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THE BRITANNIA. GOLD and COPPER
MINING COMPANY,
North Molton, County Devon.
Conducted on the Cost-book principle.
Thirty-six Thousand Parts or Shares of H. each, in certificates to
• bearer.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Sir Henry Winston Barron, Bart., M.P.
Joseph Carey, Esq., Moorgate-street, and Lower Kensington-gore
Matinee Evans, Esq., Great St. Helens
William Flexman, Esq., South Mutton

ORNWA-LL
- DIRECTORS.
MICHAEL WILLIAMS, Esq., Treylnce, Chairman. - . :...
WILLIAM MANSEL TWEEDY, Esq., Truro, DeputyCh airman .
F. P. Barlow, Esq:, Director of the Great Western Railway.
J. W. Buller, Esq., Chairman of the Bristol and Exeter Railway.
Dr. Miller, Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway.
T. Woolcombe, Esq., Chairman of. the South Devon Railway.
Sir A. Buller, Director of the S.-iuth Devon Railway.
R. Cole, Esq., Director of the South Devon Railway.
Esq 4 MP.,
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Dr. Carlyon, Truro. , 1 T. J. A. Robartes,
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W. Carne, Esq., Falmouth. I Lanhydreek, near Bodes* .
R. W. Fox, Esq., Falmouth. G. Smith, Esq., TreYs4 y ~Camj-
. a watkin, Esq., Parc Behan, borne.- . .
Tregony. - J. 'Vivian, Esq., Penealenick.
The Cornwall Railway will complete the-trunk line of cominhnica-
tion between London, Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth; Falmouth; and Pen-
zance. The length of the line will'be 63 miles, extending from Ply-
mouth to Truro and Falmouth, joininz the South Devon Railway at
Plymouth, and the West Cornwall Railway "at Truro. It received the
sanction of Parliament In 1846; the works were immediately' com-
menced ; about seven miles of the line were in a very forward state,
the land for which was purchased and paid for, when the monetary
crisis of 1847 compelled the directors to suspend the works, " . and put
an end to the contracts which had been:entered into. . -
The present altered state of the money markehiend the greatly
reduced price at which ralway works are now being executed, have
justified the Directory in submitting to their Shareholders a scheme
for a large reduction in the capital of the Company, and, the aban-
donment of branches not likely to yield an immediate return. . This
scheme' having received ,he sanction of the PrOprietory;-4as sub-
mitted to the Board of Trade, who, by their warrant, 'dated the
26th of March, 1852, have reduced the share capital from UOO,OOOl.
to 1,125,0611. Jds capital has by the warrant .been divided into
56,253 shares of 20/. each , assigning to each holder of an original
share of 5' 1. two shares of 201. each ; and of an originapshateof 251.,
one share of 201. ; thereby reducing the nobility of the shareholders
20 per cent. ; all sums of money which have been paid up ,on the
511. and 251. shares are to be deemed to be paid' np on the 201..
shares,'which are substituted for them, amounting to - 31: 15s. per
201. share.
The importance of the line as the last connecting link between the
metropolis and the extreme western, ports of Fahriduth and Pen
zance will be apparent.
Falmouth, it is well known, is the-port of call for a large propor-
tion of our homeward bound shipping; 1,324 vessels have called
there during the teat year. The construction of the railway, and
the extension of the electrid telegraph would be of immense import-
ance in the transmission of mails, passengers, cargoes, correspend-
ence, and communication between the first c.hannei portAnd-alli
parts of the empire-. ' .
The dangers and delays of the channel navigation are well known
to nautical men, and are immensely increased after haying passed
the Lizard. Falmouth, immediately within the,Lizard, offers a safe
port accessible at all times, and in •AU Weathers, and most easily
protected from hostile attack. -
Cornwall' is well known throughout the world forlfs mineral
wealth, abounding as it does in mines of copper, tin; lead Aron, and
other metals; a large proportion of the capital embarked in these
undertakings is provided by parties living out of the county. The
importance of the line to all persons so interested la obvions.
Its fisheries, which admit of unlimited eitension; furnish Supplies
to the home and foreign markets.
Its early, vegetable productions
fre-
quent, _even now sent to London, and
.
other parts of England ; and Cornwall' will become the garden for
the supply of these articles when a railway can secure then'
uninterrupted, and rapid transmission. . -
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Penzance, Falmouth, and the various watering-places along the
line of the Cornwall Railway, will be eagerly sought by:, visitors
and invalids, as soon as the railway shall be extended into she
county. _
The population is remarkably locomotive in its habits, and the
large amount of local traffic attracts the attention of all, persons
visiting the county.
The construction of the line involves no engineering difficulties, or
extraordinary works, and the directors have offers from responsible
contractors to take and complete the whole of the works at the price
peerngiteer'sobestatiimneadteign. the construction of the West
the Directors have every reason to believe the
Clitn:Fretnreeowd-miaillnitlfaitrßeheaeceliolrlmwpayleted considerably within these estimates, ;
The traffic estimated at different periods, and compared with that
now realised on the South Devon line, at the eastern extremity, and
the West Cornwall at the western, warrants the Directors in statlnik
their firm belief that a revenue will be realised, 'which will yield, a
high per outage onthe capital to be expended. .....
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The landowners are very faycurably disposed, and will part with the
land which may' be required for the line on very advantageons terms.
largepi on rpt a4lnracl
value of their land in shares. i .
rbeyeT.°hgtenhiesiemidmiraity. The Great Western, Bristol- and Exeter, and
Several
South Devon Companies are largely interested in the Company.
The Directors having resolved to offer to the public. a limited num-
ber of forfeited shares, at a discount of 31:155. per 201. Share, on pay-
milf.adreadriineset
ment of 15S. Pei': share—being the call now made, and making
.tsotretehte,
uncartenotfhoM2essstrah,
41. 10s. per share paid up—will receive applications for such shares in
of May
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Tire incoming Shareholders will, in addition'to this discount, have
the advantage of the land already purchased, the works lexecuted,
and the Act- of Incorporation. ,-. .
Cornwall Railway Office, Truro. sth May; 1852. -,

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THE KAFIR WAR.
THE RECAL OF SIR H. SMITH.
(From the London Gazette of Tuesday, May 11.)
Downing street, May 8, 1852.
The Right lion. Sir John S. Pakington has this day re-
ceived a dispatch and its inclosures, of which the following
are copies, addressed to the Right Hon. Earl Grey, by Lieu-
tenant-General Sir Henry G. W. Smith, K.G.C.Ii.
No. 47.—Military.

William Keene, Esq , Harpur-street, Bloomsbury
Sir Charles Sharpe Kirkpatrick, Bart., St. Peter's-square, Hammer-
smith
Josiah Graham Lowe, Esq., Horbury-terrace, Kensington-park
Francis Morris, Esq , Bankside and Denmark-hilt
CONSULTING ENGINEER.
Captain W. S. Moorson, C.E., Great George-street, Westminster.
CAPTAIN OF THE MINE.
- :Mr. Thomas Fezzy, North Melton.
BA:SEEM
Messrs. 'Heywood, Kennards, and Co., Lombard-street.
• Baoraas.
Messrs. Adam and James Hilton, 2, Warnford-court,
Turogniorton-
street..
SECRETARY (PRO TEM.)
H. W. Taylor. Esq., F.G.S.
Offices, Vernon HOUSE, No. 50, Pidi-Mall, tendon.
ABSTRACT OF PROSPECTUS.
Although the extent and importance of t * reeentgold discoveries
in California and Australia cane t be er ,esthined, nor the various
projected enterprises for their development be undervalued, yet
whilst capitalists and others are seeking profitable returns from the
investments which now a.sorb so much of public
attentiontransmarine, the attainment of the same lucrative results from mining
enterprise within our oven Shores should not be overlooked, more
especially as the employment and
ould, enco
in the other, uragement whichheel ven , in theto one
case. are furnished to the alien, w na-
tive industry.
En. ouragement to native mining industry has hitherto, except in
rtne isolated instances, been coi:fined to the staple mineral re-
sources of Great B-i, ain, moll as copper, lead, iron, and coal ;'but
there: s now an opportunity of profitably applying it to the produc-
tion of the precious metals, especially go d, within a limited distance
of the metrop,lis, Where it is found in as pure a state and in de-
posits, apparently, as rich as in either of the two modern Dorados.
When Six Roderick Murchison first t.rought und, r the notice of the
Royal Geographical Society the existence of geld deposits in Aus-
tralia, be was seavely heeded ; and, in deference to publig impreS-
sion, the greatest care has bees taken to verify the facts In the in-
tanceOf the present disCoveries. .o
Tlie Britannia Mine is the pro ed Lord P
pertiitimore, and is
situate about seven miles north of South Molten, towards Exmoer,
on the banks of the Mete.
The nature of the country is Killas, which is so congenial to the
production of metal, and the immediate vicinity of the mine has been
more affected by volcanic action than is usual in slinilar positions in
Devon and Cornwall. The locality indisputably possesses all the
geological conditions requisite for the existence of gold, the fo
d. rma-
the
tion being strictly of the Palzeozoie group, in which alone, an
igneous rocks associated with them, is gold ever found in sufficient
abundance to be remunerative.
The gold of this Company is produced from gozzan and quartz.
Several stones, out of a large quantity, equally rich, were promiscu-
ously taken, and the following assays give the results :
Assay Office and Laboratory, 23, Hawley-rado, Kentish-town,
London, Dec. 29, 1851.
This is to certify that I have examined a &impel, marked "No. 3
gold." I find it contains 27118 per cent. of gold, traces of silver,
oxide of iron, and earthy matters,
(Signed) JOHN MITCHELL.
116, Leadenhall-street, March Bth, 1852.
I Leg to certify that I purchased 152 ounces of iron matrix or
gozzan from the mine at North Melton, now the Britannia
(promiscuously taken from a large quantity, which,called according to my
judgment, must have been worth, at least, 4001.) ; and that the same
yielded in bulk about eighteen and a half per cent. of gold, 1 carat,
2 grains, above the standard, and for which I paid at the rate if
31. 17e. 9d. per ounce.
I bare likewise no hesitation in stating my belief that, from per-
sonal inspection of the mine, there is a large deposit of the precious
metal to be found there.
(Signed) BEN TAMIN MASSEY.
Iu the future workings it,is imposible to say what quantity of the
precious metal may be found, but esnough has been ascertained to in-
duce the most sanguine expectations • hat the result will be highly
productive and profitable. The ore ofthe St. John d'El Rey Mining
Company, which is one of the oldest Gold Associations, and which
has paid dividend for years, yields only about the ravel hundredth part
of caw per ceut., that is, 4 oitavas, er less than half an ounce of gold
te a ton of ore ; or say, 2001. for every 100 tons of ore. The yield of
gold from the Ural mountainsinever exceeded 120 grains of gold from
4,0110 s., or 1% ton of earth, which is less than 4 dwts., or the fifth
of an ounce, per ton ; yet the metallic wealth of Russia is produced
from this small return, although when first discovered the mines were
considered scarcely worth working. In fact, from the mere diffe-
rence in the system of redUction, and the economy in the modern
appliances generally, a return, which at a former period only en-
tailed a loss, will now, it is well known, yield a profit. •
In addition to these extraordinary rich stones, it is found that the
whole of the gozzan is impregnated with gold, about 300 tons of
which, hitherto regarded as mere rubble. are now
sted on surface readyW to
be crushed. These have been eatisfactorily te. Captain .S.
Moorsern, on the 22d ult. as will be seen by the annexed report,
took specimens, indiscriminately, scorn the heaps, exposed for years
to weather and pilferage,: which he has had assayed, and the exis-
tence of the precious metal has been clearly established. Mr. Long-
maid, the Astayist, and inventor and patentee of a peculiar chemical
process for the separation of metals from their matrix, has likewise
assayed some of these stones, in which gold is not manifest to the
naked eye, and says—
This is to certify that I have examined the following samples,
and find their contents as under :—No. 1, smalls, gold 8 oz.
6 dwt.s. 14 grs. per ton,
(Signed) WILLIAM LONGMAID.
31, Beaumont-square, London, 3d Mo. 30, 1852.
Tile Copper, for which this mine was originally opened, being also
rich to an extraordinary degree, warrants the expectation that when
the workings, which are now so shallow, are carried to a greater
depth, the most profitable results will ensue. Mr. Mitchell at the
same period (19th of December last) likewise assayed the copper,
and says—
This is to certify that I have examined a sample, marked " No.
2, Copper Stone." I find that it contains 32 per cent of copper,
traces of silver, iron, sulphur, and traces of earthy matter,
All the necessary machinery for mining purposes is already on the
roperty, to which the modern appliances for the reduction of gold
will of course be added. The edit is driven 81 fathoms, the engine-
. shaft is down 10 fathoms below the adit ; the western shaft is sunk
9 fathoms; the water-wheel is 25 feet diameter, with 3V, feet breast,
and the counting-houses, smiths' and carpenters' shops, material
house, and all other buildings, are in good _order. The water-power
is unbounded, and the leat home to wheel. A fall of 200 feet can be
obtained, so that there are inexpensive means available of sinking
the shaft to any depth.
Applications for shares to be made in the usual manner, or forms
may be had at the Offices, or at the Brokers', where detailed Pro-
speztuses, with sections, and every information, may be obtained.

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Camp, Blinkwater, March 17, 1854.
My Lord,-1 had the honour to receive on the Ist inst.,
at King William's Town, your Lerdship's dispatch, No. 732,
of the 14th January last, intimating to me that her Majesty's
Government had deemed it an unavoidable duty to relieve
me from my present position; that my Sovereign had ap-
proved of the measure, and that my successor was home-
diately to leave England. At that period, however, such
were the prospects of this war, and so rapid the progression
towards that state of things which can alone perpetuate peace
(best ehown by the proclamation issued by me on the 6th of
February, and again enclosed), that a sense of the duty
which has guided me in the service of my Sovereign and
country for so many years induced me to persevere in the
preparatory steps I had taken for the expulsion from certain
strongholds within the colony of the rebel Gaikas and Hot-
tentots under the wily Chief Macomo, a renegade from the
authority of his paramount Chief Sandilli - as also fur ex-
pelling the Gaika tribes from British Kafraria, and driving
them over the Great Kei. My intention was communicated
to your Lordship in my dispatch of the 16th ult.
2. I have the honour, therefore, to report that, on the sth
inst., I moved the 12th Lancers and a large detachment of
the Cape Mounted Rifles under Lieutenant-Colonel Pole;
two guns Royal Artillery, the 6th, 60th, and four companies
of the 45th Regiment, with detachments of Hottentot and
Fingoe levies, under Lieutenant-Colonel Michel; two guns
Royal Artillery, the 43.1 Light Infantry and 73d Regiment,
and detachments of Hottentot and Fingoe levies, under
Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre, all well supplied with provisions,
to the general rendezvous at Fort Beaufort, where I es-
tablished my head-quarters.
3. On the 4th inst. Major-General Somerset had a smart
affair with the enemy in the Waterkloof, in which the 91st
Regiment greatly distinguished itself; Lieutenant-Colonel
Yarborough, of that Regiment, and Captain Bramly, of the
Cape Mounted Rifles, having, however, been severely; and
Ensign Hibbert, of the 91st, slightly wounded. The chief
Macomo fought with great determination; but 100 head
of cattle and 40 horses were captured— the best criterion
of success. Subsequently to this affair such part of
Major-General Somerset's division as was available for the
field, consisting of the 91st Regiment, four companies of the
74th Highlanders, the Cape Mounted Rifles, and strong de-
tachments of Hottentot and Fingoe levies, was assembled at
Haddon's Old Post, on the western end of the low mountain
range forming the Waterkloof, Blinkwater, and Fuller's Hoek ;
the best position it could occupy with reference to my in-
tended operations.
4. Meanwhile Lieutenant-Colonel Perceval, with a de-
tachment of loyal Artillery and a gun, with rockets, the
12th Regiment, detachments of the 91st Regiment, Cape
Nlounted Rifles, and Armstrong's Horse, and Hottentot
and Fingoe levies, and Burghers, had been ordered to act on
the enemy's position in the Fish River Bush. heed various
posts of defence in the neighbourhood of my
B plirnkopwateor, and
scene
of action, viz., Whittlesea, Eland's post,
Post Retief, were at the same time strengthened for the pur-
pose of patrolling.
5. Oa the 9th inst. the troops marched to establish them-
selves on their respective bases of operation, as set forth in
the instructions annexed; and I established my head-quar-
ters at the Blinkwater Post, a commanding and central
position.
6. On the 10th inst. the several officers in havingcomn—
viz., Lieutenant-Colonels Michel, Eyre, and Napier,
well reconnoitred the strong positions held by the rebels,
moved forward to the attack. The en
es emy was e
Lieu t-
verywhere
well prepared, and received them, pecially-
lenan
Colonel Eyre, whose column I had reinforced with two addi-
tional guns and two companies of the 7lth from the Blink-
water Post, with hiS usual warcry, and even snore than com-
mon demonstrations of defiance.
'The enemy opposed to Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre was
well and judiciously posted in that part of the range called
Fuller's Hoek, very extensive and densely wooded, and
where Macomo's " den," as they termed
ar it, was
almost so strongly
situated in a deep kloof as to be regarded es-
sible. By the activity of Captain Faddy, of the Royal
Artillery, the four guns were, with incredible exertion,
dragged up a precipitous ascent, judiciously posted and
well served, aided by rockets. The Lieutenant-Colonel
moved upon these savages in eight small columns of attack,
and the troops carried everything before them. Every ob-
stacle was speedily overcome, and a well-known and most
difficult pass, held stoutly by the enemy, was gallantly
carried by Captain Campbell, of the 73d regiment, with a
company of his own corps and two companies of the 43d
Light Infantry.. The troops crowned the heights, where
they burnt many villages, destroyed some cultivation, drove
the enemy before them in every direction, and bivouacked
for the night.
8. On the following day, the 11th instant, Lieutenant-
Colonel Eyre made the most able disposition of his troops,
so as to descend the mountain and effectually dislodge the
enemy from those positions which the columns had been
able only to pass through on the previous day. His special
object also was to assail the den and stronghold of Macomo,
the destruction of which I regarded as a great step towards
the humbling of the rebels; for although Sandilli and the
Gaikas affected humility and a desire for peace, I well knew
that all eyes were intent on the result of these operations.
Colonel Eyre, aware of the imporksuace I attached to this
service, headed the column for the assault of the I)en, the
descent to which was found by the assistance of a captured
woman, a flight of natural steps affording great means of de-
fence _This column was most successful, though stoutly
resisted; the Den was carried, the four guns firing into it
with sanguinary effect, and 130 women, now prisoners, were
found stowed away in the clefts of rock. Among them i 3
Macomo's young and favourite wife, as also his great wife, a
Tambookie, much regarded among the tribe, and mother of
his great son Namba. Large quantities of European wearing
apparel, provisions of different kinds, some little gunpowder,
a bullet mould and supply of lead in bars, were found in the
Den, which was completely destroyed and the huts con-
sumed. The number slain by our guns was very great,
eleven having been found in one spot and seven in another,
and many fell in the assault. Meanwhile Captain Campbell
made his way down the difficult pass by which he had as-
cended the day before, and was again stoutly resisted by
the enemy in front and flank. Here three gallant soldiers of
the 7.3 d Regiment fell, another being at the same time
wounded, and further on Lieutenant the Hon. Henry Wrot-
testy, of the 430, received a mortal wound.
9. The carrying by our troops of this " Den," heretofore
regarded as inaccessible, has had throughout the effect of
magic, and no positive resistance has since been offered.
Colonel Eyre continued his operations through the whole of
the extensive fastnesses of the Fuller's Hoek and adjoining
kloofs, but the enemy appeared no more. On the 15th inst.
he again ascended the passes, and revisited Macomo's Den, to
show the enemy our determination to expel him. Not a sin-
gle Kafir was to be seen, and Colonel Eyre and the rest of
the officers, who had then leisure for observation, describe
the loss suffered by the enemy as evidently very considerable,
and much greater than they had believed. It, indeed, could
not well be otherwise, exposed as he was to the tire of four
well-directed guns and rockets, and so hemmed in that he
necessarily suffered severely from musketry and even from
the baycnet.
10. On the same day, the 10th instant, Lieutenant-Colonel
Michel's column moved from Blakeway's Farm, ascended
the heights, the guns being with great exertion brought up
an almost impracticable acclevity, and occupied the dense
bush connecting Fuller's Hoek with the Waterkloof, for-
merly the scene of considerable conflict. Every part of this
bush was well traversed, and many kraels destroyed. Few
of the rebel Hottentots or Kafirs showed themselves, until
Lieutenant-Colonel Napier's column, ascending the valley of
the Waterkloof, entered the narrow and bushy defile which
forms its head. Here he was fiercely attacked, the onset of
the enemy being, according to his usual custom, especially
directed to the rear of the advancing column. This was,
however, judiciously anticipated by Colonel Napier, who
advantageously posted the 91st Regiment, under Major
Forbes, so as to resist the attack. The rebels were daring
on this occasion, and well sustained the fight until they saw
Colonel Michel advancing, when they gave way in every
direction and fled into the dense bush to escape pursuit.
11. On the following day these two columns acted simul-
taneously, driving the enemy before them, and destroying his
villages in the Waterkloof. On the third day it was neces-
sary for both to procure provisions at their respective bases of
operation. Col. Michel very judiciously took the opportunity to
report himself to me; and 1 at the same time ascertained
that 200 Boers of the district of Somerset and the I..ouap had
arrived at Haddon's Old Poet. Upon this, I immediately
dispatched Major-General. Somerset, whom I had retained
with me at head-quarters, to take the command of these
burghers, and of Colonel Napier's column. On doing so the
Major-General at once ascended the heights overhanging
the Waterkloof, bringing up his two guns by a very difficult
ascent, and then proceeded to penetrate the bush with his
infantry, while his mounted force watched the open, thus
acting simultaneously with Colonel Michel In these opera-
tions the enemy showed little resistance. On the afternoon
of the 15th inst., observing a number of the enemy
in poss-
session of cattle in a deep valley, General Somerset dheir;
patched his mounted force of Cape Corps andg,
under Lieutenant-Colonel Napier, in pursuit. 130 bead, and
many horses were captured, several of the rebels slain, and
some fifty women and children made prisoners.
having
12. On the 15th inst. Lieutenant-Colonel Ii
of his opera-
replenished hieprovisions, moved Irons the b
Miens to the neighbourhood of the Eisler Kraasnetz,lron
Mountain," in the Waterkloof, where he hailtthedsmanadlleposorktieeds:
his intention was to assail this mountain wvisusiy
emducted
according to the mode in which he handep
Preview
numerously
his operations; but observing that t
occupied the rocky heights, and were troops, ereevidently prepared
for a determined resistance, he collected
ad-
vanced in regular order, and endeavoyiedmatointtuarihnedthehypotshie-
tion. A rocky ravine, however, ve
the front
enemy, posted behind bushy rocks, prohibited any successful
A direct advance to
attempt upon his flank. tehlyistordheyredthbey
be-
came therefore necessary, and was inawmasediiat
Colonel Michel; so well,
momentary check ; when
enemy that the troops received
howeaver,
of the 60th Rifles, fixed swords,
Captain Hope's company
charged, and carried the mountain,
zee
untain, supported by the column,.
and rocks with great
The enemy were driven over krant
slaughter; many cattle and horses were captured, in the de-
fence of which so stout a resistance had been made; and Ma-
jor Bedford, with two companies of the 60th Rifles, pursued
the fugitives over declivities nearly impassable, many more
cattle falling into his hands. The whole capture amounted
1 b •
id affair Colonel. Michel re-
portsa-
displayed by
to silo head and 75 horses ;
dsomse of t atter eing very
luable. In this gallant and r p
that he remarked the especial gailantry
Captain hope and. Lilien.ant
Lieutenant hitmore, of
the Cape Corps.; and by
Colonel Michel subsequently continued his opera-
tions with every activity, and all the country placed before
him was well cleared of the enTny.. On the mornin of the
15th inst. Captain Taylor, with his company of Rottentot
levies, had a sharp affair with a party of the rebels, and cap-
tured it horses. This was the last occasion on which the
enemy appeared. Colonel Michel describes Captain Taylor's
company of levies as deserving the name of soldiers.
13. On the 10th inst. Lieutenant-Colonel Perceval, with
his column strengthened by the force assembled from
Graham's Town and its neighbourhood, and aided by a few
burghers of that town, attacked the strong position of the
Chief Stock, in the Fish River Bush, in two divisions, under
himself and Major Armstrong, These simultaneous
well-conducted movements, in a very difficult country, were
and
completely buccolful and After a sharp ccullityt, ILI which

.
iE GOTIN TRY
MARKET.IPSWICH, • 114. y 11.
The state of.the London market made the growers of wheat
withhold supplies, at this• day's market. What few samples
were exhibited were,sold at a slight reduction in price, but that
reduction not equal to the decline of London yesterday.
. PIRQUARTER. PER QUARTER.
Wheat, d. . 40s to 42s Peas 2Bs to 31s
Ditto; white 44s to 46s Oats ... . ... •
Barley, malting ... 00s to 00s Rye OO. to 00s
Ditto, grinding 28s to 00s
Beans
AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 8, 1852.
Wheat - 1117 quarters, at 42s ld
, • Barley
29s ld
•• 32s Od
Peas
..
asans
...
...
. ..
325
Od
Oats •• 00S Od
HULL, MAY 11.
Messrs. Taylor and "Bright's Circular states :—Arrivals
have been moderate during the week, but the trade ruled ex-
ceedingly dull, ,and but little business resulted. The weather
his bees variable, wind more westerly, and more sun, but
nights cold, and a trifling shower or two is all the rain that
has fallen. We have strong complaints as to the pastures, and
soring corn, but wheat looks well. We had to-day a moderate
supply of wheatlrona our own farmers, with a small show of
foreign;'. English wheat was slow sale at the current rates of
last farket. day, millers not being generally, able to make any
impression upon farmers, who axe now of a class that can afford
to held, and seem inclined to' do se. Only a retail sale for
chanThered foreign, without any quotable alteration in value.
Very little barley on the market, and no change in price; and
the same remark applies to oats of all kinds. Beans, of which
our main supply is a fine quality.of Egyptian, are held for more
money, which mikes the sale rather slow. Not much of the
importof linseed comes on the market, and the business doing
is consequently limited. The long-continued drought, coupled
with the short make, enables our Hull crushers to maintain
their price for cake; but foreign are in better supply, and may
be *night on eiSier terms.No rapeseed on sale, and cakes
unahered. Belles:support Our quotations. - •
The following are-the present
:prices of grain :
s. B.
Wheat, English, red 38 to 401
Do. white " 40 441
Dantzic and Ko-
nigsberg......, 42 46
Pomeranian and • 40.
tartish,
. 3B --
bartish, Holstein, &
Friesland' . .. 36 380
Russian and Odessa 34 38
Oats, English -'l7 .... 19
Do. Danish.... l6 18
Do. Friesland lB —Zd
Do. Russ. & Odessa 15 17
Barley,malting 25 30
Do:grinding.
Beans 29 31
Do., foreign 26 28,

S. S
DPeous. gr, wehy
236.0 3228
Linseed, Black Sea 44 46
Do. Petersburgh . ,42 45
Do. Riga &Arehnil 3B —' 42
Do. Konigsberg - 40
Per ton.
Lins. c., Hull 81 5s Od to 71151
Do. fine for. 71 15s Od to 0/ Os
Do. inf. foreign... 01 to 71 Os
Rapeseed 21.4/ 10s to 00
Rape cakes...B7s 6d to 9Ds od
Tares, English ......37s -00 s
Do. foreign 32s —34 s
Guano 5l 71 to 91 10s
Bones, do ......... 978 61 to Os
~Rye Meal 71 Os

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

At the Duke of Northumberland's levee at Whitehall, yes-,
terday, there were present:-Captains-T. C. Fitzgerald,
Hon. F. Egerton, J. IL Michell. A. S. Hamond, T. O' Brien,
At eil, J. K. Cogh-
'Lyda.. Dartnn_ Cluitheeedere---E. a jell - F.
lan, W. C. Browne, R. ForstEr, Sir J. Webster, Bart, C. 6.
Hancock. Lieutenants--T. O'Reilly, W. B. Mason,.
.3.
Newland, J. 11. Lysaght, E. Wilson, R. A. E. Scott,
E.
Hardy, A. M. Noad, J. B. Christopher, F. Higgins J '1.,.
Priest, R. F. Boyal, M. Bouchier, J. H. Glover. Rev. r
G. Hill, Paymaster H. S. Dyer.
W IL Hall,
-Captains-Ryder Burton, K.H., R. Douglas, - • A. C.
Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker received the following officers:
Fitzgerald, Hamond. el
Man L. Roberts, Lysaght, Wilson. Lieutenants-Nord,
Hannant, Priest, Christopher Hardy, K. Gore, F. Rooks,
-onarnanders--Sir G.
Coppinger, Meson, Reilly. Mr. Dyer. the Rear-Admiral. Sir Phipps Hornby also received .
Ca - lowing officers yesterday :-Rear. Admiral Holdsworth__. fi.
tains-Sir J. B. Dundas, Fitzgerald," R. Douglas, Iv
Westbrook
Hall Hamond. Commanders-Roberts, Mr°°tia' Philis,
Lieutenants-J...Allen. H. Hannaet, J. Sanders, G. ppn.
Priest, Coppinger, 0 R ;11
'-eiiiY, Glover. Rev, T. TWYSde
Messrs. Evans,.White, Turner,B
owen. A' ebster,
APPOINT'S' [MTS. . e • X‘lantonont.,--W. H. Hood, to the coast guard service.
Surgeon-Dr. John Burke, to the Buzzard steam-sloop,
Devonport.
looP,
paymasterr-Charles Lytle, to tlle Buzzard.
Assistant-Surgeon-Dr. 1-il TT
--• L-Latably, to the Buzzard.
..
Midshipmanr,ll. L. Holder, to the Victory fiag-BialP,
Naval Cadet-C. C. Hussall, to the Queen, 116' 1
Boatswain- Charles Hastings to the Geyser eteam-s oop.
.WIEF.ItIiESS, MAY 11.---tffe-hilye heard, through the_reee-r
dium of a friend at Devonport, tlitst the trial cruize of her
gortsmouth ;
Majesty's screw steam-frigate Heretic), Captain the Hon.
T. Carnegie,
had been, up to lie ' ival in Plymouth Sound,
J.
P.
j. Parry, to the Excellent.
. r Itrr
most satisfactory. pram
steam,
averaging, port, until reaching the Downs she kept, under
he;
averaging, wi' h all plain sails set, eight knots Per hour;
and
fires were then banked tip, the screw propeller hoisted,
she proceeded d ve
-° - 4 Channel under' canvas only. The wind
being light no just estimation could be formed of her sailing
qualities. She was to leave the Sound, on her return to this
port, today, touching at Spithead.
the time of her departure from
we find that the time occupied hi
By private communication from the Cape, dated Ist April,
ship megmra in reachin that- colony was longer than is
generally supposed. She left Sheerness for Dover on the
29th. whence she embarked the first battalion of Rifles, and
sailed thence,for her destination on the 3d January. Dating,
therefore, her departure from that anchorage, she took
eighty-one days to reach the Cape-the crew, and the troops
in particular, having 'suffered many inconveniences daring the .
voyage. The Kafir chief Sandilli had publicly announced
her Majesty's steam troop
his determination not to, take his stand egainat Sir IL Smith,
but would wait the arrival in the field of the new Governor.
None, except those actually on the s ot, can form an accurate
idea of the state of the warfa-e now carrying On' The Katirs
Y. of
our troops whom they make
prisoners; they mutilate their bodies in every possible
manner, and on retreating leave them in the most horrid and
disgusting stylpes,_as.a.terror to their advancing companions
show no quarter to an
P
tactiestdopted by the late Governor, who was
The :pub& feeling- i I, to the
e colony is unfavourable-a
expected to
leave-very, soon for England in the Gladiator, which
'Vessel
had-lbeen placed at his disposal.
by Commodore Wyvill, for
that-purpose. At the above date, the Rhadamanthus was
D
coaling for England, having ilia returned from Algoa Bay,
whither she had conveyed ti
eiPected early in July. The roes and troops,prospect of a termination to
the War aPpeered to be very distant.
' irter Aliajesty's sloop, Wolverine, Commander M. Falcon.
is to be paid off without having
ancrb gallant r, and aP-
• -.3 her internal fittings dis-
turbed:
WoOr.wicir, May 11,-The Herald, 28, Captain IL M.
and may be
Y Lord John Russell and the
Earl of Clarendon. Theirib. °rdshilla
commandd and con-
peered much interested in examining the preparations for her
departUre to-morrow afternoon on her voyage to the South
Sewbieli she will reach y passing Sydney,instead:of round
Gape Horn, Lordships,Their- .°ll landing at the steps of the
er wast
lievisited
v e s
ae tO.
3
dockyard, were receiveo u
I!:eltleadhlov'
yti commodore Henry Eden, and
shown the mode of teatnge in the
old chain of 1i inches
ter havltig been Placed testing frame, and the
usualstrain a 34 tons applied,. which it stood well. An ad•
ditional strain was euli)se3u3e6nityyt:pplied, and the chain broke
when the strain reae eti
cwt. _ Their Lordships then
h r of 95
examined -a-large ane
theol. manner is and
made
several
remarks relative toanchors are tested,
ed tion of •the shank which
and as to the d Iliad visit to the
while undergoing that
procees, -,.. After ~11
Agamemnon, 90, now
the Noble Lords
ready for launching, returned to town by the
North Kent.RfaiwaY• •

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Migiqtoroths WATNIe ZTIPPLT Bi
--Yesterday
provision respecting -the - supply
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the Bill as ameoded by the Se
Ile to make better
was printed ; it now contains 19. clauses. The
metro_polis
mittee inserted 15 clauses and a' schedule; limiting
Select C
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Was elevated
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[PRICE SD.

Colonel Perceval much praises the conduct of Major Arm-
strong, the enemy were driven from every point. 190 head
of cattle were captured as well as large flocks of goats, some
horses, and several stand of arms; among the latter the
double-barrelled fowlingpiece of the Chief Dodo, who is
believed to have fallen in the fight. The enemy was so
hotly pushed as to drive a small herd of cattle into. the Fish
River, which was full. Nineteen of these and a Kafir were
shot in the act of swimming. Colonel Perceval was pre-
paring, when I last heard from him, to attack the Chief
Tula, who occupied a position somewhat higher up the river; ,
of whom he wil, no doubt, give a good account.
14. Your Lordship will perceive, by the instructions which
I inclose, that Lieutenant-Colonel Pole, with the 12th
Lancers, has been placed intermediately between Eland's
Post and Post Retief, so as to intercept fugitives from
the Waterkloof range of mountains during the progress
of the operations which I have described. The different
posts on the line of the enemy's retreat into the Anaatolas
have also detached parties to occupy the numerous drifts
of the rivers; and the Fingoes of Fort Beaufort and Fort
Hare have been most successful in capturing horses and
cattle and in adding to the consternation of the rebels,
They were fleeing yesterday in all directions, in the dis-
tance, past this post— men, women, and children, without
cattle; and I pronounce these difficult, and heretoforewell-maintained, positions of the enemy viz., the Water-
kloof, Blinkwater, and Fuller's Iloek, to be now completely
cleared.
15. This day, the 17th inst., the columns of Lieutenant-
Colonels Michel and Eyre, under my immediate command,
move, with five days' provisions, on the Chumie range of the
Arnatolas, for the purpose of dislodging the tribe of Tyalie
and the rebel Hottentots, and then penetrating into the
heart of the mountains, while I leave Major-General Somer-
set with his division to pursue the retreating enemy, 200
Cradock burghers, under the Civil Commissioner, Mr. Gil-
Han, operating at the same time from Whittlesea against
the Tambookies. Every part of the rebel enemy's country
will thus be assailed.

16. I deeply regret, for the credit of the frontier inhabit-
ants, to report that only 200 burghers from the district of
Somerset, 200 from Cradock,,and 33 from Graham's Town.,
have responded to my command. They first objected to
the volunteer system which I offered to their loyalty.
They then requested to be commanded to turn out.
Their shuffling conduct is melancholy. There are
many loyal and energetic men who do not fall under this
censure, especially the burghers of Albert, under Mr. Cole,
who, although they have not turned out on ;this last occa-
sion, having been only just dismissed after a long an haras-
sing though successful inroad over the tipper Kei, have done
right good service during the war.
17. I am fully aware that I have been accused, during the
progress of the campaign, of using the language of hyperbole
in describing this numerous recontres which have occurred,
and in giving praise to the gallant officers and troops as well
as burghers. Possessing, however, some experience in war, I
must maintain that such is not the ca,e. Troops acting in
the open field expect not the stimulous of praise; the sol-
dier sees his foe, and his British courage rises at each step ;
but he who, after, perhaps, a night march of great length, has
to ascend mountains or penetrate dense bush and ravines, filled
probably with a daring and intrepid enemy, as resolute as
athletic, ready to murder any one who may fall into
his hands, and whose warfare is of the most stealthy and
enterprising kind, appreciates the praise of his commander,
because when his acts are conspicuously daring he is con-
scious he deserves it. lle does his duty; but human nature
renders even the soldier's intrepid heart sensible of the ap-
probation of his superior, which he is proud to know may
reach the eye of his parents and friends.
18. Upon the eve, therefore, of relinquishing this com-
mand. I will not shrink from the performance of my duty;
and I here record the value I attach to the indefatigable
services
of Major-General Somerset, whose experience of
thirty years in Kafir warfare, its difficulties and its labours,
render him a most valuable, as he is a highly deserving officer.
Lieutenant-Colonel Michel, of the Gth Royal Regiment, has
frequently distinguished himself in command, and on no oc-
casion more so than in the recent affair of the 15th instant,
cm the" Iron Mountain ;" his energy in the field is equal to
his zeal and attention to regimental duty. Lieutenant-Col.
Nesbitt, of the 60th Rifles, merits much praise, and 1 re-
gret that I have only been able on one occasion to
give him a separate command. Lieutenant-Colonel
Eyre, perpetually in the field since the commencement of
hostilities, has been so frequently praised by me for his
invariable success in every operation intrusted to his conduct,
that what I now add enhances, and does not merely
establish, his reputation. I must here record my opinion
of the soldierlike and judicious manner in which he carried
and cleared the stronghold of the enemy in Fuller's hock,
a position occupied with defiance by Macomon ; and express
my conviction that the was would remain unextinguished
until that determined chief should be, as he has been,
thoroughly dislodged and expelled. This has been effected
in a masterly manner by the gallantry, judgment, and
perseverance of Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre. The 73d Regiment
first set the example, under my orders, of taking the
bush ; they have been ever most successful, and the
other regiments have emulated their exertions with
equal results. Lieutenant-Colonel Pole has commanded
his efficient regiment, the 12th Lancers, with zeal
and activity. Lieutenant-Colonel Napier, of the Cape
Mounted Rifles, has frequently been entrusted with the
direction of patroles, which he has ever well conducted.
Lieutenant-Colonel Yarborough, of the 91st, is a steady
officer, awl greatly distinguished himself on the day he was
wounded. The 2d Queen's Regiment have, upon this occa-
sion, occupied the different forts; their services during the
camp .ign under Lieutenant-Colonel Burns have been
valuable. `Lieutenant-Colonel Skipwith, of the 43.1 Light
Infantry, is an officer of much promise. Lieutenant-
Colonel Perceval, of the 12th Regiment,. has greatly at-
tracted my attention by his exertions, ability, and natural
talent for command. Major Kyle, commanding the four
companies of the 45th Regiment, is a very valuable officer,
and there is indeed no field officer, from the gallant Major
Pinckney, of the 73d, downwards—the senior of his rank
is this army—who has not well performed his many arduous
duties.
19. I fear, my Lord, that I render this a lengthy dispatch.
At the wind up of a fifteen months' campaign, desultory, it
is true, but on that account and opposed as we have been to
from 20,000 to 25,000 intrepid warriors, probably of even a
more than usually arduous character, much labour will
naturally have devolved up on.the officers of the staff, gene-
ral as well as personal. I desire to draw your Lordship's at-
tention to the services of Colonel Cloete, the chief of the
staff, whose unremitting zeal in the performance of the many
duties devolving upon him has been as remarkable as the in-
telligence and perfect knowledge of his profession which he
has invariably evinced. I are deeply indebted to him, and
the service equally so. Every officer of the general staff
has ably and zealously done his duty. To Lieutenant-
Colonel Garvock, my private secretary, and Captain
Maydwell, my military secretary, who have had the largest
share of correspondence of every varied character of any
officers in this army, lam truly grateful. Their devotion to
the public service merits every encomium. The perseverance
of these officers has greatly contributed to insure that eco-
nomy in the public expenditure which I have endeavoured to
enforce, and 1 hope with much success. My aide•de-camps,
Major Holdich, Captain Smith, and Lieutenant Greville, have
filled their situations with great utility to me and labour to
themselves.
The officers and soldiers of this army, one and all, have un-
dergone continued labour and fatigue in the prosecution of a
most difficult warfare, extending over a territory larger than
England, wtth that energy and courage conveyed by the
words " British soldiers."—l have, &c.,

H. G. SMITH.
,The document marked No. 1, and mentioned above, ap-
peared in our Fourth Edition of last night.]

SPORTING NOTES.
No. CCXXIV.
THE RAE FOR THE ROWLEY MILE PLATE AND
THE FIELD FOR THE TEN SOUS. STASES.

THE SUN.
for the once .
the race • terest in sporting
Sat,-1n days of Pre!.
d considerable in
came a rattling
Rowiey Mile Plate excited considerable
instances, be
camera
THE EDITOR OF
ablthough scarcely
Epsom,
circles, as its winner,
i event at
r it will not even
celebrated
favourite
for
the
great Downs. This
successful on t
ever
d by a neck
an outsider, as
the race 0.3 ester ay.
give us
earned
d animal, d
decidedly Jaen
imagine,
a veYe3erßmoderate, stumpy-
legge
I rather of
on
bad
a a third; lion at • psom. The per-
running horn
his stable companion .
h t h . 'ng colt, without eis very many
tho success of
f Flash of Lightning .
ecSackbut,
n's other Derby nag, Chief
pounds worse if
thad
es not say much for the chance of the
Baron Nicholson,
o queer fourth; Odd Fellow bringing up
latter, by finishing
forinYfanfcreomo Cavan'
Cavan carried off the stake in easy
Had
the rear.
expected by Mr. Walker and the other
aMr. Dome
style, as was t- stable, they had intended tO have
members of that
ro
i oted the Treasurer to
a m I
much more prominent position
promoted
Derby market; as it is, presume his quotation will
still be about 50 to 1.
of the owley Mile Plate, as he is the best of
Lord C
lifden's bad lot, and as in my accounts from New-
market
he was the only one stated to be in preparation for
The winner r
the Derby, or some other event near at hand, I fancy will
help to swell the field at Epsom this day fortnight.
The 10 Sovs. Stakes, to be run to-morrow, contrary
to the general rule at Newmarket fur some time past, will
attract to the post a very good field, consisting of the fol-
lowing, :—Rumour, Placid, Gossip, the President, Amaryllis
filly, Bounty, Arethusa filly, Epigram, Gipsy colt, Pelion,
and perhaps one of Lord Clifden's. As nearly every one of
these belong to the dark division, it will naturally be an in-
teresting race, especially as several of the debutantes are very
promising animals, particularly Mr. Stephenson's PizmoN.
Rumour and Bounty also will do a good thing some time or
other, if they do nut to-morrow. The favourite (filly by
Libel out of Arethusa) I have no fancy for whatever; and
Gossip, another horse that stands high in public opinion, is
very low in my estimation.
The betting last night and this morning has undergone
several changes of more or Jess importance, a wide field of
Stakes having been speculated upon at the following prices
—Suffolk Sakes-5 to 4 agst St. Antonio, 2to 1 agst Maria.
10 Sovs. Stakes-3 to 1 each ag,t Arethusa filly and Placid,
7 to 2 agst Gossip, 4 to I agst Rumour or any
to 1,
Derby-13 to 2 agst Hobble Noble, take t
7Alcaraa,
15 to 2 agst Little Harry, 8 to 1 agd kwell,
offered, 11 to 1 agst Claverhouse, 14 to 1 agst• ec
14 to 1 agst Alfred the Great, 20 to 1 agst Kin g ant ?Snt. , colt e5Ol
agst Augur, 30 to 1 each agst King of Trumps a d L k
to 1 agst
to 1 agst Missive,f f.O to 1 agst Trea,urer, take 668t0 1. Oaks
—7 to 1 each agst Red Hind and Gossamer,
Songstress, 10 to 1 agst Trusseau. Northum 10,
7to 2 agst Stilton, 4to 1 taken freely. Liverp 'Ol
0, and 8 to 1 taken about Poodle.
I am, Sir, yours, 8,:e., min TURF-
THE SPIRIT OF 1..
bl a a c(l3ll:ll,a_te

SPURTING-----
m( INTELLIGENCE.
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W 1---"ET SECOND SPRING MEETING.
501., for three yra old, 6TictE2slDbtLfour, Bst; five, Bat 71b;
six, and aged, Bst 121 b. TALI/. The winner to bo
sold for 2001., &c.
Mr. Tabeter's Liberty, 3 yrs ............... (T. Smith)
2
) 1
Mr. itogers's Theodine, 8 yrs ............ (S. Steggies
~,(Norman) 3
Lord Exeter's Little Jack, 5 yrs .........
Mr. 134rne's Necklace, 5 yrs ............... (Flatman) 0
Betting-7 to 4 agst Liberty, 2to 1 agst Necklace.
Liberty took the lead at starting, but resined after
g
running about 200 yards to Theodine, who went on with
iit to the new ground; here he was joined by Liberty
who headed him on enteriog the cords, and won cleverly

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