The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-14 00:00:00

British Kaffraria.

Papers have been laid before Parliament relative
to the proposed annexation Of British Kaffraria t°
the Cape colony. At the close of the last li.affir
war in 1852 the Kei was intended to be the extreill°
boundary of British Kaffraria, and Kreli, the path:
mount Kaffir chief, was left in occupation of t'ls
country between the Kei and the Bashee.
not until 1858 that he was finally driven be;
the Bashee. From that time the intermediate regi°e
has been protected by the Cape mounted pnlitch;
but no actual steps have been taken to bring 0,0
country into occupation and settlement 1111derer,
dominion of the British' Crown. Kreli, 11°.we',lli$
from whom it was taken as a punishment Or to
persevering hostility to us, has been preparinge
make an attempt to recover his lost land, it ritiie
impossible for his tribe to subsist much longer al a.
country into which we have driven him. 111
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munications we have had with him he 1155 he'the
most earnestly to be allowed to return acress, Go,
Bashee. It is found that, unless the Imperial the
vernments are prepared to increase greatly tint
military expenditure for the defence of a dLis
frontier, it is necessary to be content with the r„,
for a boundary. The Governor of the Cape Pre.
poses, therefore, that Kreli should be allowed t°,,,,,ja
occupy a portion of his old territory, and hedri/ctS
an allowance of £lOO a year as long as he cell-. tile
himself in a friendly manner. Mr. Wartier'ithia
superintendent of the Tambookies located lv"ieot
the Cape Colony, is to be placed as British °di be
beyond the border in a position in which be v" nip
able to control and regulate in a degree and
Kreli and his tribe, but also the Tambookies
the boundary. Within the limits of Aritish
j,aff
the
there are now residing several Kaffir aliefoaes
heads of important tribes, who have been our en iii'
in past wars, and to whom, though reeel re-
salaries from the Kaffrarian Government, cannot
straints of civilisation and established law °trots
but prove extremely unacceptable; and the A their
of land assigned for the use of themselves. an':
ili-
people are but small, and may hereafter Pr°Nreoe.
sufficient for their maintenance. The Colonial $
vernor proposes therefore to allow AL 1
choose to proceed with their followers over to' brit
and establish themselves beyond our actual
ru
under the general supervision of Mr. Warner,
_ooo,
tinning to them some portion of their present a.ll
antes, which may - lead them to maintain a fricuclitYo
such Of the
intercourse with the British Government, aildri
restrain their followers from committing dePre:bo3-
tions on the colonial farmers. Occasion will 11°N" 'd
taken also to adopt another measure, long consider of
desirable—the annexation to the Cape eol°lst I:is
British Kaffraria. This little Crown colony cliy.
between the Kaffirs and the Cape. It. is Pr°l3etice
a part of the Cape frontier. The proposed me Cape
will not be popular in either colony. To the u.ort.
Kaffraria, defended by British troops, is convent; e is
For British Kaffraria itself, however, the Incas jaro-o
in reality necessary, for now that it eaniwt -
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pee°o...lstill
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.01e will
for which
clamour for representative institutions,
mr CardweP
good materials are not to be found. -- • h r At.
will propose to Parliament a bill enabling -e
affrarl`
jesty by Order in Council to annex British bar,
to the Cape of Good Hope, with which it will 6
representative institutions.

Naval and Military Intellige
The Duke of Somerset will hold levees for the real'
ception of officers of the Royal Navy and irplot
Marines on the following Thursdays at 7-
2 o'clock :—Feb. 23, and March 2,9, and Iv. dog
Orders have been received at Chatham dire°
the
the screw gun-vessel Torch, 5, now attached t 0 to
steam reserve, to be brought forward for inahle'dea
commission. It is understood that she is intenie
for service on the West Coast of Africa. Parat
the time the Torch was in the shipwrights' }ands
Chatham Dockyard she underwent extensive rel9'ci..
She was originally built for the Admiralty by 31)1,0
vate firm, but her rotten condition, after a fog let' of
service, rendered necessary the removal of 11105eci,
her timbers and planking. The Torch is full)! rig4.gnres
and she only requires the shipment of her Sea
to be ready for sea. bat'
The four depot companies of the Ist and 2-chat-
talions of the 15th Regiment have arrived at a lir
ham garrison from Pembroke, on the breakNlie
of the depot battalions at the latter station. wed
strength, of the depots is 212 non-corso°l
officers and men, with 53 women and childreo.tho
officers attached to the two depots, including
on leave, are Capt. J. Wilkinson, Capt. P*o. O.
kenzie, Lieut. H. W. R. de Coetlogon, Lieut.
Churchill, Lieut. T. H. K. Fletcher, Liilell..3%..fav
Nangle, Lieut. J. J. Osborne, Ensign lir;„):: deIPS,
rice, and Ensign H. B. Le Mottee. I.llv,irriNfeth
companies of the 40th Regiment alse,,h-
(1 de'de'at Chatham garrison on Sunday from
of is
pot battalion at Birr. The strength of the --
145 non-commissioned officers and men,Aatileool;
following officers—namely, Capt. W.ll , .
ger, Capt. W. Gibson, Lieut. IV. Downlan, l' e, A.
V. 11. Rees, Ensign E. Martin, and Ensign
Swinhoe.
We have to record the death of A4-.7 :beat
Henry Byam Martin, K.C.8., whose death na;ace
at
reported at the Admiralty as having taken Voj 111.4
Genoa on Thursday last. The late Adnlirgartii/'
second son of the late Admiral Sir T. BYain• "ej. Co-
G.C.8., and was educated at the Royal NavAfter
a
lege. He first went to sea in October, cardlB
a long service afloat, he served in 1840 on watCarysfort on the Coast of Syria, including there
tacks on Fortosa and St. Jean d'Acrel al3'€of th°,
obtained his decoration as a Commanclertailde'
Order of the Bath. He subsequently celli,;(l°
the Grampus, 50, in the Pacific, and th floe-
K.C.B. for his services during the war-
anted e• 4
sia in 1855. His commissions were (olden
follows :—Lieut., March 20, 1823 ; C°311,11100.40,-
April 8, 1825 ; Capt., April 28, 1827 ; -to e I°'
miral, July 13, 1'854 ; and Vice-Adam
1864. As he was on the active list
there will be a promotion on the car"
to flag rank.
The undermentioned gentlemen have heetlosoilt
nated to naval cadetships :—Bryan ft.
Ebenezer Roe, F. C. Garvey, A. F. Maitlan
Powell, H. J. Morgan, and J. Hugh 13°scaW
Prod
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Business in the Foreign and Colonial veri
Markets during the last few days has rera.au:ve beell
inactive. Only moderate transactions. 11: priceS;
entered into in sugar at about preven_iitsineLl
Coffee and rice, however, have fully. been Ted,
their values, while in tallow there has
dovalif
little business, and prices have shewu cielivei,/ •
movement fOr both present and forward