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Abet no one except military or naval officers could form .an opinion on a matter of this kind. His own belief was that the punishment was unnecessary, and that if ever inflicted it would arise from the incompetency of the offieers in command as much as from the depravity or • insubordination of the men. It had been asserted that the punishment was often necessary in an army en the march; bat it ought to be recollected that the militia would not be engaged in any foreign war, and would not be exposed to those temptations and to those atrocious stets which had occurred in our army in the Peninsula. The militia was altogether a home force, and would be formed of men of a higher and more respectable cha racter than the soldiers of the army of former times. He felt certain that tho Houle would see that that which had been thought necessary in the Militia Act of 1802, was not necessary in a Militia, Act for 1852. It often happened that men of an irritable temper had the com mand of a regiment, and he did not think it right that such men should have the power of punishing soldiers by flagging for immortality or a slight neglect of duty. 'The House might recollect the case of the soldier in the Scotch Greys who was flogged in 1834. Since that time he had h a d the happiness of the acquaintance of that man. —(A laugh.) He could tell Hon. Members that that man had written works which would last as long as the English language itself, and had written a history of his own life as graphic as any narrative of Defoe.— ( Hear.) Ho was quite certain that if any case of flogging should occur in the militia it %mild cause a feel ing of disgust. He proposed his proviso with the inten tion of asking the House to agree that the militia should under no circumstances be liable to the punishment of the lash. He might remind the House that when the Dumber of lashes was reduced to fifty, the Duke of Wellington stated that be hoped to live to see the punishment of flogging in the army entirely abolished. —(Hear, hear.) He hoped that the House would take the first step, and abolish it with respect to the 80,000 militia it was proposed to enrol. Ho had, therefore, to move his proviso. Colonel THOMPSON seconded the motion. Mr. BERESFORD said that he concurred with the Hon. Member for Manchester in one observation, and hoped that he himself should live to see corporal punish ment entirely done away with in the army. He did not express that hope in consequence of anything that had fallen from the Hon. Member. The House might recollect that when he addressed the House on Tuesday last he stated that during the time he was in the army there was no single duty he had to perform so painful to his feelings, and he believed to those of his brother officers, as that of ordering corporal punishment. Since then a great change had been made, and corporal punishment in the army had almost ceased. The proviso of the Hon. Member, however, proposed to do away with the punish ment altogether in the militia, and would leave a military force to be embodied without giving the powers which bad been always considered necessary for ensuring disci pline. He had that morning looked into some returns of the amount of flogging in the English army during the last year, and had found that only 197 punishments had been inflicted in the whole British_ army at home and Abroad. That army consisted of 148 regiments and battalions, and the number of punishments during one year had been in the proportion of only three out of 4,000 men. That showed that a great alteration had taken place in the discipline of the army, arising, no doubt, partly from the more kindly and paternal spirit in which it had been commanded, and partly from a superior class of men who entered it. If, there fore, 80,000 militia were called out for 21 days, they had no right to assume that the number corporally punished would be greater than in the army, and consequently that the number would not exceed four or five case during the whole time they were out. There was exaggeration, therefore, in the agitation which had been got up against the use of the lash. It was some what remarkable that those who maintained that in no case should there be a power of inflicting corporal punishment in the "militia were the very persona who openly told the House that the militia would consist of the very scum of society.—(Cheers.) If the militia were exempted from the provisions of the Mutiny Act with regard to flogging, the army would feel aggrieved, and the House having passed the Militia Bill, there would be one law for the army and another for the militia, if the present proviso were agreed to. Mr. BRIGHT said the Hon. and Gallant Member had mistaken the nature of the proviso. It did not go the length of exempting the militia from the terms of the Mutiny Act, except with regard to flogging. Mr. BERESFORD contended that if the provision 'with respect to punishment were struck out of the Mutiny Act, it would no longer remain the Mutiny Act.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member had stated soldiers were liabl e to be punished with the lash for immorality and neglect of duty. The lash of late years had been only inflicted for very serious offences. The Hon. Member for Manchester had stated that punishments were in ' ificted on men for no fault of theirs, but because of the 'irascibility of their officers. That was not the case, for n court-martial composed of 'officers sworn to do justice between the Sovereign and the criminal, should first de clare that criminal guilty.—(Hear, hear.) The case of White, of the 7th Hussars, had been referred to, and he had, z been pron ounce d a " murdered man" by the Hon. - member. He regretted that the Hon. Gentleman had 4 : ,1 examined into the case before he used the expression. ---(llear, hear.) White had been guilty of a most violent breach of discipline. He struck a non-commissioned officer with a poker, and with such violence as nearly to cause his death.—(Hear, hear.) He was tried by a dis trict court-martial, in compliance with the directions of the Horse Guards, composed of thirteen officers drawn Iroln several localities, and sentenced to receive 150 a shes- The punishment was inflicted, after which he was taken to the hospital, where he remained from the 15 th June to the 4th or sth July. He even improved 8 0 much as to have left the Hospital, but he suddenly took ill and died. On the circumstance being re- Ported at the Horse Guards, two surgeons were sent down to assist in the inquiry as to the cause of death, and these gentlemen declare on their professional repu tation that the man had not died of the corporal punish- Meat inflicted on him, but an inherent disease.—(Hear.) Re believed that even in the case of a militia, or of any 085 0 where men were embodied and arms placed in `their hands, it was necessary to reserve their punish :mend; but it did not follow that it would be used ex `cent in cases of absolute necessity.—(Hear, hear.) He 'did not think the Hon. Gentleman had made out a case to induce them to abolish this punishment, and he therefore hoped the Committee would not accept the l r "iso--(Hear.) , Mr. T. mgcuLLAGH re f erre d to t h e I r i s h constabu inrY—as loyal and gallant a body of men as could be found —and considered that as they were exempted from attch degrading punishment, so also should their militia. Mr. LENNARD thought the time had arrived when this degrading punishment should be removed, both as regarded the army and navy.—(Hear, hear.) As a , matter of policy it should not be enforced at present, when they were seeking the enrolment of men by means of voluntary enlistment, otherwise, all men of self-respect 'would be deterred from volunteering.—(Hear.) Captain BOLDERO could not admit the justice of the comparison as between the Irish police and the militia.— (Hear, hear.) If soldiers could be placed on the same footing as police, then indeed they might abolish flog ging. But the soldier, for a shilling a day, was not— either in point of morality, conduct, or education —what the policeman at 18s a week was.—(Hear, hear.) Give the soldier 3s. a day, and then they could abolish flog ging- He rejoiced that for five successive sessions he united with Hon. Gentlemen who brought the whole quvesetiveoLof corporal punishment before the House, with a . 1 . its abolition or great mitigation .—( Hear.) He throlootocedoweqrauanalldyerw..ihen the mandate of that groat man, which reduction tah-Chlef' reduced the punishment, compromise," Since Member for Manchester t G er e m st e l d ni a ,n advocated thepfruerstshr mitigation or abolition Since that period no Hon. of the e punishment. The g had given up writing, and as settled, the public given up speakin it; and, in fact, the question was regarded a n n o c w hester. revived The the Hon. Gentleman the Member fourta militia bad the same duties to discha rge as the regu uneocted to corporal yeomanry lars. Ought the latter to be punishments and the former to be exempted? Would 4n w i e s f t e vo lunteersod yet were subject to this the punish that be The member of Puni shment just?—(Hear, hear.) corps, under the Mutiny Act. He knew been sentenced _ a y eo _ manry corps who had ment, though it was commuted ; so of the volunteer corps when embodied. He saw yesterday the Horse Guards—that gallant body of men among whom crime TM almost unknown; ought they to ho subject to th e punishment, and the militia exempted, whom it had been said would be a set of scamps and vagabonds? — (Loud cries of "Hear.") There was no reason why - should now re-agitate the general question; and h e 1,4 0 5 the House wuuld settle it by a d ecisive division. Mr. ROEBUCK was astonished at the speech of the --- Gallant Gentleman. Captain BOLDERO—I don't care if you are. Mr. ROEBUCK—The boldness of . that declaration does not remove my astonishment. The Gallant Gen tleman has been for years advocating the abolition of egging in the army. Captain BOLDERO—I said abolition or mitigation. - -(Loud cheers.) Mr. ROEBUCK—Mitigation!—(Laughter.) What u c'es that mean?—(Land laughter.) It mean s that the thing is to b e retained, and the infliction of the punish "'tint made as unfrequent as possible. Flogging, then, R' s s to b e reta i ne d , an d to b e i n fli c t e d on the militia, Who were to be invited voluntarily to enlist! The Gal lant Gentleman had been labouring to exempt the regu lar troop s from the punivhment, and not having sue- Ze eded, sought t o su bj ec t t h e m ili t i a to it. H e (Mr. Roe buck) contended that the militia were not a force which required such a punishment at all. Were honest and rto espectable men wanted in the force? If so, ought they Mbe liable to the degradation of flogging?—(Hear.) °111 (1 any but the rabble and refuse b e ex p ecte d—if The were t o b e li a bl e t o th e p un i s h ment ?— (Hear, hear.) I•be voluntary enlistment would not succeed on such a 9 , 67 , t teni, and the ballot would ne ver b e en d ure d . 4 '"e People wou ld no t b e ar suc h a pun i s h ment; and „tIY attempt t o ma i n t a i n th e m ili t i a b y such means ' 3l brute force would fail. The punishment of the stripes—that infernal punishment.—(A laugh, occa c'ned by the peculiar manner and tone of the H on . Glentlernap.) Well, I really am surprised- -(Renewed4 oghter)—l am surpr i se d t h at i n an assem bl y of English e etlemen a laugh and a sneer should be elicited by an all usion to th e p un i shment o f str i pes , an d th at t h e Ri ght I ')n- Secretary of War should set the example. Pa rd r. BERESFORD—I be g the Learned Member's M on. Mr. ROEBUCK —I beg the Right Hon. Gentleman's I don. I beli eve i t was the Right H on . G en tl eman the Clerk of the Ordnance, who sits next him. Colonel DUNNE—I beg to say I laughed, but not at t he punishment of stripes.—(Elear, hear.) Mr. ROEBUCK —Only at the mention of it. I sup- P ° se--(0h.) I am surprised that in a assembly of gentlemen this should be matter for laughter.—(Oh, oh.) The Learned Gentleman went on to repeat what he had )le on od ed ,vo T E repeatedly said :before about the puniehmant being in fernal, and not fitted for British subjects. Lord JOCELYN said he did not rine to defend or to discuss the punishment of flogging.—(Hear, hear.) Ho had long deemed it one which ought only to be inflicted for degrading offonces—(Hear, hear)—and he believed it was now only applied to such offences by officers in the army.—(Elear, hear.) He was persuaded that no more painful duty could be performed by any officer than sitting on a court•martial which might find it its duty to sentence a soldier to this punishment.—(Hear, h ea r.) This was not, however, the fitting time or oc casion to discuss that question.—(Hear, hoar.) When that time and occ'esion arrived, he should be ready to n h l o s h b m e g e g n e t d t o tl b p e o i i n n fl t t c o t u e t d t i h n e t i i m m e p r o u f d p e a c e e e. unite his voice with those w h o h e ld fl ogging not a pu a—nd(Liine jauraiceßuoft exempting the militia f rom a ll li a bi lity to the punishment to which the regulars were in some cases subject. — (Hear.) Now, let it b e reco l lected that the regulars and the militia might be canto ne d i n t h e same quarters — an d would it be just that a soldier committing a certain offence should be sentenced to the punishment of flog ging, and a militiaman who committed the same offence, be exempt e d f rom i t?—(Hear, hear.) S ure l y such a course would excite the greatest jealousy be tween the two forces—(Hear, hear)—and prove de structive to the efficiency of both.—(Hear, hear.) It was true that the Irish constabulary were not liable to the puni s h ment; b ut their pay was so far superior to that of the a rm y t h at f ear o f d i sm i ssa l was in itself suffi cient to deter from crime. If this were so in the , army, corpor a l p un i s h ment cou ld b e dispensed with; of course, as it was, it mus t b e retained, at least in time of war, or for degrading offences. Mr. WILLIAMS reminded the House that in 1809, when a member of a local militia corps was sentenced to be flogged, the whole regiment turned out to prevent the sentence from being inflicted, and it had to be ex ecuted under the sabres of a battalion of German troops. Mr. CLAY said his answer to the question " Would you inflict the punishment on the regulars and not on the militia?" was, " I would exempt both forces from it" —(Hear, hear)—and one reason why he voted for the exemption of :he militia was, that he believed after such exemption from it, it would not be retained twelve months in the army.--(Hear, hear.) Colonel SALWEY rejoiced to raise his voice against the retention of the punishment even in the army.— (Hear, hear.) He thought the Hon. and Gallant Mem ber for Chippentiam (Captain Boldero) somewhat incon sistent in now proposing the infliction of corporal pu nishment, whereas be had formerly voted against it. Corporal punishment was the di:grace of the army, and ought on every ground to be discountenanced. Colonel PENNANT, on the contrary, was of opinion that corporal punishment was necessary for the main tenance of discipline. It was only bad soldiers who feared the system.—(Hear, hear.) Colonel KNOX was of opinion that corporal punish ment ought to be held in terrorem over the regular army and the militia alike.—(Hear, hear.) If the Mutiny Act were waived, he did not think any militia could be got at all; and if, as gentlemen of the Manchester school contended, only vagabonds would be got to join the force it would be quite as well to have such a means of en forcing discipline at hand.—(Hear, and laughter). Colonel CHATTERTON said that corporal punish ment was only resorted to in very extreme cases; but thought it ought to be retained as a safeguard. After a few words from Mr. HODGES, Mr. WAK LEY said he could see no justice in in flicting corporal punishment on the private and letting the officer go scot-free.—(oh, oh.) No one could deny the debasing influence of this mode of punish ment. The best authorities concurred in testifying that the character of the army had much improved since the flogging code had been mitigated. The cases in which the punishment was retained were most trivial, but so diverse were the definitions, that the punishment could be inflicted in num berless instancess. Leaving out the question of danger to life, inseparable to such punishment, he contended that the mind of the soldier must break down under such a debasing system. As a medical man he was prepared to assert that fifty lashes could not be inflicted without jeopardising life, and that alone ought to be a reason why the punishment should be discontinued. He contended that what they called a lash was a compound instrument of torture, each con taining eight or nine lashes, with knots on each. Who were they going to lash? They were taunted on that side with saying that they would only have the scum of so ciety to volunteer; but the Government had said that they would have none but respectable men, and they were going to blast the prospects of these men for life, for no man could ever hold up his head if once subjected to such degrading punishment. They might all recol lect the difficulty they had in inducing the military au thorities to deprive soldiers of their bayonets. It was considered that the soldier was degraded if he went out without his steel instrument, and many lives were lost by the system; but in the end public feeling and public opinion prevailed, and the soldier was deprived of his weapon. If they attempted to pass the present measure in opposition to the feelings and opinions of the people, they would prepare for themselves a lash which would inflict upon them continual torture. _ _ Mr. EWART contended that great advantages had been obtained by the diminution of severe and degrad , ing punishments, and it might be inferred that further improvement would result from a still further decrease of those punishments. The Secretary at War had ex pressed himself averse to flogging altogether, and hoped that he might yet be able to dispense with it. He un derstood that this degrading punishment would in future be only inflicted for degrading offences. It was said that 50 lashes were the greatest punishment that could be in flicted; but then the punishment was very unequal as well as degrading. The Hon. Gentleman then referred to a case that had occurred some years previously, in which a soldier stated that he bad been subjected to the punishment of 500 lashes for a trifling offence, for which the punishment was altogether inadequate and excessive. He had been punished for merely asking the question "What am I punished for?" Although the House would not patiently listen to the arguments against the Bill, they might depend on it the country would give its ver dict against the measure. Lord JOCELYN said a few words in explanation. Colonel PEEL begged to state that that was not the crime for which the man was punished and the Hon. Member knew that as well as he did.—(Cheors.) Sir W. VERNER made a few remarks, which did not reach the gallery. Mr. EWART rose to complain of the remark just made by the Hon. and Gallant Colonel opposite—namely, that what he bad stated was untrue. Colonel PEEL—No, no. Mr. EWART was not saying anything hastily or unadvisedly. He understood the Lion. and Gallant Member to say that what he had said was untrue, and that he knew it to be untrue. H e was sure the Hon. and Gallant Colonel would, upon consideration, re tract it, and if he did not, he should be obliged to tell him the truth on the subject.—(Great laughter from both sides of the House.) He should tell him what he had said was not true.--(Cries of " Order.") The CH AIRMAN (Mr. Bernal) said, be was sure the Committee would join with him in thinking— Mr. E WART again rose, somewhat excited, but was met by cries of " Chair," " Order," etc., and the Hon. Gentleman resumed his seat. Colonel PEEL said that the extract read by the Hon. Gentleman was perfectly true. The evidence was fully gone into before the coroner, and the case was fully discussed in that House, as the Hon.i Gentleman must be aware if he read the debate. The ground referred to by the Honourable Member was not that upon which the sentence went. He would recommend the Hon. Gentleman, if he had not already done so, to read the debate that took place in that House at the time.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. M. GIBSON, amid considerable noise and opposition, attempted to speak. He said that there was evidently a con fusion between the two cases. The Hon. and Gallant Gen tleman appeared to be under the impression that his Hon. Friend was speaking of White's case. Colonel PEEL.—Not a bit —(Hear, hear.) Mr. M. GIBSON—Then he did not understand —(Loud laughter.) His Hon. Friend said that a person on oath before a jury stated that for such and such things he un derwent the punishment of 100 lashes. Now, it the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman could show that that statement was untrue he was of course at liberty to do so.—(Laughter.) Mr. BRIGHT rose to speak, but was unable to obtain a hearing for several moments. The confusion that pre vailed was considerably increased by the circumstance of Mr. HUME also rising and attempting to speak at the' same time. Mr. BRIGHT at length was understood to say that his Hon. Friend the Member for Dumfries (Mr. Ewart), not having heard distinctly the observations that had been made by the Hon. and Gallant Colonel, laboured under a wrong impression as to what had been said in reference to him. The Hon. and Gallant Member had made no charge whatever against him. maCnoclohnesetleSrasleßv:HOßP said that there was no more honour able court than a court-martial ; and if the Hon. Member for be treated that Co t l Colonel 1 a seatSiOn Bo e e r Ad a me: d e . d_t ( o L b a e d b g r h o t u e g r. h ) t before one he would Tractice o d f the honour of y to re t s h te e d the i 8 c( 7 9t, i said aietr n : i 0 punishmenti that i h e e v had d since alwaysw as a hger consideredeha had d b h a l d e fact?—they P injury_ the lr e of the army. What was the which altogether failed Before of the army upon a ground discipline wa lla s or the enemy, when the ob opfutthis fact before thes°RTuch importance. Ile Hon. Gentleman op- I s v e i r: h , a e n d c e t 0 posite—nainely, that three-fourths Ofht popular objections to his passing this Bill arose from thetwhfeecedling that the men who were forced by theehboapleldovtt.„tnoaast es:oh:ne° s o u f bj s e o ct m ed an t y o . emenerndidibtibeoernof the Cabi corporal i‘ir i, punishment. ui‘i E said h question invol ; n th e o t 4 s u a p n e d n m a en, would express an opinion. Mr. WALPOLE said that he did not observe a silence upon the subject from a disinclination to speak upon it, but he thought it was a matter that lay more in the depart ment Secretary of the at War than of hi s . H e was of determined at that time: it was advisable to do opinion that this should be viewed as a general question which Ont punishment, he was in qhueesstaitoinsf,acwtohreiltyher with corporal , away altogether h e c could abstractnot an disposed to give Mutiny Act, under which soldiers were opinion. the House having, how ever, passed the ques tion they had to determine was this, shall those who militia be placed upon a better footing liable to corporal punishment, he thought the only were enlisted in the than those soldiers who served could assent to this He did not think that the Committee ?—(llear.) proviso with the knowledge of were placed in Suppose that some of the militia force . if they agreed army, , gar rison with the soldiers of the regular ll be, that the in that the fa a c r t my before them. to the proviso the consequence would naturally militiamen liable to corporal punishment from which the . soldiers of the army would feel themselves degraded3' in being were freed.—(Hear.) He believed that he was putting th argument fairly. It they wished to determine this ques tion in reference to the militia, they must determine it also in reference to all their forces, whatever they might be. And supposing hereaft er they entered into the general question upon which he declined then to give an opinion, and that they decided corporal punishment was not to be inflicted upon the army, he then said that it certainly ought not to be inflicted upon the militia. But as long as they kept it in the army, so long were they bound to apply it also to the militia.—(Hear.) Mr, 'WAIL reminded the Right Hon. Gentleman that SUN, LON DON, there were two classes which came under the law—the one was those who enlisted voluntarily, and the other those who were drawn by the ballot. He contended that the latter class, at all events, should not be subjected to corporal punishment. Mr. BRIGHT—,-The Right Hon. Gentleman would bear in mind that the Mutiny . Act contained a clause which expressly stated that the provisions of that Act were not in any case to be applied to militiamen, unless the Act raising the mi litia should specially place the militiamen under those provi sions. Thus the Mutiny Act itself admitted the principle that there was a difference between the force respecting which that Act was originally passed, and the body which was to be raised under this fill. Further than that, the Right Hon. Gentleman would see that the clause which he had introduced into the Bill, referring to the clause in the 42d George 111., carried the very same distinction to a cer tain length, and only put them under the Mutiny Act, ex cept so far as regarded life and limb. The principle of the distinction was, therefore, already admitted, and all he (Mr. Bright) now proposed was, that there should be added to this exception of life and limb the further exception of flog gin g—t he mutilation of the back by the use of the lash. The Committee divided, and the numbers were— Ayes Noes ... —lO7 Majority The proviso was accordingly lost. Mr. ROEBUCK then moved that the Chairman do repor progress, and ask leave to sit again. The motion was agreed to, the House resumed, land the CHAIRMAN reported progress. Mr. BRIGHT asked when the Bill would come on again ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he would take the Bill on Monday next, after the questions of the St. Alban's and Sudbury Disfranchisement were dis posed of. The Stamp Duties (Ireland) Continuance Bill passed through Committee. PROPERTY-TAX BILL. On the order of the day being read for going into Commit tee on this Bill, Mr. HUME objected to going on with it at that late hour. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he never would have moved a stage of the Bill if he thought there was any objection to it. Nobody was compiomised by ap proving of its principle. It had been introduced, on the understanding, as he thought, that Hon. Gentlemen were to give every facility to its passing. He meant, if they went into committee, to introduce a clause which would cause the law as it referred to schedules A and B, to remain the same as last year. The House then went into Committee, and the several clauses having been agreed to, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER proposed the clause referred to, the object of which was to provide that the assessment under schedules A and B should remain the same as under the Bill of last year. So that there should be no new assessment. Mr. BRIGHT—That would produce the same effect as if the Bill last year had been passed for two years instead of one. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—Just so. The clause was agreed to. The House resumed, and the CHAIRMAN reported progress. The Apprehension of Deserters from Foreign Ships Bill passed through Committee. The Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages Bill passed through Committee. . The Highway Rates Bill was read a third time and passed, as also was the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction' Bill. PROCLAMATION FOR ASSEMBLING PARLIAMENT BILL. On the motion of Mr. ROEBUCK the House went into Committee on this Bill. The preamble was postponed. Clause 1. 111 r. WALPOLE wished the consideration of this clause to be postponed until it was ascertained whether 35 days would be sufficient to assemble the new Parliament. Mr. ROEBUCK said the House of Lords would not pass the Bill if that point had not been settled. Mr. WALPOLE doubted the fact. There was no objec tion on the part of the Government to the principle of the Bill; all that was desired by them was information. He therefore moved that the Chairman should report progress. The motion was agreed to. _ _ Lord J. MANNERS then moved for a Bill to amend the Act 9th and 10th Vict., c. 39, for the embankment of a por tion of the River Thames.—Agreed to. COUNTY ELECTIONS BILL. Sir E. BUXTON moved that the County Elections Bill be read the first time. Mr. ROEBUCK moved that the House should adjourn. Mr. WALPOLE said the Bill was not a Government measure ; every gentleman was at liberty to give his vote on it as he chose. Dir. COBDEN protested against the principle of the Bill as the greatest insult ever offered to the electors of this country. He was glad to find the Government disavowed it, and he was surprised to find the Hon. Member advocating corruption. The half-crown tickets sanctioned by the Bill would be looked upon as a right, while it would not stop treating, and he hoped the Hon. Member would express his shame and regret- at having introduced it Lord GALWAY thought the Member for the West Riding had gone much too far in his remarks. It was usual and reasonable to give refreshment to voters who had come from a distance, and he hoped the Bill would be perse vered in. Mr. ROEBUCK deprecated the imposition of such a tax upon candidates. If the Bill were carried he should propose that the expense be placed on the county rates, and not borne by the candidates. Mr. W. BROWN agreed with the Hon. Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire. The Bill had a most demoralising tendency. vtscA t oodes e tn9eet r.nrhe could h c ui l e sl he tad s sl s .s vwve i b t aoae y s tust bois f pa o aor ri r drebbe,p t ee; hhodi v throwing y so oiu Mr. K. SEYMER said if the Bill was seen it wou ld o b v i ate o vie h h u fet s rhho, a t o a w sl nf -a eg -cw n. — ualldo (A ,n oul l d ahg co h n . ) l t g h e w r f t o h r e a , support the motion_ Lord R. GROSVENOR would oppose the Bill, because h e thought elections were expensive enough already. Sir J. TYRELL had had some experience in contested elections, and he thought there should be a clear understand ing about giving refreshments. The last time he stood for sa poa uptec county nl e ytnm tyeuhr acean Memberht hseceeoseauhndn. y virtuousoe° n i n s t d i i t g u n e a n Essex there was a serious opinion among the Liberal party that he and his colleague should be unhorsed, because of this refreshment, which had been arranged with the opposite committee. It would be desirable if the House decided the question. He (Sir J. Tyrell) had no experience of a dry election; and he was afraid, although the Bill came from the Liberal party—(No, no)—he always thought the Hon. Member was a Member of the Liberal party.—(No, no.) The Bill laid down a self-paying principle, and the Man chester school always looked to that point. ' As a matter of self-interest he (Sir J. Tyrell) might support the Bill; but he did it, besides, because human nature was unchanged. The Hon. Member who introduced the Bill should, above all others, be the last to countenance a dry election.—( Laughter. ) Sir E.BUXTON said, as far as he was concerned, he desired perfect purity of election, and.his reason for intro ducing the Bill was, that it was impossible, as the law stood, for any man to declare his election had been perfectly pure, seeing that he had to answer for his agents. It was the fact, that there had always been an agreement in the West Riding between the .parties, and that these tickets were con stantly issued ; and he also believed the same state of things existed in Lancashire. The main reason for the agreement in North Essex was to keep the multitude of voters within the law, and to, curtail the expense of the election. These agreements were the cause of the introduction of the Bill. Until human nature was altered, the constituencies would consider they were conferring a favour in voting for a candi date; and the poorer voters would be discontented if they were deprived of refreshment. As the law stood, the same punishment was inflicted on the man who gave a glass of ale to an elector, and the man who gave 20/. It was like inflicting death for every offence. Mr. W. 'WILLIAMS knew a borough where the influence of the half-crown was all powerful. A candidate who had refused to give it was denounced in the most unmeasured terms of vituperation. To pass such a Bill as that before the House would be to sanction direct bribery. Mr. BOWKER offered his thanks to the Hon. Baronet for the Bill. His constituency, many thousands in number, had to come from a distant mountainous country, and it would be cruelty to prevent them from obtaining refresh ments. There would be no purify of election until Mem bers made a solemn declaration to that effect at the bar of the House. The House then divided, when there appeared — For the motion .•• .. •. *** 61 Against it ... 77 . ••• • Majority ••• —l6 The Bill was accordingly negatived. The House then adjourned at a Quarter before Two &dock. THE KAFIR WAR. PLYMOUTH, MAY- 7.—The General Screw Steam ship Harbinger, Ceptein J. W.' Lane, arrived at the Ply mouth Great Western Doeke, at 11 A et, having left Table Bay on the ISt or April last. On her voyage home she experienced very severe weather from the prevailing easterly winds, end having-run short of coals was obliged to put in at Scilly to renew her stock. The Harbinger left Plymouth on her outward voyage on Fob. 15; St. Vincent, Feb. 26; Sierra Leone, March 2 ; and reached Tabl e B ay on March 24. She left Table Bey, Cape of Good Hope, on ber homeward voyage oa April 1; arrived at 'Sierra Leone, April. 16; left the same day; arrived at St. Vincent April 21, and left April 23; she reac h e d Scilly oti the 6tb, and hav i ng taken in coals there, left and arrived here this forenoon. The Harbinger brings a home general cargo, and some specie. At the time of her leaving the Cape, her Majesty's ship Styx, 6 guns, Commander Hall; her Majesty's steamer Hydra, 6, Capt. T. Belgrave; and her Majesty's steamer Rhadamanthus, 2, Capt. Belem, were in Table Bay. The East Indianian Alfred was to leave on the 4th for Calcutta. In Simon's Bay: Her Majesty's ship Castor, 36 guns, Commodore Wyville; her Majesty's steamer Gladiator. 6,. - Capt. Adams; her Majesty's steamer Megmra, Master Commander Barlow. At Sierra Leone. Her Majesty's steamer Penelope, Commodore H. W. Bruce; and her Majesty's steam sloop Archer, 14, Commander J. N. Strange, which was under orders to sail for England on the sth of April. The West India Royal Mail steamer Teviot was at St. Vincent on the 22d. The Jessica, merchant ship, bound to Rio, Mourant Commander, had taken fire at sea, and wile entirely consumed. All - hands were saved. The fire is supposed to have originated in spontaneous com bustion. The Harbinger took out Lieutenant-Goeernor Dar ling and Msjer-General Yorke. The Lieutenant Go vernor on landing proeeeded • to Government House, where, shortly afterwards; he was waited upon by the Municipal Commissioners, who presented to him a con gratulatory address. Her Majesty' s ship Hydra arrived in Table Bay early on, the morning of the 31st of March, with his Excellency Lieuteuant.General the Hon. George Cathcart, the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the colony, accompanied . by Lie utenant-Colonel Seymour, his military secretary, and the lion. Capel Curzon, aide-de camp. His Excellency was-received with the accustomed forms at the Government Houle, a n d after being sworn in, the Commissioners o f th e Muaicipality of Cape Town presented him with a congr atu l atory address ou his ar rival in the colony. It was said that General Cathcart meant to proceed en the _following a day in the StYnxt to assume the command of operations at the seat of war, where the late Governor, Sir H arry Smith, was at the time of the Harbinger leaving. ' This mail brings intelligence 14 days • later than that brought by the Maidstone. - It now appears that in the conflict on the 4th of March, Colonel Yarborough was severely wounded, and that amongst the, killed was Sergeant Laing. It has been already stated that on the following day Sir Harry Smith advanced with a strong force into the Waterlslcof, were a greet deal of desul tory warfare has since _been carried on. In one of these affairs the Hononrable 11. Wrottesloy, of the 43d Regiment, lost his life, and ton privates of the 91st were wounded. The latest dates from the frontier are to th© 27th March, at which time operations were still being carried on. Although great numbers of Kafirs arc constantly reported to have been killed, yet no desire has been expressed on their part to submit, and the prospect of a satisfactory peace appears to be as far off as ever. At the same time the barbarities of the Kafirs are of the most inhuman character, the sufferings of the poor fellows who fall into their hands being fre quently protracted with the moat revolting bru tality. It is stated that Mr. Hartung, the bandmaster of the 74th Highlanders, who fell into the hands of the savanes, was cut into pieces with assegais, whilst living, being kept under torture for three days, during which time they cut off his fingers and toes, i nch by inch, at intervals; and when, at the close of the third day, the wretched man asked for food, a piece of his own flesh was cut off from his body and given to him. He died a few honrs afterwards. The case of Sergeant Laing was still worse. Ho fell into the hands of the enemy, and three days after his capture-he was found expiring under the horrors of crucifietion, being extended upon his back on the ground, to which he was fixed by stakes of wood driven through the palms of his hands, the ankles, and the fifth through his body. The Legislative Council had voted 500/, towards the relief of the sufferers from the Birkenhead. The whole amount subscribed at the Cape was 7201. 16s. 6d. The survivors from the wreck of that ill-fated vessel had been sent to join their respective corps in Kafirland. The 60th Rifles; who went out in the Megaera, had also pro ceeded to the frontier. (From the Cape Town Mail of April 1.) MONTHLY SUMMARY. At the dep ar t ure of the last mon thly mail steamer the latest intelligence from head quarters was to the effect that Sir Harry Smith had summoned the whole of the burgherse Bth the frontie r di str i cts to assemble at cer t a i n d o i nts on the instant., to aid him in making an extensive movement against the enemy. Some days before the time fixed for the burgher muster, b us ev ter e , another of thos e un f ortunate affa i rs t oo k pl ace which so strongly c h aracterised the present war. A portion of the forces belonging to Major-General Somerset's division were detached, by ord er o f that ' officer, and thrown i nto a position of much peril in the Waterkloof, where, after destroying some huts and killing a number of Kafirs, they were attacked at a disadvantage on their return by a large body of the enemy, and during a conflict of several hours, before thearrival of sup port, they sustained considerable loss. The troops engaged on this unfortunate occasion were-300 of the 91st Regi ment, under Colonel Yarborough, 150 of the 74th, and 70 of the Cape Corps. Colonel Yarborough himself was severely wounded, and .of his gallant corps one sergeant and three men were killed, and Ensign Hibbert, three sergeants, and eleven men wounded. The 74th Highlanders had one killed and four wounded, and Captain Bramley, of the Cape Mounted Rifles, was also wounded. Great blame has been attached to Major-General Somerset for exposing so small a body of men in a locality known to be so dangerous. On their return to camp, th e Kafirs; of course, immediately re occupied the ground whence it had been so ineffectually at tempted to dislodge them; On the following day, the sth inst. Sir Sir Harry Smith ad vanced from King. William's Town, with about 2,500 men, in three columns, under Colonel Pole, C o l on el Michel, and Colouel Eyre, and enter e d t h e Waterkloof. Here a number of desultory operations a ppear to . h ave ta k en place, the re formsults of which It would appear that the enemy generally avoided meeting the troops; and although cons id era bl e numbers must have fallen, by th e sbellsthrown amongst them where ever they were seen in numbers, it is b e li eve d that the main body have succeeded in leaving that locality and Sandilli and his followers in joining the Anaatolas—a stronghold which they have held throughout the wa r , and whither Sir them up. , as engaged Harry, by the latest accounts w in following One of Macomo's principal retreats, in the Waterkloof , previously deemed imp racticable for European troops, was successfully penetrated by the column under Eyre, but the stores enemy and about disappeared, le aving in our hands a large quantity of 130 wo men, one of th em t h e pr i nc ipal wife of Macomo, with thr ee o f his children. In a later affair, in th e Waterkloof, the Hon. H. Wrottesley, 43d Reg d iment, lost his life, and ten privates of the 9 1 st were wounde. The operations of the column under Colonel Michel are successful ; but at no point, it appears , spoken of as highly did the Kafirs make any decided stand. With incredible labour the two guns at to his column were dragged through the dense bush, and Placed on the most command ing heights, but the space within rane seedily to found to be deserted. This pa r t of the foice g does was p not seem have met with any opposition ; and although it was known that the ravines and kloofs were warming with Kafirs, ready to cut off stragglers, or k e of advantage of any unguarded movement, the whole days, the troops destroyin the Wat er kl oo f was t raver sed for g without a single casualty, the 'enemy's huts and crops, Almost the only satisfactory feature in the aspect of fron tier affairs is the almost entire absence, ddring the mouth, of depredations . within the border ; the marauding bands who formerly - infested the eistern • 'di s t r i c t s h av i ng been ap parently recalled to assist their chief. - The number of burghers who r esponded to the Governor's call on the Bth amounted shall to about 800 men, most of the cl of " boers," and but few, we the comparativ 1 E l' h districts of them b t e e lo et n e g t i e n , g fr t e o m e y ng is I.Titenhage. That these men A re i g h r e e n t y, should be found to leave their families and farms at all, in Fort-ilaanfort, a n d had bee n of the same kind made upo n them, the present disturbed state of speaks well both aff airs, and after so many calls for their courage and their loyalt y. The Legislative Council after re' post '. --e r LePeated delays and ponements, has at last proceeded with the " Constitutional Ordinances," for carrying - into effect her Majesty's letters patent of 1815, creating a Parliament in this colony. Strenu ous efforts were made by Mr. Montagu, the 1 m tenens of the Governor in the Council, to h ave ti _ _ la - asu mg representations were untif after the war ; and r me_s m t iathnno +-le me re postponed made by him to Sir.l . - lar y_S - f the dangers to which he imagined the discussion of certain_ clauses would lead. Sir Harry, however, insisted uptin the wishes of the Home Go vernment being carried into effect ; and the Bill was laid upon ft trb , the several Go the table as a Government measure vernment members being le a i erty to vote upon the de passed,theodinance instigation of Mr. M e tails as they pleased. The result was that but at the ure (the 251. n tagu, the funda mental part of the measure (the franchise) has been virtually to the dbeotohne o c o f l r o e u p r r e e d .. rticipation i e n z t c h l inhabitants from any changed for one so hig fe h ir as pe This alteration was nobly sentative privileges. y resisted by . General, theAuditor-General, and the Col lectorthe Attorney-_ who declared that they considered the of Customs, less. measure, so mutilated, to be entirely worth Bart of the month various demonstrations During the early par- for the draft ordinances, of gratititude to the Crowno impeded their imme nzes t , and of condemnation of those , wh o h_ various parts of the ae en The a- , ment, have been made in which included a colony,prayer for Mr. petition from Swellendam, mentioned in our last- summary.r. Montagu's removal, `was e arrived from Worcester and Clan; Similar petitions have since brought to Cape Town by a body of William--the latter eof whom had ridden fifty, others twenty field cornets, some hours, in order to present it forty, and none less than `eneral Cathcart, who was then daily personally to Major-General expected. Being disappointed in this, they r e t urned peace fully to Clanwilliam, leaving their petition in th e h ands of the chairman of the Cape Town Municipality, to b e b y him presented, on their b the new Governo r on his ar rival iy-appointed Lieutenant-G overnor, Mr. Darling, the new arrived on the 24th inst., gave great sati s f act i on to the public by declaring, in rep and t o an address p resented by the Municipal Commissioners, reply his determination to "devote him self to the promotion of the interests disti of the .' people of all nction classes in this colony,' without any Lieut.-General Cathcart, who arrived yeste r d ay i n the immediately to the fronti er to relieve Hydra, will proceed Sir Harry Smith. Upon Lieut.. Governor Darling w ill then of the civil government of th e colony ; and it will be f devolve the administratio r n him to decide wheth er h e will give his fiat to the "bill" o a s passed, and thereby constitute it an "ordinance," f o rm only it will be rece i ved ' in which t from the colony by the Seer:.ary efh State, or wheth er he and " introduce th e B ill will quash all previous proceedings , a Government mea de novo, making the 23/. franchise sure." Nothing, we believe, w ould give more gen era l con tentment throughout the colony a measure which, i n his than his adopting th e l atter course, refusing his sanction to characteristics th a t h ad ab sence, ha s b een d epr i ve d o f a ll those Caused it t o be received with suc h unbounded satisfacti on b y the inhabitants, and especially when e p be shall have learnten contempt of t h e . that, thus grievously mutilated in SAT U a A_ 1 1 7 . Le: v ENING, remonstrances of the colonists, it has cnly been passed, in its present useless form, after every other means had been attempted, by the majority of the nominee Council, to frustrate and defeat the beneficent intentions of her Majesty's Government. (From the Frontier Times) ADVANCE OF THE GOVERNOR AND TROOPS. King William's Town, March 6, 1852. His Excellen c y left this yesterday morning at the head of a very imposing force. He marched at half-pest four A.m., but was not clear off the drift until nine P.M., through so many waggons, the same day. The depot for supplies is to be at Fort V,'hite. The strength of patrol as follows :- Ist Cavalry Column, under C.,lonel Poole -12th Lancers, 224 rank and tile; Cape mounted Rifles, 26 ditto; total, 250. 2d Column, under Colonel Michel—Royal Artillery, 2 guns, 18 rank and file;. 6th Regiment, 380 ditto; 45th Regiment, 248 ditto; 60th Regiment, 397 dttto ; Cape Mounted Rifles, 25 ditto; Ist Corps of Levies, 100 ditto; Catty's Rifles, 70 ditto; total, 1,338. 3d Column, under Colonel Eyre—Royal Artillery, 2 guns, 18 rank and file; 43d Regiment, 386 ditto; 73d Regiment, 356 ditto; Cape Mounted Rifles, 25 ditto; Ist Corps Levies, 100 ditto; Fingoes, 100 ditto; total, 985. 22 rank and file 2d Regiment, 60 rank and file 43d Regi ment, and 20 Montagn's Horse, to reinforce Fort White. The Commander-in-Chief's Escort—Captain Knight, Cape Mounttd Rifles, in command; Lieut. Gough, 1 sergeant, '25 rank and file, 12 levies, 1 sergeant, 25 ditto; Cape Mounted Rifles, Lieutenant Murrie; 60th, 1 sergeant, 4 ditto—each from corps. Captain Armytage has received three months' leave to the Cape on account of the severity of his wound. Colonel Mac kinnon remains in King William's Town as British Commis sioner, and has also vacated his quarters ready for the Lew Governor. L I A NT 8 i 5 '2. eying the Waterkloef ; while Captain Tylden and Captain Bruce were directed to co-operate on the side of Post Re • tief, and Lieutenent-Celoncl Pole, with the 12th Lancers, was posted at Hertzog, to intercept their retreat. The right column under Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre. at the Blinkwa!er Post; the centre post under Lieutenant-Colonel Michel, at Bl,keway's Farm; and the left column under Lieutenant-Colonel Napier, at Nel'aFarm, moved at daylight on the 10th instant upon the rebels in their densely wooded kloofs and fortresses. These operations have continued for three successive days. The troops under Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre were vigorously resisted. Two howitzers were got u:) the very face of the mountain, and aided by rockets were of great use, under Captain Faddy, Royal Artillery, in shelling the enemy's kloofs. On the first day all the villages on the summits of the heights and many huts within the bush were burnt. A detachment of the 43d Light Infantry and 73d Regiment, under Captain Campbell, of the 73d, carried on this day in a very gallant style a most formidable.pass, the enemy shouting, dancing their war dance, and daring him to C ome on, which he did to their total overthrow and rout. On the following day Colonel Eyre made a very judicious movement, so as to envelop and surprise the den of Me nem, regarded by the Kafirs as inaccessible. It was car ried by Colonel Eyre iu person, 130 women and children being taken, including the great and favourite wife of Ma como, three of his other wives, and two of his children; all stowed away under precipitous krantzes and in deep caves. Some ammunition and a quantity of lead were found, to gether with stores of provisions and blankets, and plundered clothes, with two watches; this being the very lurking-place of Macomo and his pakati. The Fuller's Hoek was also pene trated in various other directions. During these two days' operations numbers of the enemy were slain, eleven being found in one place, killed by the fire of cannon, and many others being found in different directions. Gn the third day the enemy eed completely bewildered, scarcely showed himself anywhere, m and offered no resistance. The captured women are in the head quarter camp. Macomo's favourite wife 'says that Sandilli had ordered Macomo, his son Kona, and his counsellors to join him, in order to consult, and that they have gone ac cordingly, leaving Namba, the great son, in command. [This is not believed.] Sh e s t a t es t h at the .Kafirs and Hot tentots have quarrelled, and now hate one another. Lieut.-Colonel Michei's operations have been conducted with every energy. Great opposition was expected, as the '4Vaterkloof, and more especially the rugged bushy pass at its head, had on former occasions been stoutly occupied by nu meroas Hottentuts. The troops, however, encountered few, and the resistance of these was feeble. By great exertion, Colonel Michel succeeded in getting his guns upon the heights, which had previously been considered impracticable. On the second day, in conjunction with Lieutenant-Colonel .Napier, he swept the whole of the Waterkloof, destroying the locations of the enemy in the valley, and penetrating the dense and intricate kloofs on either side. He met throughout with no opposition. Lieet—Colonel Napier moved on the 10th up the Water • kloof valley. On entering the narrow and difficult ground towards its head, it was evident that the enemy med tated an attack upon the rear, and Colonel Napier accordingly placed the 91st Regiment, under Major Forbes, in a position to resist it. This was most effectually done after a sharp fight, and Colonel Napier gained and maintained his position. Colonel Michel, hearing the firing, joined him with part of his column, and the enemy disappeared in every direction. t3uriog these operations Lieut.-Colonel Perceval; with a combined face of military and burghers, was to dislodge the enemy from the Fish River Bush; but as yet no report has been received from him, nor any from Lieut.-Colonel Pole or Captains Tylden or Bruce. Only one report has as yet been received of a burgher muster, viz., 120 men at Haddon's old post.—By command, IL L. MAYDWELL, Military secretary. THE OPERATIONS IN WATERKLOOF. The following account of the recent operations in this re doubtable fastness•will be found to embrace a very well-con nected account of the whole movement : " On the 10th March we leftßlakeway's Farm for the Wa terkloof, leaving behind the waggons and a strong camp guard. We posted our guns o n a hill over t h e W ater kl oof. The men stripped off their blankets and other incumbrances, and then took the bush in ext en d e d or d er, one regiment sweeping round in the direction of Fuller's Hoek—where Colonel Eyre was operating—the remainder extending di rectly across from krantz to krantz. It was difficult work. we heard very heavy firing on our right front. When we reached the more open part of the Waterkloof some Kafirs showed in front, who ran away on a few shots being fired at them. We turned up the bush path that divides Fuller's Hoek from the Waterkloof. Several shots were fired from each side—some Kafirs appeared in the centre path, who escaped without injury. The path was covered with car tridge paper and some blood marks. Shots were flying over the path from friends as well as foes —the greater number from the former. As we neared the head of the pass we :found the Ist division, who had just ascended before us. They reported ten men wounded. Communicated with Colonel Eyre, and wound down by another pass, joined our guns. Next morning returned to the hill we h a d l e f t the day before, and with the Ist division went down the Waterkloof; burned a large number of huts; moved on till we came to the foot of a high hill called Iron Rock. On the top were large bodies of Kafirs, who paraded a number of cattle, inviting us to try our luck. As we could not walk up the face of the krantz, we moved round the hill in two divi sions, and ascended a hill on the opposite side, where we found the guns posted. It was so steep that both . men and horses were regularly blown. It was now growing late, so we had to move to some place for water, and halted. The Kafirs (as we anticipated) were i n f u ll confidence, thinking it was the usual sort of work, i. e., look at it, and leave. Next morning we (the Ist division) went home, and as our chief knew that on our retiring home, on next appearance the enemy would all betake themselves to the hills with their cattle—the event justified it. We left our guns at Blakeway's farm, took four day's rations, and returned. The morning of the 13th it was reported that about 1,000 Kafirs, with a number of cattle, were on the hill. An officer commanding a regiment with a good glass said about 400 came into the krantz and bush which covered the ascent, and I saw about 200 or 300 go into another part. We formed in front, and sent in a few rockets, and moved on. The enemy fired very briskly, and from strong parties within a few yards of our men. They were certainly very numerous. Colonel Michel cheered on the skirmishers, and snatching a rifle from a man shot the first Kafir. It was then all excitement—shouting, cheering, Michel still leading; and the hill was our own in less than an hour. We took 570 head of cattle and 60 horses from the ugliest place in Kafirland. The enemy had some Yo u know We found i n sever al places 14 or 15 dead. know I was always more than sceptical as to the large amount killed on paper. Next day hunted up all their kloofs, took some cattle; burned immense kraals; and with our cattle slept a second night in the bottom of the redoubtable Waterkloof. On the 15th attacked a nest of Totties ; took one prisoner, eleven horses, and lots of stores, bibles, bullet moulds, pans, clothing, &c., then moved back to the hill ; and in two days after found the Commander-in- Chief. You have seen the general order in which one bri gade and its commander are eulogised, and with much justice, but Colonel Michel's work passed over very quietly. Had any other commander performed the . same work, four sheets of foolscap would not have contained it, though our dear chief is enthusiastically loved and respected by every officer and man under his orders, and is possessed of every good quality which can endear him to all who know him." The following particulars show the character of the fight ing in which the troops and burghers are engaged. It will be seen that one of Whittlesea's most gallant defenders is now engaged in the operations against Waterkloof. Mr. T. H. Bowker, whose hand was some time ago injured by the bursting of his gun, has, we are happy to say, healed, but is yet weak. " POST RETIEF, MAacit 12.—We left Fort Beaufort on Monday afternoon, soon after the arrival at that place of Captain Tylden, Commandant T. 11. Bowker, and about 40 men, from Shiloh. We then proceeded to Blinkwater (seven miles), passing the camp of the troops of the second divi sion that had entered it the day before. A long wattle-and daub place, that was intended for a church, is now the com missariat store at Blinkwater and the centre of the camp, around which all the tents are stretched. Here our horses had as much forage as they could eat, and we ourselves, as usual, mutton, biscuit, beer, &c., as we wanted, besides a shake down on the floor, all free of expense. About three next morning we started for Post Retief ; after a beautiful ride, passing through Buxton, at which place we found that the Somerset burghers had not yet arrived. The next day (Wednesday) was the day of the attack on Waterkloof. About seventy of us, including Captain Tylden an d Com mandant T. 11. Bowker, k e pt t h e open groun d wit hin sight of of of the kloof, and within some 300 yards of a o Kafir huts. We saw the 73d on the top of the hill,atetuenarahsuanvlit7, gone up through the bush out of the kloof with some Burghers but we were not near them. ' were on the hill before we were Amongstp them were the spot were the 73d were resting. wker. were, Somers assed on to Messrs. William and Octavius Bo in the kloof. tiring in saw . very few Kafirs, but heard a great deal of firi We here intended to attack the enuetmyn,tontdhetakkelutuhr bcuatttwlee, should the troops drive them opportunity o f ac complishing any returned home without an f n which we could see into the thing. Yesterday we went out again for the same purpose, but to a different spot, roi ning huts and kraals. We could kloof. The troops were burning perceive lots of huts in different places. In a high krantz, in the opposite side of the kloof, surrounded on three sides by krantz, and on the fourth by bush, were about 300 to 400 s h approach roo the ach foot t o steeptr oop head of cattle, guarded by about lOO Kafirs—as nea r l y as I could judge. 11 - e could see a column of krantz in single file, climbing up a very of the krantz, when they disappeared in a kloof. av e only heard two shots as they approached the kloof. We could see at the back of the bush, on the fourth side, a number of burghers off-saddled. The grass where the cattle were was on tire, and we could see no more of them. Th ere was a g reat deal of cannonading in Inllet.s Hoek, and a f ew s h ells i were thrown n Waterkloof.After remaining on the hill until three o'clock P.M., we returned back, leaving a party of sixteen to forelay oue of the paths. Including our own, fi ve parties of burghers were on both sides of the kloof. We go to-night on a forelaying expedition, and to-morrow we ar e going on some othe r service, taking three days provisions with us. The re. are about 300 here, near l y all mounted, being burghers, Fmgoes, Hottentots, and me n o f the gallant 74th. " Messrs. A. Rubidge and Charles Coleridge have joined Mr. William Bowker. We are all in good health and spirits. This is a fine country, full of grass and water." GENERAL ORDER.—NO. 249, Head-Quarter Camp, Blinkwater, March 16, 1852. 1. The Commander. in-Chief congratulates the officer soldiers, levies, an d b urg h ers i n the field, upon the successol the late six days' operations over the enemy in evehriyizilirec tion in which h e cou ld b e encountered —a success o may well be expe c t e d t o l ea d to a permanent, lasting peace, The Kafir tribes ha ve never b een prev i ously thus punished, ece, and if their expulsion over the Kei be effected, tranquillity on a per manent basis may be looked for. No soldiers ever endured greater fatigues, none ever en countered them with more continued cheerfulness and devo tion to their Sovereign and country, To Major-General Somerset the Commander-in-Chief again desires to express his approbation. The most prominent of the recent services are Lieutenant- Colonel Michel's on the Iron Mountain, which was carried by the bayonet in spite of the difficulties of the ground and the numbers and spirited opposition of the enemy ; Lieutenant- Colonel Eyre's intrepid , judicious, and continued attacks on the extremely difficult mountain range of the Fuller's Hoek, occupied by the chief Macomo with his best warriors, to tra verse which passes of an extraordinary character had to be carried, in which Captain Campbell, 73d Regiment, greatly distinguished hi mse l f; but the great effort was required upon what is termed Macomo's den, and this was assailed and penetrated by L ieutenant-Colonel Eyre in person, descending among daring savages, every one of whom was slain, and where 130 women were captured, am on gst whom were Ma, - como's great w if e and three others. This clearing of Full t er e a Hoek was an ac hi evement of no ordinary charac t e r, and n Commander-in -Chi e f regar d s i t as t h e last object the eneuifs hostile disposition clings to. Lieutenant-Colonel Napier's affair in the Waterkloof on the 10th in a t . re fl ects equal cred i t upon himself and the troop s under him. The Commander-in-Chief desires also to convey his marked approbation of the conduct Lieutena nt-Colonel of Li. Lieutenant-CO f Nesbitt, co mman di ng the 60th Regimen., PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES. FROME, YEOVIL, AND WEYMOUTH RAILWAY.—I esterday the Committee of the House of Commons passed the preamble of this company's Bill, for incorporating and giving powers to raise capital of 550,000/. and 183,0001. by loan, to con struct a railway between Frome, Yeovil, and Weymouth, with power to lease by the Great Western Railway. EASTERN UNION RAlLWAY.—Yesterday the examiners on standing orders declared that, in the case of this company's Bill for additional provision, the standing orders were com plied with. LORD REDESDALE'S COMMITTEE.—Some excellent regula tions have been introduced by Lord Redestlale, the chairman of Committees of the House of Lords (assisted by other Noble Lords, and Messrs, Smith, Palk, Birch, and Adams, assistant examiners of Bills), for the prompt prosecution of business, and it is surprising to find the number of Bills that are dealt with and disposed of, between one and five o'clock. Yester day their Lordships had eighteen Bills before them. THE Loss OF THE BIRKENHEAD.—A second court martial in reference to the loss of the Birkenhead steam troop ship, was held on board the Victory, at Portsmouth, yesterday (Friday), to try the remaining officers and ship's company of that vessel for her loss. There were put on trial—Mr. William Culhane, assistant-surgeon; Mr. C. R. Renwick, assistant-engineer of the first class; Mr. Ben jamin Barber, assistant-engineer of the third class; Mr. G. W. S. Hire, clerk; Mr. John Archbold, gunner; and the whole of the surviving portion of the crew, comprising forty-four men, four boys, and five privates of marines. Several witnesses having been examined for the defence, the Judge Advocate read the following finding:—" That the Court is of opinion that no blame is attributable to Mr. John Archobld or the other surviving officers and crew of the Birkenhead, tried for the wreck of the said ship, or for their conduct subsequently thereto ; but, on the con trary, the court sees reason to admire and applaud the steadiness shown by all in the most trying circumstances, and the conduct of those who were first in the boats, and who, to th e b est of the i r j udgment, made every exertion for t m be ainreesd ttcuepnont the ee wreck.portionln oth t e hi c s re e i x v p a r n es d si passengers i swettohreey desire to include those who have been acquitted on the opffirecseenrstaannad p scar r ei e dw vio jo u fn s ht ciurts-martial, and the court doth fully u ai :Il i acquitted a in quiry into the circumstancescco r A di r n c g h l bold and the other surviving acquit the j—Hollo ve l a ' hereby d nh p e r a e d v a e s e t n e t A p [ o A ple n x v y :wr y t a s r E io A u ir : accordingly," the loss of the Bir hvi,sspteirlmlsinfoatresthtehecaree said ship Birkenhead, and they are of Liver and Bowel Complaints, Dropsy, and N a T re the causersdwhich disorder the liver, drowsyfreridenhtleyavpyosucing nausea, headache, eenTaAiioni generally the k an e stomachs,indiindigestion, n and , an d bowels, forerunners of the most alarming dropsy, apoplexy, paralytic strokes, &c. , ii , e ul diseases, as hese and other baneful consequences are immediately prev en effec a tuall banish every symptom of disease from the doses of Holloway's Pills. They circulation of the blood, and re s t ore vigour system, promote a proper to the diges tive - Persons at the turn of lif e s h oul d not fail organs.to take speedily an te d d by few them, for they stand pre-eminent as the best family med i cine in use. Sold by all vendors of medicine, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. c o f the o uvicts at Carlisle Fort , Queenstow n , One his of o escape in the dressne of the superintendents, havin g pre b Cork, made escape on Saturday last. He effected hi s g a And stolen 301. therefrom ; p viettely broken op-- pn SEVERE ENGAGEMENT IN WATERKLOOF. An express reached town late this morning, from Haddon, bringing us accounts of another severe and deplorable casu alty that has happened to the British troops at the Water ktoof. We are happy to learn that Colonel Yarborough's wound is not dangerous, and that the wounded have been removed to Fort Beaufort. COLONEL EYRE'S REPORT. • Head-quarters Camp, Blinkwater, March 11. Extract of a report just received from Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre, dated Fuller's Hoek, March 11, 1852 : "We have done two good days' work, and the result sa tisfactory. We have penetrated a dense bush in eight dif ferent directions—burned a large number of huts, and killed a good many Kafirs—eleven were seen to-day, all beaded together, apparently killed by cannon shot, or shell, and many others were also found this morning. We surprised a den, I believe myself Macomo's headquarters. We took ISO women and children, hidden in caves in an immense krantz. Among these women is one of Llacomo's wives, and there are two of his children. His wife had a quantity of ammunition in her possession. She says that blaeonao went yesterday into Kafirland. They all say that the Hottentots are in Waterkloof, and the Kalirs are in Fuller's Hoek. " We found all sorts of things concealed in caves—mealier, butter, clothes, blankets, pots and pans of all descriptions, a bullet mould, lead, and some little ammunition. The troops have worked admirably. I propose bivouacking again in the bush, and going at them again. Wm. EYRE, Lieut.-Colonel, 73d Regiment. "This was Macomo's kraal, believed to be inaccessible.' MAJOR-GENERAL SOMERSET'S REPORT. Camp Konap River, March 5, 1852. have the honour to acquaint you, for the informa tion of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, that having reconnoitred the enemy's position in the Waterkloof on the 2d inst., I decided to attack him as soon as practicable. I, therefore, ordered 450 infantry, viz., 300 91st Regt., 150 74th Regt., and 70 Cape Mounted Rifles, at one A.M., on the 4th inst., to Waterkloof, under the command of Lieut.- Colonel Yarborough, 91st Regt., in order to come upon the enemy's kraals at day-break, moving myself with one gun Royal Artillery, a squadron Cape Mounted Rifles, at four A.m., in support. After a march of seven miles Lieut.-Colonel Yarborough attacked the enemy at day-break, whom he found strongly posted in the Waterkloof, at the place of a farmer named Nel, and also occupying another position below Mundell's farm, in the same valley. Moving on the squadron of the Cape Mounted Rifles in advance, the whole of their kraals were simultaneously at tacked and destroyed ; 40 horses and 100 head of cattle were captured and sent to my camp; five kraals, containing up wards of 150 houses belonging to rebel Hottentots and Safirs, were burned and destroyed. Finding that the Cape Mounted Rifles and one company 91st Regiment had proceeded and pursued the enemy further into the dense forest of the kloof, the troops were halted to recall these parties. In the meantime, the alarm having been given, the enemy had become greatly reinforced ; and pres sing upon the troops, they fixed bayonets and charged the enemy, and the ;Cape Mounted Rifles charging at the same time, the enemy was defeated and driven back with great slaughter. The troops then moved down to the place of Adrian Nel, where there was a stone house and garden, which they occupied. At this time Lieutenant-Colonel Yarborough re ceived , a severe wound, and his horse was shot. Captain Bramley, Cape Mounted Rifles, and Ensign Hibbert, 91st Regiment, were severely wounded; four or five men were also wounded by the enemy's fire, who were carried into the house. Here a strong and well-directed fire was kept up by the troops, killing several of the enemy. Seeing what was going on, I placed a company of infantry with the gun in support, and moved up Captain Carq's squadron Cape Mounted Rifles to the reserve, under Major Somerset. I directed Captain Carey to charge the enemy so as to clear the front to enable me to remove the wounded out of fire. This was effected in the most gallant style by Captain Carey with the Cape Mounted Rifles, the right wing charging and opening a fire on the enemy, and driving him up the face of the mountain, the remainder diverging to the left to the house; and placing the wounded men on spare horses, they were brought off without molestation. Having fully effected all I intended to do by this move ment, the enemy having been completely beaten and his kraals destroyed, I directed the troops to return to camp. I cannot speak too highly of the conduct of the officers and troops, having been most ably led and the whole move ment conducted by Lieutenant-Colonel Yarborough until he fell wounded. A great number of the enemy was killed ; and, although having greatly the advantage of ground, and being in great force, he never attempted to pass the belt of bush, but re tired up the hill. I have to regret the loss of Colonel Yarbo rough's services, I fear, for some time, as also those of the other officers and men, and four men killed; but a position so strong as that held by the enemy could not be attacked and carried without experiencing loss. I beg most earnestly to bring the conduct of Lieutenant. Colonel Yarborough, who so skilfully conducted the attack, as well as of all the officers and troops engaged, to the favour able notice of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief. I have the honour to enclose the return of killed and wounded. Surgeon Frazer, 74th Highlanders, Dr. Barclay, 91st Regi ment, and Assistant-Surgeon Allison, R.A., were unremitting in their attention to the wounded. (Signed) H. SOMERSET, Major-General. Return of killed and wounded in action with the enemy in Waterkloof, March 4, 1852 :- 74th Highlanders, 1 rank and file killed, and 1 ditto wounded ; 91st Regiment, 1 sergeant and 3 rank and file killed, and 2 officers, 3 sergeants, and 11 rank and file wounded ; Cape Mounted Rifles, 1 officer wounded ; total, 1 sergeant and 4 rank and file killed ; 3 officers, 3 sergeants, and 15 rank and file wounded. Lieutenant-Colonel Yarbo rough and Ensign Hibbert, 21st Regiment, both wounded severely; Captain Bramley, Cape Mounted Rifles, wounded rather severely. (Signed) C. H. BELL, Lieutenant, Field-Adjutant. Colonel Cleote, C. 8., K.H., Quartermaster-General., (From the Graham's Town Journal Extra, March 18.) The latest post from head-quarters brings us the official reports of the proceedings in Waterkloof on the 12th, an outline of which was given in Colonel Eyre's dispatch, pub lished on Saturday. The intrepidity of the officers engaged in this duty is conspicuously set forth in the private as well as in the official accounts. The enemy had fought, however, most determinedly, and it will be seen that Lieutenant- Colonel Napier's column was hotly pressed; yet the skill of that officer carried him safely out of his difficult position. From private sources we learn that an engagement had occurred subsequent to the date of the official reports above referred to, and that the troops had suffered the loss of a very promising officer, the Hon. H. Wrottesley, of the 43d Regiment, one private 91st Regiment, and one levy man killed, and 10 men of the 91st wounded. It is truly lament able to reflect upon how many brave fellows the fatal Water kloof has proved the grave. From Lieutenant-Colonel Perceval's camp, in the Fish River Bush, we have encouraging accounts. Our advices, received on Sunday morning, state that a patrol went out under the Gallant Colonel, on the 11th, to storm the lair of the Chief Stock and his rebel allies. The force consisted of detachments of the 91st and 12th Regiments, Armstrong's Horse, the Lower Albany Burghers, Graham's Town Bur ghers, and others who assembled at Fort Brown, the Peddie Fingoes and Graham's Town Fingoes also co-operating. This force moved against the enemy in Foonah's Kloof (where the 2d Queen's suffered soon alter their arrival). but were an ticipated by them, as ambushes were laid and every means taken to cut off the assailants. The attack was,•however, completely successful, and appears to have been planned with great judgment and carried out with equal alacrity. The results were twenty Kafirs killed, 120 head of colonial cattle, chiefly well-bred cows, taken, and some horses, with only one casualty—a private of the 12th wounded. Two other Kafirs were shot after the engagement, in swimming the Keiskamma. These were supposed to have been mes sengers from Waterkloof. It is asserted that the Chief Doda has been killed, as a double-barrelled gun recognised as his was amongst the booty, and in every particular the dtroute is said to have been most complete. A howitzer, Royal Artillery, played upon the enemy's position in the most efficient manner. It is gratifying to re cord the perfection to which the officers serving in the bat talions now in this colony have brought their shell prac tice. A plentiful distribution of projectiles appears to ns to firfsi:om tbhednilo,cwlooclink be most advisable previous to the storming of any position, be as by this means the lives of our officers and troops may spared. Our correspondence speaks in high terms of oily allies, the Fingoes, and we are glad to be enabled to publisb this testimony . of their sorvices. B l B a u i c r i chamarpo was The following letters afford particulars of the engage ment : supposed fo have been Stock's, to-day; fon " Camp, near Foonah's Kloof.—We attackednd f t e h w e camp, supposed captured. On our side, one man of the 12th Reg: ixeletrenee Hottentots. Twenty Kafirs killed, and 190 he.anideonft cahatdtllye wounded. This affair was carried out by at command, to whom the Lower Albany tached, and was in every respect successful. Thec ' taken in' by the strong ambush ; but fortunately they were kedrethem on the left in situated in a most villanous place, and t Kafirs laid a Burghers. A party of the 12th attacked them ues, and those a high krantz. The 91st, the Peddi !lin Di aj or Armstrong from town entered the bush in fine st es to do his best. The at them. Every one seemed anx ne of the most dangerous on , and of LowerinAlabtatneyin.ptiZeteK,ascfirorKseswaritehrrsee, and H. Bertram are splendid fellows, and e go heart and hand situation of the camp is perhap2oo.2 is s upposed to have been the Fish River. The chief .1) a shot by Moses Wiggel, s r out h yesterday shot by our people Keiskamma." Thursday morning, five o'clock.— " Tola's Kloof, Bivouac, i returned d to hep from oo Th i I h :t a b ts e ootbs a , 01 n t ua t n a tp cd,2kwoohl wounded ne T w e e l o a b af u b p n i t en t did e a W t the e killed fifteen Kafirs, one 11 resist of which are well-bred colonial They showed us no great resist ance. nuwrinebeerapotfuKrei partside has been very Fttl to-morrow or l row for Break ' e, onl y one cows. The loss on our si cattle, the principal man of the 12th Regiment a y am happy to well; Town men behaved say the Graham's set of men. We start at eight fast Vley." OFFICIAL REPORTS. Head-quarters, Blinkwater, 12th March, 1852. mmander-in-Chi e f were p l ace d, puaruntedrse,retahmep, Co The troops on the 9th inst., on the respective bases of oration, the rebels under Maco pe mo from Fullers purpose of dislodging E Qe k, and the liettentots and Tutookieri of Queeha, occu- lohel Skip with, commanding 43d Regiment; Major Pinckney, commanding 73d Regiment; Major Kyle, com man di ng de tachnient 45th Regiment; Captain Faddy, comman di ng Royal Artillery; Major Forbes, commanding 01. at Regiment; Captain ' Patton, c o mm a ndi ng 74th H ighlanders; Captain Crowder commanding 6th Regiment; the of icprk gam rnandins lovies, End the oflicets of the staff and medical ofheer4employed on this occasion. Throughout these operations the loss of the erenan fro m the fire of nine guns *rid the intrepid infantry, has been most sanguinary ; 1,000 head of cattle and 130 hors have fallen into our hands—goats, some arms, ammunition, a great quantity of stores in Macomo's den. He has been driven from his stronghold iu every direction, and the troops are moving to complete his flaal expulsion over th e K e i . llecasualtiei among the troops have been comparatively few. One officer, Lieutenant Wrottesley, 43d Regiment, and seven men killed, and eighteen men wolf:Oa:, 2. As a part of the general 'operations Ordered, Lieutenant- Colonel Perceval, 12th Regiment, commanding a force of 900 men, had been assembled by the Commander-in -Chief for the purpose of driving the Chiefs Stock and Dodo from the Fish River Bush, and the Chief Tola from a second posi tion of that Bush; and on the 11th Lieutenant-Colonel Perceval in two columns assailed the position of Stock, which was mast gallantly carried, and Major Armstrong, Cape Mounted Rifles, distinguished himself; 190 head of cattle fell into his hands—many goats; fifteen of the enemy were counted slain, many arms taken, and they fled in disorder. (Signed) A. J. CLOETE, Quartermaster-General. (True Copy) If. L. MAyDwELL, Military Secretary. LATEST FROM THE SEAT OF WA'it (From the Graham's Town Journal of March 27.) MILITARY OPERATIONS. It will be seen that the Commaner- in-Chief has made dis positions on a very comprehensive scale for harrying the enemy throughout the entire seat of war . N ot only are the " patrols" or columns of the field force to operate in the Gaika country, but the military posts within the colony, from Shilo to Fort Peddie, and embracing Fof t Brown, are tolassist by sending out scouring parties around their respective lo calities. The dispositions made by Sir Harry Smith seem to be unexceptionable. lie appears to have become thoroughly roused, and we incerely hope that his Excellency may suc ceed in, as he himself expresses it, " making the country too hot for the rebels." The troops destined for the expedition against the Atnatolas are to be provisioned for fifteen days, at the; end of which time it is probable Sir Harry's command will have ceased. Should it be so, we sincerely trust that the movement of his last dic tating may be of a nature to add other "laurels to his brow." Some mention is made of there being a proba bility that he will admit the enemy to a peace, so that he may welcome his successor with " the war .is over," and thus claim the merit of havine• in his own person restored South Africa to that peace which he has all along said he was re solved to achieve- Should the successes of the troops be such as to bring about a cen.?es,ion to the Governor's terms within the next• few days, we trust that Sir Harry Smith will not do more than admit a temporary cessation of hostilities, but by no means attempt to form any treaties to-day which ghin ld g-stock and a eto the Major-General Cathcart c.mseur acts to b e ala ma u y up,et to-morrow, and again crafty Kafirs. S uc h policy wou in all lik e lihood riddl bring tha war back to the point it started from, and leave a new cam paign to be commenced. It seems highly desirable, however, that the new Governor hould have an opportunity of benefit ing by a thorough insight into his predecessor's policy, and net by zaly means to go exp eriment i ng. The fiathas g one forth—British Kafraria is t o b e evacuated by every man .who has borne arms against British power, and every such rebel is to be driven across the Kei. When this Is accomplished the sword and the rifle way be returned to their rests, but short of this we are firmly persuaded that Sir Harry will not admit a moment's respite to the treacherous savages, whose ferocity and barbarity make the blood of ci vilized man to curdle, but which only draw from their in human breasts screams of fiendish exultation, when they see their victims writhing under such horrible tortures as have been, during Ohs war, inflicted upon such hapless Europeans as have fallen into their hands. Mr. Hartung, the band master of the 74th Highlanders, it has been admitted by the Kafir women taken prisoners by Col. Eyre's column, was cut into pieces with assegais whilst living, being kept under tor ture for three days, the process of which was that of cutting off his fingers and toes inch by inch, at intervals, and whqn, at the close of the third day, the wretched man asked for food, a piece of his own flesh was cut from his body and given him. A few hours afterwards death terminated his suffer ings. But this atrocity has been exceeded in the case of Sergeant Lange, who fell alive into the enemy's hands on the occasion of Colonel Yarborough's late disastrous patrol, and who was found at the end of t i firee days from his capture, expiring under the horrors of crucifixion, being extended upon his back on the ground, to which he was fixed by stakes of wood, driven through the palms of his hands, the ankles, and a fifth through his body. Humanity forbids a further recital of such barbarities. Surely the demons who have inflicted them have laid themselves open to the severest of penalties. We are happy to state that all the wounded of Colonel Yarborough's force are doing well. Captain Bramley and Ensign !Jibbed are recovering rapidly, and the gallant colonel is so far convalescent as to be about undertaking a journey to Graham's Town. The enemy still continues kis depredations when opportu nity offers. One day last week a waggon, laden with sup plies from Fort Beaufort, was attacked at the Blinkwater, within a short distance of the camp, the contents and oxen taken away, and an Englishman killed. The Chief Umhala, it would now appear, onght to be classed with the rebel Gaikas, and his country and cattle put under the same martial visitation as theirs. If not an o pen _ enemy, he is an abettor threefold m ore dangerous. The Commander-in-Chief would be fully justified in expelling this tribe also over the lief. Those of the Albany Burghers who were attached to Lieu tenant-Colonel Perceval's camp returned home this morning. These men have done good service, and we understand were dismissed in the most complimentary manner by Lieutenant- Colonel Perceval. (From the Graham's Town Journal of March 27). Head-quarters, Seven Kloof Point, Amatolas, Camp, March 24, 1852. liis Excellency the Commander-in-Chief directs the pub lication of the following memorandum for general infor mation. H. L. MAYDWELL, Military Secretary. MEMORANDUM OF MOVEMENTS. Head-quarters, Seven Kloof Point, Amatolas, Camp, March 24, 1852. The columns under Colonels Michel, Eyre, and Perceval, will have this day completed the movements previously or dered in the Inner Amatolas for the expulsion of the rebel Gaikas, and will thus continue to prosecute this service. I. Colonel Michel will establish the base of his operations at Fort Cox. 2. Colonel Eyre will march rid Fort White for the purpose of taking with him fifteen days' provisions, and establish himself near his old camp, in the Keiskamma Hock, as the _ __ • base of his operation. 3. Colonel Perceval will march rue Fort White, taking with him fifteen days' provisions; and, as the base of his operations, establish kimself in the Quilli Quilli range, taking his guns with him. 4. Colonel Pole will march rid Fort White and King Wil liam's Town, and with a corps of cavalry, levies, and Fingoes, which will be given to him, establish himself on the Ka bousie Neck, with fifteen days' provisions and forage. 5. These corps will daily dispatch strong patrols in every direction from their respective bases, so as to reader the Amatolas too hot for the rebels to remain in them. 6. The garrison of Fort Peddie will frequently patrol the Fish River Bush ; the garrison of Fort Brown, the Ecca bush ; and the garrisons of Fort Hare, Blinkwater Post, Post Re tief, Elard's Post, an d Whittlesea, will patrol their respective neighbourhoods with vigour and activity. 7. Meanwhile Blajor-General Somerset, with his field force of regular soldiers, levies, and burghers, will act upon the north side of the Amatolas, penetrating these mountains daily, and communicating with the Cradock burghers under Commandant Gilfillan, and with the cavalry under Colonel Pole, on the Kabousie Neck. , .n -(Trueig C opy Head-quarters will b e at Fort Cox on the 2 5th inst., at , Ali\lary Secret I ar King William's Town on the 26 th, where all reports will be forwarded. e t h are or H. 14 G. SMITH Commander-y'sn ed) ) H. L. MAYDWELL Chief. t. KING WILLLUIS TOWN, Mown 21. v it anx t h i 'D i u ! s a ly l oo ki n g for the Graham's Town post to h ear o f S ir Harry s procee dings. We have no newaaince the 12 It is reported there has been a de K rom me range, and that Sir Harr clear sweep made in the Ch um ie Hook on the 118th. I y intended to move on the the rebels making away with allperceive you have heard of b e ad, fourteen troop horses, and the Fort White cattle-147 of the Queen's killed. It ,i all the officers' horse one stationed at Fort White . ssaid that Montagu's horse, themselves. There is a repod anything but distinguish ° 1,000 head of cattle to that Kreli has collected that he has told Sandill p a y Government with ; also a report Lieu tenant Girard, 4'3d, not to make any concession. with the remaining arrived at King William's Town to-day There are several efthe ill-fated Birkenhead troops. Several of the incidents of a most heart-rending cha racter.and planks by poor fellows were torn of the yards clothes. It is said t _sharks, a which selected all the men without and foolishly securedh that Major Seton had a life preserver 07 : neck, and, strange to three hundred sovereign round h h weight of theseke t say, h his ipistols. It is thought a _ ua t h e e perished. Stock, it tpis said,s head under w th a r t e e e r,a d thus councillors to has sentm the Slambie Commissioner peace, but he would not see them. Pa to entreat for K - t told them to go across the eibefore they asked for ° peace. Two spans of oxen were cut from the yokes last night at Fort Murray, and three of the troop horses taken out of the ; stable, where three men were sleeping. The fellows pulled down part of the sod-gable to get the horses out. AMERICAN NEWS. SOUTHAMPT O N ' F RIDAY EVgNING. — The Herm t aann eam ship, arrived in Cowes Roads at one o'clock today, zi ,from ta Nz . Yoak direct, which place she left on Saturday She has made a quicker voyage than usual ; her new boilers having, no doubt, contributed to her Improved speed. The Hermann brings a large cargo and 3,000 dollars for Bremen. After transhipping her mails and passengers for England into a small steamer provided for the purpose at Cowes, the Hermann proceeded on her voyage to Bremen. By this arrival we have three days' later intelligence. We find that money was in more demand, at from 5 to 8 per cent. sterling. Exchange active, at 109 to 1091 e. Stocks firm. Cotton brisk , with large s ales; middling, Oic. ti) 8 1 / 2 c. Flour dull. Three emigrant ships had arrived at Quebec front Live rpool, one of them being the Toronto, which arrived on the 15th, being 23 days out. The floods continued throughout several of the states. Ten pe r sons had been drowned at Pittsburg, ten at Virginia,and three at Washington. El ev en houses had been blown down by a gala at New York, but no lives were sacrificed. A schooner, however, sank in the bay, and all on board perished. The national theatre at Boston had been accidentally burnt, and all the properties destroyed. The steamer Cherokee arrived on the 23d, from Hai gol d.vannah , previously from Chargres. She brought bat little The use of chloroform had been discovered at Louisville; several robberies and murders had been effected by it. ofn t o N o c the ohlcontinued engine-eboiler ahnadinbsutanrstuoinietohuesiEyrkieillßedai.lroad, a t N ew 3d of excite Yo A rk n , Kossuth had been to New Haven ; he was last at Spring field, where an immense crowd awaited his arrival. eonferaAl April, had Advicesfroth o e f c t i h ty e existence i M st e e x nc ic e o, been I a received. consequence no further trouble was in reference w the new tariff adopted by G meat p ign osition to the Garay grant. Relations publishes a lengthy re for Matarnoras, and the refusal of to abide by it, the old one had been restored, and t Al h i e n p i s a t p e r e r o s t i F n o ci r p e p fea ortT re hi d ne . The old rumours of Cabinet changes The line of magnetic telegra ph were again current. the city of Mexico was finish ed on the 30th tilt. between Vera Cruz and Letters to a late dat e from the Rio Grande represent every thing as quiet; no further filibustering attempts having the capture of Carvajal. ----- - ---- L-_!_------__ Sir James East. .- ' Jlr James East and Mr. Charles Barter bad an interview 1741 J9hl a PAkingt9n yesterday at the colonial-office. nth war he not into the , ecl Ir eTAIP ,ber• Aiiie L th° _ t he > ertY i th o r re- the 1/10°.