The New York herald., 1851-09-30

most powerful c0mmunlte6 IN Jno WOrl0. Duy tho
public here does regard, with alarm, the hcessant
liabilities disorg ganization and to war, which
every civilised state might be less exposed
to, were attempts Of such character ~ Lopezs to
ss X the Rows. Of nation ,S
parties to such attempts happened to come. am
inclined to think that We should have been forward
enough to join in any appeal suggested By the vo-
lent deaths of fifty American citizens, had they been
taken under any other circum stances than those in
which these unfortunates were, or were assumed
(by the Spanish authorities) to be found; / must
really impress upon you the fact, however, that upon
name-there prevails but one feeling among Eng
lisbmen of all ranks. Even those whose notions Of
the rights as well as the laws of independent States
are NEST rigid and severe protest that the Spanish
enforcing that law, for the vindic alton Of those
rights, to so extreme and barbarous penalty. And
without reference to the possible results which that
horrible Transaction may yet bring down upon old
tioLs proving unsatisfactory, and leaving the mat
ter to the of stener srbtrament the
gallant constancy with which the sufferers met their
hasty doom, has extorted one general feeling of
defenders, ct least Of the cause-whether that
just or mistaken one, for which they like heroes,
and are very likely to be emembered as martyrs !!
AS to the expedition ITSELF in which the Times di-
ates With all the angry yshsmenoe Of its intuitiSe
lies in the mouth Of whig ministers to cry down
American sympathisers with the cause Of free inst
tutions, after the direct sgement they them
selves gave to the determination Of q hberating
British army in the internal affair and civil
of Spain, and the magnificent rewards which Lord
Palmerston secured to lis chief General Sir DE Lacy
Evans.
Hope has been of . character little fattering to
the convictions in which all nursured, here,
of our nvincible military superiority. Not that
there is the slightest reason to question the stesdi
oxA VI Uh hfcbf fha ma Itab
regular troops have conducted themselves through
out the very harassing service to which they have
be exposed in their host lie operations against the
Cafres, ever since Sir II srry Smith assumed the
civil well Is the military command OF the Col
ony, but it is very certain that they have sustained
in their conflicts with overpowerng masses Of q
rude but skilful enemy, some di,comhtures that
considered to imply very defective generslship on
the part of the hero Of Aliwal 1t is true, that
Sir Harry is mserably in want OF forces adequate to
the enor nous line of operation he has undertaken.
How far he was justified in embarking upon it with
no greater disposable strength than the troops
within his government ut the commencement Of
last year, and more available resources to reckon
upsn the reinforcements which the authorities ct
beme here, might be inclined able to send out to
hin, is a different question. II was evident, from
the first, to all experienced men, especially to those
Who we're best acquainted with the Caffre charac-
ter,-its predatory impulses, and its instructive
fsithessness-that in relying upon Sandilo, and
Krelli-on the attachment Of this Chief the for
bearance Of that, he was only leaning upon broken
reeds Sir Harry incurred just reproacd, and even
Iidicule, here, by the miserable taste Of the
sort Of serious pantomime he figured in, when
he cosed, as he imsg med, the Catfre war (but it
Was only the first campaign of the war;, by actually
extenirg his toe to be kissed by the stalwart bar
harlan leaders, whom he had summoned to his camp
to do homage to Queen Victoria and the English
government, by kneeling to a couple of old dra-
goon helmets, stuck upon poles II Is we'll known
that the chiefs who were subjected to this indig-
nifty never forgot the insult; aud the survivors
never omit an opportunity OF avepging themselves
for it. The recent massacres Of English settlers
in every part of the Britt h dominons in South
Africa, particularly the recent affairs between
Fort Beaufort and Graham's Town, and Utter
berge, at which latter place Major Warden was
repulsed by the Csfres in the very heart Of the
ere t6is Sir Harry would have retrieved, by some
brilliant coup de main, the uplucky follies have
referred to. But, by the advices brought by the
lat two three mails, he appears to be reduced to
q state Of comparative inaction. His system Of
dividing his forces into large columns Of double
patrols is successful, to the extent Of capturing
many thousands Of heads Of cattle from the
treating Cafres, but sipgularly unfortunate to the
colony in its ulterier results. We find, to-day, at
one Ioint, General Somerset dispensing and driv-
ing out Of their mountain holds. some noted Csffre
chief, and, tomorrow, Col. Mackinron oderating
in the keiskamma with equal success; but, next
day, the routed chiefs and their ferocious bands
are in full force between the most central and
stropgest towns We possess. At mountain fast
ness, called Proamberger, Dutch missionary, M.
Albeit, very cleverly succeeded in indu ,ing the
Cafires to walk out of the mountain aud depart,
armed. The revolted Hottentots, who had accom-
panied the Csres, and actively aided them In their
work Of spoliaticn ard massacre, were obliged to
surrender. Their lives were sparet, but, 1t /,
naively sdded, "they were obi sed, on the spot,
to take masters" very significant evidence as to
the consistency and aisinterestedness Of that anti
slavery an anti slave holding cry, which Is raised
Just as loudly q, the Cape as in any other part OF
States cf the Union, Brazil, &c hope you win
admire with me all the force Of the mitgatory
phrase. The Hottentots were not made slaves Of (;
they were only obliged "to take masters"
From the unexpected insurrection Of the Hotten-
tets, and the frightful ou.rsges with which they
have followed up their revolt agans; British au-
thority, We may anticipate for tae American pub
lie, think, tome modification Of the horror and
Of your whites to the tastes, the habits and (wors
Of alD the color Of the black races We have little
Lews Of any good from our other colonies, II We ex.
cept British Guiana, where revenue and trade are
i'm pr owing, and New South Wales, whore the new
gold field Is reported to be certainly Of enormous
extent and incal;ulable yield. / cannot help di-
rectng your attention, by the way, to the remsrks-
bic confInation which the features Of the Aus
trslsn gold field afford to the ssgacity Of the
earliest American diggers at the Californian ex-
plorations. These latter, as well as more recent
and successful adventurers affirmed that the best
yield Of gold was TO be found always IN qua tI
sratitcat1ors. Like tne nnest Roid OF the bral
chain in Siberia, perceive that this discovery In
New South Wales has for its theatre geological
formation, described as whitish gneiss and quArtzy
rock. The question Of the ultimate bearings OF
this wonderful gold aeveopement on prices all over
the world Is surely assuming, every day, more
serious and urgent claim on our best attention,
ard propose, shortly, TO consider that subject.
Great dissatisfaction is expressed at the positive
Instructions our government has given TO the EXIT
bition Com missioners, and the unaltered deter
miraiion Of the latter to pull the building down.
The Russian collection begins to be packed up to-
morrow, and by the llth Of next month tbs splen-
did fair will have closei Who will have the spirit
to revive il, and wbtrel j. h. b.
LONDON, September y, 1851.
yTae of the CO~ditio~ Of Ewops-7hs Austr'a"
IDslaraiio~ cf Absolssisp'-KssSth-7h The Ars
rhsn Tah, $c.
The situation and prospects Of France, with q
few minor occurrences, gil the public mind. Every
body 10 convinced that the Prince de Jonville ear
nestly wishes TO enter the public lists 10 France, a
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