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London, England, 1846-10-07 00:00:00

I\lo. 16,864 LONDON, WEDNESDAY SUM
OCTOBER 7, 1846.

TO THE LITER!' OF LONDON-,
GENTLEMEN,--I be to return you my heart-
tended to
felt th
during
Election.
ex-
While I never Considered that it was intended I should be per=
solidly affected by the demand of a poll, I need scarcely may that the
result has been most gratifying to my feelings, and that I shall ever
entertain a grateful sense of the kindnal I have experienced at your
hands on the present occasion.
I have the honour to rethain, Gentlemen, your very devoted servant,
Cavendish-square, Oct. 6, 1846. GEO. CARROLL.

Alderman Wood is very ill-used, if the solemn assertions
of hilt committee are true, and if he did not appropriate
to his private uses money that was entrusted to him for
immediate payment to others; and there still remains the
fact, that if Mr. Anderton's version is right, an audacious
falsehood has been wilfully published, to pervert and
mislead the judgment of the public. There still, too,
remains the important necessity that the business should
be cleared up for the satisfaction of civic honour.
ADVERTISER.—The tenourof the intelligence from
India during the last two or three months has been by
no means of a satisfactory nature; the news last received,
especially, betokens a probably early interruption of the
state of " armed peace" which now prevails in the upper
provinces of the Indian peninsula. The Punjaub, in
which we were promised such an abundant harvest of
peace and good government for our " moderation," after.
the rout of the Seikh forces, is one universal scene of
anarchy and rebellion. The profligacy of the Queen-
Mother, the dissolute conduct of the chief Minister, Lall
Singh, and the incompetency of the youthful Maharaja,
Dhuleep Singh, are elements which could lead to no
other result. It was to be expected that the warlike
chiefs of the Seikhs would laugh at and despise such a
mockery of a Government—a Government that is
entirely sustained by the British forces. Even this
' protection afforded by us is a source of danger to
the Lahore Durbar, inasmuch as it excites a
feeling of mistrust in the minds of the Seikh
soldiery, who, burning to revenge the losses they
sustained at Aliwal and Sobraon, include their pre-
sent rulers in the hatred they bear to their Feringhee
conquerors, and would gladly involve both in one com-
mon vengeance. It is evident that the presence of the
imposing force we have now at Lahore alone prevents a
repetition of the sanguinary scenes which followed the
death of the old lion of the Punjaub, Runjeet Singh, and
that were that force once withdrawn from Lahore, the
murder of every individual supposed to be favourable to
the British power, would be the immediate consequence.
Meanwhile, Ghoolab Singh, a Prince whom we fondly
imagined we hadyendered completely subservient to our
inteirests, whoire-we—him rtirs cI to sover—eign dignity,
Wrom it might have been thought gratitude at least
would have made our friend, has proved himself our
most dangerous opponent. He is straining every nerve
to injure us, and still further to aggrandise himself.
The hills of Cashmere do not suffice for his desire,
the dignity of a tributary Raja is too petty for
his ambition ; he will be satisfied with nothing
less than the entire dominions of Runjeet Singh.
In this, however, he displays that " vaulting
ambition which o'erleaps itself, and falls on
the other side," for the heterogeneous combination of
states that formed the empire of Runjeet Singh, and
which it required all his talent to keep in order, would
scarcely be restrained by the hand of so distant a coun-
terpart as Ghoolab Singh, whose highest state-craft is a
temporising hypocrisy, and whose policy is entirely des-
titute of the mixture of caution and energy that marked
the Government of our ancient ally. Moreover, the first
step taken by Ghoolab Singh towards the attainment of
his ambitious designs, would bring him into collision
with the British; for it cannot for an instant be supposed
that we would allow the arrangement made by us at so'
great a cost—whether wisely or not we will not now
stop to argue—to be thus disturbed. The purposes for
which that arrangement was made would be completely
prevented if Ghoolab Singh were permitted to disturb
the balance of power in the Punjaub, as the sole
condition by which he could retain the least vestige of
authority over the Seikhs would be to lead them again
across the Sutlej, for the double object of plunder and
revenge. One thing, however, seems to be wholly lost
sight of; in the discussions upon this subject—th.at is,
the condition of the people, who form the great bulk
of the Punjabi population, apart from the Seikh sol-
diery, who constitute a very small fraction of that na-
tion, and whose sole occupation is the oppression and
ill-treatment of the rest. There can be no doubt that
the Hindoo population of Lahore would hail with delight
any measure that would relieve them from the tyranny
under which they now languish, and that would tend
to assimilate them to the other nations of Hindostan

who enjoy, directly or indirectly, the blessings of British
rule and British protection. Grave, indeed, must have
been the considerations that could have induced Sir

Henry llardinge to ;gainsurrenderthis unfortunate
peoplo to the unrestrained licentiousness and brutality
of their Seikh rulers, and it cannot be doubted that a
heavy responsibility rests upon him for so doing. The
question is not, however, yet settled; serious events
must shortly occur, to again bring the whole subject
under discussion, when we hope a wiser and better po-
licy will be pursued.

ARRIVAL OF THE WEST INDIA

MAIL PACKET.
SOUTHAMTON, OCT. 6.—The Medway, Captain An-
drews, Royal West India Mail Packet, from the West
Indies, arrived in the docks at two P.M. this day, and
landed her mails, which were forwarded to London im-
mediat-ly by special train.
Her dates are--Tampico, Aug. 21 ; Vera Cruz, 31 ;
Havannah, Sept. 10 ; Nassau, 13 ; Bermuda, 21 ; Hon-
duras, Aug. 20 ; Demerara, Sept. 3 ; Tobago, 5 ; Tri-
nidad, 5 • Puerto Cabello, 2 ; Laguyra, 7 ; Grenada,
9 ; St. Vincent's, 10 ; St. Lucia, 11 ; Martinique, 11 ;
Dominique, 11 ; Guadaloupe, 11 ; Antigua, Montserrat,
Nevis, and St. Kitt's; 12 ; Tortola and St. Thomas's,
13 ; Jamaica, 7 ; Jacmel, 9 ; and Porto Rico, 12.
The Medway has on freight 107,176 dollars on mer-
chants' account, 7,830 ounces of gold dust and gold,
1,100 pounds silver, 80 pounds platina, 102 cases of
cigars, and 62 bales of tobacco, 154 bales of sarsaparilla,
36 live turtle, 10 casks of preserved turtle, 16 cases pine
apples, &c., and 34 saloon passengers, with several for-
ward cabin passengers.
The Medway, after leaving Tampico, experienced
from the 14th September to the 17th, strong gales from
N.E. to E.N.E., making her two days late to Bermuda,
and on Sunday, the4thofOctober, a heavy gale from S.E.
Royal West India Mail Packets.—The Avon, at home;
the Clyde, on outward voyage; Dee, Southampton, sails
the 17th instant; Forth, at Grenada, the 9th Sept. to
sail for Jamaica; Medway, Southampton; Severn, at
•
Jamaica, the 9th Sept.; Tay, at Grenada, from South-
ampton; Teviot, on outward voyage'Thames, sailed
from Havannah the 9th Sept. for Gulf of Mexico; Trent,
on outward voyage; Tweed, sailed from Bermuda the
21st Sept. for Nassau; Eagle, at Barbadoes, the Bth, for
Demerara; Reindeer, at St. Thomas, the 14th Sept.,
from Grenada.

INFORMATION RESPECTING VESSELS OF WAR OF ALL

NATIONS.
IN GULF OF MEXICO.—Her Majesty's ship Endymion,
her Majesty's ship Electra, her Majesty's ship Rose.
Spanish ships—Maria Christina, 52 guns; schooner
Juanita, 10. French--Mercuria, 20 guns, at Sacrificios.
American Fleet in Gulf of Mexico—The Cumberland,
60 guns; Potomac, 60 guns; St. Mary's, 22 guns; John
Adams, 22 guns; Porpoise, 14 guns; Somers, 14 guns;
three schooner, 3 guns; steamer Mississippi; steamer
Princeton; steamer (unknown) with dispatches.
The American brig 'rruxton ran on shore on Tuspan
Bar on the 14th of August,
when chasing a small
schooner, and is a total wreck.
The American corvette Raritan had left for Pensa-
cola, ill with scurvy, which was spreading through the
other ships.
Arrived at Havannah on the ith of September—The
French frigate Andromache, 60 guns, Admiral La Place;
the Blonde, 24 guas; Pylades, 20 guns; and steamer
Tonnerre, 10 guns, from Martinique, to sail in a fort-
night for Vera Cruz.
Spanish Ships at Havannah—Luisa Fernanda, 22 guns;
Havanero, 20 guns; steamers Montezuma, Guadaloupe,
and Warrington; schooners Bozan, 4 guns, and Infanta,
2 guns.
The Montezuma and Guadaloupe are to be sent to
Europe shortly for repairs.
Arrived at Nassau, on the Bth of September, the. Am-
erican steamers Spitfire and Vixen. The Spitfire left for
Chagres on the 11th, with dispatches; and the Vixen, on
the 13th, for the Gulf, with Commodore Perry, to take
the command there.

The Madrid, Captain Bingham, is hourly expected
rom Gibraltar with mails.

NEWS FROM MEXICO.

Santa Anna, with his family and several friends, left
Havannah on board the Arab, hired steamer, on the
evening of the Bth of August, expecting to anticipate
the arrival, at Vera Cruz, of the Royal Mail steam-ship
Medway, which sailed the following afternoon. On the
afternoon of the 10th the Medway passed the Arab, and
which vessel did not arrive at Vera Cruz until the morn-
ing of the 16th. The captains of the United States
blockading vessels had orders to offer no opposition to
the landing of Santa Anna ; indeed, so far from it, that
Commodore Corner desired that an officer might be sent
on board to congratulate the General on his return to
Mexico. The Medway was allowed to land her mails,
passengers, and quicksilver, and to receive passengers,
mail, and specie, but no other merchandise. About the
17th of August, the United States brig Truxton, whilst
chasing a Mexican schooner, ran upon the bar of Tus-
pan, and became a wreck—one boat's crew made their
escape, and the remainder surrendered themselves pri-
soners of war. The American squadron was at the an-
chuorrvayg, e
particularlyof h
L itzae rdo, and was suffering much from
frigates. The Raritan left some
time ago with 120 sick ; the Potomac left for Pensa-
scAnton
cola, on the 30th of August, with 90 sick ; and the
Commodore's ship, the Cumberland, was said to have
120 sick. There seems to be no idea of attacking St.
Juan d'Ulloa ; nor would the present forces in the Gulf
have the slightest chance of success. Santa Anna was
warmly received by the military, but very coolly by the
people generally. From Vera Cruz he went to his
estate of Encerro, about four leagues from Xalapa, and
did not leave for Mexico until the 28th of August.
Great preparations were making in the city for his re-
ception. The following members of the new Ministry
had been named :—Gomez Fariar, Finance ; Almonti,
War ; Bijou, Foreign Affairs ; and Pochico, Interior.
About the 10th of August the boats of the American
squadron went into the harbour of Alvarados, for the
purpose of cutting out two schooners. They were op-
posed by a small sand battery with two guns, and re-
treated without success—they themselves attributing
their failure to the strength of the current preventing
them from reaching the vessels.
The day before the Medway left Vera Cruz a Bremen
brig, name unknown, attempting to break the blockade,
was detained; and having been previously warned off, was
made a prize by the Americans.
It was reported, when the Medway left, that in some

of the provinces a counter-revolution was being got up in
favour of Heirera, Santa Anna not being universally
popular with this flekle-minded people.
Paredes was still in confinements but little doubt ex-
isted that as soon as things assumed a quieter aspect he
would be released.

All accounts agree that the Americans will not at
tack the Castle of St. Juan d'Ulloa,. and, indeed, that
little or no blood wit be spilt in their warfare with.
the Mexicans. The spirit fur war was evidently or
the decline.

The formation of the new Ministry by Santa Anna
had, generally, given much satisfaction.

'.'II E KAFIR WAR.

Files of papers from the Cape of Good Hope, to the
2d of August, two days later date than those by the
previous arrivals, have been received. There is no de-
cisive news ; but the subjoined extracts are not without
public interest. The conduct of the Colonial forces is
in all respects admirable.
(From the South African Commercial Advertiser, Aug. 1.)
The Graham's Town Journal contains numerous inci-
dents of the guerilla contests still carried on between
small parties ofKafirs and colonial forces on the frontier.
Though each by itself is of no decisive character, the
whole is a singularly exciting exhibition of personal
energy, courage, and address. Not a day, scarcely an
hour, but has its skirmish • a cunning inroad only dis-
covered by the capture and disappearance of herds of
cattle, sheep, or horses ; then comes the alarm, the pur-
suit, and fierce struggle, in which quarter is neither
offered nor would be accepted. The weapons are the
spear, the arrow, and the musket, with an occasional
roar from the cannon. Deeds of heroisin are every
day achieved that, in ordinary times, would elicit
universal applause, but which seem to be regarded at
the moment, both by the actors and spectators, as
mere ordinary events. Every one of these attacks
is like the rush of a forlorn hope into the breach ora
fortress. The enemy is posted behind jutting rocks,
broken cliffs, and dense bush, through which the in-
trepid assailant has often to force his way on hands and
knees. Suddenly in this horrid shade the combat opens
hand to hand, and the faces of the combatants are
scorched with the fire of each other's guns. Such were
Homer's battles, when to the sword and flying death of
the bow, Jupiter added cloudy darkness and thunder. It
shows how nearness and familiar names reduce the
sublime, when such men and such deeds are thought of
without emotion. But they cannot be forgotten, and
time will do them justice.
The latest intelligence from the head-quarters of the
three divisions under Sir P. Maitland, Colonel Hare, and
Sir A. Stockenstrom, lead to the expectation that some
actions of a decisive character were not many days dis-
tant, perhaps not many hours. Forces, amounting to
nine or ten thousand men, are evidently moving simul-
taneously on'the rugged fastnesses of the Amatola hills,
where the Kars are supposed to have concentrated
their strength and their wealth, that is, their herds and
flocks. They are said to be fortifying the passes, dig-
ging pits, armed at the bottom with stakes, and covered
with deceptive turf, as they were accustomed heretofore
to entrap elephants and lions. That they will resist is
certain, and it cannot be but that the contest will prove
a bloody one.
Private letters bring the history of the divisions under
Stockenstrom and Hare down to the 23d July. The
following passages are from a private letter, written a
Fort Beaufort :

" Fort Beaufort, July 22, 1846.
" On the 9th inst. Sir A. Stockenstrom was at Fort
Beaufort, where he had an interview with Col. Hare
about the dissatisfaction prevailing in the Burgher
Legers, in consequence of the delay in taking the field;
the Gallant Colonel is said to have acceded to Sir A.'s
moving his force into the field immediately, and that he
would follow to support him. The Kat River is said to
be placed under Sir A., I need not say to the joy of all
there. On the 10th Sir A. left for Tarka and Tam-
bookieland, in consequence of dispatches, the purport of
which was as follows:—At the instance of the diplo.
matic agent, Mr. Fynn, Mr. Joseph Read, commander
of the Bushmen and Fingoe subsidies, was ordered to
proceed to the missionary institution of Shiloh to pro-
tect it; of course there must have been cause for
ordering a force there. On a certain day the perfidious
Mapassa, under a pretext of an interview with Mr.
Read, marched on the station in three divisions. On
his approaching the place, Mr. Read sent a messenger
to him to know the object of such a demonstration,
taking at the same time every precaution against a
sudden surprise. He and one of the missionaries of the
place had a consultation with Mapassa, and tried to
dissuade him from an attack on the station. The
missionary retired, and Mr. Read, after a little
more conversation, told Mapassa he had better
draw off his men and be gone. At this instant, some of
Mapassa's men were seen loading, and preparing to fire;
and as Mr. Read was moving towards the furthest point
of his own line to check some of the sons of the soil
(bushmen), who were becoming rather excited and res-
tive on seeing what the Tambookies were up to, he was
fired at, and which was twice repeated. Hereupon one
of the bushmen fired, and killed a Tambookie, when the
dastards turned their backs and fled. They tried to
rally on the other side of the river, but were routed with
a casualty of 40 killed and 30 wounded on their side,
whilst only one Fingoe was wounded on the Colonial
side. Among the slain was Mapassa's brother, and
several of his head councillors. The Tambookies were
about 1,000 strong.
" The day after, Neils, another Tambookie chief, tried
his strength with 300 of his warriors, against 25 of
Mr. Read's people, but be was routed, leaving seven on
the field, and with his successor severely wounded. Took
five guns and 17 horses. Sir A. is said to have spoken
in the highest terms of Mr. Read, in his dispatch to his
Excellency. It is said that this severe lesson has
brought Mapassa to his bearings, and that he sent to Sir
A. when at Klip Mat, begging to be taken out of
the bush.
" Sir Andreas' main force is at Mr. Calderwood's sta-
tion (Birklands), which will shortly be joined by the
following contingents.—Mr. Read's people, Kat River
beopio ; farmers from Cradock ; and then will com-
mence the long-talked-of attack on the Amatola. Cap-
tain Sutton commands the Kat River force under Sir
A. Sir A. is very much out of health. While at Shi-
loh he is said to have received a paper signed by Ma-
como, Tzatzoe, Sandilli, Sutu, &c., the purport of which
was to sue for peace. They say that though at war
with the colony they have the highest respect for him
personally. That it was the annulling of his treaties
that shook thlir confidence in the Government ; and
that whilst they were yet trying to catch the murderers,
war was informally declared against them. Sir A. re-
turned a severe message. Tzatzoe's daughter must have
written a letter. Tzatzoe has not joined the hostile
bands, but is evidently doing his best to bring about
pease. He would have gone to Fort Peddie as in the
last war, but is afraid of another Colonel Smith taking
his quarters." _

In a postscript the writer says—
" I should have said that on the evening of the same
day, and immediately on Mr. Read's return from rout-
ing the enemy, and as they were at meals, a messenger
came to say that Neila, Mapassa's uncle, was coming on
the station in great force. He at once sent 30 bush-
men and 300 Fingoes to meet them in the plain. He
kept the best of his force in defence of the place. The
skirmish was kept up the whole night, and a complete
victory obtained over the enemy at daybreak ; 17 were
killed, 5 guns, 14 horses, 1,500 head of cattle captured."
The next letter is a day and a march or two further
in advance. It is dated from Tyumie River Camp,
July 23:
" By my last of the 16th," the writer says, " you are
informed of our being in Kafirland. Since then we have
moved further in. We are now not far from the Amatola.
We have not been molested by the Kafirs since we have
entered their country. We have made some patrols
through the country, and seen both Kafirs and cattle,
but, on account of orders, we did not molest them. We
are told that we are not to act on the offensive; that we
are not to fire first, but wait till they fire, and then we
can return it, when we are on patrol; but we burn and
destroy all their huts and kraals we fall in with, even to
the very foot of the Amatola mountains."
The writer then represents the burghers as most im-
patient of the long delay at head-quarters, and proceeds,
—" But on the other hand, I must also inform you that
our commander, Sir Andreas Stockenstrom, has done all
that a man can do to satisfy us, and to have no delay.
lie has been the last ten days on horseback. He has
been to the Tambookies, and has settled them. He has
brought all the burghers from that side, and he has
placed all his divisions on their appointed stations, so
that he has the three sides of the Amatola. The force
he has thus collected is now 3,000 strong, all burghers,
there being no troops under his command. He is now
at our camp (Tyumie, July 23), where he came to-day.
By his orders given out to-day it seems that he is
not going to delay. By these orders we are to start
to-morrow to the Tyumie Hoek, where we are to
form a fortified camp, and next Tuesday we are to at-
tack the enemy in his stronghold; and Sir Andreas says
he intends to take his dinner on the Amatola, if he is
spared on that day. Our division, under Sir Andreas
himself, will begin the attack from this side. The Coles-
berg and Cradock burghers, under Commandant Jou-
bert, from the other side; while Captain Sutton, with
the Kat River burghers, will take the middle course, and
we are to meet together on the top of the Amatola.
That it will be the lot of some to fall before this object
is obtained is nothing but certain. Who that will bo it
is not for us to say; we must trust in the Lord, and that
we are fighting in a good cause, where we must do our
duty as men, and also that the prayers of all Christians
are offered up for our success."
On Thursday the Resistance, from Monte Video, ar-
rived in Simon's Bay, having on board 500 men of the
2d battalion of the 45th Regiment, Such of the men as
are sick will, it is understood, be landed for hospital
here, and the rest will proceed at once, without being
disembarked, to Algoa Bay. The fighting work, it is
hoped, will be over before they reach the frontier ; but
they come in good time to garrison the country and re- ,
lieve the burghers, whose affairs urgently call them to
their homes. •
Much success has attended the attempts recently made
to. land.supplies near the mouth of the Fish River, as
well as at the Cowie mouth. The newly-arrived troops,
by the way, will probably be sent on by sea to the former

of these points of debarkation. In that case they may
reach head-quarters in six or eight days. By Mgt a
Bay they may not reach head-quarters in less than three
weeks, and then wayworn and exhausted.

(From the Graham's Town Journal)
TUESDAY.—Received some further information from
the troops in Kafirland, bringing the information from
that point up to the 16th of July. The information i,
not satisfactory. Colonel Somerset had crossed the Bid •
falo at the Bridle-drift with his own regiment of mounted
Rifles, and two troops of Dragoon Guards, but they
were too late for the light-footed Kafirs. Previous to
fording the stream, large droves of cattle had been seen
there, but precious time was lost in deliberation, and
when a forward matement was made the enemy had got
too much the start to be overtaken, and a most harass-
ing march, knocking up men and horses, was made for
no purpoL,". About 300 head of cattle had, however,
ben picked up, and which afforded a very seasonable
supply of meat to the hungry troops:
THURSDAY.—Report canal In to-ogy that 300
butcher, on their slough-
ter sheep, the property of Mr. Buy!o;
way to town from Daggeboers Neck, where they had
been purchased of Mr. E. Driver, had been caPired by
the Kafirs near Espag's-drift, on the Fishßiver. The %:.11"0-
vers state that shortly before reaching this drift, about 50
Kafirs; armed with guns, suddenly made their appearance,
and at about 100 yards distance fired a volley upon them ;
that finding themselves so greatly overmatched they fled,
and that the marauders went off with the sheep in triumph.
It is supposed that one or the drovers, a Hottentot, named
Booy, was shot, as he has not since been either seen or
heard of, and as the patrol which subsequently went out
found his hat lying on the field. The men who had
been charged with the care of this flock proceeded to the
station of the Stellenbosch Burghers at Niemand's
Kraal, whence a party of men, under Captain Neetbling,
immediately started in pursuit. This party followed on
the traces of the marauders across the Fish River at
Botha's Drift, and thence along the Rand, until, from
the exhausted condition of their linmosz, ,m4--ni•girc
coming on, they could proceed no further. Captain
Neethling also reports that the traces of numerous
Kafirs were seen by his party in that direction. Near
Jontjes Kraal they came upon a bivouac of ono of their
parties, where was found a half of a calf that had evi-
dently been slaughtered for food, 15 head of cattle,
cows, and calves, and two miserable worn-down horses.
These were sent into town, and have been placed for
security in the public pound lnformation
also came in that about 40 Kafirs had been seen by Mr.
Fuller, jun., in the bushy country bordering on the
Kowie, immediately behind the Graham's Town hills
on the S.W. These marauders are supposed to have
got possession of a number of cattle—a span of oxen
belonging to the Rev. Mr. Calderwood, and some
cattle of Mr. Fuller's being missing, and which
are supposed to have fallen into their hands. As a
set-off to these disasters, Ensign Salis, with his party of
Cape corps, returned to-day from his pursuit of the con-
tractors' cattle, and reported that he had succeeded, after
an arduous chase, in overtaking the marauders with
their booty near English Drift, on the Konap, and had
retaken sixty-five of the oxen. Two Kafirs are sup-
posed to have been shot in this affair, and two wounded.
It appears that on Tuesday, finding that it would be
vain to continue the pursuit during the darkness of the
night, the patrol turned off to Fort Brown, resuming the
duty the next morning. Accordingly in the afternoon
of yesterday the robbers were descried in a kloof, where
apparently they purposed remaining for the night. By
considerable address Mr. Salis contrived to work down
into this ravine so as to take the marauders by'surprise.
The result was as stated. The Kafirs are not supposed
to have been above eight or ten in number, and who, on
discovering their pursuers, instantly endeavoured to
escape into the recesses of the bush. This appears to
have been one of the most creditable recaptures we have
had yet to record. The perseverance of the party in
following the marauders is well worthy of imitation,
and is the only way by which we c..m expect to put a
stop to this desultory warfare by which this immediate
neighbourhood is now so greatly harassed. On emerg-
ing from the kloof with these cattle, the patrol
fell iii with a party of Stellenbosch burghers also
in pursuit, and who appear to have been most active
in their endeavours to overtake and punish these
plunderers. . . . Received this afternoon the wel-
come intelligence that the Albatross and Sophia were
both in the Kowie River, and the Norfolk at the Pis.

River. This looks like business, and throws a gleam of
sunshine on the many other sombre scenes around.
. . . Dispatches received this afternoon from his Ex-
cellency the Governor, and who was still en the Buffalo.
The accounts received by this opportunity are confirma-
tory of those previously received, that the Kafir and
colonial cattle had been driven far away to the eastward,
and that if found they must be sought for in the broken
country bordering the Bashee. No movement of im-
portance on the part of our troops is reported. : . .
Information came in this afternoon that the 90th regi-
ment had got as far as Howison's Poort, but were utterly
unable to reach town this day from the total inability of
the draught oxen to proceed further. The troops have
been on the road ever since the 11th inst., wending their
weary way from Port Elizabeth. The distance is 100
miles between this point and Graham's Town, conse-
quently the rate of travelling has been about seven miles
a day, the tardiness arising, not from any fault of the
men, who had been eager to reach head-quarters, but
from the wretched condition of the oxen attached to a
convoy of sixty waggons, laden with Government sup-
plies, and which they were directed to escort to this
place.

FRlDAL—Received the following important intelli-
gence this morning from the immediate border to the
N.E., dated 21st inst.:—

Sir A. Stockenstrom has been to the N.E., where he
has made preparations to resist the Tambookies, who are
now ripe for the fight. To-day he has moved down
from the Windvogel Berg into the Tyumie Hoek, near
the Mission Station, and whiere Dodds Pringle and Du
Tait join him with 800 men. From this neighbourhood
Captain Hogg, with an equal number of Hottentots, will
most likely co-operate on his right, near Block Drift. I
expect that many hours will not elapse before he is en-
gaged with the enemy. It is in the fastnesses of the
Amatoli that the confederated tribes are collected for
resistance, and not near the coast, and here we must
fight, if this warfare is ever to come to an end. I most
sincerely wish Somerset was at the Buffalo Poorts—for
these two officers are quite sufficient for the work."
We are not in possession of the particulars of the
occurrences which appear to have brought matters with
the Tambookies to a crisis,- But some vague accounts
are given of an engagement between a body of Tam-
bookies, estimated at 800 strong, under Mapassa, and
what are usually termed Bushmen, under Mr. Joseph
Read, in which the former were defeated, with the loss of
20 killed. This story wants confirmation; but if sub-
stantially correct, hostilities with these people appear to
be inevitable—a fact that is important, as it will keep a
force on the north-east frontier, which might at the
present moment be employed elsewhere to greater
advantage.
SATURDAY.—Received information that on the 20th
inst. Mr. S. de Beer, who is stationed at Botha's Post,
while patrolling in the direction of the site of Post Vic-
toria, fell in with a party of about twelve Kafirs, with
26 oxen. Mr. de Beer's party consisted of fifteen men,
who succeeded in capturing the whole of the oxen—
three Kafirs being killed and four wounded in the affray.
Messrs. Cawood's drovers reached town last night from
Somerset, with 242 slaughter cattle and 500 sheep, with-
out meeting with the least interruption along the whole.
line of route—a distance of 85 miles. This affords strong
presumptive evidence that there are no strong bodies of
Kafirs along that line of frontier ; for, had there been,
it may be depended on that this rich booty would never
have been permitted to reach their destination. Infor-
mation from the mouth of the Kowie, to the effect that
it presents at this moment the lively appearance of a
bustling seaport. Four vessels now lying there, namely,
the Albatross and Sophia in the river, the Chanticleer
and British Settler at anchor outside. The.work of
debarkation going on rapidly and with perfect suc-
cess. The 2d division of the 90th Regiment marched
from town this morning for the Fish River Mouth.
Officers with this detachment—Captains Mann and Gale;
Lieutenant Waller, Peddie, Grove, and Ogerman; Me-
dical Officer, Assistant-Surgeon M'Lise. Weather mild;
thermometer at noon, 58 deg. Appearance of rain, and
which is so much needed by the parched country. Re-
ceived the following information:—On Thursday, a few
men from Farmerfield having been sent by Mr. Roberts
to the Kowie, observed some Kafirs in the Kareiga, and
thinking there might be more, they returned with. the
intelligence to the village. A number of men went im-
mediately in pursuit, and discovered four Kafirs with four
head of cattle, one of whom they wounded, who fled into
the bush, leaving behind him a bundle of assegais and a
kaross. The rest also fled, and the Farmerfield people
got possession of the four head of cattle, and nearly the
whole of the flesh of a beast which the marauders bad
just slaughtered. One ox, being exceedingly wild, ran
at one of the mon, who, in defending himself, broke his
gun. This ox the party found necessary to shoot, but
the flesh and skin they brought home, together with the
remaining three head of cattle. The party consisted
chiefly of Field Captain Gardener's company, who are
doing good service in this neighbourhood.

LANDING SUPPLIES.
(From the South
.. African
which Commercial
has justcometo h
Advertiser.)
From the Shipping List,
and,
bweeenlealarandtehdatatthethceargo mouofththoef ItVhae t err lios
ho ,
iwt
ihyiecrh,
choans si juststs
bmarearells3Boof obfisgcuraitin,2 2aondb ag2slBof
abasgfoslloofwrsic-3e, follows-360
bags grain,
flour. The landing, as stated a fortnight ago, was in-
accurate in many particulars.
We have, also, information from Port Elizabeth of the
18th instant, to the effect that the brig William Woolley,.
250 tons, has been taken up to convey supplies to the
mouth of the Buffalo, but which deitination has since
been altered to the Fish River, it not being the intention
of his Excellency, for the present, to form a post at the
latter point, while to the Amatoli, to which point the
troops are diverging, the distance is not greater from the
Fish River than to the former, while, as a depot
for military stores, it is on many accounts far raore
preferable. The William Woolley has on board for the
commissariat one hundred casks of salt meat, beef, and
pork, partly the produee of the colony, and in part oil-
tained from the American vessel mow' in Algoa Bay. The
remainder of the cargo will be made up of biscuit, meal,
rice, coffee, sugar, and forage corn. We understand that

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Mr. Commissariat Clerk Skina, Maitt at
Colcsberg, Colcsberg, has been most indefatigable in his exertio.ia
to forward these supplies, and in which he has been mest
ably assisted by Captain Lloyd, the highly-respected r_-
sident magistrate at Port Elizabeth.
The Waterloo, without entirely clearing out at tl-3
Fish River, was dispatched back to Algoa Bay, also ! a
fill up for the Buffalo, where it was supposed the aroora
would have been awaiting supplies; but this order; b, a
also been countermanded, and she returns to her
former berth at the Fish River. As regards the cap:L-
, bilities of this point for landing cargo, it seems 1,.)
be a matter of general astonishment to all who hay a
recently seen the spot that it has so long boon
Overlooked and neglected. It may also be remark, d
that it is, perhaps, fortunate for the Government
in this its hour of need, and also for the futto e
interest of the colony, that so smart a seaman,
and so able and energetic a man as Captain Salmond s
admitted to be, was selected to proceed there in the first
instance. The activity and skill with whieli this of& r
has executed his duty have been mentioned" to us in
terms of high commendation, and also of the activ;:y
and intrepidity of the men under his command. The
Norfolk also sailed on the 19th instant, from Pert D6z t-
, beth for the Fish River, and was to be followed hnaa.:-
diately by the Lady Leith and the bfazeppa. -
At the Kowie, also, a commencement has been rnarle.
The Chanticleer, Albatross, Sophia, and British Settl r,
had been off that port, but the weather had been t:.o
boisterous to permit of much being done. The capabi-
lities of a new surf-boat had been tested, and though tl e
surf ran high it is said that she floated upon i's cre4t
like a cork, and landed her freight, 120 bags of biscuit,
with perfect success. Unfortunately from the state of
the weather preventing the vessels from entering ILe
river and rendering the open roadstead insecure, these
vessels were obliged to pu,t out to sea, thus occasioni; g
the loss of some valuable time, and also much disap-
pointment.

" PLUCKY EXPLOIT."
(Private letter.)

July 26, 1846.

On Monday night, about six P.M , a party of 24 lad 4,
belonging to the Field Cornetcy of Andries Pretorion3,
in charge of cattle at Reid's Dale, about three miles from
Eland's Post, having espied some cattle supposed to b.).-
long to the settlement ascending the mountain, set off,
and followed them near to Shiloh (a Moravian insti-
tution, in Tambookie Land), to cattle kraals, belonging
to four of Macomo's Umpakatio (Hemraden), Guam zie,
Matala, Groepa Pike, and Koba, iJotma's rainmaker.
These fiery spirits immediately bearded these strolg,
kraals, and carried off about 350 cattle, in the sighill
thair ouinpri" -1"71.67.-Ma ng law d n
the settlement, and on coming to a good position in Reid's
Dale in overwhelming numbers, made an attack on tie
party, to rescue the property, but were repulsed with se-
veral killed and wounded. The Kafirs hovering about the
encampment, and seeing a man and two of his sons drivin."
cattle towards Eland's post, in the evening, by a ruse
guerre, fell on them and wounded an old man, nazied
Magamo, in the foot, and he, in his turn, shot the rain-
maker. (This order of men are the prime instigators of
their countrymen in everything that is bad, leading theca
on in deceit and violence). The affair was rather irre-
gular, and but for the good feeling of the excellent officer
commanding, might have rendered the parties amenable
to military discipline, on two or three counts,-Ist, for
going without the officer's leave ; secondly, for sallying
into the territory of a nominally friendly chief (Mt:
passe) before the Government had commenced hostilities
against him (although I believe, from the robberies I e
has already committed on this settlement and other parts
of the colony, and the harbouring of hostile Kafirs witlr
their booty, his punishment is only held in abeyance ;
as it was, although in a nominally friendly territory,
they pitched into the right sort of enemy) ; and, thirdly ,
for not making a true statement of the number taken
when asked."

PRICES AT GRAHAM'S TOWN.
Fine flour, 60s. per 100 lb. Meal, as it comes from the
mill, 82s. per muid of 18016.—Graham's Town Journal.

ELOPEMENT IN HIGH LIFE.

We have some hesitation in prefixing the above head-
ing to the details of an event which probably might be
more correctly described as a marriage anticipated. TiP
those of our readers conversant with the movements o 1
the fashionable world, the engagement of the Lady Rose
Somerset, fourth daughter of the Duke and Duchess of
Beaufort, to Captain Francis Lovell (of the Ist Life
Guards), will have been long since familiar. The ex-
treme youth of ber Ladyship (who only completed her
seventeenth year in February last) has, we believe, been
the sole objection offered by her noble paaents to the
ratification of the desired union. Captain Lovell's posi-
tion as the representative of an old English family was
such as to render him in every respect a worthy suitor
for her Ladyship's hand, and the Gallant Officer, up-
to the latest moment, had been a constant and welcome
visitor at the hospitable table of the Noble Duke. Per-
haps this circumstance, more than any other, will be
calculated to excite a feeling of regret when the sequel
becomes known. In order to set at rest any exaggerated
rumours on the subject, we append a brief detail of the
circumstances as they have reached us. Withodt vouch-
ing for its literal accuracy,t we believe the subjoined
statement will be found substantially correct :—The
Ladies Blanche and Rose Somerset, with their yeuthfut
sisters, have been staying at Badminton some days,
during the absence of their noble parents, who have
been on a visit to Sir Charles Morgan, at the Hon.
Baronet's seat, Tredegar, Monmouthshire. On Friday
evening the family retired to rest at the usual hour.
Nothing had occurred up to this time to excite the
slightest suspicion of the intention of the Lady Rose to
quit her home, but at seven o'clock on Saturday morn-
ing, when the attendants, as usual, went up stairs to call
her Ladyship, she was not to be found. For some
short time little anxiety was felt on the subject, but
a closer inspection of her Ladyship's boudoir discovered
a letter—the superscription in her own handwriting—
addressed to her noble parents. This occasioned some
uncomfortable suspicions, and an open window, looking
from one of the drawing-rooms on to the lawn—of which
none of the domestics could give any account—increased
this feeling, and further inquiries placed the fact of her
Ladyship's departure beyond a doubt. An express was
instantly sent off to the Duke and Duchess, and so ad-
mirably was it arranged, that the intelligence reached
their Graces in Monmouthshire in less than three hours
from the time of leaving Badminton. The Duke and
Duchess of Beaufort arrived at Badminton the same
evening. The communication addressed by the Lady
Rose to her noble parents frankly disclosed to whose
protection she had resigned herself, and we hope we may
add that the anxiety of the Noble Duke and Duchess
was thus in some degree relieved. The destination
the truant pair is believed to have been the Scottish
border.—Post.

THE LATE GALES.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

WEYMOUTH, OCT. 6.—The gale of yesterday con-
,inued in force until about six o'clock, when it began to
moderate. This was the period when it was expected
the work of destruction would recommence, for the tido
was just risen sufficiently high to make its effects
dreaded. Some of the houses in the front had placed
boards before their railings, to prevent the water iron 2
filling their areas ; and men were on the spot to render
whatever service might be necessary in order to prevent
the mischief from being further extended. The water-
pipes in the road had been covered with clay, and a.
strong row of staves driven in round it. The sea
poured in with prodigious fury, flinging its surf over on
the road, where the water ran down like a mill- stream.
The front of the Esplanade, from the Narrows to tho
bottom of Gloucester-row, is completely torn up, extend-
ing a quarter of a mile, and covered with beach and shin-
gle, which extended half way over into the main road.
Where the wall was thrown down, near the Crescent, so
completely had the water washed away the 1.3.5 p
.lanade,
that it now appears on a level with the beach ano sands
in front, and has the appearance of being cleared awaY
for the areas of some large buildings. .The waves were
to be seen curling and falling in the road, like we some-
times see the tide on the shore.
The Greenhill presents a very changed appearance,
not a vestige of road to be seen, but the bottom part com-
pletely washed out at some parts ; it has the appearance
of a perpendicular cliff, as the waves came completely up
to it and threw their entire force against it. The sea-
wall at Norton's ice-house is broken in three places :
this was considered impregnable, having been built
sloping towards the sea, and joined by a concrete ; the
water, however, got under, and a subsidence of the road
taking 'place, has raised in some places the surface in a
dome-like shape ; this, with the irregular appearance
which it has assumed in various places, gives it a very
singular aspect. Had the wind continued with the same
violence from that quarter, nothing could have prevented
the Preston-road from being washed away, and the ice-
house would have been swept into the Lodmoor. The
damage to property has been very considerable, and as
there is a heavy debt already owing by the town council,
a borough rate must be levied to meet the eircpenses. It
is estimated that the damage done to the Esplanade wall
alone will cost upwards of 1,0001. to repair.

SLAVERY IN JAVA.—The people in Europe, what
entertain so just a horror of slavery as to regard even
slave grown produce as an abomination not to be tole-
rated from Brazil and Cuba, will be sorry to learn that
the
of
= so accepted and acceptable as the
labour, are nevertheless tainted
achievementso T
with the same sort of slave leprosy. In the Jam
Courant of May 6, there are no less than seven adver •
tisements for the sale of slaves, of which five are by
public auction, and -two by private contract, in number
altogether forty-five men, women, boys, girls, and in-
fants. The Director of Means and Domains advertises;
moreover, " that the tax on slaves for the current year
must be paid before the last of September ensuing, the
same amounting to 2 florins 65 st. for each slave."

PHEASANT SHOOTlNG.—Thursday last being the,
Ist of October, pheasant shooting commenced, with good
sport. The preserves are represented as being well-
stocked and the birds in good conditien.—Newcastla
Guardian.

FATAL LEAP.—Yesterday an inquest was held by
Mr. Bedford, at the Plough, Carey-street, on the body
of William Whitehead, aged 26. Deceased was in the
employment, as warehouseman, of Mr. Wilton, book-
binder, Bream's-buildings, Chancery-lane. On Monday,
the 28th ult., the deceased attempted to leap over a half-
door in the warehouse, when his foot catching, he was
thrown on his head on the floor, receiving such jnjurire
as to cause his death on Friday last. Verdict—" Acci-
dental death."

ANGLING EXTRAORDINARY.—One day last week,
as Mr John Roberts, butcher, of this city, was angling,
about two miles up the river Eden, with a single hand
rod, fourteen feet long, and No. 5, fly-hooks, his bait
was taken by a splendid salmon, which gave some ex-
cellent. play. After an hour's manoeuvring, this .first r.
-
rate angler succeeded iii landing his -beautiful prize,
which, on being weighed, pulled 20i- pounds,-=Carlisle
Patriot,

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THEATRE ROYAL, DECRY-LANE.
TIM; EVENING

The Entertainments will commence with Benedict's popular Opera
of THE CRUSADERS. Bohemond, Mr. Harrison ; Raymond, Mr.
Borrani; William, 3fr. Weiss ; Hassan, Mr. Stretton ; Ismael, Mr.
King; Ahuer, Miss Romer; Iseult, Miss Rainforth.
To conclude with a new Ballet, in two acts, entitled THE
OFFSPRING OF FLOWERS. In which Messrs. Howell, Brain,
Theodore, Millie. Fabbri, Madame Theodore, and 31(111e. Adele will
perform.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
L-niler the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee.
TFIIS EVENING
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RIAtIE. Lord Ogleby, Mr. W. ; Sir John Melville, Mr.
Brin~lal; Brush, Mr. Ilucketone; Canton, Mr. .7. Bland; Fanny
Sterling, Miss Julia Bennett ; Miss Sterling, Miss P. Horton ; Mrs.
Heidelberg, Mrs. Mover ; Betty, Mrs Humby.
During the evening the Band will perform the Overture to
" Zampa," the " J 1 asken Bilden," and the " Musketeers" Quadrille.
After which a new Farce, called THE FORTUNE HUNTER ;
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Griffin, Mr. Tilbury ; Rompas, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Griffin, Mrs.
IV. Clifford. _ _

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