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London, England, 1852-03-13 00:00:00

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THE PASSIONS.

NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE.
At a MEETING of the Council and Friends of the late
League, held this day, March 2, 1852, in the Large Room, Newell's
Buildings, Manchester ;
GEORGE WILSON, Esq., in the Chair.
It was moved by RICIIARD Conine, Esq., M.P., seconded by
ROBERT ASHTON, Esq., of Hyde, and carried unanimously :
That 'an Administration having been formed committed by every
pledge that can bind the honour of publie men to attempt to reimpose
a duty on corn, it is resolved that the Anti-Corn-Law League be re-
cmstituted, under the rules and regulations by which that body was
formerly organized.
It was moved by the Right Hon. T. MILNER GIBSON, M.P., Se •
conned by JAMES HEYWOOD, Esq., M.P., and carried unanimously :
That the council of the League be 'requested to put themSedifes into
immediate communication with their friends in all parts of the king-
dom, urging them to immediate action to prevent the return to Par-
liament of candidates in favour of the re-enactment, under whatever
pretence or form, of any duty upon the importation of foreign corn.
It was moved by JOHN BRIGHT, Esq., M.P. ; seconded by T. BezLEY,.
Esq.,: and carried unanimously:
That, considering how essential it is to the welfare of the agricul-
tural, manufacturing, colonial;' and shipping interests, as well as to
the peace and prosperity of the great body of the people, that the
free-trade question should be permanently settled by an appeal to the
country,—resolved that a memorial to the Queen, playing for an
immediate dissolution of Parliament, be signed by the chairman, on
behalf of this meeting and transmitted for presentation to her
Majesty.
It was moved by HENRY Asnwoirrif,' Esq., seconded by jAmts
KERSHAW, Esq., M.P., and carried unanimously :
That in order to carry out the above resolutions, a subscription
be forthwith commenced, and that a call not exceeding ten per cent.
upon all subscriptions of 101. and upwards be Made ; subscrip-
tions under that amount to be paid in full.
- - GEOUGICWILSON, Chairman. .
It was moved by JAMES HEYWO*ME
sq., M.P. 3 Seconded by
ALEXANDER HENRY, ESQ. M.P. ; 'tarried unanimously :
That the best thanks Of this me.. are due, and are hereby
given, to George Wilson, Esq., for 1 '! .le conduct in the chair.
s' So BRIGHT, Chairman.

• "What passions hurt the body—what improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."
Ifeht""zof;:_r *—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad-
tee e Passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casual-
l...? licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations graphic, nar-
-"". and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages.
V.

Robert Bunting, Manchester _
William Tomlinson, Hodge - -
J. H. Hanson, Burton-on-Trent - -
It. G. Welford, London - _
Mrs. A. Chambers, Worksop - _ _
John Johnson, Congleton
Thomas Henry Hall, London - - -
George S. Cundell, London
William C. Hutton, London - - - -
J. and D. Mitchell, London - - -
Daniel Baugh, Liverpool - - - -
William M'Millen, Liverpool - - - -
Hotham and Whiting, Leeds - - - • -
Halliday, Nebel', and Cu., Manchester • - -
Wm. Lister, IS, Manchester-buildings, London -
Jno. Booth, Manchester - - •
Richard Bligh, Ilfracombe - •
Wm. Scales, Mark-line London
Rev. Jno. Robberds, Liverpool - •
Jim Montgomery Brentford • - '
Edmund Leech, Rochdale -
It. W. Boarer, Folkestone, Kent - •
John Arkcolf, Maidstone - -
James ThompsortWray - -
C. H. Bowers, London - - •
Surr and Son, ditto - -
Barnett Meyer, ditto • - -
John Gray, Edinburgh - -
Henry Booth, London - -
John Donkin, ditto - - -
Charles Oliphant, Edinburgh - •
Dr. Epps, London - - - •
Abraham Bass, Burton-on-Trent •
Samuel T. Hobson, Liverpool -
aylock and Co., ditto - •
Thomas Wylie, ditto - - -
William P. Smith, ditto - - •
J. B. Jackson, • ditto - - •
Luke Samuel Keep, Heston, Middleton
John Paterson, 104, Wood-street, London -
John N. Hanson, Burton-on-Trent

E. P. southall, Eeominster

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Jolui MuHinson, Hulme, Manchester - - , -
Edwin Butterworth, Ancoats Mill, Manchester -
John Leeward, Ashton - -

Robert Hall, L'ondon Wall -

A Friend, per P Walker, Esq. -
J. Beard, 8, Meal-street
W. G. Gover, London

James 'ordati, London

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THEATRE ROYAL EDINBURGH.
Mr. Josh Silsbee, an American performer, and who has
acquired celebrity by his delineation of the broader and more
palpable traits of the Yankee, made his first appearance here
on Monday evening, and was received with great cordiality
by a numerous and fashionable audience. Those present were
prepared for something beyond the common. as was evident
by the mirth that reigned in the house, when Mr. Silsbee en-
tered as Jonathan Ploughboy. Nor did Mr. Silsbee disap-
point the expectation. There was, in his hugely droll ap-
pearance, and the quiet self-assurance that played on his
features, an earnest of a portrait certainly original,
and we must presume also genuine, though probably
highly coloured. He had
scarcely uttered a word
when the house was in a roar of, laughter, which did
not fall off when he commenced to move about and exhibit
his singularly odd ext erior, set off to the fall effect by his
eccentric gestures; even the swallow tails of his coat seemed a
species of vitality, to assume Y, 80 whimsical were their
contortions. The piece was called the Forest Rose and like
the Yankee Pedlar, which followed in the course of even-
ing, was exceedingly slight in its structure, but answering
the purpose which was to introduce a specimen of the Ame-
breadth. Accordingly we had
shrewd, gain-seeking, inquisive
perfectly at ease with himself as to
know not the meaning of the term social restraint in carry-
ing out his propensities, all based on the " go-a-head,,
Yankee
aar
n. nkee Silsbee characterofrbuerfao ilrne life, iut
ss as
sao mle
Principle which seemed to resolve into the maxim "mind
your self." lie talked with a volubility that rivalled
Charles Matthews in Patter versus Clatter, starting off in
what, to unpractised ems' appeared at first an unintel-
ligibleirresistably humorous in s grotesque combination. Mr.
Silsbee, aside froth his familiarity with the manners he
represents, vigour. Some of his
happiest strokes were accomplished by
little more than a
twinkle of the eye, or some comparatively slight but ex-
pressive gesticulation, that denoted the true artist. This
jargon,
g °
pno'ssesses and
ell! t dingup with some Yankee
comic
dramatio skill, of course, imparts a freedom and finish to his
sketches. The audience were often in a tumult of laughter
both at his sayings and doings, and all in keeping with the
charactir ; and when he launched forth in the Cape Cod
Reel as the dance was termed, the drollery of his movements,
rapid, angular, and abrupt, as it au automaton had been i
suddenly and violently set in motion, fairly
overcome the
house. In the Yankee Pedlar Mr. Silsbee was equally
amusing, and at the conclusion. was called before the curtain
amidst the .enthusiastic. plaudits Rf the audience. He has
made a palpable hit with the:
d with co
Cooper, in this last piece, acte nsiderable spirit as a
Virginian Planter, fond of cherishing the inner man with
the endless catalogue of app liahcee whici,
.. our transatlantic
friends have at command. Mr. Watkins, as an American
Tavern-keeper, occasionally . reminded us of the style of
Harley—we allude to a certain dry hard humour encased in
a sober, grave, deportment, end which Mr. Watkins can well
assume.—Caledonian Mercury.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAPES.--.15 to 1 was offered
currently against Cariboo yesterdoy, and 50 to 1 agst Mark
Tapley.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.—EPSOAI STEEPLE-
CHASES, &c.

31st instant.
to be published on the 18th,
Nominations for the Great Metropolitan Steeplechase Hand' -
cap
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nh ttsh e
British Yeoman, Miss Mowbray, Combatant, The Screw,
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Medora, Conrad, Bourton, Trl Tough, Kissaway, Silent
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Friend, Oily Gammon,
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,Combatant, 'Saman, Sobers'd P
Unicorn, Sileut Friend, Sobers' des, &-
jury, Loddington, Cosachia, nd, Misa Fidget, Sir
Alexander.
MORETON-IN-THE-MARSH STEEPLECHASES.
The Moreton-in-the-Marsh Sweeps were won by Mr.
T. Goldby's. Ploughboy, beating The General, Tom Tough,
and Parson's Daughter.
The Heythrop Hunt Cup.wa6.
won
e by Mr.
T. Lindow's
The Captain, beating Captain .N, ns'a Forester, and three
others. Voyager, The Hunt Stakes were won by Yager, beating Lans-
downe and two others.

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• ' THE MARRIAGE STATE.
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Ph to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them.
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THE KAFIR WAR.

The General Screw Shipping Company's mail-
packet Bosphorous, Captain Hall, has arrived at
Penzance, and Commander Wainwright, in charge of
ve.rnment dispatches, has come on by land. to
Plynlouth. The dates are to the 3d of February.
The Kafirs were so hard driven that they sought to
compromise with Sir Harry Smith, but the General
would listen to nothing but an unconditional surrender,
and a week was given for consideration. At the end
of that time our troops entered upon the lands of the
Kafirs and destroyed their crops. •
The war is considered as closed.. .

The proceedings and results of the late expedition
across the Kei into Kreli's country are given in the
monthly summary which we extract from the Cape Mo-
nitor. Subsequent general orders announce an, intended
movement of the infantry, in seven columns, upon the
Amatolas, on the 26th and 27th January, of which no
intelligence had been received.
By the latest Government orders and notices it ap-
pears that the Governor is making arrangements for fu-
ture defences; and that he is about to embody a fresh
corps of, Kafir police, and also a rural police to be com-
posed of Hottentots.
Some progress had already been made towards peace
in the submission of Booko and Mapassa, who are known
to have been the chief opponents of Colonel Eyre's di-
vision in the disputed crossing of the Kei. It was not
yet known upon what terms peace had been concluded
with these two petty chiefs, but they are stated to have
been endeavouring to influence Kreli to make peace also.
Thus far the Cape frontier affairs assume a more
cheering aspect, and the war, it was confidently hoped,
was nearing a conclusion. The only untoward feature
we have to report is the further spread of restlessness
and panic amongst the coloured classes and white in-
habitants of the western districts. - •
—The following is the monthly summary given in the
Cape Monitor of the 3d February:—
" Oar last monthly narrative appeared fin the Monitor of
the 27th December last. On the following day, Sunday, the
mail steamer Hellespont left 'for England at 7 P.M., four
hours after the arrival of the frontier post of 23d December,
but without any important intelligence from the expedition
across the Great Kei against the Chiet Kreli.
" We are thus obliged to return to the middle of that
month, and to accompany the separate . divisions under
Major-General Somerset and Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre suc-
cessively—the former having moved down the Kei towards
its junction with the T'Somo.
" The Major-General's force, which had left Whittlesea
under 1,000 strong, now amounted to 4,000 men, including
Captain Tylden's corps of 219 horse and 320 foot, and Colonel
Mackinnon's column, with Lieutenant-Colonel Michel, 6th
Regiment, Fingoes, &c., three pieces of ordnance, and a train
of 100 Commissariat waggons.
"Oa December 9, the Major-General moved in three
divisions on attack upon Tyopo's kraals, under the Thaba
Mitchako mountains, Captain Tylden's force entering from
the south ; the main body, under the General, by Mac-
kay's Neck;' and Lieutenant-Colonel Michel, with the 6th
Royal Warwickshire, Rifles, and Fort Peddie Fingoes, from
the south-east—this division scaling the almost inaccessible
mountain's breast, and driving the enemy, with vast herds
of cattle, over it. These effected their retreat under cover
of a dense fog. Captain Tylden, however, secured 1,050
head of cattle, besides horses and goats, with the loss of two
men killed and two wounded.
" The enemy, with their cattle, having thus fallen back
upon Kreli's country, the three divisions rejoined and
followed on the 11th over some tributary streams which
feed the Kei, and working down the left bank of that
river. On the 16th they reached the Kei Drift, and next
day proceeded to the T'Somo, arriving there on the 18th,
and on the 19th scouring its kraals towards the Kei, but
without finding opposition or cattle.
"On the 20th, having moved over the T'Somo north-
wards, the Major-General came upon the spoor of the re •
treating cattle, and dividing his force into four divisions—
under Colonel Mackinnon, Lieut.-Colonel Pole, 12th Lancers,
Lieut.-Colonel Napier, C. M.R., and Captain Tylden, with
the Whittlesea force—overtook them on the 22d, under the
Ulkello Swanga mountains, and captured several thousand
head.

e 5
" Lieut. -Colonel Napier's party meantime killed 30 Kafirs
and took 1,500 had
5,000
oloanned 6,000
Colonel ackiat
Captain Tylden 500 head.
"On the 29th December, the Major-General was in pa-
session of between
ctu
atotle.a large number, and
" The whole of these operations had been carried on under
incessant rain, and in a country presenting natural obstacles
of every description.
" To return to Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre.
" This gallant commander left King William's Town on
the ht December, with a force of less than 1,000 men, viz.:
12th Lancers, 99; 60th Rifles, 216 ; 73d Regiment, 430 ;
Cape Mounted Rifles, 63; Royal Engineers, 2; Levies, 146.
They passed,the old Fort 'Wellington:on the 2d, reached Foit
Warden on the 3d, and on the 4th crossed the Great Kei by
the Wagon Drift, en route to Butterworth.
" Here the enemy showed in numbers, and Colonel Eyre
secured the desire of his heart and that of the daring 73d,
viz , a lively brush with the enemy.
" A large body of Kafirs held the drift, and each hill ad-
joining the ford was occupied by them, whilst a corps of
Kafir cavalry, preceding a crowd of warriors on foot, sud-
denly menaced our rear. . _

" Colonel Eyre, as usual, separated his troops with judg-
ment, and made most prudent arrangements for-Covering the
descent to the river, which he succeeded in, after a sharp re-
sistance, with some loss.
" The Kafirs had rendered the river impracticable for
waggons by rolling rocks into it, and on the left bank they
had erected a series of stone breastworks, proof against
musketry, and which they appeared determined to defend.
The main body of our troops now held the approach to
the river, and supported the cavalry and waggons, whilst the
Grenadiers of the 73d and a company of the 60th Rifles
forded the river higher up and took the enemy's position in
reverse, and another comp Any of the 73d drove the enemy
from a krantz commanding the drift on the right bank.
Captain Campbell's and Lieutenant Knox's companies were
each hotly engaged whilst the troops crossed the river.
" The enemy were now driven back, still making resist-
ance, and the troops reached the springs at 9 r.at., having
toiled and fought for 14 hours without rest or refreshment.
Colonel Eyre, however, pushed on with the cavalry to But-
terworth Station that night.
" The 73d lost 5 killed and 10 wounded; the 60th Rifles,
1 killed and 1 wounded, and 1 volunteer wounded.
" There is no doubt that the Kafirs are daily improving
in military tactics, and that this first construction of breast-
works will now be followed up by them ; they also handle
their cavalry better now, and endeavour to turn our flank
with considerable judgment.
" From this date to the 13th, Colonel Eyre's column
scoured the country towards the Bashee River, when he
returned to Butterworth—and on the 16th proceeded to st-
ack Mapassa's Kafirs, near the junction of the T'Somo and

the Kei.. On the 21st he was in possession of 6,000 cattle.
During the operations, Lieutenant Chandos Clifton, 12th
Lancers, with a detachment of cavalry, gallantly swam the
T'Somo, dislodged the enemy, and captured above 500 head
of cattle. _ . .

"On the 23d of December, the divisions under Major
General Somerset and Colonel Eyre were in direct commu.
nication on the Bashee River, the former moving down the
river, and the latter proceeding coastwise towards its mouth.
" This latter force was divided into three divisions on the
28th; one, under Major Pinkney, 73d, consisted of three
companies, 73d, Captain Campbell's Cavalry, Caps Mounted
Rifles, and Fingoes, by the Guaniuga to the Bashee; a
second, under Major Bedford, with two companies 60th, by
the sea-coast ; the third, under Captain Campbell, 73d, across
the Koka, to attack Moru's kraal; Major Tottenham, with
the Cavalry, pushing into Mazeppa-bay; 5,000 head of cattle
were captured by this force, and brought into Butterworth
on the 4th January.
"Major-General Somerset's force arrived on the same day
at Butterworth, in possession of about 16,000 head of cattle.
This force had been separated into two divisions, one under
Colonel Mackinnon, consisting of 280 6th. Regiment, 100
60th Rifles, 60 Cape Mounted Rifles, 50 Catty's Riflemen,
25 Mounted Levies, and 80 Fingoes, under Lieutenant-
Colonels Pole, Michel, Nesbit, Napier, &c:, moving down
the Qualana Spruit, thence along the Nabagha towards the
Bashee. This division brought in more than 3,000 head of
cattle. The other division, under Captain Tylden, Royal
Engineers, was composed of native and Fingo levies, 18
officers, 56 2 rank and file, and 180 horses. 'He had a smart
engagement on the 30th of December with a body of the
enemy in the Xuaba Valley, posted in a strong rocky posi-
tion, from which he drove them—killing between 50 and 60,
and taking 1,200 head of cattle. This division captured in
all about 3,000 head, the latter part of his operations being in
conjunction with Qolonel Mackinnon's division.
" On the Ist of January, the troops returned to head-
quarters, King William's Town, with about 23,000 head of
cattle, many thousand goats, and some horses.
" The disposal of,) these herds of cattle and goats is a
matter deserving of serious consideration. It is obvious that
they are not secure in the hands of our frontier farmers, or,
indeed, anywhere within reach of the yet unconquered foe ;
it is rumoured that a large number, more than we can credit,
has again fallen into the hands of our enemies,—the number
(17,000) given in our eastern contemporary is, we
cattleerroneous;
have been distributed among the native levies and troops,—
numbers have been handed over to the Butterworth Fingoes,
—about 150, we hear, to the chief Toise,—nearly 1,000 to
the T'Slambie tribes, with the exception of one of their
r
chiefs,—many to the hangers- on the armY,—whilst 7,001, o
8,000, have been sent to Fort Hare for distribution.
rote
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serious question arises whether these will not again llthe enemy's hands and have to be again retake Colonel Eyre
n.
" On Sunday, the 18th January, Lieutenant
returned to King William's Town, with 500 fur
tther captured
cattle, and the whole of the Fingoes from Buterworth with
30,000 head of cattle
their cattle—viz., 7,000 souls, possessing
.—as well as the British Resident and traders, in
eorse der to se-
cure them from the savage wrath of Kreli. Thi
l Fingoes
must prove a serious embarrassment, and
_it
_ys I doubtless
require much judgment to render this a valuable accession in
our present difficulties.
" We learn that for the present they will be located south
l i
of• Fort Peddie, towards the sea coast.
" The Albert Burghers,
under their Civil Commissio,ner
E. M. Cole, Esq., have rendered good service on the borders
of that division towards Kreli's country.
Jan Olivier, Field-Commandant, with a number of
from the Tambookies 2,500
Field Cornets, Commandant J. Read, &c.. under Mr. C 01,3,8
350 homes, 20 stand of arms, and have killed
direction, have brought away
head of cattle,
160 of the enemy. Mr. Cole hoped to be able to make an-
other descent on the Kafirs and Hottentot rebels near the
T'Somo, in the event of receiving sufficient aid from the
Bdrghers. ' •
~ It appears that a meeting of all the leading Gaika Chiefs
Macon:lo, Tola, Stock, beyolo, Botmar, Ruta, 0" ,
at (Sandilli's mother), was held at the Wolt River, a'utu,
San-
dilli's kraal, with their councillors (Amapakati), c., when
two of their cou ncillors were sent as a deputation to request
MX. Brownlee, the Gaika Commissioner, to interest himself
in procuring peace.
"This is, of course, a ruse, if
we can believe the letters
which we have received, showing that the object of the
enemy is merely to gain time. It appears that the Governor
intimated to them, througit
. Brownlee, that their sliP

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