The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-12 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

By - the arrival of the steam-ship Australian,
which left the Cape on the Ist of December, we
have intelligence 11 days later than that by the
General Screw Company's steam-ship Harbinger,
which sailed on the 20th of November, and arrived
at Plymouth on the 24th of December, eighteen
days before the Australian.
Governor Cathcart, who left head-quarters with
2,000 men, .had arrived at his destination, the
Orange Sovereignty. He had sent back to Fort
Beaufort three companies of the Rifles, and coun-
termanded the marching of the armed Fingoes
who were to have joined him. His Excellency has
issued the following proclamation :
" Know all chiefs and men of all classes and tribes
within her Majesty's dominions of the Orange River
Territory, that I am come among you to administer, in
the Queen's name, justice and right equally to all. I am
not come to make war, but to settle all disputes, and to
establish the blessings of peace.
" I therefore order and command you all to remain
quiet, each of you within your own country, and to
await and abide. by my judgment and decision.
" I have with me sufficient of the Queen's troops to
enforce obedience, and to punish with rigour and seve-
rity any chief, class, or tribe who may dare to resist my
lawful authority.
"All loyal subjects of the Queen will be ready to join
me, should I deem it necessary to call upon them for
their co-operation, against any contumacious offenders.

" God save the Queen 1
"Given under my hand and seal, at Graham's Town,
this 15th day of November, 1852.

" GEORGE CATHCART,
"Lieutenant-General, Governor."
His Excellency was expected at Whittlesea on
the 20th of November. He has also issued a
warning to certain traders, who have been dunning
Kreli for compensation :
" Graham's Town, Oct. 19, 1852.
" Whereas certain traders or residents who are per-
mitted to dwell in British Caffraria, at this time not
being a colony, but a part of her Majesty's dominions
under martial law, have presumed to meddle and inter-
fere in political matters concerning the government of,
or relations with, native chiefs ; know, therefore, that if
any unauthorised person whatsoever, whether trading or
residing within the said territory, shall after this notice
be found guilty of a like offence, he will be immediately
arrested and transported from the said territory ' • and,
being declared an outlaw, should he be again found
within its limits, he will be subject to summary punish-
ment in addition to re-expulsion.
"By order of his Excellency the High Commissioner
and Commander-in-Chief,
" W. LIDDLR, Secretary."
A further instalment of 150 head of cattle, to-
wards the 1,500 due, was sent into King William's
Town on the 15th of November. The enemy,
howeeer, has re-appeared in some districts, and
made successful inroads. General Yorke arrived
at King William's Town from the Keiskamma Hoek
on the 20th of November. It is stated that a com-
bined force of Caffres and Hottentots attacked and
took away 24 trek oxen within sight of the
Keiskamma Hoek post. One Fingoe was severely
wounded ; two balls passed clean through him.
This affair took place in broad daylight. It was
generally supposed that that part had been cleared
of our enemies, but this does not appear to be the
case.

Colonels Buller and Eyre have moved on from
Whittlesea with their divisions. It is reported
that Moshesh had- " trekked" with a large number
of his people, who have gone in somewhere behind
Kreli.

Mr. Warner has returned from Tambookie Land,
having concluded a peace with Chopo, who has
sent in his complement of 100 guns.. Many Caffres
were seen, but they were half-starved, and have
ploughed but little this season. Queshu, who, it
was reported, had been killed in the last attack on
Waterkloof, is dodging somewhere in Caffreland,
with but few followers.

Information has come in that the spoor of three
numerous bodies of the enemy has been discovered
—viz., in the Fish River Bush, near Committees
Fonah's Kloof, between Fort Wiltshire and the
mouth of the Kat River, and the kloofs not far
thence, in which the 2d (Queen's), under Captain
Oldham, suffered so severely some months ago.
The captured chief Seyole is to be removed from
Robben Island to Wynberg, where he will be under
the surveillance of Major Wolfe, the resident ma-
gistrate.

The news from Australia has had considerable
effect on Cape markets. There was an immediate
rise in all kinds of provisions for export, and seve-
ral vessels have been laid on for Melbourne, while
many respectable persons have formed themselves
into parties, well supplied with provisions, imple-
ments, &c., for a trip to the diggings.

THE FRENCH EMPIRE.

The Ministers of Prussia, Austria, Saxony, and
the United States, have presented their credentials
to the Emperor, by whom they were most graciously
received.

The Moniteur announces that " the Emperor has
received letters by which her Majesty the Queen of
the Spains notifies to his Imperial Majesty the
happy delivery of her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Montpensier of a daughter, called at the bap-
tismal ;font Maria-Christina-Francesca de Paula-
Antonia. These letters have been remitted in pri-
vate audience by the Marquis de Valdegamas, En-
voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to
her Majesty the Queen of the Spains."
It is rumoured that twenty-four new bishoprics
are to be created in France shortly. The order of
Lazarist priests, founded by Saint Vincent de Paul,
and which was authorised to exist in France by a
decree of the 27th May, 1804, have taken possession
of the church and priest's residence of Beauchamps,
in the arrondissement of Montargis. In addition
to taking care of the parish, they propose to preach
in the churches, and assist the cures of the districts.
The Abbe Lacordaire, accompanied by several
ecclesiastics and laics, is about to make a pilgrimage
to Palestine, to visit the holy places.
By a judgment of the
Court of Troyes, the Pro-
testant place of worship there is ordered to be
closed.

The papers announce the death of Madame Ber-
tin, wife of the celebrated gentleman whose name
has been so long connected with the Journal des
Debats. Madame Bertin was the ornament of one
of the most frequented and most select salons,
which her grace and her superior manners had been
the means of forming.
The Pays remarks on the recent decree of the
Emperor respecting the
public press, to show that
there is no systematic hostility against discussion,
and that all that is required is moderation and
truth on the part of public writers.
The Administration of the Stamp-office, on the
10th, 17th, and 24th September last, caused 8,536
copies of the Journal pour Rire to be seized at
the Post-office for not being stamped, and it de-
manded from M. Philippon, responsible editor of the
journal, and from M. Plon, printer, 469,480 f., at the
pay, on the ground that the Journal is not a poli-
tical iactael of 55
one,
forand eachthe copy,ref
ore M. Philippon refused to
exempt from the stamp
duty. But the Administration on Saturday cited
him before the Civil Tribunal, and demanded that
to pay the full amount of
its claim, it contended
that the shu
should
fine.
transparentd blennmucsupportode
efallusions of the caricatures of
the Journal, and the general personality of its
articles, made it to all intents and purposes a poli-
tical organ. M. Phi. lippon, on the contrary,
maintained that the journal was one of art and
literature, and nothing. more. The tribunal de-
;toth:attisfy the curiosity or
de-
cided that exemption from the stamp duty was
rnals.mereexcalmusuisvienlgy con-
secratedcari-
ceesadnnot be considered such ;
held to be commercial specu-
only accorded by law to journals
malignity
aattluitrgnheajittoy
journals,
the
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readers,
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lations liable to the payment 9f stamp duty. It
accordingly condemned M. Philippon to pay the
demand of the Stamp-offi.ce, an. d declared M. Plon,
as printer, responsible with him for it. The anni-
hilationof this decision, it is said,. will be the utter a-
of this amusing print.
PARIS BOURSE, Jan. 11.—Closing Prices.—The
market was heavy yesterday. The Pour-and-a-
Half per Cents. opened at 105 f. 50c., and closed at
105 f. 40c. ; Three per Cents. closed at 80f. 35c..

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PORTUGAL.
The Pelican steamer, arrived at Live 001, has
brought letters from Lisbon. The Cortes
had been
opened on the 2d by a Commission composed of
amain
ai
the Ministers of State, the Queen having caught
cold the night
.before, but she was quite well
when the Pelican left. The Duke of Saldanlia
read a speech, which did not contain anything of
p,articular interest. The paragraph, respecting rail-
ways runs as follows :—" A provisional concession
for the construction of a railroad from Lisbon to
the Spanish frontier was given to a company by
public competition, with all the legal formalities.
The plans for the first section have been given for
due examination, in order that the respective es-
timates being approved, as well as the dii'ection of
the line, it may be possible to make the concession
definite." The new Portuguese tariff had been
published, with slight reductions in the duties of
English manufactures subject to contraband, and
an increase in others. Woollen cloths, cassimers,
cassinets, &c.—plain, figured, or coloured—all pay
600 reis per lb. with 10 per cent. bank-note tax
for railways, and 3 per cent. emoluments, the ad-
ditional 12 per cent. being taken off ; and that 12
per cent. appears in most articles to be the only
reduction made. In cotton goods the alteration is
very slight. Hardware, crockery, and glass, have
in some instances been considerably reduced.

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TILE SHARE MARKETS.

,AILWAYS.

Closing Prices
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