The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-29 00:00:00

I should have had more of my friends around to support
me in the emergency.—(Cheers.) When I was about
being appointed sheriff I had the same difficulties to
contend with, but I braved them, and placed myself in
the hands of the Livery, and the result was triumphant.—
(Cheers.) If it appears to be their desire that I shall
do so on the present occasion, I shall do so, leaving the
result with confidence in their hands.—(Loud cheers.)
After a short interval,
Mr. JANES (the Secondary) stated that, a poll having
been demanded, it was his duty to inform the Livery
that the polling would commence that afternoon at three
o'clock, and continue until four o'clock, that it would
be resumed to-morrow morning at nine o'clock, and
continue until three o'clock for seven days, and that on
the last day the poll would be kept open from nine till
four o'clock.
Mr. Alderman Iloornn then came forward, and said
that he had not the least idea that his name would have
been used in the way it had been, or for such a purpose.
It was without his knowledge or concurrence; he wished
his fellow-citizens to know that it was no act of his ; it
was, however, out of his power to object to such a pro-
ceeding.—(Hear.) The parties who had used his name
for this purpose thought it was the best mode of ascer-
taining the opinion of the Livery, and he bowed to their
decision ; but he begged to say that he was no party to
it.—(Hear, hear.) He trusted the Livery would under-
stand the real position in which he was placed.—(Hear.)
A vote of thanks was then proposed, seconded, and
carried unanimously to the late Sheriffs.
Mr. LAURIE returned thanks, and the hall was then
adjourned to three o'clock, at which hour the polling
commenced. .

- - We shall give the further proceedings in our Third
Edition.]

PROCESSION and INSTALLATION
OF THE STATUE OF THE DUKE OF WEL-

LINGTON.-(THIS DAY.)

Long before the hour appointed for the advance of the
procession which was appointed to escort the statue of
his Grace the Duke of Wellington in its progress from
the studio of Mr. Wyatt to its destined location, in
Piccadilly, the streets and thoroughfares along the route
through which it was intended to pass were crowded.
The extreme fineness of the weather added considerably
to the other inducements which contributed to make this
affair one of more that ordinary attraction. Business
it appeared was altogether suspended, and the shops
along the Harrow and Edgeware-roads, as well as
through the streets nearer to the destination of the
monster figure, were closed. Some impatience be-
gan to be manifested by the assembled thou-
sands, which blocked up the passages in
the neighbourhood of the Harrow-road, when
an hour and a half passed after the time they were led
to suppose that the procession was to advance. The
disapprobation of the crowd was manifested by some
good humoured jests, and their wrath was prevented
from being exhibited in a more decided and disagreeable
manner by the splendid performance of the band
of the Horse Guards, which headed the escort.
An accident of a very serious nature took place about
halt-past eleven o'clock, in the Harrow-road. A
flower-pot fell from an attic, with great force, on the
head of a poor woman named Elizabeth Ladd, and gave
her a very severe wound on the forehead. The sufferer,
who was felled to the ground by the force of the blow,
was immediately attended by a surgeon, and afterwards
conveyed to an hospital. At twenty minutes after
twelve the procession, whose progress was so long and
impatiently waited for, began to advance, amid the
cheering of the thousands who witnessed it, the crash
of military music, and the discharge of pistols, shot
from the balconies of the hotels and private
houses, which to their very tops were crowded by
elegantly-dressed ladies, whose enthusiasm on the oc-
casion appeared to be as intense as that of the com-
panions in arms of the " hero of a hundred fights,"
many of whom were mingled with the crowd, and by
their looks testified the feelings of pride and exultation
which they experienced'on witnessing "the pomp, and
pride, and circumstance" which attended the progress
and installation of the statue of their veteran leader.

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner EVANS.)
IN RE BUTTERWORTH.
In this case the bankrupt had carried on business as a
licenced victualler, in King-street, Cheapside, and an
application was now made to the Learned Commissioner
in consequence of the bankrupt persisting in refusing to
sign a document for the transfer of his licence.
The Learned COMMISSIONER asked whether the bank-
rupt was present, and was answered in the affirmative.
The Learned COMMISSIONER—I tell you it is only
right for you to sign it, and if you do not you shall
never have your certificate as long as I live, and no one
else has the power to grant it.
The bankrupt still refused, and asked the official as-
signee what he would advise.
The official assignee said something might be made
out of the property, and that the bankrupt would be a
fool and a madman to continue to refuse.
The bankrupt's wife, who was present, earnestly en-
treated him not to do it, but he ultimately signed, when
she burst into tears, and said he had parted with the last
he had, and she would have to starve.

THE WAR IN KAFIRLANI).

(From the Herald.)

Cape of Good Hope papers to the 17th of July in-
clusive have just been received. Our previous ad-
vices came down to the 11th of July. The present
arrival, however, contains little news ; but it is
satisfactory. Skirmishes with the Kafirs still con-
tinued to a small extent; but no very serious
consequences had resulted therefrom, nor were any
anticipated. The enemy may continue to harass and
plunder, upon a small scale, for some time to come ;
but they have received such a check, and are so much
cowed, that a repetition of their former daring and
successful exploits is not to be apprehended. We
regret to learn the death of Mr. Gordon Nourse, a
young gentleman of high character and great pro-
mise, who received a mortal wound from a Kafir's ball
while pursuing the marauders. We annex extracts
from the papers now received :
_

(From the Graham's Town Journal of July 11.)
WEDNESDAY.—An express arrived this morning from
Fort Beaufort, with the mournful intelligence of the
death of Mr. Gordon Nourse, one of the most intelligent,
enterprising, and high-spirited residents on this frontier.
The facts of the case, as detailed is a communication
from the Lieutenant-Governor, Colonel Hare, to the
officer commanding Graham's Town, are to the follow-
ing purport t—
" On the evening of the sth instant, a small party of
the Kafirs having succeeded incapturing a herd of about
100 head of cattle, while grazing near the Guala Post,
the residence of the deceased, were immediately followed
by him and a few others. The marauders were overtaken
in the kloofs, and the cattle were recaptured, with the
loss of four of the enemy, who were shot. Mr. N. had
nearly reached the end of the kloof when a ball, fired
with fatal precision by a lurking Kafir, stretched him
lifeless, and also one of his companions—as we under-
stand a man of colour. We are informed that another
of the party was also wounded."
The men who rode the express report that on Monday
evening last six or eight mounted 'Kafirs approached to
within gun-shot of the wooden bridge at Fort Beaufort,
and fired a volley. The place was instantly in alarm,
and pursuit was made, but the marauders, who appear
to have been actuated by a mere spirit of bravado, were
off, scampering through the bushes which are thickly
spread over the ground in that neighbourhood, and high
up the Kafirland mountains. We learn also that 30
head of the contractor's slaughter cattle were swept off
from the vicinity of Fort Beaufort about 14 days ago.
This morning Lieut. Col. Johnstone, with the 27th Regi-
ment, marched from Graham's Town for the mouth of
Fish River, where he is appointed to command the camp
on the eastern side of that stream, and also Fort Dacres,
on this bank. The mouth of the Fish River and its
vicinity is to be, it is understood, the depot, not only for
Government supplies, but also for cattle captured from
the enemy. This evening an express reached town
with the welcome intelligence of the arrival of the
Waterloo, at the Fish River. Every preparation was
in progress, at the time the accounts left, for the
landing of the supplies required by the troops now en-
camped in the immediate vicinity of the spot in question.
Report received this evening from Hilton states that a
strong party of Kafirs had made their appearance in the
vicinity of that station, and had attempted to carry off
the cattle while grazing in the field. In this attempt the
marauders were, however, baffled, but assistance was
urgently requested, it being thought that the Kafirs
were in considerable force, and that another attempt
would be made to secure this booty. A party of 100
Stellenbosch Burghers was immediately ordered to move
on this point, and who proceeded there accordingly,
under Field Commandant Onkruydt.
FRlDAY.—Commandant Onkruydt, with the Stellen-
bosch Burghers, returned to town last evening, after
having thoroughly scoured the jungle in the vicinity of
Vaal Krantz and Hell Poort, where it was supposed the
Kafirs who, as reported, had attempted to drive off the
Hilton camp cattle, had taken shelter. No Kafirs were,
however, fallen in with. _

SATURDA.Y.—Received the following communication
'rom Fort Beaufort, dated 7th instant:—

" Bodies of Kafirs consisting of from 10 to 20 continue
to invest this part of the frontier, and whenever they
can succeed in driving off flocks or herds by stealth they
do so, avoiding, however, to combat, either to capture,
or for the protection of what they may have stolen. In
these forays several horrible murders have been com-
mitted lately by these cowardly assassins on herdsmen
in the vicinity of this place. Last week they shot two
Fingoes while herding cattle near Macomo's Kraal, and
not satisfied with killing the poor fellows they tor-
mented one of them by flaying his face while he was yet
alive. The other escaped from them mortally wounded,
but has since died. The day after this Field Captain
Loxton was ordered out with his Hottentot corps on
escort duty, and on his return home at daybreak of the
2d inst., he discovered the traces of a flock of sheep
which the Kafirs were attempting to drive across a drift
on the Kat River, near the Blinkwater Post, but who on
hearing the approach of his men had taken
shelter in the bush with the sheep. On being fol-
lowed into the thicket the Kafirs retreated, leav-
ing 490 sheep in the hands of the pursuing
party. From circumstances which have trans-
pired subsequently, it appears that these marauders,
after losing their booty, took post during the remainder
of the day on a high conical hill, overlooking the spot
where the sheep had been taken, watching the
herds from the Blinkwater Post, in hopes that chance
would afford them an opportunity of repairing their loss
at the expense of these men. Unfortunately some strag-
gling sheep being seen near where these Kafirs lay in
ambush, two of these men were induced to proceed to-
wards the spot, and were intercepted and fired on—one
having his arm shattered, and the other his gun split
in two near the lock. The latter, however, escaped, and
on reporting the case, Captain Loxton was ordered out
with his company to the spot, where the bloodspoor was
traced for about half a mile, and here a most shocking
spectacle presented itself. It appeared that the wounded
man had dropped from loss of blood, and that the
Kafirs had then tortured him in a horrible manner.
Tbey had first torn open the sleeve of the
shattered arm, they had ripped open the wound
with the assegai, and extracted the bullet. They
next stabbed him once in the bowels and six times in
the neck, also in the mouth and breast, and mutilated
and bruised the broken arm with knobbed keeries. The
remains of this unfortunate man being buried, the bush
was then effectually scoured, but without finding the
murderers. This is now generally the case, the Kafirs
never presenting themselves voluntarily unless in over-
whelming numbers. Besides these affairs, one or two
other skirmishes have been reported—in one of which,
the friendly Kafir, Hermanus, recaptured a few head of
cattle and killed one or two Of the marauders ; another
is the case of Mr. Ryneveld's company, who having
pursued some of his oxen which had been carried off,
succeeded in overtaking them and shooting two out of
the three Kafirs who were driving them. The third,
who was on horseback, escaped. Information has been
received that a number of Kafirs have been seen in Vader
Kloof (behind the Kromme Berg), and a force was to
be sent in quest of them." _

Received also information of a spirited affair, on Thurs-
day evening, between a party of Fingoes and Kafirs in
the vicinity of Fort Beaufort. It appears that in the
afternoon of that day a strong party of Kafirs sud-
denly presented themselves and attempted to capture
the cattle. The Fingoes, however, who were in charge
of them, resisted this with determined bravery, and ulti-
mately beat off the assailants. Five Fingoes were killed
in this affair and eight Kafirs. Received some further
information respecting the death of the lamented Gordon
Nourse, and from which it appears he succeeded in reach-
ing home, and survived the fatal wound about two hours
—perfectly conscious that it was mortal. The ball it
seems struck him a little above the hip, and cutting up-
wards obliquely had passed out near the opposite shoul-
der. His friend and companion, Mr. Vowe was, we un-
derstand, with him at the time of his death. The spot
where he fell is known by the name of Fuller's Kloof,
and which forms one of the main sprouts of the Blink-
water. The cattle taken by the Kafirs were the joint
property of the deceased, Mr. Vowe, and Mr. Botha.
The Hottentot who fell with Mr. Nourse behaved very
gallantly, seized the gun of the latter on his falling,
and though mortally wounded himself, got out of
the bush with it. A person named Wilkie was also
severely wounded—a ball carrying away a portion of
the chin, and then lodging in the shoulder. He is, how-
ever, said to be in a fair way of recovery. Sir Andreas
Stockenstrom was in Fort Beaufort two days ago, but
the following day he returned to Maastrom
Report received that 18 head of cattle were recaptured
from the Kafirs on Thursday, on Driver's Hill, by some
persons in the employ of Messrs. Ford and Jeffries. The
accounts from the front state that Captain Hogg, with
about 800 Hottentots, was to move this morning from
Trompetters for the Amotoli, for the purpose, if possible,
of surprising Tola's Kafirs, who are said to be encamped
in that locality.

THE STELLENBOSCH BURGHERS.
It is satisfactory to state that the Stellenbosch contin-
gent are appointed to defend and maintain some of the
most important positions on this immediate frontier.
These are stations lying on some of the great thorough-
fares, and immediately contiguous to several of the most
frequented Kafir passes into the colony. This contin-
gent, too, it should be observed, is composed of a re-
markably fine body of men—young, active, zealous, and
well appointed. Their commandant enjoys their fullest
esteem and confidence.

CITY OF LONDON GENERAL PENSION SOCIETY.
—Yesterday the twenty-eighth annual general meeting
of the members of this society, which was established
in 1820, for the purpose of giving permanent relief,
without distinction of religion, sect, or country, to de-
cayed artizans, mechanics, manufacturers, &c., who
may be overtaken by distress, was held at the London
Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. Mr. B. Bond Cabbell, M.P.,
presided. The report congratulated the subscribers on
the support which the institution continued to receive
from the public. The contributions had exceeded those
of any previous year. The sum of 8991. bad been re-
ceived at the annual dinner, held in the month of March
last, 501. of the same being the subscription of the presi-
dent, the Marquis of Breadalbane. According to the
financial statement, the total receipts amounted to
2,307/. 18s., including a balance from last year of 5581.,
annual receipts 6931. 10s., donations 7771. 45., dividends
2851. Deducting the expenditure, a balance of 4841.
remained. Pensioners, both male and female, were ad-
mitted during the year, and the total now amounted to
fifty-three. The report was agreed to. The meeting
then proceed to elect officers for the ensuing year, when
Lord Ashburton was chosen president.
SHEPTON MALLET.—The strike of shoemakers in
this town has terminated ; the men are gone to work at
a something less than their orignal demand.—Shethorne
Journal,

THE SETN,_ LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1846

THE GREAT BRITAIN.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY AFTERNOON.—In the course of
the afternoon, the following letters were sent to the
underwriters :

" Tyrella Watch-house, Sept. 26, 3 30, P.M.
" Gentlemen,—Captain Hosken, of the Great Britain
steam-ship, having deputed me to 'write to you in the
event of his not being able to get a letter on shore by
post hour, four o'clock, I beg to inform you that it is
now blowing a hard gale from the S.S.W., with a very
heavy sea, preventing any communication with the shore
until low water. _ _

" I am happy to say they have got the rudder
straightened ; consequently have now the power of the
screw, which was before jammed. They have also got
three anchors out astern, which Captain Hosken laid
out as well as he could. Had the weather been more
moderate it was his intention to have tripped and laid
them out further ; but, in consequence of the heavy
gales, the tug-boat from Liverpool has been compelled
to get under weigh, and, I think, has gone to Newry, as
she went in that direction.

" The Great Britain, under all circumstances, has not
worked so heavily as might have been expected, and up
to this morning, 9 A.M., had made little or no water ;
and I trust sincerely that, should the weather be favour-
able at spring-tides, she bas every chance of getting off.
The gale has moderated considerably within the last
hour.—l have the honour to be,igentlemen,:your obedient
servant,
(Signed) "N. W. MORRIS,
" Lieutenant, R.N., commanding coast guard station."
" Great Britain steam ship, Dundrum Bay,
Sept. 26, 3 P.M.
"Dear Sirs,—lt came on to blow hard from the S. and
S.S.E.. with a heavy sea, last night, and continued until
about an hour since, when it moderated. About one
o'clock our chain parted, and we lost our eight-inch
hawser at the same time. The ship had been forging
on all the morning, bringing our anchor home. The
rudder-post is broken off at the upper part, and there is
a plate of iron broken away at the upper end of the
stern-post, at the top of the rudder-post. The ship
makes but very little water in the bottom. lam now
preparing cargo and stores for getting out. The former
I will, if I can, send by No. 1 Liverpool steam-tug, who
got here yesterday about four o'clock, but was this
morning compelled to leave the bay from bad weather.
I presume she has taken shelter in the neighbourhood.
" I am glad to say everything is going on as orderly as
possible, with all our difficulties, and we have received,
and continue to do so, all assistance and attention from
the authorities and the respectable inhabitants of the
neighbourhood that they can give us.
"I am, dear sirs, yours truly,
" J. HOSKEN.

" Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co."
With respect to the passengers, the agents of the
Halifax and Boston royal mail steam-ships have declined
to send out the Acadia. The following is a report of
the proceedings at a meeting held to-day :
At ten o'clock this forenoon the deputation from the
passengers by the steamer Great Britain waited upon
Messrs. M'lver and Co., to learn their answer as to
whether the Acadia could be sent out to America. The
interview lasted nearly an hour, and at eleven o'clock the
deputation returned to the George Hotel, Dale-street, to
report the result to a large meeting of their fellow-pas-
sengers. Mr. Rennie, of Providence,again presided, and
called upon Mr. Watt to report.
Mr. WATT spoke as follows :—We waited upon Messrs.
111‘Iver and Co., and they told us that they had examined
their contract with the Government. They had it upon
their table, and they suffered us to read over the parti-
cular passages which applied to this case. The substance
is, that their penalty for breaking the contract, in not
having a vessel ready to be dispatched, is a forfeiture of
500/. sterling for every twelve hours of delay. In-
dependently of that, their contract must be taken as
a whole, and a difficulty occurring at one time
may produce, they said, a recurrence of difficulties
which might extend throughout the whole term of
the contract. On that ground they were under the
necessity of refusing to send any vessel of theirs.
They said, however, in explaining themselves, that
in the event of any difficulty, there is no vessel in the
kingdom which they could take up to answer any emer-
gency, and which would pass the Admiralty survey.
Any other vessel must be one of certain power, and not
exceeding a certain duty to perform by that power.
You understand me, gentlemen—(Hear, hear)—it is not
merely the power, but she must not be required to do
more than so much through that power. They said
that, in this matter, money was of no consideration
with them. They would desire to accommodate, and the
rate of fare would be altogether of a secondary moment;
and I believe this was very much the substance of our
interview.
The CHAIRMAN—So it was.
A PASSENGER—Why not tell us about their Govern-
ment contract on Saturday?
The CHAIRMAN—Because Mr. M'lver was not then in
town.

A PASSENGER thought it desirable to send a deputa-
tion at once to the Admiralty, to ascertain from them
whether they would waive that portion of the contract
with the Messrs. M'lver to which reference had been
made.

A Member of the Deputation said-The Messrs.
M`lver are not willing to run any risk. They have a
want of inclination. We went so far as to ask, after
we had gone through the interview, whether they would
not like to reconsider the matter for a couple of hours,
and they emphatically said " No." That was after we
had shown them that in November they would only have
to send one vessel a month. Hence there seemed to be
a facility to carry out our wishes, but there was not the
desire. We left nothing undone to press our claim.
We proposed that either they or we should petition the
Admiralty, but as we found a waste of time must ensue,
that was abandoned. There is no hope for us whatever.
A PASSENGER said the John R. Skiddy had sailed the
day before with 400 steerage passengers, including some
of those by the Great Britain, and he suggested that a
deputation ought to be appointed immediately to wait
upon the captain of the New York, a very superior ship,
about to sail on Thursday, to ascertain whether he could
fit up proper steerage accommodation for the passengers
by the Great Britain.
'This suggestion was not adopted, as it appeared from
a statement made in the room that the New York had
already as many steerage passengers as she could take.
At the request of the CHAIRMAN, who said there was
now no alternative but to separate without coming to
any result, the committee was broken up, and the meet-
ing adjourned sine die.
Prior to the return of the deputation the following
ladies and gentlemen had signed the paper, intimating
their intention to proceed by the Acadia, and to take
the number of berths attached to their respective names :
-Samuel Ashmede 1 berth, J. Holland 1, 11. Hol-
land 1, J. Higgin 1, R. W. Milbank 1, Mr. M'Cul-
lock 1, Mr. Merrilies 2, John B. Hinde 1, Reve-
rend Dr. Cox 2, Reverend Mr. Bramard 1, Reverend Dr.
Tucker James Rennie 2, Rev. Mr. Reid 1, Thomas
Clegg 1, A. Marchal 1, E. Moreau 1, Gerge Gourney 1,
James Todd 1, D. Heinsolm 2, Mr. A. H. Jacobs 2,
Mr. L. Sutton 1, Mr. T. Ryle 1, Mr. Mitcheltree 1,
Mr. Fisher 1, Mr. Colpas 1, Mr. J. Lovell 1, Mr. James
Walter 3, D. M'Lennan 2, J. Davidson 2, Mr. Jones 41,
Mr. Fallon 2, Mr. Holden 1, Caledonia 2, J. Hickson 1,
Isaac Hill 1, W. M. Picksly 1, W. Ives 1, Mrs. Cassidy
T. C. Hamilton 1, William Ashby 1, N. K. Roun-
feld 1, E. K. Bebbington 1, Dr. Richards 1, Dr. Carno-
chan 1, Mr. J. B. Hyde 1, G. C. Crook 1, H. Crook 1,
M. de Puibusque 2, Joseph Allwood 1.
It will thus be seen that 651 berths would have been
taken, but the number, prior to the sailing of the vessel,
would probably have exceeded 100.
We understand that those of the passengers who are
going to Havannah will sail to their destination by the
first steamer from Southampton. How the others are
now to go out we know not, for the Caledonia, appointed
to sail for Boston on Sunday next, has already her full
coroplement.of passengers.