The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-07 00:00:00

" ' GENERAL ORDERS.

" No. 22.
`i Head-quarters, King William's Town, Feb. 1.
" ',The Commander-in-Chief has great satisfaction in
recording his marked approbation of the able and judi-
cious manner in which a large and most effective force
of her Majesty's soldiers and the levies recently raised,
under the command of Colonel Mackinnon, ordered to
throw supplies into the distant posts of Forts Cox and
White, has been effected—a service of considerable im-
portance to future operations. This force moved into
the heart of the enemy's country, yet he did not attempt
tointerrupt the advance, although in the column was a
large convoy of waggons. He, however, made a spirited
attack upon the rear of the column on the Debe Neck,
which was promptly repulsed by the fire of musketry,
and some well-directed shrapnel! shells, which caused the
enemy loss.
(Signed)

46 A. J. CLOETE, Lieut.-Colonel,
D.Q.M. General.
'" True copy.--E. Houma, Major, A.D.C: "

King William's Town, Feb. 1, 1851.
" Sir,—l have the honour to report, that at day-
break, on the morning of the 30th January, I proceeded
from this station with a force, consisting of 300 men 73d
Regiment, 150 men Cape Mounted Rifles, 1,400 Hot-
tentot levies, 300 Fingoes, and one six•pounder—in all
2,200 men—for the purpose of throwing supplies into
Forts White and Cox.

" About eight miles from this place a considerable
number of Kafirs attacked our rear-guard, consisting of
a troop of Cape Mounted Rifles and Genadendal, Al-
bany, and Biveradale levies. This attack was repulsed
in a very spirited manner. Shortly afterwards large
bodies of the enemy appeared on our left, evidutatly
lxint on contesting our march across the Debe Neck,
Two shells directed with great precision by Major
Wilmot, of the Royal Artillery, were thrown into
the midst of a large group, and did great execution.
No farther attempt was made to impede our march on
that day, and considerable numbers of the en emy were
killed by the flanking partied of the levies and Cape
Mounted Rifles. I arrived at Fort White aboc t 2 o'clock
P.M. On the 31st January I proceeded wit's', the same
force to Fort Cox, which I reached without, any opposi-
tion. Whilst the troops were at the post a. forge body of
Kafirs appeared upon the brow of the hill which over-
looked the Keibkamma, on the road to Vort Hare, ap-
parently in the expectation that we inte-aded proceeding
to that post. Two shells were again accurately directed
by Major Wilmot, and caused them eor.siderable loss.
" After supplying Fort Cox, I. returned without
molestation to Fort White, and this •day to King Wil-
liam's Town. I found the garrisons of Forts White and
Cox in good health and spirits. TAiese posts are now
supplied for six weeks each, and I have removed from
them all the men who are not ta,solutely necessary for
their defence.

" 6 I have the satisfaction of mporting to your Excel-
lency my sense of the efficient conduct of every corps,
regular and provisional, who wore engaged in this service,
" I have, &c.,
(Signed) " G EO. MACKINNON, C 01: "

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY

OLD COURT.

The April sessions of the Central oriminal Court were
opened this morning in ths.t Old Court, before the Right
Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Alderman Carter,
and Sheriffs Carden and Hodgkinson, attended by the
Under-Sheriff and °their civic functionaries.

The calendar contains the names of 225 prisoners.
The grand jury ha-eing been sworn and empanelled,
The RECORDER proceeded to charge them as follows.
He was happy to say the calendar which they were
about to inquire into was not very heavy in the charac-
ter of the offence,, but he was sorry to say the cases
were more than tu,ually numerous. There was, ho-ever,
only one case of reurder, and that was one of those pain-
ful cases that ocorar so frequently, namely, the murder
of a child by its mother, and the question which the
grand jury would have to decide was whether or no
there was sufacient proof that the child was born alive.
If it was, why then of course they would have to
find a true bill accordingly. There was one
other case involving the destruction of human life,
but this case assumed more the aspect of manslaughter
than murder. It was the case of a child who had been
put out to nurse, and who had died, as it was alleged,
from the: ill-usage of the nurse. If they found that the
death really did result from her violence or neglect, it
would be their duty to return a true bill for man-
slaughter. There were three cases of unnatural crimes,
and a case of forgery, in which there was this remark-
able circumstance. The name fixed was stated to be
fictitious. Now it was equally a forgery to sign the
name of a fictions as a real person, for the purposes
of fraud; but if inthis case it should turn out that there
eels such a person as that mentioned in the forged in-
etrument, and that it was issued with his consent, why
of course thero would be as end of the case of forgery.
These were the only cases that called for any comment
from him, and therefore, without detaining them further,
he would at once dismiss them to the discharge of their
important functions.
The grand jury then retired.

MA RLBRO'-STREE l'-(THIS DAY.)
ALLEGED MANSLAUGDTER.—James Gorman, a young man
in the employ of Mr. Floris, Jermyn-street, was placed hPf ore
Mr. Bingham, charged with having caused the death of Julia
Foley, a child eleven years of age, by driving over her with
a horse and cart.

Police-constable 180 C deposed that on Saturday right,
about half-past eleven o'clock. he was on duty in Cran-
bourn-street, when he heard a cry of " Stop thief," and on
turning round saw a horse and van proceeding along Castle-
street, followed by several people. The prisoner and six
others were in the van, and the former was driving at abut
six miles an hour. Witness inquired of the people what was
the matter, when he was informed that the prisoner
had run over a child in Newport•market, Witness imme-
diately stopped the ,risaner, and told him tha he ha, driven
over a child, and that he must go back with him to New-
port-market. The prisoner said he was not aware he
had done anything wrong, or that be had driven over
any one. On arriving at Newport-market witness
found the child at the shop of a druggist, who directed wit-
ness to take her to Charing-cross Hospital. He procured a
cab and conveyed her there, and she died within a few hours
after her admission.

Hannah Foley said on Saturday night she and her sister
were standing near her father's stall in Newport market,
when she saw a van, which was driven by the
prisoner, coming at a quick rate towards them, Lnd before
her sister could get out of the road the first wheel of the van
caught her on the shoulder, and knocked her down, and the
o.her wheel passed over her body. A cry was raised, but
the prisoner drove on as fast as he could. She and several
others gave the alarm, and pursued him until he was sopped
by the constable.
The prisoner expressed his sorrow for what had occurred,
but could assure his Worship that it was purely accidental.
The reason he did not stop was because the noise made by
the people calling after him made his horse, a spirited one,
very restive, and it was as much as he could do to keep the
horse from bolting.
Mr. BINGHAM said he should leave it to the coroner's
jury to decide whether it was a case of accident or man-
slaughter, and remanded the prisoner for a week, but agreed
to accept two sureties in 401. each for the prisoner's appear-
ance. The defendant's master tendered himself for the full
amount, and was accepted.

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NEWMARKET RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
The Craven Stakes.

Sotterley ... ... ~, ~. ~, ...
1
Pitsford ... ... •••
••• "II 410 f ...
$
Handicap.
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Cariboo ... ... ••• ... ... ... ... 1
Reindeer •• • ...
••• ••• • ••
sepstekes of 50 Boys. each, for three yrs old fillies.

Iris ••• .... ••• ••• .. ••• ..•• 1
Coticula ••• ••• ••• ••• •••
••• 2
Won in a canter.
handicap, T.Y.C.

Newport ••• ••• ...
••• ••• ••• 1
Visite ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 2
Sweepstakes.
Midis ... ... ... ... ..• —• ••• 1
Oleander , ...
Won by e neck.
NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
No betting.
THE OAKS.
8 to 1 agst Iris.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—( THIS DAY.)
Lox DON, Arum 7.—Wind at noon N.E., light breeze
and fine dry weather.
SaLcomsa, APRIL 6. Wind ME.— Sld. Margaret,
Quebec.

NEWPORT, APRIL 6.—Sld. Governor Harcourt, Jamaica;
Mary Campbell, Apalachicola; Thomas and Elizabeth,
Havannah ; Escort, New York; Charles Hamilton, Portland;
Victory, Quebec.
SWANSEA, APRIL 6--Wind N.E.—Sld. Sunbeam, Cuba.
SWANAGE, APRIL 6.—The Leffey, London to Madeira, is
on the Rocks at Kimmeridge, and is bilged; crew and some
stores saved,
CLYDE. Sid. Hercules, Singapore; Glencairn, Montreal.
BRIDLINGTOM, APRIL 6.—The Miner, London to Newcastle,
has received considerable damage from the Spartan, of Lon-
don, off Lowestoft.
Dovxn, APRIL 5 AND 6.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Rosalie,
New Orleans, for Norway. Off port, Cortgene, Batavia, for
Rotterdam.
POR/831013fH, APRIL 6. —Wind E. to N.E.—Arrd. Her
Majesty's steamer Rattler, St. Philip's; Bonnet, and sailed
eastward.
Nom— Sld. Solve, Newfoundland ; George, Newfoundland.
TORBAY.—SId. Transit, Trinidad. Off port, Graaf Dirk
3d, Dordt, for Batavia; Cicelia Maria, Harnburgh for Buenos
Ayres; Mississippi, Havre, for Guadeloupe.
DEAL, APRIL 5. Wind W. to E.N.E., fresh and squally;
6, N. to N.E. and E.N.E., fine.—Arrd. Lord Ash;ey, Shang-
hai; Pauline, Singapore; Camperdown, Calcutta. Arrd.
from the River and sailed Eugenia, Calcutta; Maria Ebza-
bath, Singapore, &c. ; Fanny, Hobart Town; Herald, Cape
and Madras; Charles Carter, Algoa Bay; Eliza and Esther,
Simons Bay; Matilda, Barbadoes ; Southampton, New
York; Wallace, Brown, Meehanee ; Laurel and Isabella,
Quebec.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL s.—Wind S.S.E. ; 6th, N.—Arrd.
Asia steamer, New York, on freight 152,0 C 0/. in specie;
New World, ditto; Constellation, ditto. Off port, British
Queen, Cynthia, and Icanes. Std. Una, Rio Pongo ; Caxiense
steamer, Maranham ; Omega, Adelaide, South Australia;
Champion, Singapore; Fairy Queen, Calcutta; Winefred,
ditto; Usk, Oahee ; Inca, Valparais ; Eliza, Highfield, Rio
Grande; Isabella. Buenos Ayres; Fenella, Maranham ; Ann,
Para ; Edward Barnett, Trinidad ; Sophia, Hayti ; Maria„
Janacio, Havannah ; Magician, La Guavra ; John Toole
New Orleans; Joshua Walker, New York; John Bryant'
ditto; Andrew Foster, ditto ; Hope, Staten Island ; American
Boston; Titanea, and Providence, St. John's, New Bruns-
wick; Glenawilly, Quebec; Affghan, ditto; Conquest, Gaspe.
The Harmony, barque, of and for Bideford, and the City
of Limerick schooner, of Derry, bound to Youghal, got on
shore on Jordan Flats yesterday, but were expected off on
the flood, without damage, and would proceed. The War-
ren American ship, was seen going into New York in tow
of a steamer, with loss of topmasts, rudder, bulwarks, &c.,
by the Asia steamer, arrived here, which passed through a
quantity of fields of ice on the 30th March, in lat. 44, long.
48. ; weather at the time free and clear, and several icebergs
in sight.

Mr. Alderman Saloasans has, we are given to un-
derstand, expressed to the rector of Ashurst, his intention to
build, at his own expense, in that parish, a school-house and
teacher's residence, similar to those erected at Fordcombe-
green, in the parish of Penshurst. This beneficent work
will accomplish 80 iuiportant service for the poor of the
parish of Ashurst, which has hitherto been without a school
of Any kind.

THE SHARE MARKETS.

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