ment. A battalion of rifles would be of inlitato service at plysent; the Kattirs kuuw that they cannot be trifled with." ..... The Zulus from Natal, whose assistance had been required by Sir Harry Sudth, had been conater =tided. A titre , : of Zipts) had fermi raised, and moved UM SpeCtilly as possible towards the seat of war, but they had only advanced as far as the banks of the I.7mzekooloo, when the countermand reached them. For two days after the Propontis left the Cape she made 499 miles under canvas only. Tie south-amt trades WVTO very light, and the north-cast tin& s moderate. Off the Western Islands, on the 9th inst., she experieneed a very heavy gale front north-east, and on the 12th there was a heavy sea from tho eastward, with no wind. On the same dav, lat. 4117 north, long. 16.40 west, she spoke the Istrquo Dublin, from Liverpool, for New South Wales, with emigrants, out seven dos. Ow the Stilly Islanis.on Wednesday morning, between 12 and 4 o'clock, she spoke the outward ('ape mail packet Bosphorus, Capt. Hall, making all speed, with a fair wind. At Simon's Itav was her Majesty's ship Vistor, Commodore Wyvifl; a party of marines and seamen had been sent front her to the frontier, to assist in . . the war against the Kaffir:4. lier Majesty's ship Herald, 26, Captain Kellet, C. 8., arrived on the 6th at Simon's ]hie: her purser, Mr. Wodward, had died. ller Majesty's steam-sloop Hermes, Commander Fishbournc, was at Table Bay, taking in horses fur government piwposes, and bound to Algtxt Bay. From Sierra Leone fur Majes!y's brig Cygnet, Conunander White, sailed on the 2.lth of March for a cruise ; her Majesty's brig l'eng • sailed on tho 23rd fur the southward ; Commodore Fanslutwe, in the steam frigate Centaur, with the steam-sloop Vol cano, also sailed on the 23rd for the southward. Com mander Rivers, invalided from the Volcano, was at St. Niclmlas Island, Caw de Verds. Lieutenant Reeves was acting in command. The Wolverine, on the 2.lth, had sent in a prizo containing 120 slaves. The Propontis left the Cape on the 7th March ; arrived at Sierra Leone 23rd, sailed on the 2lth; arrived at St. Vincent's 29th, sailed 31st ; arrived at Falmouth Ulth April at 2 p.m. for coals, sailed 17th; arrived at Plymouth 17th at t n.m. She pot into Falmouth on Wednesday evening in consequence of the strong wind then Mowing from the east, and after waiting some time, and finding the wind in creased in strength, Capt. Melleish, with the govern ment despatches and mail, landed and came on by post horses to Plymouth, and proceeded by the early morning train at ti o'clock for London. A RE, , I'ITE FOR MARIA CLARKE was received yesterday (Thursday), at the comity gaud, Ipswich, upon whostAseutt nee at death was passed at the assizes held at . . Bury St. Edmund's, in the crrlg put cd' the present month, for the murder of her illegitimate mule child, by burying tt alive. fUE CONFESION OF BARTTIOLOMEw ii.tIIItINGTON, who was convicted at the lag adzes of the manslaughter of W. Brown Ambrose, was made on Monday last, before W. Miles, Esq., one of the county magistrates. Throughout his statt mint he implicates Donovan, who was one of the persons in custody for several days, on suspicion of twin; concerned in the murder; but, after repeated examinations, he was discharged on his own recognisance not to leavo Plymouth befo - re the holding of the: assize. This he has done ; but on Monday last he left, and the local police haven no clue to the direction which he took. In the course of his statement Harrington said he was out on the night of the fatal occurnate in company with Donovan. They insulted several persons, and at length met with two men—Ambrose, the deceased, and a friend—walking arm-in-arm. One of them was drunk. Donovan went In hind the men and gave one of than a blow on the head, which caused him to fall bmward. They then made off together, and thought nothing more of the matter until the next morning, when they ascer tained that the man Ambrose had received a mortal blow, and was lying in a most precarious state. The convict more over said that on the following afternoon " I went with Michael 4'rennin, and says he, ' What's that Timothy Dow,- van did last night ?' Ile camu in and went under my bed: with that It , uovan came forward and said, ' I struck that mass, and am afraid have hutted him, and if the police find it out, I am sure to be punished for it, and don't either one of you have anything to say about it. I was drunk, or I shoidd not have done it.' A. few days afterwards Donovan sent for me, and said, ' I hear that that man is dead I struck the other night; if you are brought up for it, stand out till death before you tell it, for I slid nut mean to kill the man at all.' " This confession will cause another investigation to be made. MANSLAUGHTER OF AN OFFlCER.—Aecounte ATOM received in town yesterday of the melancholy death of Cup tale George Slimes, late of the Madras Artillery. On the night of the 11th he was disturbed by the vio:ent eanduct of two men outside his house, which closely abutted upon the road (a public one, leading from the towns of .Alminster and Lyme Regis), and at length went to the door and civilly requested them to move on. On his appearance he was onniesliately set upon by the ruffians, one of whom (by name (iarland) threw him down, knelt on his chest, and heat him tearfully with a stick about the head. From the elTects of these injuries he never recovered, but remained in.sensible till death relieved him front his sufferings, four or five hours later. lie was about 46 years of age, and has left a wife and only daughter to lament their lees. What renders the affair the more shocking is,. that they were tooth present at the sail event, but there Nang only female ser vants in the house, no assistance could be afforded till too late to bo of avail. The ruffians are in custody, and will undergo an examination before the county magistrates on the charge. ALLEGED POISONING BY A WIFE. NoTTINO - THULLSDAT EVESINO.—This day at noon, after six days' sitting, a coroner's jury have returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Sarah Bather and Robert Ingram," charged with causing the death of Joseph Bar ber, horse dealer and coal dealer, of Eastwood, by admi nistering to him large quantities of arsenic. Deceased ex pired on Thursday, the 20th ult., after a brief illness, during which he was waited upon by his wife and the other pa wner, whom he had been induced by her to admit into the house during a temporary attack of rheumatism, fur the purpose of " nursing' hum. Repeated purchases of poison were proved against both prisoners ; and several witnesses spoke to the fact of a bad feeling being frequently expressed by Sarah Darter towards her husband, she on some occasions having said, " I'll poison you, if it be longer first." By adopting a more kindly coureo of behaviour towards her husband latterly, a few days be fore he died the induced him to make his will, in which ho left her nearly the whole of his property, producing about twelve shillings a-week. Although all the jury were agreed from the first, save one, who is related to the female prisoner, he persisted in not Ending a verdict for the capital offence. The consequence was that they were locked up from nine O'clock last night until twelve to-day, when his stubborn ness gave way, and a unanimous verdict was returned. CAVALRY REGIMENTS NEAR LONDON.—We the derstan I.ie;;;lti;at the following regiments of cavalry are, by the Ist of May, to be quartered near town, and remain until after the Exhibition, when they will leavo for the stations formerly fixed s—lst Dragoons, at Hamp stead; 4th ditto, at Uxbridge; Bth ditto, at Hampton Court ; 16th ditto, at Hounslow (now there) ; 17th ditto, at Woolwioh. 1