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No. 16,839. LONDON, TUESDAY tr.g4H'

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, AUGUST 24, 1846.
THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF HER
MAJESTY'S ORDNANCE do hereby give notice that they
ill SELL by PUBLIC -AUCTION at the Tower, on THURSDAY,
10th of September, 1846, at Eleven o'Clock in the ferenoon pre-
cisely, Sundry LOTS of OLD STORES, consisting of Great Coats,
Clothing, Bedding, Theodolites, Fire Engine. Hose Pipe, Tools, Belts,
Steel, Iron, Brass, Fire Wood, and various other articles, the whole
of which may be viewed at the Tower, six days previous to the
Sale (Sunday excepted) from ten till four o'clock, upon application
to the Principal Storekeeper's Office at that place,-where Catalogues
of the Lots and Conditions of the Sale will be delivered to those
persons who may apply for the same.
By order of the Board,
G. BUTLER, for the Secretary.

BARRACK CONTRACTS.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, AUG. 17, 1846.
PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of her MA-
JESTY'S ORDNANCE do hereby give notice, that TENDERS
wilt be received by the several Barrack Masters in Great Britain, on
or.before WEDNESDAY, the 9th September next, from such persons
as may be wining to enter into CONTRACTS for the undermentioned
services for a period of three years, from the Ist October, 1846, to
the 30th September, 1849.
LAMP-LIGHTING (where the lamps are lighted with oil),
SWEEPING CHIMNEYS by MACHINERY,
STRAW, and ASHES, and PRIVY EOM (where deposited with
the Ashes),
EMPTYING PRIVIES,
WASHING and REPAIRING BEDDING.
Printed forms of Tenders, and every requisite information, may
be obtained on application to the respective Barrack Masters, be-
tween the hours of Ten and Four o'clock each day, Sundays excepted,
until the date above mentioned, after which no proposal will be re-
ceived, nor will any Tender be considered, that is not made on the
printed form to be furnished by the Barrack masters.
Persons purpo,ing to tender for any of the services above men-
tioned, must make the Barrack Masters acquainted with their names
and places of abode, and furnish any information that may be called
for by them .as to the eligibility of the parties tendering to perform
the contract or contracts ; and It is to be clearly understood that the
Board of Ordnance reserve to themselves the power of accepting or
rejecting all or any of the tenders, without assigning any reason, or
entering into any correspondence on the subject.
By order of the Board,
R. BYHAM, Secretary.

RE MING TON'S LONDON and MAN-
CHESTER RAILWAY.
At an Adjourned Meeting of the Committee appointed by the
Shareholders to investigate the affairs of this Company, held the 26th
day of August, 1846,
D. W. HARVEY, Esq., in the Chair ;

BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS.
The Birkenhead Dock Commissioners are ready to receive
LOANS of MONEY fqr periods of five or seven years, under the
authority of their second Act of Parliament, passed Bth May, 1845,
at the rate of five per cent. per annum.
The interest will be paid half-yearly, on the Ist of January, and
Ist July, in London or elsewhere, as the parties lending may prefer.
Sealed tenders, stating the amount and trim of years fur which
the money is proposed to be lent, to be addressed to the Commis-
sioners, endorsed " Tender for Loans "
By order,
Birkenhead, 10th of August; 1846.

RICH. HIND, Secretary.

BRECON and MERTHYR TYDVII,
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that PAYMENT will be made, on applica-
tion at this'office between the hours of Eleven and Three daily (Sun-
days excepted), commencing on TUESDAY, the Sth instant, to such
persons as have lodged Scrip with a desire to receive back 7s. 6(1. per
Share. Payments can oily be made to parties or their agents, duly
authorised, calling at the office.
It is required that Scrip be left at this office two days prior to pay-
ment being made

By order of the Board,
JNO. TAYLOR, Secretary.

Dated 7th of September, 1846.
17, Park-street, Westminster.

AL E OF NEATH RAILWAY.
NOtice is hereby given, that the FIRST ORDINARY
MEETING of Proprietors of the Vale of Neath Railway Company
will be held at No. 449, West Strand, London, on TUESDAY, the 29th
day of September next, at two o'clock in the afternoon, for the pur-
poses of business required by Act of Parliament to be transacted at
the First General Meeting of the Company ; and also for the purpose
of giving authority to the directors with respect to any agreements
with other companies, and applications to Parliament which they
may think it expedient to make in the ensuing session, and generally
for other matters.

VILLIERS, Chairman.
FRED. G. SAUNDERS, Secretary.
449, West Strand, London, Ist Sept., 1846.

BIRMINGHAM and OXFORD JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
Capital, 1,000,0001., in Shares of 201. each.
The Act for the Incorporation of this Company having received
the roytv assent, the Holders of Scrip Certificates are requested to
make immediate application to be registered for their respective
shares, according to the sulkfoined form (printed copies of which will
be supplied. if desired), and transmit the same, accompanied with the
Scrip Certificates, either to this Office or the London Office,
No. 449, West Strand, on or before TUESDAY, the 15th day of
September next,
An official receipt will be given on the deposit of the scrip, whip?'
receipt will afterwards be exchanged for the sealed certificates, with
as little delay as the preparation of the same may require ; and due
notice will be given when the sealed certificates are ready for delivery.
Shares, in respect of which no application for registry shall be
made on or before the above date, will be registered in the name of
the original subscriber, after which no share can be passed otherwise
than by formal transfer, under the provisions of the Act.
By order of the Board,
THOS. lIOLROYD, Secretary.
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Offices, No. 34, Ben-
nett's-hill, Birmingham, and No. 449, West Strand, London,
August 12, 184 G.
FORM OF APPLICATION TO REGISTER.
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway.
I hereby deposit Scrip Certificates for Shares in the above
Company, viz.,
No. to

and I claim to be registered as the Proprietor of the said Shares,
subject to the general rules, regulations, and conditions contained
in the Act of Incorporation, all of which I hereby undertake to fulfil
and discharge. I also require sealed Certificates to be prepared in
exchange as under.
Christian Name and Surname at full length
Designation
Address
iiness to triUttki§telet==
Dated this 184

.
It was Resolved,—That as the number of Shares returned to the
Committee exceeds 15,000, yet as the total issue of Shares exceeds
50,000, the Committee feel, that until a far larger amount of Shares
shall be notified, no negotiation can be opene with the Directors.

Holders of Shares, therefore, who desire to bring the affairs of this
Company to a speedy and equitable adjustment at the least possible
expense, are requested to :transmit their names, and the number of
Shares they respectively hold, to the Chairman of the Committee, D.
IV. Harvey, Esq., Old Jewry, London, not later than the Ist of
October, after which day no communication will be received.

D. W. HARVEY, Chairman.

CLITHEROE JUNCTION
(Proyigjonally Registered )
Notice is hereby givenMiliat pursuant to the provisions of an Act
of Parliament, passed in the tenth year of the reign of her present
Majesty, intituled "An Act to facilitate the dissolution of certain
railway companies," a Meeting of the shareholders of the Clitheroe
Junction Railway Company will be held at the house of Mrs. Yates,
known by the name of the Star Hotel, Deansgate, in Manchester, in
the county of Lancaster, on SATURDAY, the 19th day of September,
1846, at twelve o'clock at noon, for the purpose of determining whe-
ther the company or partnership intended to be formed forthe pur-
pose of making a railway, to be called "The Clitheroe Junction
Railway," shall be dissolved
Dated this sth day of September, 1846.
Signed on behalf of the Provisional Directors or Committee,
SAM L . ASHTON,
One of the Provisional Directors or Members of the Committee.

RAILWAY.

AVIES'S FINE . SPERM CANDLES.
is. sd. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, As. 6d. ; Yellow Soap, 425.
465. 525., and Ms. per 1121b5.; Mottled, Ms., 60s. and G4s.; Wax
Candles, Is. per lb. ; German, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, is. sd. ; Trans-
parent Wax, Is. Pd. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. ld. ; Store Candles, 5%d. ;
Extra Waxed-wick Moulds, 6%d. ; Genuine Sperm Oil, 7s. per gallon;
Solar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 3s. 6d. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ;
Windzor Soap, ls.l I. per packet • Palm, Is. 4d. ; Old Brown
Windsor, Is. 9d. hose, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d.
ner lb. ; Hale's erior Paragon Composite, requiring no snuf-
fing, 9%d.
For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse 6 St.
Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house.

PUBLICATIONS.

On the 10th, in post Svo. price 7s. 6d. cloth,
VOTES ON THE EPIDEMIC CHOLERA.
1.11 By R. HARTLEY KENNP:DY. M.D.,
Late Physician-General and President of the Medical Board, Bombay.
London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill.

THE OXFORD GRADUATE ON PAINTING.
On the 10th, in Impetial Bvo.
THE FIRST VOLUME OF MODERN
PAINTERS.
By a GRADUATE of OXFORD.
A new edition, revised by the Author, and printed uniformly with
Volume 11.
Also lately published, in Imperial Bvo., price 10s. 6d. cloth.
THE SECOND VOLUME OF MODERN PAINTERS :
Treating of the Imaginative and Theoretic Faculties.
London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill.

EASE IN WALKING,
WILLIAM BADDELEY, of 130, STRAND,
is induced to give publicity to his much-admired PRE.
PARED LEATHER (so noted for extreme SOFTNESS and
DURABILITY), in consequence of the patronage he has received,
and the general satisfaction given by him in manufacturing the above
into BOOTS, &c., on his peculiar fitting principle of combining
elegance with ease. An extensive assortment of best made articles
always ready on sale. Established in 1767.
No. 130, Strand, corner .of Waterloo-bridge, London.

THE LONDON, OXFORD, and CHEL-
TENHAM RAILWAY COMPANY.
(Provisionally Reglsterel.)
CAPITAL 1.500,0001. In 75,000 SHARES of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. per Share.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. •
(With power to add to their number.)
Henry Thomas Hope, Esq., Deepdene, Surrey, and Mansfield-street,
London
James Aspinall, Esq., Liverpool and Cheltenham
Henry Bell, Esq., Chalfont Lodge, the Park, Cheltenham
John Burton, Esq., Andover Lodge, Cheltenham
Mr. Willia,ii Bidmead, Cheltenham
Samuel Carrington, Esq., Chatenliam
Thomas Aquila Dale, Esq., Malvern House, Cheltenham
The Right Hon. Lord Dunally, Chet, enham
John Eldridge, Esq.; Promenade, Cheltenham
Baynham Jones, Esq., Cambray House, Cheltenham
Mr. Henry Haines, Cheltenham
Major Charles Pratt Kennedy, Lansdowne-crescent, Cheltenham
James Brough Lawson, Esq„ Pine Villa, the Park, Cheltenham
John Smith Riviere, Esq., Cheltenham
James Webster, Esq., Tolatherly§kiurt, Cheltenham
Richard Warwick, Esq., Wydeirington House, Cheltenham
' Mr: George Arthur Williams, Cheltenham
John Wadley Hughes, Esq., Mayor of Gloucester
William Montague, Esq., Gloucester
William Washbourne, Esq., Gloucester
Mr. Henry Akers, Witney
William James Clinch, Esq., Witney
J. S. Browning, Esq., Oxford
Henry Hall, Esq., Seswell Barton, Oxfordshire, and Mansfield-stree'
London
Thomas Mallam, Esq., Oxford
Charles Tawney, Esq., Oxford
Sir Harry Verney, Bart., Steeple Cla3 don House, Bucks
The lion. Philip Sydney Pierrepont, Evenly Hall, Brackley, Nor
thamptonshire
Humphrey Humphreys, Esq , Buckingham
Robert Benson, Esq.
James Brownell Boothby, Esq.
Edward Cropper, Esq.
Frank Somerville Head, Esq. Directors of the London
Joseph Herlihy, Esq. and North Western
Ross Donelly Mangles, Esq., M.P. Railway Company.
Capt. Constantine Richard Moorsom, R.N.
Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esq., M.P.
Thomas Smith; Esq.
Sir James Duke, M.P., 1, Devonshire-ter-1 Directors of the Oxford,
race, Loudon
Peter Davey, Esq., 1, Sussex-terrace, Re- Witney, Cheltenham,
and Gloucester Imle-
gent's Park pendent Railway
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Blackheath Company.
Park, Kent

ART UNION OF LONDON.
FREE EXHIBITION.
The Works of Art selected by the Prizeholders of the year 1846,
exhibiting at the Gallery of the Society of British Artists, Suffolk•
street, Pall-mall East, will be Open to the Public without Tickets—
FREE—from the 7th to the 12th of SEPTEMBER, from Ten till Six
o'clock; and by Tickets, from Seven till Ten o'clock, on the evenings
of the Bth, 9th, 10th, and 11th.

Sept. 2, 1846.

GEORGE GODWIN', } Hon. Secretaries,
LE WIS POCOCK,

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Henry Thomas Rope, Esq. J. B. Bootliby, Esq.
James Webster, Esq. Edward Cropper, Esq.
Mr. George Arthur 'Williams Frank Somerville Head, Esq.
J. S. Browning, Esq. Joseph 11 )rnby, Esq.
Sir James Duke, M.P. Ross Donelly Mangles, Esq., M.P
William James Clinch, Esq. Captain C. R. Moorsom, R.N.
Joseph Underwood, Esq. Patrick M. Stewart, Esq. M.P.
Robert Benson, Esq. Thomas Smith, Esq.

HALL OF ROME, GREAT WINDMILL-
STREET, lIAXMARKET.
Professor TURNOUR begs most respectfully to inforn the Nobility,
Subscribers, and Public, that he has produced that novelty never
before attempted, viz., the introduction of FEMALE MODELS of
COLOUR, who will appear every Afternoon and Evening, in varied
groupings, expressly arranged for them.
_

Stills: 2s. 6d.; Boxes, 25.; Pit, is. Doors open at Half-past
Two in the Afternoon, and commence at a Quarter past Three
punctually, Evening performance, Half-past Eight o'clock.

Venus will rise from the sea till further notice.

GENERAL TOM THUMB (the American
Man in Miniature) is now giving positively his FARE-
WELL LEVEES in the PROVINCES, previous to his final depar-
ture far the United States. lie will be in Exeter the 11th and 12th
of September; Exmouth 14th, and then exhibit in Teignmouth,
Torquay', Tomes, Plymouth, Devonport, Tavistock, Liskeard, St.
Austell, Truro, Falmouth, Penzance, Redruth, Bodmin, Launceston,
Torrington, Bideford, Ilfracombe, Barnstaple, Bridgewater, Glas-
tonbury, Wells, Bristol, and then proceed through Ireland and
Wales.

The Little General will appear in all the various Costumes and
Extraordinary Performances, which he had the honour of exhibiting
THREE TIMES before TIER MAJESTY, at Buckingham Palace,
and before the Principal Crowned Heads and Courts of Europe
His new .Miniature,Equipage will proitignade the streets daily ; the
Little General and Suite travel In his own Carriage and Four ; his
Retinue consists of ELEVEN Persons, including his Father and
Mother, Secretary, Preceptors, Pianist, Petite Coachman and Foot-
man, &c. &c.

ENGINEER.
Robert Stephenson, Esq.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Glyn, Haltifax, Mills, and Company.
Oxford—Messrs. Wootten and Company.
Witney—Messrs. John Williams Clinch and Company.
Cheltenham" the County of Gloucester Bank,
Gloucester S The Gloucester hire Banking Company.
SOLICITORS.
Mesa's. Newman, Gwinnett, and Ticehurst,
and Cheltenham.
James Boodle, Esq.
Messrs. Parker, Hayes, Barnwell, and Twisden, I, Lincoln's Inn
_ _ _

LONDON and BIRMINGHAM EXTENSION
and NORTHAMPTON, DAVENTRY, LEAMINGTON, and
WARWICK RAILWAY COMPANY.
At a Meeting of the shareholders of this Company, called by vir-
tue of the Act 9th and 10th Victoria, cap. 28, intituled " An Act to
Facilitate the Dissolution of certain Railway Companies," and helo
at the Hall of Commerce, in the City of London, on Friday, the 4th
of September, 1846;
No member of the Committee being present and willing to take
the chair, the meeting elected
THOMAS POCOCK, Esq., Chairman,

fields, LOndmi.
Samuel Carter, Esq., Birmingham.
Messrs. H. _and W. Toogood, 22, Parliament-street, London.
SECRETARY PRO TEM.
Wyndham Harding, Esq.

who, having taken the chair, Thomas William Powell, Elias Davis,
and William Frederick Spackman were immediately afterwards
elected by the meeting Scrutineers, to verify the votes of the
Shareholders entitled to vote, and to declare the same.
It was then moved, and duly seconded, that this Company be now
dissolved.
It was also moved and seconded that the vote of dissolution shall
not be taken to be an act of bankruptcy.
The Chairman duly put the questions from the chair, and the
scrutineers proceeded to take and record the votes thereon, and
made the following report :
"At a general meeting of the Shareholders of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension and Northampton, Daventry, Leamington, and
Warwick Railway Company, held at the Hall of Commerce, Thread-
needle-street, in the City of London, this 4th day of September,
1846, pursuant to a requisition signed by five Shareholders and left at
the office of the Company on the 15th day of August last, and after-
wards by notice inserted in the Royal Gazette' on the 25th day of
August, and in the Standard," Sun,' and Globe' daily newspapers,
on the 26th day of August last.
"We, the undersigned, having been appointed Scrutineers to ascer-
tain the number of votes given for and against the dissolution and
bankruptcy of the above-mentioned Railway Company, do hereby
certify that the numbers on the several questions were as follows
" For the dissolution • • • • • • .. 4,636
" Against it .. .. • • .. None
" For the dissolution being an act of bankruptcy 110
" Against it .. • • • • .. 4,321
": • ' ." THOMAS WILLIAM. POWELL,-,
" ELIAS DAVIS,
" W. F. SPACKMAN."

PROSPECTUS.
The object of this Company is to construct a direct and continuous
line of railway, on the narrow gauge, from Cheltenham, through
Northleach, Burford, and Witney, to Oxford, and thence, by Thame,
to form a junction with the Loudon and Birmingham Railway, at
onee opening the shortest route from those towns and the surround-
and
ing districts to the metropolis, and by means of the Oxford
Bletchley, and other lines in connexion therewith, to Bedford, Cam-
bridge, Norwich, and the vf hole of the eastern side of the kingdom.
The undertaking is promoted by parties locally interested in the
district through which the line will pass, in conjunction with the
Shareholders in the Oxford, Witney, Cheltenham, and Gloucester
Independent Company, who introduced a Bill into Parliament during
the session which has just closed for making the line between Oxford
and Uheltenham, which failed upon technical objections only. It
will be the anxious desire of the Committee to consult the wishes of
the inhabitants as to the terminus and mode of approaching the towtl
of Cheltenham.
A large proportion of the capital will be subscribed by the London
and North-Western Railway Company, who have also agreed to
lease the line in perpetuity, at a rent equal to four and a half per
cent. upon the outlay, with an equal t. ivision of surplus profits.
This line will reduce the distance between Cheltenham and London
to 100 miles, being a saving of twenty-two miles as compared with
the present route, and the distance between Oxford and London will
be, shorter than by the Great Western Railway, without taking into
account the saving in time arising from the more convenient position
of the London Terminus at Euston -square as compared with Pad-
dington, which, to parties going to the City and most parts of the
metropolis, may be considered as nearly equal to ten miles of rail-
way travelling. An unbroken narrow gauge communication will
also be effected by means of this line between the Docks and Port
of London and those of Gloucester, and there is no doubt eventually
with Bristol, an object of considerable commercial importance.
Worcester, and the important district of which it forms the centre,
will also be brought by this line within the same distance of London
as by any other lines sanctioned by Parliament.
It having been decided by Parliament that (with some exceptions,
not applying to the present case) all new lines of railway shall here-
after be constructed on the narrow gauge, it is obvious that the traffic
of the districts accommodated by the proposed line will be best deve-
loped by a Company in connexion with the existing narrow gauge
lines, giving, at the same time, to the public the advantages of that
competition whiehthe Legislature have recently evinced their anxiety
to establish between rival Companies.
Applications for Shares may be made, in the form given below, to
the Secretary, at the Temporary Offices of the Company, 29, Great
George- street, Westminster. In the allotment of Shares, a prefer-
ence will bet,
given to parties resident on the line, or having local
interest.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the London, Oxford, and Chelten-
ham Railway (provisonally registered).
Gentlemen,—I request you will allot me shares in the
above undertaking on the terms of the Prospectus, and I agree to
accept the same pas uch less number as you shall allot to me. And
I undertake to py the deposit thereon, and to execute the Sub-
scriber's Agreement and Parliamentary Contract when required so
to do.
Dated this

And the number of shares issued and paid upon prior to the 31st
day of March last being 18,715, and the number voting at this meet-
ing not being sufficient to constitute a meeting under the Act, the
meeting was, and is, therefore, adjourned to THURSDAY NEXT, the
10th day of September instant, to be then held at the same place, at
One o'clock precisely.

THOMAS POCOCK, Chairman.
ELIAS DAVIS, -
W. F. SPACKMAN,)
Scrutineers.
THOS. W. POWELL,
A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman, and the meet-
ng separated.
September 4, 1646.
- ' Agent—Mr. W. F. Sparkman, 43, Moorgate-street.

THE KAFIR WAR.

The South African Commercial Advertiser of the 20th
of June contains the following official dispatches relative
co the late engagements with the Kafirs on the frontier.
This paper, which is five days later than previous ad-
vices, gives no other intelligence of consequeece:—

"OFFICIAL DISPATCHES.

" Head-quarters,Graham's-town, June 12, 1846.

" His Excellency the Commander•in•Chief publishes
the following dispatch from Colonel Somerset, for
general information:—

"Fort Peddle, June 8, 1846.

" Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you, for the
information of his Excellency the Commander-in• Chief,
that having directed sixty waggons to proceed this
morning to Trompetter's Post, under an escort of two
nundred and fifty men, I, felt it necessary to make a di•
version with the troops in the direction of the kraals of.
the chief Stock. I accordingly detached a force of 300
Native Infantry under Captain Size, 100 Fingoes under
Field-Captain Symons, accompanied by a body of the
Fort Peddie Fingoes under the chief Tambu, into the
Blue river last night, with orders to move at daylight
up the valleys of Tocka and Mancazana streams,between
i'rompetter's and Committus. I moved with two guns
under Captain Brown, Royal Artillery, one troop 7th
Dragoon Guards, under Captain Sir Harry Darrell, 100
Cape Mounted Rifles, under Captain Napier, Field-
Captain Lucas, free troop, and 100 of Commandant
Miller's Burghers, to the head of the Tocka stream,
in the direction of Stock's kraal, at six, a..x. This
morning, at half-past seven o'clock, I observed a large
body of the enemy at a short distance below us, having
horses and cattle with them. I immediately advanced
the guns and Cape Mounted Rifles to the attack, sup-
ported by the troop of the 7th Dragoon Guards, detach-
ing the Burghers to my left flank ; and having thrown
out a strong body of skirmishers of the Cape Mounted
Rifles, Captain Brown opened his guns on the enemy
with effect. The enemy commenced a sharp fire against
the advance, which was returned by the Cape Mounted
Rifles, and the attack was continued for some time.
Observing the enemy endeavouring to escape to our
right, I moved, with one gun of the 50th Cape Mounted
Rifles, and one division of the 7th Magoon Guards,
towards the kraal of the chief Stock, to inter-
cept them, and about one hundred and fifty of the
enemy, who were posted there, retired into the bushy
kloofs in the rear. I destroyed the chief's kraal, leav-
ing the burial-hut of the late chief Eno untouched. At
half•past seven o'clock the infantry I had detached to the
Mancazana kloofs made their appearance on the heights
and passed over into the Tocka valley. Whilst the
movement was going on, Captain Dor:ovan:headed a gal-
lant attack on the enemy with the small body of the Cape
Mounted Rifles and some of the Free Troop; rushing
on the enemy, ho was immediately surrounded, but,
being well supported, he cut his way out, killing five of
the enemy and taking all their guns.
The Native Infantry and Fingoes, having got into
the valley, attacked the enemy in the most spirited
manner, killing several and capturing 12 horses. The
enemy made several attempts to escape to the right, but
were immediately driven back by the George Burghers,
who behaved with great spirit, taking four horses and
two guns from them.
" At half-past twelve o'clock, finding the fire slack-
ening and the enemy beaten and retiring, I assembled
the force, and proceeded up the Tocka, crossing the
-mall neck of land which separates the Tocka from the
Gwanga stream, in order to off saddle and refresh the
horses. Immediately on rising the ridge, the flanktrs
observed some of the enemy running across the flats,
and on moving rapidly with the troops I came suddenly
on aiarge body, of Kafirp, at least 500 strong, who were
evidently proceeding to join the others in the Tocka
valley. I immediately advanced with the whole of the
troops. Major Gibson, 7th Dragoon Guards, who com-
manded the cavalry force, with Sir Harry Darrell's
troop, made a brilliant charge upon the enemy's
column, the Cape Mounted Rifles, under Captain
Napier, flanking them, and riding in amongst the
enemy. The troop was so mixed with the enemy
that the gun could only open once upon them
effectually. The enemy retired across the flat as fast
as they could, endeavouring to seek shelter among the
thick thorns of the Gwanga, at Buck-kraal, but the at-
tack of the troop was so vigorous and well-directed, that
it was impossible they could escape,'and the enemy were
defeated with great loss, leaving upwards of 200 dead
on the field. About 100 stand of arms, 20 horses, and a
very large number of bundles of assagais, were captured.
" The troop of the 7th Dragoon Guards, under Capt•
Hogg, and a party of the Cape Mounted Rifles, under
Ensign Philpotts, who were sent out from the Fort by
Lieutenant-Colonel Lindsay, made a diversion on our
flank, and turned that of the enemy who were endea-
vouring to escape by the Kieskamma, killing six strag-
glers, and taking four horses.
" The loss on our side has been 3 officers wounded,
7 privates of the 7th Dragoon Guards wounded, 1 cor-
poral of the Cape Mounted Rifles killed, 1 Free Troop
wounded, 1 Fingo killed and 3 wounded. Total, 16
wounded and 2 killed.

WARWICK and WORCESTER RAILWAY
COMPANY.
At a Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company, called by vir-
tue of the Act 9th and 10th Victoria. cap. 28, intituled " An Act to
Facilitate the Dissolution of certain Railway Companies," and held at
the Hall of Commerce, in the City of London, on Friday, the 4th
of September, 1846 ;
No member of the Committee being-present and willing to take
the chair, the Shareholders then present elected
LEWIS D,A.VIS, Esq., Chairman,
who, having taken the chair, Thomas Wm. Powell, Moses Nathan, and
John Blurton, were immediately afterw.Tils elected by the meeting
Scrutineers, to verify the votes of the Shareholders entitled to vote,
and to declare the same.
• It was then moved, and duly seconded, that this Company bellow
dissolved.
It was also moved and seconded, that the vote of dissolution shall
not be taken to be an act of bankruptcy.
Thn Chairman duly put the questions from the chair, and the
made the following report : the votes thereon, and
"At a general meeting .orttiiittii,,_
Worcester Railway Company, held at
needle-street, in the City of London, this 4th day of Sepierif67,
1846, pursuant to a requisition signed by five Shareholder's, and left
at the office of the Company on the 17th day of August last, and after-
wards by notice inserted in the Royal Gaz tte on the 25th day of
August last, and in the Standard," Sun,' and Globe' daily news-
papers on the 26th day of August last.
" We, the undersigned, having been appointed Scrutineers to
ascertain the number of votes given for and against the dissolution
and bankruptcy of the above-mentioned Railway Company, do hereby
certify that the numbers on the several questions were as follows
" For the dissolution .. 2,280
Against it :. .. None
For the dissolution being an act of bankruptcy 400
Against it .. • • .. • • .. 1,880
" THOMAS WM. POWELL,
" M. NATHAN.
"JOHN BLURTON."

day of

And the number of shares issued and paid upon prior to the 31st
day of March last being 19,960, and the number voting at this meet-
ing not being sufficient to constitute a meeting under the Act, the
meeting was, and is, therefore, adjou-ned to THURSDAY, the 10th
day of September next, to be then held at the same place, at Three
o'clock precisely.
L. DAVIS, Chairman.
THOS. WM. POWELL,
M. NATHAN, Scrutineers.
JOHN MURTON.
A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman, and the meet-
ing separated.
Sept. 4, 1846.
Agent—Mr. W. F. Spackman, 43, Moorgate-street.

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"' Officers wounded—Captain Walpole Royal Elm'.
7th .Uragoou aaa -
Bunbury,
7th Dragoon Guards, slightly. Several horses
killed and wounded, but I have not been able to collect
the exact number yet.
" I have to express my entire satisfaction at the con-
duct of all the troops and forces engaged this day under
my command, and to express my obligation to Major
Gibson, commanding the cavalry, and to the officers
commanding corps, and the officers of the staffs, Lieu-
tenants Armstrong and Bisset, for the assistance they
afforded me on this occasion.
" Surgeon Eddie, of the Cape Mounted Rifles, ren-
dered every assistance to the wounded on the field,
" I find it quite impossible to give a more detailed
account of the very extended movement of this day. I
therefore send this dispatch by Lieutenant Bisset, Act-
ing-Deputy- Quartermaster-General, who wall be able
to give his Excellency the Commander-in Chief every
information.
"' I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedien
servant,

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neighbourhood of the Patentees. Each Paletot is stamped " H. J. and
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" H. SOMERSET,
" ' Colonel Commanding the Second Division oi
Field Force.
" Lieutenant-Colonel Cloete, K.H., Deputy-Quarter-
maste-General, Graham's-town.'
" Since the receipt of the above dispatch, Col. Somerse
has reported that the enemy attacked by him on the Bth
inst. in the Fish River bush has evacuated it, and retired
across the Kieskamma. Our patrol.; had captured a few
head of cattle and two horses. It appears from the in-
formation obtained from a prisoner that there were in the
defeated force warriors selected from the tribes of Um-
hala, Seyola, and Botman, and that a chosen band of
Pate's people was proceeding from thence by way of
Trompetter's Drift to intercept our convoys. The inten-
tion of the enemy was to starve out Fort Peddie, and
having captured it, to move with an overwhelming force
into the colony. The prisoner further states that all
Creili's people along the coast have crossed the Kei, and
joined the war, except Boco, Creili's uncle.
" Dispatches have been received from his Honour Col.
Hare, reporting that an extensive patrol was made in the
.ountry between Block Drift and the Amatola during the
4th, sth, and 6th inst., by a combined force of regular
troops, Burghers, and Fingoes. A flock of sheep,
amounting to 5,300, with nine horses, were recaptured
from the Kafirs, by Field-Commandants Enslin and Du
Toit, of the Graaff-Reinet and Beaufort Burgher forces.
Thirteen Kafirs are reported as killed OR the occasion.
By Field-Captain Bovey four horses were recovered.
He reports having met with fifteen Kafir women, who
were suffered to pass unmolested. Major Campbell, of
the 91st, who commanded the patrol, reports that the
Kafirs are occupying the Amatola fastnesses in great
numbers, and have collected their cattle there. His
Honour Colonel Hare regrets to state that a Kafir
woman, covered with a kaross, was fired at by mistake,
and it is feared was wounded. His Honour has accord-
ingly sent back to the chief two Kafir women, brought
in as spies, with a message that the women should not
wear karosses, or fly from the troops, and that then they
would not be injured.
"From Commando kraal, Commandant Niekerk re-
ports he proceeded into the Zuurberg in pursuit of
Kafirs, with thirty men, from Commando kraal, and
being joined on the night of the sth inst. by Field-Cornet
Gent, Niekerk's party of sixty men advanced till, on the
7th, he fell in with a party of the enemy near Slagkamer
kraal. After an hour and a half's fighting he recaptured
166 head of cattle and five horses, killing, he states,
eight Kafirs. Three of his best men were wounded.
" Assistant Field-Cornet T. C. Buckner reports having
met with some Kafirs on the 2d instant, and recovered
'rom them two horses.
"CHARLES LENNOX MAITLAND,
"Grenadier Guards, Assistant Military Secrets ry'

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Ailt. EDITOR,—The navy has not had fair play in the
different promotions that have occurred, for those that
were too old ought to have had their retirement long ago.
I do not want to see renewed the rank of yellow admiral,
by giving those captains less than those that get their
flag on accepting the retirement. IC ought to be done
by seniority, and not in the way proposed, which is an
act of injustice, for long and faithful service last war,
has claims to the gratitude of this country, and not
in the breasts of those who are devoid of feeling,
but to provide for their relatives by such acts: of
injustice. They fished last year, but did not succeed,
and I should think that they will have the same chance
this year, unless they give them all alike, subject to the
class they belong, which is but reasolable.
As this country is somewhat indebted to her navy for
protection by sea, they ought to take care they do not
destroy that efficiency by a mistaken parsimony, for if
they have not money enough to complete the retirement,
ask for more, or retire fewer, and fill the vacancies up
as they occur, but do not be unjust to the defenders o'
your country.—l am, Sir,
London, sth September, 1846.

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after 2 o'clock, having made the passage from Ramsgate
in four hours and a half, and from Gravesend in one
hnnr and five minutes, passing every steamer in her
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RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY AT
MADEIRA.
MADEIRA, Auc. 17.—The religious agitation which
has been carried on in this island for some years has at
length led to the committal of the most serious outrages
on British per Eons and property. On Sunday, August 2,
a body of Portuguese subjects being assembled fur reli-
gious purposes in the house of Miss Rutherford, a crowd
collected and demanded that their countrymen (the Cal-
vinistth) should be given up to them. This, of course,
was refused; the mob maintained their position, and at
length, at eleven o'clock at night, broke into the house,
searched it thoroughly,- and having found their country-
men in the kitchen, violently assaulted them. At this
moment the police and soldiery appeared, and at once
dispersed the rioters, taking several of them into cus-
tody. These men were, however, discharged from con- '
finement the next morning, on the pretext that no one
had appeared to make a complaint against them.
During the following week it became generally known
that more serious attacks on British residences were
meditated; and on Sunday, August 9, at mid-day, a
crowd collected round Dr. Kaley's house. The Go-
vernor, the Administrador do Concilho, and the British
Consul, were on the spot with a guard of soldiers, but no
opposition appears to have been offered to the entrance of
the rioters, who, having searched the house in vain for Dr.
Kalley, proceeded to burn and destroy his books, prints,
medicines, &c. Dr. Kalley, who had been much alarmed
during the previous night by various occurrences, had
left the house at three A.M., and was, during the early
part of these disturbances, concealed in the house of a
friend; but on the arrival of the royal mail steamer in
the bay, escaped to it disguised as a female. The mob
having missed their prey, threatened to search the Bri-
tish consulate, but desisted from this on the Consul con-
senting to go off in his boat at their head, and show them
that Dr. Kalley was actually on board the steamer.
That gentleman was shortly joined by his family, and
proceeded in the ship to the Westlndies. Numerous
other British families have been threatened. The Misses
Rutherford, Dr. Miller, and Mr. Tate, with their families,
are living on board a ritish vessel in the bay, the Consul
having declined to answer for their safety, even in his
own house. Mr. Dyster and Mrs. Freeman and families
are living at the consulate.
I purposely abstain from giving any of the very con-
flicting statements as to the proceedings of Dr. Kalley
and others in this island. These matters, as well as the
conduct of all the authorities, both British and Portu-
guese, will of course be made the subject of a rigorous
inquiry by both Governments. A letter, numerously
signed, has been presented to the Consul, requesting him
to apply for a British man-of-war to protect British per-
sons and property in the island during the present state
of anarchy and avowed powerlessness of the local Go-
vernment. We can confidently expect security for our
selves from the prompt assistance of the British Govern-
ment, but I much fear that a long and bitter persecution
of the poor native followers of Dr. Kalley is commencing.
I am neither directly nor indirectly an advocate of
Dr. Kalley as a religious teacher, but naturally feel in-
dignant at seeing a countryman abandoned to, the mercy
of a mob.

For your private information I subjoin my name and
address in England.
AUG. 12.—At the same time with this the news will
reach you of a most atrocious attack lately perpetrated
here against Dr. Kalley. As no doubt many and vary-
ing accounts will be given of the matter from hence, ac-
cording to the passions, prejudices, or interest of the
narrators, I thought it would perhaps not be altogether
unir teresting to you to have a fair and impartial account
of what really did take place.
On the afternoon of the 2d of August, the Canon
Carlos Telles, accompanied by a snob of the knives;
rabble in the town, assaulted several individuals, men
and women, who were said to have been in the house of
the Misses Rutherford (two English ladies residing here
for their health), for the purpose of reading the Bible
and praying. The priest, with a crucifix in his hand,
commenced the affray by beating one of those persons
who was quietly walking home. At night the same
mob broke into the house of the Misses Rutherford, and
under the pretence of searching for heretics rummaged
all the premises, even to the chamber where one of
the ladies was lying dangerously ill. The police,
on being called to interfere, entered the :house, and
pretended to endeavour to restore order, but it
was evident that it was their intention rather
to encourage than to quell the riot ; three men only out
of an immense crowd who filled the house, were taken
up, and even these were allowed to escape under the plea
that they were quietly passing by at the moment, and
were only accidental spectators. The authorities took
no steps either to punish the priest or any of the rabble.
or to prevent the recurrence of similar outrages, beyond
an attempt to cover their connivance by calling witnesses
before the police magistrate to depose what they knew
of the matter, but only such were called as they knew
would misrepresent the affair and not criminate the
priest or any of the rioters. It was a most shameful and
impudent farce.
On the Monday and subsequent clays it was publicly
talked of in town that a larger mob intended on the Sun-
board the English stea'risei, wfiil.scilielters&aateav
on that day, and thus expel him from the island ' - the
signal for the gathering of the mob to be a rocket fired
from a certain house in town. To the astonishment and
terror of every respectable person in town, no measures
were taken by the authorities to prevent the commission
of this piece of barbarism, beyond placing a guard of only
sixteen soldiers at Dr. Kalley's door.
Sunday noon the expected rocket was fired, and an
immense mob, armed with clubs, began to gather on the
Praca Constitutional, and very soon afterwards com-
menced their march to Dr. Kalley's house ; it is hardly
credible, but not the less a fact, that they were accom-
panied in their march by the civil governor and police-
master, the brother of the latter being one of the prin-
cipal rioters ! Arrived at Dr. Kelley's house they
forced open his doors, broke into the house, destroyed
his furniture, opened every chest, drawer, and closet in
the house, threw all his library and papers into the
street, and set fire to them ! The soldiers offered no
resistance—the moo had everythins, their own way (the
civil governor and policemaster being present, and in
the house all the time) ; and such a scene of outrage
ensued as would disgrace the darkest age of monkish
persecution 1 Fortunately, the doctor had left the pre-
mises some time before, and had, while they were en-
gaged in the destruction of his house, effected his escape
on board the English packet steamer. When the mob
were informed that he was already safe on board.
they compelled the English Consul to proceed on board
and produce the Doctor, that they might be convinced
of the fact, threatening violence to his (the Consul's)
person and property if he refused ; the Consul, thus
compelled, accordingly did go on board, and induced
Doctor Kalley to appear to those who had gone off in
boats. Since then no inquiry has been made, no pro-
ceedings have taken place against the authors and per-
petrators of this most infamous act ; and such is the
panic, in consequence of the shameful apathy and con-
nivance of the authorities, that several English families
have already gone on board the vessels in the roadstead,
in order to be secure from insult.
There will be, doubtless, much official misrepresenta-
tion ; but this, I assure you, is a title statement of the
matter. It will be alleged by the authorities that they had
not a sufficient military force to maintain the law; but such
is not the fact. The garrison here musters upwards of 200
bayonets, besides two companies of artillery and several
field-pieces. One of these field-pieces and 50 bayonets
would have been more than amply sufficient to disperse the
mob, and such a mob as that which committed the out-
rage, composed, as it was, of the very uregs ofthe rabble;
but no attempt was made by the civil governor or police-
master, who accompanied the mob, to make them dis-
perse, or stop them in their insane violence ; on the con-
trary, when the rioters approached the doctor's door, the
small guard of 16 men presented bayonets, but the above
authorities commanded them "to remain passive and
not to hurt the people !" The military governor had
the troops in barracks, and under arms during the riot,
ready to march when required by the civil authorities ;
but no demand was made for military interference ; it
was not, therefore, want of necessary 'force, it was want
of will. They had some time back, you well know, in,
stituted a legal prosecution against Dr. Kelley, in which
they failed. They now determined to get rid of him by
violence, and succeeded.— Chronicle.

STEAM WHISTLE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR.— A thought struck me, after the fearful accident
at Defford twelve months ago (which would have been
avoided if the guard had had a whistle), that a whistle
might be contrived for the use of railway guards ; and
as the subject is being again mooted, I will, if you
please, crave room for a word of explanation, in the
hope that, if my proposal is deemed too simple, others
will improve upon it, and so meet the present defect
The great difficulty seems to be in maintaining an un-
broken connexion, if a signal line or rope is used, be-
tween the guard and the driver, in consequence of the
frequent " remaking" of a train; so I would suggest that
each guard's carriage should be furnished with a small
but strong steam boiler, to which should be attached a
powerful whistle, the sound of which could be distinctly
heard by the driver, and which the guard should never
use saving when it was absolutely necessary. The ex-
pense would be little more than the first cost of the
boiler, as the whistle would be so seldom sounded that
there would be scarcely any expenditure of steam
beyond that which blew off from the safety-valve ; con-
sequantly, when the water was once raised to the boil-
ing-point, the confined steam might be readily kept at
a very high pressure by the mere flame of a lamp.
Thus the whole apparatus, while powerful enough to
make a great noise when required, would be so portable
that the boiler might be placed over a furnace at each
terminus, to generate the steam previous to the starting
of the trains, and then be removed to their respective
situations close to the guards' seats, where their efficiency
would be maintained by a trifling degree of heat.
A CONSTANT READER.
Wolverhampton, Sept. 7, 1846.

The potato disease continues to extend its ravages ;
but, judging from the accounts received from other dis-
tricts, there is reason to think that it has been as little
destructive hitherto in this immediate neighbourhood as
in any other part. That there will he a great deficiency
there can be no deubt,—.Newcastle Paper.