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

Ta
APE
OF GOOD HOPE.
)3y the
arrival of the Victoria steam-ship we have
i'lriiatation from the Cape of Good Hope to the
(Vrioolpal subject of interest was the pending
0 the Orange River Sovereignty, where Sir
i,,v,orge Clerk, with plenary powers was obtaining
ation regarding its future disposal. Great
I,ve7iitiare entertained by the colonists that the Go-
oretheellt will withdraw British protection, in which
th expect their farms will fall into the hands
scorti e. Boers. Many of these farms were taken
kipt, the disloyal in 1848, and given to those who
holate,d, the Queen's authority, and the present
13°:is,e;thIan- ilimk they ought to be supported in those
tlcle"i°lls which have been stocked and improved
pression.
aft4elrie,r,e appears to be ground for apprehension that
take " Kafirs have got in their crops they will '
With 'le first opportunity to resume hostilities.
front t Mein are a number of Hottentots, deserters
,he levies and Cape Mounted Rifles, who re-
hir4
epieir carbines. These rebels are occasionally
gb no bY traders to cultivate land over the Kei.
fixed employment they live chiefly by
raitpi and when the Kafirs have a supply of am-
Alto 11°n, will readily join them in any predatory
tivement.
a„ Majesty's troop-ship Simoom left Simon's
to .eY on the sth of November for the Buffalo Mouth
atidTAbka,rk the 12th Lancers, which, with the 43d
Madras .*lll Regiments, were about to take passage for
tia,,,,,L by the troop-ships Queen, Minden, and
Wks N,71 g) lying in Table Bay. The Rifle Brigade
eoilve,.att,ing at Port Elizabeth for the Simoo.m. to
ittthlr,toona to England. The troops remaining
and - `1413e Would then be the 2d Queen's, the 6th
the Ph Foot, 45th and 73d, the 60th Rifles, and
men by
Mounted Rifles, recently increased to 800
114 e. "he addition of 200 volunteers from the
The
(1,314 h ead-quarters of the 2d Queen's, with four
Eltittit,es, are at Fort Hare. Detachments are
'lce,". at Middle Drift and Fort White.
Ilk.: 8 aead-quarters of the 6th, with six coni-
ro4eB, Were at Keiskamma Hoek, one company at
%art: Ilost, and one at Bailie 's Grave. The head-
at Gl., of three companies of the 12th Foot were
l'‘rn,--12to's Town, having detachments at Driver's
%eh>Fort Peddie, Trumpeter's Drift, Line Drift,
Wet
Elizabeth.
Wet e, head-quarters and four companies of the 45th
otfeel4'Natal, one company at Bloem Fonteine,
The )7" Fort Murray, and two at Tomaka Post.
Were -ead-quarters and seven companies of the 73d
)Ith 4t Cape Town, and one company at Sim. on'sf
the 60 The head-quarters and seven companies. o
4de th Rifles were at Keiskamma Hoek, having
• 0 aellrnent at Fort Cox.
Rigss
the 18th of October, Colonel Nisbett, 60th
e
fort i; Commandant of British Caffraria, was un-
Viait lately drowned in the Keiskamma. He was
dr:g outposts, and, while crossing the river at
andift directly below Fort Cox, his horse stumbled
the ate, fell in. The recent heavy rains had swollen
,
oot1).-eato and greatly increased its rapidity. The
Tkor Was found a mile below, eight days after the
(lent
coramand of the 60th devolved on Captain
math' and Colonel Pool, of the Lancers, took com-
v of British Caffraria.
Ca,Z.-Victoia brings passengers from the Cape—
Ca,',,:4lll,_Gore, 6th Regiment • Lieutenant Thursby,
~on,:wlounted Rifles, ' the 'Hon. and Rev. Mr.
Atas, and the v. Mr. Herbert.
ka. Simon's Bayamon the 7th of November.—Her
thoJNY's ship Meander Commodore Talbot, and
tat'lteana-vessel Dee, Lieutenant Smith ; United
tat,: ship John R. Kennedy, N. Dollies, for
ant ; United States ship Vincennes, Lieu ten-
Lie:-`'olando' and United States brig Porpoise,
for ',tenant Davies, for India ; bark Mappe, Muller,
44104intterdam • schooners Abel, Marti, and
.Ge-
3Malde, for' Cowes.
brrriv vals at Table Bay.—Nov. 3.—The Swedish
A
Qetife, from Gottenburg. Nov. 4.—The ship
i,v ering, from London, for Madras ; and bark
;,g2B) from Madras, for London. Nov. 5.
tklii:Lu bark Granville, from London, for Madras ;
_or b
bank Heinrich Sorenson, from Copenhagen,
atavia ; American bark artha Anna, from
Axed, ork ; schooner Little Pet, from London, for
St-b.,urne ; American bark Warren White, from
,*4-telena.
th'atled from Table Bay, n the 2d of November,
Flora of of Derby, for the Mauritius, and the
tla°rt7,,'„ I,°r East London ; on the 3d, the John
nourr-n-o""or Mauritius, and the Catherine, for Mel-
Counte ; on the
eya.for Mossel Bay,
4th, the Mercury, for Cork, the
lOp SS on
for Melbourne, the Ante-
and the Elizabeth Emily, for
the
ii_llo ; on the sth, the Sea Queen, for London,
i7eoznettietstsa of Cawdor, for Geelong, the Shand
aNd his Netherlands Majesty's
Toner 13anca, for Holland.
lett ,e Countess of Yarborough, with Cape stores,
Table Bay the 4th of November, for Melbourne.
ka Ile bark Meteor, after a quick passage from the
Velillitins, sailed from the Cape on the 7th of No-
g",ber, for England.
VESSELS IN TABLE BAY.
foritliPs.---The Norden, for Port Philip ; Anna,ob
vaii4-4°ndon ; Jacques Lafitte, for Zanzibar ; e-
Q4p,'er, for Point de Calle ; Nith, for Bomb ay ;
torlt-ell, for Calcutta Minden, for Madras.
.ks.--Tließell, for Port Philip ; Columbus,
Alat,,anritius ; La Belle Alliance, Jane Grey, and
tiu;it'l.,,a for Moulmein ; Jane Goudie, for Mpabiiiiroi,
tor-1..; -re'nelopo and Tally-ho, for
.Boston ;.
hija:l-auritius • America, for Port Philip , Har-
.l,3lsoeri and donheath, for Mauritius ; Leander,.
-L'et 11'1 Koopman, Prins Veldmarschall,City of
laideraborough, Sophie, and M'Donnell, for Adee:
4111:; Malcolm, and Meteor, for London ; arl
Vilrerle for Cowes ; •Heinrich Sorensen, and Gran-
-
, Madras ; Ganges, for London.
"khh..gs•---Broraleys, for London ; Enterprise,
and Captain.
A 'ello
Elizabeth
for Melbourne; Onward, for
qar,'4lizabeth ; Eliza, for Melbourne ; Elizabeth
Ice;. I.l°r East London ; Launan, for Melbourne.
Cw7e,.'•---Musquash, for Dutton's-cove.