The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-11 00:00:00

THE KAFIR WAR.

PLYMOITTO", TUESDAY.—The General Screw S'am
Shipping C,_;mpany's steam• ship Propontis, Comman-
der Thomas W. Glov,r, arrived here last evening,
about seven o'clock.
The intelligence by this mail is far from sqisfactory.
Disorder and danger Exist; all along the border, and
it is feared that the enemy is es..ahlishing himself in
the mountains and forests near Uitenhage and Fort
Elizabeth.
General Cathcart has commuted the sentence of
death on Cornet Andri:•s Botha, the rebel Hottentot,
into transportation for life with hard labour.
Head-quarters continue at Fort Beaufort.
Colonel Eyre, of the 731 Regiment will, from ill
health, be obliged to quit the field, at least for a
short time.

M4jor Hogge, one of her Mjesty's AssistP:nt-
Commissioners for settling aff,drs on the frontier,
died at Bloem Fontein, Orange River Sovereignty,
on te 9ith of June. II left England thirteen months
peeviously, and lost biy life through fever, caught by
exposure in the rain at a meeting of chiefs in Mo-
isheh's country.

Ta* following monthly summary of proceedings
on the frontier is taken from the cape Town Mail, of
the ht ulr

: -

" Our hat was published on the 29th of May, but
subsequent mails from some of the remote districts
brougut intelligence of much earlier dates. Thus, trom
Whitdesea a letter of May 3 reports the circumstances
of Captain Tyldcn's canip, and the apparent mustering of
the enemy in the neighbourhood. Tne difficulties of an
English officer commanding native lovies consists not so
much in long and laborious marches over a rugged
country, as in getting their coloured squads to stand
the tug of war.' The native, whether friend or foe, is
but a • trembling coward,' if without the cover of a rock
or tree to serve at once as embrasure and breastwork.
Hence in ambuscades the deadly precision of their attack
while aiming at some unsuspecting wayfarers.
"From Whittlesca a letter, dated May 11, states the
Kafirs to be getting troublesome.
" May 14—From Mr. Sydserff's place at Eildon 600
sheep were carried off. Three men from Lyodoch joined
in the pursuit, and after various expeditions the sheep
were found ou the 18,h, near the boundary of Somerset
and Cradock, when 400 were re-taken.
" May 15—At Fort Cox the Kafirs surprised and
murdered one of the 2d Queen's, who had been cutting
wood not 300 yards outside the fort; and a few days
after three of the 6th were wounded at Mount Macdonald
similarly engaged.
" May 20—A letter from Waterkloof reports that re-
gular attacks are made twice a week by the Rdies, who
are encamped there.
" May 22—Mr. Robey's cattle, on Manley's Flat, were
attacked. Two of the herdsmen were shot on the first
fir

'e. One of the survivors (a native) then ran for help,
leaving the fourth (an Englishman) to provide for him-
self auvl the cattle. The prompt arrival of Mr. Robey
rescued him from his perilous situation. On the same
day, in the Addo, two waggons belonging to Mr. Whit-
ing, on their way from Port Elizabeth to Graham's
Town, were attacked by 40 Hottentots. Captain Pullen
directed Commandant Hurter, also of the Levies, to co-
operate with him in pursuit of the robbers. But in the
twilight indistinctness of the following wet morning,
Captain Pullen's men mistook their comrades for the
enemy thy were seeking, and fired into their rear,
wounding four men. The spoor of the retreating Hot-
tentots was traced to the Zuurberg, towards Z warte
Hoogte, and into Slagtboom; then five spoors were seen
leading to Enon sticion. The missionary there denied
having seen any but two friendly visitors! Thus far the
guerilla escaped detection and pursuit.
" Same day.—Fifty Hottentots surrounded the kraal
of the chief Toise, who is friendly to us, stripped his
vrivea naked before his face, and carried him off as a
prisoner to Sandilli. Reports are conflicting as to the
precise disposition that was manifested towards the cap-
tive by the two parties, Kefirs and Hottentots. Some as-
cribe the atrocity to the Hottentots alone; others allege
that Sandilli commanded the Hottentots to kill Toise,
and that they refused. The whole may have been a
premeditated ruse. Toise brought back a letter from
Uitbaalder to the Commander-in-Chief, reading him a
grave lesson of peace without consulting his Kafir allies.
This, we have reason to believe, was the real aim in
view.
The amount of risk we run by employing natives,
whether Hottentots or Fingoes, several suspicious in-
stances seem to prove. It will be remembered that Cap-
tain Bevil, of the Levies, was shot accidentally by a
Hottentot of his party, and that doubt still hangs over
Major Wilmot's lamented death, whether or not it was
by Fingoes of his own party. Two or three (several
during the month) of the Rifles also have been
wounded, either by the awkward precipitance of the
Fingoes, or by their being mistaken for Kafirs. Such
friends are little less dangerous than enemies.
" May 26.—Some Kafirs from Waterkloof visited
Colonel Napier's camp at Blinkwater, and took 27 oxen
out of the kraal. On the following morning a patrol
started off and captured in reprisal 51 Kafir women, who
were safely ludged in Beaufort Gaol. It is very desir-
able that these women should be prevented hereafter
from carrying back ammunition and intelligence to our
enemies. The complaints made of the successful espion-
age of these viragos are quite vexatious. The philan-
thropy which connives at the cunning practice occasions
the loss of many a waggon, and exposes the life of many
a brave soldier and colonist. Our humanity is, there-
fore, exercised at the price of blood. We are glad to see
that the Commander-in-Chief has, by an order dated
May 30, prohibited the practice among the Levies of
selling their ammunition to the Kafiss under pain of
death.

IA 0 N D 0 N,

on a ginall scale, had excited the attention of all the in-
habitants.

" May 29.—Eleven waggons, belonging, to Mr. Pohl
and others, were attacked near De Bruin's Poort while
bringing produce to Graham's Town; Mr. Humphries
was mortally wounded, and 27 oxen and two horses
were driven off. Mr. Pohl was attacked three several
times before emerging from the bush ieto the open
country. The death of Mr. Humphries is one of
those events that rivet public attention upon
the miserable details of the war. Hfamily
His had
been previously in comfortable circunavances, but hav-
ing lost nearly all they possessed, the deceased and his
brother became waggon drivers. The same mail
ac-
quaints us with the death of Mr. T. Phillips' Justice of
h
frontier
hwt
iaerr.
the Peace, another victim to this slow, consuming
`Like hundreds of others,' writes ono of the
papers, 'he had been forced to become a ouseless
wanderer, until at length he sank under the effects of
hardship and exposure.
"June 2—About half-past 11 at night a body of Hot-
tentots, under Utthaalder, attacked the cattle-kraal be-
longing to the Missionary Institution of Mount Coke.
Seven men of the place were killed and nine wounded;
but the cattle cut from the waggons would have been
preserved, had not a large mounted reserve appeared.
The firing was heard at Fort Murray, and General
Yorke dispatched a squadron of Lancers and Cape
Corps, under Major Tottenham, who joined in the pur-
suit as far as Debe Neck.
June 3—From Eland's Kloof, four miles east of Gra-
ham's Town, four spans of oxen and other cattle, worth
300/., were driven off and secreted in ono of the bushy
vaileys at the confluence of the Kat with the Fish River.
" Concurrently with these depredations, the news from
rile
ssfemote districts borderingTambookieland tell of suc-
cesh!eohnfaeovriln3ayg .
_rre forays:—from —e ft
In taken
ro rebel.
o m Deol.
tip vu m o Stein, of Mooi Pleats, 500
Bons while proceeding from HotHot t eGn tr oaths
aattacked
Town
five wPaoge -t
Beaufort, though guarded by a detachment of 31 Sappers
rebels
delMs ionnertsh,iusnotecra thesion had posted
of Captain Moody. The
a themselves in the
thick bush of the Konap-hilt, andthey opened a suddes soon as•
, bthye
wsmhiaclhl
convoy appeared
the leading mule-waggon was disabledn • d
small convoy killed. During the contest, whicheven ellsethe
for some time, nine more were wounded, but the re
mainder were brought off in good order by the cool al: g
lantry of Captain Moody. The waggons contained some
ammunition and Minis muskets, which latter were, how.
ever, rendered useleLs by the precaution of removing
the nipples.
"On the same day, tho mail from Graham's Town
was seized near the Beka station by ten rebel otten-
tots, but was again recaptured by Tabai (Uwkei's) son.
On the 15th, 40 oxen suers taken from H. Bezuiden-
hout's place, Highlands.
"June 19.—Major-General Yorke, with a large force,
supported by Colonel Michel and Colenel Eyre, mar-
ched against the camp of the rebel Hottentots, which
was reached the next morning (a day
before the Hot-
tentots expected to be attacked). Our success was signal
A Cape Corps sergeant, who was taken prisoner, was
immediately hanged. Three of the Millie rifles, and
part of the ammunition lately taken ai, the Konap were
found. Among the slain was a Cape Corps deserter,
who had a gold watch and chain; and a soldier found a
pouch full of sovereigns. A Kafir boy was taken in
Fort Beaufort, who disclosed the mode of replenishing
the stores of the enemy. In the evening, women, car-
rying wool, enters the town and remains till 10 at night,
when they manage to leave, laden with supplies.
'"lttie last mail has also brought the sickening in-
telligence of a brutal murder at Olifant's Hoek. '.his is
the second victim of wanton barbarity who has fallen in
this place by the hands of rebel Hottentots within ten
days, but we trust that the reign of philanthrophic
humbug is drawing to a close.
We purposely reserve our concluding notice for a
review of General Cat heart's dispositions and macceuvree;
but we feel our inability to detail plans known only to
himself, and which will receive their first historical de-
lieeation in the field. We are persuaded that the Com-
mander-in-Chi& has not been idle. His judicious 'nee
sures' have already impressed the enemy with wholesome
awe, and we perceive in the capture of Toise merely the
cut/throw d. vice of a bewildered rebel to convey a letter
to his Excellency.
" In the Sovereignly, affairs wererreilllt,,yiebrtihgehytenoilnkeiv,
laileatopect which hod been
fiaradPieoetocrjilmhaidh3lopu,and,ctraf,,i.
*altered into between the War Couecil and her Majesty's
Assistant Commissi none Lloshesh still pursues a
very equivocal policy.
Appreherehd rebels have be-
trayed the fact of procuring gunpowder from this chief.
" While tee write, our hearts ate saddened and our
t"gg"'s death. Teh genilemau's c expeciecce,
prospectsuaatt iu the melancholy tidings of Maj
i-
hem de, tied -rteken
merits
iyof
ruar.ovtatieg:eantPrhuilsPi:ulclitliti:Clecdollt:iareguie: de:":
ut‘eVnaiiihnloel: ourselvesrht j:luisttiGeL:ds'ta • gdfi4tor.:gfil:gteh'e:
lamity. The such a crisis,
• classes with
his serrow' reeectful syereathy ot "
"41; widow aecaurpenies her departure Iraq
011 r :Inures. to be a public ca

hrld
6• N 4.' 'vas n ;
'U"et. 450001 of ti:o
colftc.,l.
the of buor,
as shown by the success of Mr. Morewood's experimen;

patch from General Somerset, stating that the neigh-
bourhood was altrmed by hosiile bands committing out-
" SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK. ' rages in Lower Albany. He ordered one squadron of
" The events ot this week are of a checkered character the 12:h Lancers, one company of the Royal Sappers and
—the dark squares, however, having greatly the predo- Minerva, end three companies of to 74th Regtesent to
minatme. Twomore_
Hottentot bandits, and a third seriously wounded. One support, but stated that the establishment of a rural
colonists have been murdered by march uperi Graham 's
Town for their protection end
was waylaid in Olipham for
of police was the only measure bat could be relied upon
of them, au Elm:list-imam
Hook, stripe:el naked, and had his brains beaten out the internal security of the border districts. This police
with a bludgeon. The other, a man of colour, was shot force he is now organiztrift- After making a torsof in-
deed whilst resting in his own cottage in fancied aeon- spectiom and visiting the different cones, &c., he to-
rity after his day's toil. The wounded man was return- turned to Fort Beaufort.
ing to his home, and was shot from an ambuscade, but " Here he received a letter from the rebel Hottentot
leader Uithaalder, hinting that he had no objection to
liaeY, possibly, escape with life.
"It the information from Uitenhage be correct, which enter into correspondence, as he was acting independently
computes the rebel banditti in the Zuurberg at from 250 of the Kafir chiefs. This man, it seems, at the iusoga-
to 300 strong, then it follows that the main body of the lion ot Sandilli, had seized the Kafir chief Toise in his
Hottentot rebels on the Buffalo must have been when own kraal, not far from King William's Town, upon a
attacked by Colonel Eyre and the gallant men of the 43d, charge of treason against his lawful chief or feudal sove-
weaker than usual, though then estimated at from 500 to reign. Sandilli ordered him to be put to death, but
600 men. Should this be so, then it very plainly marks Uithaalder and his associates demanded a fair trial for
the formidable character of the rebellion, and the hem their prisoner, and on that being refused, give him his
portance of the whole country being aroused to a sense freedom, and sent him home in safety. Toise's own tetr-
a the necessity of dm immediate tied effectual tuppr,es• ratite! is very curious.
sion of the insurrection. It this bo not dose with a "Vi hilt; the General Was bury in completing errange-
strong hand, the safety of the whole colony said be mists for the pretec hen of the frontier districts, the
jeopardiztit, and the most disastrous coasequencee may enemy were not idle. Oa the eml of May a consider-
euene. able force attacked Mount Coke, a missionary station
Tho spirited attack on the rebel camp on the between King William's 'Pot n arid East menden, and
Buffalo. by Colonel Eyt e and the 43d Regiment relieves suceeeded in carrying off it lot of draw; ht oxen, killing
the dark ferttures of the *Aire, and by exciting hope 7 Ftngoes and wounding 10,
also en Englishman named
affords matter for coisgraldation. The attack was well Fold, and two of Soware's Kafirv. And on the 2i of
designed, and would, there can be no doubt, had the de- June they intercepted the pest-riders between Fort
ferent cinsi luns arrived at the concerted time, have been Peddle and King ‘- t illi
denca's Town. But the most serious
eminently successful. But in this country, to insure ac- affair occurred on the 13,h, when they surprised five
curate titan in a night march from different points, is a Government waggons proceeding from Graham's Town
movement of extraordinary difficulty, and especially to Fort iteautore under the charge of Captain bloody
where there are men who would consider it as a miefer• with a detachment of 31 Sappers and Miners. Seven
tune to he last, and indeed a reproach not to be first, in of the riflemen were killed end nine wounded. The
the pretence of the enemy." waggons, containing among other things, a considerable
The Cape Town Mail, in a leading article, says :
quantity of ammunition and arms, were captured and
" Peace, accompanied by such security from danger to Plundered, and the oxen carried off.
life and property as is consistent with residence upon a " They have since, however, received some punish-
barbarian border, is all that is hoped for by a large
e Yorke2lst, andthe yColonel
were
not
0 Et
y quilt© unprepared,ment. On the 20th a combined movement was made by
body of the colonists from the present unhappy General t
hostilities. Such is also the solo aim of the Though expecting that the attack would not be made
British Government, who, on the colony's behalf, are
until
Co-
at this time incurring the vast expense of these hos-
ee on ijithaaide r
'd
end camp.Co
lonel Eyre, who arrived first, and rather too soon for
tilities. Both bodies, the Imperial Government support, had a smart affair before the enemy broke and
and the colony, have to co-operate in endeavouring to dispersed. It is stated that General Yorke's division
attain this object. Without their perfect co-operation it have followed up this success, but the official account is
seems impossible that anything final can be done; and
not yet published.
before they can co-operate cordially, each must know i• Anticipating the completion of his arrangements for
the policy which guides the conduct of the other, and the defence of the frontier districts, General Cathcart
both must see clearly what measures are beat to be has announced his intention to march into Kreili's coun-
adopted before the great end in view can be attained. try early next month. The ablebodied men of the
i• How, then, are they to work together under present frontier districts have again been summoned to co-operate
circumstances? How can the British Government come with her Majesty's troops, under their own commandants,
municate with the colonists? War was declared, and with a promise of an equitable distribution of the cattle
last 18 months. This intelligence has
the Queen's representative called on the colonists 'to rise which may be taken in the course of the expedition, as
en masse, and ixterminate' the enemy. From the very some compensation for the losses and sufferings of the
manner in which the object of the war was stated doubtsjust been received,
' ' BY ears EXCELLENCY LIEUTENANT•GENERAL THE
" ' ,andliwelallo.
arose. Was it right to exterminate the Kafirs, in the and all that is yet known of it is contained in the follows
ordinary sense of the word used in the roclamation? If ing proclamation:—
theyhs
GEORGE
territory CAisTsHeCpAaßraTt,ed&e.
deserved such a fate, was it necessary? Or, to
propose a third view, was it necessary but not right? if,
indeed, God will ever permit human beings to argue whereas the Kafir chief Kreli, who resides beyond
Kei
anything to be necessary that is not right. the
of her Majest ' from that part
" What the war arose from is of less importance than , -y s dominions called British Kafraria, by
the question—how must it end? The intended eater- that riser, although recently chastened for his well-
mination, originally proclaimed, of the enemy, has since known underhand. as well as open hostility, by order of
been diminished to his banishment beyond the Kei. Is
iGovernor of Sits Harry Smith, has not ceased, from the
this ielispensable? If indispensable to the extent of time the expedition was withdrawn, contumaciously to
security which we think to be necessary, has it been c sna ort and assist her Majesty's rebellious subjects,
rightly earned by the Kafir people at our hands? If now associated with the rebel chief Sandilli, Kafirs
indispensable for our present security, if just, is it safe as well as Hottentots, in carrying on a protracted
for the future? Will not the new colony between the war, and even to harbour rebel Hottentots in his own
Fish River and the Kei—for the country between the country.
Fish River and the Keiskammte although nominally a " ' And whereas the said contumacious chief Kreli,
colonial district since 1848, is scarcely in a different when mercifully called upon by me to desist from his
position from British Kafraria, in fact—will not this evil practices, and use his well-known influence in put-
new territory in future years suffer as fearfully from the Ling an end to the Gaika rebellion, and in token of his
tribes who then will border on the Europeans, as Albany good faith and due submission, to pay up the fine of
and Somerset do now from their present neighbours? cattle imposed by my predecessor, Governor Sir Harry
If, again, it be alike indispensable for the present in- Smith, which the said chief had promised to pay, and
terests of the colony, safe for its future interests, and on the faith of which promise the last expedition
right as far as the Kafirs are concerned, is it possible to was mercifully withdrawn after the infliction of half the
' exterminate' them from their present homes, and come punishment deserved, has insolently sent back my peace-
pel them to emigrate beyond the Kei? The colonists able remonstrance and just demand, in defiance :
alone, even if they were agreed upon answering all the " ' And whereas it is necessary, in vindication of
questions above in the affirmative, cannot do it. A large her Majesty's authority, and in order to put an end to
British army has been trying to succeed in this during a this war, that the said chief Kreli should, without loss
year and a-half, and have hitnerto made but little progress. of time, receive the full chastisement he deserves :
" A more modified view, even of the idea of the ex- " ' ow, therefore, Ido hereby proclaim, declare, and
pulsion of the Gaika nation from their present country, make known, that, for the purpose of inflicting such
has lately seemed to gain ground. It is said that General chastisement, it is my intention, on the 6th day of Au-
Cathcart wishes only to expel the individual Kafirs, if gust next, to assemble a sufficient force of her Majesty's
they can be singled out, or the individual chiefs, who regular troops, cavalry, infantry, and artillery, paid
have taken part in the war. But will this be politic, or levies and enrolled Fingoes, with abundant supplies for
even possible, in the case of a people holding their chiefs the campaign, on the Umvani River, near Bram Neck,
in so much honour? The war arose scarcely so much, midway between Shiloh and the White Kei :—and that,
as Bishop Gray is said to have stated in England, from it is further my intention with this force to cross the
the incurable cattle-stealing propensities of the Kafirs, Kei, and establish my head-quarters at Kreli's Great
as from the partisanship of the pimple with their chiefs, Place.
whose power it was the avowed policy of our Government " ' But, wishing to show to her Majesty's enemies
to endeavour to undermine and destroy. We established that, besides the force of her regular armies, she pos-
British rule tin Kafraria, and persuaded ourselves that sesses the loyal support of her faithful subjects, and
the people were more contented end prosperous under that, at her call, they are ready and Willing to take the
that rule, than under their former native institutions of , field in her cause :
government. So, perhaps, they may have been for a " ' Wishing, also, to give to those who, as a body, have
time. The Government of the day persuaded itself also suffered severely from the war, an opportunity of re-
that the colony was more free from cattle-stealing visits, covering, by force of arms, some compensation for their
veal more safe from a chance of their recurrence. So losses, I hereby, in the name and on behalf of her
stated Sir H. Smith's dispatches and public declarations, Majesty. command all burghers of the divisions of
repeatedly and positively. When rumours of war came Graaff-Reinet, Uitenhage, Port Elizabeth, Somerset,
Sir H. tmith summoned one of the former chiefs before Craddock, Albany, Albert, Victoria, Fort Beaufort, and
him. The chiet set the newly-established authority in Colesberg, capable of bearing arms, to take the field
his country at defiance. The people chose the side upon the old commando system of the colony, and join
of their natural sovereign rather than that of the me on the Univani River, near Bram Neck, midway
foreigner. We have te tempted in vain, during 18 between Shiloh and the White Kei, on the 6:11 of Au-
months past, to bring these alleged rebels to submission, gust, whence I will lead them, forthwith in person intotthe
If this be the history of the war, and if it be true that a country of the contumacious chief Krell, to despoil him
national feeling unites the Kafir people, even though of his cattle, us the best means of effectually bringing
they were for a time happy and contented under our him to submission, and thereby terminating the present
rule, to resist any intrusion upon them of what they tiresome hottilities.
must needs think a foreign yoke,—are not the questions "' I further hereby make known to the colonists of
respecting their expulsion, extermination, destruction, all classes, who shall voluntarily join in this great com.
and so forth, which we have described above, such as mando, that all cattle that may be captured by them
must naturally suggest themselves to the mind of every shall be divided among the captors, for their own use
man of civilizod femme At present there are no suffi- and benefit, according to such equitable division as may
cient means of thoroughly ascertaining pnblic opinion be determined on by their own commandants.
in the colony on a subject of such intricacy and difficulty. " ' God save the Queen,
Whenever the colonists meet in an organized represen- " ' Given under the public seal of the settlement at
tative Legislature, they can say for themselves what they the Cape of Good Hope, this Ist day of July, 1852.
tnink is best to be done for the attainment of the sole "' By command of his Excellency the Governor,
object of the present, as of all wars,—peace. They will
" ' RICHARD SOUTHEY,
deliberately judge, and will consult with the authorized ct 4 ,%, , ,
t chng-Seeretary to Government." '
servants of the Queen's Government, what evils which Her Majesty's steamer Styx arrived at Simon 's
may now be allayed have caused alike the Kafir war and Bay on the 16th of June; sailed for Table Bay on
the Ho
rebellion and what can be done to le
Hottentot ;ssen the 28th, and left for East Ist of July.
London on the o
these evils. Until then all parties continuel Bel-
oit remove Her Majesty's t s eamer
sounds which relieve the e-Hydra, Commander
in the dark, and tne sole g grave and the Rhad• Belem,
of the real object of the contest, and ' . . anlaethus, Commander
neral ignorance were lying in Simon's Bay.
of the war, are heard from our injured
the real grounds The Chusan screw steamer on the
border-colonists, whose many sufferings naturally prompt eamer left Table BaY
of the enemy as mere bloodthirsty mis- 29th of June for Port Phillip.
them to think heavy
murder; bat who •
delighting in ravage and in . Thegarrison •at Sierra Leone was healthy,
creams,
be wrong. rain had set in. Major from
O'Connor had returned
this judgment may
of
the nature of our en d to
"These very views
nothing less than their utter annihilation the Banana Islands • hemade his half-yearlyinsPec.
notion that i
and that they do not deserve to •
could restore peace, tion of the troops on the 23d of
the object ofthe June. .
exist—the proclamation that _ war
was
Her Majesty's steamer P Commander
• tion—have retarded the close of the con- olyphemus, ed
their extertnuaaPhillips, from the Rio p July started
test . The enemy, Kafirs ong•os the Ist of /
test more than anything
that theyy, sad
on a cruise the 19th of July at present
Hottentetmhear it ogaiii and again,. must choose
instate of • '1
a civi war, to Sherporo,
Hottentots
d resistance and their destruction.
between continue
Lieutenant
Her Majesty's
Yet if comparative peace, not the safety of London and steamer Bloodhound, 20th of
York, but such comparative peace as borderers must be Christian, arrived at Sierra Leone on the c In-
satisfied with, can be attained by anything less than Sir July : from Ascension the 18th of June, with ?
er-
Harry Smith's proclaimed object ath the opening of the mender Bruce's dispatches. The gallant Cowman"
war, neither Britain nor the colony ate aenytrue interest in-Chief had relieved the blockade at Whydataa
in seeking that object; and, to say h
the least,
it
is
f" measure calculated to give t esfaction to the
grea sa 1
from certain that either of them hasright, any more
native chiefs.
than it possesses the interest, Ser
Her Mejesty's steamer F. Lieutenant
" A commission of inquiry into all the causes of con. 'reflyt slaves on
test, sent out last year, might have saved Great Britain mour, had captured a slaver, but with 00
many
thousands of pounds. A similar commission, even board, and brought her to St. Helena.
now, would be of the highest value. The establishment, Her Majesty's steamer Pluto arrived at Sierra
St.
in addition, as speedily as possible, of representative in- Leone on the 13th of June left on the 14th for for
the
stitutions, having public confluence, and through which Vincent's, anti returned with English mails on
the real opinion of the colony could be clearly heard, 15th of June, on the 7th of .
would enable all the parties concerned to understand Her M• t '
ajes y s steamer Bloodhound Pr • on
1 for the
each other perfectly—to decide clearly upon what was the 7th f Jul to
oyAscension with the null
best to be done—and to cooperate sincerely towards the c ommodore. restoration of peace on a permanent basis."
H Lieutenant
From the South African Commercial Advertiser j er Majesty's steamer Myrmidon,
we extract the following : olliffe, was cruising in the Bights.
got away from
" Though General Cathcart has not been remiss der- Two steamers with 1,000 slaves had .
with 10 guns
ing the past month, his dispatches by the present mail the Gallinas. A large armed slaver wi
• "ng off th•
will carry little consolation to the Chancellor of the Ex- and Spanish colours, is reported to be crlitsi
e ieutenant
chequer. His predecessor, Sir Charles Wood, last year Gallinas. Her Majesty's brig Crane, and
asked only 300,000/. for the Kafir war, under an iropres. Bonham had left SierraL in pursuit, ra-
don that the contest was drawing to a clese. Mr. Dis.. turned on Leone
..__
same y
da her
raeli now (April 30) requests an additional 660,000/. Majesty's the 11th of July. Oo
str Vincent's Cape
But Sir Charles Wood ' thought the Right Hon. Gen. ye steamer Pluto left for
ails of the 15th of
ileman would find himself very much disappointed in tbe rde, to convey the English M
off Sherboro,
estimate which he had formed of the probable expense July to Sierra Leone. When Cruising,
d lke, and siv-
a the Kafir war. The probability was that the 460,000 e a boat was seen in the river, paintemen.
of-war ; she,
which he had first named would be pretty nearly cx. posed to belong to, one of our
slave vessel which
',ended by the Ist of March, and it was going on et the however, turned out to belong tO4OO slaves, and got
rate of almost 50,000/. a month.'
Leone had received
elapsed since the Ist of March, which, according2oo to the clear. The Governor of Sierra
ready for ember-
estimate, will account for the additionalwhat
it was
While information of 2,000 slaves beingb
htbourne's
lion
Ist state of the war is pretty nearly
of its drawingeverythenecessary to tory in the Rio Poops, witla
k" leave-the bar-
a close has not improved, rrange- made for resistance until the 66stoe
protection of the
relents in progress for the . colony cud racoons.
the
enemy imply an increasing Sierra Leone on the
the annoyance of
Higher motives than g Her Majesty's brig Crane left
rate ot expenditure..
parties • mere 17th of Jul
doubt inspire all with an The y.of July, 20 miles west
economy no savage conflict Pro ontis on the 19th with her desire to bring this to of e„P 7 d colours
ardentsufficient
even economy alone is a. •nt reason id. oierra Leone, exchange
an end; but
of Ministers something more than jesty's brig Crane. and Pluto were
for demanding
Herald,Torcb,
`maintain the honour of her ma.. Her lvt •I. , h.
-majesty a seips
July.
just enough to
tre has yet been accomplished, at Cape Verde on the 26th of
joE.ty's arms.' Nothing more
arrived from ng-
d rebel bands within •
the The Queen of the South arrived e _
There are Kafir camps, an
Beyond it, nothin • 30115 ot and
•the colony.
boundaries of i The idle,spont,
range of musketry or cannon sailed ,1 of Ju-y•
wife that is not within the
of her Itlejesty's firms' the 7th or July, and sailed
Simply to ' maintain the honour e
has
cos, Captain Watts, arrived on
The ,
Teeiot sailed for
• t the border tribe e. ., accord_ the -
for 18 months agates , 0 000/ with 1-, e saute day for the Cepe.
and the Harbinger,
Wood's estimate, about 96,
i, , tee the B' .1
231 of July,
ing to Sir G. -
mail. In" losses of the 0 ram son the
ugland on the 26th of
loss 017 many brave officers and
are not less u le . '"Ptain Lane, arrived from E
time -
in life property, end
colony ,
.g.
July,
It is ft most ruinous affair. MinatC, of Scilly, was at
d operations during the The schooner "
A summary of events en- ,
he details of !Assaults anchor at Cape Verde on • f E I a
month is given elsewhere. But e
' British e • , , '71,1 roe sailed •or i ng.ana on
and e
robeeries murders pursuits, skirmishes, . ip le onal',rig, eielten aa.un ,
, .. •,.
.. -,
_. •,,, have been distieguithed the 18th of July, epee is, in wraith cotouti s
: • 'enced no Worth-east h-east trades on
more columns. Dis- The ''•
actors or suffirere, would fill many .1. i opontts expert
i war, have become her generally wee terlyi winds to
order and danger, as well as actual
sines
of
aborder outward passage, f Africa f h
rem southerly
familiar f,_.r 50 traiks or more en both tie, Cape Verde, oa the coast o
The latest re- • She steamer 1 the whole wee,
line some 100 o - 150 miles in length.
.es t , winds, with heavy rains. ..
g pant ot active ,
ports give reason to fear that stron having contrary winds, with the exco ption of 50 hours
marauders have already established themselves among under sell alone
the mountains and forests not far from the towns of
south-east trades were fresh for
Homeward the out hours under
. .
IJ:tenting° and Port Elizabeth. 78 under sail, with
Cathcart has to about four days. She was
" such is the field which General
____. .
'`) miles a
'use she ran 7E ,- ( verag-
con'etnelate and operate upon, tigainei, an enemy adroit, °, Tit steam, in which ti
1 from Sierra Leone fresh
, inw 10 knots per hour, from Cape Verde
active, desperate, and well armed.
Fort ''eauVort he ' N.W. winds
sonatat showers,
ape Verde
" Attar removing head-quarters to .l-, 2 fresh and
until three days from Ply.
made a visit to Graham's Town, in consequence of a dis- i northerly winds . . ..„
niguth, when w.N.W. winds preval ea.