The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-30 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY.
The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's
mail-packet Bosphorus, Captain Henry B. Benson,
arrived at eight o'clock this morning from Calcutta
and the Cape.
The Bosphorus left Calcutta on the 15th of
March, at 7 a.m., and the Sandheads on the 16th,
at 1 p.m. She arrived at Madras on the 20th, at
5 a.m., and left same day at 2 30 p.m. ; arrived
at Point de Galle on the 23d of March, 4 30 p.m ;
and departed on the 24th, at 8 p.m. ; arrived at
the Mauritius on the 4th of April, at 1 p.m. ; de-
parted April 6th, at 7 p.m. ; arrived at the Cape
on the 19th of April, at 11 a.m., and departed on
the 21st, at 6 p.m. ; arrived at St. Helena on the
30th of April, at 6 a.m., and departed same day at
2 p.m. ; arrived at Ascension on the 3d of May, at
4 30 p.m. ; and departed same day at 9 30 p.m. ;
arrived at St. Vincent on the 12th of May, at 11 30
a.m., and departed on the 13th, at 2 30 p.m.
On the 14th of April the officers of her Majesty's
ship Meander gave a splendid entertainment to the
Lieutenant-Governor, and to the various officers of
the Russian, Dutch, and Swedish men-of-war at
the Cape, and similar entertainments were given
by the Swedish Consul, and by the officers of the
Swedish frigate Eugenie, at Cape Virgin.
The screw steam-ship Sarah Sands arrived at
Cape Town on the Ist of April from Melbourne,
and sailed on the 10th for Liverpool.
The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's
steamer Hellespont, Captain Watts, arrived at Cape
Town on the 13th, and left on the 17th of April for
Austrlia.

The General Screw Steam Shippinc, Company's
steamer Lady Jocelyn, from Plymouth, arrived at
the Cape of Good Hope on the 21st of April, at 7
a.m. The Bosphorus was detained until 5 p.m. to
bring back answers to her letters.
The Trafalgar Indianian sailed from the Cape for
England on the 19th of April.
The Queen, from Calcutta, arrived at the Cape
on the 20th, and the Prince of Wales was working
into the bay when the Bosphorus was leavin,<,
The French ship Mocha was destroyed by fire Algoa Bay on the 10th of April. She w off
with jute and rice, and as laden
it was supposed that spon-
taneous combustion was generated in the jute.
No intelligence of the Melbourne steam-ship,
Captain Hutton, had reached the Cape of Good
Hope up to th© 21st of April, when the Bosphorus

" Cape Town, April 21.
" Since the departure of the last steamer nothing has
occurred to damp the satisfaction universally felt at the
conclusion of the Kafir war. A number of the Hottentot
banditti continue to prowl about, and the frontier mail
that has just arrived brings intelligence of another mur-
der ; but these things may be expected, after the conclu-
sion of such a struggle.
"The inquiry into the causes of the rebellion is going
on. The commissioners sit with open doors, in the
midst of the people whose conduct and affairs generally
are the subjects of inquiry. This gives great confidence
to the well-disposed, as it is highly creditable to the
good sense and foresight of the Governor. No particu-
lars have yet reached Cape Town. The Natal commis-
sion followed the same course, also printing the evidence
from day to day, as fast as the press could follow them.
These open, frank, and fearless proceedings have already
produced a most beneficial effect on the public mind.
"The crowning event is the arrival of the constitution,
which promises to be the panacea for all the colonial
grievances. The greatest satisfaction prevails on the
announcement of its provisions ; every party is, or ap
pears, satisfied.

- "A. general illumination is to take place throughout
the colony on the Queen's birthday.
" The Queen East Indiaman has just arrived."

We subjoin the following summary of news from
he Cape Town Mail of April 9 :
Peace with the Kafirs has at last been pro-
claimed. Our summary by the Calcutta announced
the general cessation of hostilities, and that the
paramount chief Sandilli, by crossing the Kei, and
thus complying, pro forma, with the terms origi-
nally dictated by General Cathcart, had opened
the way for amicable negotiation. " Messages,"
professing contrition and humility, were subse-
quently sent in by the chiefs, which were gra-
ciously received by his Excellency ; and on the 2d
of March the fifth Kafir war was formally closed
by a proclamation extending the Royal pardon to
Sandilli and the Gaika people. That proclamation
further declared that the Amatolas and other lands
formerly occupied by the Gaikas having been for-
feited to the Crown, they would in future be
located in a different part of the country, further
removed from the colonial frontier, " that is to say
the country between the Kei and the Great North
Road leading to the Windvogelberg, and bounded
on the north by the Thomas River, and south by
the country of the chief Umhala. [The conditions
have already been published.]
The general pardon conveyed in the proclamation
is, however, limited to British Kafraria ; Kafirs
entering the colony and apprehended there being
amenable to justice according to colonial law for
any crimes they may have committed within the
colony. It is further declared that no Hottentot
will be allowed to settle in the country now allotted
to the Gaikas without special sanction from the
Governor.

On the 12th of March, General Cathcart an-
nounced to the colony " the final and complete
submission of all hostile and rebellious Kafirs, and
the restoration of a general peace, on a basis which
he has reason to hope and believe may prove sound
and lasting ;" and he then took the occasion of offer-
ing " his sincere congratulations to all her Majesty's
loyal subjects, who cannot fail to be deeply inte-
rested in this happy event." His Excellency also
at the same time made public the particulars of
an interview lie had on the 9th with the chiefs
lately in rebellion, when his proclamation grant-
ing pardon to Sandilli and his associates was
read to them. The chiefs present were Sandilli
and his son Dundas ; Macomo and his four sons,
Numba, Kona, Rihilo, and Quare ; Botman and
his son Vandalla ; Umfandise (a Slambie chief who
had joined the Gaikas), and Doi;a, a brother to
Stock, who was not present ; each chief being at-
tended by his councillors. The number admitted
to the conference was about 150. [The address,
which was read to them by his Excellency's inter-
preter, Mr. Ayliff, and the reply of the chief, have
already appeared in our columns.]
Considerable dissatisfaction has been expressed
by the colonists in the more exposed frontier dis-
tricts, st the apparently indefinite nature of the
relations entered into with the Gaika Kafirs, and
doubts are freely exsressed as to the stability of a
peace which crowds these pastoral tribes into a
smaller territory than that they previously occu-
pied ; but the retention of the Amatolas by a strong
military force removes the apprehension of any
serious opposition on their part to the terns which
his Excellency is now in a position to dictate.
Of the degree in which the the Kafirs have been
really subdued it were premature to offer an opinion,
until the arrangements for fixing the tribes in their
new locations shall have been carried into effect.
The task which remains for General Cathcart is
one of infinitely greater difficulty than that which
he has just completed, and requires on his part
no ordinary degree of good feeling, prudence, and
firmness.

On the 14th General Cathcart issued to the troops
the following general order, conveying the well-
merited thanks of their country to the officers and
soldiers under his command :
"The Commander of the Forces congratulates the
army under his command on the termination of the war
of rebellion which has troubled the eastern frontier of
her Majesty's South African possessions for more than
two years, and which at one time, assuming the charac-
ter, of a war of races, had it not been arrested by their
gallantry, perseverance, and unparalleled exertions,
must have overwhelmed the inhabitants of the eastern
districts of the colony ; and indeed it is impossible t
calculate the extent to which the calamity might not
have reached.

4 eln conveying his thanks to the army for their
meritoriousExcellencypeans,ngdnesoireess,
andt loyal
Ho
oinelud e
thosettentots, colonial levies, services,
who, under gallant leaders, nobly emulated
bEisur o
the brilliant examples set them by her Majesty's regular
troops.
"The field of glory opened to them in a Kafir war
and Hottentot rebellion is, possibly, not so favourable
and exciting as that which regular warfare with an open
enemy in the field affords ; yet the unremitting exer-
tions called for in hunting well armed, yet skulkinci,
savages through the bush, and driving them from their
innumerable strongholds are, perhaps, more arduous
that those required by regular warfare, and call more
constantly for individual exertion and intelligence.
" The British soldier, always cheerfully obedient to
the call, well knows that when he has done his duty he
is sure to obtain the thanks and good opinion of his
gracious Queen.
" It is his Excellency's duty, and one which he has
had the greatest pleasure in performing, to call her
Majesty's attention, not only on particular occasions,
but generally, to the noble conduct of all officers, no:::
commissioned officers, and soldiers of this army through-
out
i oguatgetdlie; arduousaiiand
t they
y cno)nat:srtesitn
i heeded by their gracious Sovereign. will
lcannonol) fail to
the total and final
I result of their exertions has beer!
River, and other
f Fish
' ! clearance of the Waterkhltoh
'in the colony, the surren-
deraswshuriceldi tihteylwt have
et
befelais un-
gholds of the enemy within
'i Macomo; and the Gaika
.. 1 be an additional gratification to then!to reflect that the
of the rebel chiefs Saxn
l former territories,
of her Majesty's troops, and the
; remain in possession been
includinge pe
l ltehde frAomm atthoel as, whole
whichftheirnow
people, who have

rem oval of that hitherto troublesome race to the banks
of the Kei ; the complete submission of the Basutos,
the Tambookies, and the Ama-Galeikas, and the extinc-
tion of the Hottentot rebellion ; and that thus thanks
to their noble exertions, where all was war and rebellion
two years ago, general and profound peace reigns in
South Africa ; and that, moreover, as this state of
things has been conquered by might in the est.a
ment of right, it rests on the stable basis of equity. and
justice ; and unless malignant influences, unresatraisriiing
be permitted to disturbi t, bids fair toprove la
benefit to the community; whose deep debt of gratitude
they have justly acquired."
Of the rebel Hottentots who are excluded from
the pardon granted to their late allies nothinpog
rtehasd
recently been heard. The colony peopleis
entirely clear of the roving bands of now re
these
who formerlyi nfested it, and it see
they have given up all hope of successs certain that
dispersed or
in their re-
bellious projects and have eitherTh
totally
moved far beyond the frontier.
notwithstanding the reward of 5001. offered offered for his
apprehension, is still aook t larg home our last regular
Since the Calcutta t
England mail, 15 emigrant vessels for Australia
have touched at Table Bay, having on board 2,309
passengers. These were the Java from London ;
Fanny, from Boston ; Mary Ann, from Bristol ;
Lord Metcalf, from Aberdeen ; Cherusker, from
London ; James L. Bogart, from London ; Mar-
shal Bennet, from Plymouth ; Palestine, from
London ; Adelaide, Australian Royal Mail Steamer,
from Plymouth ; Harbinger, screw-steamer,
from Southampton ; Royal Alice, from London ;
Lavinia, from Greenock ; Baltimore, from New
York ; and Susan, from Liverpool. Three of these
vessels, the Java, Marshal Bennett, and Palestine,
had Government emigrants on board.
Since the commencement of the present year
twelve vessels, formerly employed in trading on
coast, have sailed for Australia, with cargoes of the
value of about 40,0001. and 150 passengers. Many
of the emigrant vessels which touched here from
Great Britain and the United States have also
taken passengers and cargo from this colony.
The large demand for provisions, &c., for the
supply of these vessels, has tended to keep up the
price of agricultural produce, which has fortu-
nately, however, been this season very abundant,
and in fine quality, affording to our colonial far-
mers a highly satisfactory degree of participa-
tion in th 3 profits of gold digging, without its at-
tenndant inconveniences.
From Natal reports are favourable. Peace is
there happily still preserved with the native races,
and the increasing attention paid by the inhabi-
tants to agricultural pursuits is rapidly developing
the resources of that magnificent country. The
Screw Steam Shipping Company's invaluable little
vessel the Sir Robert Peel returned yesterday
from her eighth monthly trip to Natal, with a full
cargo and seventy-nine passengers, having since
August last kept open the communication along
1,000 miles of our coast, with a regularity highly
beneficial to all parts of the line.

( From the South African of April 21.)
CAPE TOWN, APRIL 21.

Since the Sarah Sands started, on the 10th, the
peace then announced to the good people of Eng-
lath,' has become less unpopular on the border, and
promises to fulfil the hope of the colonists at large.
His Excellency holds head-quarters at Graham's
Town, makin,, occasional visits to the posts, where,
as far as can be learned, he finds all right. But
frontier weather for some generations, will be
April weather, sun and shower, sometimes bright
as June, sometimes dark as December in the
north. Where two races so far asunder in colour,
custom, and language as the British settlers and
the Kafirs glare upon each other across a narrow
stream, " permanent peace," " absolute security,"
are idle words, unless there be a permanent estab-
lishment of an absolutely invincible force to main-
tain a good understanding between the parties.
If a saving fit abridge this force too soon, as in
1849-50, there will be such another pull at John
Bull's purse strings as will be enough to bring on
a fit of gout. Every wise man's son cloth know
that in this present wicked world the sword is
peace, as bolts and bars are security. Mankind
have many good qualities, but a profound respect
for weakness is not one of them.

The investigation into the past and present con-
dition of the Kat River Settlement is in progress.
The commissioners sit with open doors, in the midst
of the people, whose conduct and affairs generally
are the subjects of inquiry. This gives great con-
fidence to the well-disposed, as it is highly credit-
able to the good sense and foresight of the Go-
vernor. No particulars have yet reached Cape
Town. The Natal Commission followed the same
course, also printing the evidence from day to day,
as fast as the press could follow them. These open,
frank, and fearless pro oadings have already pro-
duced a most beneficial effect on the public mind.
A very important discovery has been announced
on the Berg River, near the main road—a deposit,
namely, a bed of rubble stone, of coarse gravel
mixed with clay, " which " when once inundated
becomes indurated, like the solid rock." The dis-
covery is due to Mr. Manning ; and Mr. Bain, well
known for research and discovery in South African
rocks, gives it this character.
The people here are looking anxiously for the
Constitution, which has been so long " looming in
the future," and which fell dead as the budget
under the late Ministry.
After the lines above were in type, the Lady
Jocelyn, mail packet, arrived in Table Bay, having
on board dispatches from Downing-street, and
amongst them, according to private letters, the
Constitution. A well-informed correspondent,
under date March 14th, says " that no one out of
the office can see the Cape Constitution ordinance
as now sent out, until the mail leaves, as General
Cathcart should be the first to know its details, yet
I can guess pretty well that the only stumbling
block, viz., the franchise, is disposed of by compro-
mise, the iigher (501.) being made the basis of the
Higher Chamber of Legislature, and the lower
(251.) of the Lower House, as the Attorney-General
suggested, and as I have taken upon myself to
recommend as most likely to satisfy all parties—at
least more so than any other plan. I felt sure of
this, that the Constitution any how was better
than further delay, and this was the language I
have invariably held. Now you have got it I con-
gratulate you, and must be allowed to share in the
triumph which crowns our united efforts of so long
duration. I continue to feel the greatest con-
fidence in the Duke of Newcastle, that he will
carry out to the fullest extent the principles of our
Colonial Reform Society, and Mr. Gladstone and
Sir William Molesworth go heartily with him."
As the mail starts this afternoon, and as the con-
stitution is not officially announced, time does not
allow to say more than this—that as her Majesty's
will and pleasure, declared so long as 1850, " that
her faithful people, at the Cape should be put in
the full enjoyment of British freedom," is about to
be accomplished bylner Majesty's express command
—the 24th day of May next, the anniversary of
her auspicious birth, should be celebrated as an
universal jubilee thl•oughout this free colony.

ARRIVAL OF THE SARAH SANDS.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 29.

The Royal Maii screw steam-ship Sarah Sands
Captain Thompson., arrived in the Sound at seven
o'clock last evening; , bringing mails from Sydney,
Melbourne, and th.E,• Cape of Oood Hope. She left
Sydney Jan. 29 • 11,.1 elbourne, Feb. 15 ; and arrived
at Table Bay IN/fart:ill 31 ; and, having encountered
severe westerly gales off the Cape, in consequence
of the boisterous i vtate of the weather! she was de-
tained till April 1(.1. She then proceeded on her
voyage, but, in co) sequence of being short of pro-
visions and of cont. rary winds from the north-east,
she was obliged to - put into Fayal on the 18th inst.
and sailed on the `, 10th.
The Sarah Sand 3 brings a very heavy mail from
Australia and the 'Cape, comprising 88 large bags
of letters and paper.: s. Some of these were sorted
at Plymouth, and i he others were sent on to Lon-
don by the 6.50 1.11 i. train this morning. The in-
telligence from At istralia has been anticipated by
the Atraiveda, an 1 that from the Cape of Good
Hope by the Boss .hurus, which arrived in the
morning.
During her passay •;•e home, the Sarah Sands spoke,
March 3, in lat. 38 S., long. 96 E., the American
whaling barque Wuithrop, of Whitehaven, fourteen
ra°llth% Passed a had done I yell. April 11, in lat. 27 N.,may 2, largein Duty ;11. ship standing to westward,
schooner sulat. 12 N., long. 22 W., spoke the
from Sierra tea' ,of amburgh, seventeen days,
28 32 E. passeera7, ,
~ cc, in farl uarque
May 8, in lat. 22 N., long.
marked standing to southward
when off the island
re and main topsails. May 19,
ship Leander, with,. et Fayal, passed her Majesty's
board, eight days i '• Lord Ellesmere and suite on
The Sarah Sam' :11hiaEngland, all well.
home 250 passen ;era, sn
en: lyeargo but she brings
there being none I ion]. the era all 'from Australia,
number of passeng (Ts that everliapseThis is the largest
Australia in one v ( ssel., She has „relt:;llrned from
ounces of gold de F.: ;t, under the taro 01'r.,1180,090
mander, from Mel I )ourne and Sydney, ' c
and 20 COOL.
silver from the Cape, besides a very large Oiquan-
tity a gold dust i El the hands
of the passeilgers,
iliot of whom fiver t, returning from the diggings.
o.c .]'-- dust in private hands is kept
The quantity of ,
1)1 '0 She lots also on board the
as secret as possi ~ .
t weir,
1341b5. Bozs.,
famous Ballarat ] i agge , ,
b tl
, va
En
itwo ro ),
belonging to Mess rs. Green
ra
'y a l(way clerk,tors ands
and another perso; a, formai
4 the nugget Onee
who are the fortund to owners c
land last autumn .in th
of the party only to J I Eng ,
arrived in the
colony last autumn_ in the ship Lady
from Lon-
Mr. Falconer, do 3 detective policeman

d
don, was also on board, having cus fromy I
Spriggs, the fraudulent bankrupt, who ran off
Birmingham, and for whose apprehension 1,0001.
had been offered. They will leave here for London
by the noon train to-day. The ship will leave on
Tuesday for Liverpool.
We learn from some of the passengers that after
leaving the Cape they had a very good run as far
as the Line, with favourable winds all the way.
Almost immediately after passing the Line they
got into the north-east trades, and in consequence
of that, instead of the ship keeping along the coast
of Africa, she was driven much to the westward,
and the wind delayed her very much. Being short
of provisions, she was compelled to put into Fayal,
but only remained there about thirty-six hours.
After leaving Fayal the wind was dead against her
till within the last three or four days, but she does
not appear to have fallen into the gale which the
Bosphorous encountered. The ship was so light
that all her topmasts were struck in consequence.
A great many of the passengers had been to the
diggings, and generally speaking have come home
tolerably successful • but many have returned who
have only been to the colony, and, being quite dis-
satisfied with the place went no further. But their
dissatisfaction, said our informant, can hardly, h
fairness, be set down against the colony, be witcause
they were not long enough there to judge of it.
The accommodations at Melbourne are very scanty
indeed, and not by any means equal to the wants
of the large masses of people that are constantly
pouring into it from all parts of the world.
The Sarah Sands on account of her lightness,
the state of the weather, and of her passengers
having memorialised the captain in writing, put
into Plymouth instead of Liverpool.