The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-01 00:00:00

about twelve of whom aro mounted. They are now
I being equipped. A few of these men will be seat ta
reinforce the post at Manley's flat, where a few burghers
had already been stationed, and another party will occupy
the post at Waay Plaats. Through these posts the cots'
munication with head. quarters, Waterloo Bay, 16110
kept up. It is expected that about 100 men WAD
be drafted from Graham's Town. Mr. J. O'Brien, cal);
tab of the Tirailleurs, will take command of the firs'
company of the Albany contingency. . . . The tw°
Fingoes who were sent to the Magistrate here some
months ago on a charge of killing a Kafir, and by bits
sent to the resident magistrate in whose district the crime
was committed, have been condemned to death at the
Circuit at Port Elizabeth. The facts are briefly these:''
Three Kafirs had lived some fifteen years with a farmer
in the Uitenhage district, and in service had accumulated
many cattle. After the breaking out of the Kafir wan
their master, seeing other Kafirs leaving their employ'
ment, and thinking it imprudent to retain them, gave
them a pass and sent them away. They determined t°
go to Enon, missionary station, with their property. Oa
their way they requested shelter for the night of goals.
Fingoes in the service of a farmer in the neighbourhood
of Quagga's Flat. This was refused. The Kafirs thee
applied to the master for shelter, who told them they
might go to a certain place, which was, however)
too far for them to reach that night, and
they accordingly remained on the farm. In the
night the Fingoes assaulted one of the (laugh;
ters of the Kafirs, and afterwards killed one 0'
the men with a knobstiek in the most brutal
manner. They subsequently took the cattle, and for this
act they are now condemned to suffer. The Fingoes did
not plead in their defence that it was war time, but said
that they were on the spoor of cattle stolen, five of which
they said they found in possession of the Kafirs. The
jury recommended the prisoners to mercy because the/
thought that there would not have been sufficient evi'
dence to convict them without their own confessioe.
This case is recommended to the consideration of his
Excellency, as one in which, perhaps under all circuar
stances, the ends of justice would be better satisfied iu
making the punishment of these men useful to society 0
convicts, than by taking their lives. . . , A mar
munication from Bathurst states that the Governor has
sent for Field-cornet Bradshaw, to make arrangements
concerning the cattle lately captured in Kafirland.

GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.)
THE NEW YEAR—A GOOD COMMENCEMENT. --
Alderman Johnson sat at Guildhall to-day, and hearn
several summonses, of no public interest, with one ert'
ception, given below. During the last few days of the
old year, the Court has been occupied for several hours
with crime in all its variety, but to-day, strange to salt
not one charge was brought from either of the three
station-houses attached to this Court, and only one eget
we understand, was sent to the Mansion-house from the
other three stations.
A case of some interest to householders was brought
under the Wilful Trespass Act, before Mr. Alderman
Johnson. Philip Castainy, a dealer in foreign birds:
appeared upon an information for wilful trespass, laid
against him by Mr. Price, the landlord of the house 141°'
183, Flees-street. The circumstances were these
The defendant took the first floor in complainants
house as sale rooms for his living wares,
but without the landlord's permission be droll
staples, wall-hooks, and door-nails into the ornamental
wood-work of the hall and passage, to suspend there'
from the cages of his various birds, reptiles, and other
animals. He also placed a man at the door to invite the
attention of the passers by to his zoological curiosities,
and thus made the passage his own, to the great annoy'
anee of the other tenants, and what Mr. Price considered
still more grievous, to the effect of preventing other
parts of the premises from being let.
Mr. Teague, the chief clerk, said that the Coati
could not relieve Mr. Price in respect to the
latter part of his complaint, and as to the alleged
trespass, that did not come within the meaning of the
Act, as the holdfasts, hooks, and nails, were driven int°
the door, at least under the colour of a right, and the
only remedy must be by an action. Mr. Alderman
Johnson added that it was unreasonable to let the plane
to the man for the purpose of carrying on his business;
and yet prevent him from making the necessary use 0`
the premises.
Mr. Price was proceeding to give a long statement of
wrongs, when the Magistrate interrupted him by die.
missing the case.

BOW-STREE'II-(THIS DAY).
Francis Edward Collyer, a young. man of about 21
years of age, was charged with stealing 44/. in notes and
gold, the property of his employer, Mr. Woods, of 42
Southampton-buildings.
The prosecutor said that the prisoner had been fb,..r
some years in his service as almessenger, but occasionely
employed as a clerk. On the 22d he (witness) missed
four bank-notes, one for 201., one for 101., and two 10',
51., and 41. in gold, from a drawer in which ho usualli
kept money. He gave information to the police luau'''.
diately. He had since seen the 20/. note, which had 1347.!ie
paid into the Bank of England ; it was endorsed " J. o'
Wells, No. 1, George-street, Walworth," (there being ne
such place), and the endorsement was in the prisoner'.
hand- writing.
Mr. Isaac Samuels, an assistant to Mr. Hyam, the
tailor, of Gresham-street, said that on the 22d of De;
comber the prisoner " entered Mr. Hyam's estublishineef
in company with two ladies," and bought a suit
clothes for 2/. 10s., giving a 20/. note in payment. The
cashier received the note and gave the prisoner the
change. The note had since been paid into the Bank.
Sergeant Pocock, F 14, took the prisoner into cu.'
tody. He said nothing. 4/. in gold was found on him.
The prisoner said that he could give evidence to she/
that he could not havu crcesnarrr
street, on the day mentioned, and asked the witness'
Samuels, what time it was when he saw him?
The witness replied between half-past eleven and half-
past twelve.
The prisoner said that at that time he was at t
he
Bankruptcy Court ‘s ith Mr. Walters (to whom Xr.
Woods is clerk).
Mr. Woods said that the prisoner and Mr. Walters
did go to the Bankruptcy Court together, but it was
much later in the day. It was past one when the Pr',:
soner first came to his house, and he appeared ler,
much excited. It was after that he went to the Court.
The prisoner said that he could account for his tiole,
from eleven o'clock, when he was signing a declarations"
the Judges' Chambers on the day in question.
The prisoner was remanded till Tuesday next, .te
Pocock said that by that day he would be able to cora'
plete the case.

CLERKENIVELL.—(THIS DAY.)
Henry Johnson, a young man about twenty years of
age, dressed in an old professional-looking suit of black,
and a once white neckerchief, was placed at the bar
before Mr. Coombe, en the following charge of assault.
Mr. Alfred King said, he was a surgeon and apothe-
cary, residing in Gray's-inn-lane, and about three o'clock
yesterday afternoon, the defendant came into his shop,
and asked to be served with some laudanum. The witness
put the usual question to him as to whatpurpose he wanted
it for, when he flew into a towering rage, and demanded
to be served as a matter of right. King told him
directly that he would not let him have any laudanum,
and as his language was very abusive, and his conduct
most violent, ordered him out of the shop, upon which
the defendant ran at him, and struck him several times.
After considerable difficulty, the prisoner was put out of
the shop, and taken to the station house.
The prisoner, when called upon to explain his con-
luct, blubbered like an over-grown child, and said be
was partly intoxicated when he entered Mr. King's shop.
lie did not intend to poison himself, as Mr. King in-
sinuated.—lle was committed to the House of Correc-
tion for three weeks.

Henry Bentley and Mary Baker wera charged with
stealing and pawning a large quantity of bedding and
bed-clothes, a carpet, a table cover, and various other
articles from their lodging, No. 62, White Lion-street,
Clerkenwell.

Mrs. Elizabeth Dickfield, the owner of the house,
proved the case.

- The prisoners said that they were induced to pledge
the property under the pressure of temporary embar-
rassment, but intended to releaseit as soon as they
should receive some money which they were expecting.
Mr. COMBE said that the facts of the case were too
strong to permit him to deal with it under the
Illegal
Pawning Act, and he should therefore commit the pri-
soners on the charge of robbery.

THE GREAT BRITAIN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Amongst the numerous plans submitted to the owners
of the steam-ship Great Britain, for her removal from
Dundrum Bay, there is one by Mr. S. R. Parkhurst,
which he has exhibited to me; and I have no hesitation
in saying, that if the owners adopt it, their valuable and
beautiful ship will be saved.
I have visited the Great Britain twice since she has
been on shore, know her position, and feel assured that
Mr. Parkhurst would float her, and take her to Liver-
pool in perfect safety. Mr. Parkhurst is a practical
man, is the inventor and patentee of a new propeller for
steamers, and I would suggest that the directors of the
Great Britain lose no time in taking Mr. Parkhurst's
plan into their consideration; its adoption would save a
ship, which, I observe, Mr. Brunel estimates at from
40,0001. to 60,0001., and that, too, at comparatively a
small cost.—l am, Sir, yours, &c.,
Liverpool, Dec. 31, 1846. W. E. G.

THE AQUATIC BIRDS IN ST. JAMES'S PARE.—
During the present frost the wild ducks and many other
of the aquatic birds have,
in consequence of the nu-
merous skaters on the ornamental water in St. James's
Park, quitted the island and located in the Regent's
Park, and many have gone up the river Thames.
THE CONDE DE MONTEMOLIN.—The Conde de
Montemolin was engaged the whole of yesterday in giv-
ing audiences to numerous distinguished persons, both
English and foreign,
who had not previously had an
opportunity of being
present.
Mr. Cobden has left Spain for Italy.
MELANCHOLY Loss OF TWO LIVES ON THE RIVER.
—On Wednesday evening a Waterman of the name of
Payne, living at Greenwich, was rowing down to that
place,
when, in moving from his seat for a moment, he
suddenly pitched over, and was carried some way down
the stream. He had been in the water but five minutes
when he was got out and taken to a house in the neigh-
bourhood of the platform at Rotherhithe, but was found
to be quite dead. On the day previous a waterman of
the name of Cornish, who plies at the King and Queen-
stairs, Rotherithe, was passing along a boom by the side
of the stairs, when he slipped from it, and fell into the
water. The splash was heard, but as it was not supposed
he had fallen in, no notice was taken of it by the other
watermen. It was many hours before the body was
found. Both mea were highly respected, and Payne
acted as one of the river pilots.