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9 OCTOBER 8, 1852.

MERCIIANT'S and TRADESMAN'S
MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
5, Chatham-place, Illackfriars, London,
And all the principal towns in the kingdom.
TRUSTEES.

effery Smith, Esq,
David lergusson, Esq
Advantages offered by this Society
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Assurances of every description effected.
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m:ums as they fall due,' may' have a credit on application to the
Board.
Loans granted on Personal and other Securities in connexion with
Life Assurance.
The Directors being desirous of extending the Agencies in and
round the Metropolis and throughout the Provinces, are ready to re-
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with a reference.

Thomas Ilow, Esq.

GEORGE THOMSON', Manager.
THOS. MUSGRNVE. Secretary.

THE DEPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE
AcSUIZ iNCE COMPANY.

Chief Office, 22, Moorgate-street, London.

The new and pecudar feature of this Company is the Deposit Sys-
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at death, whenever it should happen, with full plwor to increase,
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favourable to the assured.
Prospectuses may be had on application.

T. BELL, Secretary and Actuary.
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Established 1836.
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Capital, Two Millions Sterling. Reserved Fund, 346,0001.
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SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company.

GOVERNMENT AND THE GOLD COMPANIES.
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Just pu'Aished, price is.,
CORRESPONDENCE with the Right Hon.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL and the Right Hon. the Earl of
DERBY, upon the working of the GOLD FIELDS of AUSTRALIA.
By FREDERICK S. THOMAS.
Including the decision of her Majesty's Government, as conveyed
to the Author, on that important F übj ect.
Effingham Wilson, I , Royal Exchange.

DR. GLOVER'S DENIAL of his CERTIFI-
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" I beg to say that I never gave Mr. Allsopp any certificate what-
ever."
Dr. GLOVER'S LETTER is published in extenso in the current
Number,of the MEDICAL CIRCULAR, accompanied by an Edi-
torial Exposé of the gigantic BEER PUFF, of Messrs. Allsopp,
Liebig, 4nd Co.
Orders for,the Medical,Circular to be sent to the Office, 4, Adam-
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The trade suppliei by Gilbert and Co., Paternoster-row.

THE LEADER NEWSPAPER of TO MOR-
10t17 (Saturday)., Oc•ober 9, contains :—A People's Party
and the New Pa:flail-tent—The True Democracy—The Chancellor
Scandal at Oxford—The Sufferings of Woman—How Oldham De-
monstrates ill favour of Mr. Fox (a P-n and Ink Sketch taken on
the Platforrn):—A. Warning from Shoe-lane—Letters of a Vagabond.
VIII.—The Winter Theatres, by Vivian, &c., Bc.c.

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The Exhibition, and all the popular Lectures, including Mr. Buck.
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A-I:mission, It. r Schools end Children under Ten years of age,
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A GIGANTIC FACTORY IN THE WEST

RIDING.
Mr. Titus Salt, of Bradford, some months ago,
commenced the erection of extensive manufacturing
premise s at Saltaire, in the neighbourhood of Ship-
ley,
with a view to concentrate his now many scats
tered establishments into one vast whole, wherein the
utmost economy of labour may be combined with
every recent practical improvement in the alpaca and
mohair manufactures. A partial and—in some im-
portant respects—erroneous description of this under-
taking has found its way into the London journals,
and we have therefore been induced to visit the works,
in order to furnish the public with a just view of their
extent and importance. The estate on which these
buildings are being erected stretches from the lower
road leading from Shipley to the Bingley road, across
the railway, the canal, and the river Aire, to the
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and from the premises without either cartage or por-
terage. The area appropriated to the buildingse
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six storeys, and is constructed of massive
stone work in the boldest style of Italian archi-
tecture. The walls look more like those of a fortified
town than that of a building destined to the peace-
ful pursuits of commerce. The floors are formed on
arches of hollow brick made on the ground by Clay-
ton's patent process; the openings in the bricks being
used for the purposes of ventilation. Rows of orna-
mental cast-iron columns and massive cast-iron beams
support the arches. The roof will be of iron. The
windows of large size are to be entirely filled with
immense squares of plate glass. The whole of this
building will be fireproof. From the centre of the
mill running northward to the bank of the canal, a
distance of 330 feet, are the warehouses, which at the
lower end are 90 above the water. In the angle
formed by the mill and warehouses to the eastward,
comprising and area of 8,400 yards, are the weft
room and weaving shed, communicating with the
several floors in the mill and warehouses by fire-proof,
hoists. The weaving shed will hold 1,200 looms.
The shafting will run in vaults under the floor, thus
preserving the vast room above free from every ob-
struction. The corresponding angle on the western
side of the warehouses will be occupied by an im-
mense shed for combining machines, and chambers for
washing, drying, and sorting the wool, and by reeling
and packing rooms. Beneath this shed there is an
enormous filter and reservoir, capable of containing
500,000 gallons, into which the rainwater will be
conducted from all the roofs, to be applied to the
process of scouring wool. The offices and store-
rooms, extending to a length of 240 feet, with a very
handsome fegscle, form the western boundary of the
works, and face a new road made by Mr. Salt, which
will extend from the Bingley turnpike road, crossing
the railway by a handsome cast-iron bridge, and the
canal and river by a wrought-iron tubular girder
bridge, 450 feet in length, to the edge of Baildon-
green ; thus connecting the estate on the north bank
of the river with the more accessible parts on the
south. The arrangement, design, and construction
of the buildings are confided to Messrs. Henry F.
Lockwood and William Mawson, architects, of Brad-
ford. The engines, boilers, and machinery are en-
trusted to the eminent firm of Messrs. William Fair-
bairn and Son, of Manchester. The engines are of
beautiful design, and consist of two pairs, nominally
of 400-horse power. The boilers will be constructed
partly on the tubular principle, and placed beneath
the level of the ground to the southward of the
mill, and communicate with the chimney (250 feet
high) at theeastern extremity of the works, to
which is given the effect of an Italian campanile.
The engine houses are situated on either side
of the principal entrance to the mill ,
• and some
idea of the magnitude of these vast machines may be
gathered from the fact, that the engine-bed has ab-
sorbed upwards of 1,200 tons of solid stone. The
engines will be supplied with water by means of
tunnels passing below the canal and communicating
with the Aire. Another series of tunnels will return
the water back to the river when used. A branch
from the railway will pass under the central arches of
the mill, at which point there will be two hoists for
loading and unloading railway trucks, and two for
ordinary waggons ; and at the north end of the ware-
houses the same number of hoists will be provided,
two for waggons and two for loading and unloading
vessels on the canal. The whole of the works thus
described are being constructed of stone, supplied by
twenty quarries in the surrounding neighbourhood,
and for extreme massiveness and solidity have no equal
in this or any other country. The gasworks, to be
situated between the canal and the river, are to be upon
White's hydro-carbon system, and are calculated to
supply 100,000 ft. per day for s,ooolights i n the mills,
sheds, streets, and houses of the workpeople. When
the works are finished, 4,500 hands will be required
to keep them going. This will involve an addition to
the population of Saltaire of from nine to ten thou-
sand persons. To accommodate these, Mr. Salt pro-
poses to erect forthwith 700 dwelling houses of various
classes, replete with every convenience requisite for
the health and comfort and well being of the inhabi-
tants. The architects are expressly enjoined to use
every precaution to prevent the pollution of the air
by smoke or the water by sewerage or other impu-
rity. Wide streets, spacious squares, with gardens
attached, ground for recreation, a large dining hall
and kitchens, baths and washhouses, a covered market,
schools, and a church, each combining every improve-
ment that modern art and science has brought to light,
are ordered to be proceeded with by the gentleman
who has originated this undertaking. In the Times
and Daily News the expense of this gigantic under-
taking is set down at half a million of money, but we
believe every expense connected with it will be more
than met by less than ba'f of the sum named.—.
Bradford Observer.

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Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244,
Strand, London.
llnrinz the past fortnight there have been several
large remittances of gold to the continent, in addition to the
shipments of sovereigns to Australia. This has been caused
by the increased importations of the leading articles cf pro-
duce, as shown in the Board of Trade returns, and the stocks
of which had been suffered to become nnprecedentedly low.
At the same time the arrivals of specie from the United
States have been less than usual, owing to the Pennsylvania
and other loans lately taken on London account.

THE KAFIR WAR.

ARRIVAL OF THE HADDINGTON.
SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, OCT. 7.
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company's ship Haddington, Captain Bradshaw,
arrived here about noon to•day from Suez and India.
She has brought no passengers or cargo, and comes
home to receive new boilers and to be thoroughly
overhauled preparatory to fresh service in the Indian
sew.

The Iladdington has experienced very bad weather
on the voyage home. She touched at Mauritius, the
Cape, and Teneriffe.
From the Cape her dates are to the 23d of August,
about 20 days later than received by the last direct
mail.

Very few papers have reached us from the Cape
by' this arrival ; the news appears to be of the same
character as that received by many previous mails.
We extract the more important details of the news.
A supplement of the Cape Town Mail of the 18th
of August publishes the subjoined:—
.

"GRAI-IA,44'S TOWN, Aim 12.

" The last few days have been fraught with events
and reports which have occasioned a little bustle and
excitement in the town. On Sunday morning accounts
were received that the Hottentots and Kufirs were again
assembled in considerable force and in very strong posi-
tion at Committee's Drift. It was further reported that
a patrol of the 12th Regiment, now i camp at Driver's
Bush, had come upon them and d' le red their where-
abouts, but Weir pointon ere so formi-
dable that they did not think it prudent to attack them,
but retired. Assistance was requested from town,
and, notwithstanding se many persons had left on the
Trans-Kei expedition, Mr. Stubbs set abontt raising a
party of volunteers to go and endeavour to find out these
marauders. By dint of great exertion about fifty mounted
men, including some of the new police, started ou Tues-
day afternoon. Up to the posting of this we have had
no intelligence of their, movements subsequently to
leaving town.

" L;tters from various parts do not speak favour-
ably of the state of the colonial border. The road from
East London to King William's Town, which lies prin-
cipally through Pato's country, is becoming more and
more unsafe. Almost all parties which move along that
line are fired upon by the lurking enemy. A few days
since a party of soldiers, accompanied by two or three
officers, were fired upon near Fort Pato, and ono of the
horses wounded in the thigh. From some of the friendly
Kafirs it has been learnt that several bodies of Hotten-
tots have entered the colony. Of course they consider
themselves much more safe in the rear than in the front
of the troops and burghers. One of these foraying
parties is said to have gone down to the mouth of the
Kowie.

" The news from Kafirland is bet scanty. Colonel
Michel has had some fighting while moving with the
troops under his command to join the Governor on the
Umvani. It is said that Kreli has abandoned his great
place, and has moved towards the coast, purposing,
doubtless, to hide himself and cattle in the dense bush.
The report we forwarded a fortnight since respecting
the expected advance of Faku and his people you will
now find confirmed in the newspapers. Letters have
been received from several of the young men who went
out on the expedition, dated variously, from Beaufort,
Eland's
Post,%thittlesea. Those dated on the 6th, from
w hitt
ea and
Shiloh, state that all were well and in
good spirits, s
They, however, complain of a want of
o
attention to their comfort, and even their necessities, in
regard to commissariat and other supplies. This is a
subject to which you have more than once referred.
Wh, n on their way, near the Blinkwater, they lost se-
veral of their trek oxen, taken by the enemy, and ere
they could proceed they had to purchase more at Fort
Beaufort. _ _

" The Lieut.-Governor's circular, calculated to arouse
the western districts to a sense of the duty they owe
their fellow-colonists of the eastern province, has given
universal satisfaction.
" It is said our civil commissioner, Mr. Hudson, is
about to retire from the office, and conjecture is busy in
furnishing his supposed successor.
" We have just heard some news which, if it prove
true, will soon throw everything into the shade; yes,
even the Kafir war. Gold, it would appear, has been
found in the Waterkloof, that celebrated residence of
Chief Macomo: Should there be any truth in this
statement, and the fact should be verified, Macomo and
his people will be driven out in much less time, we
guess, than by all the soldiers and burghers that may be
sent against him. There will be no lack of volunteers
for such a purpose. Already we hear of some parties
who think of buying pickaxes and shovels. So far as
we can make anything of it the account is this:—An
officer has sent down from the Waterkloof a specimen of
sand or soil, which contains many small glittering par-
ticles, affirmed by those who have seen the specimen to
be really gold dust. We have not ourselves seen it, but
have conversed with those who have. It is now lodged,
where we believe it was originally sent, with the Hon.
R. Godlonton, the editor of the Journal. Is this a new
era opening upon the fortunes of this colony? Shall we
also feel the effects of a gold mania? With coal in the
west, and gold in the east, shall we not soon be indepen-
dent of all the world? We shall see.

" We have just heard, this morning, that intelligence
has been received of an attack upon a party of the 12th,
encamped at Driver's Hill, during the night, by Hot-
tentots it is supposed. They came and fired into the
midst of them, but fortunately did no mischief. They
were immediately followed for a short distance, and one
was shot through the back, who, after running some
tune after he received the wound, ultimately fell. It is
also said the spoor of about 40 men can clearly be dis-
tinguished passing iato the colony, very near, if not
quite through, one of the police stations.
" A boat has been washed ashore, near the Kowie,
with the name of Pantaloon upon it, which vessel, by
the shipping list, appears to be expected at Algoa Bay.
It is to be hoped that nothing worse has occurred than
tho loss of the boat."

" THE TRANS-KEI EXPEDITION.
" The mail from Fort Beaufort has just come in, and
brings us communications from the Governor's camp, on
the Ox Kraal River, to the 4th inst. Time will not per-
mit our giving these to-day. They state that his Excel-
lency was in good health and spirits; that he had been
joined by Colonel Napier with his cavalry and by Cap-
tain Tylden. Fears are expressed that the turnout of
burghers from Albert, Cradock, and Colesberg would be
very small. The Cradeck burghers, it is said, say they
cannot turn out if unsupported by the Graaf-Reinet
me❑ in the rear, and the Albert burghers object on the
ground that the Colesberg men will not join them.
Commandant Olivier intends, however, to take the field,
and hopes to be joined by 100 burghers, but states that
if he has bat 10 followers ho will join the Governor—an
example which entitles the gallant commandant to the
applause of every patriotic man. The Assistant-Com-
missioner Owen and Mr. L. 11. Meurant had come down
from the sovereignty to meet bis Excellency, bat in-
tended to return immediately to Bloemfontein.
" A preen who has just come down from the north-
east boundary states it was currently reported in that
quarter that Kreli, with his people, had abandoned his
great place,' and moved towards the coast country (150
miles distant), where there are extensive forests, suited
for all the purposes of concealment and abundant pas-
turage, so essential in winter, and especially when the
country, as at present, is suffering by severe drought. It
was understood by his Excellency the Governor that
Faku, the Amaponda chief, would move with a strong
force in that direction; but it may be doubted whether
he will cross the Bashes, and, if not, then the Amagaleka
tribes will find abundant shelter and subsistence in the
country in question."
A further communication from Graham's Town,
dated the 14th of August, contains the following :

" We have but little to add to oar communication of
the 12th inst. No further information has been received
from the front respecting the movements of the army
and the burgher forces connected with it. The party
which went hence in the early part of the week to Com-
mittee's Drift, and which we understand was made up
to about 150 men, by draughts from the camp and the
other quarters, returned to town last evening, having
been eminently unsuccessful as regards finding the enemy.
They patrolled the country for several days, and in
some places saw spoors, bat did not fall in with either
Kafir or Hottentot.

" We are pleased with the tone and spirit of the
Cape Town press on the subject of the Lieutenant-
Governor's circular, and hope the meeting which was to
be held yesterday may have been productive of more
good to the eastern province than the mere result of
adding, however largely, to the fund raised for the as-
sistance of the parties who have gone on the Trans-
Kei

The Graham's Town Journal gives the subjoined
items of news from the various quarters :
" Information has been received from the Kowie that
on the night of Wednesday last 26 head of cattle were
stolen from the kraal of Mrs. Gray, widow of the late
lamented field corner, at Soutbwell. The spoor of only
two marauders were seen. We have not heard what
chance there exists of recovery, especially as many of
the police were absent on the Fish River bush patrol.
"Letters from Alice give a most cheering account of
the manner in which the Governor's late proclamation
was received, and of the patriotic spirit displayed by the
inhabitants in their praiseworthy response to that call.
This town, or rather village, is siturted on the borders of
Kafirland, not many miles from the renowned Ama-
tolas; still 55 of its inhabitants have gone forth to the
muster on the Umvani, being no less than eight out of
ten of those capable of bearing arms.
" Information of the results of a patrol into the Fish
River bush by the force under Captain Espinasse, of the
12th Regiment, has just come to hand, by which we
learn that Tola's Kloof, and those other 'dens' of that
locality, are deserted by the enemy.
" A column from Fort Peddle was to have co-ope-
rated with Captain Evinesse's force, bat the two
parties did not communicate. Although no decisive re-
sults have followed this patrol, yet its features possess
some interest. We learn that Captain Espinesse, with
th© 12th Regiment, was joined at Fort Brown, on the
loth inst., by a party of toe Albany Ranger,, under Mr.
Forrester, and of the Albany Mounted Police, under
Ur. Miller, together 40 wen. On the 11th a further

reinforcement of 40 men of the 74th Highlanders, under
Lieutenant Philpot, joined, and the force proceeded to
the Springs' at the back of the Grasskop, where a
party of Cape Mounted Rifles, police, and Fingoes-38
mounted men and 20 Fingoas on foot—came up. The
whole patrol, now 253 strong, then marched to Double
Drift, searching all the country in passing. At the drift
the spoor of a number of Kafirs going out of the colony
was folio'', and also traces of another party continuing
along the right bank of the river towards Tola's Woof.
On the 12th the patrol started at two o'clock in the
morning, and thoroughly scoured Tola's Kloof, but did
not find any traces of the enemy; indeed, the fast-
nesses appear, it is said, never to have been inhabited
since the patrol of April last. Moving up Adam's
Heights, and continuing along that range, the spoor of
50 or 60 Hottentots and a few Kafirs, driving a flock of
sheep, was come upon; but the horses of the patrol were
too jaded to follow it up, and it was further considered
that the enemy had already crossed Keiskamma with their
booty. These robbers are supposed to have come from
the Konap.
" In returning to Fort Brown, on the 13th, the traces
of an encampment of Hottentots were found, which the
guide, Mr. Kcester, was of opinion had been cccupied by
the rebels who murdered the unfortunate sappers about
two months ago. It seems to be the prevalent idea that
of those engaged on this patrol that booty from the
colony is generally driven past Fort Wiltshire and across
the Keiskamma. This point ought, then, to be the more
closely guarded."

"EAST LONDON, AUGUST 7

" The whole country between this place and King
William's Town is infested by Gaika Kafirs. The road
was sever more unsafe for private travelling, and even
with a large escort the friendly Kafirs do not hesitate to
fire upon the waggons. Never was the ' sitting still
dodge acted 'vial more success than at the present mo-
ment. In Umhala's country hundreds of the enemy's
cattle are known to be sheltered, and many of Stock's
and Seyolo's people are daily recognised; but to the
present time no effort has been made to compel these
friendly chiefs either openly to declare or surrender our
enemies and their cattle into our hands. The Kafirs
do not•visit this place so frequently as they were wont,
owing to an idea that has widely obtained that the
steamers' have broughe the smallpox to destroy them."
"KING WILLIAM'S TO WN, AUGUST 6.

" There is a Kafir report here that the enemy has
driven his cattle in the direction of the forests above the
sea coast near the Bashee, and has destroyed the grass
in his retreat. Should this prove to be correct, the Go-
vernor will find it a most difficult task at this time of
the year to pursue him in thoao cold regions, and had
much better have postponed the expedition till the spring
of the year. As it is, the draught cattle are in a
dreadf al state, too poor to be of great service should
they be regaired to proceed any great distance into the
interior. If Sir Harry Smith'd operations in the same
country had been continued for a few months longer the
present war must have been brought to an nourable
termination. The Ksfirs were then flying in all direc•
Lions, and the large force General Somerset had con-
stantly patrolling the country made the enemy feel it
unsafe for his cattle, either in the Amatola or Balota. As
a step has again
been taken in the right direction, should
these patrols continue during the spring, it will convince
the Kefirs that there is no hope of his sowing again in
his favourite fastnesses, and the war will be over in three
months."
The Cape Town papers publish the following rela-
tive to the Kafir War Voluntary Contribution Fund,
a meeting of the committee of which was held on the
19th of August :
" It was moved by Mr. Thomas Ansdell, seconded by
the Hon. W. Porter, and unanimously carried:—
" ' That in accordance with the resolution of the 19th
of August, the treasurer of the committee be authorised
to pay over from time to time to the Treasurer General
all contributions that he may receive on behalf of the
Kafir War Voluntary Contribution Fund.'
" The deputation appointed at'the last meeting to wait
upon his Honour the Lieutenant-Governor this day re-
ported to the committee that his Honour had received
them with an expression of much satisfaction at the
proceedings of the committee, and suggested that the
chairman should transmit to him a copy of the resolu-
tion proposing to place the funds at his Excellency's
disposal; whereupon the chairman read a copy of a letter
of the 19th of August, 1852, addressed by the chairman
to his Honour the Lieutenant-Governor upon this sub-
ject, and also his Honour's reply thereto, under date the
19th of August, 1852.
" It was then moved by Mr. C. J. Brand, seconded by
Mr. J. de Wet, and unanimously resolved:—
"'That the letter from his Honour the Lieutenant-
Governor be published as an advertisement in all the
local newspapers, together with the letter from the
chairman, to which the above is a reply, and also such
resolutions as have reference to this subject.'"
" (Letter No. 4.)
" Cape Town, Aug: 19.
_ _

" Sir,—l have the honour to transmit a cupy of a re-
volution unanimously adopted this morning at a meeting
of the committee appointed at a public meeting on Fri-
day, the 13th inst., for the Kafir War Voluntary Con-
tribution Fund, and to state that a sum of 1,6001.,
already collected, in the hands of the treasurer, the Hon.
Mr. W. Hope, is at the disposal of his Excellency the
Governor. The total sum subscribed in Cape Town and
vicinity amounts at present to about 2,5001.
" I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient
servant, _ _ _

" P. B. BORCUERDS.
" To his Hon. the Lieutenant-Governor,
" C. IL Darling, Esq."

"(Letter No. 2.)
Government. house, Cape Town, Ang. 19.
" Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of this date, inclosing a resolution of the
Committee of the Kafir War Voluntary Contribution
Fund,' by which the funds collected, or to be collected
through the committee, are placed at the
thef o r
eastern the
districts,
unreserved
during the Kafir war,' and acquainting
me that the sub-
Gteoervsernoofr
dis-
posaland
d of his
maintenanceExcellencyoivotlhaen
scriptions up to this date in Cape Town and its vicinity
amount to about 2,5001.-1,6001. of which has already
been collected by the committee. I shall have great sa-
tisfaction in communicating, by this day's post, to his
Excellency the Governor this gratifying result of a pub-
lic meeting held in Cape Town on the 13th inst.—gra-
tifying not more for the substantial aid which it will
afford to our eastern fellow colonists in the field than for
the proof which it exhibits of the admirable spirit evoked
by the occasion on the part of the inhabitants of this
city and its neighbourhood.
" In conveying to you these sentiments, I avail myself
of the opportunity of expressing my entire approval of
the courhe you have pursued in the execution of your
instructions, and of congratulating you on the mark of
respect and confidence so signally conferred by your
unanimous election to the chair of a meeting of your
fellow-citizens, the highly respectable and influential
character of which is amply attested by the names of
the gentlemen who were nominated and consented to act
as n- embers of its committee, and of those whose attend-
ance at the meeting enabled them to lay the foundation
of the fund which that meeting with such marked una-
nimity resolved upon establishing.
" I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient,
humble servant,
"C. H. DARLING, Lieutenant-Governor.
" By order of the committee.
" A. J. VAN BREDA, P.S., Hon, See.
" P. Borcherds, Esq., &c., Chairman of the Committee

of the Kafir 'War Voluntary Contribution Fund."
It should be stated that the voluntary fund was
unanimously agreed to be raised at a public meeting
at Cape Town, and that the resolution to the fol-
lowing effect was removed by Sir Andries Stocken-
storm :

" That this meeting, regretting that the state of the
local Government has not yet enabled his Excellency
the Governor to make suitable provision for the defence
of the frontier inhabitants, for putting an end to the
present war, and for establishing a lasting peace without
calling for help from the volunteer contributions of in-
dividuals, and deeply sympathising with the frontier
inhabitants in their sufferings and danger, and confiding
in the wisdom and ability of the commander of the
forces to accomplish the objscts set forth in the circulars
addressed to the civil commissioners by his Excellency
the Governor and his honour the Lieutenant-Governor,
with the help thus solicited, promptly responds to the
call, and confidently hopes that the same sentiments
will be manifested by all ranks and classes of this com-
munity."
A similar fund had been placed in operation and
subscriptions opened at Wy-neberg.
The report of the commission appointed by the
Lieutenant-Governor to examine the indications of a
supposed coal deposit, stated to exist _u i
near Cape
t s en.
o
Town, is published in the local papers,
.b
tirely unfavourable to the prospect of obtaining such
supplies.
None of the Cape papers report the outward arrival
of the General Screw Company's steam-ships Har-
binger or Bosphorus.
A joint-stock company, with a capital of 5,000/.
was being formed for the purpose of erecting a patent
slip for the repairs of shipping at Table Bay.
From Mauritius our accounts are to the 20th of
July. The Mauritius Price Current presents the
appended review of mercantile matters :
The steamer Haddington came in from Adon on
Saturday last, but brought no news.
"Arrivals have been unusually rare during the last
week. The American ship Vancouver has been put in
hero for repairs, having
been dismasted in a squall
1,300 miles from this island.
" Exchange—Transactions have been confined prin-
cipally to credit and private bills, which have ruled at
fhraosmb
epeaar tdo per r
a 2
wi n g cent,a t 2 discount.
er
cent,
premium,T h e Commercial a
nßank
f
England post bills are worth from 2i- to 3 per cent.
premium.

" Sugar—Nothing is doing. The old crop will shortly
be brought to a close; the new one is already com-
menced, but wo must not expect any quantity in the
market for a month to come. As only a few accidental
sales are made of rho old crop of inferior quality, no
quotations can be given.
Animals—lt is samoured that the port of ramataire

[PRICE SD.

will be closed very shortly, but we observe engagements
have been taken at Bourbon to supply 2,000 oxen from
that port., Quotations are nominal, as the trade con-
tinues in the hands of the butchers. Two cargoes of
mules have arrived from the Red Sea, the Josephine
Loiseru and the t4emillante. The average realised for
those by the former vessel, not in very good condition,
was 65 dolls., and those by the latter 87 dolls. 87c. It
will be seen from these quotations that the market is
pretty well supplied with French mules. Bourbon bas
lately offered a better market than Mauritius, several
cargoes having averaged there about 200 dolls. The
extreme scarcity of money has had its influence on prices
here. Cape horses have lately averaged from 189 dolls.
to 190 dolls. Sheep are on demand at full prices.
" Exchange—Treasury bills, at 30 days' sight, 1 to 2
per cent. premium; private bill on England, at three
months' sight, par to 2 per cent. discount; East India
Company's ditto on Calcutta, 60 days' sight, 51 cents
per Company's rupee ; ditto on Madras, at 60 days'
sight, .51 cents to 51i cents per Company's rupee."
Two merchant vessels in Table Bay were loading
with passenges for Australia.

Her Majesty's steamer Castor was expected at the
Cape in September from Mozambique. Her Mpijes-
ty's ship Styx was expected in Table Bay, to embark
commissariat stores for the frontier. General Somer-
set and his family would probably arrive in that ves-
sel. Colonel Eyre (whose health was much improved)
was to proceed in the Styr, to join his regiment on
the frontier. Commander Belgrave, of her Majesty's
steamer Hydra, was unable on account of his health
to continue his command, and will shortly return to
England.

COURT OF COMMON _ _COUNCIL.
Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of
business. The Court was numerously attended.

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

The LORD MAYOR informed the Court that he had
received from the Secretary of State for the Home
Department a communication relating to the subject
upon which such painful public interest was excited.
It was as follows :

" Whitehall, Oct. 4, 1852.
"My Lord,—l think it proper to inform your Lord-
ship, that her Majesty, in consideration of the great and
distinguished services of the late Duke of Wellington,
has signified her royal pleasure that his Grace's remains
should be publicly interred in the cathedral church of
St. Paul, with all solemnities usual on such occasions.

"As soon as the arrangements necessary for giving
effect to her Majesty's pleasure are determined I will not
fail to communicate further with your Lordship on the
subject.
_ _

"I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's
obedient servant.

" S. H. WALPOLE.

" To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor."
Upon the motion of Mr. Jule; WOOD, seconded by
Mr. Deputy LOTT, the letter of the Secretary of
State was ordered to be entered upon the minutes, and
referred to the committee engaged upon the subject.
Mr. JOHN IVOOD said be hoped to be allowed (al-
though somewhat out of order) to bring up the re-
port of the committee to which the communi-
cation had been just referred, and which had
been appointed at the last meeting.—(Hear,
hear.) He had but few observations to make. The
opinions and wishes of all bad been so completely
unanimous as to the course most eligible to be pur-
sued that little or no time was occupied in delibera-
tion. The exalted character and eminent services of
the illustrious man whose death they all deplored were
so deeply impressed upon every mind that any at-
tempt at display would be but ill adapted to the
feelings of the members. Indeed, there was but one
sentiment in the committee, and that was that
not a moment should be lost in deter-
mining upon a recommendation calculated to
show the strength and unanimity of their
proceedings.—(Cheers.) There were two subjects
embraced in the report he bad the honour to present.
The first related to,the attendance of the Corporation
at the funeral of the late Duke; the second to the
erection of a monument in perpetuation of the hero's
great services. To both of thoseyropositions the com-
mittee bad assented with one voice. They concurred
in the feeling that, although the name of Wellington
had in itself the attributes of immortality to which
the acts of others could give no additional weight,
the Corporation of London were bound to take as
much honour to themselves as could he derived from
manifesting their estimate of his merits in the only
way they could show their respect and admiration.—
(Cheers.) Tbey naturally look to the only precedent
adapted to the occasion in the conduct of the Corpora-
tion upon the loss of Nelson, and hoped to see a mo-
nument in Guildhall, as well as the national monu-
ment in St. Paul's Cathedral, in commemoration of
the great actions of Wellington.—(Cheers.)
The Town Clerk then read the following report :
" To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and
Commons of the City of London, in Common Council
assembled.

;;;;Ve, whose names are hereunto subscribed, of your
committee appointed on the 23d day of September last to
consider what mark of respect should be paid by the
Corporation of London to the memory of his Grace the
late Duke of Wellington, and to report thereon to this
Court, do certify that we met for the purpose of con-
sidering the same, and the Town Clerk having laid before
us the several proceedings of this Hon. Court in the
years 1805 and 1806, upon the occasion of the public
funeral of the late Vice-Admiral Horatio Lord Viscount
Nelson, and on the erection of a monument to his me-
mory in the Guildhall, we aro unanimously of opinion,
in the present instance, and as a mark of the deep re-
spect of the Corporation to the memory of his Grace the
late Duke of Wellington, that the Corporation:of Lon-
don should take part in the public funeral of his Grace,
and that it should be recommended to this Hon. Court to
cause a monument to be erected in the Guildhall of this
City to perpetuate his memory.
"All which we submit to the judgment of this Hon.
Court.

"JOHN WOOD. " JAMES WHITE.
" JAS. BLADES. " THOS. BARKLEY.
L, .lIOUGHTON. " WIL. BATHBONE.
"J. C. BAANARD. " T. J. Hour.
" J. Musaaovr. " R. CAPEL LAMBE.
"JNO. BRITTEN. "THOS. FEWTRESS.
"J. HEAPS. " THOS. SPRAGUE.
"JOHN ANNUL " FRANCIS FARRER.
"A. FREEMAN. " GEO. MEADWAY.
"D. Coo x. " THOS. SNELLING.
" BENJAMIN BOWER " GEO. TAYLOR.
" THOMAS Q. FINN'S.
"Dated this 7th day of Octobe►, 1852."
—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. Joas WOOD said he anticipated the unanimity
which evidently prevailed, and moved—
" That this Court do agree with the committee in
their report, and that it be referred back to them with
instructions to procure models or designs for the said
monument, as they shall deem worthy, together with an
estimate of the expense for erecting the same, and to
report thereon to this Court."
Mr. Deputy LOTT seconded the resolution.
The report and resolution were then agreed to
unanimously amid cheers.

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of Mayor for the year ensuing.
Upon the motion of Mr. Deputy PRWTRESS, in the
Alderman
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absence of Mr. Deputy Peacock, the subject of in-
creased accommodation for the officers of the Com-
missioners of Sewers was referred
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Commissioners upon the Metropolitan Commission of
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delivered in on the Ist of
July last.

The matter formed a subject of an exceedingly
Lengthened discussion of not the slightest public
interest.

THE PROPOSED CATTLE-MARKET IN COPENHAGEN-

FIELDS.:
Mr. Deputy OBBARD presented to the Court a me-
morial, signed by several of the owners and .occupiers
of houses and land near Copenhagen-field!, in favour
of the site selected for the new metropolitan cattle-
market.
The petition, which has already appeared in the
public papers, set forth generally that the petitioners,
instead of considering the proposed market likely to
be an injury to their property and the neighbour-
hood, regarded the proposal as one which was calcu-
lated materially to enhance the value of the one and
to benefit the other in no small degree. They, there-
fore, prayed to be heard at the bar of the court.
The memorial having been read, the members of the
deputation were severally questioned. In answer to
interrogatories put by Deputy Lott, Mr. 11. L.
Taylor, Mr. Anderton, Mr. Pead, Mr. Brook,
Alterman Lawrence, Mr. De Jersey, Deputy
Obbard, and others, it was stated that the peti-
tioners were perfectly satisfied that the removal
of the market to the immediate locality in which
their property was situate would improve rather
than deteriorate its value. One of the deputa-
tion stated that he had taken a considerable
quantity of land near to the site of the proposed mar-
ket, upon which he intended to build s large number
of houses of a third-rate class, and he believed, if the
market was removed to that locality, that instead of

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Smithfield to the site at Copenhagen-fields. He n-
tended to build 170 houses there, and other parties had
already applied to him for part of the ground, under
the conviction that the inerket would increase the
value of their money if they invested it in that pro-
perty. He proposed that the rent of the houses he in-
tended to erect should be from 451. to 551. per annum.
The property, when complete, would be worth not less
than 84,0001. He had no doubt but that property
would be put upon the ground in the neighbourhcod
of the proposed site in a very short time after the
market was removed, to the amount of several thou-
sand pound., so satisfied were many of those who
owned land there of the benefit which would arise
foom the removal to that locality. One person stated
that he had taken land under covenant to build pro-
perty upon it representing the sum of 84,0001, and
he felt satisfied that the market, if taken close by the
houses he intended to put upon the ground, would, in
the course of a very short period, materially enhance
its value.
Mr. Deputy °BEARD then said that he rose to
move, "That the memorial be referred to the Markets
Improvement Committee," as a similar oce on the
other side had been laid before that body. He knew
nothing at ell of the parties promoting the petition,
but he thought it only fair that they should be heard
in the matter.

Mr. BARNAUD seconded the motion. He fully
egreed with the principle enunciated by the mover,
Deputy Obbard.
Mr. Deputy LOTT said that he bad no objection to
the petition being referred to the committee, as the
other bad been ; but it should be remembered that it
had been agreed to at a meeting where there were
present only some 13 or 14 persons,—(A voice,
" 30.") One person upon that occasion had stated
that he was worth 84,000/.—(No.) Well, then, he
said he was under covenant to put property to that
amount on the ground, and that he was consequently
responsible for its being done. But what were the
facts ? Why, that the parties had taken land for the
purpose of building a class of houses and shops not
for the benefit of the locality, but for those who
might frequent or be employed in the market. Why,
what would be the result of that ? Simply this—
that the locality all round the market and its imme-
diate neighbourhood would be infested with knackers'
yards, the anatomisers of heroes, bone boilers, gut
twisters, and all the other filthy trades incident to
such a market. He would say that it was an
act of injustice—it was not right on the part of
the corporation to attempt to take the market into
the vicinity of the Caledonian-road in Copenhagen-
fields. [Mr. H. L. Taylor—" It is not the corpora-
tion that is to blame; it is the Government.] He con-
tended that the petitioners at the bar had not shown
that they represented the amount of property speei-
fied ; they might possess a few acres of ground, but
it was not covered with houses, and nothing had been
said that would justify them iu coming before that
Court and asking that the market might be taken to
their neighbourhood on grounds such as had been al-
leged by them.—(Hear, and laughter.) He hoped
that when the report of the Markets Improvement
Committee was brought up, the recommendation of
the committee would be to advise that the Copen-
hagen scheme should be abandoned.—(Hear and
laughter.) He thought it would be so ;he imagined,
indeed, that he already saw something in favour of
such a change " looming in the distance," and he
felt strongly inclined to believe that Smithfield-market
never would go to Copenhagen-fields.—(Laughter.)
Alderman LAWRENCE observed that really any one
who had heard the speech of Deputy Lott would
imagine that the corporation bad the power of taking
the market where they pleased. This was a great
mistake ; they could not do so. The corporation
bad been put to large expense in their attempts to
prevent its being removed, and they had been com-
pelled to enter into an egreement with the Govern-
ment that they would take it where the Go-
vernment approved. Before this was done the com-
mittee had examined several sites with much patience
and care, and at last they had recommended Co-
penhagen-fields as being the most eligible of
the 23 others; but they never were parties to the re-
moval. It had been said that if the market was re-
moved it would be an evil to the neighbourhood. If
it was an evil at all, there could not be the slightest
doubt about that.—(Hear.) Indeed, he would say
more ; he believed that the evils arising from the
removal to any suburban place would be far greater
than its retention in the City.—(Hear, hear.) It was
no matter where they took the market, some would be
injured, while others would be benefited; and were
they to place it on a plain far away, as some had re-
commended, from the haunts of man, they would soon
find it surrounded by buildings, and consequently by
population. In his opinion Copenhagen-fields was
the most suitable place for the market if it was to be
removed. The proposed site was contiguous to im-
portant lines of railways, and if abattoirs, &c., were
established the evils pictured might be found to be
comparatively trifling. He thought the petitioners
had done right in promoting that memorial, and
therefore he should support their solicitations for
inquiry. After all he was of opinion that the better
way would be to permit the market to remain where
it is, and improve it as proposed. Blackfriars•bridge,
with its many advantages, was closely contiguous, and
taking all things into account he must say that his
opinion clearly was, that if they did so it would not
only be best for those who opposed the removal of it
to Copenhagen-fields, but far better also for the
public.—(Hear.)