The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-30 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

We have received files of papers from the Dips
of Good Hope to the Est of August.
Reports of disturbance on the frontier were again
current, and the following Government notice was
issued on the Hith of August':
Govinutamry Norm.—No. 283, 1866.
- ' dada ea" Cape of Good Holm, Aug 16.
Haroilseep Me 01M7111T sod High Commissioner,
WIN that eladdillable alarm ►ea bees crated by reports
whisk sire in ehreektiee, that a great meeting was held by
the Cain chiefs upon the 6th instant, on the borders of •
river oa this side of the Lel, at which were present the
Chide h ell, Beadllll, Misuse, Swazi, Dallas, and others.
who had all ananinumsly resolved en mar, bu directed the
potothatlea of the ascomapeaytag letters, which show that,
on the day aimed, BasdWl and Mims were with govern-
meat authorities la their own districts, dismusing the state
of the country. His Rseclleasy has Author ascartainsd that,
on the s•mo day the Chief 81w•ai was aim present with
government authorities in his district.

Very alarmist; reports ►arisg sbo been pat iato ciresia.
tics regarding a gnat meeting of Hams's tribe, which took
place oa the 4th August, sad dosb•s baying been expressed
regarding the conduit of Sews and his own nos Eterosid,
the great skids of that tribe, hie Ezra Unsay has also dinned
mho publication of the minutes of the seating which was °a
that masks held; sad as, in the primmest time of sink-
Emit, it is of gnat eoasequasee that nothing should be
done to smote a Iselin of distrust sad sespkdoa I. the
Wads of the Mere shish, his Excelleacy oarssedy
lm-
pnsss apes all ;mous the propriety of randaiag tress
civeulating slusieg reports, the truth of whisk they have
sot ascertained.

By sioanasad if his lizailleriey the Gowaaad sad Hlsh
Comrairioaar.

RAWSON W. RAWSON, Celestial Secretary.
The documents referred to are of considerable
length. They consist chiefly of details showing the
powerful and pernicious influence of the" prophet"
Unthlakasa in exciting the Coffees against the
English.
The cape Town Mait, of the 19th August, observes
that the letters show a state of feeling in Worland
which it cannot bat consider dangerous. Con-
siderable numbers of people, apparently of
I every tribe, including the great tribe of the
Salsas., under Krell, beyond the Kai, have fallen
under the influence of a prominent idea—a belief
that the order of nature is about to be changed, and
that the change is to be entirely in their favour;
their lost friends are to be restored to them from
the dust, along with their cattle and their country,
and all unbelievers, enemies, and strangers, are to
be swept as by a whirlwind from the hoe of the
earth. Whatever an gratify a suffering or discon-
tented mind is promised. Their revered ancestors
and the friends of their youth, are to be seen once
more. AU believers ere to be gratified with
abundance, with independuos, and liberty-
Hatred and revenge are to be satisfied by the
destruction of their foes. Bach is the paradise
offered by the Prophet UuthlskuL
This prophet, it would appear, is now with
Krell, the acknowledged paramount chief of all the
Gaffer tribes. This adds greatly to the extent of his
influence. It leads the people to look beyond their
immediate chiefs. They plead a superior an.
thority for local disobedience. The name of
Krell unites all the discontented, seems to
sanction their anion, and brings them under
the direction of a single will. The most enlightened
of the local s►ish, such as Esms, feel their power
ebbing from them. The Nikes are wavering, and
Beedilli himself, though not convinced, speaks u in
doubt. "If he dieobeye Urr.Alahar,a, it w a sae of
ignorance, and he hopes God would rot pwsish him'
severely." This he says to the British Commissioner
—not the best ominous words in these " Reports."
From the reliable information now afforded,'.
says the Cape Thee iteil. we due see
that there is musk Gauss for uneasiness is
oar border, and we as scarcely say that the alarm
exessedve. Nothing can be more terrible than
the sudden husks of an enthusiastic and bar-
barous people on a smattry so thinly inhabited
is Queen's Town, Somerset, or Albany, or the fun-
tier districts generally. The whole excitement may
pass away, as something similar did last year. But
should hostilities once commence, though the delusion
may vanish the fire kindled by it msy rage for months
or years."