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War Istt Burmah. A Ziondon Gazette Extra...
ii crowded with the enemy , the remainder of the force IfK closely- When the storming party reached the foUowuiK ndoU £ , rush was made to the upper terrace & T * deafening cheer told that the Pagoda no longer be- ' A to the Burmese . The enemy ran in confusion ^ the southern and western gates , Where they were Tbv the fire of the steamers . All the country around ? faHen with the Pagoda ; and , I understand , the once t n ^ nost of Keminendine has been ab andoned and dewe learn
8 j ^ Vom the official returns that there were 17 killed , and 132 wounded , during the operations on the 11 th , ' 12 tb , and 14 th ; ofthese , two among the tiled and fifteen among the wounded , were officers . On hoardthe fleet there were two men killed , and fifteen wounded . General Godwin warmly praises the fficers of both services , in Ms despatches to the Government of India .
Among the Indian news we find another melancholy nstance of the small dependence that can be placed on the soldierly qualities of the Bengal regular cavalry occurred in the neighbourhood of Peshawur on the 31 st of March . Lieutenant Tottenham , with the 5 th troop of the 7 th Light Cavalry , having succeeded in getting between a party of the Momtuids and the hills , immediately ordered the charge , and set the example by dashing through them himself , only followed , however ,
by the subardar of the troop and a single trumpeter . Ho reason is assigned for the dastardly conduct of the whole troop , who , it is said , had an . opportunity of striking a blow more severe than any the Momunds have yet felt . This instance is not , unfortunately , a singular one ; it is only a few weeks since a party of regular cavalry , on their way from Kohat to Peshawur , surrendered their horses and arms to a party of Affreedees without sustaining a wound or striking a blow .
It is extraordinary that the use of native regular cavalry / armed and seated in the European fashion , has not been superseded by that of Irregular or Silidar Horse , the latter description of force being much the more economical of the two , and generally acknowledged to be infinitely the more effective . The only opponents to such an alteration are commanders-jn-chief of the old school , who imagine it essential to the prestige of our native standing army that it should be armed , clothed , and pipeclayed in strict accordance with the English model .
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The Cape War. Sib Haeby Smsth And His Fa...
THE CAPE WAR . Sib Haeby SmSth and his family lande at Spithead , on Sunday . He arrived in the Gladiator , which brings news from the CapV up to the 19 th of April . The new governor , Major-General Cathcart , arrived at King William ' s Town on Good Friday , where he had a long interview with Sir H . Smith , who quitted that place on the following day on his return to England . The accounts from the seat of war state that several
serious actions had taken place , in all of which the enemy had been beaten with considerable loss ; still the British troops had some sharp work of it , with many narrow escapes , and had been severely harassed , losing , however , but very few men . Among those slain were Captain Gore , of the 43 rd , and Dr . Davidson . These successful operations had dispirited the enemy , who had also sustained immense loss from the capture of cattle . Great regret was felt by the people of the colony at the recal of Sir H . Smith , particularly as the war was thought to be near its termination . On his way to the port of embarkation , vast crowds assembled to
witness his departure , and to pay their last personal respects to him for the important services he had rendered , while placed at tm head of that government . Sir Harry ' s farewell address to the army is dated April 11 th , head quarters , King William ' s Town : — "His Excellency Lieutonant-General the Hon . George Cathcart having been appointed by the Queen to relievo m **" ^ ay relinquish the command . JJrothor officers and soldiers , —Nothing is moro painful * nan to bid farewell to old and faithful friends . I have erved my Queen and country many years , and attached : ~ havo ovor been to gallant soldiers , none wore over "lore endeared to me tlmn those sorvinor in the arduous
, TP & n of 1851-62 , in South Africa . The unceasing amours the night marches , the burning sun , the torronts » rain , have boon encountered with a cheerfulness as conem ^ " as tho intrepidity with which you have mot tho lii » y m so m * ny enterprising fights and skirmishes in \ vhilWn mounta » n fastnesses and strongholds , and from | J ° n you , have over driven him victoriously , bofe . ° ' my comrades , in the forvonfc hope of laying of WrT-° Ur Quoon » your country , and hia Grace tho Duka bo ^ , ^ > taoao sorvioes aa thoy deserve , which reflect ^ ucu honour upon you . will t OWo "» n » y comrades !—Your honour and interests » o over moro dear to mo than xny own . " II . Q . Smith . "
on « !? Snid tlmt Sir Hari 7 Smith considerti tho latest "SbsT f th tr 00 I ) S hftV 0 l 0 ft V ry Uttl f r WS in t > l 0 ng dos P ° h from Sir Henry Smith is published win i Qazette ° f Juno 1 . Ono half of it is occupied " » ^ otaila of tho Into attacks upon tho Kafirs
conducted under his guidance , of which the nett results are above detailed . The other half consists of a defence of his policy . He anticipates , from the " fickle nature of the Kafir /* which " delights m change , " and ever believes new circumstances will turn in some way to his own advantage ^ - —a speedy termination of the war . He expresses his " deep mortification that the burghers , as a body , " " should have so signally failed in their duty to their Queen , the colony , and their families . " He traces the origin of the war to the Kafir Chiefs , not the people , who , he says , " were contented" with British rule , and to the treachery of the " fickle and
ungrateful Hottentot . " TheHottentots /' hesays , " had been taught or had imbibed the marked impression to which I have before alluded , that they were an oppressed and ill-used race ;' and that Holy Writ , which they are very fond of quoting , taught them they were ' rjttstified in fighting to regain the country of which they regarded themselves as deprived . Surrounded as I and Major-General Somerset were by these people , drawn from the eastern and western districts , one false step or untimely exercise of power and martial law would have plung & f the whole into a chaos of revolution ; Her Majesty ' s troops must have abandoned their advanced positions , and fallen back on Graham ' s Town ; and the T'Slambie tribes would have risen as well as every curly-headed black from Cape Town to Natal . "
His summary of Kafir losses is as follows : — "During thejprosecution of this war , 6000 warriors , according to the Kafirs' own statement , have fallen , including 80 chief men , all of them of some distinction ; 80 , 975 head of cattle , and innumerable goats , have been token from the Gaikas , Tambookies , and from Kreili , the latter having suffered an additional loss by the removal of 7000 of the enslaved Fingoe race , bringing with them 15 , 000 head of cattle ; many arms , and nearly 90 Q horses have been captured ; the enemy has been driven , with great loss , from the strongholds which he so determinedly held -. ; and , throughout the whole of their locations , the crops of the Gaikas have : been utterly destroyed . "
After defending himself vigorously from the charges of Lord Grey , and showing that he " transfers the civil government without a single particle of business in arrear , and with , a treasury without a debt , " he concludes by asserting that he leaves the command of the troops when the enemy has " repeatedly sued for peace , and the war is virtually terminated . " Sir Henry landed at Portsmouth on Sunday , and on Monday the Borough Council presented him with an address , and Sir Henry replied , warmly defending himself from Earl Grey ' s accusations . ~
" Without egotism , I may say , and I do assert it , that no man was ever placed in greater difficulty than I was when first placed in command in South Africa . ( Hear , hear . ) I was a governor without a legislative body , and I was a commander-in-chief without an , army . ( Loud applause . ) I will admit I was one cause of the smallness of that army ; for if I had to furnish reasons whether the army should be reduced or increased , I could better have furnished reasons for reducing it than for increasing it . My wish was , as far as I could , to save the money and blood of my country from being uselessly squandered in a distant colony . I am ready to say that the Minister of the day supported me with reinforcements ; I asked for none from home or from the neighbouring colonies . I was
endeavouring to hold my ground , as others had recommended , feeling that if the Minister of the day wished to retain Kafraria , he would furnish mo with the men to do so , whilst , if ho did not want to keep Kafraria , a good retreat might be mode , with less disgrace , with a small army than with a large one . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) But reinforcements arrived , and I had to extend tho scene of my operations , which then assumed a formidable character ; but groat difficulties then aroso . I had not only 30 , 000 or 40 , 000 warlike savages to contend with , but I had a largo body of Hottentots , who wore supposod to bo our friends if savages over can bo friends—but who now turned against us . I then stood alono in a storm , in which I maintain no other man ovor did before in our own time ( Cheers . ) But tho minister sending out forcos , time should
have been given mo ; but he , like mysolt , ot an ardent tomporamont , bolioving I was slowly acting—thoug h I was not asleep ( chcors)—was dissatisfied . Still I was doing as much as could b e dono , and I speak now tho opinions of a general who has been in every description of warfaro . ( Hoar , hoar . ) Tho moasures I had commenced 1 loft to tho gallant officor , my successor , who roliovod mo with tho greatest courtesy and kindness , and I loft him in command of an intrepid army , in as good a position as could bo desired ( hoar , hoar)—for tho onomy had boon driven ovor tho Koi . And I still think that my measures will ultimately bo thoso which will bring peace , tranquillity and prosperity to tho colony . ( Choors . r Wo may now expect a great many speeches , dinners , and addresses to tho horo of Aliwal . Lord Grey must defend himself .
Election Matters. London.. , Finsbimir.—...
ELECTION MATTERS . LONDON .. , FiNSBimir . —Mr . Wakloy and Mr . Duncombo will contest their soats with all comers . Thoir prcsont oppononts are Mr . Aldorman Challis , who professes a very ftunt kind of liberalism , of the Whig-ltadical school , and Mr . Wyld , who continues to encounter groat hostility at tho local mooting *! . Lambeth . —An attoinpt is being made to bring Mr . Hiirvoy , draper , into tho field , to opposo Mr . D'Jfyncourt .
Southwaek . —Sir William Molesworth addressed the , electors on Tuesday ; and Mr . Apsley Pellatt , the new candidate , made manifest his sentiments on Saturday . The latter comes forward as a Liberal and Freetrader . He further professes himself to be ready . to " support everything calculated to extend the boundaries of civil and religious liberty . " " - Sir William Molesworth vindicated his votes on the Militia question , and declared that he preferred an increase of the standing army . He entered at great length into an exposure of the Spooner Maynooth motion , and wOund up in these words : — " The motion ( Mr . Spooner ' s motion for a committee of inquiry into the course of education pursued at Maynooth ) Is consequently a sham , a trick , an attempt to make political capital out of bigotry and intolerance—a part of that base , sneaking , and miserable policy which upright and straightforward Englishmen will see through and despise , —I mean the policy of Lord Derby . And this brings me to the last political question upon which 1 shall address you—namely , Lord Derby himself . ( Cheers and hisses for the noble Lord . ) Lord Derby is now a political question . That name is inscribed upon the banners of certain candidates as the symbol of their political faith , as freetrade or reform was formerly inscribed upon our banners . ( Cheers . ) What does it mean ? It does not mean the famous Lord Stanley of the House of Commons . He was an eloquent orator , the Rupert of debate , ready to carry the Eeform Bill at the expense of a revolution—hot , zealous , chivalrous , but without a particle of statesmanship . For six years he misgoverned the colonies . There is scarcely a colonial grievance of any importance which may not be traced to his mismanagement . He produced a rebellion in Canada . May he not produce another ? He sowed the seeds of our costly wars in South Africa . He caused the hideous demoralization of Van . Dieman ' Land , for he was wrongheaded , obstinate , ignorant , rash , reckless , and careless of consequences ; but on the whole , frank , straightforward , and manly . This Lord Stanley is not the Lord Derby who appears on the hustings of the present day . Who is he ? A Free-trader in the towns , a Protectionist in the counties ( loud applause ); pro-Maynooth in Ireland , anti-Maynoothin England and Scotland , saying one thine one day , retracting it the next , repeating it the third , equivocating about it the fourth—a political jockey , riding a losing horse , hoping to win by a cross—a thimblerigger , gammoning clowns and chawbacons with the pea of protection , which will never be found under any one of his thimbles ( renewed applause and laughter)—a truckler to the bigotry which he intends to betray—the leader of men who have no convictions , whose only rule of political morality is success—the end and aim of whoso existence are the gratification of personal ambition ; men -long eager for power , surprised at obtaining it , unscrupulous as to the means of retaining it ; recreant Protectionists , dishonest Free-traders , hiding insincer ity under the mask of intolerance ; too pusillanimous to stick by their colours , not courageous enough to take up a new position . ( Loud cheers . ) In speaking thus of the Derbyites , I do not mean to speak of all who sit on the Ministerial side of the House , or even of all the members of Lord Derby ' s Government , for many of them are upright , honourable English country gentlemen , who long believed in protection , now perceive that it cannot bo restored , and wish honestly to abandon it , —I apeak only of tho moro active chiefs of the party , and of thoso whom Lord Derby would term " statesmen , " for Lord Derby , in ono of his speeches , likened a statesman to a bark which trims its sails and alters its course with each changing wind and varying breeze . This is not my notion of a statesman . I liken the true statesman and upright politician to a steamvessel , which pursues its steady courso amid storms and waves , in defiance of adverso gales and opposing tides , and straightforward reaches its destined port . ' Sir William was most heartily cheered ; and a resolution to support him unanimously carried . ENGLAND AND WALES . AymjSBTTry . —Dr . Bayford and Captain West havo been engaged canvassing in tho borough find hundreds all the week , and with that kind of " success" which makes them look doubting and melancholy . Mr . Houghton , it is understood , has formally resigned . Tho field , therefore , roniains open and free for Mr . Bethcll and Mr . Layard , whose election is considered certain . Mr . Bethoil remains in town , occupied with his Chancery suits , but lie takes the liberty of apologising for his absence in a placard . Mr . Layard has been most active canvassing all tho week , and will soon havo completed a thorough canvass , and we aro informed with a result which goes beyond tho most sanguine expectations of his friends . —Ayleshwry News . BiiAOinmitN . —Mr . George Dawson , M . A ., will , it is said , come forward for this borough ; but wo know nothing of the truth of tho rumour . Boston . —Tho Dissenters met on tho 26 th of Mny , and adopted a set of resolutions , pledging themselves to require nn explicit statement from the candidates of thoir views on the Stato-Church question . Mr . Freshfiold has withdrawn . Tho candidates aro Mr . Benjamin . Bond Cabboll , a supporter of tho present Govornmont ; Mr . J . A . Hankoy , a Liberal and Free-trador ; and Mr . G . H . Hoathcoto , a Protectionist . Mr . Hankoy is confidently expected to succeed . Bkiohton . —Mr . Trelawny , ex-member for Tavistock , hits been invited to stand for Brighton . Hi * radical principles aro woll known .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 5, 1852, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05061852/page/3/
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