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

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1853.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

TERMINATION OF THE WAR.

[A summary of the following appeared in The
Sun of yesterday.]
The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's
steamer Calcutta, Captain J. V. Hall, arrived at
Plymouth yesterday morning at half-past five.
Her dates are :—Outward—aft Plymouth on the
15th of October at 5 p.m., arrived at St. Vincent's
on the 26th at 10 a.rn., left on the 29th at 7 p.m. ;
arrived at Ascension on the Bth of November at 10
a.m., left the same day at 7.30 p.m. ' • arrived at
the Cape on the 23d at 10 a.m., left on the 27th at
5.30 a.m. ; arrived at the Mauritius on the 11th of
December at 5.45 a.m., left on the 17th at 2 p.m. ;
arrived at Ceylon on the 29th at 1.45 p.m., left on
30th at 9 a.m. ; arrived at Madras on the 2d of
January at 9.30 a.m., left on the sth at 5.30 p.m. ;
arrived at Calcutta on the 10th at 5 p.m. Home-
ward—Left Calcutta on the 20th of January at
1 p.m. ; arrived at Madras on the 24th at 5.45
p.m., left on the 25th at 10.45 p.m. ; arrived at
Ceylon on the 29th at 7 a.m., and left at 9 p.m. ;
arrived at the Mauritius on the Bth of February
at 10 a.m., left on the 9th at 6 p.m. ; arrived at
the Cape of Good Hope on the 19th at 4.30 p.m.,
left on the 24th at 6.30 p.m. ; arrived at St. Helena
on the 4th of March at 6 a.m., left at 4 p.m. ; ar-
rived at Ascension the 7th of arch at 1 p.m., left
at 10.30 p.m. ; arrived at St. Vincent's the 15th,
at 6.20 p.m., left the 17th at 10.30 p.m. ; and ar-
rived at Plymouth at 5.30 a.m. on the 291-kot,
Aisech. Amongst her passengers are—
From Calcutta—Lady Gilbert and servant ; Mrs. J. R.
Worcester; Captain and Mrs. Colt, child, and servant ;
Dr. Donovan ; and 10 seamen, invalids from her Majesty's
ships Rattler and Winchester.
From Madras—Colonel and Mrs. Hollis ; Dr. and Mrs.
Smith ; Miss M`Gregor, two children, and servant ; Colo-
nel and Mrs. Inglis, infant, and servant ; Lieutenant 0.
Mayne; Rev. W. Otteley; and Master Butler.
From Mauritius—Mr. Lewisson, Mr. Keate, and Master
Bartlett.

From the Cape of Good Hope—Colonel and Mrs. Eyre,
child, and servant; Colonel Napier, Colonel Sparks, Mr.
and Mrs. Egan, Lieutenant M`Kenzie and servant, Mr.
Roebuck, and Mr. Johnson.

From St. Vincent's—Messrs. J. S. Warren, J. Sampson,
and J. Birch.

Her outward voyage to Calcutta occupied 77
days, her passage homeyard has been accomplished
in precisely the same period. She sailed later from
Calcutta than the previous ships in order to have
less detention at Galle for the overland mail for
the Mauritius ; and the run from that point to
the Cape averaged 94 knots per hour the whole
way.
The Calcutta met with considerable adverse wea-
ther on her outward passage. Between the Cape
and the Mauritius she fell in with a hurricane,
which caused some detention, but she sustained
no injury—a sufficient proof of her admirable
seagoing qualities and excellent management.
So prosperous a voyage both out and home has
not failed to give great satisfaction to her pas-
sengers.
The Port Louis Gazette, writing on the passage
of the Calcutta from India to the Mauritius,
says:

" The following particulars have been kindly commu-
nicated by a passenger on board this fine vessel, which
we readily publish. The Calcutta is the first of the
Screw Company's vessels that has experienced a hurri-
cane, and she has proved her qualities as a good sea-
boat. Captain Hall has also had his experience,
science, and skill fairly tested, and has been found well
up to the mark.

" The Calcutta left the Sandheads on the 21st of
January at 10 p.m., and had an exciting race with the
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pottinger
down to Madras, the Calcutta taking the lead and
beating by some hours--all the time fair steaming—no
wind.

" The trifling accident to the fittings of her screw
which caused the delay (so vexatious to her commander)
at this island on her outward voyage has given no
trouble since, and her machinery is in the highest state
of efficiency. She has had no assistance from the wind
since leaving Calcutta till yesterday, when she met the
S.E. trade wind. Still she has made an excellent run
down.

" She encountered a hurricane three days after
leaving Mauritius (December 20), but by the judicious
management of Captain Hall, who is well versed in the
cyclonic theory both by experience and study, the more
dangerous part was avoided, and the Calcutta rode
nobly through it, not sustaining the slightest accident,
though it caused her some detention."

The Great Britain screw steam-ship, Captain B.
Mathews, left the Cape of Good Hope on the 20th
of January at 4 a.m., four days before the depar-
ture of the Calcutta.

Her Majesty's steam-ship Dee left Simon's Bay
for Algoa Bay on the 18th of February. She is
expected to bring a portion of the 73d Regiment to
Cape Town.
The ship John Bartlett left Table Bay for London
on the 20th of Febrnary, and the Albatross on the
same day for Port Philip.
The schooner Mary, which arrived in Mossel Bay
from England on the 14th of February, was driven
ashore during a heavy S.E. gale on Wednesday
the 16th. She parted two anchors, and, after
dragging the third, she slipped and went on shore.
One of the crew was drowned, and the vessel was
expected to become a total wreck. (A letter, dated
February 19, states that she still held together,
and that she was not insured. Her cargo has been
advertised for sale.)
Her Majesty's ship Polyphemus and the Austra-
lian Royal mail steamship Adelaide were at St.
Helena on the 4th of March. The Adelaide had
been detained there seven days for coal, and was
then filling up with wood.
The St. Helena Herald of the 3d of March con-
tains a long letter from Mr. Robert Young, one of
the passengers by the Royal Australian Mail Com-
pany's steam-ship Adelaide, Captain Jackson, which
sailed from Plymouth on the 3d of January, arrived
at St. Vincent's on the 17th, and, after a delay of
17i days, left for the Cape. On the 10th of
February she crossed the Line, and, on the 16th,
it was found that the coal was insufficient to take
her to the Cape. Mr. Young writes :
" The screw of the Adelaide cannot be lifted, and, in
consequence of some peculiarity in her construction, she
will not steer without steam while the propeller is in the
water. Being therefore dependent upon fuel, and not only
for progress, but also for the supply of fresh water by mean
of condensed steam, the captain unquestionably adopted
the most prudent course. We reached this port on the 20th,
and again were we destined to meet with disappointment.
We found no coal in the market, and are necessitated to
do the best we can to obtain wood. Ido not like, with-
out good and sufficient cause, to express any censure on
a public company ; and it is but justice to the company
in question to state, that several coal vessels had been
dispatched to St. Vincent's, but that the heavy and
continuous gales in the Channel had prevented their
timely arrival ; and also to state that the Adelaide has
been found to consume a much larger quantity of coal
than the directors were taught to believe would be suffi-
cient. But, while I readily make these admissions, I
nevertheless have a very strong opinion that more care
ought to have been taken to provide for contingencies.
Had less merchandise and more coal been received on
board at Plymouth, we might have avoided the delay
and expense incurred at St Vincent's and St. Helena.
When as passengers we paid our money, we were told
very confidently that in 75 days the vesssel would reach
Sydney. But 77 days have already elapsed since the
14th of December, and we have performed only about
one-third of our voyage. This unexpected delay is truly
vexatious to the captain and his officers, highly incon-
venient to the passengers. and to some of them may even.
be ruinous."

The General Screw Steam-Shipping Company's
steamer Queen of the South was steaming out of
Ascension on the 7th of March, when the Calcutta
entered.

the rivers Indwe and Kei as the boundary between
her Majesty's territories and his own. Reductions
in. the various forces hitherto engaged in the war
were immediately to take place.
We subjoin the following details from the Cape

papers
' (From the Monthly Summary of the Cape Monitor, Feb. 23.)
Since our last summary little has occurred on the
frontier which could in itself be regarded as an omen of
our success. The war has, however, long been virtually
terminated, and most of the rebels would doubtless much
prefer the ingleside of a settler's kitchen to the most
romantic adventures and hair-breadth escapes to be en-
countered in the defiles of the Amatolas. Still, a few
are determined to die hard, and consequently keep the
police continually on the alert ; but their depredations
have not been either formidable or frequent. We regret
most to have to report the death of Lieut. William
Currie, of the Somerset police, who was wounded some
time ago while pursuing these wretches. Every atten-
tion was paid to the sufferer which medical skill could
dictate, but in vain. He gradually sunk under the loss
of blood, and, at length, " one of the bravest hearts
among the sons of the British settlers of Albany ceased
to beat."

The month of Jativary was spent by a party of 155
Fingoes, who, commanded by Commander Cyrus
and Lieutenants R. and W. Forrester, patrolled the
country about the Fish River. On four or five oc-
casions they discovered the spoors of Kafirs, which
they followed, as hounds do the trail of foxes, and
succeeded in shooting a few of the marauders and
capturing some arms and horses. The difficulty of
pursuit was oonsiderable, requiring the exercise of much
prartical sagacity, as, in the more open places, the
Kafirs attempted to mislead our mei._ by walking back-
' wards, and by giving to their vestiges gemso- a duoty
road the appearance of baboon tracks. But our men,
under the able guidance of Mr. P. Koester, were not to
be baffled by tricks as old as the days of Cacus. On
the 18th January Piet Koester was severely wounded,
but was carried off by his companions a distance of 18
miles. On the same day was wounded, at Koester's
Drift, J. M. Ferreira, the son of the lamented Field-
Cornet Ferreira, who was shot a few days before by
Brander's Hottentots. An examination of the fallen
rebels led to the conclusion that they had formed a sort
of rear-guard of Brander's gang. On the evening of the
same day occurred one of those unexpected successes
which serve to show that the battle is not always to the
strong, nor the race to the swift. John Klaas, a Hot-
tentot in the service of Mr. W. H. Daniell, of Sidbury
Park, had proceeded with two waggons as far as Howi-
son's Poort, when he saw two Kafirs driving eight
oxen. Unable to answer his interrogations they ran off,
leaving the oxen behind. Shortly after, he captured 14
more, and at daylight the following morning found 16
oxen with their reims on, mixed with the 14. Either
a panic seized the thieves, or they may have intended-it
as a ruse to put the Albany farmers off their guard.
The execution of Job David, the condemned rebel,
took place at King William's Town. From a letter
written by his spiritual attendant on the occasion, we
learn that he had deserted with others from the Cape
Mounted Rifles, because Laverlot (of Kat River) had
written letters persuading them to make a speedy escape,
as the English had made preparation for making all the
Hottentots slaves. He fled to the bush, and was in the
mountains about a year ; but getting tired of such a
sinful and miserable life he repaired to Pato's location.
On this narrative some obvious reflections may be
made. First, the efficacy of Kat River messages upon
the minds of men who had nothing to complain of. Kat
River seems to have been regarded as a sort of mis-
sionary sanctuary, from which every lie issued forth
clothed in the garb of gospel truth. Secondly, we may
note the mental grouping of ideas in the deserter's con-
fession. His life of want and hardship in the mountains
is identical with a sinful life—indicating that, in Hotten-
tot parlance, plenty and righteousness, hunger and sin,
are convertible terms. We must infer that the system of
instruction adopted by the London missionaries at Kat
River must be both dangerous and injudicious, since it
has fostered an influence over their proteges so unwar-
ranted and so liable to abuse.

During the month, 18 or 20 rebel Hottentots were
tried by court-martial, and sentenced to two years' im-
prisonment, with hard labour. Such a sentence, or one
even more severe, has been often passed on natives con-
victed in the Supreme Court of larceny or attempted
burglary. Rebellion, which by implication contains the
elements of every crime, is by this sentence exhibited to
the coloured people as scarcely more heinous than the
theft of a sheep I
Reference was lately made to the numbers of coloured
people located in the precincts of Graham's Town, who
were found to be living unsupervised, and in a semi-
lawless state. A census has been made, and their num-
bers found to be 3,000.

Witchcraft has been manifesting itself among the Fin-
gees at Graham's Town and Fort Peddie. In the latter
place the magistrate has detected and punished two witch
doctors, and has latterly committed a Fingo to prison
on a charge of wilful murder. It appears that a child
was sick, and the native saga having pointed out another
man as the cause, the father was instigated to shoot the
imaginary offender. At Graham's Town, the headman
of one of the Fingoe kraals has deposed before the clerk
of the peace to curious facts, which prove at once the
extent of native credulity and superstition. A woman
was alleged to be pregnant with snakes, and serious con-
sequences might have ensued had not the headman fined
the husband 50 rix-dollars. The husband, however,
evades payment, and hence the application of the Fingo
headman to have the penalty enforced by the British
authorities.

A sawyer, named Ward, who was wounded some time
ago in Oliphant's Hoek, has died-. The victim in this
instance was a man in humble life, but the result of rebel
treachery would have been the same though the object
had been the noblest of England's aristocracy. Reviewing
the past, let us count up the costly nature of the price
which we have paid for our philandering policy towards
the natives, and no man of common humanity can fail to
be struck with its unfortunate issue, and the consequent
necessity of altering the system completely.
During a severe thunder-storm Mr. Munford's kraal
was forced by the enemy, and 50 head of cattle were
stolen ; but through the activity of the police all were
recovered except one.

By a notice, dated Jan. 25, 1853, a board has been
appointed "to investigate and report upon all claims for
losses of cattle, or waggons captured or destroyed by the
enemy, while in the employ of Government during the
war."

. _
Flying rumours have been rife respecting the demean-
our and intentions of Kreli and the deposed rebel chiefs.
According to some parties, Sandilli rand Macomo are
desirous of peace ; according to others, they are watch-
ing the course of events, ready to take advantage of
any false or faltering movement on our side. Again,
Kreli is reported as intensely afraid of another com-
mando, yet evading the payment of the fine imposed by
Sir H. Smith. By last post, however, it seems he has
sent, an instalment of 100 head, and some assagais.
Scores of mounted men, however, are said to be passing
Clarkebury.
A meeting of the chiefs at King William's Town is
spoken of, but General Cathcart maintains a prudent
silence regarding his ulterior measures, and the rumour
is so far unauthenticated by official announcement.
Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre, of the 73d, being abotit
to proceed to England, for the benefit of his health,
several addresses have been forwarded to him by those
who have long been spectators of his heroic gallantry
and valour.
Lieutenant-Colonel Napier, being appointed to a
higher command in Canada, has been entertained by the
officers of the Cape Mounted Rifles in the most enthusi-
astic and respectful manner.
Nothing seems clearer than that Moshesh, having
been convicted of a theft on a great scale, was properly
fined ; and that his having resisted the payment by force
of arms only aggravates his former offence. That his
Excellency has forborne to:press his claims is by no means
tantamount to saying that the claim has been satisfied
or remitted. _ _

The Trans-Vaal Boers have :taught us a lesson which
we should have known long ago. They strike no hesi-
tating blow, nor allow their humanity to be abused by
the machinations of political missionaries. Their attack
upon Secheli, and their expulsion of two London mis-
sionaries' are marks of a promptitude and decision which
we look for in vain among the annals of our own South
African policy. A well-informed correspondent to one
of the frontier papers remarks upon these events, and
states that " a complete gunsmith's shop was found on
the premises of one of the missionaries (near Secheli's
place), with guns in all stages of repair ;" and then very
properly asks if such an establishment is necessary for
the conversion of the heathen ?
The commission which has been sitting to take evi-
dence on the state of the native tribes, and the best me-
thod of dealing with them, has finished its sittings. The
recapitulation of evidence will be interesting ; but the
whole of their proceedings have not yet come to hand.
Since the above was written, intelligence has been re-
ceived, of the proclamation of peace with Krell, and a
report that the proscribed Kafir chiefs, Macomo and
Sandilli, have retreated across the Kei, and Kreli's
having sued for peace. The notices and proclamations
which announce this welcome news will be found in an-
other column.

The following summary is extracted from the
Cape Town, Mail of Feb. 22 :
Since General Cathcart's return from the Basuto coun-
try, after the battle of Berea, no further hostilities have
taken place. Head-quarters are again established at
King William's Town, where the 43d, 47th, and 74th
Regiments are stationed ; the remainder of the forces
being so disposed as to hold possession of various points
in the Amatolas, and keep that part of the country clear
of marauders.

To all appearance the Kafir war is at an end, although
no declaration of peace has yet been made. All idea of
fighting has evidently been abandoned by the hostile tribes,
and the latest accounts from the frontier state that the
chiefs Sandilli and Macomo have moved over the Kei in
compliance with the proclamation issued by his Excellency
on his arrival, declaring that this was the only position
in which he would ever treat with them. Attempts had
been repeatedly made to open up a " talk" by messen-
gers from these chiefs, but the general was inexorable in
demanding reminal as an
.indispensal:de preliminary to

negotiation. This condition having now been ostensibly
complied with, there seems a prospect that some kind
of peace will shortly be agreed upon. Several of San-
dilli's councillors are stated to have arrived at head-
quarters with the chief's "word," and been admitted to
an audience, but the nature of the arrangements proposed
on either side has not yet been made public.
Whatever these arrangements may be, it is now cer-
tain that General Cathcart intends to retain military
possession of the Amatolas until her Majesty's pleasure
be known on the subject. In a Government Notice re-
cently issued, lie announces his intention to establish
townships and villages in the neighbourhood of sufficient
military forts and garrisons, in that portion of the lands
formerly occupied by the Gaikas, named the Keiskamma
Hoek, and invites applications for land from the " de-
serving persons who have fought nobly in the ranks of
colonial levies and other corps during the rebellion now
happily suppressed." As the grants, however, are of
wofully small extent, and subject to a condition of bond
fide residence, it is evident that his Excellency wishes to
discourage the system of speculating in such lands, which
has frequently produced extensive evil in this country.
The first settlers are to be rationed for six months, and
provided with implements, seeds, &c. ; and in the event
of the Home Government abandoning the project, com-
pensation is to be given them, either in money or land
elsewhere.

Notwithstanding this apparently promising condition
of affairs over the border, the frontier districts have not
been wholly free from depredation. Several serious
losses of cattle and horses have taken place ; and Kafir
scouts and small parties of rebel Hottentots are continu-
ally met with, far within the more settled parts of the
colony. These circumstances naturally tend to keep up
a feeling of insecurity in the country, and many of the
Eastern colonists are, it is said, determined, if peace be
not speedily and satisfactorily restored, to seek for hap-
pier homes in the land of the golden East.
Up to the arrival of the last post the state of affairs in
Kreli's country, the scene of General Cathcart's first
"foray," was looked upon as very unsatisfactory. The
remainder of the fine imposed upon that chief for the
destruction of missionary property at Butterworth had
not been paid ; and it appeared that a number of his
people, the Amagaleki, assisted by refuge rebel Hotten-
tots, have fallen upon the Tambookies and destroyed
several of their kraals. A party of them visited the
missionary station of Morley in quest of gunpowder, but
were prevented from obtaining it by the address and
courage of the missionary's wife. Subsequent reports
stated that the station had been destroyed, but of this
we have no certain information. All accounts, however,
concurred in representing the Amagaleki territory as in
a state of dangerous confusion.
Kreli, feeling, doubtless, that this was a condition of
things which might lead to a second visit from General
Cathcart, took time by the forelock and sent in messen-
gers professing great contrition and humility. With a
bundle of assegais, in token of submission, he also sent
about 100 cattle as a further instalment of his fine, plead-
ing poverty and that the Boers had plundered him of
great numbers. He admitted that he had been severely
punished, and begged for a remission of the remainder of
the fine and for peace, and the hand of peace was at once
held out to him. A proclamation issued by the Gover-
nor on the 14th instant, at King William's Town,
announces that peace and amity have been restored
between Majesty and her faithful friend Kreli, who, on
his part, promises to be true and faithful to all his
engagements, and to regard the rivers Indwe and Kei as
the boundary between her Majesty's territories and his
own (thus, by the way, sponging Kafirland from the
map.) He engages to keep his people from disturbing
the Tambookies, and to be responsible for the lives and
property of British subjects within his territory—they,
however, making their own agreements with him as to
the terms on which they shall be permitted to reside
there ; and he further engages to recover and restore
stolen cattle, horses, or other property traced into his
country, and to punish the thieves ; and also to deliver
up murderers, robbers, &c., who may escape into his
territories from her Majesty's dominions.
These events are in some degree satisfactory to the
colonists, as they hold out a prospect of a cessation of
those miserable hostilities which have entailed such
heavy calamities upon them. For further and more com-
plete relief from their long continued sufferings they
look with confidence to the speedy establishment, under
a Reform Ministry and a Reform Parliament, of those
free representative institutions which would prevent
hereafter what is now found so difficult of cure.

MESSAGE FROM SANDILLI.

The following message was sent by Sandilli to the Go-
vernor :

" Mali and Math, special messengers, appear before Col.
Maclean, Chief Commissioner, and state as follows :- -
" Sandilli, Macomo, Anta, and Tola, together with their
counsellors, crossed the Kei 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
Krell that ho had crossed the Kei.
" Sandilli ordered us to come direct to Pato, and to ask
him to acquaint Maclean that he had crossed the Kei; that
he had no more strength to fight with the English ; that ho
is beaten and driven from his country; and that ho 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 ' word'
7rom Maclean. " MALI, his mark.
" MANI, X his mark."

GOVERNMENT NOTICE.

Bing 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
Ainatolas 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 :

I. 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 ono
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 ;lend 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 resident 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 grants shall, in the firstinstance, 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
bond 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 bond 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 first 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.
11114 Excellency tho Ciovernor and, High Commisioner ii

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

Fort Murray, Feb. 10.
Umhala, Krell's chief counsellor, arrived here this day,
with the following message from the Chief Kreli :
" Kreli 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

" 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 Krell 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 Kreli's
mouth, and will answer for him.
" UMHALA, M 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 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."

PROCLAMATION.

BY MB EXCELLENCY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL THE HON.

GEORGE CATHCART.

Whereas the independent chief Kreli has recently mani-
fested a desire for peace and reconciliation with her Ma-
jesty's Government, and to be again considered her Majes-
ty's faithful friend ;
And whereas, since the invasion of the territory of the
said chief in the month of August last, no acts of hostility
have been committed by his people, and no participation in
the Gaika rebellion subsequent to that period is chargeable
to them :

And whereas, in token of submission, a fourth instal-
ment of cattle has been voluntarily sent by the said chief
towards the final settlement of the small remaining portion
of the fine imposed on him:
_

And whereiZs the said chief has also declared himself
severely punished, prayed for the remission of the re-
mainder of the fine, and humbly sued for peace :
Now, therefore, I do hereby, on her Majesty's behalf,
and by virtue of the powers vested in me, proclaim, de-
clare, and make known that all those remaining fines of
cattle imposed by my predecessors on the said chief Kreli
are hereby cancelled, and that peace and amity are hereby
restored between her Majesty and the said chief Kreli on
the following conditions only :
1. That the said chief Kreli shall continue in all things
true and faithful to his engagements.
2. That he shall recognise the line of the Indwe and the
Kei as the boundary between her Majesty's territories and
his own.

3. That he shall restrain and punish all attempts on the
part of his people to disturb the peace of her Majesty's sub-
jects, either in the lands allotted to the Tambookies or the
other tribes within her Majesty's territories, being on the
west side of the Indwe and Kei rivers.

4. That in the event of missionaries or traders being
again permitted to reside in the country of the said chief
Kreli, with his consent, they must conform to such agree-
ments as they may make for themselves with the said chief.
The Governor, on behalf of the British Government, will
have nothing to do with any such agreements, but will
hold the said chief responsible for the security of the lives
and property of those British subjects whom he may allow
to live within his territory.
. _ _

5. That in case of cattle, horses, or other property being
stolen from the colony and traced into his country, the said
chief shall be bound to recover and restore the stolen pro-
perty, and to punish the thieves.
6. That the said chief shall, when demanded of him,
cause to be seized and delivered up to the nearest British
authority for trial according to law, all persons who- shall
have committed, or who shall be reasonably suspected of
having committed, any murder robbery, or other offence,
within the limits of her Majesty's dominions, and who
shall be found in the territory of the said chief.
God save the Queen.
Given under my hand and seal at King William's Town,
this 15th day of February, 1853.
GEO. CATHCA_RT,
Governor and High Commissioner.

By command of his Excellency the Governor and High
Commissioner.

W. F. LIDDLE, Secretary to his
Excellency the Governor and her Majesty's
High Commissioner.

( From the Shipping Gazette of Feb. 25.)
Prospects of peace are at length being manifested on
the frontier. , Kreli having deputed his chief counsellor
Umhala to sue for peace, his Excellency the Governor
has issued a proclamation announcing that this appeal
has been complied with upon certain conditions, which
are to the effect that he must be faithful to his engage-
ments, must recognise the line of the Indwe and Kei as
the boundary between her Majesty's territories and his
own, must assist in recovering stolen property traced
into his country, and also further the ends of justice by
causing the punishment of any offenders that may trans-
gress British laws. With respect to missionaries and
traders, his Excellency disclaims any intention of inter-
fering in any of their arrangements beyond holding the
chief responsible for the security of their lives and pro-
perty.

Sandilli had also deputed two special messengers to
acquaint the Governor that he, with Macomo, Anta,
and Tola, had crossed the Kei, and that Stock, Xoxo,
and Oba were about to follow ; that he was completely
beaten ; and, having obeyed the Governor's " word" by
crossing the Kei, "he now asked the Governor where
he might desire him to rest in peace."
A Government notice has been issued announcing the
Governor's intention of forming villages in the Keiskam-
ma Hoek, the territory formerly occupied by the Gaika
tribe, and applications are to be received (preference
being given to persons who have been engaged in the
present war), for the various allotments of land. His
Excellency proposes to make these grants under ex-
tremely favourable conditions, such as providing the
several occupiers with agricultural implements, seeds,
and other necessaries, as well as rations for their families
for the first six months, an immediate and continued re-
sidence being a chief stipulation. Each village is to be
situated near some fort or garrison, and in case the pro-
ject should be abandoned by the home Gov ernment,'com-
pensation is to be made to all who had been located and
had been put to expense.
Reductions in the various forces hitherto engaged are
immediately to take place. The following corps, &c.,
are to be discontinued at the end of the present month
—The Albany Rangers ; the Ist and 2d European Levy,
with its officers ; the Shiloh Fingo Levy and its officers;
the junior captain and junior subaltern of the Ist Euro-
pean Corps ; the command, pay, and allowances to
Captain Stevenson as commanding the Mancazana dis-
trict ; and the Garrison Sergeant-Major at Whittlesea.
It is reported that the chief Kama has visited his Ex-
cellency at King William's Town, and that the object
of his visit was to propose removal from Kamastone, his
present location, to a position along the Keiskamma, as
a kind of frontier defence.

FRONTIER.
(From the Graham's Town Journal Extra.)
Since our Saturday's issue we have communications
from British Kaffraria to the 11th instant. From these
we learn that Kreli had sent home 90 lead of cattle in
further payment of his debt of 1,500 head, two-
thirds of which are still due. These cattle are said
to be of a very inferior description, but on which we
need not remark, as their actual value will be as-
certained when sold, as we are informed they were
to be forthwith. In all matters of this character
it should be kept carefully in mind that the payment or
non-payment of a fine is only regarded so far as it tests
in any degree the true feelings towards the colony of the
party or people from whom it is demanded. In the pre-
sent case the payment of 1,500 head of cattle would be
a very light infliction, and bear no proportion whatever
to the offences given by the Gakas and the property of
British subjects openly pillaged or wantonly destroyed by
them. Krell has shown himself to be utterly faithless,
and as weak as he is vicious. With such a man any re-
liance we may place on diplomacy is absurd. Ile is quite
incapable of understanding, neither will he respect, any-
thing save the strong arm, and if this be not extended to
him, then we may depend upon it he will give us no credit
for magnanimity, but will attribute to incapacity and fear
what may actually spring from motives of a very opposite
character. It should never be lost sight of for a moment
that in mistaken dealing with the natives may be found all
our difficulties. Wrapt up in our own fancied superiority,
we enter upon schemes which are utterly incongruous to
the habits and train of thought of those with whom we
have to deal. They look amazed at our folly, but at the
same time are not slow in turning to account our weak-
nesses and our blunders. Who does not perceive that
Kreli is at this moment feeling the pulse of the colony ?
Who can be unaware of the duplicity of Umhala, or the
strong bias which that crafty old chief has manifested
i fully convince
during the whole of the present war ? We may shut .:air
eyes to these facts, and fancy that the Kalirs are as blind
ourselves—and
a pu
purpose,
ofwhich h will pretend t e y
.1 bebut it is
t oill so,
onlyas
toserve
us in the long run..

f;omthe Official documents which have come to hand it
seems that his Excellency the Governor has entered upon
the rather delicate and difficult task of reducing the war
establishment. This is no doubt unavoidable, as in fact
there is no visible enemy with whom to contend. Amongst
e
other reductions we remark the discontinuance of the
Albany Rangers, and this is due to that lody of gau,'ext
!
men, that they should not be disbanded without an
pression of that public commendation of which they are
deserving. The long-protracted character of the war,
and the establishment of the mounted p
'
impaired their utility of late • but let itonloicte force, have
be forgotten
that the Rangers were the first to take the field—to
stand forth in the common
defence—and
peril of no ordinary character,
they and
under circumstances
have approved themselves
of the greatest difficulty, that amidst
men of sterling quality,
apd
doing the colony as hard
and gallant service as any
eocoonils in the field during the
maw conteut. The fl in command, r. MW.