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London, England, 1864-10-24 00:00:00

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acting. The one scene—nay, the one portion of a scene—in
which, disguised as a boy, she steals into the cave of Belarius,
furnishes a whole gallery of pictures. The terror she feels at
the sword which is to be her defence, the cautiousness of
the approach, the hurry of the retreat, the particle of
comedy that she throws into the situation by bringing
female timidity into unexpected prominence, the combi-
nation of the most contentious feelings when the entrance
into the cave is ultimately accomplished, form a great work
of pictorial art. To appreciate to its full extent the value
of Miss Faucit's triumph it is necessary to recur to the
fact that to the multitude " Cymbeline" is not a known
play. The audience have not, as in the case of " Othello"
or " Hamlet" their regular cues for applause, which they
can follow with the regularity of an actor who is guided by
the last lines of the preceding speaker. With many plays
tradition may do much. It is commanding excellence alone
that could have secured to Miss Faucit the enthusiastic up-
plain:, she received on Monday last..

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

PLYMOUTH, Oct. 23.

The Union Company's Cape royal mail steamship
Briton, Captain Boxer, arrived here this morning
from Table Buy Sept. 20; St. Helena, S.,pt. 29;
and Ascension, Oct. 3. She brings 28 passengers
and 16 soldiers (time-expired mer). Her cargo
consists of 344 bags copper ore, 623 bales wool, 845
bales hides, 42 bales sheep and goat skins, 10 cases
ostrich feathers, eight tusks ivory, 49 cases aloes,
two bales angora hair, two cieks seal skins, and a
qnsutity of silver lead ore from the West Coast.
Among her passengers are Sir William and Lady
Hodges and family. Captain Hamersham, of the
ship Castilian, and the steward took passage in the
Briton from Ascension, but the caatii • • "ed on the
passage. The Briton sighted t ; •• of Faro
on Oct. 15. She had fine weather oughout all
the passage to near the Channel:
At the Cape the most important political ques-
tion then pending, as far as South Africa was con.
earned, was the projected annexation of British
Kaffraria to the Cape, and the arrangements to be
made, and the liabilities to be incurred for the
future defence of the new colonial border.

His Excellency the Governor was in British
Kaffraria, and would proceed from thence to the
Orange River Free State for the purpose of settling
the boundary of Moshesh's country. While in King
William Town the governor had an interview with
a deputation from a public meeting, and in replies
to questions addressed to him, stated that the Home
Government would shortly decide whether Kaffraria
should be incorporated with the Cape Colony,
The Advertiser and Mail says :—" The first thing
his Excellency will have to do is to convince the
Kaffrarians that it is for their own interest to be
joined with the Cape colonists. The second condi-
tion is, that before any annexation is effected there
must be a redistribution of the electoral franchise
so as to secure the continuance of a fair equipoise_
of political power among the different provinces of
the colony. Parliament will require that for
every vote added from the British Kraffarian side
there must be a corresponding extension made of
the representative power of the midland and wes-
tern districts." Also, "It is vain to expect that the
Cape Parliament will undertake the liability of
having British Kaffraria annexed to the old colony
until a distinct and clear understanding is come to
respecting the extent and the manner in which the
Imperial Government will continue its contribu-
tions towards the defence of the frontier and the
civilisation of the native savage tribes still resident
immediately beyond the border."
The Lieutenant Governor and Commander of the
Forces was at Grahamstown, but there was no
prospect of any outbreak on the part of the natives.
Kreli was to be located between the K.ei and the
Bashee, and was to have a magistrate resident with
him.

The weather in the colony had been remarkably
favourable for the farmers, and a plentiful harvest
was expected. The breadth of land under cultiva.
tion had never been exceeded, and the crops were
very promising. Trade was good, money plentiful,
and provisions cheap. Owing to the additional
taxing measures, which were passed during the
last session, it was confidently expected that the
deficiency hitherto apparent in the revenue would
be more than made up.

Mr F. S. Watermeyer, one of the leading barris•
ters Of the Supreme Court, bad died at the early age
of 37. He was counsel for the pla!ntiff in the case
of Long versus the Bishop of Capetown.
The Supreme Court has quashed the sentence of
deprivation pronounced by the Synod of the Dutch.
Reformed Church on the Rev. Mr Motze, one of
her ministers, on the ground that the accused was
not allowed a legal trial.

A company had been formed for the introduction
of the Llama from South America. The first ship<
ment was expected towards the end of this year.
Land companies had also been formed in Cape Town
and Port Elizabeth.

Three more slave dhow, captured on the east
coast by H.M.S. Ariel, had been condemned in the
Vice-Admiralty Court.

A party of 200 men had been employed by
Government in commencing the extension of the
railway from Wellington to Worcester.
The following had been the arrivals out in Table
Bay from England during the month :—August 22,
Alma, from London ; 23, Dunedin, from Sunder-
land for Singapore ; 24, Balden, from Swansea ;
24, Pollux, Russian ship, from London; 26, Annie
Comrie, from Newcastle ; 27, Demerara, from
Greenock; Sept. 11, Eveline, from Cardiff; 11,
Avalanche, from London, bound to Melbourne; 13,
Maori, from Cardiff; 14, Skimmer of the Waves,
from London ; 15, royal mail steamer Cambrian,
from Plymouth ; 15, Westbury, from London, bound
to Sydney ; 16, Forfarshire (wrecked), from Liver.
pool, bound to Calcutta ; 18, Ballarat, from Sunder.
land; 19, L. A. Bang, Swedish ship, from Cardiff;
British Merchant, from London ; Hollinside from
Downs. in Algoa Bay :—August 19, Zodiac, from
London ; 25, Ariel, from London ; 26, Meg
Merrillies, from London ; Archer, from Lon.
don ; 29, Alphington ; September 12, Dione, from
London; and in Simon's Bay, Aug. 22, Falcon, from
Liverpool, bound to Hong Kong; 23, lone, from
Cardiff; Sept. 19, Island Queen, from Cardiff. Her
Majesty's ship Vulcan left Simon's Bay Aug. 26, for
Australia ; and Ariel, Sept. 1, for England. There
were still there the Seringapatam, Ringdove, and
Valorous. At St. Helena were the merchant ships
Winifred and Silver Eagle. At Ascension, Castilian,
and her Majesty's ships Meander, Griffin, Pandora,
Clio, and Wye.

The following shipping casualties are reported
from the Cape :—TJA ship Evening Star, Captain
Montano, arrived in Table Bay. Oct. 2, with loss of
foremast, bowsprit, and topgallantmast, which were
carried away in a heavy gale off the Cape a few
nights previous. She was refitting. She was from
Bimlapatam, for London. The ship Avalanche,
900 tons, Captain James Russell, one of the Black
Ball line of packets, from London July 8, for Mel-
bourne, put in at Table Bay on Sept. 11, having
sprung a leak 40 days before, which obliged the
crew and passengers to be pumping night and day.
The following are the particulars ;—" Ship sprung
a leak in lat. 10.23 N., long. 33.22 W. Previous to
this time the ship made no water. The leak come
menced all at once, at the rate of 18in. per hour and,
gradually increased, when all hands and passengers
were engaged pumping. They soon got worn out,
and requested the captain to put the vessel into some
port, and he decided on going into Table Bay ; she
was then making 3ft, of water per hour. Anchored.
in Table Bay on Sept. 11, when she was boarded,
and her agents sent men off to pump her, as her
passengers and crew were worn out. The surveyors
recommended her immediate discharge, which was
being proceeded with." The ship Forfarshire, 611.
tons, Capt. Kemp, from Liverpool in June last, with.
coals for Calcutta, was wrecked in Table Bay on
Sept. 15. After first leaving Liverpool the vessel
was rather leaky, and put back to be overhauled,
but the cause of the leak was not ascertained. She
then put to sea again, and on the voyage out was
very leaky. Capt. Kemp died at sea on September
4, leaving a young widow on board, On the
same day the crew wcnt aft and asked the chief
mate to make for the nearest port to repair the
vessel. In making for Table Bay, when tacking in,
the vessel struck on the Whale Rock, and became
a wreck. An abandoned vessel, the new iron.ship
Scindian, laden with a valuable cargo of silk and.
indigo, had been picked up at sea off Algoa Bay,
and brought into that port, cargo said to be worthLlso,ooo. Her crew and passengers were rescued
by the Silver Eagle, and heard of by the Briton on
St. Helena.