The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-06 00:00:00

POSTSCRIPT.

Monday (Noon), 30th Sept., 1850.
The apparent termination of warlike opera-
tions to the eastward was recorded by us in our
journal of proceedings with heartfelt satisfac-
tion. Sikonyella had been promptly punished
for crossing the boundary, and causing the death
of four persons. Molitzani, for killing 20, was fired
on, 15 of his people killed in a skirmish with our
brave soldiers, and 3,500 head of cattle, or thereabouts,
were taken from him, besides 10 waggons taken from
his allies. It struck us rather as a misfortune that
Sikonyella should one week be fined 300 head of
cattle, and a few days afterwards be presented with
250 by the British Resident—but not knowing the
circumstances of the case we presumed all was right.
We had great doubts of the policy of dividing the
cattle taken from Molitzani amongst the very people
he bad just plundered. It would, in our humble
judgment, have been as well, to say the least, to have
sold the cattle (if in condition, or able to be driven) in
a distant spot, and given the people other cattle or
value of some sort. But we were so rejoiced at what
seemed to be a happy result of all the measures lately
adopted, that we were resolved to avoid remark.
What was our surprise, then, as our fine fellows
came into Bloem Fontein yesterday, at three P.M.,
to receive accounts from the eastward, that soon after
the skirmish with Molitzani, the British troops returned
home by a route, giving a " wide berth" to the tribes
—that ever since the skirmish, the country has been
in a most excited state ; and we state it as a fact, that
Morocco, who so readily came forward to help our
troops against Molitzani, is now left single-handed to
maintain his ground against Moshesh's people ; and a
private letter from' the scene of robbery and murder
now before us says—" We have had awful doings here
of late. Morocco went out with Major Warden, at
the cost of bringing upon himself a war that is not
likely soon to end. He has lost 3,800 horned cattle
and 800 horses, not to mention the number of his
people who have been massacred. Is it possible
that our Government will leave him to recover his
cattle without prompt and efficient help ?"
Another letter from the same quarter, dated 10Sa-
turday Forenoon, Sept. 28, 1850," says—" The land
is in a blaze. Worse than ever."

REPEAL OF THE WINDOW DUTLES.—Lest evening
a meeting of the rate-payers of the parish of St. Mary's,
Lambeth, was held in the Vestry Hall, Church-street, to
adopt measures to obtain the repeal of the window-tax. The
senior churchwarden, R. Taylor, Esq., in the chair, read a
letter from the Hon. T. E. D'Eyncourt, Member for Lam-
beth, unable to be present from illness, but promising his
support to obtain the repeal of the tax. Mr. Williams, M.P.,
addressed the meeting. He had paid considerable attention
to taxation, and was prepared to say that none was so oppres-
sive and odious as the window-tax. Mr. Edwards, Mr.
Murrough, Mr. Rossetor, Lieut. Edwards, and other gentle-
men having addressed the meeting, resolutions calling for a
total and unconditional repeal of the window-tax were unani-
mously adopted, as also a petition to Parliament, praying
the immediate repeal of the window-tax, to be presented and
supported by the Members for the borough. Thanks were REPORTED ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN
voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. RAILWAY.--It was stated last evening that a coal train, e,om-
On Wednesday the Lord BiAllop of Exeter enter- posed of 49 trucks, having two guards, and drawn by two
tained at dinner, at Bishopstowe, a large party, among whom engines, had run into a goods train at Hatfield station, both
were the Earl and Countess of Wicklow, Lord Sinclair, the trains being on the up line. The guards of the goods train
i Venerable Archdeacon and Lady Caroline Berens, the Rev. were on the line with their signals, but the drivers of the two
ICanon Bartholomew, the Hon. and Rev. Henry Hugh and engines could not prevent the collision. The drivers of the
Lady Anna Maria Courtenay, Rev. Prebendary Ford, Mr. engines of the coal train are much injnred, and the two en-
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Joaceline Co4rtenay, *ingot wig some of the trucks, are quit* de3trVed*
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Wo observed in the yard that the keel and flooring
have been laid fur a noble vessel of 700 tons. Mr. Roy-
den is also building a small yacht, which is expected to
prove a clipper.—Liverpool Courier.

WHITBY, DEC. s.—The Mountaineer, of this port,
from Quebec, struck the East Pier in entering, and stove
her bow.