The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-30 00:00:00

TIIE CAPE OF GOOD lIOPE.

We add the following to our telegraphic summary
of yesterday :
The accompanying extracts from the South African
Colonial Adcertiser contain all the news of import-
anoe from the 24th of January to the 23rd of
February:
Since the return of the Governor from Basutuland, all
has been quiet in that quarter, his Excellency having
wisely closed accounts with blushed], without leaving any
claim or balance as a germ of future litigation—bad debts
written off, and doubtful ones abandoned. Ile has pur-
sued the same course with l reili, settled everything with
clearness and precision, and with every prospect of equ►l

In British Caifraria, his Excellency is making prepara-
tions for holding the Amatolas as a sattlement, stationing
forts, or military poste, in strong positions, and surrounding
them to within the distance of one mile on all sides, with
resident settlers, to whom, on account of services rendered
during the war, he offers small patches of ground capable
of cultivation. on condition of residfnce end readiness to
act with the military for the general defence. This im-
plies the expulsion of the native inhabitants, and the ex-
clusion of the Kaffirs from that district, and involves the
necessity of maintaining a considerable force among these
mountains in a state of watchfulness. . .

It appears also that Sandilli has at last abandoned his
hopeless contest with British power, and retired from
Kaffraria, which was all that was peremptorily required by
the governor. lie has announced this fact by a message,
and signified his submission. He is now beyond the Km,
together with all the principal chiefs of his tribe—Macomo,
Ants, and Tots, so that u far as present appearances go
the Kaffir war is closed. . .

Such is the substance of the latest intelligence from King
William'a Town, down to the 13th of February.
The following official notices contain all that is certainly
known of these affairs:—

GOVERNMENT NOTICE.
King William's Town, Feb. 12, 1853.
Whereas his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief and
High Commissioner of British Katfraria is desirous—now
that the rebellious Gaika tribe has been expelled from the
Amatolas and other lands formerly occupied by them, but
now forfeited to the crown—that certain townships and
villages in the close vicinity of sufficient military posts and
garrisons, to provide for their security, should be estab-
lished without delay.
And whereas numerous applications for land have been
made by deserving persons who have fought nobly in the
ranks of colonial levies and other corps, during the rebel-
lion, now happily suppressed, his Excellency the Comman-
der-in-Chief and High Commissioner is pleased to order as
follows :
1. That, commencing with the Keiskamma Hoek—where
there is • permanent barrack and fort, and where there
is abundance of good land and water, as well as of
open land for pasture, with capability of irrigation, there
shall be traced and defiged a certain surrounding space of
not more than one mile radius, in the first instance, but to
be enlarged hereafter if found expedient, within which
apace building and garden lots or erven shall be laid out.
These building lots will not exceed a quarter of an acre
each, as the first object is to form as compact a town as pos-
sible ; but allotment gardens will be laid out, as far as prac-
ticable, having a frontage to the river and outside of the
space reserved for the town ; and these will contain a space
of one acre, or half an acre, each, as may be desired, which
will be let for one or three years on lease, on easy terms, to
holders of erven in the town, who desire to cultivate them.
In like manner larger spaces for cultivation will also be let
to persons who may wish to cultivate on a more extensive
scale ; but in every ease gardeners will be required to en-
close their gardens with a sufficient fence : the wood and
stone in the close neighbourhood will furnish abundant
materials. . . . .

2. That all persons desiring to become possessed of ouch
seven may send in their applications in writing, backed by
the certificate of the officers under whom they have served,
if military, or by a magistrate, if not military, addressed to
the resident magistrate at King's William Town.
3. That a board shall be forthwith formed, consisting of
the resident magistrate, an officer of Royal Engineers, and
one other member whom the Chief Commissioner may think
fit to appoint, to consider the said applications, and make
the allotment accordingly.
4. These grants shall, in the first instance, be provisional,
and be held on the same tenure as those granted at King
William's Town, but to be convertible into freehold or as-
MiIIIII quit tent, u hereinafter provided, on the final settle-
ment of the district. And should the crown see fit to
abandon the project of the proposed settlement in the Ama-
tolu, the holders of such grants shall receive an equivalent
in land elsewhere, or compensation in money, at the option
of the government, for the value of all dwellings erected on
their allotment', also for their field or garden crops.
6. The said seven, so granted, shall not be alienable
until they shall have been two years in occupation. Each
erf so granted must be occupied. and some sort of dwelling
built in such position as shall be directed, and inhabited
bonee-fede within six months after the notification of the
grant to the appliunt ; otherwise that grant will be can-
celled, and the erf transferred to another. And an erf once
occupied and a dwelling constructed, should it be alma-
dosed and left unoccupied for six months, it will in like
manner be forfeited ; but it will be lawful to let or lend is,
so that bona-fide occupation be ensured.
6. The owners of crust will have free commonage for
pasture within such limits of the Forest of the Amatolu
as the officer commanding the post may consider safe ; and
certain kraals, either common or private, will be constructed
at such places as may be selected by an appointed officer
of Royal Engineers, and all cattle must be duly brought in
to kraal at the appointed hour.
7. The free use of all firewood, and all such timber as
may be required for building or for constructing fences,
will be granted ; but no timber will be cut down and carried
away for purpose. of trade out of the said forest, without
license granted by the Chief Commissioner, on such terms
as may be hereafter appointed.
8. Every male inhabitant above the age of 16 will be re-
quired to provide himself with a gun, and be prepared to
assist in defence of his own property and that of the com-
munity, in case of need.
9. The crown retain right of resumption of and allotment
fOT public purposes, compensating the owner or occupier.
0. No higher rate of quitrent than ss. per annum for
each erf shall be atfis-d on a town allotment, granted
within the first limits now appointed.
11. viola and agricultural implements and garden seeds
will be ~.-eiven gratis to each holder of a building lot en
occupation.
12. Rations will be given to the occupiers of erven in
this new township, for themselves, and wives, and children,
for the first six m.mths, from the date of their occupation.
By command of .his excellency the Governor and High
Commissioner. W. F. Lthutu,
Sec. to 11. M. high Commissioner.

PEACE.
The following proclamation has just come to hand. The
terms are just and reasonable. But the sth article should
hare more clearly expressed what is no doubt its real mean-
ing and intent, namely, that Kreili should be bvuu:l to we

his best endeavours to recover and restore stolen property
traced rote his country, and to seize the offenders and de-
liver them up to the colonial authorities, fur trial in the
country where the offence w.O committed. This is all that
one independent state can require of another. As the
words stand,li is bound to do what Me. be impus.ible:
and to try a man on the Bashee an offence committed
in King William's Town, or Graham's Town, which could
never be intended. The Governor hu made one great
step in advance—he has abandoned equivalents.
I lents for stolen property which could nut be found, and
where guilt could not be proved either against the chief or
any of his people, were every way impolitic, exciting dia.
content, and leading to resistance and war.

PILOCL.IMITION

By his Excellency Lieut.-General the Hon. Gen. Cath-
cart, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Settlement
of the Cape of Good Hope, in South Africa, and of the
pendencies thereof, Ordinary and Vice-Admiral of the same,
and her Majesty's High Commissioner for the settling and
adjustment of the affairs of the territories in Southern
Africa, adjacent and contiguous to the Pastern and North.
Eastern Frontier of the said Colony, and Governor at British
Kaffraria.
Whereas the independent Chief Kreili has recently ma.
nifested a desire for peace and reconciliation with her Ma-
I jesty's government, and to be again considei ed her 31.ijesty's
faithful friend :
And whereas, since the invasion of the territory cf the
said chief, in the month of August last, no acts of tvegility
have been committed by his people, and no participation in
the Gaika rebellion, subsequent to that period, is charge-
able to them :
' ' ' • • .

And whereas, in taken of admission, a fourth instalment
of cattle has been voluntarily sent by the chief towards the
final settlement of the small remaining portion of the fine
imposed upon kim :
And whereas the said chief has else declared himself se-
verely punished, prayed for the remission of the remainder
of the fine, and humbly sued for peace :
Now, therefore, I do hereby, on her Majesty's behalf, and
by virtue of the powers vested in me, proclaim, declare,
and make known that all remaining fines of cattle imposed
by my predecessors on the said Chief Kreili are hereby can.
celled, and that peace and amity are hereby teemed be.
tween her Majesty and the said Chief Kreili, on the follow-
ing conditions only:-
1. That the said Chief Kreili shall continue in all things
true and faithful to his engagements.

2. That he shall recognise the line of the lnilwe and the
Kei as the boundary between her Majesty's territories and
his own.

3. That he shall restrain and punish all attempts on tho
part of his people to disturb the peace of her Majesty's sub-
jects, either in the lands allotted to the Tomb lokies, or the
other tribes within her Majesty's territories, being on the
west side of the Indwe and Kei rivers.
4. That in the event of missionaries or traders being
again permitted to reside in the country of the said Chief
Kreili with his consent, they must conform to such agree-
ment u they may make for themselves with the said Chief.
The Governor, on behalf of the British government, veil,
have nothing to do with ally such agreements, but will
hold the said Chief responsible for the security of the lives
and property of those British subjects whom ke may allow
to live within his territory.
5. That in case of cattle, horses, or other property being
stolen from the colony and traced into his country, the said
chief shall be bound to recover and restore the stolen pro-
perty, and to punish the thieves.
G. That the said chief aliall,ts hen demanded of him, cause
to be seised and delivered up to the nearest British autho-
rity, for trial according to law, all persons who shall have
committed, or who shall be reasonably suspected of having
committed any murder, robbery, or other offence, within
the limits of her Majesty's dominions, and who shall be found
in the territory of the said chief.