The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-25 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY.
lia'rhe General Steam Shipping Company's ship
Iti,ruillger, Captain Lane, arrived at this port this
'lg. Her dates are—Calcutta, October 14 ;
1. "'rag 21 ; Point de Galle, 21 ; Mauritius, No-
ilnber 6 ; Cape, 20 ; St. lelena, 28 ; Ascension,
il.ceraber 2 ; St. Vincent, 12. She brings news
Guth,°llthe Cape 1A days later than the Queen of the
which left November 6, and arrived at Ply-
mouth December 13.
captain Lane has made the passage out to Cal-
ott,ta and home in the shortest time on record.
LbbfY the Cape Town Mail of November 20, we
7t4 that the war had ceased, though peace was
° reported.
lie
the frontiers the Kafirs are exhausted, but
:Gaika chiefs still refused to submit. Cattle are
c 1) but one or two of the robbers shot, and a
rurtlon of the booty retaken.
the line between King William's Town and the
laalo is tranquil, but Oliphant's Hoek is infested
I
Caffres.
fiePle Hottentot chiefs are reported to be dissatis-
qtcvith Uithalder. Sandilli, Stock, and Tola are
ives, and Macomo is reduced to extremities.
The Tambookie chief Syolo has surrendered ; the
''Olambie chiefs have been transported to Robben
and
.
reli has sent a few cattle in token of friend-
P, and Chosso has delivered up 80 stand of
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for General Cathcart left on the 16th of November,
dthe " Sovereignty," with 2,000 men, to adjust
'4,,erences between certain tribes.
41_44e reorganisation of the Caffre police has been
nulndoned, and Colonel Eyre is made Brigadier-
fo4ll claims for Government supplies are to be °
„„Iliwith discharged. The northern districts are
Bering greatly from locusts.
.tte Mauritius Price Current of November 6
;Ya the sugar market was dull. Very fine yellow,
t°lll 4.50 to 4.70 ; fine, 4.30 to 4.40 ; good, 4.15
o 4.25. The quantities shipped to November this
Jaar and last are about equal. Freights, 50s. to
Exchange—Treasury bills, 30 days, 1 per cent.
guano plentiful. The trade to Madagascar was to
°pened soon.
'he Australian steamer had not arrived at the
Cape when the Harbinger left.
1113-e Sarah Sands, four-masted screw-steamer,
.Ilied from the Cape on the 11th of November for
Melbourne.
The Lauriston screw-steamer left Cape Verde on
the 10th of December for the Cape and Bombay.
The screw-steamer Mauritius arrived on the 11th
December at Cape Verde, bound to the Cape and
Calcutta.
111 Table Bay—the Styx, waiting for the English
mails. 7, In Simon's Bay—the Hydra and Castor.
Ascension—the Tortoise, Teazer, and Athol,
Cl the West Wind, with emigrants, detained 10
Is for coals.
1:11e mails, in charge of Captain Curtis, were
taken
t to the post-office and despatched by the mail
in, which arrives at Paddington at 4.15 a.m.,
the letters for Plymouth having been assorted and
'elivered within two hours after the arrival of the
mcket.
The Harbinger left for Southampton at 4.30 p.m

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF TFFF, BALTIC.

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, 11-30 P.m.
By the United States mail steam-ship Baltic,
rastock commander, we have advices from New
;,..c'rk to the 11th inst. She did not, however, sail
,"133. New York till the 12th inst., and has expe-'
fenced very violent weather during the whole pas-
f...l4°. e. She brought 250,000 dols. in specie on
• ght.
The Baltic passed the Arctic, hence for New
'c'rk, at 2-30 p.m., on the 13th mst. •
Congress had been in session for a month, but
fe3rond passing an appropriation of 600,000 dols.
4.°l' current expenses, and deciding to impeach a
`(lrraer Minister for treason, little business had been
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The committee in conference on the Tehuantepec
propositions had reported a bill granting the con-
"vazt for constructing the route to Senor Bellarge.
A. spirited debate took place in the House of
Representatives at Washington on the Whig pro-
position to refer that part of the President's mes-
sage relating to the tariff to, a select committee.
Sortie of the Democrats seemed to favour the move-
blent, while others were directly opposed to it.
• Mr. Gorman, Democrat, gave notice of his in-
rtion to introduce a bill impowering the Presi-
t to confer the rank of Lieutenant-General,
,_"_kloh was, however, met with cries of objection,
'43.ldst which the House adjourned.
Telegraphic accounts from New Orleans, dated
Dec, 8, announce the arrival at that port of the
,steamer Philadelphia, with California advices to
the 16th of November. The news is said to be of
a highly important character.
The city of Sacramento had been almost entirely
destroyed by fire. Nearly every house was burnt,
and many lives lost. Destructive fires had also
furred in San Francisco and Marysville.
The Philadelphia sailed in' company with the
liteamer Illinois, for New York, which vessel had
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and a quarter million of gold dust on freight.
Ike loss by the fire at Sacramento was estimated at
10,000,000 dols. During the nine days that had
!lapsed from the occurrence of the fire to the depar-
ture of the steamer, 350 buildings had been erected.
The San Francisco fire broke out on the 10th Nov.,
and. the loss was estimated at 150,000 dole. The
e fire occurred on. the 7th Nov., and de-
stroyed a great part of the town, but the estimated
mount of damage done is not recorded. The San
41Francisco markets were very unsettled.
The Gardiner Investigation Committee had left