The Express.
London, England, 1852-04-07 00:00:00

THE KAFFIR WAR

The war is not yet ended, nor is there any prospect
of its speedy conclusion. We extract from the Cape
Town Mail, of 2nd March, the following summary of
the principal events which have taken place in the
colony dame the preceding month :
During the month, se Wen proceedings tho present
steamer conveys intelllgeese to ireand, there have indeed
been some appearances of negelledee- betweth hie Excel-
lency and the Kaffir chiefs • bet them have proved bet too
plainly that the chiefs, 'hamgh repessanting thmethes as
submissively disposed, are foe hem Wined to sabalt to
the terms which tar Harry Inaith awe it his dEtho re-
quire from them. A trees of three days, the 1 13th,
and 14th February, was given the. 107_114 H. fir
consideration, la this theme of whisk ILL Itsowske, the
Osaka comaitheeer, well the betas ebiellene omen Ma-
como ; but the remit et this two has been a issiaration
from his Excellency that it continues seastawy to pursue
the wer with the utmost activity. Three esteem of the
tint division under Colonels pole (12th Lamers), Eyre
(73rd Rect.), and Michel (6th liegt), ham been banning
the enemy as musk as possible during the meth by the
destruction of their aims, &e., and 17 _the wean of some
hundreds of cattle. Mr. Cole, the WU esmaraisioaer of
Albert, is also said to be carrying N hentlities actively
against Kreli's people on the 'Tomo, with a body of
burghers soder his command. In the intern', however,
muck destrostion of preperty_seatiame in the districts of
Albasy tad inenen, sai lianmeban mahout re-
mained In wadisemind parenisa of the Waterklooff. He
is said to have been lately joins& then by • Imp body of
Tambookies, who ban sash esedimse la his power and
their own as to ergs him to add Wm penises of the dis-
trict to his mama pasensiens:
The governor Wad a pmenination on the Oa February,
declaring that the time had asses for the malignof the
Kaffirs from the Waterkloof sad the Weak end selling
upon all the burghers of the Amiss Wrists qualified to
bear arms to join, on March 8, in a movement of the army
for this purpose. A later notice hen his Excellency calls
upon a certain number of the burghers M Ultenbage also,
the only eastern province district sada bed been omitted
in the proclamation, to aid is this attempt. It is unknown
in Cape Town. to what camas this peedematiee will be
mowed, as the indisrininate call apes all the berghen
renders perfect °badness es the threweses thin napes-
bible, while as yet no I. mode by whisk WWII
in the cast caul, VrentiMeg
_at law shield
even the wet weft eireemoteesse Mail la the way of
then obeilease. The preireastim V mit eseimened for
thistlllll in its Isms, and for the my eight degree of
sop et assistance that fs offered to the begin. when
in held; but it sew likely that is ememesses of it
the 00111T001 will receive ems seserlon to his somber of
easiest ow.

Alsaist thusly istelliganise A any igen Avowable
that has bask** remised hem the breseiss h amateur
et the two het gosh Mel the seerriene imam at the Hot-
tssest bound is the sissy, Iss Pealshms hesbeen shot
by see al thaMaesmsema bseshese. Oa the edser beak
Isidesid. r ihalleelell Of. repeat smsply el
to Caked igfell amp, another severe len- hen=mrsiT
Wood by time ilesesa, Dr. Davison, of the 43rd Light
infantry, art these OM having fallen in an attack made
upon the ONO.
For the deeirseilia of Butterworth, noticed last month,
Sir 11. Smith bee demanded compensation from Krell,
which has hitherto bees infused. Krell, and ha people are
maiming, however, es the one side, from Mr. Cole's
tumhe=nd, ea the other, it is believed, by the Ansa-
Faks sod his people. On the whole, the late
El72ldaiss" lees not appear to have been attended with
Nagy beasek. The 7,000 napes who, for protection, alter
Yew bed ambled the British in the capture of the 30,000
IMO came westward with the seeps, will be a source
lessafter of meth trouble to the miss . And a body of
the woe peetirwho preferred , to ac-
brethren, lhave bees by Krell'.
=kgairligreeessa, sad it is mellow of Man slain.
• Ocalesseest hued it , at the dose of Jan-
uaryi Elwell the Simla. Chid, nalsale, meet severely
for Edibleness. Alter sua• mahresee with Mr.
Bro , this Alamos. to have dealmed lintel( peni-
tent and to have esimitted to a See of 1,0111 head of cattle,
an instalment of whisk has already hiss pall, mad the pro-
ceeds (1011.) pramaftd by the Owasso, le the Relief com-
mittee of Ora's Town. _ _

From the Sovereignty there ii little intellignmee except-
ing that both ea tine aide of the Vaal River emit beyond it
tie Amistant Cmandmionen are giving sue aro

Yew Ikon wiles mid by the is-41y easeetwas
they see itft. Of the arreagemenle whisk whisk
they pro-
pose le sum into effect finally, little sr whim is known.
Is Mr* Warden's lut speech to the Ileweelgaty Coen&
he ups then sat to up wbyalled
hem by meson that this
Imelluey will be gives u the
lie pertlembee mesa to have been efteeverde neentained
of the mennetis whisk Mr. Hawse's death took plass. The
mei= sides Imamate' gentleman have been brought le
Chnhatee Tows mediate:red there.
From King William's Town it is reported that the
beep lately engaged in the Trans-Kei expedition, and
ether severe serviem, sestiesed to sear En* 'spookily
M _ row bombed are odd to have bees in
at ems HMS
Yelled the mural Intelligente es to the peeper of
the sollheamt i, fkwarable.
The Lightellee Council- hes /gala gives mum of ex-
treme pane dielr sad eneeyenee. At the wasting
of the 11th Palseneeetry, whoa, slam eseemalu peetpose-
ants, the canotifttional imileemees woes Imputed at
last to be in a Ur way of neelesent, the unftlelai MEW
141 m if by a posonsweed aseinpaseet. wiled le
• yet farther pried
the
af elay. They WED
asset otowolly by
General, and Oallsder Onebtt =linl=eshe disito
lazy to government, assiduities of the seeped
du to the o et the weellehle. dedand Iderailf-nn•
tedlieg to vs his wilt vete apiest them, and Is hew
of at ease will the odes ofthit day. la thew
the the lofts of Imo of hie Alibi eel-
:=4la of (he 'mad be Ow popes of
the pawns. The gowesers wows, it slaw
elute* and replies the entseil to pea inenedieltely.
The esendis==a4= new to the sodium
net lion the • bet the ininbitaide
have been se dligeoled at the eneswilve Womb made to
delay the
mfaaklfilinest M the Queues pent, at two
pub& es, see st . end the other
Ohs let last is Cape Tfe,
_they huflendeme petillesed the
WOWS ED rho the maw ro,V out of the heads of the
Leglialhe Omsk and to ewe en get of parliament be be
Mond, h games the previdem of Lord Grey's draft wit-
nesses as forwarded to the colony in September kat.
The governor and lieutenant-governor are awaited with
musk asziety es it is natural that there must now be, for
• time, sa a thatseise of interregnum in the public affairs of the
whey, at a period whets the Kaffir*, on their side,
will be little disposed to give the whey a truce.
MEXOI46I4DIIM 70E OINIMILL DEPORMATION.
Head-Quarters, Kies William's Town,
February 21, 1862.
I have this day concluded an amiable relationship with
the Traw-Keian Chief Bokoo, his ass napasea, sad their
tribe ; and I hereby prohibit any panel, party of burghers,
or others, from entering the territory ef their people. This
territory extends from the wages drift OM w Kai, ap
that river to its confluence with the Toone, therm up the
left bask of this stream le the wages drift, theme is a line
to Butterworth, end dews the wages reed to the Kol.
Messengers have been seat is as by the Chief Hull to sue
for pews. Three I have ditmdseed, illeiTtllg them to tell
Krell that, ea be urged, aided, mad Welled IlendWi to go to
war, exerting that parusonat estheelty which all the Cie.
}Edam acknowledge, I cannel mslee pesos with him nogg
Readilli and the Uaikas vacate the Anatolie and cross the
Kei. The messengers are likewise to Wenn him that the
hcatilides which I directed the British reddest, Mr. Shaw,
to suspend on the part of the Chia* Peke, triesme,
Cengagalni, Joi, and others, will be mowed the moment
that a single act of aggression on the put of Krell is per-
petrated. 11. SMITH, High Commissioner.
The official documents, detailing the operations
that have been carried out in the Amatolas, aro as
follows :

Head-quarters, King William's Town,
Febewuy 22, 1862.
The Commander-in-Chief directs the publication of the
only official reports he has received fun the officers coot-
mending the troops in the Amatolas.
The work of devastation has been carried on slue the
15th instant with greet vigour and energy by the troops,
under the command of Major-General Somerset, Lieut.-
Colonel Michel, Lieut.-Colonel Eyre, Lieut.-Colonel Pole,
Mayor Kyle, and Captain Campbell, C.M.R.—neatly the
whole of the cultivation of the Maths district having been
destroyed.