The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-13 00:00:00

GENERAL ORDERS,

Headquarters, King Town, Jan. 9,1551.
1. Captain Fitzbourno, R.N., having Lean good enough
to lend an officer and. 30 men, H.H. steamer Hermes,
with two guns, to aid in working the surf boats and in
defending the depot, Captain Stanton, commanding Fort
Glamorgan, will authorize the issuce of rations to this
party, add will in every respect provide for them.
2. The Commander•in-Chief has this day received a
report that upon the morning of the 3rd instant Fort
White was attacked in force by the Kafirs, in four
bodies. They approached steadily, the garrison re-
serving its fire, when the Kafirs were driven back with
great toss, leaving twenty killed around the
post, and carrying off a considerable number
of wounded. His Excellency congratulates Captain
Mansergh and his intrepid garrison upon the glorious
result which attended the improved defences he had con-
structed, and which were so gloriously and gallantly
defended by his officers and soldiers, who had only one
man slightly wounded.
By Command,
H. L. MAYDWELL, Mil. Secretary.
(From the Cape Colonist.)
Extract of :a letter dated Alice, sth January, 1851:
" A report has just come from Fort White, stating that
the Kafirs made a desperate attack on that place, rush-
ing with karosses oxer their heads right up to the very
walls of the fort—their dead bodies are now lying in
heaps all around.
PROCLAMATION

By his ExcelleneyLieutenant-General Sir Henry George

Wakelyn Smitb, Bart., &c., &c.
Whereas the Kafir Chief Hermanus did receive a
iarge grant of territory upon the Blinkwater from
the then Governor Major-General Sir Benjamin D'Ur-
ban, and which he occupied for many years upon the
condition of the good faith and amity ; and whereas
this location has ever been a nest of thieves and
vagabonds; and whereas the Kaffir chief Hermanus did
revolt, and by every unlawful means collect a con-
siderable force to make war upon her Majesty's
peaceable subjects, and did upon the morning
of the 7th of January attack th© town of Fort
Beaufort, on which occasion ho was most fortunately
slain in the square of that town, and his people beaten
back and pursued with great slaughter; I do hereby pro-
claim, declare, and make known, that this grant of land
does by these acts revert to the Crown, and, that the
successors of Hermanus, and all their rebellious people,
are for ever expelled the limits of the colony, and all
men of this wicked location, if seen within the colony,
are to be regarded as enemies and dealt with accordingly.
And whereas, many persons of the colored classes
in the Division of Fort Beaufort and other districts,
did join the traitorous rebel Hermanus, I do hereby pro-
claim and declare, that all such who do not within ten
days of the promulgation of this proclamation, appear
before the nearest magistrate to take the oath of allegi-
ance, and pursue their legal occupations, or aid in such
measures of public service as they may be called upon
to do, shall in like manner forfeit their laud, and b© ex-
pelled from this colony.
And I hereby proclaim my perfect faith in the loyalty
and attachment to the British Government of the Fingo
race, and from their exemplary and gallant conduct
these men shall ever receive the protection of Her Ma-

jesty, which such meritorious conduct deserves.
And I do hereby proclaim and declare my satisfaction
with the conduct of the Christian Kafirs, who did so
gallantly aid in the defence of Fort Beaufort, and after-
wards juin in the pursuit of Hermanus' band of rebels—
and that these praiseworthy men shall receive the pro-
tection of her Majesty's Government.
And whereas Stoffel Botha, son of Field-Cornet Botha,
of the Kat River Settlement, and others were taken
prisoners, bearing arms against her l'Aajesty's subjects.
I hereby declare and make known, that these rebels shall
be handed over to a military tribunal, and dealt with
according to the sentence, whatever that may bc.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !

Given under my hand and se9l at King William's
Town, this 10th day of January, 1851.
H. C. SMITH, Governor.

FATAL COLLISION.

We regret to have to record another of those casualties
which will go far to render the pre: cat season memorable
in the annals of steam navigation on the Clyde. The
screw steamer European, Captain M'Callum, sailed on
her passage for London ab.)nt 10 minutes past 12 on
Sunday morning, and when off the Cloch, about 1 o'clock,
was run into by tho sehooner Castlehill. of Bangor, fr. m
Belfast to Glasgow, laden with lime, which went down
almost instantly from the effects of the collision, and
one of the crew met an untimely death. The following
particulars we have learnt from Captain M'Callum:—
The night was dark and overcast with clouds, with
strong breezes from the south-west. The steamer at 1
o'clock was off the Cloch, about a mile and a half from
the shore, and to the east of the lighthouse, which ap-
peared to be about two and a half miles distant, when
the look-out reported a vessel ahead carrying no light.
As soon as it was discovered what course the vessel,
which was running free with the wind, was pursuing,
and that she was on a course parallel to that cf the
European, Captain M'Callum held on, but ordered the
helm to be starboarded to increase the distance between
the vessels, all the steamer's lights being exhibited.
Almost immediately, however, the schooner was ob-
serve d to port her helm, and Lear right down upon the
European, which stopped and reversed her engines and
endeavourod to bug the shore stilt closer, but almost
immediately afterwards she came in contact with the
schooner's waist, aft the forerigging. The unfortunate
vessel must have suffered very severely, as she only
remained above water for about Barr minutes, when she
went down, leaving her masts sticking in the European's
rigging, and her crow, which consisted of the master
and three men, struggling in the water. The steamer's
hosts were instantly got out, and three of the men
picked up, but the fourth was never seen. The master
of the schooner, who was one of the survivors, states
that his vessel bore no light, as he had caused it to be
taken in when past the Cloch, imagining that he should
meet no more steamers or other vessels at that time of
the night. The crew were engaged iu taking iu the fore-
sail, which prevented them from seeing the steamer's
lights, and when they were observed the master states
that he lost self-possession, and gave the usual order to
" port" the helm, which, as wo have said, had the effect
of throwing her right across the steamer's bows. The
European has not suffered much damage; the principal
injury she has sustained being a split iu one of her plates
on the starboard bow, from which she made so much
water that Captain AUCullam judged it more prudent to
put back than to prosecute his voyage.—Greenock Adv.