The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-18 00:00:00

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

PLYMOUTH, Nov. 17.
The steamship Indiana, last from the Cape Of
Good Hope on the 9th of October, passed up Chan-
nel off here to-day.
She brings 53 passengers, Cape mails, and a cargo
consisting of tea, cotton, linseed, hides, &c.

Her news from the Cape is 89 days later than that
brought by the Saxon, the mail steamer arrived.
Considerable feeling was still being exhibited in
the Western Provinces against the intended hold-
ing of Parliament, at Graham's Town. A neyr
feature had also arisen in this discussion from a
large meeting
address to the Governor, expressing
having been held at Graaf Reinet,
where it was unanimously resolved to present an
an opinion that
Uitenhage was better fitted for the seat of Parlia-
ment than Graham's Town.
The frontier districts were mustering all their
strength with the ulterior view of securing a per-
manent removal of the Government from Cape
Town to Grahams Town. Some of the Midland
districts were holding similar views in favour of
Uitenhage. The Western Province was taking
strenuous exertions to meet this coming struggle.

The weather in the colony continued extremely
favourable. The grain crops, vineyards, and
orchards were admirably advanced. Some slight
damage had been done by hailstorms, yet there has
every prospect of a harvest unsurpassed in abut'•
dance for several years.
The Governor had refused to mediate between the
Gamaras and Hottentots, who were at war in Da-
marlan d.
The railway to Wellington was expected to be
finished by the end of October. A railway from
Port Elizabeth to Uitenhage was proposed.
Baines's and Chapman's expedition to the Zam-
besi had failed. They were returning to the Cape
after having lost all their animals, and had 18
native servants murdered by the Matables.
with
Dr. Gell, of Somerset, East, had died, and left
over 18 (?) for the endowment of a college in the
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v
Province.o ernd Marcus had
£B,OOO. failed, wi
named Eastern
liabilitiesspeculator

The Caroline Coventry, from Shanghai, with the
31st Regiment for England, arrived at the Cape
on the 6th of October. The Mauritius and the
Roman had not arrived out.

The Confederate cruisers had not been seen sines
the 25th of September. Twelve of the Alabanl“'°
crew had deserted.

CABINET UOUEClL.—Summonses were issued
yesterday for a Cabinet Council, to-morrow afternoon, at
Lord Palmerston's official residence in Downing street. The Earl of Clarendon had an interview with
the Earl Russell yesterday at the Foreign-office,
gardens. Whiteha 1

O ri Sunday last the Rev. W. Brownlow, ALA.'
a clergyman from Torquay, was publicly received into the
Catholic church, by Dr. Newman, at the Oratory, Vg-
baston.
M. BERRYER. amuses himself every evening with
a game at piquet or whist—two games in which 11°
fears no rivals, for he plays them to perfection. In the
morning he is fond of a game at billiards, in which, b 0":,,
ever, he meets his superior in M. Odillon Barrot. M. Fout!
is great at chess, and M. Persigny at billiards. Such are
the tastes and accomplishments of the diplomatists.
The Royal Academy will, we are glad to learn!
admit female. students. The contrary had been stated erro_
neously. Studying from life models will not be prohibited,
and one class will gain by the other's knowledge.