The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-08 00:00:00

THE KAFHI WAR.

and at about InOyards distance fired. a volley upon them ;
that finding themselves so greatly overmatched they flo•l,
and that the marauders went off with the sheep in triumph.
It is supposed that one of the drovers, a Hottentot, named
Booy, was shot, as he has not since been either tech ot
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 Captal_n Neethling,
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 horses, and night
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 one 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. • . . . Information
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 Port 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 can 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 catt?e, the patrol
fell in 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 Fish
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.

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 of Kafirs 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
of&red nor would be accepted. The weapons arc the
spear, the arrow, and the musket, with an occasional
roar from the cannon. Deeds of heroism 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 of a
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
shisiNes how nearness and familiar names reduce the
sublime, when such men and such deeds are thought of
Without emotion. But they cannot he 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 Kafirs 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
certaiu, and it cannot be but that the contest will prove
a bloody one.
Private letters bring the history of the divisions under
Stockenstrom and Bare down to the 23d July. The
following passages are from a private letter, written at
Fort Beaufort :

" or Beaufort, Jul 22, 146.
" On the 9th inst. Sir A. t Stockenstrom was at Fort
I3eaufort, where he had an interview with Col. Hare
about the dissatisfaction prevailing in the Burgher
Lepers, 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
pceed to the missionary institution of Shiloh to pro-
tect it; of course there must have been cause for
la
ordering a force there. On a certain day the perfidious
tl3assa, under a pretext of an interview with Mr.
t.:B ead, warded on the station in three divisions. On
)•approaching the place, Mr. Read slant a messenger
Ztaking to know the object of such a demonstration,
urg at the same time every precaution against a
viae":ehs.ulprise. He and one of the missionaries of the
dissuadel.a consultation with Mapassa, and. tried to
tnissio lel from an attack on the station. The
narY retired, and Mr. Read, after a little
more en
draw 4. nversatiou told Mapassa he had better
kapas°B`;`, Ins men and begone. At this instant, some of
41d 4 S men were seen loading, and preparing to fire;
,", as Mr. Read was moving towards the furthest point
(13, MS own line to check some of the sons of the soil
tivilesh_nien)? who were becoming rather. excited and. res-
n_e on seeing what the Tambookies were up to, he was
I- d 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
aide- Among the slain was Mapassa's brother, and several of his head councillors. The Tambookies were
about 1,000 strong.
" The day after, Neila, another Tambookie chief, tried
his strength with 300 of his warriors, against 25 of
Mr. Read's people, but he was routed, leaving seven,k
on
the field, and with his successor severely wounded, To
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 Plaat, 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
people ; 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
-It• Sir A. is very much out of health. While at Shi-
loh he is said to have received a aer signed by Ma-
ce/11%
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 their 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
lasst
quawar,rters but "is afraid of another Colonel Smith taking
hi.
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. lie
kept the best of his force in defence of the place. The
skirniLh 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 T
July 23: ytuaie River Camp,
" By my last of the 16th," the writer says, " you are
informed of our being in Kafirland. Since then we Moved further in. We are now not far from the Amatola.have
We have not been molested by entered their the Kafirs since we have
thr country. We have made some patrols
ough 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
cant r return it, when we are on patrol; but we burn and
desoy the very all their huts and kraals we fall in with, even to
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.
He has been the last ten days on horseback. He has
been to the Tambookies, and has settled them. He has
brought all the bur hers from that side, and he has
Placed all his divisions on their appointed stations, so
that he has the three sides
of the Aniatola. 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.
IIY his orders given out to-day it seems that he is
5„.10t going to delay. By these orders we are to start
form
to the Tyumie Hoek, where we are to
,lerni a fortified camp, and next Tuesday we are to at the enemy in his stronghold; and Sir Andreas says
me intends to take his dinner on the Amatola, if he is
aPared on that day, Our division, under Sir Andreas
1)44111'1f, will begin ihe attack from this side. The Celes.
erg 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.
:8 That it will be the lot of some to fall before this object.
:obtained is nothing but certain. Who that will be it
, not for us to say; we must trust in the Lord, and that
it e are fighting in a good cause, where we must do our
tilt)? as men, and also that the prayers of all Christians
are offered up for our success."
r. On Thursday the Resistance, from Monte Video, ar-
rived in Simon's Bay, having on board 500 men of the
are
battalion of the 45th Regiment, Such of the men as
sick will, it is understood, be landed for hospital
a.;,3re, and the rest will proceed at once,. without being
tuaembarked, to Algoa Bay The fighting work, it if,
tilhOepyede,owmiellil:e
000vaerbefore -they reach the frontier ; but
time to garrison the country and re-
lieve the burst era, whose affairs urgently call them to
their homes.
Much success has attended the attempt recently made
to land supplies near the mouth of the sFish River, well as at the Cowie mouth. The newly-arrived treoro'pass,
by the way, will probably be sent on by sea to the former
of these points of debarkation. In that case they may
'each head-quarters in six or eight days. By -Algoa
Bay they may not reach head-quarters in less than three
Weeks) and then way worn and exhausted.
......

FarDAY.."--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 where Dodds Pringle and Du
Toit 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 patrollinK 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,
twhhr
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es
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fie er
sd ed in
being
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icapturingled aud
fourthe woundedwhole of theu th
eox eaffray.n—
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 had
just slaughtered. One ox, being exceedingly wild, ran
at one of the men, who, in defending himself, broke his
gun. This ox the party found necessary to shoot, but
the flesh and skin they brought home, togather 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.

" PLUCKY EXPLOIT."
(Private letter.) _

July 26, 1846.
On Monday night, about six P.m , a party of 24 lads,
belonging to the Field Cornetcy of Andries Pretorions,
in charge of cattle at Reid's Dale, about three miles from
Eland's Post, having espied some cattle supposed to be-
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 Umpakatie (Hemraden), Guantzie,
Matala, Groepa Pike, and Koba, Botma's rainmaker.
These fiery spirits immediately bearded these strong
kraals, and carried off about 350 cattle, in the sight of
their owners. Tho Kafirs having followed them into
the settlement, and on coming to a good position in Reid's
Dale in overwhelming numbers, made an attack on the
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 driving
cattle towards Eland's post, in the evening, by a ruse de
guerre, fell on them and wounded an old man, named
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 them
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 disciplas, on two or three counts,-Ist, for
going without the officer's leave ; secondly, for sallying
into the territory of a nominally friendly chief ( Ma-
passa) before the Government had commenced hostilities
against him (although I believe, from the robberies he
has already committed on this settlement and other parts
of the colony, and the harbouring of hostile Ikafirs with
n only
ay heldfr
endinlyabteeryraintocre ,
territory,
they btywas,
00a,
statement of the number taken
they pitched into the right sort of enemy) ; and, thirdly,
for not making a true
lhthisoupgahaisihnmaeantomisi
when asked."

LANDING SUPPLIES.
(From the South African Commercial Advertiser.)
From the Shipping List, which has just come to hand,
ju
st
been learn that the cargo of the Waterloo, which has
been landed at the mouth of the Fish River, consists
as follows:-360 bags of biscuit, 220 bags of meal, 380
bags of rice, 700 bags of grain, and 218 barrels of
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 destination 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 more
preferable. The William Woolley has on board for the
commissariat one hundred casks of salt meat, beef, and
pork, partly the produce of the colony, and in part ob-
tained from the American vessel now in Algoa. Bay. Thy
remainder of the cargo will be made up of biscuit, meal,
rice, coffee, sugar, and forage corn. We understand that
Mr. Commissariat Clerk Skinner, recently in charge at

. Colesberg, has been most indefatigable in his exertions
to fo-ward these supplies, and in which he has been most
ably assisted by Captai4a Lloyd, the highly-respected re-
sident magistrate at Port Elirlabeth.
The Waterloo, without entirely clearing out at the
Fish River, was dispatched back to Algoa Bay, also tc
fill up for the Buffalo; where it was supposed the troops
would have been awaiting supplies; but this order has
also been countermanded, and she returns to her
former berth at the Fish River. As regards the capa-
bilities of this point for landing cargo, it seems to
be a matter of general astonishment to all who have
recently seen the spot that it has so long been
overlooked and neglected. It may also be remarked
that it is, perhaps, fortunate for the Government
in this its hour of need, and also for the future
interest of the colony, that so smart a seaman,
and so able and energetic a man as Captain Salmond is
admitted to be, was selected to proceed there in the first
instance. The activity and skill with which this officer
has executed his duty have been mentioned to us in
terms of high commendation, and also of the activity
and intrepidity of the men under his command. The
Norfolk also sailed on the 19th instant, from Port Eliza-
beth for the Fish River, and was to be followed imme-
diately by the Lady Leith and the Mazeppa.
At the Kowie, also, a commencement has been made.
The Chanticleer, Albatross, Sophia, and British Settler,
had been off that port, but the weather had been too
boisterous to permit of much being done. The capabi-
lities of a new surf-boat had been tested, and though the
surf ran high it is said that she floated upon its crest
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 the
river and rendering the open roadstead insecure, these
vessels were obliged to put out to sea, thus occasioning
the loss of some valuable time, and also much disap-
pointment.

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.

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.x. this day, and
landed her mails, which were forwarded to London im-
mediate 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, the 4th of October, 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, fur
Demerara; Reindeer, at St. Thomas, the 14th Sept.,
from Grenada.

U'rom the Graham's To Journal)
TUESDAY.—Receired some further information from
the troops in Kafirland, brin
Jing the information from
that point up to the 16th of uly. The inormation
formation is
not satisfactory. Colonel Somerset had crossed the Bef
lklo at the Bridle-drift with his own regiment of mounted
lti
;veeflee, and two troops of Dragoon Guards, but they
too late for the light-footed Kafirs. Previous to
there the stream, large droves of cattle had been seen
~Pe, but precious time was lost in deliberation, and
.4en a forward movement was made the enemy had got
..00
• much the start to be overtaken, and a most harass-
-111,
mare},, knocking up men and horses, was made for
7' Purpose.
About 300 head of cattle, had, however,
1190 , nicked
up. and which afforded a very seasonable
lit of meat to the hungry troops.
tot
,trasDAY.—Report came in to-day that 300 slaugh-
c,......"eP) the property of Mr. Boyle, butcher, on their
if to town from Daggeboers Neck, where they had
th,,latrehased of Mr. E. Driver, had been captured by
tztatnear Espag's-drift, on the Fish River. The dro-
e that shortly before reaching this drift, about 50
i wed Withguns, suddenly made their appearance,

Trik SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8, t-t

THE OFFICE OF LORD MAYOR.
Mr. Anderton having waited upon the Lord Mayor
yntenti.y, for the purpose of requesting his Lordship
would publicly investigate a matter connected with the
contest in the Common Hall, his Lordship wrote a
note to Mr. Yates, the chairman of Alderman Wood's
cohimittee, who, together with other getitlenaen of that
committee, immediately attended to answer any charge
or statement which might be made.
The Lord Mayor having taken his seat in the Justice
Room at the Mansion House,
Mr. ANDERTON said he appeared to request his Lord-
ship would be kind enough to investigate a charge which
he had publicly made against the committee (Alderman
Wood's, which had appeared in the newspapers) that
day, and had also appeared in placards, in a letter
of which he was the author, and which he had sent to
Sir George Carroll's committee, believing it to contain
the truth. If he had so far committed himself as to
have stated what was untrue he would henceforward
allow himself to be branded as the greatest of liars.
The letter was as follows :

" 6th October, 1846.
" Gentlemen,—ln an advertisement in the Times
newspaper of this day, signed John Yates, Chairman
of Alderman Wood's Committee,' it is stated that all
the counsel's fees, charged by me as not having been
paid by 4,lderman Wood, as the solicitor of the Irish
Society, Faye been discharged, as appeared by receipts
produced by the committee.
" I now positively state that such statements are un-
true, and that if the receipts have been produced, they
arc fabricated, at least as respects one of the counsel,
whose fees, with those of his clerk, were not paid at
twelve o'clock this day.
" I am, Gentlemen, yours faithfully,
" JAMES ANDERTON.
" Sir George Carroll's Committee."
It was a necessary consequence of such a communi-
cation, that one party or the other must be in a
situation of disagreeable responsibility. Either he was
chargeable with having uttered a falsehood, or Alder-
man Wood's committee were guilty of having imposed
upon the public. All he had to do, he submitted, was
to show that the statement he had made was a correct state.
ment ; that .he had received the communication which had
been published from an authentic source. Until he
should prove that fact, or be convicted of a falsehood,
he had determined not to go to is usual occupation.
Every thing he had said or written upon the subject
had been said and written under the strongest impres-
sion and conviction of its truth. The first question was
whether it was the fact that he received the communi-
cation in the letter just read from a good source. The
next was whether the case was as it had been repre-
sented to him. Now, having ascertained beyond a
doubt, that, as regarded one of the counsel, the feel had
not been paid at twelve o'clock on the 6th instant, his
Lord: ip might guess what his astonishment must be
upon receiving yesterday evening a letter as he was
about to leave town, of which the following was a
copy :
" Sir,—ln a placard addressed by you to Sir George
Carroll's committee, you assert that my statement of
all the fees having been paid to counsel was untrue, and
that if the receipts have been produced, they are fabri-
cations, at least as respects one of the counsel, whose
fees, with those of his clerk, were not paid at twelve
o'clock this day.'
" I now incluse you a copy of the declaration of the
gentleman who made the payments, and call apon you
publicly to retract your statements, now proved beyond
any question to be untrue.

" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" JAMES YATES.

" James Anderton, Esq."
On the envelope was written " An answer is re
quested before twelve o'clock to- morrow."
The declaration referred to in Mr. Yates's letter ran
thus :—" I George Scores, of Lower Eaton-street, Gros-
venor-place, in the county of Middlesex, Gent., do so-
lemnly and sincerely declare that I did, on Monday, the
sth day of October last, pay to Sir T. Wilde, Mr. Kin-
dersly, and Mr. W. P. Wood, the sum of 5641. 195.,
being the full amount of fees respectively due to them.
on account of the Irish Society from Mr. Alderman
Wood, the solicitor in the cause, and that I did at the
same time take receipts for the same, and I make this
solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to
be true, &c. &c.

" GEORGE SCORES, jun.
" Declared this 6th day of October, 1846.
"John Johnson, Mayor."
Now, he (Mr. Anderton) came to the Mansion
House under the impression that it was most fit to con-
firm or to retract the accusation he had brought before
his Lordship. He was ready to prove that the state-
ment he had sent to Sir George Carroll's chairman, and
which had appeared in the public papers, was, so far as
he was concerned, a true and correct statement. He
had called at the chambers of one counsel, and
learned, upon questioning one of the gentlemen there,
that the fees of his principal had not been paid by
twelve o'clock on the Gth instant and that gentleman
had come forward to corroborate his assertion in the
presence of Alderman Wood's Committee.
The Chief Clerk of the council alluded to was then
called by Mr. Adderton. He said that the statement
in italics in Mr. Anderton's letter, to the effect that
the fees of one of the council had not been paid by
twelve o'clock on the 6th instant, was correct.
In answer to Mr. Harris, one of Alderman Wood's Com-
mittee, the witness stated that he was not at the Council
Chambers between three and four o'clock on Monday, the
sth instant, and he did not know that it was at all the
practice of the clerk of one counsel on a case to receive,
in the absence of the clerk of another counsel in the
same case, the fees due to the former. He did not
know what clerks of counsel might do in the event of
occasional absence as regarded briefs,' but the receipt of
briefs was very different from the receipt of fees. He
received a cheque from his principal for fees in the case
from his assistant clerk before two o'clock on Tuesday,
the 6th inst.

Mr. Mums asked whether the clerk of one of the
other counsel in the cause was present, and the answer
being in the negative, said that that individual ought to
be in attendance, in order to show that the committee
were perfectly justified in the statement they had made.
The Assistant Clerk to the Counsel, whose chief clerk
had been just examined, stated that between one and
two o'clock on Tuesday, the 6th inst., he received a
cheque for the fees of his principal, in the name of Al-
derman Wood, from a young man without a hat, whom
he did not know. He did not
cheque. He paid it over to the chief clerk a little before
two on the same day. give a receipt for the
Mr. HARRIS said he should lay before the Lord Mayor
a plain statement of facts, to which he defied the slightest
contradiction. On Monday last, at about three o'clock,
he saw three cheques delivered to Mr. Score, the gen-
tleman who made the declaration before his Lordship
on Tuesday. He saw that they wore in accordance with
the amount of fees due to the three counsel. Mr. Score
took them to deliver to the several counsel. It was well
known that the present time was the long vacation, and
that counsel were absent, and their clerks were not
always at chamber. Mr. Score, upon calling at the
chambers of two of the counsel, found neither prin-
cipals nor clerks, and to a female, who expressed her
readiness to take care of anything left for one of the
counsel, he handed one cheque, while to the clerk of
the third counsel he handed the other two cheques, to
be delivered according to direction. (Here Mr. Harris
produced receipts for the three cheques, two of which
were signed by the clerk of one of the counsel for each
of the principals, and the third by the housekeeper to
the remaining counsel, and on each of them were the
words, " Paid by me, George Score, the sth of October,
1846.") Mr. Harris proceeded—Mr. Score, he said, re-
turned about four o'clock, bringing with him these
three receipts, so that the cheques had been paid for
the use of counsel between three and four o'clock on
Monday. If the clerks were not all at chambers to re-
ceive them, it was not the business of Alderman Wood,
or his committee.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—Her Majesty and his Royal
Hi hues Prince Albert, took their usual early morning
walk.

Mr. ANDERTON—The question is, whether I have
said anything that was untrue. I have produced my
authority for the fact, that neither his principal nor
himself had received a cheque for the fees at twelve
o'clock on Tuesday. It is that lam called upon to re-
tract. I ask your Lordship whether I have not been
borne out in the statement I made by the evidence ?
The LORD MAYOR—Certainly, your statement is
borne out.

The Royal Family took the'r usual exercise this
morning on ponies in the precincts of the Castle. Their
Royal Highnesses again went out in the afternoon.
His Royal flightless Prince Albert, attended by Baron
Stockmar and Colonel Seymour, enjoyed the sport of
shooting this morning.

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Prince
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Frlhenderick of Hesse, and attended by a Lady and Gen-
tleman in. Waiting, are expected to arrive at the Castle
this afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty, from their resi-
dence at Kew.
Viscount Palmerston and Sir Stratford and Lady
Canning, are expected to arrive at the Castle this even-
ing on a visit to the Queen.
The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening is
expected to include her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge, his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of
Hesse, the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent,
the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Cambridge, the
Baroness de Speth, Viscount Palmerston, Sir Stratford
and Lady Canning, General and Lady Isabella Wemyss,
sir George Coup 'r, and the Gentleman in Waiting en
the Duke of Cambridge.
The band of the Scot's Fusilier Guards attend during
dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attend
in the Castle.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince
Frederick of Hesse, and attended by a Lady in Waiting
and Baron Knesebeck, left their residence at Kew, at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon, for Windsor Castle.
Lord Orantuore had an interview with Lord John
Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-
street. Mr. Charles Buller had also an interview with
his Lordship yesterday.
Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday afternoon
for Windsor Castle.

Mr. HARRIS said that both sides were borne out in
their statements. The cheque had been paid, as was
manifest to all, on the sth instant, but, by the contin-
gency observed upon, did not reach the proper hands
until next day, after the hour stated by Mr. Anderton,
who had made use of the information he received to suit
his own views and wishes. It was true the statement
which had been made had proved injurious to the cause
resorted rht eudt
tthoey any
all angry or
regretted
of Alderman Wood,. He (Mr. Harris) would not use
any harsh comments ; neither he nor any one of Alder-
man
unkind Wood'swo:d s committeeduringh
te
to see Mr. Anderton deserting his old friend.
Mr. YATES, the Chairman of Alderman Wood's com-
mittee, said he came to the Mansion House to meet Mr.
had
election,
Anderton, and to contradict the statement made by that
gentleman. Before four o'clock on Monday he had the
receipts in his hand, and he was therefore exonerated
from all imputation as to publishing an untruth. He had
no disposition to cavil or to quarrel with Mr. Anderton,
but he believed Mr. Anderton had said much during the
contest for which he would upon consideration feel
sorrow. He had night and day-during the struggle been
engaged on the committee, and he had abstained from
personalities, however strong the temptation and the
ground might have been. It was for the enemies of
Alderman Wood to acknowledge that from his friends
they had never heard one word of calumny, or one syl-
lable calculated to show the existence of animosity.
Mr. ANDERTON said that nothing whatever could have
prevented him from giving his most warm and active
support to Alderman Wood, if the conduct of Alderman.
Wood had been such as to justify him in giving his as-
sistance. He acted according to the dictates of his con-
science in coming forward to prevent what ought not to
take place, and he was satisfied with the course he had
adopted.
The LORD MAYOR said it was his duty to request the
attendance of the gentlemen who had so readily ap-
peared, and he was glad that an explanation had taken
place, which left both parties completely free from im-
putation as to a disregard for truth. lie regretted that
the mistake had occurred, and, in his opinion, all the
trouble they had just been at might have been avoided
if the money had been paid at the proper time to the
proper person.
Mr. ANDERTON—WeII, my Lord, what is your ver-
dict—guilty or not guilty ?
The LORD MAYOR said he acquitted all parties.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Cohnia
office from the Governors of the West India colonies.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE
BETTING AT MANCHESTER. —T nESDAY.
CESAREWITCII STAKES.
7 to 1 agst Tom Tullock—taken
15 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes—offered
16 to 1 agst Terrier—offered
16 to I agst The Baron
18 to 1 agst Kesheng—taken
20 to 1 agst Jonathan Wild—offers to take
25 to 1 agst Giantess—taken
25 to 1 agst Glossy—taken
25 to 1 agst Flahowlagh—taken
25 to 1 agst Fort William
33 to I agst Tugnet—taken
33 to 1 agst Sheraton—taken
crAmil LIDO milt HE STAR ES.
8 to 1 agst lago—taken
14 to 1 agst Torn Tullock—taken
18 to 1 agst Idas—taken
20 to 1 agst Conspiracy—taken
22 to 1 agst Joanna colt—taken
Even on the field against twelve.
DERBY.
9 to 1 agst Von Tromp—taken to 2001.
16 to 1 on the field, bar one.
DERBY RACES.—TUESDAY.
The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added from the
Fund. One mile and a half. (4 Subs.)
Sir C. R. Cockerell's Duke of Richmond, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b... 1
Mr. Knight's The Jolly Beggar, 5 yrs, 9st 91b .. 2
Lord Chesterfield's Arkwright, 3 yrs, ist 101 b 3
2tol on the Duke. Won in a canter.
The Tradesmen's Plate of 100 sovs., added to a Handicap of
15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared. Two miles.
Lord Chesterfield's Cherry (Morella filly), 3 yrs, sst 10lb 1
Sir Wm. Stanley's Pic Nic, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b
Mr. Meiklam's c, by Touchstone, out of Laura, 3 yrs 3
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. G.
Ongley's Roderick, aged, 7st 101b—Mr. S. L. Fox's Psalm-
singer, 4 yrs, ist—Mr. Skelmerdine's Rolla, 4 yrs, 7st—Mr.
C. Dorrian's Laird o 'Cockpen,-,4 yrs, 6st 91b—and Mr. W.
Scott's Driffield, 3 yrs, 6st 21b.
A fine race with two.
The Maiden Plate of 30/., added to a Sweepstake of 5 sovs.
each. Heats, two miles. (4 Subs.)
Mr. Skelmerdine's Rolla, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Whitehouse) 1 1
Mr. Walmesley's Heir. at-Law, 4 yrs, Bst 31b 2 2
Mr. Dixon's Amazon, 3 yrs, 7st 21b 3 dr
The Derby and Chaddesdon Cavalry Stakes of 1 soy. each,
with 56 added, one round and a distance, were won by Mr.
F. Pepper's Queen of Hearts, aged, 12st, beating Mr. Ellaby's
Sir Roger, 6 yrs, 12st, and Mr. Lowe's Baronet, 5 yrs, list.

LITERATURE.

THE ECLEC7IC REVIEW.

German literature is amongst the most recondite
and exhaustless subjects for the pen of a reviewer,
and one section of that subject is treated upon in the
October number of the Eclectic. We cannot help
feeling, however, that the article upon German novels
and German novelists, though forming a very useful
catalogue of names and dates, is infinitely too super-
ficial to be designated criticism. The writer does not
in any one particular analyse the characters of these
remarkable literateurs—he does not discriminate
those subtle peculiarities which impart so much of in-
dividuality to their writings ; he slurs over the mas-
terpieces of German imaginative composition with a
few flippant and trite expressions, and furnishes the
reader with a bare 'inventory of a bookstall. New-
mark and Buckholz, Hischberg, and Lohenstein,
Hoffmannswalden and Ziegler, Talander and Rappel,
Schuabel and Gellert, HermeS and Dusch, Klinger
and Wieland, are successively mentioned as tributary
to the copious stream of German fiction, but not one
individual of the number, with the exception possibly
of John Hermes, is allowed more than a mere casual
observation. This poverty of criticism, in such a rich
field for its display, is, however, scarcely surprising,
when the very profusion of the materials is calculated
to baffle the critic in his attempt at selection. Kot-
zebue's romances, inferior as they may appear to the
fastidious taste of the reviewer, are suggestive of

illucidations sevenfold the extent of his entire con-
tribution—.espqcially the Die Geschichte." Of
Goethe, again, what sheets might not be written and
sheets not only illustrative of the mingled deeps and
shallows of Wilhelm Meister, but of the astonishing
profundities of the intellect rom which it emanated !
In speaking of the productions of a more recent cha-
racter, the reviewer has evinced greater capacity, and
this probably from his greater familiarity with them
than with their predecessors. He has treated Vulpius'
"Rinaldo Rinaldini," with the derision it merited;
and, in reprobating the immoral tendencies of such
works, he has administered an adroit side-
blow at some of our own novelists, who
have endeavoured to invest ruffians with the charms
of heroism. Schiller's " Ghost Seer," IVeber's
" Vehmgeriehte," Heinse's " Ardinghello," Shilling's
novels, the renowned "Franz Sternbald's Wander-
ungen," the writings of Nicolai, those of Schum-
mel, Knigge, Hahn-Hahn, and a multitude of
others, are characterised very felicitously. The
article, altogether, deserves a perusal, if only
as a clever index to a most enthralling and
volumnious library. The extravagant discourses
lately delivered by the incumbent of St. Jude's,
Liverpool, drawing a comparison between Prince
Albert and the divine author of Christianity, is, to our
thinking, treated with miserable leniency by the
Eclectic. What is the meaning of that allusion to
" the hatred of ungodly men ?" Is it a villainous
shaft levelled at an intelligent and benevolent contem-
porary? If so, it is an unworthy attempt to divert
popular indignation in a wrong channel. " Life in
California" will be referred to with interest just at
this moment when the annexation of those extensive
and fruitful regions to the United States is a matter
of -exceeding probability. " Peschel's Elements of
Physics," the " Third Kafir Invasion," and a notice
of "Kitto's Biblical Cyclopmdia," are careful and
interesting compilations.

AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE ROMNEY MAIL.-011
the night of Monday, as the mail-cart was passing
Hythe Oaks, two fellows with bludgeons attempted to
stop the driver, swearing they would ride, and struck at
him, but, by throwing himself a little back, the blow fell
on the cart. The driver immediately drew his pistol,
and snapped it at them ; but it did not go off, or the re-
port would have soon brought the coast-guard to the
spot. Having a good horse, he succeeded in getting
away, and proceeded on his journey without further mc-
lestation.—Canterbury Journal.
THE PLANET URANUS, ALIAS HERSCHEL, ALIAS
THE GEORGIUM Smus.—This star, the star with many
names, much heard of, seldom seen, is now in a very
favourable position for observation, and may be discerned
with telescopes of weak power, or even with the naked
eye, in advantageous situations. It will pass the Green-
wich meridian at 12h. lm. 30s. Greenwich mean time, on
the night of October 2; and at 11h. 57m. 245. on the
night of October 3, being distant from the sun 1,921
millions of miles, and from the earth 1,825 millions of
miles. It passes the meridian at Liverpool with 40 deg.
27m. 50s. of altitude, at midnight, on the evening of
October 2, having R.A. Oh. 46m. 475., and N.D.,.4 deg.,

We regret to learn that Mr. IL Hamilton, the
British Plenipotentiary at the Court of the Brazils, is
(mining home on account of ill-health. It is hardly
necessary for us to state that the merchants at Rio
Janeiro hold the highest opinion of the talent and judg-
ment of this gentleman.

12m. 15s. It is-midway between the star 25 of HeN;:
Hug's Catalogue, and the star 213 of Piazzi. When
brought to the centre of the field of view, no other star
will appear near it, and by increasing the power the disc
will be plainly magnified, which will not be the case with
the small fixed stars. The aliases attached to the name
of this star would justify its designation as an outcast
and a regular vagabond, and prove that the scientific
world is as little inclined to countenance flattery to kings
at the present time as it was in the days of Galileo,
when he gave the name of the Medicean Stars to the
satellites of Jupiter, of which he was the discoverer.—
Racolta Scientifica di Roma, Sept. 15.
RAILWAY :LABOURERS IN MID-LOTHIAN.—We
understand that the number of railway and other la- '
bourers employed at present in this county is greater
than at any former period. On the llawick branch of
the North British (two additional sections of which, ex-
tending in length about fourteen miles, have been com-
menced within the last few days), there are 2,436
labourers at work ; on the Dalkeith branch of the same
railway, 120 ; and on the Caledonian, 633. If to these
be added 290 men employed on the Edinburgh Water
Company's works at Bavelaw, it will make the gross
number of labourers employed in Mid-Lothian 3,509.
The different portions of railways at present in the
course of formation in the county presents an aggre-
gate of about 56 miles. It is satisfactory to know
that, beyond an occasional fight on pay nights, there has
been no serious breach of the peace for some time in the
district where the labourers are omployed.—Edinburgh
Advertiser,