The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-14 00:00:00

EVENING,

AUGUST 14

THE TREAT Y OF THE THREE
NORTHERN POWERS,
(From the Morning Chrwricle)
It is unquestionable that tee giiriet-ous solemnities by
which the whole of France will to-morrow be summoned '
to admire and to adore, will derive some portion of their
interest from the instrumentality of the Morning
Chronicle. Despite the running fire of insinuations and
contradictions to which we have been exposed ever since
the secret Minute of the Northern Powers appeared in 1
our columns, a large portion of the audience before
which that brilliant exhibition of decorative talent is to I
be unfolded remains constant to the persuasion that we
have imparted an ulterior significance to the laurel-
wreaths, the Church services, and the Catherine-wheels.
Heralded by an amnesty,and celebrated with the offering
of those semi-divine honours which mark their object
as the founder of a system, an era, a dynasty—is the
15th of August really deeie:ha to give birth to the long-
expected Empire? If such
be a defiance to those reould ht hteh thee event
C o t,ve"u'itlioint
recorded in this journal
noeuich sequel en6ne, will therevral-adte On the other hand, if
mined opposition
which the Convention indicated have has anything to
do witlethe postponement of an inevitable' consummation?
We have,decidedly contribut,rl our share to the attrac-
tiveness of the only political holiday which the French
law permits to be observed.
We have stood with folded arms before the dropping
discharge of dementia, not from
v.ant of regard for our
own character, nor from an inadequate estimate of the
responsibility which we had taken upon ourselves, but
because we were firmly convinced that our
opponents
could be shown in the end to have been firingi with
)ohehts
blank-cartridge. We were well aware, beforehand,
that
we should be contradicted, and perhaps maligned, of
gave publicity to the document which had been cornnavvue
',jested to us; but we decided on our course, after due'
comparison of the credibility attaching to such contra-
dictions with that belonging to the authority from which
our intelligence was received. It is not to be supposed
that, as has been insinuated, we ever pretended to have
received the minute in question from the Chancery of
any one of the signataries. If we expressed any opinion
on the point, it would be that those articles of agree-
ment have never found their way to any official recep-
tacle whatever. Whence, then, did we receive them, and
was the source of our information in a quarter to which
there was any strong likelihood of their penetrating?
Now, on the assumption that the three Monarchs, at
their recent meeting, had affixed their signatures to any
paper the substance of which our publication represented,
there was but one individual in Europe to whom they
were likely to communicate it, even before it came to
the knowledge of their own Foreign Ministers; and
there was but one class of persons who, after that per-
sonage, and through him, were likely to become sharers
in the secret. To that class we knew that our informant
belonged. We knew, moreover, that he was above all
suspicion of mystifying or deceiving others, whilst it
was well nigh ridiculous to suppose that ho had been
mystified himself. Nor did we neglect to scrutinize
the probable weight and cogency of the motives which
had led to the determination that the document
in question should be laid before the world. There
was the probability of a desire that some degree
of notoriety should be given to the powerful protection
extended to that one of the great French parties which
felt peculiar repugnance to the expected proclamation
of the Empire on the 15th of August. And there were
other reasons besides, pointing in the same direction.
The
chief of that party had recently taken on himself
to impose on its members a policy which they little
relished, and which they did not in the least under-
stand. But, es soon as the terms of the Northern Con-
vention were known, the explanation of this policy was
easy, and its wisdom became evident.
By those who—unaware of the particular circumstances
under whioh the Convention obtained publicity—have
controverted its authenticity on general grounds, ob-
jection has been taken to its form and language; and
great weight has been attached to the improbability
that it would first see the light in an English
newspaper. We might easily evade the first-mentioned
difficulty by repeating that we gave the paper, not in
While, however, we decline to
full, but in abstract.
pledge ourselves to the verbal accuracy of its expressions,
we affirm our belief that it states correctly the conside-
rations upon which the decision of the three Monarchs
was based, as well as the decision itself; nor do we see
anything in the peculiar tone of these considerations ,
which militates against their genuineness. The politi-
cal
philosophy which is noticed as out of place in a
treaty may easily have crept into a o minute comprising
the articles of a private understanding; and, in the form
which it here assumes, it tallies strikingly
with the views which at least two of the
signataries are known to entertain. Flimsy as
is the theory of legitimacy which the docu-
ment enunciates, how often have we heard it from the
mouth of Frederick William! and how infinitely
more rational is the language in which it is expressed
than those wildly mysterioth propositions which every
student of diplomatic history admires in the text of the
Convention which issued in the Holy Alliance ! Nor
must we forget to state, while referring to that Conven-
tion, that, like the document now in question, it bore
the signatures of the three Sovereigne, and not of their
Ministers—a fact which disposes of one of the minor ob-
jections which certain critics have started against the
genuineness of the agreement of last May. As for the
supposed external improbability of such a document
being first made public in our columns, it vanishes
altogether when placed beside the known achievements
of English journals. Attention has already been di-
rected to the circumstances under which the Treaty of
Uokiar-Skelessi became public. That treaty pro-
mised consequences certainly not less momentous than
does the present Convention. It was equally strange in
its form, and equally upleelecd for. The motives for
beeping it secret, for a time from all Europe, except the
contracting parties, were quite as strong as in the pre-
sent case. Yet, though the Morning Chronicle, on ex-
clusively publishing it to the world, was a‘saited with a
succession of denials alternately iedignant and disdain.
ful, is there a man living who now entertains a doubt
that the conductors of this journal had really possessed
themselves of a copy of the Treaty?
Satisfied with the strong presumptions of authenticity
which were furnished both by the intrinsic character of
the Convention and by the source. from which we re-
ceived it, we should, under any circumstances, have
examined with jealous scrutiny any attempt to impugn it
on the part of those who were chiefly concerned in
establishing its non-existence, or in resenting its publi-
cation. It is not our fault if the latitude given to the
French official, or semi-official journals by the withdrawal
of the vigilant supervision once
exercised by their con-
temporaries—coupled with the reign of terror under
which the independent portion of the press is placed,
must always throw a doubt on statements, however
positive, proceeding from French authority. Again, in
looking at denials which might emanate from the
sup-
posed parties to the Convention, we could never leave
out of consideration the powerful masons which would
induce them to neutralize us much as possible that which,
looked at from their own point of view, must appear a
most dangerous and culpable act of indiscretion. But,
in fact, not only has cur publication of the Convention
been met with no denial whatever which is worth a
straw, but the character of a series of lame attacks on
its genuineness actually lends the strongest possible ex
post facto support to the antecedent presumptions in its
favour. Tho Jesuitical parvgraph from the Prussian
Gazette leaves us doubtful whether it means to deny
that the alleged agreement deserves the technical
appellation of a Treaty—which is a point not worth
discussing—or whether, admitting the existence of the
agreement, it impugns the fairness of our abstract. The
remarks of the Austrian Lloyd, which do not go beyond
an assertion that the Convention is " apocryphal," look
marvellously like a covert attack on the policy which
dictated it; while a long semi-official article in the Jour-
nal de Francfort is pregnant with admissions of its genu-
ineness, for it reiterates in substance the considerations
enunciated in the document which it affects to denounce
as spurious.
Moreover, all the while, the French Government has
been absolutely mute. It is true that, in its anxiety to
avoid the attentions of M. de Maupas, the Assemblee
Nationale had accompanied its reproduction of the Con-
vention with a hint of its untrustworthiness. There is
a school of theological criticism which, when you point
to a set of independent and incidental notices, as evi-
dence in favour of a detailed recital, turns your flank
by retorting that the history has been manufactured
out of the tributary passages ; and, in the same
spirit, the Assembles insinuated that the Convention
might have been fabricated out of the diplomatic
communications which had already appeared in an
English newspaper. This ingenious idea was caught
up by the Patrie and the Pays, and was made the text
of articles, the very length and earnestness of which
deprive them of all weight as a dementi. This se-
condary and derivative contradiction—published in
journals which are semi-official in so far that they may
say what the please - till it is convenient to disclaim
them—is all the denial which the Convention has pro-
voked in France. The official organ of the Govern-
ment, which honours the English press with a very
full share of its notice, has not printed a line
on u
subject which all Europe has been occupied in discussing.
There is but one inference which all reasonable
men
h
documento which
appeared draw from this data—viz., that the
appeared in our harmonycolumns.isin of eitheruis Napoleon's
with° hi
suspicions or
with the information
the
Government. It is not impossible that the explanations
which the latter is said to have demanded m
a
what are called satisfactory assurances, Bnytretshuolutgihn
such an event may count as a point
gained for the Pre-
sident in the game of diplomacy,
we shall still believe
that we have been the means of laying before the world
an historical piece as authentic as it is curious and ien.
portant.

I 850.

The Simcom, 16, screw stnm troop-ship, Captain
• Kiugeorab,,, will be removed from dock to sue steam
• basil! on Sidurday, and the Termagant, 24, will take the
vac.,t cd dock.
The Vesta!, 26, Captain C. B. Hamilton, will be paid
advance hero on the 16:h•
The Victoria line-ef.packet ship sailed from Spithead
this morning for New York.
The following young cfliciers (mates and midshipmen)
passed examinstious in nasigatlen at the Royal Naval
tor the rank of lieutenants:
College this week, qualifying
Messrs. Battisc(tntre, Arthur, Calerat t, Patterson,
Goo'den, Coxon, Hatchard, and Garland.
The following Bi-coed-masters, U.N., passed at the
same time for the rank of masters:—Messrs. Cux, Lle-
wellyn, Creak. and Searle.
Mr. Percy Earl also passed an examination qualifying
for entry into the navy as master's assistant, and the
following young gentlemen qualified for entry into the
service as naval catlets:—Messrs. Buckle, Osborne, Fitz-
roy, Boys, Jacob, Byarn, Hainersley, Molyneux, and
Dolben. These have all been appointed to the flag-ship
Victory, pro. tern.
DEVONPORT, AUG, 12.—Sprightly sailed this morn-
ing with supernumeraries for Portsmouth.
Trincomalee, 24, Captain Houston, was towed out of
harbour this afternoon by the Coufiance steam-tug,
r. hen she saluted the flog of Admiral Sir J. A. Oniman-
ney, which vas answered by the Impregnable. Her
compasses will be adjusted to-morrow by Mr. Thomp.
son, the Queen% harbour-master.
Falmouth lighter sailed this afternoon with stores for
Portsmouth.
Camel lighter, Fahen master, arrived this morning
with stores from Pembroke.
In the Sound—Queen, Hogue, and Trincomalee.
In Harbour—lmpregnable, St. George, Samspareii,
Sylph, Confiance, and the Devon and Camel.
Iu ilaraosze—Tortoise, Rochester, and Duck lighters.
Goodwill lighter, Patrick master, will sail tht4 ,
eVi.l.i-
-1 ing with stores for Sheerness.
APPOINTMENTS.
WOOLWICH, Aria. 13.—Surgeon Hugh T
ridge, M.D. (1844), to the Sampson steam frigate,
S. Beve-
ridge, frigate, at
Portsmouth.
Third-elass Assistant-Engineer W. n.
the Magicioune, 16, paddle-wheel ,
Portsmouth. Blear
il-frigate, at
Gunner
J steam-frigate cnonas Nash to the Penelope Stephens to
the west coast ot Atrica station; and Actiug.Gunncr
John Bull to the Cygnet, 8,
Weston to the Tortoise, 12, ateaca. 1„„
station.
Boatswain William Wilt '---r• 011 the same
, Dover mail
store-
ship, at the island of Asc'en,ion.
will
Ray mond, has
The Onyx
ill leave
pCnoimrsmhaeurde:: ra
uGdeor e steam-packet, Lieutenant-
Woolwich on Sunday morning
The Greenock,completed her re-
to resume her
horse preoawdeyr,fowas
duties as a -
station. mail packet on the Dover
a haentintroinal,
10
, iron screw steam-frigate, of 556'
taken
90,
downo u,s
et
ther oe fw theriver.
steam-ship,
t einner s
llbasin
il a
st o -daa; 0 to
make
The Aryarn
number
fittings, atm ' s employed on board . r depart-
will be completed in the enginoe
meat by John Penn and Sons in about six weeks from
this time. One of Mr. Grant's distilling aPParatansnaof
to expedite her
just been put up capable of producing 50 g
distilled water per hour.

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and
ali the
The commercial advices frcormeased abundance, York are very
satisfactory, money being in
Tat
stock market buoyant. The in 21 days and four hours
fornia (brought via Nicareg!tsLit. A party of Spaniards and
er intelligence from C-
wasnot illy:o'f o, having by their labour
running time)
Frenchmen, to the nu
ails in the Mariposa river, had all
eoirgobidy .
d_el:seinbitige of armed Americans, who
rbeeaecnhdedrivsoelnn
foreigner to quit the place in 24 hours.
it will be remembered, of the celebrated
high terms to the promoters of London
leases offered the
t beginning of the present year. From
Thandisoirsdtehreeddisevtreircuyt,
companies a"
rapbic dates are to the 14th of July, but
change in the general state of affairs. The in-
t!. boldness of the Indian depredations formed an addi-
tional elementcreasm- in the general disorganization of the country.
Accord
• ing to accounts from Mazatlan, the Governor had im-
prisoned
there
erlco was
o tel eg
the French and Spanish Consuls on a charge of
trticrpating in the recent disturbances there. At Vera
Cruz it was stated that a company had been formed to run
two steam-ships monthly between that city and Ncw York,
calling at Tampion, Havonnah, and Charleston. Lepers
from Petu of the 28th of June mention that Garibaldi had
returned to Lima from China, and allege that the Govern-
ment of Ecuador had offered him the command of their
troops to opi,ose the piratical attack of General Flores.
THE QUESTION OF CIIRItTMAS BOXES TO POST-
LETTER CAERlERS.—lesterday (Friday) at two o'clock,
Lord Robert Grosvenor, 141. P. (Who had come up to town
expressly for the purpose), Mr. Masterman, M„p., and Sir
J. Duke, 81. P., had an interview with the Postmaster.
General at the General Post-ollice, St. Martin's-le-Grand, to
in consequence of the inadequate remuneration
they
advocate the principle that the letter carriers of the London
district should,
be permitted to be allowed to receive Christ-
mas-boxes.' he details of the conference of course did not
receiv
e,
The
transpire fully, but on the Noble Lord and his Honourable
Colleagues leaving, an intimation of a most elating nature
was made to a deputation of the men, that their case had
been favourably considered, and that the prohibitory order
would not, at least for the present, be re-issued, but the
matter would be left between the postmen and the public,
and it Was intimated that there was a project to iucrease
' the pay of those valuable and over-worked servants of the
public,-411orning Advertiser.

" CHEER UP."
(From " IlacteouB," by M. F. Tupper.)
Never go gloomily, man with a mind,
Hope is a better companion than tear;
Providepce, ever benignant and kind,
Gives with a smile what you take with
a tear;
All will be right,
Look to the light:
Morning was ever the daughter of is
Cheerily, All that was black will be all tbs' '
Cheerily, cheerily then' cheer up.
Many a foe is a friend in disge,!s:rfue,
Many a trouble a b!e
Helping the heart to joys ever new.
With love ever precious and sh3juhgar7peys'and wise,
Stand in the van,
Strive like mu
n:
is the bravestli you do what you can.
cheerily plan;
Trusting in God obi
Cheerily, cheerily then! cheer up.

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Return tickets are to be issued from Australia to
passengers proceeding to that colony by a screw steamer
irons Liverpool. This is the longest
Journey on record for
Which a return ticket is available.

NAVAL INT ELLIGENCE. 1 ....----
CRE3IORNE GARDENS
Onr obituary yesterday aensuneed the death of Corn- ! THE IisIFIRS.
mender Richard Murdoch Robertson. We notice the i The continuance of the war on the borders of the Cape
mournful intelligence with feelings cf deep sorross, ler colon), and the ntlinerolls dispatches of Sir Harry Smith
in the death of that good and gallant officer the service ; and Lord Cathcart having directed a good deal of otten.
has lost one who amongst all classes of society we.s en tron in this country to the seal character of the Kafirs,
honour to the profession; and a numerous circle has 1 we gladly availed ourselves the other da,s, when on a
lost a staunch friend and a pleasant and worthy ac_
visit visit to Cretnorne Gardens, of en 4p-on's:laity -of seeing
quaintance. I some natives belonging to three of the tribes who are at
In the navy Commander Robertson was well known ' present being exhibited there in a large pa vilion at the
ot the lawn. We foiledthe
from h's first entry into it as a most excellent rcessmate, 1 foot
dark ,skinned people
and a first-rate officer. He wilt generous and high- seated on the stage of a commodious theatre, with
Spirited, e hilst at the same time he was considerate and scenery appropriate, forbearing, producgtieo,nesnlietiotigvia._beomut;
.two gentlemen being also upon
and with a large number of African
of the ship—he was dashing and daring, and his resources the Stu
As a midshiman he was the life and soul
h gives a most interesting expia-
tor fun and frolic were inexhaustible and even up to the natory address, and tho other acts as interpreter and
days of sickness and disease he maintained an unsubdued induces the
natives to display a number of their native
dash of his youthful characteristics. He was ever a safe 1 customs, Sae., &sc. We give the substance of the lee-
and familiar equal and a kind and generous superior. Like i turer'a remarks, from which our readers will be able to
appears
to o f
h thee
irea actualt o nature
a na m
e of.
many others who were weary, of peace-service, and no ftoremK!fistrol.e That namecorrectrably
estimate, promotion for thenwrltin cflicer, he entered the h
Portuguese servic duringa•
the'civil war. He served for tons race of people scattered over a goodg part of the in
some time sflsat as First Lieutenant of the fl ,g- ship under terier of South Africa between espe Celery and Alo--
Sir Charles Napier, and aster! a conspicuous part in the zunbique, hut divis!rd into srparate and independent
Areemfanda, and the
several sharp and dashing uff4irs ashore in whie4 the tribes. Toe three tribes to which the Kafirs at Cremorno
IR that service, too, he
blue jackets were ergag,d. f"iong ate the A..raiekosa, the
made many lasting friends, who remember and relate Z•iolus. There :s oho a little girl, the child of the
with pleasure the exploits of the brace and gallant de- Zaelu man and ihe Arnamfenda Women, who was bap-
ceased. Subsequently in the navy he obtained the rank used some months since in Worcester Cathedral, the
of lieutenant. and worked hard in that grade for his sn- bishop of the diocese himself performing the ceremony
peeler step; but, although he was the son
of an old, of baptism. Physically the Kafirs appear to be a
distinguished, and respected officer, he failed to obtain remarkably tine race, fe wof their men being much
his rank until 1847, when he syss promoted from first under six feet in height, and moat of them even rather
lieutenant of the fl ate ship St. Vincent,
120, Sir Chance over than under that stature, while their bodies aro
Ogle having selected hire for that appointment solely on more distinguished
by an unusual degree of symmetry
account of his good name and character in the navvy. and grace in their ternlation than they are even for
As a commander he passed some time at the Royal i Nay.
a. strength and vigour. In fact, the body of one of the
College at Portsmouth, and in IS3I was appointed Adair- liafirs at Cremorne is the most pert, et model of the bu-
' ratty tegent to one of the Cape sore w-ships. It was during coon form that we ever saw. intellectually as well as
his last voyage in the Harbinger, which returned to Eng- physically the Kafirs would appear to be superior to the
land in May last, that he became so ill that his death weep savage tribes generally, their brains being large in
daily
anticipated on the passage home. He reached volume and of active quality, while they exhibit a good
Plymouth in a most exhausted state; notwithstanding deal of intelligence in a great number and variety of
l which his sense of duty was such that he would not al- manufactures, both in skins, basket work, wood, bone,
liovwerethdeb dispatches with which ho was charged to be de- ivory, and even metals. Socially, the Kafirs appear to
y any one but himself into the hands of the post- be by no means in an enviable position, as their women
master,
have the whole of the work to do, while the men occupy
Dr. Rao, the •
, highly-respected Ins ector of Hospitals at their time in hunting and fighting., Thepractice of poly-
Pl • y mouth, kindly visited him on p the Harbinger, gamy also prevail-
board s universally amongst s
in which ship he proceededandthence t from the object of
undergoing to London, . o.
male, chief downwards, making it an
Edinburgh, where, after a most painful ope• pride and ambition to have as many wives as possible,
ration with the greatest
fortitude,
he expired last week the only limit to the number being the possession of a
at the early age of 43 years. sufficient number of cattle to e h t them, mar-
xc ange or
What might have been his fate had the same success riage, so far as the union between the sexes deserves that
of juniors attended his exer • ttons. in the service we will name, being merely a matter of bargain, where, from five
not pretend to say; but this
one we know that a more effi- or six up to forty or fifty cows or oxen are given for a
cient and gallant officer— who would do more honour wife according to her rank, beauty, and domestic accom-
and credit to the rank does •
not exist in the senior list. plishments. The peculiar religious, or rather irreligious,
He was attended in his last moments by his affectionate, nature of this people is perhaps the most interesting fea-
as brought his remains to tare in the Kafir character. Their vet n
London for interment.—Herald. y ame is full
'
of meaning, signifying in the original Arabi% from
PRIZE-MONEY FOR THE JULIA.
Co. have given notice to Captain JOAh.—Viroodhead and which it was obtained, " infidel,"unbeliever," and
officers and crew of her Majesty's
shipia Adams, and the certainly the Kafirs are the most unbelieving of all un-
are entitled to share in the proceeds arising
Gladiator, who believers—being living contradictions to the rest of
capture of the slaver Juliana, on the 2a,trtilr j-tl. from the mankind, who manifest their religious feelings in one
that the distribution thereof will be made une, 1850, form or another, even though it be the Fetish worship of
of September next, at No. 1, James-street, AdOelllnthh? 71h
the
negroes of Guinealand, whilst the Kola have
where the list will be recalled every Wednesday i, and neither temple, priest, nor idol, no ceremony, no creed,
Friday for three months :—Flag, 461. 12s. tqcl,;c t and no sign, form, or word that can properly be called reli-
-87/. Bs. 101c1.; second class, 15/. 18s. 9d.; third, 121.13145i5n' to6us. Witchcraft may be called the religion of the
fourth, 71. 135.; fifth, 4/. 9s. 3d.; sixth, 31. 16s. 6d.; kind or
and they resort to the agency of witches of one
seventh, 21. 1 ls.; eighth, 11. ss. 6d.; ninth, 15s. 114 d.;. ante or another upon all occasions of interest or import-
eto them. In fact. with the exception of the chief of
tenth, 9s 6td.the tribe and his cou ll
PORTSMOUTH, FIHDAY.—The heavy rain that fell last anything like the in
lose ors, none appear to possess
evening had the effect of lulling the gale. The wind other witches of diffeflruencen of the witch doctors, and
moderated during the night, and this morning the ships former Kafir wars, as
wellet aclasses; and the records of
s the present, show that the
at Spithead that had been lying for the last two days councils and actions even of the principal chiefs are
with their lower yards and topmasts struck, got them mainly influenced by the inctuatati •
ons and cunning of the
up this morning. principal witch of the tribe.
We are sorry to say that an accident occurred during In their mode of living the Kafirs appear to beSimple
that gale, attended with loss of life. One of the wherries enough, their clothing, when clad at all b • • a , env chiefly
that ply between Point and Gosport, while crossing, was formed of' strips of the skins of such animals as capsized in a heavy squall of wind and rain; the boat hymns, jackal, and mountain cat, hung about
fts of
. the wolf,
various
contained a Waterman and six naming, rs. Providenti- parts of their bodies, with the addition otu
ally, one of the men on board the yacht schooner Dolphin teathera, bones, rings, beads, and other ornaments that
saw her go over; ho promptly gave the alarm to his they are fond of wearing in great profusion; moat of them
shipmates, who were all below sheltering. Their boat, add a skin cloak or karosse, worn from the shoulders,
then hanging in the tackles, was soon lowered and to the feet. The dress of the female is formed of two cow-
manned, and rescued six of the persons. For a short skins, one wrapped tightly round the body, beneath the
time it was supposed all had been saved; but soon one armpits, the other as an external cloak, the outer one
man was found to be missing, who proved to be a marine (from various additions seldom weighing less than thirty
bandsman, named Bowe, who must have sunk before the pounds) being a kind of garment more cumbrous than
Dolphin's boat got to the spot; be has, we understand, ornamental. The chief food of the Kafirs is a coarse
left a widow and three young children to lament his loss. kind of grain, called " malie," which is taken, in various
The greatest praise is due to the crew of the Dolphin, forms, with large quantities of thickand sourmilk. They eat
by whose energy and prompt assistance so many persons also of such animals as they catch or kill by hunting, or
were saved, several of whom were under water, and ac- as are given to them by the chief for the purpose, though
tually sinking when got hold of by the Dolphin's men, they do not like to kill their own cows for food. They
The Tiger steam-frigate, Captain Gifford, has re- id) not, however, confine themselves to the flesh and
ceived orders to take on board as many provisions as she fat, but seem to consider the inner parts, the entrails, &c,,
can stow for foreign service, but as yet her destination as the principal dainties. They will not take either fish
is not known. oripork, the latter being by no means the only respect in
The Niger screw steam-sloop, Commander Heath, has which they resemble the descendants of Abraham. Their
been brought from her hulk this morning, and into the dwellings (when not in the bush) are formed of branches
old basin, preparatory to her being brought into the of wood, which the women frequently have to go several
Angle Dock.
miles to cut, and then carry to the place where the hut
The Edinburgh, 56, screw-gunnery ship, Captain is to be erected. The branches are joined together at
Hewlett (acting), hauled out of dock to the basin to- the top, and bent towards the ground, when they are
day. She is ordered to Plymouth, and will take up fastened in with little wooden pegs. The hut is seldom
moorings at that port. She will come out of the basin more than eight or nine feet high and fourteen or sixteen
to-morrow. across, being plastered over on the inside with a yellow-
Teo Harpy iron steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander lab clay, and thatched on the outside with a broad-
Williams, will be paid off on Monday at this port. Her leafed grass.
psi-nous veyege is the theme of general comment and Tao language of the Kafirs, like most of the South
wonder. It is reported that prior to her starting from African dialects, contains a good many " clicks" and
Rio en cfLial survey was held upon her, and it was "chicks," and other guttural sounds; but the practice
afficially - reported'' she was untrustworthy fur so lung of adding vowels to the end of their words, gives some
and dangerous a voyage. Notwithstuedirg this, she degree of euphony to their harsh intonations. It is a
was emir. sotsievvbitt curious L:ct, that though the NaGra are mail,

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the grammar of their
~..trillurs, shows it to ho more simple, perfect and uni—
,an'tgGura:ku,,;te,ouf sauw3C:"Uhiantreiritkentiv)vrvitfirl' Six or seven different;
I,irm, lean almost any language of ancient or modern
times with which linguist,: have become acquainted.
Of the amusements of this ieterestieg people, it is not
necessary to say much, it being confined to rude songs
and rude dances, that appear to differ a little according
to the occasion, but t,) rune a part of every interesting
ceremony; they are, however, well worth hearing and
seeing, being of the most novel and characteristic kind.
We have purposely left till the last some remarks
upon the warlike and ferocious character of the Kafirs,
of whom it may be truly said at present, that " their
hand is against every other man, and every other man's
hand is against them." Bravery, accompanied by an
almost total disregard of danger and of death, seems to
characterise this people, and some of their tribes are
able to briug from 30,000 to 40,000 warriors into the
field. Many of them, chiefly owing to the establishment
of a Kafir police at the close of tho last war, the mem-
bers of which deterteu to sheir tribes when the present
war broke out, carrying with them their arms, have
become acquaiuted with tile nature and use of the British
musket, but the principal weapons of the Kafirs are long,
light, well-formed speers, or, as they are called, " alga'
gets," which some of them use to thrust at their
enemies, but most throw with great skill and force,
seldom failing to hit a moderately sized mark even at the
distance ot 60 yards and upwards.
Tho reeulute and determined character of ithe Nufirs
wars
may be inferred from the repeated and protracted.
colonists; mind
between rune of their tribes and the cob
Kufir war
though w e are now engaged in the
since 1817, we are no nearer subjug
ahfiencoiona than we
expellieg them from the borders oth.otwever, purpose in
were 40 sears ago. We do
"%able ground of colonial
eiggb,tthe Ktifirs or
this article to enter upon the
country
brethren of theft and
of iiijustice, or our dark skinned or these wars become
cruelty. When the
(rued
causesto bare been faults upon both
known there may be Muria,
Policy, or either to accuse otuc•leba
the best course fur both par-
untryuicn at the Cape
siees, and perhaps,
"shakesteer sit, bands and make trientis," if
impressiens produced
tied would be 10 we have merely sought to
such could be rifeet Boni„ of the
convey to our readers
by the exhibition
upon
their character and condition
instructive 1 and strorgly urge our readers
of Kafirs et Cremorne, and the
delivered bY.3.1 ',O these intereetieg strangers, whose
di.lt
to pay a ,at present causing us so much cost and
countrymena:urthern Africa,
trouble i e ~te 6 }
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