The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-10 00:00:00

MAJORITY-NOES, 87.

Adderley, C. B. Fitzpatrick, J. W. Pigott, Francis
Aglionby, H. A. Foley, J. 11. Pilkftngton, James
Armstrong, Sir A. Fortescue, J. W. Plourden, W. H.
Baines, M. T. Gaskell, J. M. Ricardo, Osman
Baring, Sir F. T. Greene, Thomas Rich, Henry
Bass, M. T. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Russell, F. C.
Bell, Jacob Grentell, Charles W. Seymour, Lord
Bellew, R. M. Grey, Sir George Smith, M. Tucker
Berkeley. C. L. G. Grey, R. W. Smollett. A.
Bernal, Ralph Hall, Sir B. Somerville, Sir W.
Booth, Sir R. G. Hatchell, John ' Sotheron, T.
Brotherton, Joseph Hawes, Benjamin Spooner, Richard
Buller, Sir Y. Heneage, G. H. Stanton, W. S.
Bunbury, E, 11. Hindley, Charles Stuart, Lord J.
Carew, W. P. , Hernby, John Stuart, 11.
Carter, J. B. Howard. C. W. G. Tenison, E. K.
Childers, J. W. Hutt, William Thompson, Colonel
Cockburn. SirlA. Kershaw, Jame. Thornely, Thomas
Cowper, W. F. Lewis. G. C. Tuthell, Henry
Craig, Sir W. G. Loveden, Pryse Tyler, Sir G.
wawn, J. T.
Deedes, W. Mackinnon, W.
Williams, John
Duckworth, Sir J. Martin, C. W.
Will ems, H.
Duncan, George Motile. Fox
Wilson, James
Duncuft, John Moncreiff, James
Wood, Sir Charles
. Dundas, Admiral Mostyn, E. M. Wood, Sir W. P.
Dundas. Sir David Mulgrave, Earl
Elliot, John
Eatcourt, J. B. B. Paget,Page LeordrdHatt
W. G.
EvanS, William Palmerston, Viscount H ,
Hill, Lord Marcus
Ferguson, Sir R. Parker. John
Clarence
George Wynn,7 11
L. t NEI
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of Northumberland appears determined not to do things by
halves—in addition to the privilege granted to the public of
viewing his suburban residence, Sion House, Crawhct
;i e referto-
red to a few days since, his Grace has given w
ihins os
have the state apartments at Northumberland House; Char-
ing-cross, also shown on stated days in each week, and yes-
terday a large number of persons availed themselves of the
kindness of the noble proprietor. We have no doubt t Lie pub-
lic will properly appreciate this act of considerate k indness
on the part of the Noble Duke, as we feel satisfied tl hat the
conduct of the visitors will be such as to leave his G frace no
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feeling and propriety.
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THE RAFIR WAR.
PLYMOITTII, FRIDAY, MAY 9.—The General Steam
Screw v Navigation Company's picket Hellespont, Captain
Watts, arrived at six o'clock ibis morning. She left the
Cape at noon on April 4, Sierra Loone the 20;h, and
Cape de Verde on the 25 h, and has, therefore, tir cora-
plished the passage in rather less than thirty-five days.
The intelligence by her makes very little alteration in
the condition of affairs in the Cape Colony since the
last dates.
Sir Harry Smith, with about 2,200 troops of all sorts,
was at King William's Town. Having been apprised of
the intention of the Kafirs to assault Fort Hare with the
intention of rescuing the Hottentot prisoners, he antici-
pated their attack by moving against them. Up wards
of 100 were killed, many wounded, and a large number
of rattle captured. On the part of the British forces
only a few rank and file wore killed and wounded.
Colonel Mackinnon's patrol from Kin; William's
Town had made a raid on the Kafirs, destroyed several
of their kraals, and, by the aid of the Fingoes, taken a

quantity of stock.
Sir Harry Smith, having since the desertion of the
Clp3 Mounted Rifles threatened to act only ou the de-
()naive unless assisted by the colonists, has at length in-
•+uced a number of the frontier farmers to join him.
rney, however, contend that unless the litirs all at ,ng
the frontier districts are exterminated no security fur

life or property can ba expected.
In consequence of 46 armed Cape Mounted Rifi-s
having connected themselves with me disaffe;ted Hot-

tentots at Blinkwater, about one half of that b idy have
been dis,►rmed, and 200 of their horses are now Appro-
priated to the use of the levies from the western district.
Three or four of the deserters from the Rifle corps have
been shot.

The. Fingoes continue faithrul, but the band of Her-
manu=, now led by his son, refuse to surrender to Ge-
ne; al Somerset. They hang about Illinkwater, and is-
isted the Kafirs in their abortire nt emirs to rescue the
Hottentot prisoners.
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sanfilli: with the prophet Unalangeni, was Edo in
h. tasmesses of the Anatolas.

Loyola, the T'Slambie chief, who took up a stroni,
pn-
ninon on the Debe Neck, interrup:ing communicaft,n,
between King William's Town and Graham's Town,
decamped on the appearance of a strong patrol bent to
rxpel him.
There has been no open demonstration at Cipe Town
,i(her favourable or otherwise to the Governor-General,
bat the feeling of the inhabitants is for the adopti-n of
same determined course to prevent the protraction of the

war.
We take the following from the Monthly Despatch of
the 34 ult.:—
" In our last issue of the 6th of March we gave all the in •
telligence which had reached Cape Town from the frontier
up to that date—the latest being the successful attack upon
the rebel Hottentots and Kafirs at Fort Armstrong by the
Burghers and the force under General S imerset on the 9.2 d
of ebruary ; at that time Sir H. G. Smith with Colonel
Mackinnon, was at King William's Town, and G meral
Somerset's head-quarters were at Fort Hare. In our post-
script we also mentioned the suspicions which had been
excited by the supposed desertion of a numbe- of Pato's
Kati, s from Albany, taking with them a large herd of cattle
belonging to Mr. Cockcroft, one of their employers. That
chief's ignorance of the circumstance is strenuously asserted
by him; had it been otherwise, and the desertion been
general, this occurrence would have been ominous of further
mischief.

" In Kafraria, the first operation we have to record is the
march of a strong patrol on the 25th of February, under
Colonels Mackinnon and Eyre; which was so far successful
as to capture, with the assistance of the Fingoes at Fort
Peddle, 1,635 head of cattle, and to devastate the country;
but no other result appears to have been the consequence of
this march, and the troops returned in two divisions—that
under Colonel Eyre by way of Fort White and King William's
Town on the 2Sth, the other under Colonel Mackinnon first
proceeged to Line Drift.
" On the sth of March Colonel Mackinnon marched with
2,500 men and two guns to-throw'supplies into Forts White
and Cox ; on his return from the latter place, on the 6th, the
Kafirs made an attempt to cut off the mule waggais, which
the colonel's able arrangements ent rely frustrated, and en-
abled him to inflict a loss upon them of 100 killed an, many
wounded; only two of the Hottentot levy were killed and
two wounded.

" On the 13th another of those unexpected and mysterious
occurrences happened at King William's Town, which de-
monstrate most emphatically the extreme difficulty of
dealing with the coloured population of the colony, and of
their systematic and deplorable faithlessness: this was the
desertion of 70 Hottentots, 46 of them belonging to the Cape
Mounted Rifles, including three sergeants. This corps has
hitherto been distinguished for its z al and loyalty, and the
necessity for disarming he.reinahrier stationed there, which
was done on the fof owing day, besides the party at East
London, is a misfortune nut easily repaired. The horses and
arms of 100 were transferred to a selected number of men
belonging to the western levies. Wha makes the circutn•
stance more remarkable is, that some of them bad been long
in the force, and were considered decidedly steady, religious
men; still more inexplicable is the fact that that portion of
this force stationed at Fort Hare, though nearer their Kat
River confederates, profess continued and stedfast loyalty
to the Government, and are confidtd in by General Somerset,
who mustered them on the 19th of March, and addressed
them respecting the defection of their companions in arms at
King William's Town, when they unanimously declaeed that
they would tight till he last with their veteran leader.
" On the 18. h Sir H. Smith, in consequence of information
received by him of a contemplated attack on Ent Hate
during the absence of General Somerset, marched there from
Kin, William's Town; some skirmishing occurred with the
Kafirs on his route, which resulted in their loes of 40 or a),
among whom were three of the deserters from the Cape
Mounted Rifles. Only one man was wounded on our side.
" These repeated marches and countermarches have led
to no practical result bearing upon the fate of the campaign;
they have, however, ended to make soldiers of the raw wes-
tern levies, who were on their arrival undisciplined and un-
accustomed to act in concert; but, on the other hand, they
have excited surprise and distrust among that portion of the
coloured population whose continued fidelity is of the greatest
importance at the present...critical period. It would be far
cheaper to bring troops i'om the Mauritius or St. Helena,
and to have reinforcements from England at once, th ,n to
prolong the war for an indefinite period by endeavou-ing to
crush the rebellion with the troops on the spot, who are too
few to effect anything of consequence, entailing an ultimately
ruinous expense, as many more will have to be brought be-
fore there can be a semblance of security on the frontier.
Moreover, it should be remembered that the Hottentots can-
not be kept in the field for ever, and that the time tor which
they were first enlisted has already half expired.
" The defection of the Cape Mounted Riflemen greatly en-
couraged the Kafirs, who assumed an insolent tone, and
even attacked some men with a waggon within two miles
of King William's T ,wn ; two of the Englishmen accom-
panying it wore severely wounded, and the party had some
difficulty in reaching that place.
" With respect to events within that colony it was confi-
dently hoped that the capture and dispersion of the Fort
Armstrong traitors would have had a most salutary effect
upon the tribes in arms against the colonists; but the tem-
porary reoccupation of the Kat River districts by rebel
bands, in consequence of the numerous calls upon the services
of troops and other untoward events, speedily dispelled any
such expectations. The further proceedings of General _rci-
inerset in this district on the 25th and 26th of February,
and the capture of a quantity of booty and a number of
waggons at Phllipton, Eland's Post, and other places on
the Kat River, will be found in his dispatch published below.
" During the operations against Fort Armstrong, and
upon other occasions, the eagerness of our Fingoe allies to
capture cattle, whether belonging to friends or foes, has
caused their commanders much trouble, while the chaotic
confusion of races, and the diversity of interests among the
frontier inhabitants, render the conducting of the war in a
satisfactory manner one of the most arduous undertakings
possible.
" On the north-east the Tambookies are kept in check by
the Burghers, but a small party under Commissioner Cole,
of about 110 men, composed of Boars, English, Bastards, and
Hottentots, who advanced from Sterksspruit against the
Chief Moroise, unsupported, met with a severe reverse, and
the English lost nine of their number, who were killed. The
troops under Major Warden happily came up and saved the
remainder of the party.
" Small parties of Kafirs are in the colony doing much
mischief, but the occupation of Kafraria by the troops and -r
Sir H. G. Smith has no doubt prevented their swarming in
the Addo Bush and their other favourite lurking places in.
former wars. - -.-- -
" A public meeting was held at Graham's Town on the
19th of March, and resolutions were passed to the effect that
a memorial should be addressed to his Excellency. praying
that he wil present
l aint a judicial comssion to 'nquire
the causes of the present rebellion amen mig
the Hottentothsn
coloured inhabitants of the colony. The preceedingscie_y
referred to the Kat River affair and the conduct of the
ints-
sionaries.
e in-the Cape Town Gazette of the 27th of March a pro-
hers of
clamation appeared, ceiling upon the Mounted Bur
pr,g,ceed to
the western districts, to the number of
the front; the pay and allowances are liberal, andto from the
known gallantry and loyalty of the men lie addresses, we
have no doubt that his Excellency's appeal will be promptly
and cheerfully responded to. England in the Maid-
" Sir A. Stockenstrom sailed for
stone on the 23d of March."
full and valuable cargo, con-
The Hellespont has
askins, eight pseksges contain-
sisting of ivory, oil, and
ing specimens of natural history, 30 packages of sun-
dries, and gold dust valued at 1,0001. Her passengers
from Cape Town are—Mrs. Coleman, children, and
vatir; Mr. and Mrs. Kuhr, child, and two servants;
Mrrm
'Gregor, of the naval department at Simon's Bay;
Mr. W. P. Smith, of the Mixed Commission, Cape
Town; M. and Madame Paillotte, three children, and
two servants ; and Mr. Richard Sealbrook, of Cape
Town. From Sierra Leone—the Chevalier de
Guillemard de Atragon, Spanish Consul-General
and her Christian Majesty's Judge at Sierra
Leone ; Mr. J. B. Elliott, of the barrack
department at Sierra Leone ; and Captain Staf-
ford and six distressed seamen, lately be-
longing to the brig John Cabot, of Bristol, 158 tons,
condemned as unseaworthy while engaged in a trading
voyage on the coast of Africa. Mr. Elliott, who is a
gentleman of colour, has come to England on leave of
absence, with a view of making arrangements, through
the Countess of Huntingdon's connexion, the propa-
gation of the gospel in the interior of •A Fries.
Just previous to the departure of the Hellespont from
Sierra Leone the commissioners sent by the Governor
to treat with the chiefs of the Nunez and Pongo rivers
had succeeded in their negotiations with the chiefs of
Nunez, but those of Pongo bad not yet accepted the pro-
positions of the commissioners. The successful result
of this communication is likely to be attended with
great advantage to those British merchants who trade
on that part of the coast.
The Admiralty agent in charge of mails, Commander
Robertson, has landed bags from the Cape of Good Hope,
Sierra Leone, and Cape Verds, and from the squadrons
the
the Cape and on the West Coast of Africa. Hitherto the
Cape mails have been dispatched from Plymouth by the first
train starting after ship's arrival, by which arrangement
they could have been in London on Friday afternoon ; they
are now detained for the regular mail train, which arrives in
ondon on baturday

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ADMISSION TO WESTMINST.EII ABBEY.--III corme-
quence of the large increase. in the number of foreign
visitors arriving daily to inspect the abbey, the dean and
chapter have appointed two interpreters to assist the ordi-
nary officers of the sacred edifice in explaining its chief
features. There is no charge for admission to this venerable
structure, the whole. with the exception of the Chapel of
henry VII. , having been opened to the public several years
ego, when the s?rvant4 were alto eTpeuly forbidden to K.
pept feesfrom yisitm,