The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-15 00:00:00

(Stamped id. AdditionaL) [TWOPENCE.

ist, be the architect of this brigsde, which wee seconded t
by Mr. domes, and canted Tutanknonaly, The Led
Mayor Mated the enrollment of members would nor take I
place with u little delay as p Asib'e ronrierent with the ~
variona smarm:eats neosesery to be toade, when it was
unsainsouely resolved that her bliauty's Court of
Lisatensacy Le reittetted t) recommend for her
ibjeety's &porno/a the teaming appointments i
As Camel, Jobs Carter, Fee., Lord Mayor Meet of Ma City
of London; ae Lieutenant-colonel, Captain George Montego'
Hicks; es Adjutant, Captain Mackenzie. Mr. Aldermen Allen,
Mr. Alderman Meobi, and Mr. William Gardner, eeldreso4
the meeting, and expressed their several opinbms se to the
nacessity of a large increase to the fund., which they felt
✓eared would be responded to in a Eiszner becoming the
City of London, end oonalatent with the pamiotism and mu-
nidutice of Ito merchants. Attar a cordial vote of thanks to
the Lord Mayor the mee.ing adjourned.

SIR GEORGE GM AND THE CAPE OP GOOD

ROPE.

Yesterday a meeting of merchants and others re-
eldest in England connected with the colony of the Cspe of
Good Rope wee held at the dikes of the Caps Tows Rail-
way and Dock Company, 261. Gresham-hettes, Old Broad-
street, to receive an address to Sir George Grey. prepared by
a ommolttee appointed at the meeting. of Sett. M. J. R.
THoetreoet, Esq., of Cape House, wet ut the &sir.
The Cetartie•74 said that • short time since a meeting was
I held at his scenting-berms, consisting of a few friends of the
Cap Colosy, in order to get an address preeented to Sir
Osage Grey. A small committee was formed to draw np
sect en address salt wee hoped would be acceptable to Sir
Gear, Gray, and they had prepared one which they
tzbt would meet the object intended. The serreuey
read the eddies's, sad if any gentlemen wished toesy
myth's, on the subject, the meeting would be happy to law
their opinloas. The object in view wee to show Sir George
Grey the feeling which wee entertained by the colonists with
regard to his 'dorm to bans& the colony.
)Lr. Larit q.v Bitowns then reed the eddiess as follows

"to cIR GEORGE GREY, Y.C.8.,
" 811,—We, the undersigned merchants and others resident
in this country, connected with the Cape of Good Hope, and
most deeply interested in its progress, desire to avail OW-
eaves of the earliest opportunity of waiting upon you with
an szpeersion of our regard and gratitude for the great and
important services rendered by you to the colony
in your private u well as your public capacity
of governor of that settlement end ite dependencies.
We cordially sympathies with and entirely concur in the
regrets so universally expreued by the colonists at your
recall, but we entertain a strong hope that their petitions ter
your reappointment may be grouted. We are moved more
deeply to cherish this hope, because, whilst we eau rejoice
in the confident faith that the interval improvement and
progress of the colony, so much promoted daring your
administration, is heaceforward guaranteed to it through the
numerous excellent institutions and important public works
initiated and t romoted by you, we cannot profess to beEere
that 'efficient time bee been allowed oas to mature and
consolidate the frontier system of the colony, that its author
and founder can be so suddenly removed without danger not
only to colonial but to imperial interests. Accept from us
our mincers congratulations to Lady Grey and yourself on
imsafe arrival in England, in the enjoyment, we trust, of
proved health, and be neared of our beet wishes for
year continued happiness wherever your future lot may be
art."

Mr. liszemer moved the edoption of the addriss.
GODLONTON, in seconding the motion, said that he
bed bees aresident at the Caps for forty years, and had sees
merry governor, beginning with General Donkin, and he
add =Manly say that there MAW was • more efficient
one them Sir George Grey. (Ham, Mae.) Be did not de-
sire to draw compariions between Sir George Grey and other
governors, but when he found that every clam in the colony
agreed that hie government bad been a benefit to every class
and tribe, he thought he might set sue h • man down se the
most efficient governor the colony ever powered. He (Kr.
Godlonton) was a resident on the border of the eastern pro-
vince, a district which had been most exposed to the
shacks of Kelm, who had destroyed mach property, and
dons a vest deal of mischief. The dealing with toe Kaffirs
wee the greet difficulty in the 'movement of the Caps,
and when every one wse satisfied with the ad-
misistration of Sir George Grey in that respect
it convinced him that it would be • misfortune if Sir George
wee removed at this juncture. (Hear, beer.) There had
been piece on the border for 110[00 time. It had been thrown
be the teeth of the colonists that they fattened and grew rich
on Kaffir ware, but the occurtences of the Let few yean had
exploded that notion. It wee the fact that in the lest six
months the trade and commerce of the frontier of the cohere
province bad inceremed to • greater extent than it had ever
reached before, end that, too, at • time when the colony
almoet denuded of troop., which were sent to India, and
the &Artiste thrown on their own resourre. In the lest
six months the exports from Port Elio theth amounted to
half a million, and the Imports to about the same, or rather
the exports covered the imports, and left • margin in favour
of the colony. This Mowed what an increase of prosperity
there had been. That was the ease on the borders of Kaffir-
land, where Sir George Grey had founded establiah-
mews foe the educates and improvement of the natives.
An article in a periodical had attacked Sir George
Grey as en oppressor of the natives, but that was not the
owe, es he had done much for their moral and material
benefit. He (Mr. Godlonion), with a view to seeing the effects
of Sir G. Grey's Feeley, had made • tour for two months on
the frontier before he left the colony ; and, having visited ail
the institutions which had been established by the Governor
for the benefit of the natives, he never saw even in this
country institutions with which he was better satisfied. In
use district on the border, where at one time • large military
free wee kept up, no less than 40,000 lingoes were settled,
who formerly were savages and heathen, sod had had seta-
Wished for them by Sir George Grey industrial institutions
and schools, where they received moral instrnMioe, ark were
taught to become citizens, end Instructed Is every thing
which could rains them in the rale of civilisation. Ai a
proof of their advance in that direction he would mention that
one of these lingoes, a chief, who when Sir George cams to
the colony wee living in • state of barbarism, had given
6001. for a farm, where he had built • house and
• tall se well as any European could. This wag
• specimen of what Sir George Grey had done.
But things were etIU in • transition state ; he hod only laid
the foundalion, and had not completed his work, therefore,
to withdraw him at this moment would be • great calamity.
(Hem, bear.) He (Mr. Godlonton) had been told by Dr.
Cottrell, the Bebop of Graham's Town, that tot for the
munificence of Sir George Grey he should have been obliged
to abondon the religious institutions established by the
Church of England foe the benefit of, the natives, and this not
out of public money, but out of his private resources. Sir
George had allowed no leas than 6,0001. for this purpose.
(Hear, hear.) A governor of this stamp ought to be sup-
ported by those who were interested In the good government
of the colony. Sir George Grey had always been selected
by her Majesty's government for the administration of the
arr. of colonies which were in diffieultir. Early in life
he pad an exploring visit to South Australis, end wro'e a
hook on the subject. sad be was selected as governor when
that colony was in difficulty; and just as be had settled its
Oars New Zeeland was in • UMW, an insurrection of the
natives having taken place which set at defiance
the efforts of the British troops to quell it.
Sir George Grey was sent to the out.ny in that Miele, and too
conducted himself as to plea it in • position of tranquillity,
sad before he left had conciliated and gained the good will of
all clasees of the inhabitszta, natives as well as settler,. Sir
George Grey had always felt • strong larches for the Cape,
and • desire to be connected with it, and at one time he took
en opportunity of goiog all through the cowry and becom-
ing acquainted with it end with the people ; and he adapted
his policy to what he believed he be their requirements, being
as It was e policy of good-will. He hoped that the govern-
meet would be induced to listen to the repreeentations which
had been made to them,end that Sir George Grey would go
back to the Cape with rester power and authority tinnier
which he would certainly exercise only for the benefit of the;
colony, end if so they would see it flourish es it had never
dons before, being as ft was a eolssy full of resources, which
only required to be developed to render it second to none of
the dependencies of Great Britain.
Mr. G. Woo:, bore hie tedirnotty to the merits of Sir
George Grey. He had been a colmet sines 1820, and had
seen the effect of good government and the policy of Ste
George, especially in reference to the Kaffir's. If another
governor were now placed in the position lately occupied
by Sir George Grey, and hi, system WY relaxed, there
would to • certalety be another Kaffir war, end one
still more serious than the last. But he believed
that Sir George Grey would soon be at the Cape again—
(hear, hear)—and it wee the duty of every one connected
"tut the wlmy to let the British government see the value
of measures such as Sir George Grey had carried out.
The Rev. Mr. SHAW reed that be had long been resident
on the frontier, and be could meek% deei.ive 0-roes with re-
gard to the policy of Sir George Grey. lie had known all
the governor, 'ince 1820, and knew their policy; and while he
admitted that they were all actuated by honest intentions,
yet with equal hoetsty of intention Sir George Grey
perused the clearest apprehension of his duties end the
greened ability in carrying them out with advantage to every
elms of the community, white and black. He knew he was
speaking the midmost@ of the whole miewmary body of
envy denomination when he said that no greater calamity
could happen to the interests of Christianity in the colony,
and especially se regarded its relation to the native tribes,
than the removal of 6ir George Grey.
The adders was then unanimously agreed to.
The Citereese avid that • deputation would shortly wait
upon the Doke of Newcastle, in order to ascertain officially
whether Sir George Grey wee to return to the colony ; for
although there was every reason to believe that that was the
cede, it bad not teen officially annoneold. If it was the dice,
the deputation you'd thank the duke on the part of the colony
for having re-sppointed Sir George Grey. He thought that
the deputation should to as numerous as passible.
The meeting, which was very matermaky &headed, Rea
separated. Those who were present signed the address ee
they left the MOIL