The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-11 00:00:00

PROPOSED NEW SETT]
CAPE.

AT THE

The South African Advertiser, jest received, con.
dins some correspondence with respect to a plan &droned
by Mr. W. J. Irons for the establishment of a new colony=
the salt coast, between the Umtata and Umgari rivers, or
about half way between Cape Town and Natal. Mr. lan
fur
" I believe it to be a most fertile region, well watered and
wooded, rich in herbage, and very healthy for man and beast,
abounding, In fact, with all the requisites for successful col°.
niratkm. It la, in my opinion, equal to Natal for the growth
of sugar, oaks, and cotton, with other tropical productions,
the War having to my knowledge, been grown by two
parties most successfully. The only difficulty that I an
aware of at present is the shallow depth of water on the tars
of the Umtata and St. John's; but this may be onermoine
by strear-bosta of suitable draught of water. abide
to those used in several of the Australian riven.
I hops to tab an active part yet in colonising this betatiihl
country, which should be oalled Greyland, inhowur of on
admired and well-beloved governor, whose wisdom and @sp-
otty has saved the colon y from a bloody war and advanced
the cause of civilisation beyond the hopes of most lan-
gal I propose that this country should be oolonlied upon
b:don, on the plan recommend by Major 110Pri Ehm
on the grants and occupation of farms, in theretri-
ltrig:srtlig Victoria and Queen's Town • and I woulthave
grants made in the colony of Greylan, to the men of all
ages sod condition,' who surrounded the hotel of Queen's
Town, begging for and. Here is enough to satisfy the count-
less claimants of the whole colony, and thouasnda of in-
dustrious farmers from the mother country. It is the duty
of the government to take immediate steps for a sur-
vey and offioial report thereon to lay before
comprehensive l
sent when it meets, then a scheme
may be =tura for the introduction of British (not Chrome)
emigrants into this country. lam prepared, with the spat-
mos of some London friends, to introduce into British
Haffraria, and the country beyond, genuine agriculturists
and small Inman, from the rural districts of Englanti, on
the same Latins that Messrs. Godeffroy and Co., of Rea-
lm,. are to introduce Germans. I ask, have the Germen
realised either the energy, enterprise, and skill which
.wf.-7 expected of them as settlers P Have they benefited
'Caliente In the degree which the same number of British
settlers would have done, with the same advantages ? I be.
• from the evidence before me, that Englishmen from
either the manufanarke, streets, or fields, would have ad-
vanced far more rapidly, and have developed the colony to a
greater azant. I mak, than, for this new colony of Gayland,
British solders from the rural districts of England, the moan-
taiga of Wales, the highlands of Scotland, and the bog lands
of Ireland ; give me a guarantee of land for settlemnts,
dewy oceditione, and I will find widget, who will change the
wodatmrinto a garden of cultivation.'

The tourists who crow; the Alps in the entemw
when the mountain' have lost their thick covering of Mow
form no idea of the dangers to which the inhabitants of thee:
mountainous regions ate expsoesd when obliged to travel oat
them in the winter. In order to alleviate their sufferings m
much as possible, the Prefect of the Hants-Alms has put
devoted the sum bequeathed to that deparincnt by Note=
to I. the establishment of places of refuge for leave in
the most dangeroue pastes of the mountain,. These hakes,
eight in number, are inhabited during the whole yeas by s
trusty man and hie family, whom hennas it is to sweats*.
Mane to travail's.' in case of danger. During movrtams
signal-light is placed at the top of each house, andtwlcia
dark, a bell is kept constantlyeo ringing. These place* bet
the name of " Refuges N
The celebrated wrestatlrpin, alias the "Terrible
Savoyard," who ham been in the habit of attending Mend
fairs in France to display his immense strength, has just net
his death In a very sudden manner at Names where he wee
exhibiting before an assemblage of from 12,000 to 16,000
spectators. When wrestling be was thrown by his adversity,
and came down with such violence, that Matadi was broths,
and he died almost immediately.
THE GERMAN LEGION AT THE CAPE.—Desee•
time from the regiments stationed on the frontier appear le
be becoming more numerous every day. The hat Garth
contains the names and descriptions ef five from the Genre
Military Settlers, two from 11.M.'s 6th Regt., three her
H.M.'s 12th Regt., and one from ll.M.'s 73rd Regt.—assist
of them being mechanics. It will be remembered that a
short time ago a man named Culaick well apprehended et
Stellenbosch—" where he had married end was comforable
—on the information of a comrade as being a deserter fan
H.M.'s 73rd Regt. He was sent up to Keiskama
where the head-quarters of the regiment are stationed, sad
confined in the lock-up room, from which he again broke eel
on the morning of the 20th December, end is still at lap—
Coff Toms Mail, Jan. 6.
THE DIAMOND NECKLACE —The famous air d
"the Queen's diamond necklace," which made se intekTiel
just before the outbreak of the great revolutinatif ZOllls
about to come on again before the courts of Palk=
and representatives of Bceluner end Boraaage, the
who nipped the necklace, having brought an action
the Detre and representatives of Cardinal de GO
Princes de Rohm, now residing in Bohemia, to Pl'
mast for It Ng of the cardinar
estate, it having tea'
tided by them to Lim. In this action, soars of the d
other creditors of the medical have intervened babel
obtain mimed of what is dos to them.
THE ART or Irtvewritto.—Bobble and his Oral
gave general currency to the word Investment.
that the straight line is the shortest did not serve=
so well, in regard to ralweys, as did morel truths ag
truism enforcing economy and Investment. The esesgat
the reckless, the civilised I. the saying man. MO IN
slating without heeding the thaw is not more sea el
falling into the water then the men spending all be NM
is sure of falling into want. The Bubble perwesim of ad
frugal axioms consisted in preaching the duty of to
in their schemes; in trafficking, like many others, ioh
from Heaven, end using it to lead men atm.
Tbe chief end of men, &molding to the Bubble catalthle,
is to invest. According to the Bubble philosophy, 130
moral man is the man who Manta and the unmoral iamb
the man who does not invest. The good father is lite*
vesting father, and the good husband te the invest* bdP
band. And many worthy men were caught by their des'
trines, and found soul-esee in applying them. Krivsi.
toiled hard and saved hard, end smelted gold out of thth
muscles, and their brains, which they invested with tie
Bubble brotherhood. Shrewd men were the dupes of BOA
He had victims among men far too sagacious to invest tkok
savings in nothings. Prudently investing their saviego
joint-stock companies which yielded real profits, they
came sleeping partner in concerns with equallj
risks. When the risks came into play, they found
selves engaged its I:animist which they did eat
understand, and which they found were dal Wild/0
They were sleeping partners with hideous osl
dreadful awakenings. Many bought shares width
aZ
could not sell, and made themselves liable foe ails
not answer. Many sincerely wished they had limeddlinelb_
ing nothing worm than leering their money, or waiis.
so agreeable as making ducks and drakes with lied=
on the an. Investing they found woe giving a
pounds to Bubble, sod him also the right to dada
them with legal if they did not send Midi.
thousand pounds more. hey had given him their lOW
and the power of suing them for what they could MI /AP'
pianos'. " Nowashold Were."