The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-23 00:00:00

THE CAPE MAIL

The steamer Norseman, with the Cape mail,
arrived at Plymouth yesterday. Her dates are
Table Bay, 20th November ; St. Helena, 28th ;
' and Ascension, the 2nd inst. She brings 66 pas-
sengers and 32 time-expired soldiers, with women
and children, four packages of specie, and a cargo
of wool, skins, oil, copper, hides, wine, itc. The
Norseman experienced strong northerly winds
along the coasts of Portugal, and north-west winds
to Plymouth.
The fever at Cape Town was considered to
be decreasing in the number of patients,
but the type of the disease had increased
in virulence, and a class of persons had
wen attacked who had previously been compara-
tively free from the malady. The government and
the municipal authorities were unremitting in their
exertions to meet the emergency. The town had
been divided into 12 districts, to each of which a
medical man was appointed, to provide the poorer
classes with medicines and food gratis. Drs.
Graf and Brown, two of the moat active medical
men, had fallen victims to their exertions to arrest
the epidemic. Medical reports had been sent in
which disclosed that a large part of the poor in the I
town were living in very filthy and generally un-
sanitary homes. The municipal authorities were
endeavouring to remedy this. It is believed that
the fever was introduced into the colony from the
Mauritius.

It was rumoured that the governor, Sir P. E.
Wodehouse, had bean confirmed in his present
appointment for a few years more, instead of re-
turning to England by this mail, as was expected.
The rumour that had prevailed, that there was
danger from large parties of armed Kaffirs patrol-
ling Uitenhage, had been proved groundless by Sir
Walter Currie, who had visited the district with
an armed force.

The Orange Free State and Basuto war still
existed, but there had been no further advances on
either side. Both parties seemed satisfied to keep
beyond gunshot of each other.
Trade in the colony was brisker, and the pro-
spects of harvest most favourable. The cereal
crops were abundant, the vineyards freer from
oichum than for years past, and the wool clip was
satisfactory. The silk culture was progressing most
favourably.
At the annual meeting of the Church Defence
Association, in connection with the Dutch Reformed
church, resolutions were passed, condemning the
adjournment policy of the synod • alleging that
the Privy Council had made a mistake, and advo-
cating the right of private judgment, and free,
fearless, and unfettered inquiry.
At Natal, the leading topic was the confirmation
of the discovery of large beds of good coal in that
colony, and the government was being urged to
assist in utilising the discovery.
The Colenso dispute was continued, and rival
congregations were being established by church
members who had left the two clergymen who had
recognised Dr. Colenso as bishop. The actions for
the ejection of Dean Green and the Rev. J.
Walthom from the ecclesiastical buildings they
use as belonging to the church of England had
come off, but judgment was not expected to be
given before the end of November. The Rev. Mr.
Crompton has forwarded to the Colonial Secretary
a voluminous despatch referring to his ca-icelled
commission as justice of the peace for his inter-
' ference in the Colenso dispute.

THE BISHOPRIC OF GIERALTAR.—There was
good deal more than mere speculation in the rumour which
we published • fortnight since that the Rev. T. G.
Hatchard, M.A. rector of St. Nicholas, Guildford, and
rural dean, waslikely to be appointed to the see of Gibral-
tar. We intimated, however, that the office would be in
many respects no gain to the rev. gentleman ; whilst his
removal from Guildford, where he and his family are the
centre of • large social and Christian circle, would have
been • sharp wrench on many accounts. We are now in a
position to announce that Mr. Hatchard is likely to labour
amongst us for some time longer at all events, the Hon.
and Vem Archdeacon Harris having succeeded to the
bishopric. The Hon. and Ven. Charles Aniyand Harris,
son of the second, and brother of the present Earl of
Malmesbury, was born in 1813, and educated at Eton and
Oriel College, Oxford. He was B.A. in 1835, M.A. in
1837, and was Fellow of All Souls. In 1837 he married
the Hon. Katherine Lucia O'Brien, sister of the thirteenth
Baron Incbiquin, since dead. He has been Vicar of Brom-
hill and Archdeacon of Wiltshire since 1863. treat Surrey

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