The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-09 00:00:00

HOTTENTOT REBELS.

3. Er:sign F. W. M'Cleland, 6th Regiment, is ap
pointed captain, commanding 2d Europe-au Corps.
A. J. CLOETE, Lt.-Col., D.Q.M.G.
C. H. Burnaby, Major Royal Artillery,
Commandant, Graham's Town.

Head-quarters, King William's Town, April 5,1851.
Commander-in-Chief is deeply concerned at the
loss of the six brave seamen of her Maj.2.st.)'s ship Castor,
who perished at East London, in the performance of
their hazardous duty in working the curt boats. The
spirited efforts made by Lieutenant Jenkins, R.N., who
with his crew in the whole bout, perilled their lives to
rescue their comrades, and were also upset in the surf,
losing one of the crew, and Lieutenant Jenkins saved
only by the daring courage of Mr. Walker, the beach-
master, impress upon his Excellency so strong a sense
or Vie wor;ti and courage of their endeavours that he
cannot sufficiently laud their conduct.

Tne Commander-in-Chief begs to impress upon the
ollunt t dicers and men of her lltsijesty's navy, that there
are times when the surf is impassable; and however
laudoblo expedition is, such daring attempts need not
bow be mane, the troops M ing well provided, through
the exet tons or her Maj, sty's navy.
A. J. CLOETE, Deputy Quartermaster-General.
M..jt3r Burnish), A., Com., Graham's Town.

PRESENT STATE OF KAFIRLAND.
(Correspondence of Frontier 7 imes.)
I have little news to give you for the past week, as,
in mull/try matter, it has been one of inactivity. On
Tuesday, ut ore, A.m., a lire patrol was to have marched
t Morley', Krantz, where. the Kafirs had a number of
eat, le, but it was coutirerun,Aided late on Monday even-
ing, in ctdaseq..ence of information from the Stumble
commissioner that the cattle bad been removed from
titf tee, and that it was no use sending out the patrol.
It is ri• ported that the Kafirs have removed nearly the
wllOl,- of titeir cattle out of Kafirland; this betokens weak•
•ness on their part, in the dread of not being able to pro-
tect them in their own country. Up to last week ban-
dilli's orders were for all the cattle to be kept at
their respective kraals CD pain of fern iture, so their
being removed argues a flinching, or disinclination to
stand any more pitched battles for them It is well if
such a panic has seized theKafirs, for the present lethargy
of the authorities here is doing little to produce it. We
have now entered the fourth month of the war—
notices of the marchings and counter-marchings
of the gallant army of 6,000 men bespatter the
pages of frontier history, and if we except the
heroic (lei da of the gallant bands at Fort Armstrong
and Whittleses, with some like acts of smaller parties
in the colony, what has been the result? The enemy
is neither humbled nor subdued. The difficulties his
Excellency has had to encounter in the rebellion of the
Hottentots have no doubt been great, but great straits
produce corresponding efforts in great minds; not so,
however, in our present Governor; he seems paralysed,
not knowiug whether to move to the right hand or the
left. Something might surely be done with a force of
4,000 men to prevent the Kafirs from reaping their
luxuriant crop of Kafir earn, now all but ripe. They
have already secured a large portion of the Indian corn,
and the sup, lies thus secured will enable them to hold
out over me winter.
"It is known that four Kafirs were killed by Mr.
James Brownlee and his party last Friday—one a son
of Umfuedist- —and nine wounded.
" Upwards of sixty waggons are continuously em-
ployed, transporting commissariat and other Govern-
ment stores from East London to King William's Town.
"The 300 Fort Peddie Fingoes left this on Thurs
day evening, as they wished to return, taking with theta
400 head of cattle arid about 304 in money, as the
iruits of their three months' campaigning; 300 or 400
of those now at Fort Peddie are expecied to supply
their place.
" Ihe money realised from tbo sale of captured cattle
has been divided amongst the troops and levies attached
to the 2d division, each N.C.O. and private receiving
about 7s.
" The fact is, we are at present in a more critical posi-
tion than we were two months ago. As I informed you,
Sir Harry is afraid to leave this and form a camp in the
heart of Sandillesiecountry, owing to the wavering posi-
tion of that treacherous chief Unahala. Krcli, as I told
you, is also very doubtful. Pato as yet behaves con-
sistently. Sir Harry, in fact, dues not know what move
to make; it is of no use patrolling any more, as all the
cattle have been removed further inland, but to remain
kite is reprehensible. Are you aware that his Excel-
lency has written home for tour regiments, and that he
expects a reply by the steamer due the end of April?
This accounts in some measure for the present inactivity,
as the levies he has got are by no means efficient. The
patrol with Wilmot, Davies' men, would not enter the
bush, where it was known there were lots of Kafirs. It
was ato.rwards known that Urnfundise was there with
about 300 Kafirs, and that they must have been routed
with great loss, but the Hottentots would not face them
and there was no European force there to lead them on
Altogether I can assure you matters have a very unpro
mising appearance."

GRAND NATIONAL ARCHERY MEETING
This—the must distinguishing feature in the pro-
gramme of our summer amusements—TnE EVENT, par
excellence of the season—has excited the wont intense
interest among the various Toxupholite Societies of the
three kingdoms, from the leading members of which
letters have been received containing very gratifying
assurances of their support, and their heartiest wishes
for the signal success ut the great gathering which takes
Place on the 25th and 26th instant. These circumstances,
and, indeed, the novel and highly attractive character of
the fife, justify the most sanguine hopes; and when we
are coutidently assured, on gaud authority, that the self-
same spirit which pervades the great mass of our nobility
and gentry, and prompts them to rally round the bow-
men of their native Arden upon this auspicious occasion,
manifests itself' to a very large extent amongst the aris-
tocratic circles of every other county wheerever the
ancient institution of archery is paetised and encouraged,
we cannot for a moment doubt its commanding the most
brilliant success. Each of the Toxopholite Societies,.
which contain some of the most skilful bowmen in
the kingdom, will, doubtless, in imitation of the Royal
Edinburgh Archers, who formed the body-guard of
honour to their Sovereign when she last visited Scotland,
have a queen of their own election, to guard in safety
through the forest of Arden, and each queen her maids of
honour, respectively tendered by grebe's bold, each ready
to draw his "cloth yard shaft," at her bit:ding; if so
we shall indeed have a goodly array of "inerrie men,"
anda
bevy
of beauteous maidens, attired in Lincoln
Withi.ro m ml
green, together with a long train of attendant damsels
in costumes
gathered
" Of silk and gold, and each bright hue
y eelspar
tksnooft knots
theof loversthree kingdoms;true,"
ter those prizesa lso that
out for competition the committee so judiciously hold
we
sincerely
holleaepng female toxopholites generally,
who, fired n
t er:e will be found no lack of can-
didatesthe lists on the cceasiwoluth emulative spirit will enter
andi boldly join in an amuse-
ment in which, if there'
in classic lore, they at,gBhrtYo reliance to be placed
hands the bow is a formidable weapon,
andfor min their
ful accomplishmet. The preliminar arrgarnagcee-.
ments already made for this splendidy gathering
are on a princely scale, and mite of them will indeed
be calculated to impart to the spectaele an effect which
ly harmonize not only with the nationality
will perfect of
assumes, but with many of
the title which it .
this noble
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a by-gone ego. .
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getsfive a 8 -
this time, the t -
pitchedfor geeth men arid six fur ladies;
and will be e tetil, deubtleis, be more or less in:
and that this number -
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creased. We agaln re
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the Uuto d Kiegdom,—
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evinced by the which coupled with the gi.ll2intrY
excitement and
com-
mittee in be liberally providing for the
fair
OXOphOliteS
eI:C.IOO3,I:MA of the skill of the t
during the festival—cannot fail to attract tu. ,e
Leamington a great concourse of fashionenl
persons from every part of the empire,ln
.
'hi' opinion most of the English, So!ech, Irish,
and Welsh papers concur with us, end one of the latter,
an able, well-conducted, and widely-circulated journel
within the Principality—the Swansea arnd Glamorgan-
shire Herald, which we have just received, coLtains a

off his guard by a party of rebel Hottentots riding up in
the uniform of the Cape Mounted Rifles. Captain Ayliff
had his horse shot, and the Fingo escort, supposing him
killed as well, retired, but were speedily rallied, end so
well led that they recaptured all the oxen wt.ich had
been driven off by the assailants, and acct: edi d
in reaching Fort Hare w.to the wild° of their
charge. In this affair it is said that an ii.fant, in the
aqua )t' its mother (Mrs. Williams), was shut by the
ri bela. she being herself severely wounded in the hand.
The tull details of this affair have not reached u.—the
above particulars resting upon a letter from Fort Hare,
written hurriedly, just after the convoy had got in,; and
as the express for town waa on the eve of starting.

Two bandit rebel Hottentots have been shot during

the last few days. The particulars respecting one of
them are thus stated in a letter from Uitenhoge, dated
3d instant :

"An express which came in this evening reports
the presence of some twenty Cape Corps rebels at the
Gorab. Commander Buchner shot one a day ago ; the
rest fled, but seem to have returned, and this morning
dangerously wounded one of the Commando Kraal farce,
through the snoulder blade. The Kafirs are also said to
be coming in, several spoors having been seen."
The Hottentot shot in this case is said to have had on
a pair of socks, which bad been identitied as having be-
hinged to the late Mr. Castings, recently murdered near
De Bruin's Peon.
The other rebel was shot by one of a party of Stubbs's
Rangers, which, on their return from Fort Brown on
Saturday, fell in with four Hottentots, all mounted.
Tnie was on the old Fort Brown road, where it is
encumbered with dense bush. On nearing the rebels the
rangers challenged them, on which they jumped off their
horses, and endeavoured to find concealment in the
thicket. Ono was shut dead, and two of the others are
said to have been wounded. Three horses and two guns
were captured. One of the horses had been recently
stolen from Graham's Town.—/bid
GENERAL
Head-quarters,UTDoEwßn,S.
King William's
An omission having occurred in the general order of
the 31st uh., relative to Major Wilmot'a patrol, upon the
28th of Mirch, the Commander-in-Chief has great satis-
faction in repairing this omission by expressing his just
sense and full approbation of the conduct of the Albany
Levy under Field-Captain Griffiths; this corps com-
menced the action very pliantly, and caused the enemy
the greater part of the loss he sustained.
2. The appointments of the following officers to Stubb's
Rangers are confirmed:—Thomas Stubbs, captain corn-
mandent; William Stubbs, captain; E. Harley, lieute-
nant; j),lNlitchley, lieutensnr.