The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-11 00:00:00

EVENING, JUNE ll, 1851.

WEDNESDAY

THE KAFIR WAR.
PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY, JUNE 10.
The General Screw S earn S.Appirg. Company's
steam-ship Sir Robert Peel, Captain Boxer, arrived
this morning. She sailed from Plymouth on the 15th
of March ; arrived at St. Vincent's on the 29th of
March ; sailed the same day for Sierra Leone, and
arrived on the 31 of April; sailed on the 41), and
arrived at the Cape on the 27th of April ; left there
on the 2d of May. The homeward dates are—
Sierra LPonc, 19th of May ; St. Vincent's, on the
26th of May; she remained at Sierra Leone 18i
hours for water.
The accounts by her give a total contradiction to
the report brought by the Teviot of the severe iciss
sustained by Sir Harry Smith, who appears to hold
his own securely until he has di4ciolinecl his present
irregular forces, and added to them from home, when
no doubt he will be in a position to make a demon-
stration against the enemy.
The most important intelligence is the defection of
Kreili, who has openly joined the Kafirs; but this
rebel's efforts on the fidelity of Pato had been hitherto
unsuccessful. No doubt the faith of Pato and other
important allies will be greatly strengthened on the
arrival of troops by the Singapore and the expecta-
tions of more reinforcements from the mother

country.
Lieutenant and Adjutant Fletcher, of the 73d
Regiment, was killed in a skirmish on the 16th of
April. His body was found pierced by twenty site-
gays.
The Singapore reached the Cape three days before
the Sir Robert Peel—viz., on the 24th of April, and
her troops were to go by the Dee steamer to head-
quarters at Graham's Town.
We take the following " Latest Frontier Intel-
ligence" from the Cape Town Monitor of the 2d
ult.:—
" The frontier post arrived in Cape Town at one P.M.
yesterday, bringing the latest intelligence from the seat
of war.
" Our advicea from King William's Town are so late
as the 23d, and from Graham's Town to the 26th ult.
(April).

.
" Communications from Butterworth had been received
at head-quarters on the evening of the 23d, showing that
the Chief Kreili bad committed himself with the war
party, and had been personally engaged in conflict,
Another patrol of 800 men had been ordered out for the
purpose of followieg up the late successes against the
enemy.
'the remaining remount horses from Cape Town had
arrived safely and were being distributed. The disarmed
Cape Mounted Rifles were being re-armed and equipped.
The corps, would amount to 260 men, which, with 150
men of Armstrong's horse, would enable the Governor
to dispatch a strong force across the Kei, against Kreili,
if nevessary.
" Toise continued to send useful information, and re-
ported that Mr. Gilfillan's Commando (Civil Commis-
sioner Cradock) had marched from Shiloh on the White
Kei, and severely handled Mapass...'s Tambookies and
some of Kreiles people, and were proceeding to sweep off
their ea! le.
" Major Wilmot's patrol was still out. A recent state-
m.rit in a Port Eliz tbnh paper, that seven Cape Mountt d
Batmen had deserted, after their arms had been restored
to many, and that 1 000 rounds of ammunition were found
rolled up in a blanket, is denied.
" By reports from all quarters the Kafirs were be-
coming heartily tired of the war. They would not
be allowed to rest in the low countries, aryi being
driven to the Anatole mountains they would expe-
rience much suffering from the cold and continued ha-

raising,
etrormatien bad been received through one of
Kreili's great councillors that the &tikes cannot hold
out much longer; that thirty of their great men
had fallen, and that they could not count the interior
victims; that they are coming in—one man with four
or five women and two or three head of cattle, Sec.•
"The Gaikas were in peep tual alarm, driving their
cattle hither and thither, to the great injury of the milch
cattle and calves.
Uaihala he. sent in his son to King William's
Town to seek out intelligence. He was quite uu-
prepared fur the news of the further patrol against
Seyolo.
" Pato remained steady and was in high spirits, occa-
sioned, it is said, by the punishment inflicted on Stock,
Seyolo, &c.
" A correspondent, whose information has hitherto
proved to be well founded, states that he had received
intelligence that Kreili had endeavoured to oppose the
Burghers and other forces at the Imvani, and had been
completely routed with considerable loss, having nar-
rowly escaped with his own life. He had retired to the
great place, and had called on the Fingoes in his
country to join him, but without effect.
" Se,ck (Euno's tribe) end Seyolo still maintained
themselves in the ravines of the Kviskamma. Their
being enabled to hold out is attributed to their having
received reinforcements of many fresh men from Fundisi
and ether branches of timbale's people.
" Kreili, after his defeat at the Imvani, had been
coquettiog with the missionary station at Butterworth,
desiring them to remain there in safety, &c., probably
with a view to making out a case in his own defence
should matters continue to go against him.
" Another account of the Commando against Kreili
and his allies states, that the Boers, &c, moved against
the Temboes ( rambookies) in the upper part of the
Bolota, where Kreili, with a large force, met them; that
a bask encounter minted, when the colonial forces re-
trograded to the Levant neck before the vastly superiur
numbers brought against them (stated to be more than
four to one); that they made a stand, and opened a tre-
mendous fire on the pursuing Amagalkas, who soon re-
treated in the utmost contusion, the allied forces of
Burghers end Britten charging them and carrying all
before them—even in their ardour getting complet, ly
within the Kafir ranks; that the Temboes stood their
ground much better, and continued to fight until the
victorious troops rrtururd from the, pursuit of the
Amagalekas and fell on tier rear, when they were dis-
persed, and fled in all diredions. 18 Pl4ty chiefs have
been Maul.
" It is stated that the Znla auxiliaries are not
corning."
The monthly summary of the Cape Monitor of the
2el of May says their last summary reported Sir
Harry Smith's return to King William's Town, ac-
companied by Colonel Mackinnon andehe 2d division.
This expedition consisted of a series of movements
from the 18:.h to the 25th of March, among which
was the repulse of the enemy, about 2,000 strong,
on the 19th, and their flight into the Amatola
mountains.
To complete this account, on the .21st of March,
when the 24 division under Culotte' Mackinnon
marched with his Excellency at daylight on Fort
Cox, and thence to Port White, a detachment was
nt on to meet the enemy in full force, and a general
engagement commenced. The mounted levies behaved
well. The 73d and 6th turned the flank of the enemy,
who were routed.
On the 231 1,000 head of cattlawere captured.
The British bad four killed and iiix..wounded. The
enemy lost a great many.
Ou the 24th, 25th, and 26th there was no move-
ment. On the 18th a patrol o'3oo.ravaged Seyolo's
country, destroyed front 30 to 40 Kafirs, and returned
William's Town, with four men
on the 30th to King
wounded. The same day irrportantiatc.rmation was
obtained from two Kafir Hottenrot,girls, in conse-
quence of which several Cape Mounted Rifles were
arrested.
On the 27th M4jor Somerset left-Fort Hare with
1,200 men, who in the night were attacked by the
enemy, who attempted, uneuccessfullyi_ to turn their
flank, but were beaten at all points, and, removed their
dead, unperceived, in the dark.
On the 31st all the passes of the Eland's berg were
scoured.
Oa the 29th of March a great number of Kat
River rebels and Cape Mounted deserters attacked
Messrs. Crouch's trading station. This act was com-
mitted with the connivance of Kreilii.who had sent
messages to Pato and Umhala bidding them to join ;
they both declined, and this refusal hiti,'had its effect
on Kreili.
On the Bth of April Colonel MackinnOn's patrol, in
two columns, sought for cattle unsuccessfully in the
plains and tracks of the Buffalo.
On the 10th tafirs aid Hottentots attacked Fort
Brown, and carried off 200 head of cattle. It is said
they were lost through the treachery of a sentry.
On the 15th Colonel Mackinnon, with 2,500 men,
including 100 Cape Mounted Rifles, left King Wil-
liam's Town for a patrol of six days. On the 16th
he divided into two columns. A skirinish ensued.
Ensign and Adjutant Fletcher, 73d,f1i111, and Cap.
min Morris, of the levies, was wounded. The
columns were several times attacked 4114 rear and
flank, but the enemy, was always replied. At five
P,M. Colonel Eyre joined the right wing with 140
head of fat cattle. The day's loss was 1 officer, 1
sergeant, 4 rank and file. The eneutY.'s, loss is esti-
mated at 150 men.
The operations of the month have been confined to
patrolling, the enemy's cattle have been driveninto the
Amatolas, and they are nowhere to be nen in great
force. The succours from England. will greatly
strengthen the Commander-in-Chief.
Ou the 28th of March, on the north=eastern fron-
tier, there was a successful engagi','4ent with the
Chief Morosi. No casualty occurred eiour side, and
the enemy left 200 dead on the field. '
From the Tambookie country an account has also
been received of a victory gained by Ciprain ldt
Royal Engineers, in which the enemy; `4;000 strong,
was put to flight, leaving 300 dead on the field.
The Sir Robert Peel has a general carp, including
ivory and gold dust.
During her voyatre she spoke the Alice, bound for
the Cape, on 27th March, in lat. 21 N . hmg. 23 W.;
April 3, at Sierra Leone, found her Majesty's ebipa
Cygnet, Dolphin, Volcano, Spy, and'the steamer
Singapore. The S uips,in and DOliibio arrived
during the stay of the Sir Robert Peel. 'On the 9th
of April, in let. 25 N., long. 2 50 W., spike her Ma-
jesty's ship Sampson; on the 2011 of April, in lat.
33.40 S., long. 17.10 E., spoke the Swedish brig
Christian, bound to the Cape; on the 27th, in Table
Bay, found her Majesty's ship Dee, the. French na-
tional steamer Cassini, the Ppninmkr OA Oriental
steamer Singapore, atA the MalabialEa4 It-Wittman,
outward beuud. The Dee roiled ou the 9th to the

Buffalo mouth with troops brought by the Singapore.
In Simon's Illy round her Majesty's .hips Hermes
and Ores es, and a barque, Vund to England.
.Mdy
9J), at Sierra L-one., round the Cygnet, Spy, Glen-
bumen,leo, &c. The Spy sailed on thw 20:b. On
the 26th, at. St. Vincent, found a United States brig
of war and her Majesty's steamer Teviot. June 21
passed a French ship outward bound,. and on the 6th
passed a Danish harque bound to the east.
The following letter, dated King William's Town,
British Kafraria, March 29, though not of the latest
date, contains detail of several operations which have
not been before &scribtd:—

" After the destruction of Fort Armstrong, as briefly
detailed in my idea da td the 8 ieraant, on the 25 h
alt„ the combee d 'ores of Burghers and General eo-
tuerset's divisi m ved to ELIS% Post,
occupyine it with the &rap. all levy, steering at the
esme time eiehty yrieer.ers, and taking poesessien of
teenty eight waggons and a large gosrvity of provi-
sions belonging to the rebel army. From this post they
proceeded to Philipton, which, instead of finding, es
hitherto supposed and proverbially stated to be, the
most Ityel of all the Hettentot stttletnents, was dieco-
vered to be the very nursery and h• tbed of discontent
and rebellion. Here seventeen waggons were seiz d,
and properly to a very great extent, evidently the pro-
duce of the wild harvest. Utr devastation and murder which
these traitors have for come time been respieg. Break-
ing up this nest of rebels, the whole rookery, me-
se navies not excepted, were marched to Elena's P. st.
Here a minute investigation was made by General So-
merset into the cause of the rebellion among
the Hottentots, and the coesequences of its
progress, points not easily elucidated, i'rone the circute-
etance that the enereetie measures already adopted
produced on the instant an universal display of the
most devoted loyalty and submission. 160 of them
were, however, disai mad, and forty-eight waggons con
fiscated, the contents of which told but a lame tale either
for their honesty or loyalty, being composed of splendid
assortments of silk dresses, riding habits, fine linen, &c.,
which never could have been in use among the squalid
and filthy beings in whose possession they were found.
On the 28th of the month General Somerset returned to
Burghers' Post, where he had left the Fort Armstrong
prisoners, his cattle, and wounded men, and where he
now mustered 46 waggons, between 400 and 500 women
and children, and 370 prisoners, independent of 12
waggons he had left at Eland. During his absence at
Eland, Burghers' Post had been attacked in a most de-
termined manner by the Kafirs, who were repulsed with
severe loss by Major Blakeway, who bad been left in
charge with 400 men. I had almost forgotten to men-
tion that the two field cornets Andreas Botha and Piet
Bruintjes were absent with the rebels when • the Ge-
neral reached Philipton, and that it was also disco-
vered that this loyal settlement had furnished its
quota of men for the defence of Fort Armstrong. Such
was the state of affairs in that quarter up to the 3d
instant, at which time General Somerset bad returned
to Fort Hare, his head-quarters, from his brilliant and
most successful operatiens, carried on since the 22d
of the previous month. On the 10th instant an order
was transmitted ham the C. mmandersin-Chief for
a general court-martial to assemble at Fort Hare,
for the trial of such rebel insurgents as might be brought
before it, and up to the la't date of our intelligence from
that place, the 21st, the court-martial had been sitting
every day from nine to five o'clock, but, with whatever
results it terminates, the proceeding will give little sa-
tisfaction to those who have suffered from the devasta-
tions of the Hottentots, or to the colonists at large, who
have addressed memorials to the Governor, urgently
seeking that a special commission may be appointed to
investigate the whole affair.
" I may now revi rt to the operations of the Whittlesea
force against the Hottentots of Shilo, which had so un-
expectedly- been put a stop to by General Somerset's
order to Captain Tylden about the let of February. It
will be remembered that the armistice consequent upon
the order we; only on the one side, as after its receipt
the Hottentots and Tatutioektee made several fruitless
attempts to take Whittlesea, and during its continuance
they oid nut feil to employ themselves most zealously in
faking possession of ail property, cattle, buries, sheep, and
goats they could come upon. On the 26th of the mouth,
however, a counter order from General Somerset was re-
ceived by Captain Tylilen, intimating, at the same time,
his approbation of what had taken place, and conveying
his thanks to the officers for their gallant coeduct; and
it was therefore resolved that on the following day
another attack should be made upon Shilo, to drive the
rebels from their atrenghold, the church, and crush the
revolters by one decisive blow. You may imagine their
astonishment and disappointment when they discovered
that the opposing force consisted of eight old women
and one old men (Tambookies) from whom they leareed
that the Hottentots and their allies, having received an
intimation of the intention of their enemies, had de-
camped on the previous night, taking with them, as a
matter of course, everything of a moveable description.
Being determined not to relinquish an attempt upon
Mapass's Tambookies and their allies, the Hottentots,
on the 4th of March, they started from Whittlesea to
beard the lion in his den, with a force of about 400 men,
consisting of Fingoes, Cradock volunteers, Colesberg
and Burghers Dorp levy, and about 170 friendly Kafirs,
mounted, under Simnel Khma. On their march they
were joined by De Witt, and his command of 500 beers;
and, in about seven hours from the time of starting, came
upon the enemy, who bad entered the narrow gorge of
a mountain pass, and were waiting, far within the na-
tural basin which was formed beyond it, for the ap-
proach of their antagonists. Driven from their position
by Kama and his horsemen, they were compelled to
cross the river which intersects the basin, and in doing
so lost eleven, of their number. Forming themselves
into two parties, they took up two etro.•g positions on
the other side, from which however they were ere long
dislodged, but not before they bad driven back the
beers, who had engaged the party on the left, and who,
unfortunately, gave way when they should have stood
firm. However, their work was done for them, and the
intrepid assailants crossing the river, which reached their
middle, and disengaging a party round thebottooi of the
mountain to come upon their front, Nellie the remainder
pressed upon the min the rear, drove them up to the
mountain, whither the Cradock mounted volunteers pur-
sued them in a most gallant and heroic manner, and
would, there is little doubt, have made fearful execution
among them had not intelligence been sent by Kama
that a large force of the enemy were about to intercept
teeir passage at the ford and cut them off from the re-
mainder re ihtir force. Too few in number to risk
being surrounded by an overpowering force, the epetd of
their horses saved them, as, by a quick but orderly re-
treat, they gained and repessed the river before their
enemies came up; the first man who attempted to fol-
low being shot deed upon ihe spot. ides &nig at a place
of appointed rendesveuz they feund that they had only
lost five men, and had two wounded in the engagement,
and, to give their horses a Ii Co very necessary rest,
they elf-bedded for an hour, feeling no doute, atiefied
wish theirsuccess, as they had numbered 47 of their enemy
Iprig dead upon the fi Id. About five o'eteck P.m ,
stei g-the country around them coverter with their black
and ells fee, they remourned, and proceedee to leave
the basin by the same harrow neck by which teey had
entered it. Here the en my made a most detsrmiet d
afore to prevent teen- peseine, but K sued, having first
gaintd the &Ike, kept them ai ciAck until the sevef al
divisions pissed tine. He, howev r, was soon utter-
wards ou`flenked by the enemy; darkness was coming
on, and eymp'ome of fear showing themselves among
the f' ingues, who, by the hy, fought with the most un-
flinching bravery teurieg ti e whole day, arid it required
the most determined steadiness and exertion on the part
of Captain .1 Wen and the other officers of divisions, to
prevent a confusion which would have led to a complete
massacre. The Cradock volunteers being placed in the
rear kept up an incessaet fire, and the whole force was
marched through the defile with the loss of only one
man killed and one wouuded. Marching direct to
Whittlesea without a halt, they arrived there about two
o'clock in the morning ot Luc sth, having been about
twenty-four hours away. There requires no comment
on this daring affair. Without any regular soldtery or
field-pieces, the enemy was braved and chastised in his
own fastnesses, with a dt terreimition and bravery which
reflect the highest praise upon all who were engaged in
it. So far, then, is our present intelligence from that
part of the country also of a satisfactory description, un-
less there may be truth in the report which is in circu-
lation, as coming from a private source, that Mapassa
has since broken into the colony and carried off a quan•
tity of istaek belonging to the farmers on the frontier.
The truth of this time of course will tell.

" In the north, Field-Commandants Joubert, Olivier,
and Read have been operating most zealously against the
Tambookies. .From the,26'.h of January to the 18th of
February they had captured 9,000 head of cattle and 400
horses, and killed upwards of 250 of the enemy. On the
"Ist of the present month a strongline of posts bad been
established along the Tambookie frontier, consisting of
Albertie's and Greyling's field-cornetcies, and the camp
of Mr. Joseph Read and Commandant Joubert had then
returned home with the Colesberg burghers. On the
25th of February Mr. Read's camp was attacked by the
Tambookies during the night, but they were beaten off,
and on the following day followed by Read, who killed
38 of them, and took 700 cattle. ' Rather an unfortunate
affair took place in the native reserve on the 22d of
February with the chief Morosi, and a defachment of
troops under Mr. Cole, Civil Commissioner of the Albert
division, in which nine English volunteers,. eleven Hot-
tentots, and eight Fingoes were killed, and sixteen
Fingoes wounded. The misfortune seems chiefly to
have arisen from too much reliance being placed in
the chief Morosi, who by his crafty villany in-
veigled his enemy into his toils. The circumstances
are perfectly illustrative of the cunning sometimes
displayed by these. gentlemen. The 'disaffec ftion
this chief baying been eubpected, for his haviiig counte-
nanced ievtral robberies' committed by his people and
the Tambookies, for which neither restitution nor com -
pensatiou would be made, he was report. d to the Civil
Commissioner of the Albeit division, ..ho proceeded
forthwith to hit kraal, to know his sentiments, when be
pro .
letsl his firm attachment to the Govert.nient. It
.wits, however, considered nec,,sury that" he should be,
watched, and accordingly a part) of 100 burghers wore
dispatched to the vicinity of his kraal on the Great
River, to p,event him from renduritz aFshtunce to the
Tambookies, with win,ra ',Viejo! Warden was engagtd on
the other side of the river. • 'phis party, feat iug no mo-
lestation, it appears, liqd cfrsaddled, and were. Watching
the proceedings going on across the river, when Morosi
himself, ails a troop of hia desperadoes, dropped upon
tit.,-m, slid 'd. inaudett what they wanted there. By the
intercession of alt{ li,v. Mr. Bertram, who happened to
be there with them, they were saved, as, but fur his in-
terference, they would in all probability have been mur-
dered to a man. At this juncture Mr. Cole arrived iu the
Wittebergen, and communicating with Major Warden, it
was resolved that the troops. wiLh the latter, should cross
over•to Morosi's kraal, and know definitely what were
his intentions. This was dune by means of a boat
, . which Was Comineneed and tinishi'd in a day.
_1
liestmera . were timullugly tent t 9 lean big inteu.

, Lions, and request his attendance at the camp. Perched
, securely in his eyrie on the mountain top, he returned
• for enewer that he was not for war, and that his feis of
the Tartibookiee preveta«l his coming t" the camp; but
that if Mr. Oi;le would approach nearer to his kraal
with a small force they could then treat, he being
willing to submit to any terms. Relying upon his good
faith Mr. Cole approached to within about a mile and a
half of his kraal, with about 100 burghers and volun-
teers, and dispatched another messenger, guaranteeing
safe (scat to. his Highness if he would condescend to
come down. " No, no," his answer was now, " if you
Want me you must come and fetch me ; it's war time,
Mr. Cole, and dangerous travelling." By this time it
Might stimeet be surmised be hedeseunded his tocsin
from Lei valley, ited i.vety hloof was pouring ferth
a bhaik multitude to overwhelm the:intenders en his do-
ta'.in. A retries!. was the only alternativiewhich cot-i-
-deated utril the party was reiefercel by 'the troops oho
had heard the filing at the camp ; When the Ketire, in
their oirn. were oiaiged to fly under is shower of shut
cud :401, which did great ex, cutionameng them. Sixty
of them were kited, and ire slaughtered'. cattle retake',
Which bad been lost erten the retrea,t curneeencA. On
the Ist inst. hlajor Warden had resumed to Bloem Fon-
tein, tor the purpote of raising as large 3 forest us pa,-
sible. having arranged for an atteek.upou Merest and
the TambookiPs on the 17,h of the mouth.
"On the eight of the 19 h, during the absence of the
petrel :Token of le, reafter. we were. celled to arms by en
alarm gtvfn from the Fingo kraals, end in a few miputes
the few troops the camp ciiuld then muster vverein inns;
some disposed for the protection of the placeP sud others
immediately on the -spot for the assistance ef the Fin-
goes. Short as the time was which bad elapsed, these
intrepid fellows had driven their assailants off without
.their intended seizure of cattle, and with the lose of one
man. They killed one of the enemy, S utos &sure, and
wounded another, who was found the following morning
disabled, and was brought to the hospital of the 6th Re-
giment, where he died about twelve o'clock. No informa-
tion could be extorted from him, except only that there
were 50 of them who attacked the kraals, and that they
would return again that night. On the same day a party,
consisting of Mr. Gillam, late of the 7th Dragoons, his
Wither, and two others, were attacked within a
mile.. and a half of the. camp, on their way
from Fort Murray,- by a party of Kafirs, and dread-
fully abused. Mr. Gillam was Wounded in sevenplaces
with their assegais, and still lies in a hopeless state.
One of the men escaped unhurt, but the other two were
each wounded, one very seriously, the other in the
hand. This ecourred on the line of road on which we
have hitherto had safe conduct, and, if reports • may be
believed, we may attribute the cause of this violence to
a spirit of revenge for some supposed insult rather than
to any falling off in the virtue of our friends and allies in
Pato's country. On Pato every reliance is still placed,
and with good reason, as with but slight escorts of the
levies we are almost daily gratified by seeing 30, 40, or
60 waggons loaded with every kind of provisions coming
safely into head-quarters, sometimes, indeed, accompa-
nied by Pato's people themselves.
"The chief Uwkye also continues faithful and of great
service to us. Oa the 18th he brought safely into
head-quarters several hundred sheep, 200 head of
slaughter-cattle, seven waggons laden with oat hay,
and several traders' waggons with merchandise. The
intentions of Krehi and Umhala are still very doubt-
ful, the former, it is believed, having hitherto been
deterred •from declaring war by the reported descent of
the Zeolas to cur assistance, and the latter appears to
be entirely under the control of Kreili. Perhaps the
success which has attended the efforts of the boers and
.burghers against the Temboekies, his neighbours, may
have a similar effect and keep them both quiet, although
on the 9:ti of the month we find some of their people
engaged with Mr. Joseph Read's patrols near the
Win.chbank, in company with those of Fedana 'and
Quesha mid 150 Hottentots. Li this insmwe Com-
mandant Read attacked and routed, with 80 men, a
force of the above-named parties 800 strong. •
" On the 25th of the month we were greatlY delighted
when we saw from the camp the patrols returning, which
bad been away ever since the 18th, and bringing along
with theni a beautiful herd of 1,000 fine fist cattle, evi-
deride Of success we had yet to be told of. His Excel-
lency the Commander-iu-Chief, early on the morning
of the 18th, moved on Fula White with the 2d division
under Colonel Mackinnon, consisting of three guns of
the Royal Artillery, commanded by Major Wilmot; two
companies of the 6th Regiment, under the command of
Lieut-CoL Stuart; the 73d Regiment, under the com-
mand of Lieut.-CoL Eyre; a squadron of the newly-
mounted levy, under Major Armstrong; those of the Cape
Mounted Rifles who were retained in the service, and a
number of the different levies, amounting in all to about
1,500 men, for the purpose of anticipating a daring in-
tention of the enemy. of which he had bad certain
information, to attack Fort Hare and rescue the Hotten-
tot prisoners now before a military tribunal at that
plate. Early the following morning his Excellency
marched on Fort Hare, expecting to fall in with the
force of rebel Kafirs and Hottentots which bad been dis-
patched from the Kat River to bring away from King
William's Town the deserters and traitors of the Cape
Corps to assist them in their intentions; and in his ex-
pectations he was not disappointed. About seven in tee
morning, when the division was about crossing the
Kieskamma in two columns, by the middle drift and the
one above itethe enemy was seen in various directions
on the right, making tor a mountain called the Hegu, on
the right bank of the river. Having commenced a par-
tial attack upon the right flanking column and been re-
pulsed, the enemy rapidly proceeded to occupy this
mountain, where they seemed to be in great force, when
a disposition for attack was instantly made by our Com-
maeder-in-Chief. Four columns were rapidly formed,
which, moving forward simultaneously, drove the
enemy' before them in one continued and gal-
lant rush, while Major Armstrong's tquadrcn
mounted levy, a party of the Cape Corps, and
the intrepid Fingoee, pushed round the mountain
and intercepted their retreat, and the whole body in a
mass, consisting of about 2,000 men, were driven out of
the mountain at all points, and 'aimed across the open
country between the Hegu and the great Amatola range
and over the river Int:weal, with a rapidity which pre-
vented the slightest resistance. Upwards of 50 were
killed, among whom were three of the Cape Corps de- •
serterse while on our side only one man of the levy was
wounded. On the 20th his Excellency halted at Fort '
Hare and trans acted business with Major Somerset. Di-
recting his route on the 21st along the foot of the
western Ametola range through the populous valley of
the Lim. on purpoee to provehe an encounter with the
enemy, the Commander in-Chief marched on Fort Cox,
burning the villages and devastating the country on his
march. Numb, re of the enemy were seen, but the con-
flict of the 19th seemed to have taught him a least n of
caution, as the troops without molestation from hum, '
reached Fen Cox, weere teey halted for a couple of
hours, anal then marched on Fort White. On tipproach-
irg the Deue Fiats a considerable number of Kafirs here
seen on the Kwatem ridge, which joins these flats to
the Amatolas, and were instantly attacked by
the mounted levy under Major Armstrong and
the eerie Corps, the infantry miring rapidly
ferwaid in rapport, nod the artillery taking
position es' high upon the ridge as practiceble.
A very hot engagement ensued with the mounted force,
which result( d in the enemy's being closely pursued up
the ridge to a corn-field, where they took reuge, being
well defended by a streng.nututal barrier of wood Ain
rock. In 'his strong vOtitiOn they were gallantly et-
teched by the mounted men, who dismounted to fight,
and by the Fingces aid levy, whit supported them with
tee utmost intrepidity, the whole animated to exertion
by their cotnmunder, Lieutenant-Colouel Cloete, De-
pute -Quarterrnieeter-Geheral. Hot, indeed, was the
tight, ter before the fl..tikis of the enemy wile turned
by en advance of portions of the 6th and 73d Regiments
under their respective commanders, Lieutenant-Colonel
Stuart and Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre, up a eterp and
diffictilt acteivity, and which was made with a rapidity
that would hardly be believed, they, had lost thirty-
seven men and a number of stands of arms. Their
flanks thus turned, they were eursued by the detach-
ments above mentioned, headed by their daring
leaders, through a dense mountain forest, which ex-
tended to the distance of three-quarters of a mile.
Here they gained an open and elevated country, and
the Commander-in-Chief then moved on and
crowned the high range of the Tab' Indods, the. troops
dispersing the enemy in every direction, and burning one
x.
of their mountain kraals. Night coming on, his E
celleocy ordered a return by the Kwahoo
ridge
dusk.
towards
Fort White, which was reached two hoursitha after
well-earned
Oa the 22d tie troops were indulged
and very necessary day's halt; andawt three o'clock the
following morning marched towards Old Fort Willshire
for the purpose of devastating the fertile country of Eno's
tribe and spoiling their cattle. Not long after daylight
the spoor of ants was discovered, leading 'towards the
KioikitUrna, opposite
soon came
above fort, and the troops
came upon numbers of them
dispersed in differentforwards,
directions. In two hours the
various Woofs were swept of their bellowing inhabitants,
and a beautiful herd of nearly 1,000 head of black cattle
was collected and driven off, it is to be hoped, as a reward
for their valorous and lade atigable conduct., About two
they reached Quibigha, snout ten miles. frOm Fort
White, batted and breakfasted, and arrived at the latter
place about an hour after dusk. In the capture of
the cattle lour of our men were killed and six wounded.
It would be difficult to .convey an adequate idea of the
terribly fatiguing nature of these operations, and yet
nothing can be done effectually unless they are carried
on rapidly and at distant points, coming down upon the
enemy when he least expects a visita from his foes. • On
the 24th the column baited at Fort White, not 'only that
the troops might have a necessary day's rest, but also
that the Kafirs might have an opportunity of collecting
themselves, and attempting it recapture of the cattle at
the 11-he Neck on the following day. His Excellency's
wishes on this latter point, however, were not realized;
the recent' defeats of the ettemy must have had rather a
stunning eflect, as the troepe marched on the 25th into
heed-quarters, about 2 P.M., without having even seen
a single Katie on the cley's 'long march. thus ter-
minated a moat lahoricus but most euccwitil
petrol. During the five dais the troops
,were
actueily tin the march they travelled a distaues„ of 126
mites under as but a sun as ever glowed upon a human
head in any ,country, and •etiffering from a MILL of
eater. Ou the 231 thee marched 26 miles heforehalt-
ieg either to eat or dritk, captured 1,000 head of •cattle
from the enemy, were constantly skirmishing fur at.
least 12 hours out of 16 they were on their feet, &nit:lg
which ilm they had merchA 36 miles, independent of
penetrating dente Woofs and lastnesees, and climbing
song and ptecipinius mountain ranges. Never,' say,
the Com nia uder-in• Chief in General .Ortiers, ' did
troops, eudining such heat sad thirsa march greater
distances in higher spirits; and his Excellency truats
that, by Continuing the lessons recently taught the sa-
vage, this labeirotoi war may speedily be brought to a
c.,neiti jou., Indeed, the engagement of thtillst-;:iiii the
Tab' Innoda Mquotain, ought to teach that neither
his bush, his mcuntaiel, 'nor his tote4ta, cogti bias
fray the sword of AA retribution, .•

" Rumours from the north are not of a very satis-
factory description respecting proceedings en Great
River. 'Nothing, however; authentic has yet, been re-
ceivee."

ADDITIONAL TRACES OF SIR JOHN

FRANKLIN.

The report that a cairn of stones, raised by Sir,John
Franklin's expedition,. had been discoiered in 'Jones's
Sound in 1848; by the Prince of Wales whaler, hal re-
ceived within these few days very distinct confirmation,
rendering the statement by far the most important—
presumptive or otherwise—which has yet reached us re-
sp.etihg the missing expeditii,n.
From the vulunta.ry testimony of one .of the seamen
engaged at Stri.mness fur the P,irce Albert, we have the
f.ll qvitic 'vets, elicited and taken dor.n in thri preairco
of. .';-r Keno.-tiy, the co mintier of that expedition, and
o.th, is; awl the statement is attested by tne ameman in
W ilti ,maMill:r, who' elm es that, it' required,
he would innito the mime upon oste. He states that he
was on hoard the Prince et Wales in 1848, when; early
in Septet:Wier, durintt very thick weather, they entered
(is they believed) Lancaster sound, and ;Leered west,
advancing slowly. The tog continutAl very heavy for
Some caps, when it suddenly lilted, and high land was
seen on the larboard side, over the mast head. The
captain, bt ing at first deubttul it it were, the loom of ice-
betg-I or of lurid, sent tt bout oil ro ascertain the fact, and
of this party Will!ana Aliilar lox mi-(1 one.
Hr states that on isi.dieg this walks of shoe prints
were distinctly visible it. the mud, above high water
mark; close by was a email cooking place, blackened by
fire. and a little further on a well-built cairn, about four
or five feet high, of which the party pulled away a few
stones, but being recalled by a aignat from the ship,
which wzs being driven on shore by the current,''Were
compelled to return on board immediately:
It was believed by the waster of the Prince of Wales,
the veteran Lee. of Hull, that be had advanced in a
Westerly evurse up this sound, a dtsiauce of nearly 15U
miles, under the impression that be was in Lancaster
Sound; but this belief was removed ou making his way
outward, and the doubt confirmed by passing (to th,
southward) the wide opening; and well•known hem:l4ll4
of Lancaster Sound. It became evident that he had
been in •the hitherto unexplored and more .northern
sound, named atter Alderman Jones, a passage which, it
has long been believed, leads directly into the sea north
of the Parry Islands. William Millar further declares
that, at this point the passage widened, and that an open
sea with islands lay before them.
.It is impossible to entertain any doubt that this cairn
-indicated the fact that some of Sir John Franklin's
party have visited the'spot in question,. and we can have
no hesitation in asserting that beneath the pile so nitro7
fully raised is deposited distinct information of his pro-
gress and future intention. As to the period of the visit,
we may assume either of two conclusions—first, that
during the detention of the vessels off Cape Riley (evi-
denced by the relics. brought home last autumn by the
Prince Albert) a boat party was sent to explore Wel-
liOgton Channel, and thus would arrive at the point in
qiiestion, lying, as it would appear, at the north-east
extremity of that channel—this supposition not impugn-
ini our belief that Sir John Franklin was then on his
way to the south-west, according to the first part of his
instructions. Secondly, we may suppose that hiving
failed in attempting to proceed in the south-west direc-
tion, Sir John Franklin had attempted the north-well_
teoey, prescribed to him as the alternative, and had gone
Weitington Chaunel, with the view of pestling west.
ward, leaving notice of his. intention at the point in
question. The latter supposition gives a more recent
ante to the shoe prints, though we are assured by Artio
travellers that similar marks endure wi,h distinctness
during successive seasons.

We repeat, therefore, that to the point in question we
may look for further and positive intelligence of Sir John
Franklin, and we trust that a vessel specially directed
thither will be forthwith dispatched. The point lies en-
tirely out of the beat of any of those now employed upon
the; search, and will most likely not be approached by
ani of them ;,for altbough Slr John Franklin, being upon
an exploring expedition, might detach a boat-party out
of bis .direct course, .those gone to seek .him would
naturally confine their search for traces of him to the
roar he was ordered. to pursue, and thus necessarily be
ignorant of the existence of those of which we write.
Whatever motives may have influenced the Admiralty
jin ilts abandonment of their intention to send a steamer
to 00 Arctic Sea this summer—and we will do them
the 'justice to believe that some other than those pre.;.
sensed by Admiral Berkeley to the House of Commons
have influenced them—whatever . motives we say,
have lain at the bottom of their unfortunate
change of intention, the time has arrived for revising
that decision, and happily it is not too late to do so.
It they need such support, the aid and counsel of
such men as Parry, Richardson, Sabine, Beechey, and
Scoresby can be obtained at a moment's notice, and to
these men can we look with confidence, that they will
advise no means to be rejected which -can throw any
light upon a question in which our national honour, MI
well as our deepest feelings of humanity, are involved.

ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB.
The second match of the season among yachts of this
clubs fur a very ele,;ant silver cup And cover, presented
by Allr. J. Wicks, the Vie, -Cr mmodote, came off yester-
day,, but owing t,) the unfavourable state of the weather
was ar from being so pleasurable to the company in at-
tendiruce as matters of this sort ordinarily are. The ar-
rangl'ments of the club had in every resptct been moat
excejient, but the very lowering appearance of the wea-
thern Monday and yesterday morning deterred many,
whom anticipation of first-rate sport would have been
specor., from "putting in an appvarance."
Tfollowing had been entered to contend:—_

Muse, 15 toils, Mr. George E. Browne—Red, with a
mouse on white centre.

Whisper, 19, Mr. Thomas Ereleigh—Blue, white, and
red.
Phantom, 21, Mr. Samuel Lane—White, red border.

Se ' ret, 25, Mr. RuLert Bell, jun.—Blue, with diagonal
red oss.
G at, 4; Mr. H. J. Smith—Red and blue.
Tit Meteor steamer bad been chartered by the club
for t e accommodation of the members and their friends,
and t e band of the 17th Lancers e ngaged for their
amus ment. The steamer was well fill, d, considering
the c rcumstance to which we hove alluded; besides
1
ynthis,
.Ino,
whit
the liem;ni steamer.
the Atalan, U
Para on, Lily k.f Drvon, Fleur de Lia, lerolir, and a
num rof 3 state, wire in attendance.

'1211) course to be sailed was from Frith to .the ChP *6
man Held and back, sod the Whisp-r wIA the fat, 4' '
the 4..cret being the next taken for choice; but a-citiritr"
desire was expressed to see what the little Gnaat,gb .1 ' ..
sidnetlhir.g upon the Whisper mould, could do, ' In
been liintcd that in light winds she might' be uaadietghaalad
to an eight or nii.e-ton boat.
nett boats all bin
rninuts to one . •k' at their stations, at ten
minutiee to one o'clock a lognal was fired to get in
readiness, w hich was followed by a drenching shower
of ra n. Th,, start was effected under the direc-
tion t M. Gowison, the able cileuiedore, at 12 hrs.
53 ini . 15 .ec.; tho wind being tit th, time extremely
oglit awl ciiii fly from the 'writ, were, but alter-
Warti veering 1., the eastvriiid !Awl makio* some beat-
ing - rk, which had hardly 6, cti , xpected 111 the course
j)
dowuwaid. Ali were iu trim and r.4cd in slmist an in-
stint, he l itti'.:4 being set with Wore then the usual alac-
rity. The Secret and Gus. bNitilk.d to the southward,
ard tdo ether three to tbe rerbwarci, but the course
taken iby the Secret put fits. 'it li to wino % aril, and she im.
rne,childy ate, wane wept in tidvai.ce of the whole of the
hid 0 i-t. Die Mauer had the worst station, as being
„,, ,L w I, uward, and was, moreover, hampered by e
brig hieh put her about directly after tie start. The
Whig er c7as a good second, the, Phantom third; mad,
orb° ,Il the Gnat really proved herself to be a wonderful
lade
i,
oat, she or
coursesoon felt astern of yachts so a
perior in n3eourerricnt. Board succeeded board and
reach , each, without any 'radiations, and they rounded
the Cliapinan head as follows:

hrs. min. SM.
Secret ••• ••• ••• 4 14 47
iWhisper ..• 4 23 49
'Phantom ... 4 35 16
,Mouse ... 4 43 45
They ;all turned very prettily, and as the wind was fa-
vourably up they set to work with flowing sheets to per-
form tile return journey, but had scarcely proceeded a
mile wk n the Secret, which had run over to the Kent
shore, got on tho Bhgh mid's, where she remained
nearly five minutes, but got off before her opponenti
came 9p, and thus Still retained the had. For a short
time the Whisper appeared t 9 be so near *a to place the
victor in the balance, but the Skeet shortly afterwards:
drew further ahead, and the yachts respectively main-
taining their position came in thus— _

i bre. min. sec..
§ecret ... ... ... 7 29 50
Whisper ... ... ... 7 39 50
Phantom
... ... ... 7 45 10
7 58 30
The cup was presented in due form, and received with
tillitubit. acknowledgment, after which the steamer re.
turned to London, and malgre the wet state of the Wes-
thee, the company appeared much to have enjoyed them.
selves, :the attention of the stewards, the excellence of
the refreshments supplied by Mr. Gore, and the reason-
ableneas of the charges giving universal satisfaction. It
was a time race, half a minute per ton being allowed.

W 2 Pd
public FREEHOLD LAID SOCIETY.--AA
adjourned irsTE
naleeting of the members and friends of this
soc iery,' resident in the neighbourhood of Holton, was held
at the Rosemary Branch Tavern, Holton, last evening, for
the purpose of making arrangements for the transmission of
subset ipauns from numbers in that locality; G. E. Dennes,
.Esq., in the chair. Mr. G. Huggett, the secretary, ex-
plained fully the objects of the society, which he s aced was
formed in August, 149, and enabled members to obtain land
in Middlesex, Surrey, Essex, Ker.t, sussex, Hertfordshire,
Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Hampshire. The land
was purchased, and retailed to the members at the wholesale
price, the subscription being 3s. a fortnight. Two estates
had been purchased, and the committee were in treaty far
others. Mr.-Farley was appointed tgent for the Buxton
district,' an.: it-was arranged that the members should meet
monthly, in order to orgabise a large branch in that popu-
1u us neighbourhood.

- CAPTURE OF A WHAL.E.—A whel-4 of very large
dimenNious Was taken On nide,' last in Great Alan's Bay, on
Abe coast of Connemara, and Lis capture was effected in
rather t,n un'scient hie manner. It appears the huge creature
pursued some fish into a 'narrow creek which was not wide
enough to -give him tuning room- and there he stuck, and
whenever he opened lai4 immense jaws his assuilaws poured
ill the cavity large stones until they tilled him to the teeth
with granite, an operation that took them a whole week to•
accomplish. In the end, however, they got a good supply 'of
blubber for their labour. —L ish Paper.

Loma eNITY.---1 "'`z is at prtsent living in the
High-striet, iu the paribh of Flt. Ann, Lewes, within the
space of about a quarter of a mile, in which the grammar
school i 3 situate, 33 persons between CO and 70 years of age,
20 between 70 and 80,.etx between so :and t.. 0, and .one be-
tween.%) cnd 1Q(), yee
,:tiiere have been only 101
funerals.orthe Pariihioaere, the poptagieu.
(Saes tOPre44