The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-30 00:00:00

MESSAGE FROM SANDILLI.

The following message was sent by Sandilli to the Go-
vernor :
" Mali and Mani, special messengers, appear before Col.
Maclean, Chief Commissioner, and state as follows t---
" Sandilli, Macomo, Anta, and Tola, together with their
counsellors, crossed. the Koi three days ago ; we left them
in Kreli's country at the junction of the T'Somo with the
Kei. Stock, Xoxo, and Oba are now on their way to cross
the Kei.

" When we left, Sandilli was about sending to acquaint
Kreli that he had crossed the Kei.

" Sandilli ordered us to come direct to Pato, and to ask
him to acquaint Maclean that he had crossed the Bei; that
he had no more strength to fight with the English ; that he
is beaten and driven from his country; and that he has
obeyed the Governor's word' by crossing the Kei, and he
now asks the Governor where he may desire him to rest in
peace.
" Sandilli desired us to return quickly with a g word'
from Maclean. " MALI, his mark.
" MANI, P 4 his mark."

GOVERNMENT NOTICE.

King William's Town, Feb. 12.

Whereas his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief and
High Commissioner of British Kafraria is desirous—now
that the rebellious Gaika tribe have been expelled from the
Amatolas and other lands formerly occupied by them, but
now forfeited to the Crown—that certain townships or vil-
lages in the close vicinity of sufficent military posts and
garrisons, to provide for their security, should be esta-
blished without delay;

And whereas numerous applications for land have been
made by deserving persons who have fought nobly in the
ranks of colonial levies and other eorps during the rebel-
lion now happily suppressed, his Excellency the Com-
mander-in-Chief and High Commissioner is pleased to or-
der as follows :

1. That, commencing with the Keishamma Hoek—where
there is a permanent barrack and fort, and where there is
abundance of good land and water, as well as of open land
for pasture, with capability of irrigation, there shall be
traced and defined a certain surrounding space of not more
than one mile radius in the first instance, but to be enlarged
hereafter if found expedient, within which space building
and garden lots or " erven" shall be laid out. These build-
ing lots will not exceed a quarter of an acre each, as the
first object is to form as compact a town as possible ; but
allotment gardens will be laid out, as far as practicable,
having a frontage to the river and outside of the space re-
served for the town ; and these will contain a space of one
acre, or half an acre each, as may be desired, which will be
let for one or three years on lease, on easy terms, to holders
of " erven" in the town who desire to cultivate them. In

like manner larger spaces for cultivation will also be let to
persons who may wish to cultivate on a more extensive
scale, but in every case gardeners will be required to en-
close their gardens with a sufficient fence ; the wood and
stone in the close neighbourhood will furnish abundant
materials.

2. That all persons desiring to become possessed of such
" erven" may send in their applications in writing, backed
by the certificate of the officers under whom they have
served, if military, or by a magistrate, if not military,
addressed to the resident magistrate at King William's
Town. _ _

3. That a board shall be forthwith formed, consisting of

the'resrdent magistrate, an officer of Royal Engineers, and
one other member whom the Chief Commissioner may think
fit to appoint, to consider the said applications and make
the allotment accordingly.
4. These giants shall, in the first instance, be provisional,
and be held on the same tenure as those granted at King
William's Town, but to be convertible into freehold or no-
minal quit rent, as hereinafter provided, on the final set-
tlement of the district. And should the Crown see fit to
abandon the project of the proposed settlement in the Ama-
tolas, the holders of such grants shall receive an equivalent
in land elsewhere, or compensation in money, at the option
of the Government, for the value of all dwellings erected
on their allotments, also for their fields or garden crops.
5. The said "erven," so granted, shall not be alienable
until they shall have been two years in occupation. Each
erf so granted must be occupied, and some sort of dwelling
built in such position as shall be directed, and inhabited
band fide within six month after the notification of the
grant to the applicant, otherwise that grant will be can-
celled, and the erf transferred to another. And an erf
once occupied, and a dwelling constructed, should it be
abandoned and left unoccupied for six months, it will in
like manner be forfeited, but it will be lawful to let or lend
it, so that bona fide occupation be insured.
6. The owners of "erven" will have free commonage for
pasture within such limits of the forest of the Amatolas as
the officer commanding the post may consider safe, and
certain kraals, either common or private, will be constructed
at such places as may be selected by an appointed officer
of Royal Engineers, and all cattle must be duly brought
into kraal at the appointed hours.
7. The free use of all firewood-and all such timber as
may be required for building or for constructing fences will
be granted, but no timber will be cut down and carried
away for purposes of trade out of the said forest without
licence granted by the Chief Commissioner, on such terms
as may be hereafter appointed.
8. Every male inhabitant above the age of 16 will be
required to provide himself with a gun and be prepared to
assist in defence of his own property and that of the com-
munity in case of need.
9. The Crown retains right of resumption of any allot-
ment for public purposes, compensating the holder or
occupier.
10. No higher rate of quitrent than ss. per annum for
each erf shall be affixed on a town allotment granted within
the Srst limits now appointed.
11. Tools and agricultural implements and garden seeds
will be given gratis to each holder of a building lot on occu-
pation.
12. Rations will be given to the occupiers of " erven" in
this new township, for themselves and wives and children,
for the first six months from the date of their occupation.
By command of his Excellency the Governor and High
Commissioner,
W. F. LIDDLE, Secretary to her Majesty's
high Commissioner.

MESSAGE FROM KRELI.
•GOVERMENT NOTICE.

King William's Town, Feb. 14.
His Excellency the Governor and High Commissioner is

[PRICE SD.

pleased to direct the publication of the following docu-
ments. By Command,
WII4LIAM F. LIDDLE, Secretary to
High Commissioner.

Fort Murray, Feb. 10.
Umhala, Kreli's chief counsellor, arrived here this day,
with the following message from the Chief Kreli :
" Krell asks for peace. He begs that Maclean will speak
for him. He wishes Maclean to know that he has been
very severely punished. The Boers and troops entered his
country eight times, and each commando took a great many
cattle. Kreli wishes for peace, and he now sends 90 head
of cattle, and hopes that the Government will consider it
sufficient, as the troops have taken so many thousands from
him.

" Krell says he never commenced a war with the Govern-
ment. The Gaikas have always got him into trouble, and
he has been punished for their sins.
" I have been also desired by Kreli to ask Fynn to re-
turn to•Butterworth, also the missionary and the traders,
and he will protect them. He never told them to leave his
country. On the contrary, when they went away he was
exerting himself to recover the property taken from the
traders.

"I am here to hear the Governor's ' word.' lam B_ reli's
mouth, and will answer for him.

" TIMHALA, X his mark.
" JOHN MACLEAN, Chief Commissioner.
" Witness—G. SHEPSTONE, Interpreter."

`• Fort Murray, Feb. 11.

" Sir,—l have the honour to report,-for the information
of his Excellency the High Commissioner, that g Yila,' a
counsellor of the chief Kreli, arrived here this morning,
with a bundle of assegais, sent by the Chief Kreli to his
Excellency as a token of his submission to her Majesty's
Government.—l have the honour to be, &c.,
" JOHN MACLEAN, Chief Commissioner."