The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-11 00:00:00

COLONIAL.
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

The following is extracted from Cape papeis, the
receipt of which we announced yesterday The dates are:
Cape Town to Nov. 10 ; Graham's Intro to Oct. 31:—
On Mm dt) the 19th of October, o,el Johost am had
an interview at Block's Drift, with Maromo oral so •
other chiefs, who professed • desire to lay down their a -an,
and restore such cattle stolen from the eoliely aohad not de&
The chief. endeavoured to enrage Colonel Johnstone in a
discussion, which he wisely declined, fixing Weilnewlay m xt
as the last day on which the guns and cattle would lw re-
ceived. Mr. Calderwood, missionary, who was present at
the interview, had a long confidential conven i• ion
with ?denim° after Colonel Johnstone left, the result
of which wax, that Mr. Calderwood applied for •
prolongation of the term to Thursday. This was
granted. On Friday Itlaeomo and his confederates again
assembled at Block's 'Drift, where they were I refuse of pro-
fusions of contritinn, sod stated that " they had resumed
their lands, were cultivating the soil, and placed theraselee
in the bends of the governor to await his decision." On
Saturday, 24th October, Macomo sent in eighty horse. to
Fort Beaufort. All were in good condition, many of them
were recognised by their proprietors. On the other baud,
some sheep were carried off by Kaffir' from Leowefontein
on Wednesday the 28th of October ; and on the same day
210 merino sheep were stolen from Botha's-hill. Various
other acts of Impression ate reported, along wPh the further
disastrous intelligence that dysentery, the result of privations
in the stormy season, had shown itself at Outlaw's Town
and in the vicinity. Illness had also been so prevalent
among the troop. at the mouth of the Fish River, that Sir
Peregrine Maitland had talked of removing t'.em to Fort
Beaufort until a more favourable seuou. On Oct. 31, intelli-
genre reached Graham's Town that the governor had arrived
at Block's Drift from Waterloo Bay, where lie had been
encamped to decide on the terms asked by the chief..
From Tarka, intelligence reached Graham's Town on
the 31st of October that the Tambookie chief Mapissa had
been severely wounded in the leg by a musket-ball, and had
sent in to offer unconditional submtaion on the part of him-
self and followers. The principal chief of the Tambookie,
Umterara (or Urntekaka), had sent in 610 oxen for the
acceptance of the governor, of which 300 had reached Tarka.
They were received, not in the character of a present, as the
thief wished, but aa an instalment of the stolen colonial cattle
to be restored. A private letter of the 28th, from the neigh-
bourhood of Fort Beaufort, alluded to in tin. Sorel A triton
Commercial Advertiser, represents the Keflin us much dia•
pirited, in consequence of the operations of th' troops in the
Amato's, hill country, which they had deemed inaccessible.
Col. Johnstone, at the time of these, the latest despatches,
was making arrangements for an attack, should the Kaffir
chiefs refuse the terms offered by the governor. Mr. Di puty
Commissary Palmer had already ...vote 1 in rendering
the commissariat more efficient. By abandoning the system
of impressing wagons, and offering the full current price
(enormously high as it then was) for wagons, he had ob-
tained plenty of offers, and, by averting competition, had
materially reduced the charge..
An intimation had been made by the civil commissioner
of Albany to the municipality of Albany, that he had been in-
structed tocall a draft of 200 hurghen from the Albany division
for field service, of whom 160 were to he supplied from Gra-
ham's Town. The municipality replied, that on holding a
muster, the men liable to service in all their wards were
found not to exceed 318. This number in exclusive of the
"Yeomanry,' the "sporting club," and the " tirailleurs,"
all mounted c-rps, which hold themselves in readiness* to pro-
ceed to any part at a moment's warning. The Graham's
Town Fineries (originally enrolled for the defence of the
town), and the Graham's Town liottenten, are actually
in the field. The municipality represent that, considering
the amount of property in Graham's Town, 318 effective
men are no more than is required for its protection ; arid
that, considering the force already contributed for field ser-
vice by Graham's Town, that number may be allowed them.
NATAL.—.. Private letters," says the South Tuve COW.
menial Advertiser of Nov. 4," as well as the local newspaper s
at Natal, represent the cultivation ore-ono° a+ proceeding with
great rapidity, and promising much success. It is also pro-
posed to try coffee and arrowroot, as the climate and soil appear
to resemble those of some countries where those productions
come to perfection. Cotton is already placed beyond a doubt."
It is already placed beyond a doubt that cotton can grow
there, but this was never doubted, nor is it the main ques-
tion. Can cotton be grown there to any extent, at such a
cost as will render it mailable for our manufactures?