The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-07 00:00:00

No. 16,864. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING SUN OCTOBER 7, 1846.

TO TIIE LITER!' OF LONDON.
GENTLEMEN,-I beg to return you my heart-
felt thanks for the kind and efficient support you have ex-
tended to me during the recent Election.
While I never considered that it was intended I should be per-
sonally affected by the demand of a poll, I need scarcely say that the
result has been most gratifying to my feelings, and that I shall ever
entertain a grateful sense of the kindness I have experienced at your
hands on the present occasion.
I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, your very devoted servant,
Cavendish-square, Oct. G, 1846. GEO. CARROLL.

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

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY:
TIMES.—The Crown has triumphed gloriously.
Sued by a gentleman in an honourable cause, it set
might against right, and privilege against poverty. It
evaded that discussion which would either have justified
its inflexibility or exposed its unfairness and availed
itself of those prescriptive advantages in litigation which
antiquity and tradition have conferred on it to debar an
unequal adversary from a fair hearing and a due deci-
sion. In many cases these privileges are viewed with-
out offence. Against rebels or traitors, against con-
spiracy or sedition, in aid of order and for the sake of
peace, their utility is duly recognised. In a contest with
an unprincipled demagogue who has avowed his inten-
tions, and boasted of his power to evade by subtleties and
nullify by stratagems the clear and undoubted spirit of
the law, we willingly invest the Crown officers with all
the arms which may fairly serve to defeat the
.perilous
attempt. But no such considerations entered into that
great and famous cause which has just been terminated,
as far as the plaintiff was concerned, by the hand which
brings an end to all things. The Baron de Bode neither
attacked the prerogatives of the Crown, nor the pri-
vileges of Parliament ; he was pleading neither for
license nor lawlessness. No seditious or turbulent pas-
sions could have been encouraged by his success, or
were subdued by his disappointment. He only asked for
was
Statejustlywas involved
due t o h.
in
tThehe
honourmoney waheidc h
equity he
assertedef t
h
transaction. It was, of course, the bounden duty of the
law officers to protect the Exchequer, and to see that a
sum which might sustain a starving kingdom through a
season of famine was not carelessly paid to an adroit
pretender. But these precautions might have been taken
immediately and infallibly. Dukedoms and domains
are every week claimed by some demented wretches,
but nothing is found more easy than to ascertain the
character of the applicant. If the Baron de Bode's
claim had been an imposition, it could have been un-
masked in a month, and he would have fallen into that
contempt which is always more readily accorded to a
penniless pretender than less uncharitable considera-
tions. But it was notorious that he was what he rep re-
sented himself to be, and that his claim was imperative
both in equity and honour. There never was a case
calling so stronly for the prompt and open attention of
the State. A large sum had been paid by the French
Government to the English in trust for a cer-
tain class of sufferers, of which the Baron
claimed to be one. His demand was so great as to
be a matter of consideration even to a kingdom—
an additional reason for candour and circumspec-
tion under the suspicions to which we might
be exposed. It was the obvious duty of the Government
to investigate with the utmost promptitude and accuracy
the claims advanced, and to publish to the nation with
the greatest clearness that flaw in the applicant's title
which disabled the necessary rigour of official justice
from acceding to his petition. Their conduct and our
character would thus have been clear; and it would have
remained for the nation, at its will, to decide on the pro-
priety of recompensing an individual who had been ex-
cluded by accident from a position to which he was justly
entitled by his deeds. Instead of this, the claims of a
helpless remonstrant were evaded by all the legal subtle-
ties which tend to the disrepute of courts and the dis-
grace of the profession; his pleas were met by an endless
cycle of procrastinatioas and perplexities, and the Eng-
lish nation assumed the character of a dishonest debtor
relying for escape on the cunning of a pettifogging ad-
vocate. The issue has been fatal to our victim and dis•
graceful to ourselves. It is most certain that the unfor-
tunate Baron was within the spirit if he was without the
letter of the law. If it was nothing that his
"prima infantia ecelum
" Hausit Aventinum, bocci nutrita Sabina"--
If his English birthplace gave him no English rights,
his services and sufferings in England's cause at least
conferred some considerations. But the evasions and
tricks of his mighty adversaries, coupled with the im-
port of such decisions as he found it possible to obtain,
cannot but impress the minds of Englishmen, always in-
clined to the weaker and, overborne party, with the
belief that we have stooped, for the sake of a heap of
money, to cheat a deserving gentleman out of' his
rightful due. " The King's power," says a royal writer,
" loveth judgment;" but the Baron de Bode might have
quoted a plainer text of those who persecuted him with-
out a cause. For thirty years he opposed a resolute
spirit and an intrepid heart to the wearing and wearying
machinations of his powerful foe, but vexation and op-
pression have done their work at last, and he has sunk
into his grave unheard and unrighted, though cheered
with the voice of unwonted friendship and the gleam of
unexpected hope. His claims, of course, descend to his
heirs, who, " thrice armed " in the jastice of their quar-
rel, must eventually prove victorious over their gigantic
foe ; unless, indeed, that foe, with a tardy repentance,
voluntarily relinquishes to the children the spoil which
it has so long withheld from the father.
CHRONICLE.—The Alpha and Omega of the schemes
for the relief of Ireland—the quintessence of all the pro-
positions we hear, is, give, give, give. The points on
which there is diversity are only, who is to give, and
whom it is to be given to. While some people are for
giving themselves, some are only for making others give,
and some would have no objection to make the crisis an
opportunity for receiving. The cry of some persons is,
let England give ; and give to the peasantry, to those
who are really in want. There is charity in this pro-
posal, if not wisdom, when it comes from this side of
the Irish Channel ; when from the other side, it is some-
thing else ; it is the conduct of him who begs for charity,
which, if rarely meritorious or dignified, is excusable
when there is nothing else to be done. But the Irish
landlords next present themselves, and exclaim, give
to W. Lend to us below the market rate of interest,
that we may pay off our mortgages ; we shall
then have a large income for our own use, with part of
which we will employ the poor. Or, lend us a round
sum on the mortgage of our estates, which are already
so deeply mortgaged that we cannot raise an additional
farthing fron any other source ; and instead of paying
off our mortgages we will do better—we will employ the
loan in cultivating our lands and improving our estates
for ourselves. This charming scheme for giving to the
poor by means of giving to the landlords, does not seem
to
made many converts among those to whom
e part assigned in it is that of givers. It has rather
provoked them to give the thing a contrary turn
and to demand whether, instead of receiving,
the Irish landlords are not the very persons
who should be required to give. And justly too. If the
working bees are short of winter
provision, have a
claim on their own drones before the'y can have
teevaeanrldlannthyeetoshenine schemes is, that they
any on the bees of another hive. But the ob-
jectiont
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so completely out of his senses as to imagine, that the
whole social and economical state of a country could be
made to rest upon giving?
Giving, when the whole
labouring population are the parties concerned, is a
thing to be done once, and then largely and generously,
to the full measure of the need. But it is not a thing to
be done at all, save when the object to be compassed, or
at least greatly promoted, is that of so altering
the condition of the receivers, that they shall
not need to look to giving as a permanent re-
source. If this could be accomplished for Ire-
land—and that it could we are fully prepared to
show—we will not venture to say what sum of money
we would not willingly give, and call on others to give,
for so noble a purpose. Or if the habitual condition of
the Irish people were satisfactory, and the present dis-
tress a sharp but passing calamity, as little connected
with the general course of events as the cholera—a tor-
rent which they only required to be helped through, to
he landed again in prosperity on the other side—then,
too, we could join our voices with those who say, give
freely, and ask no questions about the future. But as
things are, we protest with all our force against giving
one additional farthing on plans which hold out no
better promise than that, after a larger or smaller sum of
money is spent and gone, the Irish will be exactly as
they were before. Give as much as you will, but let it
be for the permanent improvement of the condition of the
people. We will not hear of any giving merely to feed
the disease, not to cure it.
POST.--It was on the question of undeniable in-
tegrity—of undeniable fitness to do the honours, and
represent, in its best light, the character of the citizens
of London—on a question affecting Alderman Wood's
qualifications in this regard, the contest has arisen upon
his claim to the civic sovereignty. The Alderman's qua-
lification was questioned and disputed, on grounds that
gave reasons to pause, lest the place and reward of
worth should be given to unworthiness. The Livery-
men of the city of London have been called on, during
the last week, to record their opinion of the merits on
both sides of the case. Alderman Wood is accused by
the Deputy-Chairman of the Irish Society with having
failed, in his capacity of solicitor to the society, to pay
counsel certain moneys which he had drawn from it for
that express and stated purpose. The Livery have re-
corded, with the tardiness of lazy strength, their opinion
as to the side on which the truth of the question lies,
and with an indolence too usual where no object of private
profit is to be attained, have at last signified their idea that
a man to whose pecuniary dealings grave charges and sus-
picions attach, is not fit to lead City affairs fora year. Thus
tar with respect to the fact accomplished. But will the
honour of the city of London permit, that this scandal of
solemn assertion and counter-assertion, having gone thus
far, is to remain in its present unsatisfactory and dis-
graceful position? If there is a word of " the whole
truth" iu the committee's address, their rejected friend
is about as ill-used an alderman as London has produced
since the invasion of Jack Cade. If Mr. Anderton's
declaration of the case be a correct one, we cannot trust
ourselves with the expression that would duly brand the
conduct of those on behalf of whom Mr. Yates subscribed
his name. There has, somewhere, been conduct of no
ordinary turpitude. On which quarter does it rest? Pub-
lic moralit3 and private character require that the truth
should be elieited, and that, if possible, signal punish-
ment beinflicted on those who have grossly outraged
it. The gentleman who holds the pleasant station of
Lord Mayor elect, is, we have every reason to think, an
individual who will fulfil the necessary conditions of
liberality, undoubted integrity, and the wealth to give
grace and comfort to extended hospitality. It is on all
accounts gratifying, that a character beyond suspicion
should preside over business in the City. But this does
not solve the problem which we think absolutely neces-
sary to be made plain. There still remains the fact that

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

All accounts agree that the Americans will not at-
tack the Castle of St. Juan d'Ulloa, and, indeed, that
little or no blood wall be spilt in their warfare with
the Mexicans. The spirit for war was evidently on
the,_ decline.
The formation of the new Ministry by Santa Anna
had, generally, given much satisfaction.

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

(From the Graham's Town Journal.)
TIIESDA Y.—Received some further information from
the troops in Kafirland, bringing the information from
that point up to the 16th of July. The information is
not satisfactory. Colonel Somerset had crossed the Buf-
falo at the Bridle-drift with his own regiment of mounted
Rifles, and two troops of Dragoon Guards, but they
were too late for the light-footed .Kafirs. Previous to
fording the stream, large droves of cattle had been seen
there, but precious time was lost in deliberation, and
when a forward movement was made the enemy had got
too much the start to be overtaken, and a most harass-
ing march, knocking up men and horses, was made for
no purpose. About 300 head of cattle had, however,
been picked up, and which afforded a very seasonable
supply of meat to the hungry troops.
THURSDAY.—Report came in to day that 300 slaugh-
ter sheep, the property of Mr. Boyle, butcher, on their
way to town from Daggeboers Neck, where they had
been purchased of Mr. E. Driver, had been captured by
the Kafirs near Espag's-drift, on the Fish River. The dro-
vers state that shortly before reaching this drift, about 50
Kafirs, armed with guns, suddenly made their appearance,
and at about 100 yards distance fired a volley up3n them ;
that finding themselves so greatly overmatched they fled,
and that the marauders went off with the sheep in triumph.
It is supposed that one of the drovers, a Hottentot, named
Booy, was shot, as he has not since been either seen or
heard of, and as the patrol which subsequently went out
found his hat lying on the field. The men who had
been charged with the care of this flock proceeded to the
station of the Stellenbosch Burghers at Niemand's
Kraal, whence a party of men, under Captain 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 Fort Brown, resuming the
duty the next morning. Accordingly in the afternoon
of yesterday the robbers were descried in a kloof, where
apparently they purposed remaining for the night. By
considerable address Mr. Salis contrived to work down
into this ravine so as to take the marauders by surprise.
The result was as stated., The Kafirs are not supposed
to have been above eight or ten in number, and who, on
discovering their pursuers, instantly endeavoured to
escape into the recesses of the bush. This appears to
have been one of the most creditable recaptures we have
had yet to record. The perseverance of the party in
following the marauders is well worthy of imitation,
' and is the only way by which we 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 cattle, 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. . . .
Informatitin 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.

FRlEDAY.—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 Tyurnie 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 patrolling in the direction of the site of Post Vic-
toria, fell in with a party of about twelve Kafirs, with
26 oxen. Mr. de Beer's party consisted of fifteen men,
who succeeded in capturing the whole of the oxen—
three Kafirs being killed and four wounded in the affray.
Messrs. Cawood's drovers reached town last night from
Somerset, with 242 slaughter cattle and 500 sheep, with-
out meeting with the least interruption along the whole
line of route--a distance of 85 miles. This affords strong
presumptive evidence that there are no strong bodies of
Kafirs along that line of frontier ; for, had there been,
it may be depended on that this rich booty would never
have been permitted to reach their destination. Infor-
mation from the mouth of the Kowie, to the effect that
it presents at this moment the lively appearance of a
bustling seaport. Four vessels now lying there, namely,
the Albatross and Sophia in the river, the Chanticleer
and British Settler at anchor outside. The work of
debarkation going on rapidly and with perfect suc-
cess. The 2d division of the 90th Regiment marched
from town this morning for the Fish River Mouth.
Officers with this detachment—Captains Mann and Gale;
Lieutenant Waller, Peddie, Grove, and Ogerman; Me-
dical Officer, Assistant-Surgeon M'Lise. Weather mild;
thermometer at noon, 58 deg. Appearance of rain, and
which is so much needed by the parched country. Re-
ceived the following information :—On Thursday, a few
men from Farmerfield having been sent by Mr. Roberts
to the Kowie, observed some Ka6rs 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.

Mr. Commissariat Clerk Skinner, recently. in charge at
Colesberg, has been most indefatigable in his exertions
to forward these supplies, and in which he has been most
ably assisted by Captain Lloyd, the highly-mpected re-
sident magistrate at Port Elizabeth.
The Waterloo, without entirely clearing.out at the
Fish River, was dispatched back to Algot:. Bay, also to
fill up for the Buffalo, where it Was supposed the Droops
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
Decently 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 Captairt Salmond is
admitted to be, was selected to proceed there in the first
instance. The activity and skil 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 ocmrnenceruent 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 roadsticad insecure, these
vessels were obliged to pat out to sea, thus occasioning
the loss of some valuable time, and also much disap-
pointment.

"PLUCKY EXPLOIT."
(Private letter.)

Jy 26, 1846.
On Monday night, about six P.M, a party of 24 lads,
belonging to the Field Cornetcy of Andries Pretorious,
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 (Remraden), Guantaie,
Matala, Groepa Pike, and Kobe, Botma's rainmaker.
These fiery spirits immediately bearded these strong
kraals, and carried off about 350 cattle, in the sight of
their owners. The Kafirs haring 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 'llse 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 puties amenable
to military discipline, on two or three counts,—lst, for
going without the officer's leave ; secondly, for sallying
into the territory of a nominally friendly chief (Ma-
passe) 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 Kafirs with
their booty, his punishment is only held in abeyanee ;
as it was, although in a nominally friendly territory,
they pitched into the right sort of enemy) ; and, thirdly,
for not making a true statement of the number taken
when asked."

PRICES AT GRAHAM'S TOWN.
Fine flour, 60s. per 100 lb. Meal, as it comes from the
mill, 82s. per muid of 1801b.—Gruham's Town Journal.

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

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

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must be paid before the lust of September ensuing, the.
same amounting to 2 florins 65 st: for each slave."
PHEASANT SHOOTlNG.—Thursday last being the
Ist of October, pheasant shooting commenced, with good
sport. The preserves are represented as being well-
stocked and the birds in good conditim—A'ewcastie
Gutzrdian.
FATAL LEAP..—Yesterday an inquest was held by
Mr. Bedford, at the Plough, Carey-street, on She body
of William Whitehead, aged 26. Deceased was in the
employm nt, as warehouseman, of Mr. Wilton, book-
binder, Breatn's-buildings, Chancery-lane. On Mond :y,
the 28th ult., the deceased attempted to leap over a half=
door in the warehouse, when his foot catching, he was
thrown on his head on the floor, receiving such jojoriei;
as to cause his death on Friday last: Verdict—" Acci-
dental death."

• ANGLING EXTRAORDINARY.—One day last week, •
as Mr John Roberts, butcher, of this city, was angling,•
about two miles up the river Eden, with a single hand
rod, fourteen feet long, and No. 5, fly-hooks, his bait .
was-taken by a splendid salmon; which gave nme ex.
cellent play. After an hour's manceuvr►ng, this first•
rate anger succeeded in landing his beautiful prize,
which, on beiug weighed, pulled 20} pounds.—Curlisle
Patriot.