The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-25 00:00:00

cArig --OF GOOD HOPE.
(From the Graham's Town Journal, Sept. 11.)
This day the Commander of the Forces, Lieut.—
General Sir George Berkeley, quitted Graham's
Town to assume in person the command of the troops
on the immediate frontier. He proceeded the short
route to Fort Peddie.
GENERAL ORDERS.

Graham's Town, Sept. 10, 1841
1. Lieut. Dickson, 91st Regiment, will proceed to
Fort Beaufort to rejoin his regiment, and Lieut.
111‘Crea, 45th Regiment, w;11 act as Fort Adjutant at
Fort Hare until further order s.
2. At the request of his Ex,nellency the Governor,
the Lieut.-General Commanding
.is pleased to approve
of two non-commissioned officers
If the 90th Regi-
ment being attached to the Kafir police until further
orders.

3. Active operations being about to commenoo
against the rebel Sandilla, officers commanding posts
throughout the frontier are informed to excise the
utmost vigilance in their respective commands they
will not allow the men to leave their posts in thcc day
time singly or without arms, and they will prohibit;
them altogether being away after dark. Care musti
be taken that the cattle are well guarded, and not al—
lowed to graze at too great a distance from the post;
where practicable, one or two mounted men must be
sent out with them.
4. The Lieutenant- General Commanding is pleased
to authorise the issue of rations to two male civil
~
;i
servants and forage for one horse belonging to Li'
Colonel Lindsay, Ist battalion 91st Regimei.3l
during that officer's absence from Graham's Town on'
duty.

(Signed) 11. R. STORKS, 'Major;
Assistant-Adjutant-General.

(From the (7.7ahani'
s Town Journal of Sept. 18.)
'TUESDAY.—The we;:-
arrived in the vicinity of Gra:2am's Town yesterday,
but did not enter it, directionSg given to his
-.known Kafir Chief Macomn
conductors to pursue the more dirt route from
Botha's Hill to Cypher Fontein, wheA:e
bein
h again enter upon the high road to Port Bliz.:`beth' the
place of his destination. He was accompanied e by
wouldhr
family and a few retainers, the whole party colni.'":'
sing 10 men, 2G women, and 52 children—total tle3
persons ; with 100 head of cattle, 20 horses, and two'
waggons. These people are accompanied by Mr. G.
Cyrus, the Government Kafir interpreter, who is to
proceed with them to Port Elizabeth, where it is
understood they are to be placed under the. strict
surveillance of the resident magistrate. Fm' the
present they are to be supplied with provisions at. the
Government expense. The chief is said to be in a
very moody humour, evidently reluctant to proceen%
and ingenious in excuses for lingering on the path.
Information has been received of the spoor of
Kafirs having been seen as deep in the colony as the
Addo Bush, in which it is supposed a good many
small parties have sought shelter. Rumour says that
this is part of the Kafirs' plan of operations, it having
been determined by them to move simultaneously
with our troops, but in an opposite direction, and
thus by menacing the colony to divert the British
forces from the accomplishment of the object they
lave in view. We do not attach very great import-
ance to this report.
SATURDAY.—Today is appointed for the rendez--
vous of the Burgher forces at Shiloh, whence it is
intended to move immediately forward upon the upper
part of the Amatola. This division will be under the
command of Major Sutton, with Captain Hogg, coots
mandant of the native levies. Colonel Somerset,
with the Mounted Rifles, will move up from the Golly,
Heights to King William's Town, and a third, or
centre division will march from Fort Hare, thus
forming a tolerable good chain across the country
upon which it is intended to operate. It is not ex-
pected, however, that much spoil will be taken, or
that any very determined resistance will be encoun-
tered. We believe that his Excellency the Governor
will never relax in his exertions until he has accom-
plished the great task assigned by the Queen's Go-
vernment—the punishment of the robber hordes of
Kaffraria, and the establishmei,:st of firm enduring
peace throughout this country.
Report has been made that five Kafira, rmed with
guns, were seen yesterday on the farm of-_Mes,strs:
Cawoods (the Government contractors), situ' " ,
about two miles S.E. of Graham's Town. The spoor.
also of two parties of Kafirs, entering the colony,
were seen last evening crossing the Queen's Road,
near the finger post, leading to Fort Brown. From
the footmarks one of these parties was supposed to
consist of about twenty persons, the other, half that
number. We hear likewise that the spoor of a party
of marauders has been seen in Lower Albany, a little
above Cawood's Post. The direction of this spoor
was, like the others, to the westward, all being cor-
roboratory of the information previously given of
the intention of the Kafirs, when the troops enter
their country, to make a counter movement upon the
colony. . . . . . Since writing the above
the following has been received from the immediate
frontier :—The hostile Kafirs are in considerable
force in the Amatolit, And have determined, without
openly meeting our troops, to dispute that ground to
the utmost. It is safci
pat their plan is to avail
themselves of their intimate knowledge of the intri-
qs to. harass
cate fastnesses which abound there, s
•
parties as may be imprudent -enough to Pace them-
selves in critical positions, where they may be
assaulted by them at great and decided advantage.
This report, coupled with others already stated, is
well calculated to induce the most unslumbering
vigilance while in the field, and the deepest con-
sideration as to every measure which may be adopted
for the subjugation of the subtle and active enemy.