The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-10-12 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

The following summary of the latest news from
this colony is not uninteresting. We extract it from
The Cope qf Good Mope omit Port Nota4 Shipping
a nil Mercantile ()aunts, which was published in Gape
Town so recently as the 90th of August last

His Eta,Honey left Cape Town on the Nth ulthno by
the overlsnd route fur the Free State, or rather for the
°romp Elver. It to not yet known at what spot the
mediation will take plsee. His Ecoelleney, it is pre-
owned, on returning from this generous but unpleasant
task, will shortly leave for England, which he Dow
tomploted doing a month or two ago, and the only fears
,d tile eolonioto ire, that he may not return again, in
highly is he cotecined rai a Governor. He devotes his
whole time and attention to the best interesto of the
colony, awl any reprooentations or complaints that ire
mode either by tlau publio or private individuals from
coy quarter, are promptly inveellutad and remedied u
far all he Is able, 811011 a °ovens°, could ill be spared
from any oniony I but for the restoration of hlo health
the ooluniole will rejoloe at his departure for England,
in order that he may return agoin to And that, from the
Tootleo of pulley, leas onerous duldee will be Impaled
up .n
The Keith+, introdueed Into the oolony, considering
their numbers, have on the whole emsdnoted thensoelvee
with propriety I wine few of the adults, as might be ex.
Noted, hare been obstreperous, and of Gonne others
make but a poor 'ample of doomed° servants. This
however, to nut to be wondered at. It is the juvenile
Kadin, who hare been led into a new sphere of life,
tliet the (Natoli hopes are entertained for the next
generation, as time mall of the Governor's pointy In this
respect.
'rho nate of Wads at the Cape le extremely satiatee.
tory, and nothing now is heard of panics' or esepensions
amongst the commercial community.
The nseessarles of life maintain high pries., eepooially
when oompared with the market reports of mune few
Y'lrlit'e lkollowing may be unotod em the ruling rates for
douieetio eonsomption i—beef, ad. to ad. per lb. I mut-
ton, bd, toad. i pork, Td.soialliyd. eafth I butter, ls. ad.
to 9s. eauliflowers and Gab ad. lc . pet
petal** an valuate . Od load

Willi N0141111.'0. newly op to:4lhr
POI salisfeellon apFaillirnow Mr I. ity
there were 111,111 erel Intlwn ."1 IN. W wroi
and He* they it 7 'do In 1111114 MI AMMO
Se their rireoesliv NI a,
A resent Poil paper sefjoiN—Mist of the IN
Wil statute lie ved hy till 11111101 ton, only
m len ,
ein at present el a Cowl IS
wallino to fferent d 40111)11
relityr, old to it. eent, he int NllO6 th V!
I, is reply to the Warrior's &War
, hes tutenhito,pr ...1,„1-0 it. opinnin lila Leif
travarillog knoll Is Id Ills inlantldielriNto hit al
I the oily, aii nut it the exposits as Ile kntlipi or
utillielaimorning —Ka the *mkt &nal IhrioN of
Aug,' I —aiiiiiery-Itniti4poils, per the !WHIM I,,lneen
arrived hers, 'he employers. of labour were eon till
Sit. outlook, aro before tel u'eluek a considerable num.
her of the new stoners had entered Into streseemeiite,
The Inioddration board held a speelel meeting- for the
purpose of irounseling and advising the Immigrants, and
giving their senution to the engagements entered into,
ft is setwated that before to.morrow evening the tmmi•
tration Donal will be eompletely sleeted, The wives
for *Adelman ben are armilnyty stereotyped at ne, per
diem, From three to fire pounds a month, with board
and lodgings, have been given for rearried maples, The
demand fur inimigrettls name to Inereaes with the
supply, All Shoe have already arrived have been absorbed
111 town,
Much eteltement has been mated In King
Town (Xs/traria) owing to a report that a vein of coal
had been discovered at the German village of Briedbaah,
about four tulles distant from the above town, Prepare.
thins were being made to follow on the indications, and
most sanguine expectatious were entertained se to the
result.