The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-31 00:00:00

NATAL

The following letter relating to the Verdant
Scutt meat boa been forwards.* to es for pu`sliestiou :
Verdi., Aug. 12, IVA.
My dear Sir,—l have thus keg delayed writing to yes
teat I might be able to give you more fall and satisfactory
otorenionsa this I weld have done had I sedan earlier.
I have the pleasure to state that the sadism's' of Vantage
of., of the meet forti4 aid eligible tracts of land in Ike
whoie colony—it is shoot eight roles in length with shoat
theta times that extent of river frontage, wall maenad by a
nog* 01 huh Irma the smith sad souttnerestarn winds, la so
part farther from the river Umhbti thai about eae mile sad
a quarter, excepting that part extending Wore sr boar miles
swag dilemmas', which is cared by the am limslaage
and other minor bateau failing streams. Mr. Todd, who
has bees *neared as aaintast surveyor, auoras se that he
noes Got believe one 'misdeed acres can be found throughout
the settlement, that are not irregatal by some constant
stream.
Our town, as yes kayo doubtless seen by the plan, is
sluiced es the loath aide of the beautiful dear and mean.
galas Malden, sad I think is well laid out. There is
taw wog timber war the tows, and ahoodance near the
oat ; gemd balding stone easily obtained, and clay of a
toe reries quality. The Lieutenant Governor, who recastly
pad r a vine, paid no the compliment of saying, that the
oelftllollel the it. redacted great credit ore the judgment of
the chnowire. I say complimented are, became We Rev.
J. Molars, Mr. T. Irons, sad myself, was the party who
male the Willetbolll. To the abovanamed rev. gentleman,
the committee and settlement are greatly indebted, for the
inter, at be La taken and the sound advice he ha po wiliiagly
piaL
The main read into the Zuli country posses through the
tows. and laminae flashes of cat are contieuaily
brought into the :olony. It is allowed on di hands that
Wl:rhea is the poorest land is Natal, bat had you eau the
bait sad vegetables brought the other day to the ageicalta-
ral exhibition, you would have been folly caseload that,
whatever is in fault, the soil and climate are most excellent.
Potatoes, carets, beans (broad gad French), peas, and
abbe" of the vary first qualuy, celery, beetroot, mongol&
wortzel, crag, cola, ginger, 01144011, basics, pine.apclite,
omega, lemons, lie, le., aid this is the depth of winter.
With respect*, the dinpusition of the natives " Cuael's
Emigrants' Almanac " is strangely at fault when it speaks
of the dosser to whisk the settler is exposed from them.
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They are a gentle, good tempered, sad loosest race, so
fn, a iy to each other that I have not witnessed a stogie
riu-rret ; se hotient that I have not heard of more than one
theft, although sue doors and windows are left open, our
too:s and clouds left outside the hosse day and night ; their
chief failing io indolence, and, even in regard to this, a
gentleman prom the Mauritius told me a short time since
that six of their lab utters (the Malays) could not do mere
than one Linke.
Cu religious opportunities are divine ureic., that is
pending, itc. on the Sabbath, commencing at it cm. and
6 pm ; Sabbath echool at 9 am. and 2 p m., proud meet.
tap on Mon•sey cueing at 7, class meetings on Wednesday
Gad Tkunday evenings. We here also a tract distribution.
T. prevent as loots an possible the Lereralty of the ap-
pcdatmcat of a seagistrates and the local expenses of a gaol,
Ile., we propose to draw up a code of rules for the manage-
ment of the town, and to sleet a council to settle differences
which may arise, each settler subscribing to the rules and
engaging to Le Wood by the decision of council. The Rev.
J. C. Holden visits us every month and once a quarter on
the Sabbath, to administer the Sacrament. It is not easy
for you to conceive the treat difficulty attendant on making
our arrangement', a large portion of which burden has been
borne by myself; indeed 1 do not hesitate to assert that had
I not, at great pecuniary sac, itice, gone up on the land
before it was eeeee and used my utmost efforts to prevail
on a few others to do so, the settlement, it founded at ail,
would have been so by WOK other emierants than those who
soiled is the ship King William; those who scald at
D'Urbsa made money fast—acres of land which then were
bought for 301. or 401. cannot now be had fur 1501.; is
fact, several lure lately been sold for upwards of 2001.
I was urged on all bands to commence business,
either at D'Urbas or Pieta Mari•zburg, sod had
an instants before my eyes of a man following my trade,
although a most awful botch (not kering practised when is
England), who neverthelen, in a few months, aoessattlated
sunkient to commence farming on a freehold of 100 scree.
Feeling myself placed in a responsible position, and wishful
to realise the tiled of settlement we anticipated In England,
I would engage in nothing at the port, but persisted in the
design of creating Verulam. Wwing to Moreland, memo-
rialising the government, summoning the committee, getting
the advice of the old eoloaists, &e., fully occupied me the
fint thus months after I landed; the consequence is this,
with regard to myself, that I have expended in the aids.
tenants of my Wililyin the most (regal way all the little
capital with& I had hotrod to employ in the cultivation of my
loud, sad must remain embarrassed for a bag time to come,
however favourably matters may proceed.
1 regret that the committee, or memo one of them, was not
qualified by power of attorney to act for you in I
matters, among °aura to select a farm before the land, neat
the town, was occupied. Before I *occlude, 1 wish to state
my conviction that nothing I bare seen in print reepecung
the toil, climate, and cape' illiies of this country, exceeds
the reality. My only disappointment arises from the fact
tbst the colony is in a more infant state than is sometimes
ri -tied; it iv capetila of all I have seen or heard
&reeved, but a xtresnely little has yet been done to educe its
faithfully,
To Mr. W. 1. Irons. THOS. J. CHAMPION.

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