The Express.
London, England, 1852-06-02 00:00:00

The Chief Psis Wed. °ore !Rock to mom the Kie ; it
will be quite time to talk Own when ho proves his sub.
Iniasiao be leaving the war potty, and crossing the Eie."
(signed) JOHN MACLEAN,
T'Slambie Commissioner.
Witness,
(Signed) (ILOILO, M. &torero:ex,
Clerk and Interpreter.
King William's Tows, 27th March, 1852.
Chief Umhala,—l returned here yesterday from destroy-
ing !theme., and driving &iodine through the Amato's',
thousands of his people out of them. My troops hold
Mount Macdonald, and every other strong place. The
horse march to-morrow to the Kabousie Neck. I find you
have paid 170 more cattle; I desire the whole immediately,
or I will send troops for them. I also hear that many
Osaka, who have Red from the Autatoles bare been re-
Delved into your country, among others Unmozana, one of
Sendilli's great men, has moved by your permission to the
Qemore River, at lyatu's old Kral, also Qcunsa,
Chief of several kraals of Oaikas, has moved to the
Mehloemrka River. Also that Umpandise's people have re-
turned, •I of which is contrary to my orders ; via.: Take
Neuku, Mayanda, and Ungita, all on the Twreme. Now,
Chief Gotha's, dearly understand, my word is, that you
eat up all 1.-mpandisi'e people, and that you drive every
Osaka out of your country, their cattle being seised and
sent to me. Sleek well what I order, or you will re-
pent it.
1 have received the menage you sent me through Mae-
lean. I hale never been your enemy when you acted so as
to enable me to be your friend.
(Signed) 11. O. Sutra.
Fort Con, March 4, 1862.
Sir,—lac reference to my private letter to you, wheelie
I mentioned that Sendai had called a meeting of the
Oaika chiefs, in order to take int, consideration his pro-
posal of the surrender of fire-arms as a means of obtaining
peace, I hare the honour to report to you, for the informa-
tion of his Excellency's her Majesty's High Commissioner,
that in consequence of his Excellency's fecal the meeting
did not take place, nll the GaAs chiefs deeming it wiser to
continue without making any concession until the arrival
of his Excellency's sometime in this country, when the
Raters hope to obtain peace on their own terms.
From the time that the Kaffir* began to sue fur perm
until they heard of the change which is about to take place,
messengers were frequently sent to me from the chiefs, and
during the time th%t the crops were being destroyed, my
messengers travelled unmolested with letters to and from
Ring William's Town ; but when the Karnes heard of the
mid they at once changed their course of action, my mere
WOO,. were fired on and wounded, without any previous
warning to them or to me ; flambe and the other council.
lon who were employed by the chiefs to endeavour to ob-
tain terms from government, were informed that they
mist go to their homes, their service for the pleural not
being required, and the chiefs altogether have assumed as
hostile au attitud 1 as possible, though no longer able to in-
duce their people to assemble in numbers to oppose the
neaps.
Ihe reason for the course now adopted by the chiefs is,
that they imagine they will obtain easier terms by a bold
bearing and • professed indifference to peace, than by ad-
mittibg themselves to be in a position in which terms may
be dictated to them ; sod on the whole it is es Went that a
anise of government in the present position of our affair',
will have the effect of prolonging the struggle in which we
goe new eerfed.—l have, de.
(Signed) ItAtiLLS linowsigr,Oaika Commissioner.
1.11.M.'s ship Gladiator, Table hay, April 17,1852.
have this received, hewing em

My Cord,—. ..sis morning
barked ow board her Nlniesty's ship Gladiator, •
quoit
Lieut.-Col. Eyre, dated habousie Neck, Bth inst., ot whir&
the isselosed is • copy.
The affair which it describes having occurred at a period
when 1 was in command, I have the honour to draw your
lordship's marked attention to it, as hay* led to one of
the most important of the many brilliant results which
have recently attended her Majesty's arms.
The chief " Arita " is one of the most formidable, and
certainly the most hostile, of all the Gaika Kadin. I &a-
fore coaddently hope this summery indiction of punish-
mint will tend to facilitate the operations of my sufeeillOr,
who has been kind enough to issue a general order, para-
graph 2 of which I enclose, to show the value he attaches
to it.
This last success of Lieut•Coloncl Eyre and his officers
and troops under my command, is as gratifying to me to
record as it is honourable to his enterprising self.
These 800 head of cattle and 15 horses, a considerable
number in the present reduced state of the Oaikas, must be
added to tb' general total of their losses.
Your lordship will observe that Colonel Eyre speaks in
especial terms of praise of Major Pinckney of the 73rd, and
Major Arnim= of the Cape Mounted Rides. 1 deeply
regret the ei Captain Gore of the 43rd Light lufaaky.
He was me of the most distinguished captains under grq
command; as intrepid as judicious; beloved by both oils=
and men.
I have, te., IL 0. SatiTit.
The Right Hon. Earl Grey.
I`.S. I cannot close this report of the last of the sway
donor enterprises and signal successes which have bees
achieved by her Majesty's troops under my command with-
out requesting to draw year lordship's marked attention
to its character. You will perceive that wide the
were moving on to storm one of the sty:input iroffilitZt
the Mathias, one formed of mountain end model Itr►
new, the enemy were sufficiently bold and daft to min
a rigorous ocslaught on our rear, for the poojnoe, ofcw
of anticipating the attack on their cattle. Yet this Clawed
Eyre most judiciously provided, while he moved onward to
the assault ; the result tit which he himself so ably describes.
I mention this to your lordship with reference to your de-
spatch to me of the 15th December last, in which you re-
mark, with reference to operations in the Water Kiwi; that
it was the rear and not the van of the British force which
was engaged with the enemy, and that the latter must there-
fore have been the assailants." In my :despatch of the
sth February last, I endeavoured to remove this impres-
sion. observing that " those who have witnessed military
operations, and are well acquainted with their varying cha-
racter, attending them in one part of the held
while in others partial bodies may be held in check, will
not consider the affair of a rear-guard as the criterion by
which to judge of their general result." In all waders,
but more especially in that of a desultory character, theme
contradistinctions of attack and defence occur; ads
more striking instance has been offered during the miff
under my conduct than the one now in question, shot*,
at once the daring of the enemy, and that in the opereffigne
of a day, the affair of a rear-guard does not constitute
success or the reverse.
(Signed) 11. G. SMITH.
Camp, Kabousie Neck, April 8, 1852.
Sir,—l have the honour to report, for the information of
his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, that having rested
my men on the 6th instant, I proceeded at daylight on the
7th instant with the following force (({3rd Light Infantry,
243 ; 73rd Regiment, 159 ; Cape limited Rides, 38 ;
Armstrong's horse, 3.8 ; levies, 79 ; total 3.5.5] to cross the
Katmai' Neck, en none to resume my former position in
the Keiskamma Hoek. On reaching the summit of the
pas I observed cattle in the distance, and immediately has-
tened on the cavalry in pursuit of it, under Major Arm-
strong. As we descended WO the Hoek, the enemy, hitherto
concealed, came forward with unwonted boldness' and
attacked our rear - wed, following us into the
open in skirmishing seder. It was plain that the
object of the enemy was to draw as towards him, and
so divert our attention his the stale in front. I, len-
fon, pushed en sad sammilea Oho ILlasf bibs whisk the
odds log that eines. With aninishing tweathn the he.
finery ellalmed to the Menet truth of the
batman Meant Demo and Mount Thomas. and
the mem of the cattle,while the Cape lloustognirstii
MdArwitiong's Hone eal the Lithe ender
se Hishello. the whets under laths
Mersa the honk mg sato of the sosittenseAlutisel
snowy, captarval 210 howl ef tattle end Ii bona. Above
SO mere, evidently agile saws, IMO had bald by the
gassy, with swap& Toe of !amazon's Hens were
teenaged on this assaks. Hearing also leek in " Anta's
HAW I_ ordered migany of the nth to penetrate
the hash sal smith for " goer." This company
thasel to Wks maw. rod returned from the
boa, heals( is seen wsunded. To support this
eimpany I had orand sr essapany of the 4.3rdwiatt
Initially, under Caplets Gus. le inter the bush in
digests& I aft., .mile edam's' It with amain mo-
st the 11114 saw Orgthin Oren, and a thaspeny of
the under Mgt. Dam& Thar three empenke, math
Witsßey. Did the bush, and with sustrahle
ponmensso, in spite of dr gesmos of the onsony, who
wino In endoeshis nontnee. opined Inman NO and
000 heel of boastful MON eippassi ts lame to
and _-smiled isgetting thus sap the Awl,
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Immer, add net vesit the smole, and wen staged to
be detheyth ; hue maws, OM renteleslin, and IS hams.
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tie etmemenier la- chief the ennangi tuber roadm
sad angst the these ompeolse maw Ids is
oasis. The Inhothilty sea pumeemlismillA width
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then without tho aid These
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scathes sea I ham telment, ha moms with sway
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