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The Governor of the Cape of GooVistikoo-py
directed the publication of the follown' t....114*
the court appointed to inquire into tileWeinsk
stances attending the wreck of the barque _ley'
field on the night of the 15th June :
Port-office, Cape Town, June 21., 1862.
The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, eto.
Sir,—We, the undersigned, have the honour to
acquaint you, for the Governor's informatio.l•
that,
in accordance with instructions attending the loss
of the barque Valleyfield, which was wrecked uvon
the reef near the lighthouse at Green Point, on el Le
night of the 15th inst. We examined the seco eel
mate (the only surviving officer), the carpenter, an d
cook. Their evidence is herewith enclosed. Upon
consideration of this evidence, we are of opinion
that the vessel must have sighted land on the 14th
(Saturday) to the northward, and inside of Robben
Island. when it is stated she stood off at 4 o'clock.
At that time she was under double-reefed topsails,
rnd continued so until 4 o'clock next morning'.
when they wore ship and made sail, stevring south-
east. She then carried her' courses, single-reefed
topsails and topgallantsefis. The wind during the
day was from the N.N.E., and cer her port quarter.
At noon land was again sighted, a nd the sun's alti-
tude taken for latitude by the captAin. The wit-
nesses do not, however, recollect what this was.
The course was then altered to 5.5. E.,. the wind
freshening towards evening, and the vest ef going
about eight knots. About 6 p.m. the I.sg.ht at
Green Point was seen on the starboard bow, ,and
estimated by the witness Hodges at about 15 mile's
off. At six o'clock it appears that the first officer
and Hodges went forward to see the anchors clear;
a man was stationed to look out on the fore-
castle, and another was heaving the lead in the
port chains. Whilst so engaged the man on the
look-out called out " Breakers on the lee-bow," and.
the crew received orders to back the mainyard, but
before anything could be done the vessel struck,
and immediately went to pieces. It would seem,
from the fact of the vessel remaining urnier
such a
press of sail, from the time the light was first seen
until she struck (which was only about balf an
hour), that the commander must have entertained
the same opinion as the witness as to the distathee
of the light, and they were only preparing to shortee
sail when she took the ground. Captain Wilson
closely questioned the witnesses as to the Monille
Light, and none of them seemed to have known of
its existence, and none of them heard the captain
give directions to keep a look-out for it. We are
informed that the captain was a stranger to Table
Bay, and it is not known whether he possessed the
printed instructions for entering it. With the im-
perfect information before us, and the unfortunate
absence of the captain and chief mate (who were
lost), we cannot venture to offer more than a sur-
mise as to thecause of the wreck, and it is this :
That, owing to the haziness of the weather, and the
variableness of the strength of the wind, some mis-
calculation must have occurred Os to tbe distance the
vessel was from the light. It was' observed by per-
sons on shore that the lights in the Green Point
Lighthouse on the night of the wreck were.extremely
dull, and consequently appeared more distant
than they really were. We avail ourselves .of this
opportunity to state, that had a light existed on
Robben Island, and been visible, the officers in
charge could not have remained in ignorance .of
their real position. We are nevertheless of opinion
that, with the addition of 'such a light, no captain
should venture to enter Table Bay at night in such
weather as we had on Sunday night. It seems im-
probable that the barque, seen from the signal
station on the Saturday evening, was the ill-fated
barque Valleyfield.—We have, &c.,
CHAS. PIERS, Acting Resident Magistrate.
H. WILSON, Port Captain.
Port-office, Cape Town, Jane 21, 1862.
Proceedings taken in an inquiry into the circum-
stances attending the wreck of the barque Valley-
field, 400 tons burthen, of Liverpool, Captain WIZI.
Burton, on the evening of the 15th of June, near
the Green Point Lighthouse.
John Hodges, sworn, states—l was the second
officer of the late barque Valleyfia. We sighted
land on Saturday last, and not being certain what
land it was, we stood off till Sunday morning. At
4 o'clock we wore ship, and stood in and saw at 12
o'clock Robben Island. The master took the awn,
and altered his course S.S.E. We imagined it to he
Robben Island; it was low. We were running with
the wind on the port quarter, arid with courses,
single-reefed topsails and topgallant sails and jib.
At half-past 5 I saw the light. I had previously seen
a heavy bank, and which I thought was Table Moun-
tain, having been here once before. The master was
on deck all the time. At the commencement of my
watch at six o'clock I was desired by the master to
see the anchors clear, and the rest of the crew were
ready to run the mainsail up. The man on the
look-out cried out " Breakers on the lee bow!" The
master gave orders to put the helm down, and she
immediately struck, and the sea took charge of the
ship after the mainmast had gone. At the time
when I first saw the light before six o'clock it ap-
peared to me that we were about 15 miles off. We
were going about eight knots an hour. There 'was
myself
and
na whenei g
hthe
t others
t shipher
a man in the port mainchain, but I cannot say what
soundings he gave. He was killed
struck. Immediately after she had struck she
went to pieces. The master, chief mate, and seven
of the crew were lost, a
nd
were saved.--I. HODGES.
Taken before me,
Acting Resident Magistrate,
aPgliEsittrBa7te.
James Hunter, sworn, :—I was carpenter
of the late vne
y fie d ,
We saw the land on
Saturday, but
stood off at 4 o'clock in the after-
noon till 4
o'clock next morning,. I did not see
the land
until I went forward to assist in clear-
ing the
anchors, when I saw high land, and two
-
soont inge
off the starboard cathead. I heard
lt ihgeh ts
mate arh after call " Breakers on the lee
bow," and ran aft when she struck; and as I was
~Ecendinbegpoop ladder the mainmast went
over. She canted seaward, and fell over on her
side. The sea made a clean breach over her, and
the second officer and cook and an ordinary sea-
man got in the forepart of the vessel, where we
remained till the ship broke up. I was one voyage
at sea before.—JAMES HIINTEN.
Taken before me, CHARLES PIERS,
was cook
:ame—arled; tahnedhav have
Resident Magistrate.
state-
mentsof Duncan
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made,
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corroborate
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nothing to add.
Mark of X T 1
....lINCAN CAMPBELL.
Taken before me, CHARLES PIERS,
Acting Resident Magistrate.
Names of
second mate crew saved :—John T. B. Hodges,
• Jam es Hunter, carpenter ; Richard
Hamilton, s 7
steward ; Duncan Campbell, cook ' • John
S .
Burton, 0 ~ captain's son; John Smith,l'A. •
Michael Vichstitch, A. 8.; James O'Donnel, boy. ;
William Elliott, A.B.
Names of the crew lost :—William Burton, mas
ter; William Fair, mate; John Williams, A.B.
A.B. ; Samuel Lloyd, A.B. ; Smith, O.S. ; Wil-
liams, O.S. ; Cams, apprentice ; M'Carey,
0.5.; George Morris, O.S.
Tuos. TINLEY, Shipping-Master.

PR1CE.....-..4d.
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of La Cattolica, to put his name at the head of an
association called La Nazione Arinata. He even
was made to join notorious swindlers who professed
to prepare a rescue for Venice. Of a childlike sim-
plicity and ingenuousness, guileless and confiding to
a fault, he took his own truthfulness as a warrant
for other people's sincerity. He believed every
assertion, gave iu to every device, dived into every
illusion, and it was only when a real friend, an au-
thoritative person, generally the King, made him
aware of the pit that had been dug under his feet
that he drew back, "alarmed and disginitai, mis-
trusting his own judgment, disavowing 1-. is evil
counsellors, and again and again repairing to his soh-
tude,
satisfied that he could not maid matters, and
should, at least, not mar them. Then came the affair
of Marsala, the campaign of the Thousand, the libe-
ration of Sicily and Naples. The knot of Italian
politics had got entangled beyond the power even
of the shifty Cavour to untie it. It had to be cut,
and Garibaldi's sword alone could do it. Cavour
had no faith in the successes of Garibaldi's under-
taking ; he did not prevent, did not encourage it; he
knew, he ignored it; he would either turn Garibaldi
to good purpose, or be rid of him : he watched his
progress, stepped in at his various stages ; he would
have stopped Garibaldi at Messina ; he would have
hurried, he would have delayed annexation ; he did
not know what he wished. The adventurer's in-
stinct was better than the schemer's wisdom. Gari-
baldi and fate went their way, and Cavour was too
long used to bow to events and to profit by them. The
Two Sicilies were won. Garibaldi got cold thanks; he
withdrew to his island home, bitter against Cavour,
who had sold his native town, who jockeyed him, as
he conceived, out of the reward of his achievements
—the only reward he aspired to, the preferment of
his friends and followers.

Still Garibaldi remained in Caprera, and was
quiet. Cavour came to an untimely end ; Ricasoli
had his short tenure of office ; Garibaldi did not
stir from Caprera. He harboured no resentment,
he cherished no ambition, he had no wish for him-
self. He was humbled, not angered, by Cialdini's
letter; he shook hands with his bitter censor,with-
drew from public life, and went back again to
Caprera. Twice and three times recalled thence by
false friends, he always went back by the advice of
true friends. He had long disavowed Mazzini. He
had withdrawn his countenance from the so-called

"party of action." He went hand in hand with
Victor Emmanuel. He would not believe that the
hour of action had struck till the King himself gave
the signal.
Most fatally, he was made to believe that the
signal had been given. King's agents, or men
professing to be such, whispered to him that the
King was tired of diplomacy and Ricasoli ; that he
was bent on a move ; that a blow should be struck,
first for Venice, then for Rome. Garibaldi trusted
and acted. He landed at Genoa; Rattazzi super-
seded Ricasoli ; Garibaldi organised the Lombard
youth into rifle clubs, he headed the Emancipation
Society. He prepared the attack on Sarnico ;
equipped an expedition to Montenegro. France
protested; the Sarnico affair blew up; Garibaldi
embarked for Caprera, but he was allowed to sail
for Sicily ; was welcomed at Palermo by the Royal
Princes at his landing; sat at table on the right
hand of the heir of the throne, at the post of honour,
received the homage of all the civil and military
authorities in the island. He thought he was acting
for the King, in the King's name, at the King's
bidding. He thought the farce of Count Cavour
and 1860 was being played over again. He consi-
dered all Ministerial disavowals and Royal procla-
mations to be only proofs of the consummate cun-
ning, of the profound dissimulation of the authors
of the plot. The encounter at Aspromonte dispelled
the illusion.

Most assuredly Garibaldi is guilty of insanity.
He was determined to march upon Rome; he de-
clared war against France, and in the meantime
waged war against Italy. He was too sure he
could shun civil strife ! he reckoned too much upon
the enthusiasm of the people, on the eventual co-
operation of the national army. Had his calcula-
tions even proved true, had he dragged along with
him the whole people of Naples and Sicily, Cialdini,
La Marmora, and all their brigades and divisions,
still he was no match for France. He could hardly
engage France without at the same time drawing
Austria also upon his arms. But, on the one hand,
he had been taught by Mazzini that there was
nothing that could not be achieved by the people.
The French army might be half a million—a mil-
lion—but the Italians were twenty-five millions !
Then, Napoleon stood alone -in France ; " he had,"
as he was fond of repeating, " a straw tail," sure to

be set on fire as soon as his back was turned. An

attack on the Imperial garrison at Rome, Mazzini
had told him, would be the signal for a republican
revolution in France. The fall of Napoleon would
bring about a covenant between the two Celto-
Latin nations, which would make them more than
equal to all the Powers of the world. Add to this
that Garibaldi had hardly ever failed in any of his
former enterprises, he felt sure that success could
never forsake him ; he was conscious he had per-
formed miracles, and was sure of his power to
achieve any prodigy. He had seen multitudes
kneeling at his feet ; the world's incense had in-
toxicated him; he was, indeed, superior to idle
vanity; he shunned plaudits and ovations so far as
he was himself concerned ; but if he could turn all
this power—all this prestige—to the benefit of his
country. would it not have been meanness, would
it not have been madness on his part to shrink from
the task which popular enthusiasm designated him
to accomplish, to shirk an enterprise to which the
world's cheers urged him ?
Such were Garibaldi's reasonings, such his motivl
and actions. His countrymen—the world may Ire:
pause before they sit in judgment against him, Si
life is all of a piece—consistent from beg inPilB47,
end. The men who applauded Garibaldi
t to
at error
who worshipped him in 1860, have no
con-
demn him in 1862. He acted without an after-
thought or a selfish motive. His wall. gren .
s case
—a sublime misconception. Succe°
the purity of
was clearly out of the question;
tifted•
his motives only must he be 00

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vated plantations will
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others
hop-growing will baraly produce 2 cwt. to the acre. 'raking the
district, the yield is estimated at from
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hops under cultivation at 48,000, would give a return equal
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CELESTINA SOMMER, THE MURDERESS.—A pale-
faced, fair-haired woman, of spare form, and below -the
middle-height, Celestina Sommer was a quiet, well-ordered
prisoner, with a horror of the other women, and partial to
her own cell and her work therein. Cool and self-possessed,
possibly to a certain extent crafty, Celestine Sommer soon
passed from one stage to another without a report against
her general behaviour, and was drafted, after eight or ten
months,with other well-behaved women, to Brixton Prison,
where the first signs of an affected mind began to develop
themselves. Throughout the whole term of her incarcera-
tion at Millbank and Brixton prisons, this quiet, grave-
faced woman never betrayed any symptoms of remorse at
the awful character of a crime which has stamped it as one
of the causes celebres of this country. A thoughtful though
not a sullen woman, I do not believe that the reminiscence
of her crime ever deeply affected her—it was the peculiar
method of her madness to forget, or, if not Co forget it, at
least to regard it as an event of no importance toher fit,
welfare. The writer tells several strange stories of this
regard herself a,s
her imprisonment
unhappy woman, released by death
mercifully soon. She never ap
the chaplain, When he asked
a great criminal, and the nearest `pp roah to seriousness
is to be found in her answer w
a great
wail; pra/ers a da
her if she were not penitent- " Oh) of course lam very
sorry. I say 3') you know. Very
sorry, very sorry, WWI --"7"14 Late sn prism