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MR . O'CONNOR'S ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC , IK R 2 FEE . ESCE TO THE INCREASED PSICE OF THE
EVSSISG STA& . if : c ? nearly 2 ve years experience , as sole proprietor of the leading Provinrial Paper cf the Eiup-re , I may . without presumption , lay claim to some , know / edge of the izfiaence of the press , and the cans . qutnt necessity of subjecting that impcitant estate to the most virtuous ana r . s ;; d criticism . The press cf a country should be Ihe tiial cf opinion—the regulator of actioa . and the HiiinspriDg of vb . onght- It should Estva as a double mirror cpon 5 oc : ety , heraldirg » . n-l magnifying acts of virtue as bright examples o 1 .. nation , in the concaveacdikttchicg vice w-m . .-. charitable band in the conytx ; thus leavif . ¦ ~ ixe hiSc-lli'Ctual qua : it s of man , the pleasiug d&ty . i triumphiaa . 1-y « ' .: :. ¦ - ¦ , over his grvsssr pass ' ons . In cases of cessation or coiflxt , the
press , from its character , ihould by an arbiter to whose decision none but the cor . sdms vSender would orject to mbmit A press established for such purposes would Eot only compel its conductors to Ee ' ect persons remarkable for their Tirtue and upriahtness for its management and control , thus not liminng its matter to ths etude and singu ar notions of mere mechanical E . iitors , but would present a nattering invitation to ail whose contributions ¦ would be received for thsir general rather lhan for their particular merits—more for their good tff-cte upon tbe ¦ whole community , than for their value to any particular class . With sarh a general and with such a staff as would fbek to the standard , the discipline of the mind ¦ would be speedily completed , and the btercisa of genius in the cause of vinu-s , morality , and rizht ,
"would be a pleasing servic ? . in which no moral soldier "would blush to carry hia knapsack . RKader . contrast in your mind , discharged of prejudica and partj bias , the cff . ct thai such a prtss vrould have upon all those relations in ¦ which man should stand to his ftllow-man , with the effects produced upon sockty in . its several ramifieitions by the pr-.-ss as at present conducted in this country . Its hei"r . est censure ia accepted a « praise by the political antagonist ; the tnumph of a Ticious partisan over the most virtuous opponent , is hailed as the victory cf party , -without reference to its general tendency ; and ail csnsiderution of the public good is merged in anticipation of ths profit and loss of faction . "With snch a General , the .:, is it -wonderful that tbo standard shonld be surrounded by such a staff ; that the
discipline should be varied , irksome , and nntqn ^ l ; the exercise humiliatinc and degrading ; the soldiers dissatisfied and uneasy ; and the wholt army threatening disorganisation and mutiny ? I » it wonderful , that for such base purposes , base tools should be sougnt for their accomplishment , while the virtuous , scared by the hopelessness of success , are compelled to abandon tbe prvfpect of aiding Y > r ; ue in ber straggles by their councils and tht-ir contributions ? Is it wonderful that men , like prostitutes , should be hire > i in such a service for the : r pliancy an . lack of character , rather than for . their integrity , irfl : x ; bility , and virtue ? No ; it is rather to be -wondered at that Euch a combination cf &il the evil passiens , with such ready raeins for their
disseinination , have not long since laid virtue prostrate , and coinp ' eted the triumph cf th-j grosser qualities of our n- turj It ia because I h ^ ve witnt&ied the continuous , the bold , and the manly straggles of the mind aeainst the mina's oppressors ; and * it is btcas . 'S I have beheld the une-qual ¦ fi- arin which virtno hasitrtn lung engaged against vice , and ths Mand that the mo : al army has msae , —that , 1 have rrsolveU tn gather ita scattered elements for one gKind cssault against tha citadel of corruption . " \ Yith that view , and nc oiicr—for mj services are gratuitously rendered—have I undertaken the management and . control ef the Evening Star newspaper , whxh , in ruy bands , shall b ^ ihe advocate oi the eppreased tf all C " . asses , the rrfl ; ctor of all opinions , ths impartial critic of all actions , ar . u the honest arbiter in all controversies .
to whose judgment the ju £ t -will cheerfully defer , as it shall be irapsxiiaj . Tnose principles which I have tVrr advocated , it shall conticue to support whole and entire , taking sdvantace cf a'J incident that fortune , fate , or circam £ * 3 DCft 3 may present , fer their furtherance . Seven years ago this cay 1 established the Radical Association of Maryiebone , the parent frem which has tprnri ^ our present chUd—Chartism . In tT years after its formation , and my circulation of iU principles and obj-. cts , I found it necessary to establish a paper fer their ^ presentation , and hence the appearance cf the Northern Star . At that time I found public opinion ' wild as the mountain breeze , " scattering but not gathering . I laid down the m « xi"i , that in every political rsovement there Vfire three requisites—firstly , the creation of
public opinion ; stcoLdly , the orrairzition of pab ' opinion ; and thirdly , the direction of public opinion . How far my labours , backed by the Northern Star , have accomplished the tvro former , 1 st thosa testify who recoLect the ease with which faction made n-ady merchandise cf popular will and action before 1 took the field ; and c ^ ntraiS it wit a the proad authority which th-t will and action now command , deruite the perscutions , GaEgera , threats , and prosecutions to which they have b <~ a Eubjecled . The latt « r stage , the direction of tbe public mind , requires a mere active agtnt than a vetkly press , and therefore have I chierfuily , and at great trouble , and bcmo expence , taken the hulm of thi Teasel . Having thus laid down the principles upon -which the Evening Star eball be conducted , and my
motive in undertaking its managun ( . nt , it . becomes a pwt of my duty to tell you the reasons why I havo not oniy auctioned bat counselled an inc ease in the price of the paper . Its price hitherto baa been 3 d-, out of which the proprietor has to pay a penny for the stamp , a penny to the newsvendor , and a penny for paper and machinery , thus swaliowiny up tha entirs- piice . leaving nut a fraction to pay any of tha ex ,-onces of composing , reporting , sub-editing , pabiiahir . g , Veepini ; accounts , rent , gas , taxes , pens , paper , ink , casualties , spoiled stamps , and the thousand -and -on o other contingencies , all tending to make an increased circulation an increased eviL Prior to my connexion ¦ wit h ihe paper , its weekly losses amounted to aboui j £ 100 ; bear in mind that it is a daily paper ; since my connexion the leases ha * e increased In proportion to the increa e in its circulation , for which I am bold to
assert no daily paper has ever furnished a . parallel . 2 \ o ~ w , it ia because , as a losing cancern , it may one day , without notice , leave me and my party without its support , thft I have thought it prudent towards you . just tewiids the proprietor , and right to myself , to place it upon a foundation , from which the" gale of faction cannot shake it ; still keeping its price fourpence , twenty per cent , under all ether daily papers . The magnmimity with which the proprietor has borne his losses , and the spirited manner in . which be haa carried ont ay every suggestion , many of wbich have been expensive , demand for him , at nay hands , all that protection which my counsel can tfiord . The whole question is tow btf-Ta you ; it is for yon , and you only , the worting men , fer whom I write , to judge , whether or rot , tie circumstances justify and warrant , the step I have taken . I am , your faithful Friend , Feakgus O'Cossok-OSce , 252 , Strand .
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Loxd Mo&rsrH , we understand , is not expected to return from hii tour is the United Staus and Canada BQtU the beginning of ? t orember .
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PARTIES WHO WERE SHOT IN ATTACKING MR . SHEPLEY"S MILL . GLOSSOP . WEDNESDAY EVENING . This morning , three prisoners , named Thomas Winterbottom , Oliver Fry , and Thomas Smith , -were removad from the New Bailey House Of Correction , in custody of Mr . R . Beawick , chitf superintenctent of tha ManchesU-r police , per railway to Goodley , and were escorted thence to Howard-town , by a party of the 11 th Hussars , for the purpose of beiag em mined before the magistrates .
The prisoners were all wounded by Mr . Shepley when his mill wm attacked by a large body of people on the SOih ef August . They appeared to be suffering still from the effects of the wounds , particularly Winterbottora , who had been shot in the right hand , right thigh , and groin . Sraith was the person wiio received the contents of the pistol , and bad the ball bxtracted from his shoulder at tbe Salfcrd Dispensary . Previous to the inquiry , a Mr . Part , an attorney from Wigan , -wbo is employed by M . r . Gregory , the Government Co : nniissk > a 6 r , to write , on espying a reporter present , eujr ^ eittd to tbe magistrates the propriety of compelling him not to mention the names of any parties in the course of the inquiry who were not in custody Hd also appeared anxious that no report should ba ' aken at all . Tha magistrates informed Mr . Part that they should leave the matter to the dsortlion of the reporter .
The charge against thu prisoners was for riot , conspiracy , and with beginning to demolish the factory and premises of Mr . Sbtpley , on Tuesday , the 30 th of August . Mr . Pomfret , aarjjeon , staged , that on the 30 th of August , as be was passing the shop of Mr . Sellers , druggist , at Woolley-bridge , he was cailed in to examine Witerfcoltoui . He bad received several gunphot wounds , and some of the pellets bad perforated the abdomen . Witness recommended that he should be sent to the Manchester Infirmary , and offered to write him a neie to the house-surgeon . Winterbottom said he had received the wounds at Mr . Shepley ' s
mill , that he was there doing nothing , and that he had been shot by Mr . Shepley , to be revenged on him . Witness afterwards found another man on the Cheshire aide of Woolley-bridge . He waB wounded in the thi »> h , and bis trousers appeared to be perforated with Ehots . Witness could not say whether it was Fry , the oths * priso er , who bad been remoTtil to the Manchester Infirmary , but he ordered him to that place . He thought tbe per .-on must have stood near Mr . Shipley when tbu gun was fired , as the shots were closer together than in the man whoai witness saw at Woolie ) -Dridga He said he came from Hyde . Wit-Dris recommended him also to be taken to the
infirmary . The next witness examined was Mr . W . Sellers , who keeps a druggist ' s sUop at Woolley-bridge . He said he recollected the day of the attack on Mr . Shepley ' a mili . Witness had been from home that morning , and returned about or 6 o ' clock . He found the prisoner VVintcrbotioni then in his shop . He told witness hu had bet . n shot at Mr . Sat pity ' s , at Brook-field . He said he ha < l gene there vrith tae people . There were tuen manj persons in witness ' s shop . Witness had previous y sten a mob go towards BrookSeld . The shop was crowded with people , rtanj of whom asked the prisoner questions . The prisoner said he was shot before there
was any disturbance . He was shot in the right ha :: d , the groin , and the bottom of the belly . Some of the persons in the shop called in Mr . Pomfret , the surgeon , who was passing at the timH , and he examined the wounds of Wiiiterbott'im . The hand did not appear to be much hurt , but b . ood was dropping from it , showing that it had been recently done . It was said in the prisoner s presence , that he carue from Staleybridge or DackuiSeld , but witness could not tell wbo said it . He appeared to be in great agony , and complained much , but more of the wounds at the bottsm of the belly Mr . Pomfret recommended him to get home as fast as he couM . He was carried cut an > 1 placed in a Ct ; ach . Witness did not Eee any other of the wounded men .
Wintfcrbo ; tom , beiug asked by the magistrates if bs had any question to put to the witness , said , —I did not say 1 was going with the people , did I ? You must think of that , because I did not say so , I am certain . Witness . —I have told as near as I can what I beard you eay . A Magistrate . —Do you believe be uaid that he went with the people ? "Witness . —I'll not be certain he mentioned the people , but I understood him to mean that he went with the cro » Td of people to Mr Shepley " 8 milL Ia answer to other questions , the witness statad that he did not know whethtr tbe prisoner was conveyed to his fahap by the crowd who bad been at Mr . Shepley s mill . The people about tha thop and in the shop appeared to be on intimate tan-as with the prisoner , and there was one woman who seomed to own him . Some of tbe crowd had sticks with them .
James WarhnrEt was then called in . He said he was a joiner , and lived at HadEeid , near Glossop . On the cay Mr . Sbepley ' s mill was attacked , vritne&s removed two of the prisoners in his spring-cart from tbu Gun Inn to the Manchester Infirmary . On tbtir way to Manchester they passed three persons , one of wi : om rtcognized Ihe prisoners , the latter of whom afterwards tcld witness one of tbe three bad been shot at Shepley ' s mill , but witneas conld not say whether either of the three persons was the prisoner Smith . Mr . Rhodes , a gentleman residing at Tintwiatle , about two miles from Mr . Sheplty's mill , deposed to hearing tae bell of Mr . E . Platfs factory ring , abo ' . 't ten o ' clock on the morning of the 30 ; h of August , and as it was seldom rung bo went to inquire tbe cause ,
when he ascertained that a mob had turned out the hands , and when he was on the Mottr ^ m road he saw a large crowd proceeding in the direction of Mr . Shepley ' s mill . Witness crossed over sume fi .-lds , and when be got within a quarter of a mile of tbe tpot he heard the neise cf the attack on Mr . Sbepley ' s mill . There was a tremendous noise of tbe smashing of windows , and knockiDg against tbe doors . Witness could then see tbe crowd going across the fields in different directions , and one part of them was in tbe road . About two minutes after bearing the noise of break ng the windows witness heard tbe guns fired . There were reports of three guns , and between the second a' . d third firing about two minutes elapsed , and between the first and seco :: d about one minute . About
a minute after hearing the reports witness got in sight cf the crowd , who were then njoviDg from the warehouse door . As the hindmost part of the rioters were going away they broke the lower windows of Mr . Shepley s house with their sticks , and the upper part with stonts . The mob then retreated about one hundred or one hundred and fifty yards from the piaco , and held a coniultaiiou . They formed ^ gain , aud witness heard some called back who were going away . One of the mob ' went to witness on the side of a bill ntar * . he factory , and said they bad agreed to make another attack and pull the mill dowa to the foundation . Witcess rcEa : keii to hiai taaC they 2 nd set themselves too big a j jb to accomplish that day . The man seemed surprised , said he thought bo too , and went away .
W ; tQes 3 then went to inform Mr . Sidebottom , a CiieiLire magistrate , but be was not at home . Witness then went to the Gun Inn , and there saw a person who ha-i been stot in the thigh . He did not thins it vras .-ujy uf tho prisoners . He asked his name , but the p-= rsuL 3 ab-jut refuted to give- it . They , however , said ha tinis from Fiovrcry-fleld . Witness then wei ; t towards BrookSeld , anil en his way passed through a crowd who were carrying a wounded person , whom he believed to bu the prisoner Winttrbottom . He appearci faint and much exhausted , and blood was running through t . ^ ts bandages on his hand . When hs
arrived at Mr . Shep ^ j - s , -wit ^ es 3 military there , anti tha family of Mr . Shep ' . ey in a state o * great alarm . Witness should think tbe mob was composed of between 4 , 000 anl 5 , 000 people . Their cecduct ai ; d language wera Tery outrageous , so aa to occasion rLuch alarm * It was said Mr . Shepley ought to be hauged , ar . d they wouU have Bis life . Tbe womtn were particularly violent . Fry—He svld the w ; udows were broken after they bad done firing—were they ? Witness—The house windows were . Fry—I don't know wher * the house is . When I came up .
A magistrate here interposed , and cautioned tbe prisoner not to crimitate hiiusulf . Fry—Af ier the windows were broken be fired azain . didn't he ? Witness—I heard the windows broken , but I did not see the first attack . Mr . B . Beswick , chief superintendent of the Manchester police , deposed to taking the prisoners into custody under" warrants . He removed Winterbotioni and Fry from the infirmary on the 5 ' . h iust On their way to the New Bailey , Winterbottom saU , in the pr « - Eccce of Fry , that he had joined the people at Staiybridge , and had gone to Shepley ' s mill at Gios ^ op . He also eaid , " We told Mr . Shepley to turn out hie bands —we did not wish to barm him . He came to tbe door
and pulled the trigger cf a pistol twice . It was old Mr . Sbepley . We did not think he was going to sboot us . He then brought a double barrelled gun and shot me and Try . We were standing together . We wanted to take the gun frem him . I had nothing to do with the mills . He should have done as the masters at Stalybridge , not allowed the bands to go to work wheu all were out . " On the 7 th , witne ; s apprehended Smith in Salford . He at first said bis name was James Wright , but afterwards admitted it was Smith , and that he had been shot at Shepley ' a mill , and bad bad tbe ball extracted from his shoulder at the Salford dispensary , which witness found was the case . He stated that he bad come into the street that morning for tbe purpose of being taken .
Mr . Shepley was ntxt examined—He deposed as follows ;—I recollect tbe attack on my mill en the 30 th of Angust . About five o ' clock that morning , as some men paised the mill , they said they should have plenty of company that day from Hyde and Stalybridg * . and that they would level the milL I sent one of my own hands to scout at the top of the neighbouring hills , and about ten o ' clock he returned , and said there waa a large mob coming from towards Ashton and Stalybridge . I then sent off mj so » to Glossop for tbe military . Daring the whole of the forenoon crowds ef persons had been passing and re-passing the mill , and used Tery abusive language . Between ten and eleven o ' clock , & crowd stopped opposite the doer .
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I told them they would not bd allowed to atop there . The ; said they were on the King ' s highway , and I had no right to interfere with them . One of them said I would be attacked , on which I showed them that I was armed with pistols , and told them I was prepared to defend myself . They then -west away a short distance , and on turning round I saw a large mob about half a mile off on tbe road , coming towards the factory . I stopped tbe engine of the factory , collected about fifteen of my hands , who were sworn in as special constables , and I stood in the road in front of the milL The mob had then crossed over Woolley-bridge , and they commenced running and shouting , and making the most terrifying noiae . I fetched a double-barrelled gun out of the house , and
met them in the road . I told them several times if they came I should m * st as&uredly fire on them . Some stones were then thrown from the back part of the mob . I then retreated until I got into the warehouse , previous to which I was struck by stones three or four times on the head and body , and some of the special constables weie also struck . Immediately the windows on the top of the waiehouse door were broken . The door was then open about sixteen or eighteen inches , and was held to that position by a crowbar , by some of my work-people , who wera behind . I pointed a gun at the crowd several times . Stones were then thrown into the warehouse through the door and through the fanlight over it , and the door was beaten against by some heavy instrument , Before the attack , I had repeatedly beard tbe persons passing tbe mill say it would be pulled down . I am satisfied that the mill would have been destroyed if we had not resisted , and I
believe our lives were at that time in great danger . I then struck two locks of a double-barrelled gun , but both missed fire . I bad repeatedly warned tbe rioters that I would fi < e on them . Another gun was then given to me , and I pointed that twice before I pulled the trigger . After I had fired the first barrel two or three bands seized tbe gun , and tried to pull it out of my bands . I then took a pistol from my pocket and fired it , and fired also tbe other barrel of the gun . Ia a short time afterwards I opened the door , and fonud the mob was retreating towards Mottram . Several of tbe rioters Bad attempted to gain admittance into the warehouse , but were beaten back by the bands . All tbe windows in the warehouse , in my house , and in that belonging to my son-in-law were broken . There were at least two wheelbarrows full of stones thrown into tho warehouse , and one of the constables had two of his teeth knocked out .
Junes Jackson , constable of Simondile , corroborated the principal part of tho evidence of Mr . 8 hepley . TWb was the person whose teeth was knocked out whilst attempting to prevent the mob from enttriDg the milL Tha prisoners were tben fully committed for trial at the next Chester assizes for rioting and beginning to demolish the prosecutor ' s mill . —Evening Star .
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Sir . —I have the honour to lay before you the following particulars resprctint ; tho position of the force under my command , from the date of my last despatch until the period of their being relieved ou tha 2 tth of thiB month by the troops sent for that purpose from the colony .
Varions reports having been brought to me on the 25 th of May , respecting the intention of tbe farmers to make a combined attaek en the camp that night , I kept tbe troops under aims , but nothing transpired until a short time previous to cay-break on the following morning , when vollics of tniuketry , accompanied by the fire of large gnns , was heard at the Point , which post , I recret to say , the Botr 3 carried , after a desperate re-Mi-tmce en the part of the detachment stationed there . By this untoward event an eighteen-poundor , which
there had not been time to remove , fell Into their hands , as well as tho greater portion of tbe Government previsionB landed from the Pilot . Fortunately all tbe powder , with the exception of a small portion for tbe tighteen-pcunder , Lad bten brought to the camp , in which I had caused a field niBgnzine to be cont-tructtd . The engineer stores were also saved , but there beiug no place at this post wherein the provisions could be protected from the weather , I bnd been obliged to leave the the greater portion at tbe Point , merely bringing up a few waggon loads from time to time as required .
Finding myBelf thus cut , t . ff from my supplies , I resolved to concentrate the remainder of my fsree in tbe cr . mp , and there await the reinforcement which I made no doubt wouW . be sent from the colony on the receipt of the
a truce , being desirous of gaining time to strengthen the post as much as possible . During its continuance , they sirit in terms so ridiculously extravagant , that , although tbe quantity of provisions in the camp was extremely limited , I immediately brcke off all communication with them , being fully determined , tooner tb . in submit , to endure the extremity of privation . I . therefore , placed the men on half allowance , destroyed a iinull post which I ha 4 caused to be erected between the camp and s ? ino buikiijgs occupied by the English r .-sidei-. ti . i » nd ma : % my position as secure « 8 I poBsibly ciu'd ; With a view to holding out to the last .
Tlieir arrangtme- ta beinc ; completed , the farmers about six a . m ., on tbe 31 st inst ., made & desperate att . ick < rn the camp , throwing into it during the course ot the day ono fcundrnl and twenty-two round shot , besides keeping np an incessant flra of musketry . On the following day ( Jan-- li they slackened the fire of musketry , but threw in ono bunored and twenty-four round shot , and on the 2 nd opened a fire from tho 18-pounder , which they bnd contrived to brin ^ from tbe Point , while they still continued their discharges of musketry . DuriDg the course of this day they sent the Rev . Mr . of
ArcbbeJl with a flj ^ truce , proposing to allow the women to quit the camp , and to send back two wounded men , bnt this was cione merely to gain time to repair some works thrown down by the fire from our batteries . Here I th'nk it right to observe that they were incessantly emplojid every Bfgct in making approaches towards the post , which were constructed with consMtrable Ekill ; thir . the nature of the ground enabled them to do with much facility , and from thenee a mast galling fire was constantly kept up , particularly on the two batteries , wherein I bad placed the 18-pounder and howilarir .
Finding that the few cattle remaining at tbe krali were dying either from wounds or want of sustenance , I directed that they should be killed and made into biltong , reducing the issue to half a pound daily . I also had a well dug in the camp , which gave good water , there being a risk in going to the valley at night , from wbencs we had hitherto procured it . In resuming my detail of proceedings , I may stats generally that the attacks on the camp were conduced f .-om day to O . &y with more or less spirit by the faimeis , who , having soon exhausted their iron ball , fired leaden b . V . l 8 from their large guns , in some instances se&dlDg them with much precision . Our practice from tbe camp waa excellent , a shot from the 18-pounder having dismounted one cf their six-pounders en the 3 d instant , besides wounding several of those attached to it
On the night of the 8 th , I sent oat a party to destroy somo works in our front , which was acct mplisbed without loss . In a subsequent tortie made on the night of the 1-8 th instant , we were less fortunate , although tbe duty was performed with great gallantry , the Boers being surprised in the bush , and many bayoneted after a stout resistance . In this attack , which was headed by Lieutc&ant Moleswoxth , 87 th Regiment , I had to regret the loss of Ecsign Prior and two privates of the same corps , who were killed , besides four otters being stsTbiely wounded . Upon inquiring into the etsta of the pnmV . oiis tbi « day , I found Uut only three days' issue of meat ie-
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mained . I therefore directed that such horses as wera living might be killed and made into biltong . We had hitherto been issuing biscuit dost , alternating with biscuit and rico , at half allowance . The horse-fleah , of which there was bat little , we commenced using on the 22 d , and by a rigid exactness in tho issues , I calculated we might certainly hold out , although without meat , for nearly a month longer , for we had eleven bags of forage corn in store , which I had commenced grinding into meal ; and by every one contributing what remained of private into the public stock , a tolerable
quantity of various articles of sustenance was procured . Ou the night of the 24 th , several rockets , apparently from a vessel in the bay , assured us that relief was nigh at hand ; these we answered . On the night of the 25 tk the many rockets from seaward assured us that not only was a vessel in the bay , bat that Bhe was communicating with another in the offing , a surmise corroborated on tbe following day by tbe landing of the party under Colonel Cloete , and their fiual relief of tbe post in gallant style , between three and four o ' clock in the afternoon .
To the dry detail of the proceedings I have given I beg to add a few remarks ; and first , with respect to our loss . Within the period embraced between ths 31 st May and 25 th fune , 651 round shot of various sises had been fired at the camp , in addition to a continned and watchful fire » f musketry , and yet our loss during this period was but one sergeant and two privates of the 27 th killed , and three wounded , one Cape riflanian and one civilian killed , and one wounded , exclusive of the loss I have previously noted as occurring daring the sortie on the morning of the 18 th inst The damage to the waggons and tents , and private na well as public property , was , howeuer , great , for these it was impossible to secure in such a manner as to preserve them from injury .
Among the serious disadvantages I had to contend with , I may mention that tb . 9 numerous people attached as leaders and drivers to the different waggons , many having large families who required to be fed , hampered me sadiy in the trenches , while the vast number ef cattle originally with the waggons were a very great incumbrance . Those , however , were soon driven off , for nearly all the Boers ( contrary to the opinion entertained by the colony ) were mounted , and thence enabled to more from point to point with a celerity which bafflad nearly every movement that the Infantry could make against them .
I have thus given a detail of the ebief circumstances connected with the commands entrusted to me . That it should have been so far unsuccessful I regret ; bat the resistance on the part of the farmers since ny arrival has been universal , those few who professed themselves friendly having carefully abstained from giving assistance , in most cases using that profession as a convenient screen for the purposs of hiding their disaffection from observation . AU tbe property of the English residents the Boers plundered and sent to Pietormaritsburg . They also took out the gteater part of the freight of the Mazsppa ( including the whole of my own property ) , which they sent to the same place . The prisoners taken at the Point ( English residents as well as soldiers ) have also been marched thither ; and the former have , I understand , been treated with great harshness . After being plundered , the Mazappa escaped from the harbour on the night of the 10 th instant
In conclusion , I beg to state that nothing could exceed thu patience and cheerfulness evinced by the troops under the privations they suffered , and I feel satisfied , that had it been necessary to have hdd out for a longer period , they would have endured their further coatinanee without a a murmur . I havv 1 , the honour to be , sir , your most obedient humble servant , J . C . Smith , Captain , 27 th Regiment His Honour Colonel Hate , C . B . and K . H ., Leiutennnt Governor . P . S . —I omitted to mention in its place that a round shot on the 18 th inst . broke the carriage of the eighteen pounder iu two places , but we repaired it so as to ba perfectly serviceable . J . C . Smith .
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by his spirit in our active operations , but equally ao by bis attention to all details and arrangements bo essential on such occasions . I have the honour to be , Sir , Year most obedient humble servant , A . J . Cloetb , Lieut-Colonel , Deputy Qaarter-Master-General Commanding . His Excellency Sir George Napier , K C . B . Governor and Commander-in-Cbief , &e .
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THE NEW PARISH CONSTABLES' ACT . Among the acts of tha British Legislature to which Her Majesty Queen Victoria gave her Royal assent in person before the prorogation of Parliament on the 12 th of August waa An Act for the Appointment and Payment of Parish Constables" ( 5 and 6 of Victoria , c 109 i , which will effect an important change in the mode of appointing and remunerating pariah constables . As the statute is about to come into immediate operation , and aa it affocts every parish and township in England , it may not be amiss to call public attention to its leading provisions .
The preamble recites , that whereas it will increase the security of persons and property , if further provision be made for the appointment of fit persons to act as constables ia the several parishes of England , and if power be given to pay them for the performance of their duties ; and it proceeds to enact that after the expiration of eighty days , and before the expiration of one hundred days next after the passing of tbe act ( which , as we bave stated , was on the 12 th of August ) , and on tomo day after the 24 th of March , and before tbe 9 th of April in each following year , the justices of the peace of every county in England shall hold a special petty session of the peace in their several divisions , for the appointment of parochial constables , of which session due notice shall be given to every justice usually acting in that division .
The second section requires the justices within thirty days next after passing of the act , and within the first seven days of February in each following year , to issue a precept under tbe bands of any two of them to tbe overseers of each parish within the division , requiring them to make and return , within eighty days next after the passing of tbe act , and before the 24 th of March in e . ich following year , a list in writing of a competent number of men within their respective parishes qualified and liable to serve . - By the third section it is enacted that the overspers of every parish , upon the receipt of such precept , shall summon a meeting of the inhabitants in vestry , to be
held within fourteen days afcer the receipt of said precept ; and the vestry at such meeting are to make cut a list in writing of such number as shall be stated in the precept of men residing within their parish who thall be qualified and liable to serve aa constables , with tho Christian name and surname , and with the true place of abode , the title , quality , calling , or business , of each written at full length ; and the vestry are empowered to annex to the said return tbe names of any number of men willing « e serve the office of constable , and whom the vestry will recommend to be appointed , although not having the qualification hereinafter mentioned .
Section four empowers tbe justices to make orders for uniting parishes , or annexing extra-parochial places to any pavish for the purposes of this act . Section five enacts , that every ablebodied man resident withiu the parish , between the ages of twenty-five and fifty-five year 3 , rated to the relief-of the poor or . to the county rate on any tenement of the net yearly value of f » m- pounds , or upwards , except such persons as shall bo exempt or disqualified , as hereinafter mentioned , shall be qualified and liable to serve as constable of that parish . Section six enumerates a great many classes ef persona who are to bo exempt from serving the office of constable under this act .
Section seventh enacts , that all licensed victuallers , and persons licensed to deal in exciseable liquors , or to sell bear by retail , all gamekeepers , and all persons who have been attainted of any treason orMony or convicted of any infamous crime , shall be disqualified from serving tho office of constable under this act . Section eight enacts , that the overseers shall make out true copies of the list eo agreed to in vestry ; and whtre any of the persons named in tho said list shall have been chosen to serve , or shall have served , tho office of constable in the said parish , in person or by substitute , the overseers shall set against his name in the list the date ot the year of such service , and shall on the three
Sundays next before the day limited for making their return in this year , and on the first three Sundays in the mouth of March in each following year , fix a true copy of such list upon the principal door of every church , chapel , and ctfcer public places of religious worship within their parish , having first subjoined to every such copy a notice stating that all objections to tbe list will be heard , by the justices at a time and place to be mentioned ia such notice , and shall keep a copy of tbe list , to be inspected by any inhabitant , at any reasonable time , during the three weeks next before the day limited for making their return in this year , and during the first three weeks of tbe month of March in eacb following year , without any fee or reward . -
Section ninth empowers two justices to fine the overseer" not more than £ 5 for any neglect or omission of nny of tho duties herein required . Section ten requires the overseers to attend before the justices with their lists ; and it empowers the justices to amend the lists in their discretion , and to allow the same . Section eleven enacts , that the justices shall choose from the lists allowed the names of such number as they shall think necessary to act as constables within the parish during the ye : vr tht-n next following , and until othur constables shall be chosen and sworn to act in their stead ; but any person who shall have bten chosen and served , in persou or by substitute , shall not be liable to be again chosen until every other person in the parish HnVie or qualifif d to serve shall have served the office either in person or by substitute .
Section twelve prescribes the form of oata to be taken by constables eo chosen , and enacts that if persons so chosen Bhall ba unwilling to serve , they shall find a substitute to b < : approved by the justices . . By section 13 the penalty on any person who shall refuse to act as constable , or t <> find n substitute , shall not exceed £ 10 ; and every person who after being sworn shall refuse or wilfully neglect to act in the execution of his office shall be liable to pay not exceeding £ 5 . for every offence . Section 14 provides for the publication of tbe names of the constables appointed ; and section 15 defines the powers of the constables so appointed . They are within their county , and within all adjoining counties , to have all the powers , privileges , and immunities . an . to be liable to all the duties : ind responsibilities of a constable within his constablewick , but shall not be bound to act as a constable beyond the parish for which they are severally appointed and sworn without the special warrant of a justice of the peace .
Sdctien 16 provides for supplying vacancies that may occur during the year . Section seventeen empowers the justices in general or quarter session , with the approbation of the Secretary of State , to settle tables of fees and allowances to jiwtices ' s clerks and constables , and names the funds from which they are to be paid . Section eighteon empo- ^ ers tha vestry assembled for the purpose of making the returns aforementioned , to resolve that one or more paid constables shall be appointed for their parish , and to fix the amount of hie salary .
Section 19 enacts , that if the justices shall be satisfled with the amount of salary agreed to be paid , they shall appoint so many paid constables to act for that parish us shall be agreed to by tho resolution ; or if tbe same resolution shall have been agreed to by more parishes than one adjoining each other , may , if they shall think fit , appoint the same paid constables to act conjointly for all such last-meutioned parishes ;• and in every pariah in which a paid constable bhall be appoioted under this act , the justices , if they shall think fit , need not appoint any unpaid constable , or may appoint a smaller nuu ) b 9 r af unpaid constables tbaa they bad otherwise resolved on appointing for that parish ; and every paid constable shall hold his appointment until he resign or bj dismissed for misconduct by the justices of the division in petty session assembled , or untilthe veatry shall rescind the resolution for his appointment at any meeting of vestry ho ' . den for making such return as aforesaid .
Stctien 20 directs that the salaries of paid constaWes shall be paid by the overseers out of the poor-rates in their hands . Section twenty-one enacts , that after the passing of this act no petty constable , headborongh , borsbolder , tithingmaa , or peace officer of the like description , under any name of office , shall be appointed for any parish , township , or ville within the limits of this act , except for the porformance of duties unconnected with the preservation of the peace or with the execution of this act , at any court leet , but nothing herein is to prevent the appointment of special coaatables , or to apply to the city of London , or the metropolitan police district , or to any municipal borough or to any parish , town , in which rates are or shall be levied for tho payment of constables , under 3 and 4 William IV .,-c . 90 , or any local aci ; and nothing herein is to be taken to apply to the county palatine of Chester .
Section twenty-two empowers the justices in general or quarter sessions , under certain restrictions , to order lock-up houses to be provided , according to plans approved by the Secretary of State . Section twenty-three , When a lock-up house shall have been provided , the justices are to appoint a > superintending constable to nave the eharge thereof , who shall also have the superintendence of all the parish constables appointed in such parishes as shall be ordered by the justices and under such regulations as they shall make ; every such superintending constable to hold office until dismissed by the justicss in general or quarter sessions assembled , and to receive his salary out of the county-rate .
Sections twenty-four , twenty-five , twenty-six , twentyseven , provide for the recovery and application of penalties , and for the interpretation of the act .
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THE CORK POOR tAW GCABDUNS . ( FromtheSouthern Bepotler . / ,. A . meeting « f the Cork Poor Law GtuurdiiBB was held on Monday last . The Clerk stated that it had been reported by the master that the supply of milk by the contractor had been irregular daring the week , in regard to quality , quantity , and time of delivery . Mr . John Roberts , of Passage , the contractor , wu then called in , and stated that a combination had been entered into against him ; that be was charged 2 | d . pet gallon for any he bought in the North market more than he himself charged , and that those who had , it would sooner npaet a chnrn and spiU it about the road than sell it to him . Mr . T . Q . Wise—I deny that ( Confusion . ) I say I deny it plumply , Sir . ( Confusion . ) Mr . Voules ( to Mr , Roberts)—What quantity will yott be able to supply ?
Mr Roberts—I could give the fall supply , bat fox the combination in the North market . Mr . Wise—I say it is false . ( Clamour . ) Mr . Roberts—I have enough to say against Mr . Wise if I am only beard . ( Confusion . ) Let him enter tbe list with me , and I'll show him np . ( Great confusion . ) I say he is unfit to be a Guardian , and has no right to be one . Mr . Wise—I say again it is false . ( Confusion . ) Mr . Haynes—This is very impreper language . Mr . Wlas—It is all a falsehood . How dare he say I am unfit to be a Guardian 1 ( Great clamour . ) Mr . Manriix—I move , Sir , that Mr . Roberta ' s explanation is satisfactory . ( Hear . ) Mr . Wiaa—I say he is a liar , sir . ( Awful uproar . ) Mr . Roberts ( turning npon Mr . WiBe in a menacing attitude )—Get out , you scoundrel ! only you are an old nian I'd pull the windpipe ont of you , you old rascal t ( Uproar . )
_ . . Mr . Wise—I am not an old man , I am as good a guardian as yon , and you ' re a liar . ( Uproar . ) Mr . Roberts—I am what ? Mr . Wise—You ' re a liar . Mr . Roberts—Take care what you say , or 111 let out on you , you old ruffian . ( Clamour . ) Chairman and several voices—Oh , for shame ! for shame ! Mr . Roberta—I am no guardian . ( Confusion . ) Mr . Wisa—You ' re a lying blackguard , and you know where to find me . ( Uproar . )
Mr . Roberts—By , you old rascal , I'd pull yom windpipe up your gullet only you ' re such an old scoundrel . ( Deafening uproar here followed , both gentlemen placing themselves in attitudes as if about to enter ' into personal conflict . After considerable difficulty , delay , and confusion the belligerents were separated by several of the guardians , who rushed in between them at the moment ft was expected that blows were about to be dealt , and Mr . Roberts was taken into the adjoining room . ) The Chairman said he was not upon terms of intimacy with Mr . Wise , and did not expect much forbearance from him ; but he did think that as a member of this board he should have bad some forbearance and respect for the board . ( Hear , bear ) He should never have used such language as that hehad just given utterance to , to an officer of this board , which Mr . Roberts was , as a contractor . Mr . Wise—Didn't he call me ? ( Clamour . )
Chairman—If a personal collision was intended it Bhould have been settled outsido this board . ' Mr . Wise—I would be very s « rry to give offence to any one , and I don't think I did in this case , ( Load cries of " Order , erder , " and great confusion ) Captain Irvine—I can answer for jt that Mr . Wise Is the aggressor , and all I regret is , that I cannot move his expulsion from this board . ( " Oh , oh . " If I could I would do so . ( Order . ) Mr . Voules conceived that Mr . Wise had grossly violated the respect due to the board . Captain Irvine—As a magistrate I must compel Mr . Wise to remain here until he finds security to keep the
peace . Mr , Haynes—Oh , they fight , indeed ! Blather . There is too much batter-milk between them for that . ( Cries of " Oraer , order . " ) Mr . Vonies never before heard such language made use of in an assembly of gentlemen as that to which he had j oat listened ; and he did conceive that the gentleman who used it should make a most ample apology for it Mr . Wise—Oh , I do . apologise to this board for any improper language I may have used ; but mind , gentlemen , let it be distinctly understood that it is to this board only that I do apologise . Captain Irvine—Oh , very well ; well take care of the rest . Mr . Wise—I never insulted any gentleman in all my life ; and I never was called an old rascal or scoundrel until this day .
It was finally agreed upon that Mr . Roberts should keep up the supply he had contracted for lox this week , and that he should supply the house during the remaining period of his contract with two hundred gallons of milk daily , and that another contractor should be advertised for to supply the deficiency . After somo farther discussion . Mr . Wiso bagged U tender bis resignation as guardian of St . Mary's Ward . He said he bad been bound over to keep the peace for tbe first time these sixty-five years , for hf 3 conduct during that period hod been such as never to deserve it
Mr . Mannix moved that his resignation be not accepted . Carried . The board adjourned at five o ' clock .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , Sept . 16 . BANKRUPTS . George Cole , of ths Toy Hotel , Hampton , Middlesex innkeeper , to surrender Sept , 26 , at one , and Oct . 28 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Baaingballstreet Solicitor , Mr . Gaorge Pike , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields ; Mr . George Gibson , official assignee , 72 , BasinghaM-atreet John Ball Boucher , of Birmingham , shawl-dealer , Sept 21 , at one , and Oot 28 , at eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Bssingball-street Solicitors , Messrs . Reed and Shaw , Friday-street ; Mr . Gaorge Green , official assignee , 18 , Aldermanbury .
Robert Craig , of Manchester , innkeeper and brewer , Sept 30 and Oct 28 , at two , at tbe Commissioners ' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Gregory and Co ., Bedford Row , London ; aud Mr . Edward Lees , Manchester . ¦ Stephen Thomas , late of the City of York , victualler and tavern-keeper , but now of Lancelot j Cottage , Heworth , Yorkshire , Sept 27 , at'two , and Oct 28 , at three , at the Guildhall , York . Solicitors , Me ^ rs . R . E . and O . Smithson . York ; and Messrs . Wi & lesworth and Ct > .. 5 , Gray ' s Inn Square , London . Richard Womersley , late of Northampton , but now of Stoncy Stratford , Buckinghamshire , hat manufacturer , Sept 24 . at eleven , and Oct 28 , at two , at the Peacock Inn . Northampton . Solicitors , Mr . Gaorge Weiler , 8 . King ' s Road , Bedford Row , London ; and Mr . George Pell , ju : i .,
Northampton-George Heathcote and William Lsvesley , of Sheffield , spring knife manufacturers , Sept 24 and Oct 28 , at twelve , at the Town Hall , Sheffield . Solicitors , Mr . Andrew Duncan , 70 , Chancery Lane , London ; and Mr . William Unwln , Sheffield . William Mearns , of Liverpool , shawl-dealer , Sept 28 and Oct 28 , at eleven , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Kay and Co ., Manchester . GtsoTRe Oidham , of Manchester , wine-merchant , Oct 8 and 28 , at two , at the Commissioners'Rooms , Manchester . Ssliciters , Messrs . Gregory and Co ., Bedford Row , London ; and Mr . William Christopher Chew , Manchester . ' ¦ ' :. •'
James Vardy , late of Wolverhampton , Staffordshire , brass-founder , Oct . 12 and 28 , at eleven , at the Swan HcteJ , Wolverhampton . Solicitors , Messrs . Cox and Stone , 24 , Poultry , London ; and Mr . Joseph Green Jamss . Walsall . Staffordshire .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . William Beaver and Joseph Foster , of BraJford , Yorkshire , woolstaplers . Samuel Parsons and John Stones , of Manchester , paper hanging manufacturer William Maury , Matthew Maury , ai . 'wi Rutaon Maury , of Liverpool and Now York . Edraunu' Butler Rowley and Jesse Blew , of Manchester , manufact urers . Samuel Hutchinson and John Holdsworth , of Wa . kefleld , Yorkshire , drapers . John Sjkes , late of Mill Bridge , bat now of Littletown , and Joseph Sykes , of Mill Br . ' dge , York shire , corn millers .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , Sept . 20 . BANKRUPTS . Edmund Henry Labatt , cDmmisaion-agent , Mincing Lane , London , to surrender Oct . C and Nov . . 1 , •» eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Baainghall-sUSK Solicitors , Messr /? . Coe and Paterson , Queen-street Place ; Mr . George Green , Aldermanbury , cfficW assignee . Henry Adams , dealer and chapman , Totness , Daw * shire , Oct 6 and Nov . 1 , at twelve , at the Royal HoW , Plymouth . Solicitors , Mr . Cbarlea MIchelmore , *«• ness ; and Messrs . Fronde and Edwards , Lincoln ' * i 18 Fields . London . ~ .
George Olden , grocer , Sa lisbury , Wiltahlie , Sept H and Nov . 1 , at ten , at the Black Horse Hotel , SaHslW ' Solicitors , Mr . Alford , Salisbury ; and Mr . Wall * Southampton-street , Bloomsbary Square , London . Jehn Jenkins , draper , Cardiff , Sept 30 and NoiMj at one , at the Commercial Rooms , Bristol . So ^ r ^ Mr . Clarke , Bristol ; and Messrs . Abbott , Jenkini , » " " Abbott , New Inn , London . - _ £ . James Bromley , coach proprietor , KnotUngley , JffJ shire , Sept 27 and Nov . 1 , at eleven , at the Town * £ Doncaster , Yorkshire . Solicitors , Mr . England , a » den , Yorkshire ; and Messrs . Williamson and Hi * Verulam Buildings , Gray's Inn , London . , „ , «* John Spence , gas manufacturer , Alford , Linco '"• JBfc Ock . 7 aadNov . 1 , at eleven , at the P * W £ ° H MerceMtreet , loath . Solicitors , Messrs . f *!* ^ Son , Alford ; and Mr . Scott , Lincoln ' * Ion sv ^ London .
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COLLIERS' STRIKE IN AYRSHIRE . ( From ihe Kilmarnock Journal ) On Wednesday last , a large body cf colliers , ^ Tsountini ? to t \ pW 2 i 4 s 0 { goo , principally from Stevtns . ton , Kilwinning , and that neighbourhood , assembled a 6 early as two o ' clock in the morning at the works of GatfcBhtad ana Kiimardock Colliery , end succttdeti in preventing the men belonging to those works frem going to their labour . They afterwards assembled at Old Rome Gardens , and addresses -were made to the miners cf this district , urging them to insitt upon the increased wages , and reduction in weight of rnir . nn * of coal . fruTn the masters .
Intimitk-n of these proceedings having been communicate' ! to the authorities at Ayr , Sheriff E-iton came to KiLmirnock in tie course of the morning , and , accompanied by Mr . Andrews , Procurator-fiscal ,-Mr . Blase , Saperkuendtnt of Police ; aud Mr . Mann , County Constable , proceeded to Gargiestcn and Gatehead , to mat * the requisite invest ) vatiuns . The Sheriff considered it his duty to orcer ont part of the Ayrshire Yeomanry , and accordingly three troops nssembiej a . % Kiimamotk in the evening , ¦ under the command of Major Jauits Fsirlie . Officers , Sir James Boswell , Mr . T . S . Cunninghrme , jun .. of Caprington , and Mr . Win . Hamihon , of Braehe ^ d . At an early hour part of this force "was despatched to
Irvine , accompanied by the Sheriff , and two troops remain at Kilmarnock , in erder to act in the event of any emergency . We trust that although these precautions b ^ ve been taken , still they -si . l not be required to be called into serious operation by aggressive acts on the part of the stand-outs , and that tiie miners will act npon the resolution adopUd by them at the meeting of delegates on Monday . Those -who are urging tham to the contrary course are their worst enemies ; for they may rat assured , that no interference wiil be allowed ¦ w iithe freedom of action of those "who desire ta continne at their employments , and that any attempted infringement on this ri ^ ht will be visiied by promp t and severe punishment
This morning the workers at GateEhead and Gargieston , who had been prevented going down tbe pits yesterday , resumed their operations undisturbed Another meeting of the stand-outs is to take place to-day at Uanxhcltn . A rumour having reached Sheriff Eaton yesterday that an attempt was to be mad .- to damage the coal works at Carrin&ton , Mr . Biane , superintendent here , was despatched , at seven oclock last night , with several of bis own force , and two of the rural police , to organic measures for the protection of the property
there . The workers turned ont vrith the * greatest alacrity , and were formed into a formidable force to protect tbe extensive machinery cosnected with the works . It happened that , after watching until tbe Earning , no molestation was offered , and we cannot believe that any operatives connected with the county Will resort to such lawless proceedings ; bnt should any desperadoes from the East make any such attempt , no other force will be requisite at Caprington than the collierx themselves to repel any attack that may be mada .
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APPREHENSION OF MR . BAIRSTOW . Bristol , Sept . 16 . The Chartists of this city , aided by Mr . Biirstow , having agitated the working cliissf'S of Bristol and of the county of Gloucester , by holding Sunday meetings , and pointing out to them the proceedings gnut ; ou in the north , the county magistrates issued n warrant for the apprehension of Bairstow , " for bavin *? , on Sunday , the Hth of August , at Mangots-fle ' . d , in the county of Gloucester , at an unlawful and illegal meeting , ot uMmbijf , of one hundred and upwards o / eviJ-disposed persons , used violent , inflammatory , and seditious language , to the great disturbance of our Lady the Queen , aud the terror of her liege 8 uH <; ctP . "
The warrant was placed in tbe bands of Superintendent Hilleott . who was unable to execute it , in consequence of Bairstow ' s being absent from tbe neighbourhood . He , however , returned to Bristol yesterday , and it was announced by printed placards that he would lecture last evening upon the Cbaitar , at Bear-lane Chapel . The lecturer had not , however , long ascended the pulpit , before SuperintefidentHillcott , assisted by some of the city police , walked into the chapel , and , having ascended the pulpit stairs , apprehended him in tbe middle of his disconrse , and conveyed him to tho station-house , from which he was brought up for examination at half-past one o ' clock this day , at the Justice Room , in tbe County House of Correction . The following magistrates were on the bench : —The Rev . W . Mirehouse , Messrs . J . George , Edward Sampson , and W . Munroe . He was bound over in £ 100 to keep the peace for twelvemonths .
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CAPE OF GOOD H OPE . GOYERNNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY . PORT NATAL . His Excellency tbe Governor has been pleased to direct the following despatches , from the officer commanding her Majesty ' s troops at Port Natal , to be published for general information . Colonial-office , Cape of Good Hope , July 16 , 1842 . By command of bis Excellency tho Governor , J . Moore Craig , Acting Secretary to tbe Governor .
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Port Natal , June , 28 , 1842 . Sm—On the 27 th inst . I availed myself of a Caffer messenger to report to your Excellency , in a few words , that Captain Smith was extricated , and Port Natal in our possession . It is now my duty te give the details of my proceed * lag * . Her M&jesty's ship Southampton arrived and anchored off Port Natal on the night of the 25 th Instant Here was found at anchor the schooner Conch , with Captain Durnford , 27 th Regiment , and a detachment of 100 men two small howitzers , and some stores despatched by Colonel Hare from Algoa Bay , on the 10 th instant
Captain Darnford reported that the insurgent Boers had refused all communication with Captain Smith who was still holding his post ; that the headlands at the entrance of the harbour were armed with guns , and tha ? the Boers had collected in force to oppose our landing . Signal guns and rockets were fired from the frigate to intimate our arrival to Captain Smith , and evvry arrangement made for carrying the place as soon aa the tide served , and the frigate cculd be placed so as to cover our landing . At two o ' clock P . M . on the 26 th inst ., the Southampton was in a position , and tbe troops were embarked in tho boats , which , however , could only take eighty-five men ; thirty-five had been previously added to Captain D urn ford ' s detachment on board the Couch , the sea beach being impracticable in the previous erders , the attack was changed , and I directed Captain Wells , with a detachment of thirty-five men , to land on the first point of the High Bluff within the bar ,
and drive the Boers out of the thick bush , whilst the Conch , tbe launch armed with a carronade , and the cargo , were to proceed direct into the harbour , land , and take possession of the port . A fresh sea brefzj fortunately set into the harbour at tho very time of our advance : the Conch taking thus the boats in tow crossed the bar at three o ' clock , Captain Wells lauded where directed , when a brisk fire was opened on the Conch and boats from both shores , that from the high wooded bluff within twenty yards of the boats ; yet in spite of the short range and cross fire , under which the boatd bad to pass , so quick was our advance , aided by both wind and tide , that but little effect was produced by their fire . When opposite the landing-place , from whenee the fire ttill continued , I ordered Major D'Urban to land , who immediately jumped on shore , and we rushed to the flag staff to pull down the colours and give her Majesty ' s frigate notice that we were in possession , and to cease firing .
The Boers abandoned their strong ground the instant we landed , yet so thick w . is the bush and so broken the ground , that though from ( he smart fire kept up they must have been in force , y ? t not half a d < zen of them were ever seen ; and on the southern bluff so thick was the wooded covering that nothing but the smoke from their firelocks was ever seen . I have since leerned that the number of Boera who defended the Port amounted to 350 men . Taeir loss it his been impossible to ascertain . Having thus seized the Port and landed the men from the Oonch , the troops were immediately formed . Captain Durnford was ordered to enter the bush on the right and drive the Boers before him . whilst I placed myaulf on a Toad way in tbe centre , Major D Urban taking the left along the harbour beach .
In this order wo advanced through a buoh , the character of which it is difficult to describe , and which might have been held by a handful of resolute men against any assailants . On reaching the open ground we found the direction of Captati Smith ' s entrenched camp by the firing of his heavy gun . Wo marched upon the point ; Captain Smith now throw out a party , and we joined him ' at four o ' clock . Having tkus executed your Excellency ' s commands with all military promptitude , by extricatinR tho bravo detachment under Captain Smith ' s command , I strengthened bia po * t by Captain Duruford ' s detachment , and directed Major D Urban to hold Stellar's farm , returning myself to the port to arrange a past of defence uiih such of the troops as I expected would have been landed .
The gallantry with which Captain Smith defended his post f ^ r a whole month , under no ordinary circumstances of privation , having been reduced to horse flesh for food , closely beinmed in by a desperate and vigilant foe , with no less than twenty-six wounded within hiH clotely confined camp , is highly creditable to him and his paity . Thus was accomplished , within the incredibly short space of one month , from the date of Captain Smith ' s report of his position , the relief of hia party , at a distance of one thousand Sve hundred miles from Cape Town , whence therelhf was despatched , hia communication baviDg had to pasB through fcociile hands and a savage country .
I bave now reported to your Excellency the proceedings which have placed ino in possession of Port Natal ; and I have kept them distinct from any mention ef the naval co-operation and assistance I received from her Majesty ' s ship , Southampton , feeling it to be due to Captain Ogle , commanding , to Commander Hill , and the officers and seamen of that frigate , that their services to us should ba separately noticed , whether as to their cheerful good will displayed towards us whilst on board , or subsequently in the moro important service performed , in coveting our landing by the admirable practice from the ship ' s heavy battery , and spirited assistance given us by Captain Hill in command of the boats . In my order of the day I have inadequately endeavoured to express my thanks to those effiwra , and I should not be doing them justice without repeating it here in the strongest terms . .
If our Eucces 8 be not absolutely indebted to the opportuno presence of the Conch , to her protection must be mainly ascribed the very small loss we suffered in forcing the entrance . The troops conducted themselves with the greatest steadiness , and lam much indebted to Major d'Urban fo * his prompt landing , and the assistance he has afforded me throughout these operations . I also received the best support from every officer under my orders in conducting these operations , and particuinriy so from Lieut . William Napier , who acted aa my aid , and has been of the most Beivice to ma , not only
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 24, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct772/page/6/
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