The Sun. — London, England, 1852-05-08 00:00:00

- that no ono except military or naval ofliecrs could form an opinion on a matter of this kind. 1113 0"Nil beln f Wee that the punishment was unnecessary, erel that if ver inflicted it would arise from the incompetency of the offiters 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 on the march ; but it ought to be recolketed that the militia Would not be engaged in any foreign war, and would not be exposed to those temptadons and to :hose atrocious acts which had occurred in our array in the Peninsula. The militia was altogether a home force, and would be formed. of men of a higher and more respectable cha• teeter than the soldiers of the army of former times. lie felt eortain that the house would see that that which had been thought eectesary in the Militia Act of 1802, * was not necessary in a Militia Aet fur 1852. It often happened that men of an irritable temper had the c')m- Mand of a regiment, and he did not think it right that Such men should have the power of punishing soldiers by flogging for immortality or a :light neglect of duty. The House might recollect the case of the soldier in the Scotch Greys who was flogged in 1834. Since that . time ho had had the happinees of the acquaintance of that man.—( A leugh ) ile could tell IL.n. 'Members that that men had written works which weetd last as long as the English language itself, and had written a history of his own life as grapnio as any narrative of Dsfoe.— (lean) He WAS quite certain that if any case of flogging should occur in the militia it would cawe a feel ing of disgust. He proposed his proviso with tee inten fiefs of asking the House to agree that the militia should under no circumstances be liable to the punishment of the lash. He might remirid the House that when the number of lashes was reduced to fifty, the Duke of Wellington stated that Ito hoped to live to see the punishment of flagging in the army entirely abolished. -(hear, hear.) He hop d that the House would take the first step, and abolish it with respect to the 80,000 militia it was proposed to enrol. He had, therefore, to move his proviso. Colonel THOMPSON seconded the motion. Mr. BERESFORD slid 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. Ile 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 officer:, 51 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 • meat altogether in the militia, and would leave a military force to be embodied without giving the powers which had 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 who's) British army at home and abroad. That army consisted of 148 regiments and battalions, and the number of punishments daring 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 pater n al Spirit in which it had been commanded, and partly 'from a superior class of men who entered it. It, 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 e fts exaggeration, therefore, in the agitation which had peen 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 persons 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 pasted the Militia Bill, there would be cue 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 flagging. Mr. BERESFORD con t e nded that if the provision with respect to punishment were struck out of the Mutiny Act, it wou ld no longer rema i n th e M u ti n y Act,—(Hear, e ar.) The lion. Member had stated soldiers were liable to be punished with the lash for immorality and !legleet of duty. The lash of late years had been only iteflieted f o r very serious offences. The Hon. Member . ( !r Manche s t er h a d s t a t e d that punishments were in !hated on men for no fault of theirs, but because of the irascibility of their officers. That was not the case, for lt court-marti a l com p os ed of officers sworn to do justice between the Sovereign and the criminal, should first de ' Blare th a t cr i m i na l guilty.—(flcar, hear.) The case of Z 7 A hites of the 7th Hussars, had been referred to, and he been pronounced a " murdered man" by the Hon. • "neer. He regretted that the Hot. Gentleman had not examined into the case before he used the expression. iettr, hear.) White had been guilty of a most violent • breach of discipline. He struck a non-commissioned 44 tcer 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 t Horse Guards, composed of thirteen officers drawn f rom several localities, and sentenced to receive 150 ! ti the& The punishment was inflicted, after which ho Was taken to the hospital, where he remained from the lath Juno to the 4th or sth July. He even improved 1 . 10 much as t o h ave l e f t t h e H os pit a l, but he suddenly took ill and died. On the circumstance being re- Ported. at th e H orse G ua rds, two surgeons were sent "ewn to assist in the inquiry as to the cause of death, It_ ad thes e gent l emen d ec l are on t h e i r pro f ess ional repu tation that the man had not died of the corporal punish .l,%tit infli c t e d on hi m, but an inherent disease.—(Hear.) He believ e d t h at even in the case of a militia, or of any ese where men were embodied and arms placed in their hands, it was necessary to reserve their punish ment ; :but it did not follow that it would be used ex cept in ca ses of absolute necessity.—(flear, hear.) He did not thi n k the Hon. Gentleman had mad e out a c a se to induce them to abolish this punishment, and ho therefore hoped the Committee would not accept the Mr. T. APCULLAGII referred to the Irish constabu 'arY--as loyal and gallant a body of men as could be fo und —and considered that as they were exempted from such degrading punishment, so also should their militia. htrLENNARD 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 bo deterred from volunteering.—(Hear.) Captain BOLDER() could not admit the justice of the comparison as between the Irish police and the militia.— (llear, hear.) If soldiers could be pieced 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 question of corporal punishment before the House, with a view to its abolition or great mitigation.—(Lican) Ho rejoiced eq ua lly w h en t h e man d a t e o f th at grea t man , the . Commander-in-Chief, reduced the punishment, which termedmi r e ed o uetir ''n the Hon. Member for Manchester Gentleman caodmvrtso.caetilse." punishment.'Since that period no Hon. the further mitigation or abolition of the the public given up Thespeaking had given up writing, and question was regarded as in s g c about it; and, in fact, the the Lion. Gentleman the Member until now revived by e d r is f e o h r a M r.r a e nchester. The militia had the same 'duties to regu lars. Ought the latter to be subjected _as the 0 ted to corporal exempted? Would punishments and the former to u that be just?—Ulcer, hear.) The Yeomanry were vo lunteer corps, and yet were a object to thi s pun i shment under the Mutiny Act. He knew a member of is yeo manry corps whe esa . s . C3l3l , i . n e uted ; so of the volunteer sentenced to th e punish ment, though it corps when embodied ti _saw yesterd a y t h e Horse Guards—that gallan t body of met among w h om • ought they to be subject crime was almost unknow n ; to the • 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 we should now re-agitate the gen eral questton • a n d ho hoped the House wou ld settle it by a decisive division. " Mr. ROEBUCK was astonished at the speech of the Gallant Gentleman. don't care if you are. Captai n BOLDERO — I e Mr. ROEBUCK —The boldness of that declaration : uoes not remove my ustoniehment, The Gallant Gen tlegaan has been for years advocating the abolition of • 11 • ° Rging in the army. Captain BOLDERO—I ssaidab abolition or mitigation. - -(Load cheers.) eiiter.) What Mr. ROEBUCK—Mitigation !—(Lau„ that the dogs,, e that mean?—(Load laughter.) It means untsh "ung is to be retained , and the infliction of the p then toent made as unfrequent as possible. FlOgging,•' - Was to be retained, and to be inflicted on the militia, NO, to be invited -0 were v o lu n tarily to enlist! The Gal- l ast Gentleman had been labouring to exempt the r e g t ar troops f rom th e p un i s hment, and not having sac * seeded, sought - to subject the militia to it. Il e (Mr. itleci buck) contended that the militia were not a force whit: "ClUired Bach a punishment at all. Were honest and res pectable, men wanted-in the force? If so, ought t he y t be liable 'to the degradation of flogging? — ( Hear.) ((,) they any bat the rabble and refuse he expected —if . : 3 Y were to b e li a bl e to the punishment?—(hear, hear.) „ . he voluntary enlistment would not succeed on such a , I p h 's_ t em, and the ballot would never be endured. ii ° f People would not bear such a punishment; and Y attempt t o ma i n tain the militia by such means o brute force would fail. The punishment of the stri Pes—that infernal punishtment.—(A. laugh, occa sioned by the peculiar manner and tone of the Hon. entlenazn.) Well, I realty am surprised— (Renewed )—I am surprised that in an assembly of English gentle a laugh and a sneer should be elicited by an e tdusio n t o the punishment o f str ip es , an d th at t h e Ri g h t tton. Secretary of War should set the example. I ?tr- BERESFORD—I beg the Learned Member's Pardon. • Mie,ROEBUCK —I beg the Right Hon. Gentleman's ~pardon, I b e li eve it was the Ri g ht lion. Gentleman the Clerk of the Ordnance, who sits next him. Colonel DUNNE—I beg to say I laughed, but not at the punishment of stripes.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. ROEBUCK—OnIy at the mention of i t, I sup . ‘Prise • — ( o b.) I am surprised that in a assembly of .g_entleme n this should b e matter for l a ughter.--(Oh, oh.) Isettined m what 11 ° bad a um wont on to VP% E SUN, sepiatedly said 'before about the punishment bei n g i ns le gal, and net tined fur British suajshte. Lent JOCELYN said he did not rise to defend cr.: to discuss the punishasent of fleggims.—(Hear, hear.) He heel long deemed it outs w hich ought only to be inflicted for clegrcelieg offences—(Hear, hear)—and he believed it was now only applied to such ()liens:Gs by of tiers in the army.--(hear, hear) He was persuaded that no more painful duty could be performed by any effiesr - than sitting on a court-martial which might find it its duty to sentence a soldier to this. punishment.—(llear, hear.) This was not, however, the fitting time or me cesien to disease that questioo.—(hear, hear.) When that time . aed - oecazdon arrived, ho should be ready to unite his voice with those who held flegging not a pu nishment to be Inflicted in tieneofposaceetn an -nd in (Ile jaur.s)tice o f s B , t he begged•t point out the itopni3n exempting the militia from all :Waffle), to t h e pun i s h ment to which the regulers were in seine eases subject.--- (Hear.) Now, let it be recollected that the regulars end the militia might be centened in the seine quertersand would it lee just th it a soldier coemitting a certain off pee ,heuld be seirenced to the punishment of fl To. ging, •arai a raili:hitaan who .committed the same offeuee be eau - noted from 0--(Flear, hear.) SuselY etieh a course wsuld excite the greatest jealousy hc." tweerh the teo fore-- s t t h r e uc p 7 is t h e al t e h il : flietTne ( ta li o e f ar' hii h th o . a -- r) ( 7- ll l e n a d r, hoar.) d r ; was true that the Irish constabulary-were not . liable to hut their pay was.sa far stipe:ioreo that of the army that, fear of dismiesel was in itself suffi• cunt to deter from crime. If this were so in the at; ll .lh corporal penisbment could be dispensed. with; of course, as it was, it melt be retsinetl, at least in time of war, or for de railing effences. Mr. WILLIAMS reminded the Howe that in 1809, when a member of a heal militie corps was sena:need to be fl . gged, the whale regiment turned out to prevent the stritence from being inflicted, and it had to be ex ecuted under the sabres of a battalion of German troops. Mr. CLAY raid his answer to the questien " Would you inflict the punishment on the regulars and not on the militia?" was, " I would exem p t bob forces from —(llear, hear) —and one reason why he voted for the exemption of the militia was, that he believed after such exemption from it, it would not be retained twelve months in the army.—(ticar, 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 Chippenham (Captain BoIdero) somewhat incon sistent in now proposing the infliction of corporal pa rliament, whereas he had formerly voted against it. Corporal punishment was the disgrace of tho 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.—(Hoar, hoar.) If the Mutiny Act were waived, ho 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 n means of en forcing discipline at hand.—(llear, and laughter). Colonel CHATTERTON raid that corporal punish ment was only resorted to in very extreme cases; but thou,ght it ought to be retained as a safeguard. After a few words from Mr. HODGES, Mr. WAKLEY 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 beet authorities concerted 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 nums hatless instances. 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 bo a reason why the punishment should be discontinued. He contended that what they called a lash was a compound instrument of torture, each cons , taining eight or nine lashes, with knots on each. Whe 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 scalier. 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 neon them continual torture. Mr. E WART contended that great advantages had been obtained by the diminution of severe and degrad ing ptinishments, and it might be inferred that further improVement would result from a still further decrease of those punishment?. The Secretary at War had ex pressed himself averse to flogging altogether, and hoped that he might yet be able to dispense with it. Ho 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 Han. Gentleman then referred to a case that had occurred some years previously, in which a soldier stated that he had been subjected to the punishment of 500 lashes for a trifling offence, for which the punishment was altogether inadequate end excessive. He bud 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 tie 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.— (Cheers.) tiir W. VERNER made a few remarks, which did net reach the gallery. Mr. EWARP rose to complain of the remark just made by the Hon. and Gallant Colonel opposite—namely, that what he had stated was untrue. Colonel PEEL—No, no. Mr, EWART was not saying anything hastily or, unadvisedly. He understood the Hon. and Gallant Member to say that what ho had said was untrue, and that he knew it to b 3 untrue. Ho was sure the Hon. and Gallant Colonel would, upon consideration, re tract it, and it ho did not, he should be obliged to tell him the truth on the subject.—(Great laughter from both sides of the House.) Lie should toil him what be had said was not true.—(Cries of " Order.") The CH XiII.MAN (Mr. Bernal) said, ho was sure the Committee would join with him in thinking— Mr. EWART again rose, somewhat excited, but was met by cries of " Chair," " Order," &c., 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. 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 tl: e debate that took place in that House at the time.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. M. GIBSON, amid considerable noise and opposition, attempted to speak. Ho 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 lion. Friend was speaking of White's case. Colonel PEEL.—Not a bit—(Hear, hear.) Mr. M. GIBSON—Then ho 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 Gmtleman could show that that statement was untrue he was of course at liberty to do so.—(Laughter.) Mr. Bmoiiv 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. Me. 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. . a _ Colonele SIBTIIORP said that there was no more honour the honourp Manchester) co urttheavne ever happened c o ur court-martial; a r t t o i a lh;e broughtand i fth h e e l r l o o r Hon. . 0 n M e e h m e loe Member wouldfo r be treated as he deserved.—( Laughter.) that the Colonel THOMPSON said that ever since he had had fact ?—they which altogether reafoarseat in that House he had always considered to the e e of corporal punishment was a great bane and injury rooted. discipline of the army. What was the wished to put this fac e t was the discipline of the arniy upon a ground of discipline before the enemy, when the ob servanceof so much importance. He beforethree-fourths the Right Hon. Gentleman op posite—namely, th a t to his passing this Bill areoes'fourths of the popular objections wbo were forced by the baltotfr°l° the feeling that the men ,ti uponsa nc i 1 l Wren, question would express opinion.t e Mr, HUME said he hoped thtoatsesrOhynleewinoeu: member r e o e f u subjected t c e da Cabi net, corporal punishment. condition of so many t observe a silence upon it, but _the depart-. .I, e lo t Mr. WALPOLE said that lie 9 upon the subject from a disinclinatio n to il he thought it Wd3 a matter that lay score in meat of the Secretary at War than of opinion that this should be viewed a s a general,' question, wof whielt could not be satisfactorily determined atthatt . - On the abstract question, whether it was adviSable to d e o . I away altogethe r with cor p oral Vunislinient,- be was in disposedto , g ive an opinion. The House ha v i ng , how _ ever, passed the Mutiny Act, under which soldiers were those who liable to corporal punishment, he thought the only ques_ tion they had to determine was this, shall were enlisted in the militia be placed upon a better footing could assent to this He did not think that the Committee_ e _ !s then those soldiers who served in . the army ?—(llear. proviso with the kuowledge of that fact _befeF them. Suppose that some of the militia force ware, placed in ll be, that the 1 gar rison with the soldiers of the re g ular army, if they agreed nature 1 to the proviso the conseque nce would - soldiers of the army pun i s h m ent from which thyo mil would feel themselves degraded . in being' th I were freed.—(H ear .) He believed that he was putting e i . tiame g liable to corporal n argument fairly. If they wished to determine this ques -1 tion in reference to the militia, they must determine it also in reference to all their forces, whatever they might be. And supposing hereafter they entered into the general upon which he declined then to give an opinion, and that ' they decided corporal punishment was not to be inflicted in ne the. it:fl iaertien(3l,nspoo long n th g e question imyeirleititah.eyßhuotuhada applyto 0 0ng t t i hte a 'y ise lil o P upon the army, he then said that it certainly ought not, to kept it militia.—(Hear.) Ur.IIUUL reallucliAl the r 1 , - t 1 - 1911. Lin4li.llllf+A that LONDON, there were two classes which came under the law—the one those who enlisted voluntarily, and the other those who were drawn by the ballot. lie contended that the latter class, at all events, should not be subj:cted to corporal punish-cent. Mr: BR IGITT —The 11, , ght Hon. Gentleman would bear. in mind that the BlUtiny Act contained a clause which expreszly stated that the provisions - of that Act were not in any case to be applied to militiarno.n, unless the Act raising tile mi litia should specialle place the militiamen under those provi sions. Thus the Mutiny Act itself admitted the principle that there was a difference betwen the force respecting which that Act was originAllv naF.stol, and the body which was to be raise', under• this Dill. Farther than that, the Right Hon. Gentleman would see that the clause which he had in'roduoed into the Bill, referring to the clause in the 42d George 111., carried the very same distinction -to a cer tain lergth, an I only put "theta under the Mutiny AC, ex cept so far as regarded life and lirnh. The principle of the distinction was, therefore, already admits ed, and all he (Mr. Bright) now proposed was, that there should be added- to this exception of lire and limb the further exception of flog ging—tb; Mutilation of the hack by the use of the laSh. The Cominittec diVided, and the numbers'were— -92 Ayes ••. • Noes _ ••• ••• •- len • • _ . •• —lO7, Majority ...• • ••• • The-proviso was :accordingly* lost. . • • Mr.-ROEBUCK•then•movml that the Chairman-6 report progress, and ask leave to sit again. The motion was agreed to, the Haute resumed, ;and. the CII.URNIAN reported progress. .• • Mr. BRiGif asked when theißill would come on 'again? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he would take the Afonday next, after the queStiorii - of the St. Alban's and Sadbury Disfranchissmett were iU3 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 w:th 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 objeztion to it. Nobody was compromised by, ap proving of its principle. It had been intrOthiced, 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 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 BiU. 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. Dlr. 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 Viet., 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 adjouui. Mr. WALPOLE said the Bill was not a Government measure; every gentleman was at liberty to give his vote on it as he chose. Mr. COBDEN Totested against the principle of the Bill as the greatest insult ever offered to the electors of this country. Ha 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.—(Laughter. ) 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. • • Ai r . W. BROWN agreed with the Hon. Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire. The Bill had a most demoralising tendency. Mr. K. SEYMER said if the Bill was seen it would obviate the necessity for throwing away so -much virtuous indigna tion. It was preposterous to,suppose that county constituen cies could be bribed with 110-a-crown a head.—(A laugh.) M the law stood, however, no county Member could con sider his seat safe; for; if his .agent were seen along with a voter, he would be liable to a petition. He should, therefore, support the-motion. • Lord R. GROSVENOR would oppose the Bill, because he ic l thought elections were ex pasive enough f!lready . . . . . Sir J. TY RELL 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 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 he desirable if the House decided the question. lls (Sir J. Tyrell) had no experience of a dry election; and he was afraid, • although the Bill fame from the Liberal party--(No, no)—he always thought .the Hon. Member was a Alembor 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. Membet 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 desited 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 \Vest 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. Taese agreements were the cause of the introduction of the Bill. Until human stature was altered, the constituencies would consider they were conferring a faveur in voting for a candi date; and the poorer voters would be discontented if they were deprived of refreshment. As the law stooed, the lass of SaMs punishment was inflicted ou the man who gav a g ale to an elector, and the man who gave `,:o!. It was.. like inflicting death for every offence. Dlr. W. WILLIAMS knew a borough where the influence of the half-crown was all powerful. A candidate who bad. 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 lion. 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 o! the House. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion ... • 61 Against it ... ••• "" - Majority ... ••• The Bill was accordingly negatived. The House thenadjourned at a Quarter before Two o'clock. -16 PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES. FROME, "YEOVIL, AND WEYMOUTH RAILWAY. —Yesterday the Committee of the House of Commons passed the preamble of this company's 13:11, for incorporating and giving powers to raise capital of 550,000/. and 183,000/. by loan, to con struct a railway between FroniP; Yeovil, and Weymouth, with power to leasa by the Great Western Railway. EASTERN UNION RAlLWAY.—Yesterday the examiners on standing orders declared that, is the case of this company's Bill for additional provision, the standing orders were com plied with. LORD REDESDALE'S COMMITTEE.---oome excellent regula tions have been introduced by Lord Rede'sdale, 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 aad disposed of, between one and five o'clock. Yester day their Lordships had eighteen Bills before them. ' Tan LOSS OF Tun BIRKEDIHEAD.A second court martial in reference to the loss of the Birkenhead steam troop ship, Was held' on board the Victory, at Portsmouth, yesterda(Friday), to try the remaining officers and ship's company of that vessel for her loss. . There were pnt on trial—Mr. William Culhane,,assistant-surgeon ;" Mr. C. It. 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 shywn by all in the most trying circumstances, and the conduct of those who were first in the' boats, and who, to the of their judgment, made every exertion for the rescue Of - the portion of the crew and passengers who re mained.upon the wreck.- In this expression of praise they desire to ineude those. who have 'been acquitted on the present and previous courts-martial, and the court cloth fully t." acquit the said J o h n Archbald and the other surviving ° and crew of the said ship Birkenbead, and they are hereby acquitted - d • ~, ...e?.or inieiy. This terminates the in quiry int() the circumstance's attending the lozs of the Bir kenhead steamer. • . [ADVERTISEM ENT ] —IT 11 0 0 W3)7'61 3 1115 for the Cure and Prevention of Liver . - Bowel Complaints, Dropsy, and Apoplexy.--Various are and d e causes which disorder the liver, stonoaehs, and bowels, frequently i producing nausea, headache, indigestion, and drowsy • heavy sensation, generally the foierunners of the most alarn-sing and direful diseases, as dropsy, apoplexy, paralytic strokes, &c. These and other baneful consequences are immediately prevented by a few -doses of Holloway's Pills. They SP. eftte tua l ly a banish every symptom of dise ase from the speedily and system, promote proper circulation of _the blood, and restore vigour to the digeg tive organs.. Persons at the t urn o f life should not fail to t!ake, I them, for they stand pre - eminent as the best ,' in use. - So ld b y all vendors o f medicine, and at .family professor ' Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand. London_ One of the convict s at Carlisle For t, Queenstown . COrk, , made his e s cape ou Saturday last. Il e e ff ected his escape in the dress of one of the superintendent's, havini , pre ', yjoi r y ja w poi A 1204 . d glAellQ9l ! tinzeam, 1 , SATURDA TBE KAFIR WAR. PLY:3IOITH, - MAY . 7.—The S2.row Steam ship Ilarbing3r, , C iptitin J. AV, +Lr-tr i arkivc , d, at the Plymouth Great Western Docks, at 11 -A ' having left Table Biy the - Ist Of April' last. Oa her voyage' home •e she xperienced T ory revere Weather from the - prevailing easterly winds, and having run 'short cf coals was obliged to put in at Scilly to renew her.stock. The .Harbinger left Plymouth- on yher outward voyage on FA, 15'; St. Vincent,' Feb. 26; Sierra IPone, March 2; and rofiched. Table Bay on - March 24. She left Table Bly,_C:i.pe of Good Uopo, on her honvvrard voyage on April - 1; . arrived at Sierra rione, ,April 16; left the some day; arrived 'at St. Vincent April 2 . 1, and left April 23; she reached Scilly on - the 6r,h, and having laken - in coals there, left'ana arrived, here this forenoon. The Harbinger bringeand 'A --home g.mcral cargo, sours spece. - , At the time of her leaving. the Cape,' her majesty's ship StYi,' , 6 *tins, 'Commtrider. flail; her MajeAty's steamer-Hydra, 6, Cant. T; Bagr3vo3 . and her' Majetty's steamvr RtiadateanthtiA, , 2, Cap O t. Belau' , were . in 'ruble Bay. ,Th 6 East Indianian Alft ea was ''Mara on the *h for Calcutta. In S'mon's Bay : Her Majesty's ship Castdr;36,guns, Cdnarnod.lrc-Wivillei her'AlAjestr". steamer Gladiator, 6, Capt. - Adaras; ;her Mapaty's steam:lr Megarl, Maa,ter Commander. .Barlow.. At' Serra. litone. - .ller , ll4jeity's steamer PAtalope, • 03 " : "" thlre ..Vir:.Bruce; and.ber Atej4sty's steaarsloop Archer, 14, Cduamander . J.; N. Strange, :which. wut-zinder,orde.rs to' sail for England on the s:h of April. The. %Vest 'lndia , Royal Maihtteamer . Takiot ivai 'at Vincient on the 22tL :The Je.ssica, merchant shiv,; hound ., to -Rio, Moursne Commander, •had, taken fire .at . 3 , 1, and cans entirely-consumed. -AR hands ware. saved.: The 'fire is .supposed to base . originated in eponteneetw conl,. bustion. - . • . The Harbinger' took out Lieutenant-Governor Dar ling. add Majar-General.:Yo L l te . The Litattlaallt Go-, vernor, on lauding. proceeded* to Government House, where, shortly afterwards, he was waited upon by the Municipal • Com miSsionera, who presented to him a con gratulatory address. H er M a j esty ' s ship Hydra arr i ve d in morning Table Bay early on the . of-the 31st of March, with his Excellency .Lientenars t. General the lion. George Cathcart, the Governorand Conamander-in-Chief of the colony, actompanied.by 'Lien tenant-Colonel Seymour, hii military secretary, andithe Hon: Cs el Curzon, aide-do camp. His Excellency Y(fte received with the accustomed forms at the Government Hausa, and . after being sworn • in, the Commissioners of the - Municipality of Cape Town presented him with a congratulatory address on his ar rival in the colony. It -was-said _that General Cathcart meant to proceed. on the following clay in the Ssynx, to assume the command of operations at the seat of war, where the bite Governor, Sir Harry Smith,swas at the tithe of the Hit/Unger reavin'g. - - This mail brings intelligence 14 days. Liter than that brought by the Maidstone. It now a p p e a r s that in the conflict on the 4th of March, Colonel Ya - rberough was severely wounded, and ,that amongst. the, killed was Sergeant Laing. It has been already :stated that on the following day Sir Harry:. Smith adaanced with a strong force into the Waterkloof, were a great deal of desul tory warfare has • since been carried on. In one of thew affairs. the Honourable H. Wrottesley,"of the 43d Regiment, lost his lift, dna- ten prii'ates of the 91st were wounded. The latest `dates from the frontierire to the 27th • March, at which time operationa Were *still being carried on. Although great numbers of Kafiri are constantly reported to havabeen 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 barbaritiea.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 Highlinders, Who fell into the hatds of the savages, was cut, into pieces with assegai', whilst living, being kept under torture for three, days, during which time they cutoff: bin ;41gers and toes, incts'by inch, at intervals; and When, at. the close of the third day; the wretched man asked for food, &piece of his*own flesh was cut off froth his body and given to him. Ho died a few hours afterwards. The case of Sergeant Lain g was still' worse. He fell into - the hands of the' enemy, and three days after*his capture he-was found expi r i ng un d er the horrors of crucifiction-;being extended tipoia hos•back on the ground, to which he'svat fixed by stakes of wood driven through the palms of his hancls, the ankles, and the fifth through his body. • The Legislative Council. had voted 5001 . towards the relief of the sufferers 'from the Birkenhead. The whole amount subscribed at the Cape was 7201. 16s. 6d. The survivors from the`wreek - of that ill-fated vessel had been sent to jOin their respective corps in Kefirland. The 60th Rifles, Who went out - iii the Megmra, had also pro ceeded to the frontier. Town Mail of April 1.) (From the Cape ' • mailsteamer the I t t a es At the departure of the last Monthly , MONTHLY SUMMAR Y. Was to the effect that Sir intelligence from head - 4 Harry Smith.wwhole of, the burghers of t 'n debitson the Bth the frontier districts to assemble atter al . t • g an extensive movement instant., to aid him" in inalun had" summonedrtetrbee against the enemy.. • ' burgher muster, Some days. before the time fixed for the, toOklace which have P another, of those unfortunate affairs so strongly chara c t er i se d th e p re sent war. A portico - 1i of the forces belongi ng t o M e l on 4 Somerseteneral's division were detached, by orde r o f th a t o ffi c er, and thrown into a position of muchperit in the NYteteriloofovheree after destroying some huts and killing a number' of 'Kars, they were attacked at a disadvantage on their retinal PY a large body of the enemy, _ of _ sup and during a oonfli c t of severa l h ours , before the arrival port, theyeustained considerable ,loss. The t . OOP 3 engaged ose. j., on this unfortunate occas i on weise-300 of the 9lat R sg _ ment, under Colonel Yarti4ough,lso of the 74th, and 70 of the Cape Corps. Colonel Yarboyough himself was severely wounded, and of his gallaut corpe e one sergeant and three 'men were killed, and Ensign HilMrt,-ibreeeergeants, and* eleven men wounded. • The - 74th• Highlanders had one killed and four eiounded,, and Captain Bramley, of the Cape Moanted tiflea, was also-w oun d e d . 1 Great bl ame h as b een a t ton ajor-General S om e rset f or expos i ng so mall • r i l body of "me in a loaality ktietvnto lbeau 4 an vrous. 0l their' return to camp, their of course, i mme di a tely re occupied the ground wh ence i t had been so i ne ffectually at tempted to dislodge them.- „ .• , On the followiug day, the sth inst., Sir Harry Smith ad •vanced from, King Vililliarn'e Town, with, about 2,500 men, in three columns, under Coronet l'ole, C o l one l Michel, and Coloua Eyre, ana entered th e Waterkloof. Here a number of desultory operations aPPear to 'have taken place, the re sults of which have,not been Made public' in any connected_ form. ' It would ' apPear- that -the enemy generally avoided 'meeting the troops; and although considerable numbers must have fallen, by the she t lethrown amongst them where aver they were seen in numbers, it is believed that the main bode , have succeeded •in leaving that locality and joining .Sandilli and his followe rs i n the .Ainatolas—a stronghold which they have held-throughout the war, and whither Sir Harry, by the latest--accounts, was engaged in ,following, them up. One of Macomo a ' principal loof retreats, in the Waterk , previously deethed impracticable for European troops, was successfully penetrated by•the column under Eyre, but the enemy disappeared, le av i ng in our hands a large 441.11016 V of stores and about 130 'women, eane of them the principal wife of Macomo, with three of his children. _ e 'ln a later affair, in the-Waterkloof, the lion. H. 'CV rottesleY, 43d Regiment s lost his life, and ten privates of the 9 1 st wer e wounded. ,- • . , The operations of the column unler Colonel Dlichel are spoken of as highly Bucce ssful i but at no point, it aPP ears 0 did the Kens make anY decided s t an d. With incredible labour the two guns. attached to his column were dragged through the dense bush, and placed on the most command ing heights, but the space within range was speedily fou nl to be deserted. This pa r t of the force doce not seem to have met with any opposition ;- and .although it was known that the ravines and kloofs were swarmin g w ith Kafirs, ready to cut off straggl hoer or take .advantage of any unguarded movement, the wle of the Waterkloof was traversed for claws, the troppe destroying the enemy's huts and crops, wilhout a single casualty, Almost the only satisfactory feature in the aspect of fron tier affairs is the almost entire absence, during the month, of depredations within th e border; the marauding ban d s w ho formerly infested the eastern districts having been ap parently recalled to -assist their chief. - The number of burghers. who responded to the Governor's call on the 13th amounted-- in . 4 11 to abont SOO men, most of them belonging to the .class a;" boere," zed but few, we regret to state, froui the- cotiratively E • nglish districts of Albany", Fort Beaufort, feee, itenhage. That these men . should be found to leave their families and farms at all, in the preSent disturbed state of affairs, and after so many calls of the same kind,had beemmade upon them, speaks well both for their courage and their loyalty. The Legislative C ouncil, afte r repeated delays an d post ponements, has at. last p roce eded with the " Constitutional Ordinances," for carrying- into effect herilejesty's letters patent of we, creating , a Parliatn t •this Iny Strenu en in co o • by DI oils (Map were made r. Montagu, the locum tenons of the G r ew-nor. in,the Council, to have tha measure postponed mo untif after the war.; and st alarmieg representations were made by him to Sir Harry Smith of the dangers to which he imagined the discession of certain Claut;es would lead. Sir insisted upon th ewishesHome Go- Harry, however, vernment being carried into effect ; and the Bill was laid upon the table as a .Government measure, the several` Go vernment members being left at.lib3 rtY to vote lopes the des -T tails as they pleased. :. he .result was*that the ordinance passed, but at the instigation of Mr. AI ontagu,, the , funda mental part of the measure, (th e, 25/, franchise ) has been changed for one so hig h as virtually to,, exclude the coloured any. fair participation iu th inhabitants from e boon cif repre- Thikalteration v sentative, privilege s % '. l the 'Auditor- ( 1 . 41 nobly resisted by the 'AttornerGenera 2 G e neral, and the Col-- ho declared that lector of Customs,' who d, to be entirely worthless. During considered the measure, so mutilated, less. the month v ' early part of During the, arious, demonstrations . .Crown for the draf the t ordinances, and of of gratitatude to those. who impeded their immediate condemnation of made in various , parts of. the colony. The petition from ,S wellee was mentioned in oura prayerst for Mr. Montagu 's removal, e Since arrived from Worceiter and Cl i T' Similar petitions have brought to Cape Town b a. A r, e ~ Y a body of williatn—the .latter 9of whom nad ridden fifty, ' ' cornets, som • ea y, otuers twenty field _ Manly hours, in order to present it forty, and none Ices than , be/letal Cathcart, who was then daily personally to Major: sa _ Oll . . ~ i t e a in this, they returned expected. Being. _nl Prpeace fully their petition in the hands of fully to Clariveieliam, Cape Town Municipality, to he by h im the chairman of the to the new -Governor •'• ernor on his ar presented, on their behalf, rival. oint , . .. epped Lieutenant -G o v ernor Dir. Darling, tlit nowle-, , a gave great lost_, and ' e h , to au address• presented by the public by declarer. et ill ',7, - , his determination to "devote him self to Ceemiuiseionci, the interests of the'people ,of , all self to the promoti9l3 ° T itlient any distinctien? classes in Cathcart,this-coleeYel• who arrived yesterday in the Lieut.-General .immediately to' the frontier to relieve Sir Harry Smell. __j , p Hydra; will pro cell o n Lieut.-Governor 'Darling will th en adminis tra t io n of the civil goYerconent of the devolve the adminis beat to- decide whether b e w ill give his tint to tiee colony ; and it viiil ,be for bill" as passed,and theteby c o n st i tute ... bi c h formonly it will b e received from the eolony...DY the it an ".ordinanee," - ill w Seer tar of State or whet t her he roceedings de nose, making_ . , and introduce he Bill will quash all:preyjoe tot. franchise a " Gevernment mea-, the sure" believe:would give more g enera l con tentment throughout W e Nothing, - the colony than his adopting the l a tt er has been (loos course C o n to a measure which,' in his ab- Bence, . 11 those characteristics that had • ,e ' refusing his sane i d of a caused it to be received with such unbounded satisfactio n by especi a lly when he shall h ave l earnt that; Om grin initti the inhabitants, slid l A t e a. in open ,contempt p f rho ; remonstrances of the colonists, it has only been passed, in its present useless form, after every other means bad been attempted, by, the majority of the nominee Council, to fru3trate and defeat- Of a beneficent intentions of her Majesty's GOV ern th errt. _ „ „ (Prom the Frontier Times) ADVANCE OF THE GOVERNOR AND TROOPS. - —•' King William's Town, March 6, 1852: His Excellency left this yesterday morning, at the head ,of a very imposing force. He marched at half-past four but was not clear off the, drift until nine p.m., through so Imlay waggons, the same day. The depot for supplies is to be at Fort % Mite. The strength of patr o l as follows : Ist Cavalfy Column, under C•rlonel Poole—l2th Lancers, - .224 rank and file; 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 ditto; Cape Mounted Rrflaa, 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 ; , 434 Regiment, 386 ditto; 73d Regiment, 356 date.) 6ipe,l 4 ,l.eutited Rifles, 25 - ditto; Ist. Corp; Levies, 10J ditto; PingOes;_loo ditto; tOtat, 955. ' rariti and i11e,24 Regiment, 60. rank and rile 434 Regi nannt, r ind `,20 Montagu's Horse, to reinforce Fort White. The'Commander-in 4 Chief's Et , cort-Captain Knight, Cipe MiitYted Rifles, in command; Lieut. Gough; 1 sergeant, .V 5 rank and file, 12 levies, 1 sergeant, 25 ditto; Copeilounted Rifles, Lieutenant Murrie; EDth, 1 sergeant, 4 ditto—each from corp. , Captain Armytage has received three months' leave to, the Cape oa account of the,scverity of his wound. Colonel Mac- I inaon j•rnains in Kirg William's Town as British Commis sioaer, and has also Vacated his quarters ready for the Lei"( Governor. SEVERE EgGAGEMENT IN\WATERKLOOF,_ Aneiiress reached town late this morning, from Haddon, bringing Ufacconnts of another severe and deplorable casu alty that has happened to the British troops at the Water- Woof: We era happy to learn that Colonel Yarborough's wound is not dangerous, and that the wounded have been removed to Port 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 :lumber of huts, and killed a good many Kafirs—oleven were seen to-day, all headed 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 head-quarters. We took 130 women and children, hidden in caves in an immense krantz. Among these women is ono of Macomo's wives, and there are two of his children. His wife had a quantity of ammunition in her possession. She says that Macomo went yesterday into Kafirland. They all say that the Hottentots are in Waterkloof, and the Kafirs are in Fuller's Hoek. We found all sorts of things concealed in caves—msalios, 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, andgoing at them again. "wee. 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. Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you, for the informa tion of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, that haying 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., 800 91st Regt., 150 74th Regt., and 70 Cape Mounted Rifles, at one A. 111., 011 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 Kafirs, were burned and'destroyed. Finding that the Cape Mounted Rifles and one comfuparry 91st Regiment had proceeded and pursued t he enemy rther 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 Carey '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 en the enemy, and driving him up the face of the mountain, the remainder diverging to the left to the house ; and pining 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 m )st 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-Cbief. I have the honour to enclose the return of killed and wounded. Surgeon Frazer, 74th Ffighlanders, Dr. Barclay, 91st Regi ment, and Assistant-Surgeon Allison, ILA., were unremitting in their attention to the wounded. (Signed) H. Somnitsvr, Major-General: Return of killed and, wounded in action with' the' enemy in Waterkloof, March 4, 1852: 74th Highlanders, 1 rank Wand 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 sergcaut and 4 rank and file killed; 3 officers, 3 sergeants, and 15 rank and file wounded. Lieutenant-Colonel Yarbo rough and Ensign Hibbert, filst Regiment, both wounded severely; Captain Bramley, Cape Mounted Rifles, wounded rather severely. (Signed) C. IL Bum., Lieutenant, Field-Adjutant. Colonel Cleote, C Quartermaster-General. (From the Graham's Town Journal Extra, March 18.) The latest post from bead. quarters brings us the officia reports of the proceedings in Waterkinof on the 12th, an outline of which was g;ven in Colonel Eyre's dispatch, pub lished on Saturday. Tne intrepidity of the officers engaged in this duty is conspicuous l y 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 skit 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 kloolhas 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 litb, 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 Peddle 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 aiter 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 Kafka 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 deroute is said to have been most com p lete.' A howitker, 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 us to be most advisable* previous to the storming of any position, as by-this means the lives of our officers and troops may be spared. Oar correspondence speaks in high terms of our allies, the Fingoes, and we are glad to be enabled to publish this testimony of their sorvices. The following letters afford particulars of the eugage ment " Camp, near Foonah's Kloof.—We attacked the camp, su pposed fo have been Stoc k 's , to-day; found few or no Hottentots. Twenty Kafirs killed, and 190 ho of cattle captured. Oa our side, one man of the 12th bee went badly wounded. This affair was carried out by MajorAmrinstrong's command, to whom the Lower Albany 13urghers are at- The camp was tached, and was in every respect successfu l. situated in a most villanous place, and tip aken i liafira laid a t n' by the strong ambush ; a but fortunately they a Burghers. A prty of the 12th attackwcdrethem on the left in ,r a high krantz. h 91st, the Peddle Fin_ ger, and .rm those Major n strong from town entered the bush in fine stylen.d go heart and hand and 11. Bertram are splendid felloers, at them. Every one teemed t 9 one dmooshtidangerous on situation of the camp is perhaps one of h the Fish River. The c hief Doda is supposed to have sss been the Kar shot by Moses Wiggcl , of LowermAlebtatnemy.pti'Drgwoto cfiro y es terday shot by o ur people Keiskainina." ,cer c i a ' s Moor, Bivouac, Thursday morning, five o'clock.— Vie have just returned from atahe.oaamttapc,kwboinob l w 'o e la b 's ura K.a t, a fi n rs a at the place said to be Po ckb,e t e s i t s h t e killed fifteen Kafirs, one liofrrittentsobto,:enad owsounnodegdroeafal.itsotril same number of Ka ' firs. resist ance. We captured from of about 200 head cattle, the princi.onoart. of which are well-bred C 3 olo n n l ia id l I am happy to Only one cows. The loss r side has been very little, man of the 12th Regiment badly wounded. behaved well;. , they are a good say the Graham's Town m. set of men. We start at eiegnht o'clock to-morrow for Break fast Vley." OFFICIAL REPORTS. H ea d -quarters, Camp, Blinkwater, 12th March, 1852. The troops under the Commander-in-Chief were placed, on the 9th inst., on the respective bases of operation for the purpose of dislodging the rebels under Macomo from Fuller's 11941 and tilt) U9tteLitOtS endblabookies Of Q 4 9 0 0, ocu. pying the Waterkloof; while Captain Tylden and Captain Bruce were directed to co-operate on the side of Post Re • tief, and Lieutenant-Colonel Pole, with the 12th Lancers, was posted at Herttog to intercept their retreat. The right colu.an under Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre, at the Blinkwater ; the centre: post under Lieutenant-Colonel at,BI, k,:way's Farin; 'and the left column under Lieutenta•Colonel Napier; at Nel'sFarrn, moved at aaYlight on'the 10:h 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 up the very face of the mountain, and aided by rockets 'were of great use, under Captain Faddy, Royal Artillery, in shelling the 'enemy's kkofs. On the first day all the villages on the summits of the heights and many huts withal the bush were burnt. A detachment of the 43d Light Infantry and 73d Rendrnent, Under Captain Campbell, of *the 73d, c arr i e d on this day in a very pliant' atyle a most formidable pase, the enemy 'shouting, dancing their war dance, and daring him to acme 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. el Ma cerno, regarded Ly -the liatics as inaccessible. It was car ried by Colonel Eyre in person, 130 women and children being taken; including the great end favourite Wife of 'Ma , Como three of hi s o th er w i ve s, a n d tavo of his children ; all stowed away Mader nrecinitons krainzes and in deep caver.. Some ammunition and a quantity of lead were found, to gether with -stores of provisions and blankete,. and plundered clothes, with two watches; this being the very lurking place of Macomo amrhis pakati. The Fuller's Hoek was also pene trated in varione other directions. During these two deys' operations numbers of the enemy were slain, eleven being found in one place, killed by the tire of _ cannon, and many others- being found" in different directions. Go the third day the enemy seemed eoinpletely bewildered, scarcely showed himself aria where, 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 that the ' Kafirs and Hot tentots have quarrellee, and now hate one another. Lieut.-Colonel Michers operations have been conducted with every energy.. Great opposition was expected, as the Waterkloof, and more especially the rugged bushy pass at its head, had on former occasions been' stoutly occupied by nu merous Hottentots. 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. Oa 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 kloofa on either side. He met throughout with no opposition. Lieut.. 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 meditated - " 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 atter 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 disappeare.l in every direction. During these operations Lieut.-Colonel Perceval, with a combined force 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, H. 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 -meted 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 on a hill over the Waterkloof. The men stripped off their blankets and other incumbrances, and then took the bush in extended order, 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 had left the day before, and with the let division went down the Waterkloof; burned a large numbeeof 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 bill 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 tomove to some place for water, and halted. The Kafirs (as we anticipated) were in full confidence, thinking it was the usual sort of work, i. e., luok 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 ou 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 bill was, our own is less than an hour. We took 570 head-of cattle and 60 horses from the ugliest place in Kafirland. The enemy had some loss. We , found in several places 14 or 15 geed. You know I was always more than sceptical as to the large amount killed , on pence. Next day hunted up all their kloofs, took some catle; burned immense kraals ; and with our cattle slept a second night in the bottoiri of the redoubtable Waterkloof. Oa the 15th attacked a nest of Totties; took one prisoner, eleven horses, and lots of stores, bibles, tAllet moulds, pans, clothing, See, 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 riot 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. Bee ker, 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 RETIES', Mnacir 12.—We 'left Fort Beaufort on Monday afternoon, soon after the arrival at that place of Captain Tylden, Commandant T. H. 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 Blink water 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 listed, 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 Ilet ef ; after a beautiful ride, passing through Buxton, s.t which place we found that the Somerset burgher% had not yet arrived. The next day (Wednesday) was the day of the attack on Waterklocf. About seventy of us, including Captain Tyldea and Coin mandant T. H. Bowker, kept the open ground within sigh of the kloof, and within some 300 yards of a quantity of having Kafir huts. We saw the 73d on the top of the hill,after gone up through the bush out of the kloof with some casualty, but we were not near them. Toe Somerset Burghers n to were on the hill before we were, and had the spot were the 731 were resting. Amongst them Messrs. William and Octarius Bowker.. saw very e few Kafirs, but heard great deal of firing in the kloof. We here intended to attack the enettnyo, should the troops drive them returned home without an opportunity of f o l l i c e t o a n k l k e i l i o i t i o s h il f, e i i o r b e g ul a tt w y le e: thing. Yesterday we wen t out again f or the seine purpose , but to a different spot , duel' wo could see into the , kloof. The troops were fbrouiil s burning l u a t c s o a . n l k rt ra a als h . d ig N h V k e r co a : t l z d , perceive lots of huts in different in the opposite side of the kloof, surrounded on three sides by krantz, and on the fo urth by bush, were about 300 to 400 head of cattle, guarded by aboutliaa ofK atfirrosop—saspnperaeralychatshle co uld judge. We could se e a column climbing up a fieryi then s t il e k e k p i eo h ef i .f l . l t l o vN vtehee onlyfootcould of the krantz, when they c krantz in single file, heard two shots as they a d p i s p aP r o p a e c a h r e e d (' 4 :At a le nu w in er b e e was r see at the back of the bush, onthwenfoertiertthhaei of b u rghers off-saddled. on tire, and we could seThe grass mo-e of the great deal of cannonading no gi_nFu Fuller's Hoek, and There was a and a few shells were th r own in Waterkloof. After remaining on the hill until three o'clock P.M., we returned back, leaving a party of sixteen to forelay one of the paths. Including our oven, fi ve parties of burghers were on both sides o f th e kl oof. We g _ n ight on a forelaying expe di t i on, and to-morrow we areo o to-night on some other service, taking three clays provisions with us. There are about 300 here, nearly all mou nted, being burghers, Fingoes, H o tt en t o t s , and men of the gallant 74th. • Messrs. A. 'Rubidge and Charles Coleridge have joined Mr. William Bowker. We are all in good health and spirila. Th i s i s a fine country, full of grass and water." - GENERAL ORDER.—No. 249. Head-Quarter Camp, Blinkwater, March 16, 1852. 1. The Commander-i n -Chi e f congratulates the officers', soldiers, levies, and burghers in the field, upon the success of the late six days' operations over the enemy in every direc tion in which he could be encountered success whiCh may well be expected to lead to a permanent, lasting peace, The Kafir tribes have never been previously thus punished, 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 cat ried by the bayonet in „spite of.the difficulties of the ground and tho .numbers and spirited opposition of the enemy; Lieutenant `Colonel Eyre's intrepid, jndiciou, and disarmed attacks on the extremely difficult 'mountain range of the Fuller'.; Hock. occupied by the chief 'Viacom° with his best warriors, to tra verse which passes of an extraordinary character had to be carried, in which C a pt a i n Campbell, 73d" Regiment, greatly distinguished himself; but the great effort was required upon what is termed Macomo's den, and this was assailed and penetrated by Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre in person, descending among daring savages, every one of whom was slain, and where 130 women were captured, amongst whom were Ma; como's great wife an d t h ree others. Th i s c l ear i n g of Fuller H Hoek was an achi evement of no or di nary.c h ar acter, and the Commander-in-Chief regar d s it as the last object the enemy's hostile disposition clings to. Lieutenant-Colonel Napier's affair in the Watetrhkelotroofoorns the 10th inst. r e fl ec t s equa l credit upon himself and under him. The Commander-in-Chief desires also of Lieut . ena t L , to convey hie marked approbation of the conduct . , liteutzt _c o . cQmmantliogNe bitt y. the 606A1iteg i rawi "° lonel Skipwitb, commanding 43d Regiment ; Major Pinckney, commanding 73d Regiment; Major Kyle, commanding de tachment 45th Regiment; Captain Faddy, commandin Royal Artillery ; Major Forbes, commanding 91st Regiment; C iptaia Patton, commanding 74th Highlanders; Captain Crowder, commanding 6th Regiment; the officers com manding levies ' and the officers of the s t a ff and medical ffi ocers em ployed on this occasion. Varoughout these operations the loss of the enemy, from the fire of nine guns and the intrepid infantry, h as been most sanguinary; 1,000 head of cattle and 130 horses 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 in 'every direction, and the troops are moving to- complete his final expulsion over the Kei. The casualties among the troops have been comparatively .few... One. °Meer, Lieutenant Wrottesley, 43d Regiment, •and seven 'men killed; and eighteen men wounded. - 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 Steck 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 assailLd the position of Stock, which was . mist „gallantly carded, and I,Lijor Armstrong, Cape Mounted R:fle, distinguished himself; 190 bead of cattle f~llinto h is• hands many goats ; fifteen of the enemy. were counted slain, many arms taken, and they fled in disorder. - (Signed) A. J. Cui4TE, Quartermaster-General. (True Copy) • 11.. L. MAYDWELL, Military Secretary. LATEST FRONT THE SEAT OF WAIL (From the Groham's Town Journal of March 27.) MILITARY OPERATIONS. It will be seen that the Cennmaner-in-Ohief has made dis positions ova very comprehensive scale for harrying the enemy throughout the entire seat of war. Not only are the patrols" or columns of the field force to operate in the Gaika country, but the military posts within the colony, front Shit° to Fort Peddie, and embracing Fort Brown, are to:assist by sending out scouring parties around their respective lo calities. The dispositions made by Sir Harry Smith seem to be unexceptionable. He appears to have become thoroughly roused, and we sincerely 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 Amatolas 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 having 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 concesaioa to the Governor's terms within the next few days, we trust that Sir Harry Smith will not ... 7 ,,,znry• cessation - ho'stilitlee; - bat by no means attempt to form any treaties to-day which Major-General Cathcart may upset to-morrow, and again cause our acts to be w Cr a ft r il b y;K k a laughing -stock and a riddle to the Spuocinhtpiotlsiciya•rwtedouid from,in all lik l el a ih ve oo:l n b e r w ingthe to the cam paign to be commenced. It seemhi desirable, gh i lly nde however, that the new Governor should have an opportunity of b t ing by a thorough insight into his predecessor's en li by any means to go experimentin policy, and not forth—British Kafraria is to be evacuated by fiat has gone every man who has borne arms against British every such rebel is to be d r i ven across the ICei.PoWer, and When this Is accomplished the sword and the rifle may be r their rests, but short of this w e are firmly prsuadiVlutrtdS. tr to Harry will not admit a moment' s resp it e to the treacherousa 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 this 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 when, 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 three 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 Bromley and Ensign Hilbert 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 his 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 open enemy, he is an abettor threefold more dangerous. The Commander-in-Chief would be fully justified in expelling this tribo also over the Sei. 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). !lead-quarters, Seven Ktoof Point, Amatolas, Cainp, March 24, 1852 llis Excellency the Commander-in-Chief directs the pub lication of thi following memorandum for general infor mation. H. L. MATDWELL, Military Secretary. MEMORANDUM OF MOVEMENTS. Head quarters, Seven Kloof Point, Amatolas, Camp, M arch 21,1852. The columns under Colonels Michel, Eyre, and Perceval, will have this day completed the movements previously or dered in the Liner 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 via' 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. a. C )lonel Peiceval will march yid Fort White, taking with him fifteen days' provisions; and, as the base of his operations, establish himself in the Qailli Quill range, taking his guns with him. 4. Colonel Pole will march t7i Fort White and - King Wil liam's, Town, and with a corps of cavalry, levies, and Fingoes, which - rill be given to him, establish himself on the Ka bowie Neck, with fifteen day? provisions and forage. 5. These corps will da il y dis p atch stron g patrols in every direction from their respective bases, so as to render 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 Fott Hare, Blinkwater Post, Post Be.. tief, Elard's Post, and Whittlesea, will patrol their respective neighbourhoods with vigour and activity. 7. Meanwbile Major-General Somerset, with his field force of reguhr soldiers, levies, and burghers, will act upon the north ?de of the Amatolas, penetrating these mountains daily, and communicating with the Cradock burghers under Commandant Gilfillan, end'with the cavalry under Colonel Polo, on the Kahousie Neck. Head-quarters will be at Fort Cox on the 25th inst., at King William's Town on the 2Gth, where all reports will be forwarded. - ( Sign el) li. G. SMITH , Commander-in -Chief. (True Copy) Ii L. MAYDWELL, Military Secretary. KING Wii.usst's Towis, MA RCII 21.—We are anxiously looking for the Graham's Town post to heeaerpomt SaidreHianrrtyh'se intended aw to move on the proceeding. We have no news since the 12th or 14th inst. thaanlal tahlletFhoerotfficera, have heard of lltriosturtnepeorratet.haearde chat s b t e r en ua i rry clear you u hite cattle-147 Chumie Hook on the 118th. I perceive horses—one rebels fourteen making troop a way horses, wi of the Queen's killed. It is said h tl e ie ad, stationed at ' Fort White, did an that Montaga's horse, stationed There is a report that Jthing but distinguish ' 1,000 head of cattle to pay Government Krell has collected that he has told Sandilli not to with ; also a report Lien tenant Girard, 41(1, arrived t make any concession. Lien with the remaining of thea King William's Town to-day There are several incide n t ill-fated Birkenhead troops. cha racter. Several of the sof a most heart-rending and planks by sharks, which fellows were torn of the yards clothes. It is said tha't M ich selected all the men without and foolishly secured ajor Seton had a life preserver on , neck, and, strange to three hundred sovereign round his weight of these - k say, his !pistols. It is thought tho perished. Stock, itept his head under water, and thus he the shmbie comm. is . said, has sent in three councillors to _ Commissioner to entreat for peace, but he would not see them. Pato told them to go across the Kw. before they asked for peace.Twooxen were cut front spans of the. yt kel last night Fort Murray, and three of the troop at horses taken out of the : stable, where three men were sleeping. The fellows pulled down part of t he sod- g able to ket the hors es out. . - AMERICAN NEWS. SOUTIIimPT ON FRIDAY EVE RCN.—The Hermann steam ship, arrived in Cowes Roads at one o'clock to-day, from New Yoak direct, which place she left on Saturday, the 24th ult. 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. his arrival.. 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 1097 g. middling, S3lho- Stocks firm. Cotton brisk, with large sales; to 8 1 / 2 c. Flour dull. Three emigrant ships had arrived at Quebec from Liver pool, one of them being the Toronto, which arr i ve d on the no cobtoh;fett:3riliduheoed: trouble 15th, being 23 days out. . The floods. ontinued throughout several of the state'', Ten persons had been drowned at Pittsburg, ten at Virginia,and three at Washington. Eleven houses had been blown down by a gals at New York, but no lives were sacrificed. A schooner, however, sunk in the bay, and all on board perished. .. The national theatre at Boston had been accidentany burnt, and all the properties destroyed. The steamer Cherokee arrived on the 23t1, from HA 1 vannah, previously from Chorgres. She brought but little gold. The use of chloroform had been discovered ed at b L y ou it is . ville ; several robberies and murders had been etl , ec . t l d t N the Erie Railroad, . I la r° st a a ' t S 4 prin e g w .. An engine-boiler had burst on York, and the fireman instantaneouslybekiwll Kossuth had been to Ncw llaven ; General Avalas field, where an immense crowd awaited o m ft erehants to abide by it ,' April, h a d beAendvviceeesivferdo.m the city Of Dle xi a c n st adoptedeanl e o e f the old one had been restored, forin I r n i l e i f consequence a re a n n icoetaos, the an doifettwlhieetaerrxeifffi: Minister of Foreign Relations publishes a l eng thy re papers in opposition to the G ara y grant. pfe:t n TrTrliebidee. the rumours of Cabinet changes were again current. The line of mignetic telegraph between Vera Cruz and the city of Mexico was finished on the 30th ult. Letters to a late date from the Rio Grande represent every thingas quiet; no further filibustering attempts h av i n g been made since the capture of Carvajal. Sir James East an d M r. Charles Barter ba d a n int cilia' Ivi4 l l Six 44 1 4 k4143 3 6t0 yoggroy at we ccaaial-once, iSy S 11v) hat uld ltd tett nth var bg nOt