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Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion.
Cases, &c.
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British Museum, which has been closed for several days, is
THE RE-OPENING OF THE BRITISH. MUSEUM.—The
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thoroughly cleaned, and various additions made in
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leries. The institution will be continued open on
.Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Fridays from ten A.M. to four nisi.,
30th of April, 1853, with' h
- . of a week from the
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six o'clock in the evening. The workmen are busily engaged
in the erection of two fountains in the front of the court-yard.
The two old boxes for the sentinels still remain, which di3ll-
- the appearance of the colossal gilded gates.

SMITHFIELD MARKET.
(From the Daily News.)
" Smithfield to the rescue?' The rally of the dirty
legion to maintain this citadel, after the convention
for its surrender has been signed, is persevered in.
New recruits gather round their standard. The
Derbyite organ in the morning daily press brags of
the accession of the Whig organ in the evening daily
press. The champions of the weekly re-unions cf
horned cattle, sheep, horses, pigs, with all their filth
in Smithfield, evince a fervour in the cause ardent as
ever burned in the breasts of the knights of old, who
encountered there amid the crashing of spears; or the
martyrs, who there found a fiery death. But the poor
dumb brutes who are goaded into madness in Smith-
field, can preach more eloquently against the perpe-
tuation of the market than the most voluble of the
human donkeys who espouse that cause. On the af-
ternoon of Monday—while "able editors" were in-
diting paragraphs in laud of the market—a bullock,
which had been purchased there and driven to
Clare-market to be slaughtered, broke loose
from its executioners and charged the assem-
bled multitude and chance passengers. In the
course of an hour or so it threw down two children,
injuring them so severely that they had to be carried
to the hospital ; struck down a female, gashing her
face and laying her nose open so that she was carried
to the hospital in great agony ; tossed a child to a
considerable distance so that it was injured by the
fall; knocked down an old woman, propelling her
to a distance of fifteen feet, so that her forehead was
gashed; fell foul of a boy and terribly gashed his
left thigh. This is the execution ascertained to have
been done by the maddened animal in the course of a
charge along the Strand and Fleet-street, through
the crowds which throng that thoroughfare at mid-
day. We are complacently told by the advocates for
the preservation of Smithfield market that the inha-
bitants of that locality, being issit- were "to the
manner born," rather like than otherwise what would
be to other persons an intolerable nuisance. A rea-
sonable degree of scepticism may be indulged as to the
relish,—even by the denizens of Smithfield,—for
having their children and old women tossed and gored
after the fashion we have just described. Eels may
get accustomed to be skinned alive, but human beings
are more sensitive. And it is clear from the misad-
ventures of Monday that the inhabitants of me-
tropolitan districts, tolerably remote from Smith-
field, are endangered by the practice of driving
bullocks to and from that central locality. Every
week as soon as the clocks from the church towers
proclaim midnight—the close of the Sabbath—the
leading thoroughfares of London are crammed with
bullocks, and detachments of this brute army, more
or less numerous, continue to pass and re-pass till a
late hour of Monday evening. They jostle their way
through—to say nothing of adult males—through
troops of little children going to, or returning from,
school, old semi-palsied dames repairing to market,
trim damsels engaged in their favourite pursuits of
shopping. From Islington to Brixton, from Mile-end
to Kensington, the weak and defenceless are once a
week exposed to the caprices of infuriated brutes
with sharp horns, and many an accident occurs which
escapes the notice even of the übiquitous penny-a-
line corps. And yet we are asked to believe that
nothing would be gained by transferring the market
now held in Smithfield to some distant locality. Why,
ono should have thought it palpable even to a City
drover that if horned cattle, suffering from thirst at
midsummer, and goaded by the sharp-pointed staves
of drovers, were interne (as the French President
would call it) in the outskirts of Bow, instead of
being allowed to range at large through the whole of
the metropolis, the number of individuals who in-
curred danger by crossing their path would be im-
mensely diminished.
But there is no real necessity for exposing any of
our suburbs to the unwelcome presence of those dan-
gerous visitants. The cattle purchased for the con-
sumption of the metropolis are at present either
slaughtered in that vicinity, and their quarters con-
veyed in market carts to the shops of the salesmen, or
they are driven along the streets (like the hero of
Monday's casualties) to slaughter-houses more or less
remote. Now, eight or ten miles can be travelled by
railway in the course of some twenty minutes ; such
a brief period would, therefore, be the whole addition
to the time required at present to transport the car-
case from the shambles to the shop, were the markets
and slaughter-houses relegated to a distance of eight
or ten miles from London. Six cattle markets with
slaughter-houses might be established on six
great lines of railway for the accommodation of
six divisions of London. Less than an hour would
suttee to convey the master butchers at any time to
and from the market ; less than half an hour to bring
every morning by an early train the meat slaugh-
tered for the day to one or other of the six principal
railway stations. The number of market carts re-
quired to convey it from the stations to the shops
would not be greater than is now required to convey
it from the slaughter-houses to the shops; and instead
of being, as now, concentrated in a great measure in
Newgate-street, they would be spread over six remote
localities. The filth and garbage of the slaughter-
houses, instead of being accumulated in one immense
mass, in a place whence it can with difficulty be re-
moved, would be kept apart in comparatively small
masses, and almost instantly be carted off as manure
to the surrounding fields.
The gambols played by the maddened bullock of
Monday all along the Strand and Fleet-street afford
the last illustration of the danger to life and limb with
which the perpetuation of Smithfield-market is at-
tended. Yet as Sydney Smith had no hopes of reform
in railway administration until a bishop should have
been burned, so possibly the Smithfield nuisance may
flourish till a brat® of Lord Mayors have been tossed
and gored. Perhaps, however, the presence of cholera
at Danzig may accelerate the evacuation of the cen-
tral district of London by its present foul and dan-
gerous occupants.
(From the Herald.)
Again, and yet again ! Two more leading articles
upon Smithfield-market ! For one reason only do
we allude to them—namely, to keep before the public
eye the remarkable fact, that none of the opponents of
Smithfield will now venture to say that the intended
removal, as at present contemplated and preparing,
will be any improvement. The most rabid of the
free-trade journals rushes into the fray yesterday in
the following polite fashion :
" ` Smithfield to the rescue. The rally of the dirty
legion to maintain this citadel, after the convention for
its surrender has been signed, is persevered in. New
recruits gather round their standard. The Derbyite
organ in the morning daily press brags of the accession
of the Whig organ in the evening daily press. The
champions of the weekly re-unions of horned cattle,
sheep, horses, pigs, with all their filth in Smithfield,
evince a fervour in the cause ardent as ever burned in the
breasts of the knights of old,wholencountered there amid
the crashing of spears; or the martyrs, who there found
a fiery death."
Here is no want of hostility to us or to Smithfield.
Yet even this assailant will not venture to say that the
change now proposed will be a change for the better.
Like the Globe, Spectator, &c., he desiderates a
change, but not this change. Here is the new view
of what is required :
"Now, eight or ten miles can be travelled by railway
in the course of some twenty minutes; such a brief
period would, therefore, be tho whole addition to the
time required at present to transport the carcase from
the shambles to the shop, where the markets and
slaughter-houses relegated to a distance of eight or ten
miles from London. Six cattle-markets with slaughter-
houses might be established on six great lines of rail-
way for the accommodation of six divisions of London.
Less than an hour would suffice to convoy the master
butchers at any time to and from the market; less than
half an hour to bring every morning by an early trails
the meat slaughtered for the day to one or other of the
six principal railway stations. The number of market
carts required to convey it from the stations to the shops
would not be greater than is now required to convey it
from the slaughter-houses to the shops; and instead of
being, as now, concentrated in a great measure in New-
gate-street, they would be spread over six remote loca-
lities."
This would be a great and total change, but it is
not the change proposed in the Bill of 1851. That
measure—the measure which the Corporation are now
engaged in carrying out—appears to have no friends.
At least, while several journals have taken part in
the controversy, we have not yet met with a single
argument in favour of the change which is now about
to be made.

IMPROVEMENTS AT THE WEST-END. -- It havinir,
been resolved by the commissioners, connected with the
paving board of the parish of St. James, Piccadilly, to relay
and improve the carriage ways in that locality during the
present Parliamentary vacation, Air. S. Carey, the patentee
of the concave and convex wood pavement, of the same
kind as that laid in Lothbury, by the Bank, in Corn hill,
and other places in the City, has received instructions from
the commissioners to take up the existing wood pavement
in Piccadilly (which he laid down about eight years Iwo),
and to relay the same in Jermyn-street, which thoroughfare
p
was previously paved with wood by the Metropolitan Wood-
paving Company. It is expected that the whole of the
work will be completedreviously
to the opening of the
Houses of Parliament in November next. The whole of
Piccadilly will also, during
the same period, be laid with
four-inch granite cubes of stone by Mr. Chadwick, the City
pavier, and that portion of the same line of road leading
from the mansion of the Duke of Devonshire to Apsley-hcuse,
previously macadamized, is now nearly covered with stone,
' laid by Messrs. Mowlem and Co., by order of the parochial
authorities connected with the
parish of St. GeQrge, 'louver-
square.

THE KAFIR WAR.

PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8.
The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's
mail packet Hellespont, Captain W. Watts, arrived
this morning at five o'clock. Fer dates are—out-
ward, Plymouth, June 26 ; St. 7incent, July 8 ;,
ar-
r at the Cape, July 29," being. a passage of
days, the shortest on record ; homeward—left the
Cape August 3 ; St. Helena, August 11 ; Ascension,
August 15 ; St. Vincent, August
95 ; Plymouth,
September 8.

The intelligence from the seat of war continues
to be of the same dubious character as ever, and it is
the private opinion of those who hove been practi-
cally conversant with military proceedings
on the
frontier that the settlement of this vexatious contest
is as far off as it was twelve months since.
On the st of July General Cathcart issuel a pro-
clamation, calling for the assistance of every man
capable of bearing arms, and on the2oth his Excel-
lency issued an explanatory circular in
w
`which it is
stated that all he required was a deputation of all
the fighting men who can really cone to represent
the district, and for those who cannot come to
assist those who can. The Governor insists on
this help. The mother country ha; sacrificed much
life and treasure, whileits only real advantage was
Simon's Bay.
the possession of the seaport of The
protection of certain colonists who settled on the
frontier 30 years since might be considered an obli
gation, but such obligations have their limits. This
must probably be the last Kafir war. .)arried on at the
cost of the British Government. The object of Ge-
neral Cathcart's intended expeditbn was twofold—
first, to test the willingness of the colonists; and se-
condly, if they came forward, to demonstrate to the
Kafir; that, independently-of thd Imperial force, there
was sufficient strength in the colony to chastise the
enemy should he again attack the frontier. If the
General found the colonists undv.illing, he had ample
force to cross the Kei and vindicate the national
honour, but this would convince the world
that the colonists were deficient in their
would ever after hold themcontempt. After former energy, and their
iiahief opponent Kreli
re-
turning from the expedition beyond the Kei, the
Governor says it will be his duty to report to the
home Government if the colorists had not rendered
him proper support, in that me he will probably be
commendation to them would )e to keep less sheep
ordered to withdraw his army.
when his parting re-
and oxen, and more shepheris and herdsmen, for
wild men and wild beasts world soon recover their
ancient sovereignty in the Fish River and Zuurberg,
and the colonists will not be alle to drive them out as
their fathers did in the olden time.

The files of Cape papers give the usual accounts of
cattle lifting by combined Hottentots and Kafirs, and
of reprisals by the regular forces and burghers. The
only attack worthy of notice was one made on the
Waterkloof by Colonel Buller, of the Rifles on the
24th of July, when the Kafirs were lured from their
stronghold by a feigned retreat, and were thus ex-
posed to the full fire of the Arti lery and Rifles, suf-
fering a loss of more than 100, while only three of
Colonel Buller's force were wounded.

, Lieutenant-Go-
vernor verUnnordeDr daterling
Commissioners of the western in which,
Darling
ofh
a the s
addressed
e ofs 5e
dA a ugeiursetu
to the Civil
districts,
after referring to General Cathcarts letter of the 20th
of July to the eastern prosinces, he says that, by the
last newspaper accounts from Graham's Town and
Port Elizabeth, the Governor's views had been
promptly responded to, ani that considerable contri-
butions had been cheerfully rendered towards equip-
ping the contingent from tae eastern districts. Lieu-
tenant Governor Darling tlen gives instructions to
the Commissioners to make known through the field
cornets that they are ready to receive contributions in
money or kind towards the equipment of the eastern
volunteers, to be forwarded to the Treasurer-General
in Cape Town, and sending at the same time to the
Governor's secretary accurate lists of the names of the
contributors.

A private correspondent, writing from Cape Town,
on the 3d of August, says,—
" The Hellespont leaves this afternoon for England,
after a rapid passage out of :2 days. The intelligence
she takes home is in so fur satisfactory as showing the
decided line of policy General Cathcart has adopted
in endeavouring to bring this inglorious but expen-
sive war to a speedy terminaton. The most important
document that has appeared since last mail is
the Governor's appeal to the eastern province
burghers, to join in the great expedition to the
Kti, end, it is most satisfactory to add, with porno pro
spect of success. The Lieutenant-Gevernor has issued
circulars to those of the western province, urging them
by contribution, either in the shape of money or ar-
ticles, to assist in the equipment of their eastern
brethren. This is looked upon as a wise measure, and will,
there is little doubt, be generally responded to. (Both
these notices appear below.) It may hero be mentioned
that the Cape Town subscription list to the relief of the
Kafir war sufferers is upwards of 4,2001,, and that fur
those by the loss of the Birkenhead about 1,4001., in-
cluding the Legislative Council's greet. The other in-
telligence from the seat of war 2onsists of the same his-
tory of encounters between predstory bands of the enemy
and the frontier farmers which has
marked its
from the commencement; but although a late general
order mentions a strong body of cavalry and infantry of
the enemy having ' extended, closed, fired, retired, &e.,
by the sound of the bugle,' they have suffered severely
in on© or two cleverly-executed ruses. The general
feeling is that the war is now drawing to a crisis. Ma-
como is the only chief that has anything like a force to
depend on; tho generality of the Ghikas have either
the
crossed the Kei or found an asylum among progress
friendly
Fort Beaufort on the 31st ult.; every mail from the fron-
Kafirs. General Cathcart's ex
fron-
tier is, therefore, looked forwarl to with great anxiety.
" The news from the Sovereignty is very satisfactory;
a constitution had been agreed upon by delegates au-
thorised for that purpose by the High Commissioners.
Mr. Henry Green, Assistant C
-ommissary-General, has
of Major
been sworn in as British Resident, in the room
giving great attention to wool growing,
Warden, who has been relieved. The inhabitants arc
expedition was to have left
country appears to be admirably adapted. 1,1 It
" From Natal the news is also highly favourable.
has now been satisfactorily proved that sugars rice, . and
ed
coffee can be grown to advantage. A vessel has arrived
from Mauritius with 15,000 cane tops to order, whilLeeiar
number of spirited individuals have sent one of their
number cane
number to Madras for Coolies, :n order to give
a fair trial.
for which tho

" In Cape Town public attention has been directed to
the alleged discovery of coal abcut twelve miles from the
city. A commission, appointed by the Lieutenant-Go-
vernor, to inspect the spot, has returned without esta-
blishing any other fact than the existence of coal; but
to what extent, or whether worth
workin, h asy
be determined. One or two scientific men are, however'
very sanguine as to the result A coal mine so near
the port would prove more valuable than gold diggings.
We subjoin the following circular :
" Fort Beaufort, July
20. et to
' Sir,—You have received my proclamation of the Ist
of '
July, and no doubt have given it due circulation, and
done,_ your duty in forwarding its object.
' in the wording of the ordinance, the phrase, 'Every
mannecessary
capable of bearing arms,' apars. it is scarcely
in the literal to explain that I do note pect this to be taken
literal sense; all I require is a deputation of all
the fighting men who can really come to represent their
district; but 1 expect that all those who are not fighting
men, and stop at home,will and assist to the
encourage •
utmost them
these who go forth in their cause, giving
am
wePemealls of equipment and support in respect to
for Ir horses, arms, and sustenance, until they meet me,
may Profess to
will not issue rations to those who
come and may not arrive.
grind to this long
and I am here to do my best to put
frontiertiresome war, and to establish a lg peace on this
if I can, ut the c • hemselves must help
colonists t
me to do
hostile
r so.
it 0
n Kafirs are nearly subdued and removed
•
to a distance from the border; a little more exertion and
Certain Rotten-
foetrsererance will complete this work.
marauders aro still roaming about the country, but
when concentrated do
not amount to 300
men, for mischief
," As to the Kafirs, ecautions must still be taken
calculated to rev t return, and tardy or half
en heir
h.
measures will not As to the 300 rob-
bers suffice to do t ls.
who, if they are not
, a thousand mounted police--
already enrolled and on duty is no fault of mine—should
suffice alone to rotect these,frontier districts from their
ravages, and, if dulysupported, ere twig to root them out.
" Much treasure
lossofand hard service of her
Majesty's
evies have, as you well
regular troops and pal -
know,
been expended by the British Government for the
protection of this colony, from which the mother country
derives no real benefit except in the Possession of the
seaport of Simon's Bay; the mother country is, there-
fure, actuated, possibly in some degree by national pride,
but
mainly by benevolent sympathy in making the great
sacrifice she has done in this cause'
"Perhaps the • of certain colonists who
protection
were en British Government on the
couraged by the
eastern frontier upwards of 30 years ago might, to a
certain extent, be considered an obligation, hut such
obligations have their limits, and grants of better laud
elsewhere, where sheep and oxen can feed in security or
pecuniary compensation, far less expensive than a suc-
cession of Kafir wars, would provide amply and equi-
tably for any such claims.
" This • must probably be the last Kafir war crrried
on in this country at the cost of the British Government,
for the expenses of another, amounting- to 1,000,0001.
sterling, cannot again be exPeeted to be drawn, by vote
of the Imperial Parliament, from the pockets of the
British constituency, in a cause in which, except from
motives of sympathy - and benevolence, iG has no real
,interest.

" The object of my intended expedition beyond the I
Kei is two-fold:—
" 1. To test the power and willingness of the colonists
to come forward in their own
cause.
"2. If they do so come forward, to demonstrate to
the influential paramount chief of their most formidable
and rancorous Kafir enemies that, independently of the
irresistible power of her maje,,,y,s
armies, there is
force and energy within the colony sufficient to chastisehim should he again be guilty of aiding or abetting In
hostilities against the colony.
" If, therefore, I should find myselfy,i ill- supported on
this occasion, which I will net t
means to go forward with her
lMajesty'seeveeld, tlroohpasveanadvp'
inl'-
dicate the national honour ; butthen arrive et
the painful conviction that tho colonthieeta ofl the present
day have not the energy to exert
own cause, and therefore have not the power to i
keept h c is
their enemies at the distance to which
them; and, what is worse, the chief Krell, cot': removed
the same fact, instead of standing in awe of them, convinced
deolif
thenceforward hold them in the estimation whichwth-e}-
would deserve.
" There are persons who attempt to prejudice the
good opinion I now cherish of the people of this part of
the colony, which I am appointed to govern, who tell me
that my predecessor was disappointed on a similar occa-
sion, and that I am too sanguine in my expectations that
the call which I have made will be duly and cordially
responded to. I will not believe them. I have myself'
witnessed too many brilliant examples of patience under
misfortunes, of energy, and of courage among the
colonists of these northern districts, which are more im-
mediately under my own eye, to give the slightest atten-
tion to such unworthy rumours.
"I will wait and form my own judgment on the event;
but should I be disappointed I wish you to remind the
inhabitants of your district of the moral of the fable,
which says, that if, when the waggon is in a hole, the
waggoner will not put his own shoulder to the wheel,
Jupiter will not help him.
" In preparing to go to the Kei I have not been un-
mindful of internal security. Three whole regiments
and numerous armed levies will be left within the fron-
tier to support an ample police force, which either is
or ought to be in activity, in the protection of the
eastern districts; an equal force will occupy British
Kafraria, beyond your frontier, during my short
absence.
" When I return from my expedition beyond the Kei,
I must make up my report to her Majesty's Government,
not only as to the result of: that expedition, but as
to whether I have found the people of this colony
grateful for the support which has been afforded them,
and willing and able to exert themselves in their own
cause, and therefore deserving, or the contrary, as the
case may be, and whether, therefore, I consider their
cause wo:th fighting for or not.
"Ia the latter event, I should probably be ordered
to withdraw my army; and my parting advice to the
colonists of the eastern half of this colony, at least, could
only
he—keep fewer sheep and oxen, and provide your-
selves with more shepherds and herdsmen; for wild men
and wild beasts will soon again recover their ancient so-
vereignty in the Fish River and Zaurberg, et ultra; and
you will be unable to drive them out as your fathers did
iu the olden time.
" I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant ,
GEO. CATHCART, Lieut.-General,
" Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
"The Civil Commander of
The latest intelligence from Kafirland and the
border is as follows ; it is dated August 3 :
By yesterday's post from the frontier we learn
that a most diabolical outrage had been perpetrated near
Fort Pato,
in Kafraria, by a body of about two hun-
dred Kafirs, who attacked the cattle herds on the after-
noon of the 23c1, killed and roasted ot a fire ono of them
(a Hottentot), and took prisoner a Kafir, sweeping off
at the same time sixty-two head of cattle belonging to
the post. The marauders were of the tribes ot Tola,
Stock, and Seyolo.
" An attack had also been made on the eveing o
the 26th on some waggons at the foot of Woeent's Hill,f
near Graham's Town, by a band of rebel Hottentots, who
captured two spans of oxen. Commandant Currie was
in pursuit with his mounted police.
" A spirited affair took place in the Waterkloof on the
morning of the 24th inst., when Colonel Buller, having
received information that a large number of Kafirs were
congregated at Mundell's Krantz, moved from his camp
with a strop column of infantry, cavalry, and artillery,
to surprise them. This, it is reported, was successfully
effected, and the savages exposed to a severe fire of small
arms, after which, having been lured from their fast-
nesses by a feigned retreat of the troops, they were ex-
posed for a length of time to the full fire of the Artil-
lery and Riflemen, suffering, it is said, a loss of at least
100 killed, while the casualties in Colonel Buller's force
were but three wounded.
" The Graham's Town Journal announces that it has
been officially reported to the Governor by the
IPSlambie Commissioner, Captain Maclean, that most of
the hostile Kafirs, with the exception of those with Ma-
come, had dispersed themselves among the friendly
tribes. Sandilli, it is affirmed, has with him not more
than twenty followers.' The outrage mentioned above
hardly corroborates this.
" Most strenuous exertions were being made to equip
a respectable Burgher force, to meet the Governor on
the 6th inst., for the grand movement ugainsi Kreili.
Numerous volunteers have been enrolled, and consider-
able subscriptions made at Graham's Town and other
border towns, as also at Port Elizabeth; and it was ex-
pected that a strong muster of efficient men would take
place. There was, however, much difficulty in pro-
curing horses, and the country is described as being
dreadfully parched with drought.
" The Mail of this morning reports that a fierce attack
was made on Fort White about the 25th inst., the assail-
ants being fortunately beaten off; also that Mr. Carlisle's
valuable cattle, so lately recovered from the enemy, had
again been swept off,
lost." and, it was feared, irrecoverably
We take the subjoined "monthly summary" from
the Cape Town Mail of the 3d of August :
" After eighteen months of harassing and destructive
warfare between the British Government and the Kafir
tribes, during which the inhabitants of this colony have
been exposed to an untold amount of sufferings and loss,
it would be a grateful task to have to report the cessa-
tion of hostilities, or even such an approximation to a
satisfactory termination of the war as would enable the
frontier colonists to return to their deserted homesteads,
and resume the peaceful occupations of husbandry and
trade. With grief, however, we still have to record the
continuance of this miserable struggle. The scene of
contest is not yet even removed from the ruined districts
which bore the brunt of the first outbreak. The chiefs
Sandilli and Macomo,i with the remnant of their tribes,
although repeatedly and gallantly attacked by the troops
and burghers, still hold possession of their impregnable
fastnesses in the Amatolas and the Waterkloof, while
marauding bands of ' loose Kafirs,' with their Hottentot
rebel allies, still roam in detached parties, carrying
terror and devastation throughout the open country; and
even within the last few days attacking herds and
sweeping off cattle within sight of Graham's Town, the
metropolis of the eastern districts.
"Pursuing the course of events, we find, by general
orders since published, that the attack upon the enemy
in the Buffalo mountains, noticed in our last, was made
in consequence of information having been received of
the existence in that quarter of permanent lagers of the
rebel Hottentots, who, associated with the hostile Kafirs
recently issuing forth in largo marauding bands of
mounted men, committed great ravages, and alarmed the
peaceable inhabitants within the colony.' It will be re-
membered that the task of routing this formidable horde
was most gallantly performed by Lieutenant-Colonel
Eyre, with only a small portion of the force destined for
the purpose; and the spirited and soldier-like manner in
which the service was performed has elicited the
warmest expressions of approbation from General Cath-
cart, who declared his intention to bring to the special
notice of the Duke of Wellington the meritorious conduct
of Captain the Hon. P. Herbert, Captain Green, and
the other officers and men of the two companies of
the 43d Regiment, who were alone engaged on the oc-
casion.
" Information was shortly afterwards received that
about 600 Kafirs and rebel Hottentots were assembled
in the neighbourhood of the ruined village of Auck-
land, threatening an attack upon Alice. Lieutenant-
Colonel Napier was immediately ordered to move over
the hills from Blinkwater, where he had been stationed,
taking with him three companies of the 91st Regiment,
a squadron of Cape Mounted Rifles, a company of the
Loyal Kat River Hottentots, a detachment of the
enrolled Fingoes, and -two guns. A reinforcement of
two companies of the 2d (Queen's Regiment) were also
ordered to join him from Fort Hare, and General Cath-
cart proceeded in person to the camp. Tho force moved
forward at 4 N., and reached Auckland at daybreak,
when the lager and kraals were at once vigorously as-
sailed. The enemy, however, offered no resistance, but fled
with their Cattle over the tops of the mountains, into the
Amatola mountains, where pursuit was found to be 'im-
practicable.' Eighty recently erected huts were de-
stroyed, and several saddles, knapsacks, and other arti-
cles belonging to the Sappers recently killed at the Ko-
nap, wore recovered.. His Excellency having witnessed
this operation, and satisfied himself as to the safety of
Alice, returned :to head-quarters—Lieutenant-Colonel
Napier falling back upon his former position at Blink-
water.
" On the 6th, 7th, and Bth of July, General Cathcart,
having with him the 60th Rifles, a detachment of Royal
Sappers and Miners, a company of enrolled Fingoes, and
two guns, penetrated and scoured a large portion of the
mountain ridges bounding the Waterkloot. His Excel-
lency entered through the noted Bush Neck at mid-
night of the 6th, and at daybreak ascended the steep rise
near Niland's farm, without meeting with the resistance
which was anticipated. lie then proceeded to assail with
shells and rockets the lurking places of the
rebel Hottentots within range. On this thoKneisefiorrulhern
side of the kloof, however, neither kraalsedi made
tracks were to be seen, and the enemy well cattle
s well planned
themselves scarce in that quarter. Pierafer„ also ap-
and ably executed movement Lieu-
peered at the same time at the directed to move from
tenant-Colonel Napier had been
daiuradron of the Cape
tither!' side.
Blinkwater at three A.M. with a at" the Kat River note
Corps, of Euro-
s, thee© companies of the ?is
n_,sv
company
tontot Levy, Captain Lalseman,s./.,' goo, and two guns.
peans; a strong detachment Az Am

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Having gained the table land which commands that part
of the kloof, this force proceeded to attack and burn all
the kraals within reach. Here a decided resistance was
experienced, and one man of Captain Lakeman's com-
pany was killed. In this day's work, writes General
Cathcart, the loss of the enemy must have been severe,
from the well-directed fire of the artillery, and the energy
with which the attacks were carried on.' On the Bth,
at daybreak, the two columns united on the north side,
when the Rifle Brigade, with the LQ,VieS and Fiugoet,
proceeded vigorously with the work of scouriug '—
rockets being thrown and shells fired into the klent be-
low, where the numerous kraals were found easily ac-
cessible. In these operations one man of the Rifle Bri-
gade was killed and one Fingo wounded. At noon the
head-quarters column returned to its former positier,
re-nassing the Neck without loss, although followed up
by great numbers of the enemy, who undauntedly ex-
changed shots with the rear-guard of the 60th Rifles.
Next day the troops returned to quarters.
" On the 14th General Cathcart again proceeded with
the troops to the Waterkluof, accompanied by Captain
Moodie and Captain Jessie, to select a spot for a per-
manent peat, to contain a large force, and capable of
being easily guarded by a few men. A locality was
chosen within a few hundred yards of the place where
Colonel Fordyce was killed. Hero it is intended to
erect two stone redoubts, securing the approach from
the west, and communicating with Blinkwater post by a
mule path to be cut through the cliff. This work is to
be at once proceeded with, the 60th Rifles, four
guns, and a large body of levies, being left to hold
possession.

"By the post last received from the seat of war we
learn that this force had had a smart affair, with the
enemy, whom they had drawn out of the hloof by a
feigned retreat. The four guns, which had been pre-
viously placed in position, opened unexpectedly upon the
pursuing mass; the Rifles at the same time pouring in
a deadly fire. One hundred of the enemy are said to
have fallen; while the troops had only two men of the
Rifle bpi© and one Cape Rifle wounded.
"An attack by a body of rebels upon Eland's post
has been gallantly repulsed by a small detachment of
the 91st, stationed there under Captain Wright (the
survivor of the Birkenhead). The enemy appeared in
considerable force and manoyavred with all the skill of
disciplined troops, extending, advancing, and retiring by
sound of bugle. After endeavouring, almost success-
fully, to draw the little garrison into an ambuscade,
they sounded the 'close' and the advance,' and moved
on to the post. Captain Wright, with only twenty-
three men of the 91st, then marched out to meet them,
and, being joined by a party of the Kat River levy,
drove them off with loss.

" An enumeration of the various encounters which
have taken place during the month, within the colony,
between the predatory bands of the enemy and the scat-
tered farmers of the trontier districts, would present a
distressing picture of ruinous disasters, manfully but
ineffectually struggled against. At this moment life
and property are scarcely anywhere secure within 100
miles of ICafirland, except in the immediate vicinity of
military posts. Productive industry, within that wide
space, is everywhere paralysed; and the inhabitants of
the best portion of the Eastern Province are reduced to
the misery of seeing their once fertile lands thrown out
of cultivation, their valuable flocks of the finest wool-
bearing sheep in the world plundered, driven about, and
destroyed—their labourers dispersed, and either enticed
away to join the savage enemy on one side, or be em-
bodied in scarcely less savage bands of irregular levies
on the other—while their families are kept in continual
alarm, liable at any moment to be huddled together in
lagers, or exposed to all the demoralisation of crowded
camps.
"The call which has been made by General Cathcart
upon all the men of the eastern districts capable of bear-
ing arms to meet him at the Imvani, beyond the Kei,
appears likely to be well responded to, as a last desperate
effort to put and end to this detestable war. Consider-
able sums have been subscribed in some of the frontier
towns by those who aro prevented by circumstances from
giving personal service, in order to equip and assist
those who are preparing to turn out.
" A report has been circulated of an alleged discovery
of a conspiracy among some of the Hottentots of the
Bethelsdorp missionary inttitution to join the rebels, and
several of these men have been committed to prison by
a local functionary who is known to have long enter-
tained a strong feeling of hostility to that institution;
but the charge has not been traced to any satisfactory
foundation.

" The territories in the neighbourhood of the colony—
Ksfirland always excepted—appear to be generally in a
peaceful state. The trade between the colony and the
Orange River Sovereignty, the Trans Vaal Republic,
and Natal is rapidly increasing; and to this we hope
soon to be able again to add the once valuable Kafir trade.
" A great impetus has been given to business by the
opening of the extended lines of screw steam communi-
cation to India and Australia; anti efforts are being
made, though tardily, to provide secure harbour accom-
modation for the crowds of shipping now directing their
course to wards our port, on their way to the golden
regions.
A reward of tool. was offered last week by Lieute-
naut-Governor Darling fur the discovery of coal in the
Cape colony, and it is believed that the object has been
already attained. Samples of an excellent description of
coal have been troughs to town, said to have been found
in the neighbourhood of the celebrated Constantia vine-
yards. The fact appears credibly attested, and a com-
mission, consisting of the Secretary to Government, the
Surveyor-General, the Astronomer Royal, and Messrs.
Ansdell and Chiappini, were to proceed to the spot yes-
terday for examination and report. Their report has not
yet appeared.
" An earnest but friendly and considerate appeal has
just been made by Lieutenant. Governor Darling to
the inhabitants of the western districts, calling upon
them to contribute, either in money or kind, towards
the equipment and maintenance of the votunteers who
are now going forth from the eastern part of the
colony to join the standard of the Commander-in-
Chief. This appeal, we feel confident, will be met
in a generous and patriotic spirit by the Cape public."
The following addresses have been presented to
Captai
other
Captain Wattsb—y theone by the merchants of Cape Town,
and the
passengers on the home voyage
per Hellespont :

"Cape Town, Aug. 2.
" Dear Sir,—As this is probably the last voyage of the
Hellespont to Table Bay, we, the undersigned merchants
and other inhabitants of Cape Town, hasten to take the
opportunity of expressing our sense of the important ser-
vices you have rendered to steam navigat
ion.
Heller
on in the Hespont
" The rapid passages made by Y
have demonstrated the important fact that the screw
propeller is fully adequate to compete successfully with
the paddle, and your last voyage made in the short space
of 32 days is without parallel.
" The uniformly rapid voyages made by the vessels
under your command are, we conceive, abundant proofs
that it is to your skill and seamanship, and not to chance,
the time of regular communication between this colony
and the mother country has been so materially abridged.
" It affords us equal satisfaction to acknowledge the
continuous courtesy and hospitality with which you have
treated those who have bad the pleasure of sailing in
your vessel, and which has secured you in return, we
trust, the personal friendship and respect of us all.
efse wrevieedo,mainucl
i,
" It will be a source of much gratification to us to
learn that, on your return home, your services have
been duly appreciated by the energetic company whom
you have so long zealouslyave
theand
pleasure
efficiently
that ere long we may h
you among us again as the commander of one of their
first class vessels, which, we doubt not, you will
render as
speedy and agreeable a conveyance as your Pro,
vessel.—W y
e remain, dear sir, yours very sincerely,
-en
t
" PHILLIPS AND DIN 0
" Signed by the merchants and trade e '
tradesmen
Town. 0, Cape
" Mr. W. Watts, Commander of the Royal
Screw-Steamer Hellespont." Mail
Hell
" Sir,—After an expeditious espont, Sept. 7.
porous voyage of thirty-two da 4nd
every
, way pros-
tune, it would seem now of ull Ys—the usual good for-
'lespont—we are on the point passeugera by the liel-
leave you, w e are anxious to of landing. Before we
terms, both to you and th express, in the strongest
our full appreciation of thee other officers of the ship,
since we left the Cape. A attention we have met with
cleanliness, civility, and general order and regularity,
atten-
tion on the part of the good humour, and readY
- contribute
not a little to the comforts
svanf servants while theyee
joy in
crowded ship as reflecte the greatest
this is, 'credit on the
Commanding and other officers; these we havek ou a most as-
Commanding
met with, and we most cordially than y
for them.
changes about
" It is more than probable that, in the
of the larger
to take place consequent on the launching
not remain in the
steamers, you and your crew may.
desire to hear shortly
Hellespont (and most truly
clo wieder and more adapted
of your removal into a sphere_
al:q ualities); but wherever
to the exercise of your u,ature we wish you the same
you shall command for 1
the
overbial good fortune of the
good fortune—the noid 'Oroy of us be destined for the
Hellespont; and shoal
that we may have the luck to sail
same port as youroca,
with you.
o
and to convey our thank to the officers of
6 6 Beggin - accept the same yourself, we are, sir,
hip to
your s . (Signed by all the passengers.)
faifully
yours
W.
Watts, &c., Hellespont."
~ air. .. th•
Active measures are being taken to render Table
Bay a convenient place for coaling the numerous
steamers that may be expected to call here for India
and Australia.
Wool has advanced in consequence of the rise in
the London market. Fine washed may be quoted at
16d. per lb., and in the grease at 9d.
The proposal to equalize the duties on all wine
imported into England has excited very little atten-
tions
; in fact, some think the doing away of differen-
tial duties will have rather the effect of stimulating.
the exportation of good wines, which there
doubt can be made at the Cape if care is only taken.
Major Major Burnaby, Royal Artillery ; Captain- i)------
12th Lancers ; Dr. Atkinson, staff s —igby,
surgeon ; and
Lieut. Lucas, Cape Mounted 'Rifles •
I have leave of
absence to England.
Her Majesty's steamer Styx left for
East London

,on the is` inst., with the Englien b UJ, and alit 4,411
I tachments brought by her Majesty's ship Winebestee,
50, which arrived on the 17th ult., and left on the
29th for India, where she relieves the Hastings, 74,
as 11,0 g-ship.
The Styx is expected beck in Table Bay on the
15th inst., with General Somerset and staff, who
will embark in the next Indian steamer en route to
Bombay.
andH
omiasaiißeß:htatyya3:cl: Majesty's
nmf
rtai steamerghnaet th3euis;
vocfilinycmhdra, Commander Bel'
ignr
jeeemr,r
C. 8., arrived in Simon's Bay, from Portsmouth, Oa
August.mesat enrd, e rC
a Bp
11Gin, were
the 17th of July, and sailed for Ceylon and th.eL:cakst,
Indies on the 30th.
The General Screw Steam Shipping CompaDY'S
mail packet Queen of the South, ()apt. Hyde, which
left Plymouth ultimately on the 20th of June, not.
withstanding her loss of eight day, in codling et As-
cension, arrived at Table Bay on the 29th of
July--
a most creditable passage. She left the Cap,-! et 2no
A.M. on the Ist of August for the Meuritins Cal-
cutta. Tne Sir Robert Peel, bf-longing to the s.vilie
spirited company, arrived in Table Bay on the 30th
of July, at 3 P.m., where she retovined when the !lei.
lespont left; she was to start the following Tnursda f
for Natal.

--- -
The Australian Mail Stearn Packet Company's
steam-ship Australian, from Plymouth, arrived is
Table Bay on the 19th of July, and sailed on the
223 for Adelaide, Port Philip, and Sydney.
His Netherland Msjesty's frigate Zuid Holland
was expected at Table Bay from ltotterdarn.
Her Majesty's ste:.m-vessel Pluto was at anchor
off the town of Porte Grande on the 233 of Augus,
and sailed therefrom on the 25th, at 7 P.m., for
Sierra Leone, with the English mails brought in the
same day by rthe Lady Jocelyn.
The Gene al Screw Steam Shipping Company'e
steam-packet Lady Jocelyn arrived at St. Vincent
on the 25th of August.
The Hellespont has a full cargo of oil, wool, ivory,
wine, and a small quantity of specie on merchants"
account.

Aug. 13.—Lat. 12.05 S., long. 10 00 W., ex•
changed colours with Dutch brigantine, showing
No. 1,384. The ship Zetus, of Prince Edward
Island, for Bombay • Aliss, from Bombay, lot
London ; and Marchioness of Alisa, from the
Mauritius, for Cork for orders. Aug. 14—Lat.
09,48, long. 12,26 W. The barque Canderpalm, from
Manilla, for Rotterdam. Aug. 18—Lat. 02,09 N.,
lon. 18,03 W. The ship John Carson, of Belfast,
from Liverpool to Port Philip. Aug. 20.—Lat.
lon. 20,26 W. The Dutch barque Never-
heid. I\'
Sunday, Sept. s.—Lat. 44,00 N., lon. 12,00
lvB
08,58 1.,
English barque Nymph, from Odessa for
Cork, and the brig Glide, of 'Waterford, same day,
lat. 45,00 N., lon. 06,30 W., the schooner Conquest,
54 days from Ibraila. Cape Passengers—Mrs. Gray,
lady of the Bishop of Cape Town; Major Bernaby,
R A.; Mr. and Mrs. Boyle, two children, and three
servants ; Mr. and Mrs. Nixon, Miss Horne, Mr.
Nesbit, Mr. Ruikir, Lieutenant Marryutt, R N.,
Lieutenant Lucas, C.M.R., Mr. Newbury, Captain
Best, Mr. Sedger, Mr. R. Cross, Master Morton,
Mr. Carney. From St. Helena—Captain Greetham,
lady, and servant ; Mr. Maddock, Mr. Boyer, Dr.
Ferguson, in charge of a detachment of the St. Hel-
lena Regiment 38 men, 4 women, and 6 children;
Lieutenant Vincent, Mr. M'Leod.
The mails were dispatched from Plymouth by the
shTo
Taunton,
nl
not cto
abwnughtleerwyehtihc
express, train which should arrive at Paddington at
eh
Marsh, flts at
wl tha v ice'croiedheonsuot hr
oecactu r Cr
defecter
de
wasc Ch, ndde
jaasar.
covered in the locomotive engine.—Times.

with thev various made
winds,
ilinEgEaNccoaTTH. cult
Ittle:
distanceSO U
From thilelifEolloQw
day by this splendid steam-ship,
it will be seen that there is nothing in her voyage to dia.,
appoint the sanguine expectations at first entertained of
her capabilities as a sailer-her sea-run having
only oc-
cupied 31 days and 15 hours.
She left Plymouth on the 20th, and on the 21st ran
142 miles, wind W.S.W.; 22d, 156, W.S.W.; 23d, 247
W.S.W.; 24th, 217, S.W., W.S.W.; 25th, 209, westerly;
26th, 258, northerly and N.E.; 27th, 256, north, north-
easterly; 28th, 250, N.E.; 29th, 247, N.E.; 30th, 260;
arrived 2h. 255. P.M. at St. Vincent's, making the run of
2,242 miles in 9 days and 15 hours.
July Ist, coaling; 2d, ditto, sailed at nine P.M. for
Ascension; 3d, 128, variable easterly; 4th, 220, N.E.;
sth, 221, S.S.W., S.W.; 6th, 217, S.W.; 7th, 203 S.W.
southerly; Bth, 170, southerly, 9th, 100, southerly;
10th, 184, S.S.E.; 11th, 219, S.S.E.; 12th, 198; arrived
at Ascension at ten A.m., making the 1,860 miles in 9
days and 10 hours.

July 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th coaling, and sailed at
eight P.M.; 17th, 115, S.E ; 18th, 206, E.S.E.; 19th,
226. E.S.E.; 20th, 218, E.S.E.; 21st, 213, E.S.E; 22d,
137, E.S.E., N,E.; 23d, 240, N.N.W.; 24;h, 25S N.W.,
westerly, under sail only; 251 h, 248, S.W.; 26Lh. 219,
W.; 27th, 241, S.W., N.N.W.; 28th, 247, N.N.W.;
29th, 190; arriwd in Table Bay at ton A..M.' running
the distance of 2,836 miles in twelve days and Jounce°.
hours.

COALS AT THE CAPE.—Thn Lieutenant-Governor has
offered a reward of not less than 501. nor exceedin4
1001. to any person or persons who shall prove to the
satisfaction of the Government the existence of a gocd
cola within such a distance of Ta'oie Bay or Simon's Bay
as will render it possible to deliver it at either of these
places as cheap as when imported from other countries.
Thin layers of coaly matter—that is, of compressed and
hardened vegetable master, have been found near the
surface in vaiimis parts of Southern Africa; and, though
not very probable, it is not without preeedent, that e
bed of coal reposes in the Great Valley between Table
Mountain and the Tygerberg and Stellenbosch hills.
A vast deposit of coal has been found in the
state of Virginia, the lowest of the beds resting imme-
diately on the fundamental granite. Such a cup of
granite may possibly be found in the Cape Downs, filled
by what are called the coal measures, the edges of which
may crop out about Tygerberg, NNrynberg, and other
elevations. This is well worth scientific Lvestigatior,
even at considerable expense. A report having been
made to the Lieutenant-Governor that coal had just been
discovered at some twelve miles' distance from Tabby
Bay, he immediately caused an examination of the spot
to be made, and the party appointed were led by the dis-
coverer to a spot at the back of Table Mountain, between
Constantia and Bout's Pay, where small pieces of coal
have been found in the bed or basin of a rivulet.
Nothing, however, was discovered, so far as the public
have been informed, that give much encouragement to
the hope of finding coal in any considerable quantity in
that direction. The geological formation of the whole
peninsula, indeed, is unfavourable to such expectations,
but as isolated coal-beds have been discovered in forma-
tions equally discouraging, the investigation ought to be
pursued.—South African Commercial Advertiser.

THE LARGE BEQUEST TO THE QUEEN.
The Kentish Gazette adds the following particulars to
the statement published by us on Monday last:—" Mr-
John Camden Neild, of Lincoln's Inn, was possessed of
an immense fortune, but was of very eccentric and perm-
rious habits. At the death of his father, twenty yeer.3
since, he came into possession of about 250,000/., which
sum had not been touched up to the period of his death.coat.
The deceased was never known to wear a
gees; t tons
He usually dressed in a blue coat, with metal_ take off
the he prohibited being brushed,
the nap and deteriorate its value. as
it
wouldid
ililabeeks, and WAS
able landed property in Kent and consider-
able
often remain-
always happy to receive an invitation u
did,from
to visit them, which he occasionallyyshis tenantry
n enabled to add to
ihg a month at a time, as be s_
his savings. his appearancewa
the lowest verge of penury,
and manners led strangers
to imagine that he was
in
Cited in his behalf, an in-
and their compassion was
be
stance of which may system of travelling.
meentioned. Just before the
introduction of the railwayon a visit to some of hid
the deceased had been
ming
to London, when the
d wa, reta . With the exception
estates, an
A .t Farningnam.
coach stopped -- assengers all retired to the inn.
of our miser, the
cp
h companion, and recollecting his
Missing their coach
they conceived he was in decayed
• d appearanc ,
accordingly a sum was subscribed.
decay t and
circumstnc! gentleman,
f brandy and water kindly sent,
waning
which he thankfully ac•
and a ,t,,, or g
out to t; any o • tances of a similar character might be
d Many ins
cote -
A few days before his death the deceased told
related. .
executors that he had made a most singular
will,°D° °f his
s the property h crt was his own, he had done as
6e pleasep
but e d
with it. The executors are teKeeper of the
privy Seal for the time being (Dr. Tattan) and Mr. J.
Stevens, of Willesborough. After bequeathing a very
few trifling legacies, the deceased has left the whole of
his immense fertane to " Her Most gracious Majesty
Queen Victoria, begging her Majesty's most gracious
acceptance of the same, for her sole use and benefit,
and of her heirs, &c." For some years past Mr. Neild
has scarcely allowed himself the common necessaries
and comforts of life, and has left a poor old house-
keeper, who was with him for more than twenty-six
years, without the smallest provision or acknowledgment
for her protracted and far from agreeable or remunera-
tive services.

F, XPRESSES on the GREAT 'WESTERN-
Their express trains leave little to be desired, travel-
ling their 120 miles (London to Bristol, say) in-
n-thtrwee
hours and three-quarters, or the one ran of
fifty-three
s
miles from Paddington to Didcot in sixty_trin their starting punctually, arriving punctually. uunauiles an
express dashes along at the sate of seventy
hour, and you are only made aware of thseiontear
i explode
at which you are moving by an rift pace
through a bridge, so to speak, or the finnaccsaha
platform, this
past you of an
express the other way. Standing
for an unsteady
passage of two trains is seen to
tbewpisno:itively terrific; so
much so, indeed, that it
head to get too near
.sgrie:eon such an occasion, lest
the edge
the influence of the whirlwind should prove too strong
may be called 105 fees
for it. Seventy mil" an
is little more than four times
per second, and this rate
messenger
lgwerhen discharged; a
less than that of a cannon
-_.“ Leadoenn
violent
speed of fire;"
That rides theuceppting
on an occasional bad bit of
and yet within,
excepting
without inconvenience, so steady
road, you may These very lines, indeed, we do write
is the carriageibus
flashing along. Trees, fields, vil-
in an
comecxpress
and are gone; the near objects first,
Ilager,
in the distance remaining longer in sight (like
those
theevents of life in our memory)
the earlier
be
held steadily, and the pencil controlled.
paper may —yet the
....Builder.