The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-03-11 00:00:00

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there are many thousand Zoola warriors, a portion of whom,
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is expected immediately at East London,

ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA.
WE received on Sunday, by the arrival of the Royal
'nil stenm-dlin Africa. Rvrie. commander, our usual

dispatches from New York to the 26th ultimo inclusive,
being thirteen days later than our last accounts via

Halifax.
The Africa, on this occasion, reports her own arrival at
New York on her outward voyage. She left the Mersey,
it will be remembered, at 11/, A.M., on the Ist ult., with

a very heavy cargo of merchandise, and and during her run,
rs. encountered severe weather. Ste reached New
the 15th nit., after a run of about 14

York at 9, P.M

From N

York, on her return voyage,

fter 1 o'clock, P.M., on the 21

during her passage moderately fine weather,
nd made Cape Clear at noon on Saturday. Holyhead
-s passed at 5 30, A.m., on Sunday, and shortly before
~:)n she steamed past, the Rock Lighthouse, after a run
of 10 days 11 hours—a fair average passage, During her

.
run she steamed occasionally at a very high speed, viz.,
on the 2d instant, 308, on the sth, 309, on the 6th, 315,
n the 7th, 312, and on the Bth. 318 miles per diem. On
rerformances were unusually low—
nilcs. She brought upwards of 80
000 dollars and £659 sterling specie on

other days 1

nd the usual mails

'", mean Baltic,t:e7o-fslh2ipdaysteam-shipan d e'cra, whichCambria,
ia,
days
2 i Comstock,
hours. .
Liverpool at 2, p.m., on the Bth ult., arrived out at
ltecoram,
oy both She
New Yolk at 11 50, a.m., on the 201 h ult., after a run,
:ommander, which left Cork on the 4th ult.,
would t^ke
~. It was con- rotted States steam-s!.ip Atlantic's cargo, also
-,m the operation of I arrived on the 20th, a few hours before the Baltic. She
.as between England an ved for the service the entire of the Atlantic's freight
overnment to reconsider the 1 anus of £3,000. She was announced to leave for
-A , ant ult was a confirma- Liverpool, on her return, on the Bth instant. The steam-
,o he governmen unless they . Washington,
~y would be proclaiming that ueen's
sitip Floyd, commander, left New York, for
:s avail in one part of her doininioi an in Southampton and Bremen, on the 22d ult., with 35 pas-
-as impossible to overlook the fact, that sengers, £6,000 in specie, and a fair freight. . The steam-
nost part a Catholic country, and that the ship Ohio, Shenck, commander, with San Francisco mails
, bad been chosen in unbroken succes- of January 15 ; Chagres, February 7 : and Havanna,
-at one time, it was true, prold- Februaryl7 ;-153 as.ene'ers and £45,000 gold dust on
p. „ ,
4 at another fostered and encon-
freioht • —arrived at NPv; York on the 22d ult. The
•-rial distinction; and, in ,
"*. were made in .team-ship Cherokee, \Vindle. from Chagre., February
' With by 10, and Kingstown, Jamaica, February 15, £125,000 gold
- - ~__. __ r--:-1.. .-,1 11 c ..,7.ennopre_ arrived at New York

ii I left

nnon, (

I with the T.

Ci I r,eei

1 the res

sit n, since the Reformatic
bited, at another tolerated
ratted. This constituted a

I would

and a b

innecessari
to enjoyed

at ult

I with the present bill, also on tb_. _
ith the rights and pri- On the Mis-sis-sipPi a steamer had been lost, by a colli-
Catholics of Ireland.
to house sanction the sion, with thirteen lives. The Liverpool ship Antartie
tmittee the second and had arrived nut, with 26 deaths on board, and 91 sick.
:ed from the bill. 1 r She was in quarantine. Steam navigation to Albany had
I would no longer be re-opened ; the usual starting point of the spring trade.

. .
---..a' Commodore Stockton had bCeil elected senator for New
......., against thee.
In reply to a ques- •Jersey in Congress. On the 24th ultimo two members of
~ air. Oswald, as to how far this Congress fought a duel near the capital. After one shot,
to tt, bishops of the Protestant episcopal the difficulty, which arose out of political acerbity, wits
. Scotian would say that they were not arranged.
~ at all in ii -of this bill; but still he From Hayti "-e have accounts which extend to the sth
that in law he - had no right to the ultimo. The Emperor was preparing to march against
ey assumed, but inestion upon which he
.. not then give a ver .. opinion. The right hon. the Dominicans. Coffee was selling at 10c., and scarce.
(met then concluded b) .ing that the second reading of The accounts from Havannah are to the 17th ultimo.
,de hill should he post ~med until Friday neA.—Mr. .1. The Spanish war steam-ship Caledonia, with mails from
STUART expressed his disappointment at the alterations, Cadiz, arrived nut on the 3rd ultimo, via Porto Rico and
vibich left the lii,l in no one respect like what they had been the Canaries : she left again on the 6th. On the 4th an
led by the noble lord at the head of the government to expect 0. lift was issued, requiring Don Francisco and Don Lucas
—null ue.—Mr. M. GIBSON said lis was not an advocate -
' Qtanlev's plan, for his own opinion was, that %ere Castro to surrender for trial, on a charge of visiting the
;.iaiioo at all upon the subject. He had said, United States with treasonable designs, and threatening,
`-'ate, those who_were so resolved should on disobedience of the command, to confiscate their pro-
. -J.--sir It. perty, Ike. Freights dull. Sugar, white, 9to 10 rs.
o.
-- iin - ~ ~
Molasses, 51 galls., 2 rs.
ht hon. ..--- A riot, arising out of the Fugitive Slave Act. had oc-
curred at Boston during a trial. The mob rushed into
the court and released the prisoner. President Fillmore,
in consequence of the disturbance, had issued a proclama-
tion, calling upon all well-disposed citizens, and requiring
the military to assist in enforcing the law.
The only proceedings of interest to European readers
in the American Congress relate to the Postage Bill,
which had been under discussion, but without any conclu-
sion being arrived at, previous to the departure of the
Africa. _ __ _._ .

relieved th

that era.

:taniey, and have t
1, that after what had taken plac

.11,0 must concur with the rig.... gentleman, (qtr
Gibson,) that the best thine they could do would be
nothing. The noble lord, by his bill, had, in the first instance
',red a composition of only Ms. in the pound on what migt
-n expected from his letter, but. as now altered, it woul
9d. in the pound. He believed the governmer
--~lied ere innz to bring forward a muc

M. i
to do 1

Mr. G. BANKES-1.11

ght it would
tiler than go

it not support the sfcend reading

out of the house tro.prevent his being caught in a
second reading of the bill was then postponed until

Jenny Lind had created quite a furore in New Orleans.
ar the first ticket of the first concert 240 dollars were

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

RENEWAL OF THE KAFFIR WAR

Another Kaffir war has commenced. which threatens to
be both bloody and protracted. A mass of papers from
that colons, down to the Bth January inclusive, are almost
entirely filled with renorts of the frizhtful doings of that

paid by a hatter, who previously had won Power's statue
of the Greek slave at a raffle; and the proceeds of the
first five concerts were about £20,000 sterling. She was
shortly to leave for St. Louis, having refused to visit Mo-
bile. She had met Father Matthew with whom she had
a long conference. Barnum had presented the apostle
with 500 dollars. _ _

hostile tribe. The governor, Sir H. Smith, was com-
pletely hemmed in by rte savage rebels at Fort Cox, and
Colonel Sfonerset, in endeavouring to open a communica-
tion with his excellency, was beaten back, with the loss of

SAFETY OF THE ATLANTIC.—When the steam-ship
Africa arrived at New York with accounts of the safety of

and desperate indeed
st a hand to hand con-
waver, with a heroism worthy his

several valuable officers and mei
was the strozgle. for it was alm

Ay through the enemy's forces, every
which he had to sustain a brisk and a heavy fire.
ertheie4s, escaped all harm._ A sharp affair also

name, fo

took place between the troops under Colonel Mackinnon,
and the Kaffirs, the latter commencing the attack. The
combat eventually proved successful to the arms of the
British officer, but it was attended at the same time with
a serious loss. The Kaffirs, it appears, exhibited a bold-
ness and a ferocity without parallel in any of their former
wars. They massacred, indiscriminately men, women, and

extraordinary. Thousands flocked to the pier ; and
when one of the officers mounted the paddle box. and,
with a speaking trumpet, announced " The Atlantic is
safe," a shout of rejoicing at once went up which made
the welkin ring, which was continued for several minutes.
During all this time the crowd grew larger. while many
of those who heard the glad news ran to tell it to their
families and friends. The people seemed literally wild
with excitement; but there was one who seemed supremely

children. an

destroyer

y fire three military viii

They seem to have prepared themselves for a death strug-
gle, in order to regain their forfeited possessions. They
have apparently entered upon a war of extermination, and
woe to the colony if it do not at once exert all its power
of resistance to the threatened danger. We subjoin ex-
tracts from the journals received, which will be rears with
painful interest.

. -
dock, who seemed, more than all others, anxioLs for the
fate of the Atlantic. She had a brother on bcar4, wl ois
engaged as fireman ; and so great has been I er ; nxiety,
that for several days she has almost entirely abstained
trom food. As soon as the news was pmclainned, a
shriek of joy went up from that female, who at once ran
for her home to convey the glad tidings of joy to her aged

mother, whose Enxiety had not been less than her own.
It is a long time since such a scene of excitement was
witnessed in Jersey City, and all, of every rank and con-
dition, male and female, partook of the general joy.. But
what shall we say of the excitement which the account of
the safety of the Atlantic created in New York, and

From the Cape of Go

ie. Jan. 3.)
and dis

d Ifepe Shipping Gaz
ed am►d un►versal gloom

The new year hai 91

tress. The post which arrived on the first nay or lots montn
brought the most lamentable news ever received from the
frontier. The slaughter of more than 30 British soldiers—the
massacre of 73 inhabitants of the military villages—the deser-
tion of the Kaffir Police, with their horses and arms—the
irruption of the Kaffirs into the colony, which they were
ravaging almost to Graham's Town—the proclamation of
martial law throughout the eastern districts—the governor
himself surrounded at Fort Cox by a horde of infuriated

especially in the lower part of the city ? No sooner were
the guns of the Africa heard than every one living on the
north side of the city hurried to the docks, in the neigh-

savages, well armed, and apparently desperate—these are the
most importtint facts in the dismal budget of intelligence
brought hy. the post of Wednesday last.
All these events happened within the brief space of four
days—from. the 24th to the 27th December inclusive. On the

-4.11, •oars•
nearly. 600 men. fur the purpose of making an attempt to
capture Sandilli. While passing through a narrow rocky
gorge of the .Keiskamma, about three miles from the mission

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information concerning this favourite vessel. The publi-
cation office of this paper was crowded to such an extent
that it was with great difficulty the gentlemen connected
with the establishment could find a way of ingress or
egress. From our establishment the excitement was
carried to all parts of the city. " The Atlantic is safe"
was announced from the stages of the different theatres.
The performances were temporarily suspended in those
places of amusement by the cheering which ensued ; and
out of doors the welcome intelligence was passed from
person to person that " the Atlantic is safe," until every
in the rite was aconainted with the gratifying in telli-

he was attacked by the Kaffirs, whom
..ups only dislodged after much hard fighting, in which
2 officers and men of the Cape Mounted Rifles and of the 6th
and 73d Regiments were killed and nine wounded. Among
the killed was Assistant-Surgeon Stuart, C.M R., (severely,)
and Lieutenant Catty, 6th Regiment, since dead. A consi-
derable number.of the Kaffirs were killed. It is mid that the
baggage of the dia:-.'aion was lost, and that the dead were

abandoned.
On the same day, 14,men of the 43d Regiment,three of whom
bed been sent on escort duty, and the others dispatched in
quest of them, were waylaid and murdered. Fort White was
attacked, and all the cattle collected by the contractor for the

troops were carried off.
(Jr. the following morning, it was found that the Kaffir
Police, SO in number, whose fidelity bad hitherto been relied

- • The governor on
sett a prociamation. placing the who'e of the
frontier districts under martial law, and calling upon all the
male inhabitants between• the ages of 18 and 50, and not legally
exempted, to enrol themselves for self-defence under officers

upon, had des
arms and a la

supply

that day las;

as suetr own cnosce.
During the 25th and the two following days, the Kars
appear to have been in complete possession of theopen country
along the eastern frontier. A troop of SO of Cape Mounted
Rifles, under Major Somerset, was sent to convey dispatches
from Fort Cox to thexoknly ; and even this strong party we
followed and fired upon. The police were obliged to abandon
several of their stations, which were burnt. Lieut. Campbell,
of the Kaffir police, is said to have been killed. The Kaffirs
appeared before Alice, but were repulsed with loss by the tape
corps, under Col. Somerset. Several waggons, it was reported,
had been captured by the gnffirs ; and large numbers of cattle
had been swept off by them, some from within a mile and a
hair Of G,aliatn'a Town. There were reports at the latter town
that Fort White had been burnt, and that there was fighting at
fort Hare, and one house burnt, on the 27th.
But the most deplorable news of all is that of the total de-
struction of the three military villages of Woburn, Johannis-
berg, and Auckland, in which more than 70 men, women, and
'hildren .were mas4acred. In former wilni the KatUrs have
,nerally spared women and children. It is said that they
lectured their intention of raking war only upon the

d that the F

gence. We confine ourselves within the it-of truth
and fact when we say that every man, woman, and child,
in our great metropolis, went to bed last night with a
" thank God" on their lips that the Atlantic was safe.—
New York Herald.

WEST INDIA MAIL.
The royal West India mail company's steam-ship Se-
vern, Capt. W. Vincent, has arrived with the 'Vest India
and Mexico mails. The Great Western having been late
in reaching Jamaica, on her way to Vera Cruz and Tam-
pico, it was thought the Severn would not have arrived so
early. On the 4th instant, when about eight hundred
miles from the Land's End, the Severn broke her port
engine, but repaired the damage, and got to work again
within thirty-two hours after the accident bad occurred.
She brings 63 passengers, 118 serous cochineal, 32 serons
indigo, 23 serons jalap, 114 bales sarsaparilla, and twelve
packages sundries. Specie valued at 3,223,526 dollars, of
which 51,000 are on account of Mexican dividends, pla-
ting, value 1,750 dollars, and pearls, value 13,100 dollars.
The Californian mails for Panama had not reached Chagres
when the Severn left.
The Conducts, with specie for Tampico, expected down
the latter end of January, had not arrived when the Great
Western called off that port on the 4th February last,
owing to a slight disturbance in the interior ; but then all
was quiet, and it was expected to arrive near the end.of
March. The Conducta, for Vera Cruz, arrived at that
city on the 6th of February. All the specie for the Mexi-
can dividend and on merchants' account for England was
shipped by the Great Western.
From Jarra'ca accounts, dated Feb. 14, we learn by Dr,
Beveredge, R.N., a passenger by the Severn, who volun-
teered to go out and act when the cholera was raging
fearfully in the West Indies, that it is now happily con-
fined to the western part of the island. The Windward
Islands are entirely free from cholera. Dr. Milroy, the
Sanitary Commissioner sent from England by Lord Grey,
arrived at Jamaica on the 28th January, and proceeded
immediately upon a visit of inspection through the island.
At St. David's (Jamaica) serious riots had taken place
at the election for a member. Mr. Portenous and Mr.
Nernes were the candidates, The former was returned
by a bare majority of one. The riot resulted in the death
of Mr.M`Lean, clerk of the vestry, and another person.
It had been stated that the mob were excited to act thus
to prevent the return of Mr. Portenous. The affair had
created much excitement. The press insulged in violent

recriminations.
From.Barbadoes, we learn that an act for taking the
census on the 27th. June next had passed the legislature.
A bill for administering into hond, for refining, Portoks
sugar and molasses, the produce of the Sister Companies;
had, been rejected,
The crops are proceeding briskly. Fine showers had
The weather was very favourable for sugar-making;
and much activity in shipping prevailed.•

INDIA AND CHINA.

ANTICIPATION OF THE OVERLAND MAIL

BOMBAY, FEB. 3.—The Punjanb is perfectly tranquil.
Assam and Scinde had suffered from slight incursions of
the adjacent predatory tribes. A party of the tribe of
Agami Nagas had murdered three British subjects, and
carried away 22 men, women, and children. A stronger
force would he sent against them.—Sir C. Napier left by
this mail. He stated openly at Bombay that he resigned
because he-found he really was not Commander-in-Chief,
and that he was dictated to by boy politicians ignorant of
military science. The claims of the Nizams have not vet
been enforced. Serious disclosures were being made re-
specting the lands on the North-Western Bank of India.
A very destructive fire broge out at Rang• oon on the 28th
December, and destroyed nearly the whole of the town.
Two thousand houses were utterly consumed, and the fire
occasioned great loss of shipping in the river.
CHlNA.—There still prevailed great sickness amongst
the troops at Hong Kong, although the shipping and civil
community remain remarkably healthy. The 50th Regi-
ment lost upwards of thirty men within the year, and
scarcely 100 men of the regiment could be found in a
really effective state of health. The report of Commis-
sioner Lin's death is confirmed. The government troops,
it is said, have obtained some success over the insurgents
in Quansi, but another disturbance had broken out in the
Island of Hainan, where 10,000 insurgents are in arms.
Two bodies of troops were sent against them, but the first
fraternised, and the other was beaten and dispersed.
Meantime the cholera had broken out in Hainan, and
after raging fearfully two months, extended to the main
land, and commenced its ravages in the Qung Tong pro-
vinces. The Chinese authorities had captured the pirates
who murdered a Swedish missionary, and beheaded 28 of
them.