The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-18 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.—We have much pleasure
in announcing that the Royal Mail steamer Clyde has ar-
rived at Falmouth, the following dispatch having been for-
warded from Plymouth :—" By the Sir F. Drake steamer,
just arrived from Falmouth, we learn that as she was leaving
at eight o'clock this (Thursday) morning she saw the West
India mail packet-ship Clyde entering that harbour appa-
rently short of fuel."
We understand that the banquet at the Mansion-
house on Easter Monday will be given this year with
an unusual degree of splendour; upwards of 350 have ac-
cepted the invitation of the Lord Mayor and the Lady
Mayoress, and among the number several of the Foreign
Ministers, many of the nobility and Members of Parliament.
On the 24th inst. there will be a private dinner party; and
in the evening the Lady Mayoress will give her third soiree
dansante to about 200 additional visitors.
EXCHEQUER CHAMBER IN IRELAND.--The Bill
brought in by the Attorney-General for Ireland and Sir W.
Somerville, further to explain and amend the Act of last
session for the regulation of process and practice in the
superior courts of common law in Ireland, has for its object
to extend to the Court of the Exchequer Chamber in Ireland
the provision contained in that act by which power is given
to the judges to alter and amend the code of practice
and pleading in the superior courts of common law in
Ireland. A clause is proposed to be inserted in committee
limiting the time for claims for compensation to officers of
the Exchequer Chamber to six months after the passing of
the Act.

THE NEW ROUTE TO NORTHERN EUROPE.—
LowEsTorr, FRIDAY.-Last night the royal mail steamer
Prince, Captain Hart, entered this port on her second return
voyage from the Danish coast, having left Hjorting at half
past three o'clock the previous evening. The trip having
been thus made in about twenty-seven hours against
a strong head-wind, the anticipations of the capa-
bilities of the vessel, as expressed in our notice
of the experimental trial last week, have been amply real-
ized. So, too, have all the expectations formed re-
specting the advantages arising to the condition of the
cattle thus conveyed, as compared with the deterioration
they experience by the tedious route vies Hamburg and
the Thames, and of course still more as contrasted with the
yet greater sea distance between Copenhagen and London.
The Prince last night brought 1.5 bullocks, four horses,
and 93 pigs, none of which appeared to have suffered in the
least from the journey. On the previous Thursday
the Prince conveyed hither 6'J head of cattle and 162
pigs, the condition of which may be inferred from the
circumstance that the former realized at Smithfield an
average of upwards of 11. per head beyond the prices brought
by similar cattle that had arrived by way of Hamburgh.
This pecuniary gain—the same ratio being observed as re-
gards pigs—added to the very considerable saving effected in
the cost of carriage by the short route of Lowestoft, will at
once demonstrate the peculiar eligibility of the latter port
for the important provision trade now rapidly springing up
between England and Northern Europe. Beside, the live
stock just enumerated, the Prince brought, on her first
voyage, 160 barrels of pork and 60 barrels of beef; and last
night a smaller quantity, including a portion of hams and
bacon.

APPREHENSION OF A GANG OF THIEVES.--At the
Bristol Police-court, on Thursday, five persons, who gave
their names as Mary Dowd, Ann liockett, Mary Ann Stuck,
Edward Newman, and Samuel Bailey, were finally examined
on the charge of being engaged in various extensive silk
robberies, which have been committed during the past week
in that city. It appeared that the three women would go
together to a shop and look at la piece of silk or satin, pur-
posely giving as much trouble as they could, in order
t 6 get the counter covered with pieees of silk, and
while two kept the attention of the assistants engaged,
the third would filch a piece from the counter and
conceal it about her person. In this manner they
contrived to reb about eight or ten of the principal shops,
taking care to make a purchase at each to elude suspicion.
The manner of their detection was singular. A few days
ago a man and a woman called at a beerhouse and left a box
(without address) to be called for; but the robberies getting
wind, they thought proper to abscond, and after the box
had been at the public-house a few days the two male pri-
soners called, and said the man and woman who had left the
box had gone to London, and desired them to call for it.
The landlord, however, refused to let them have it, and they
went away, but returned next evening. In the meantime,
hearing of the robberies, the landlord communicated the
circumstance to the police, and Mr. Superintendent
Attwood, with three constables, were in attendance,
and seizei the box and took the men into custody. On
opening the box it was found closely packed with a large
assortment of splendid silks, the produce of the various rob-
beries, and which could not be k orth less than 701. or 801.
The three women were watched and apprehended in the
streets. On being searched at the station-house three large
bags were found on them, and in that attached to the per-
son of Dowd was a piece of stolen silk and some other articles.
Mr. Freeman, of College-green, identified 170 yards of the
silk found in the box, and the whole of the remainder was'
identified by Mr. Gregory, of Wine-street, Mr. Minifie, of
College-green, and other tradesmen. The women, who
offered no defence, were committed; and the men were re-
manded for further evidence.
THE SOCIETY OF ARTS AND THEIR ABANDONED
CONTRACT FOR THE ROYAL EXHIBITION BUlLDlNG.—Yes-
terday Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P., the arbitrator, and
the parties interested in this case held their first meeting, in
the Commissioners'-room, in the House of Lords, to deter-
mine the amount of compensation to be paid to the Messrs.
Munday, the contractors, in respect of their contract with
the Society of Arts for erecting the Royal Exhibition,
which it will be recollected was subsequently abandoned in
favour of Mr. Paxton's design, in deference to what was
felt to be the general opinion of the public at the time. The
meeting was attended by Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P. , as
sole arbitrator ; Mr. W. Cubits, F.R.S., one of the Royal
Commissioners, with Mr. E. G. Bowring and Mr. Dilke ;
Mr. Tooke, the solicitor to the Society of Arts; Mr. Maule, of
the Treasury, with Mr. Welsby, as counsel; Mr. Drew, with
Mr. Montague Smith, as counsel for Messrs. Munday ; and Mr.
Meyrick, as solicitor for the arbitrator. The case rests upon
the following facts : In November. 1849, Messrs. Monday
entered into a contract with the Society of Arts for the erec-
tion of the building, and undertook to provide a large sum
for prizes, &c., taking their chance of being remunerated
from a share of the receipts, and in pursuance of this con-
tract they placed 20,0001. at the disposal of the society, by
whom it was retained for nearly eighteen months, although
the society had abandoned the contract, upon the understand-
ing that the compensation to be paid to Messrs. Munday
should be settled by arbitration. The matter has been pend-
ing since February, 1850, and is now referred to Mr. Robert
Stephenson as the sole arbitrator, under a subsequent agree-
ment of reference, ba, ed upon the original contract. The
proceedings not being concludedyesterday, were adjourned till
Wednesday next, it appearing to be the wish of all parties
that a question of so much interest to the public should be
determined without delay.

That only may properly be said to be a long life
which draws all ages into one; and that a short one, which
forgets the past, neglects the present, and is solicitous for the
time to come.—Eliza Cook's Journal.

STONEHOUSE-LANE MIIRDER.--PLYMOUTH, APRIL
17.—Bartholomew Harrington, who was convicted at the
last assizes of the manslaughter of William Ambrose, and
transported to the penal settlements for life, made a full
confession on Monday last, before William Miles, Esq., one
of the county magistrates. In the course of his statement
he said he was out on the night of the fatal occurrence,
in company with a man named Timothy Donovan, who was
examined before the magistrates on the charge of murder,
but discharged for want of sufficient evidence. They in-
sulted several persons, and at length met with two men
Ambrose, the deceased, and a friend—walking arm-in-arm.
One of them was drunk. Donovan went behind the men,
and gave one of them a blow on the head, which caused
him to fall forward. They then made off together, and
thought nothing more of the matter until the next morn-
ing, when they ascertained that the man Ambrose bad re-
ceived a mortal blow, and was lying in a most precarious
slate. The convict moreover said that on the following
afternoon "I went with Michael Crennin, and says he,
' What's that Timothy Donovan did last night?' He came
in and went under my bed ; with that Donovan came for-
ward and said, struck that man, and am afraid have
hurted him, and if the police find it out, I am sure to be
punished fbr it, and don't either one of you have any-
thing to say about it. I was drunk or I should not have
done it.' A few days afterwards Donovan sent for me,
and said, I hear that that man is dead I struck the other
night; if you are brought up for it, stand out ?ill death
before you tell it, for I did not mean to kill the man at
all.' " This confession will cause another investigation to
be made.

THEATRICALS AT DEVONSHIRE HOUSE.--The
ama-
ten: theatrical performances appointed to take place at De-
vonshire House at the end of this month have, with the con-
sent of the Queen, been postponed till the 15th of next
month, in deference to the feelings of Bin Charles Dickens,
whose infant daughter died on Jilonday last. It is stated that
the audience of these performances will pay five guineas in-
dividually for their seas; and that the name of the Duke of
Devonshire heads the list of payments.
PHOTOGRAPHY.—Among other applications made
of the photographic processes, some very satisfactory at-
tempts have been made in this country to impress designs
upon wood for the purposes of the engraver. By this means
the object will be copied at once on the block, and the labour
of drawing avoided, as the wood-engraver n#ll at once pro-
ceed with his work.--Art Journal.

OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Last evening, Mr. Henry Russell gave a vocal and
pictorial entertainment at the Olympic Theatre. The
first part consisted of a pictorial and descriptive re-
presentation of the prominent features of an emi-
grant's progress from England to the far west of
America. Tho emigrant ship, the parting from Old
England, the broad Atlantic, the incidents of
the passage, and the wonders cf art and nature in
the new world, are passed in review by means of a
moving panorama, so as to give the spectator a good
idea of the scenes themselves, without the toil and in-
convenience of travel. The illustrations are from
sketches taken in America by Mr. Russell himself,
and the scenes are always interesting, and often
vividly effective. Anything wanting to increase the
reality of the progress is supplied by Mr. Russell.
Ample fund of information is gleaned for the
most part from personal observation, with which he
contrives most agreeably to entertain his audience.
A song or an anecdote, alternately grave and
gay, enlivens his descriptive relations of Ameri-
can life and manners ; and while by his novel re-
presentations, imparting valuable and interesting infor-
mation upon a subject of the greatest social interest, he
contrives to keep his audience in the best of humours.
" The Ship on Fire," " The Gambler's Wife," and seve-
ral of Dr. Alackay's poetical compositions were given
in his usual effective style. The second part of the
entertainment is of painful interest. The pictorial
history of the horrors and cruelties attendant upon
slavery and the slave-trade. "It is," Mr. Russell
states, " a subject upon which he has set his heart."
The atrocities attendant upon the capture and removal
of the negro are vividly depicted in a succession of
pictures remarkable for their fidelity and effect, and
they are accompanied by a lively and stirring oral
description of the scenes portrayed. The Anti-
Slavery Convention effected much for the aboli-
tion of this trade, which is a stain upon human na-
ture; but if the public can be induced to patronise
Mr. Russell's effort, and they ought to do so, he will
have the satisfaction not merely of amusing an audience,
but of aiding probably more efficiently than by any other
means, even those employed by the convention, in excit-
ing a feeling of detestation against this horrible traffic.
Upon the whole, the entertainment is one of the best
things that has been offered to the metropolitan public
for some time, and we heartily wish it success. The
entertainment was throughout loudly and deservedly ap-
plauded, and the theatre was well filled.

APRIL 18, 1851.

' "In Albeny predatory parties of Kafirs had done
much mischief, but had been most persevt 101;
lowed up by the volunteer company of Rangers under
Mr. Stubbs, who have been almost constantly in the
saddle. An account of their pouncing upon a WI,,
who were taken by surprise and half a dozen shot Dt
their first fire, is given in the papers. At one 00,9
was supposed that at least 2,000 Kafirs were on Wet
Zuurberg and in the Addo Bush, as a small party
burghers from Uitenhage was beaten back with the loss
of one of their number, Mr. Franz, who was shot in the
leg and afterwards assassinated; but it seems probable
that their numbers did not exceed 200 or 300. The I)°s
to and from Graham's Town to Port Elizabeth is always
strongly escorted.
" The eighty Kafir convicts removed from the 711urd;
berg-rOad station to Port Elizabeth for safety, were sau
by request of the inhabitants, by the magistrate theme Mr. Lloyd, to Cape Town in the schooner Emeraldr
there being no building in the town considered sufficiently
secure without keeping a guard over them day and nigh'
The Government, however, declined to receive thetnp 130
8
their removal was illegal, and they went back in !,h
same vessel, and are now quartered in Port Elizaue`..
Barracks. On the 19th of February a dozen of weggn
unescorted, from Port Elizabeth, were captured au,e
plundered of merchandise, &c., by the Kafirs on terf
Quagga Flats, near Graham's Town, who also drove o
112 oxen. This, however, is the fault of their oval
who wished to save expense. A notice has been issue
that all gunpowder sent by private individuals without°
sufficient guard would be confiscated.
" The Zulus were not permitted to leave Natal on Bi.
count of apprehension being entertained of an uttgleg
from Panda during their absence.
" Whether the present war be speedily finished orf
much prolonged, it is certain that a considerable bodYce
military, consisting of troops suited to the peculiarities s
of this irregular warfare, must be maintained, and
the inhabitants of the frontier must be armed and truzu`
to insure their future safety from Kafir aggression uun' s
l,
the power of their chiefs be entirely at an end; and 6
exercise of authority on their part over a tribe engaging
in war with the colony should be made punishable ,
transportation to Mauritius or hard labour upon tile
roads. _

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"In consequence of some misunderstanding, and P 0,
bably of the delay of the dispatches containing in ;))
count of their excesses, hostilities against the Shiloh 1
eurgents were temporarily discontinued by orders from
head-quarters; but the true state of the case becoMl
known, Sir Harry Smith issued a nroclamation tb'
22d ult., declaring them guilty bellPzei_eai a.
giving these misguided men the o' inity of proesf 0.
ing to Whittlesea and of laying down their arms, etat;D
that otherwise they will still he regarded as enemies.

(From the Graham's Town Journal Extra, Feb. 25')/,
GLORIOUS NEWS..--DECISIVE VICTORY OVER VIZ SS
RIVER REBELS.
(Extract from the Journal of the Commandant Walter
Currie.)
MANCAZANA.
Thursday, 20th—All hands got under way at suoril
nothing particular occurring. Moved up Water t
to its source. Outspanned to breakfast under Busheec",
Started again about twelve. Passed old Bear's-dacei
all burnt to the ground; and pulled up at Kalil Wes
for the night. Heugh's and Ziervogel's Burghers 11„
a-head of us all day, and are out of sight in the dir.
tion of Post Retief.
Friday, 21st—Started at daylight. Reached Retiefnioll
about three hours, and found mustered there about Bvoo
men, mostly mounted (200 Fingoes, 200 English, 410
Dutch). Mr. Wilson held service in the morning•
the afternoon had a meeting of the Commandaote•!l:o
decided on the manner of attack. A general acmes '
be made to-morrow at daylight. General Somerset,
with 1800 men, will come from Fort Hare on
Armstrong, while our men, under their respective comma
mandants (for a wonder all unanimous), move upolll6lll.
four, within two miles of Armstrong.
22d—Started when the moon rose, about We-
o'clock, and reached the rebels, both Hottentots 013.
Kafirs (Hermanus's Kafirs), at Balfour, at daylight
The Kafirs were taken by surprise, and for about on
hour we had it all our own way, until supported by is '°d
of rebels from Fort Armstrong, when we were °Wig%
to defend ourtelies, and make two or three charges
clear some reeks, whence the enemy were annoyiug,tl
and about twelve o'clock we drove the enemy into c°,
Armstrong helterskelter, where we were met by Me.o".
General Somerset, with about 1,400 men and two On;
non ; and in less than two hours after the fort rl9O
carried, sacked, and burnt down; and altogether we bane
made a pretty example of the Kat River people of rota
post.
In the Burgher force with us we had four killed 811.,
~,1
14 wounded. many horses shot dead and a great 103°
wounded. I have only found 90 rebels dead but "
course many must have fallen, and• many be wounded
unknown to us. Two fellows held on in the tower
j
until this morning, when they were capture,'
in spite of their teeth, and are to be shot ja3Plei
diately. A great number gave themselves up both its
night and this morning (the 23d)--at least 200 rebel
among them two Englishmen, Adani Paravaghter, u!„
many other fellows I know. What is to be done with
them I know not. I don't think the Hottentots will fig
any more. None us of are hit, nor any of the Bowkerg!
but hot work it certainly was. Two of my party's horses
were shot storming a position the Hottentots be);
Young Niland was with me when shot dead. Had it
not been from some cowardice—l will not say
%OIL,
'"
just now—but Dutch and a few of my Graham's Told.",s(
boys, not so many of us would have been hurt. Five
my men from town (named Manual Thorp, -Willis";
Edwards, William Noble, Frederic Noab, and Kirkman)
in the hoar of danger deserted and fled, with a numb
of Dutch, in the direction of Post Retief, and have not
been herrd of since. I only hope they will be eat at/
a man. They might have been the cause of sometllolo
serious.

We have made a splendid example of this lot of rebnig'
We captured a great many horses, cattle, sheep, goal,
waggons, and plunder of all kinds.
You may publish the names of the deserters of mine'
They should be brought to justice by the public.
I would not for 1,0001. have missed this }mina,
The two Carlisles behaved well, and young Bertram ow
mirably.

OFFICIAL REPORT.
(From Graham's Town Journal.)
FORT ARMSTRONG, FEB. 23.
We took Fort Armstrong yesterday morning at 1-#
o'clock, having stormed it with the Cape Mounted Rifle*
headed by Major Somerset, supported by burgher*
volunteers, and levies. The Burghers were fighting
from day-dawn until I joined them. I was attacked be.t
fore dawn at Chumie Ridge by a body of the Hottentot-1
having two men and two horses wounded. Tbis delayed
me an hour and a half, and I did not join the burghers
until half-past 10. The fort was in possession of the
enemy. We then stormed it with Cape Mounted It
I shelled the fort for some time. The rebels then mixe
themselves up, with the women and children. The
greatest trouble I had to contend with was to separate
the women and children, and to save them froze
destruction, before we could storm the place. The wee
in the tower would not surrender, but kept firing We
us out of the portholes. We could not take it. I wag,
obliged to blow it up with shells. They fought despe:
rately in the fort after it was stormed. We killed 27
Kafirs and Hottentots in the fort, 9in the tower. The
Burghers had a desperate fight before I came up—three
men killed and 14 wounded, with Fingoes. They had t°
contend against thousands, and fought most bravely.
have four men dangerously wounded, and four horse°
killed—Sergeant Pitt badly shot through the leg; also
Daly, and two native soldiers. I have upwards of 160!:
prisoners, 70 to 100 stand of arms, 400 women and
children. I have destroyed the fort and all its contents!
We have several waggons, but very few cattle but whitt
fell into the hands of the Fingoes. Sandilli was 11!-
Philipten on the 21st, and,gave his orders to the rebel
commanders, and it is supposed went back. I am bus);
to-day, arranging about prisoners and women 50'
children. I lieve the rebel bands are much broken
up, and gone off to the Amatola, but we had so hard
a day yesterday I have not gone out to-day.
.1
shall
clear the Eland's-river country to-morrow, and try and,
get to Eland's-post. This I think will break the neck of
this rebellion. I have all their women and children,
and shall keep them, which will bring the men out. I
send this express to calm the mind of the public. I have
not received the Commandant's report, but shall do so in
a day or two.
The brave conduct of the Burghers is beyond all praise. The whole colony is indebted for its salvation
to the conduct of these Burghers for the last six weeks,
particularly yesterday.
11. SOMERSET.
oft2i: off
February,
from
Fort rm
To Lieutenant Colonel Sutton, commanding
at Fort Beaufort.
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