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London, England, 1852-07-07 00:00:00

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inv., and systematie advocates of Rerrogres,isn
The confusion of parties in the last H ,use of Com
mons will then be forgotten in the orderly re-organi
zition of its successor. The equilibrium so lons
legired will be at length restored. The seals of offie
will no longer be thrown from minority to minority.
from a weak Whig to a weak Tory Admini-
ration, from Lord JoHN RUSSELL, with an inade•
quate body of supporters, to Lord DERBY, with
group of upholders yet more insufficient, for tht-
purposes of carrying on the labours of
an energetic and independent Government. From
the new Parliament may then be selected an
administrator capable of conducting the affairs ce
the empire in a manner creditable to himself am
advantageous to the community. Without appealing
thus directly to the judgment of the population, i
was hopeless to dream of witnessing the inauguration
of a strong Cabinet. Having now, however, sub-
mitted the problem of party to the consideration o'
the elective multitude, the SOVEREIGN will speedily be
enabled to aid in conferring upon Great Britain thf
blessings of a really powerful and of a truly patriotic
Government.

By the latest accounts from the Cape of Good Hope
it would appear that the spirit of the Kafirs still con-
tinues unbroken, notwithstanding the energetic mea-
sures which Lieutenant-Gr;.eral CATRCART seems
determined to bring into play with a view to th.
speedy termination of this deplorable and expensive
contest. Those active and sagacious savages, Blau}
thieves and bold fighters, are about as troublesome k
set of customers as our redcoats have ever had a brusl.
with in a cross country. One of their recent exploits
was like our own highwaymen of old—the capture
of the mailbag, containing the Governor's dispatches,
,he escort barely escaping being cut tr
pieces ; and we also find that in a very sharp
action, in, which our own Gth and 60th were
warmly engaged, the enemy fought with unflinching
pluck, until the light company of the former gallant
corps gave them a sample of the resistless British
infantry charge, and the Rifles threw them into utter
rout by a well delivered fire. The fastnesses of the
Waterkloofs are found still to constitute an im-
pregnable stronghold of the enemy, for the last dasl
which was made against it was completely fruitle4s,
both from the overwhelming by superior force of the
attacked, and the stiff and rugged jungle which s.
effectively harasses an assailing force. There is one
circumstance, however, mentioned in connexion with
this onslaught on the Waterkloof which is to a cer-
tain extent satisfactory. Ammunition it is con-
cluded is beginning to fall short among the natives,
for we are informed " the peculiar whiz of the
enemy's balls told of iron pot legs and angular
pieces of iron, and not of musket balls." Still MA -
como and his myrmidons are snugly ensconced ie
this formidable position, and thus, though the war
has lasted now nearly a year and a half, our troops, up
to these last advices, were obliged to make attempts to
dislodge the enemy from a district actually within
the old bounds of the colony. Preparations are,
however, being made for what it is essential should
be, if Possible, the fin al occupation of this annoying
spot, for every re-occupation by the Kafirs of such
post tends but to increase their self-confidence, and
to embolden them to a contempt of the Bri-
tish forces. For this purpose additional troop-
have been ordered up, a measure of absolute
necessity, the present force being by no means ade-
quate to occupy the requisite stations, and move
upon the enemy. Notwitbstanding, then, that there
were no peculiarly favourable features in the last
advices, that little could be ascertained with certainty
regarding the movements of the savages, these crafty
chiefs continuing to mystify us successfully as to
their actual or intended evolutions, and that their
activity and numbers continued fresh, not a single
chief having submitted, and even the nominally
friendly ones, PATo and UMHALA, not being alto-
gether free from suspicion, we do not despair that
the determination of the Governor will bring
this contest to a satisfactory conclusion
General CAT nc ART appears resolved to rest
content with no half measures in this respect. Ac
cording to a local journal, in reply to addresses
from various bodies of the colonists, shortly after his
Excellency announced his determination to effect the
total subjugation of the traitrous hordes now over-
running the colony, and to expel for ever the hostile
Gdika K.,firs from the country they had occupied be-
fore the war ;" and we further learn that, "to ac-
complish this object, nearly the whole of the forces
under his command were extended, in a connected
chain of columns, across the territory intended to L:
cleared, provision being made for keeping open the
communication between the different columns." He
has established his head-quarters at Fort Beaufort,
and declared his resolution that no terms would Le
listened to from the insurgent leaders, but surrender
or retreat beyond the Kei. An utter expulsion be-
yond the boundary must at any trouble be carried
into effect, for so long as a single unturned Kafir re-
mains on the territory, so long will the colonists be in
continual hot water from the vicinity of a treacherous
and indefatigable foe, to whom the exercise of rapine
and murder is peculiarly congenial. If human
bipeds act with the ferocity and stealthy blood-
thirstiness of wild beasts, self-defence demands that
they be driven without the pale. The only way to
clear the country of these barbarians, :and give the
colonists peace and security, is to draw strictly a line
of demarcation ; and unless there be such an uncon-
ditional surrender and submission as will take away
the possibility of any insurrectionary outbreaks for
the future—and of this we confess we entertain no
very sanguine anticipations—it must be thoroughly
understood that any Kafir transgressing the line will
be treated as a trespasser and an outlaw, and draw
upon himself a prompt punishment, the extreme se-
verity of which is fully justified by the exigent consi-
derations of self-preservation—of security of life, pro-
perty, and order.

AMERICAN NEWS.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.
The United States mail steam-ship Baltic arrived
in the Mersey at a little after seven this morning,
with 170 passengers, 500,000 dolls. in specie, and three
dap,'
further advices from New York.
There is no news of importance. The papers were
filled With prc3isential ratification meetings.
R"-mess was not in as healthy a state es when the
previous steamer sailed. Sock were in fair demand
at former prices. Money plentiful, and obtainable at
easy rates.
The advices from England had depressed bread-
Cst uffs• Little had been done in them. Western
Geneseelosl flour 4 dolls. 12i-c. to 4 dolls. 25c. per barrel.
prime wheat 1 doll. 10e. to 1 doll. 12c'
per 60 lb. Round yellow Indian corn 60c. to 620.
per bushel. Indian meal 3 dolls. 12ic. to 3 dolls.
25c, per barrel.
Little doing in cotton, holders not pressing sales.
'dew ()deans and Mobile mid fair to fair Die. to
11 Vic. Per lb.; Uplands ditto 101 c. to 10g c. per lb.
Freights unaltered.
Provisions brisk at advancing prices.
E xchan
a Oa London, 1101 to 110 i ; Paris
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IVIAGNIPICENT WRlTlNG.—Beautiful were the forms
that Prometheus modelled from the plastic clay. No grace
was wanting Which the creative mind could imagine, which
the artist hand could supply; but till the energy of life was
imparted they lay inanimate clods; admirable, indeed, as
specimens of art but for all practical purposes as useless as
they were beautiful. Unable himself to rouse within them
the spark of life, from Heaven he stole the fire that warmed
them into active being, and inspired them with power to
move and strength to do. From the regions of mythologi-
cal fable to the platforms of contested elections is a long and
startling stride. But the morat we would seek to find in the
former for application to the latter, is this, that however
good and however useful may be the plans of Lord Derby
and his Cabinet; that whatever skill may have been ex-
hausted in framing measures for the public benefit; though
grand in statearaaalike conception and extensive grasp;
though admirable in every internal bearing and minute par-
ticulars, yet they will fall, unless they derive their life from
external sources, stillborn to the ground, and undeservedly
share the fate that belongs to the schemes of closet statesmen
and Utopian dreamers.—(From the commencement of the
first leading article in this days Morning Relald.)
Among the numerous companies brought into ex-
istence by the extraordinary discoveries of gold in
Australia,
the New South Wales gold mines, under the management of
Captain Westmacatt, who has very recently arrived from the
colony, where for many years he filled a very high and re-
sponsible position under Government, has undoubted claims
mansconsideration. The practie: local knowledget of the
ger and his coadjutors in the colony,
.ogether with a
highly influential and respectable direction here, have
favourably impressed the public, so much so that the'shares
have been already dealt in very freely- for the settlenient-at
ye preminin.