The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-27 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

PLYMOUTH, FnlPAl'v,s
The General Screw Steam-shipg Cc443lllr-
mail packet Lady Jocelyn, Captain Stewart,
rived to-day at noon. Her outward dates werei.
Plymouth, March 15 ; St Vincent's Marclip rt
, Ascension, April 6 ; Cape Town, Ap'ril 24 Lt.,.°
Louis, May 10 ; Point de Galle, May 27; 31''''Ve
May 30 ; and Calcutta, June 3. Homeward, al;
left the Sandheads, June 16 ; Madras In° 2,b,
Point de Galle, June 26 ; Mauritius, july 7; .'n
Cape, July 21 ; St. Helena, July 30 ; Ascelli;
August 3 ; and St. Vincent's, August 13.
Lady Jocelyn arrived in Plymouth Sound wiltuiTo
one hour of her contract time. She has naacie.,n,
voyages to Calcutta and back in 12 months, hay.ii';
gone over the distance of nearly 52,000 miles sisiste
the 15th of August last year. Her cargo COI?
of safflower, indigo, measurement goods, and
tons of copper. pail
More than 100 passengers came in by ne'? „ed
wissi;s
she has also on board a number of non-com
officers and privates, invalids of the St. flel,ehat
Regiment and Royal Artillery stationed at
place. tire
Three deaths have occurred at sea, vl".' don
children (one an infant)
18th August, Mr. Gowan. ,
of Mrs. Simpsons, all '
the
The intelligence from the Cape 13 14 u'9" or
than tat by the Harbinger.
About 6,000 tons of shipping were los-- to
Table Bay for the Australian colonies. Mar._ and
commodities for that destination were scarcol,kB,
the wages for skilled labour continued Oros,
Active operations were making for the eleci,,id of
The registrations were to commence on the 24
August, and would not close until the end of Ser
tember. +.l tb°
There were several candidates for seats o
Upper House, among whom was Mr. Ruth
passenger b the Lady Jocely.
The latest intelligence from' the frontier ia °f
ore
peaceful
sufferingcgrhaearatcpterirv;attihoen.Kat River Hottentots
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The following ships of war were in Sininli and
—Meander, Grecian, Dart, Dee, Malacca'
17th
Cleopatra,
the two latter for Portsmouth. 17th
Kent sailed for London from the Cape on tihenlhe
of July ; the Queen arrived from LiverP°°'ad
16th of July ;Q the General Steam CoinPallY;T,iillei
packet Calcutta left the Cape on the 26th 01""
the Propontis left Ascension for the Cape -on
July ; the Bosphorus arrived at St. 'Vincent the
27th July, and sailed again on the sanae,claYAlgee-
South American and Screw Company's ship —ZIA
tine arrived at St. Vincent on August 10,"
on the 12th.
A shock of an earthquake had been exPr The
at Porto Grande at midnight on the 11t'fona
French brig Justice was discharging passec,,iige;d the
fuel there, July 25th. Lady Jocelyn sigll,7-40fl.
ship City of Calcutta late on the 26th, in '2".q W.:
long. 9E. July 20, in lat. 18.30 S., long'•
spoke the ship Pegu, from Bombay to 11,acliolirg
She had been out 50 days. August 2, lal"
long. 12 W., spoke the Dutch barque Al!la_fhts-iou,
Batavia for Amsterdam. August 3, at 2kSi'va been
the Marion, Macyntire, under jury-mast, licaniv
dismasted in a hurricane, about 250 miles .5°
Auger Head. August 7, lat. 2.30 N., long. TS; to
W., signalled the Dutch barque Noord, stanb,
W.S.W., and the ships John Dalton acid Nor,t7 9
berland, both outward bound. August 18,10,0
N., long. 29 W., spoke the American barque
cis Palmer, from Sierra Leone for Marseilles' joy
T Mauritius.—At Port Louis on the 7tli of :
reasury bills were at par. Freights final
the latest to England, 31. A very small q__ll3—but
of the last sugar crop in
crop was
little fluctuation in rice. „, leas'
Natal.—Many unsuitable emigrants c were
a
ing ; business was, however, improving, r,,,a
Morewood has come home in the- Lady tar
obtain assistance for working coal and mail -e Ica
ing sugar in the colony. Wheat has been Sown
gand an abundant harvest is Bg:weft of
Wool and butter are plentiful, and the exlth of
yellow wood planks' is increasing. On the .frota
July the Lieutenant-Governor was thrown
his horse, and broke his arm.

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Provisions were very dear at St. Helena I,- the
meat, is. 3d. per lb. ; mutton, Is. 6d. per 11300 r
ordinary rate being 10d. The Moffat, fro del°
bay, for London, was discharging cargo toll°
reirs.
Arrivals.—July 20, the Hero, from lionglrog
Arrivals.—July e;
to Abrota and the August, from Akyab ; froal
Diana, from Madras. July 21.—The Caril)3' fat
Shanghai, and the Gladiator, from Bombay'
22.—The Armanda, from Bombay ; the Pinola
from Calcutta ; the Benjamin Buck Green, a to
the Mauritius ; the Allan, from Calcutta, Oro'
Kinghai from Bombay ; the Sultana, from
gapatan ; the Kedgeree, from Akyab ; the °go;c o-
tia, from Sourabaya ; the Queen Mab, from 03/
bay ; and the Aracz, from Calcutta. Jull".01
The Thetis, from Canton ; the Steadfast, i'tbe
Madras ; the Marlborough, from Akyab,
Boyne, from Bombay. July 25.—The fro Lori
„.
from Singapore and the Cape ; Rebecca/ eof
Mauritius ; Victoria, from Singapore ; Prinsba'
Orange, from Bombay ; and Currency frog,ob;
cutta. July 26.—John Bunyan, from falrota
Britain, from Singapore ; and Lady Sale' bay,
Mauritius. July 27.—Elizabeth, from Boni
and Flora, from the Cape. July 2/3.—F4tv
S
days from Cochin ; and Ayesha, from Bom,Tutta;
Mauritius. July 30.—Anna Shikeld, frcanua''
and the Marsden, from the Cape. t St'
The Brazilian steamer Argentine arrivu-4b. of
Vincent on the 10th, and left on the
August. at
The shock of an earthquake was experiolle
ed
Oporto Grande on the 11th. 19`413061 The General Screw Steam Shipping 0°,131„8"-_,
mail packet Calcutta arrived at the Cape J11"-Itib'
and left 26th. The Propontis left Ascension OW
22 for the Cape, and the Bosphorus left St. 00
cent July 27th for Ascension and the Cage' fore'
Countess of Zetland, from Whampoa, for -"°f pre'
went into Ascension August 3d with loss ° ee,
topmast and other damage ; and the Il 3131.°,1105,
under jury masts, was at that island for surrt
having been dismasted in a hurricane abet)"
miles south-west of Auger Isle. 114)
Captain Shadwell, late of Her Majesty st soeo
Winchester, one of the passengers, reports tbs little
after sunset, August 20, a comet was seen. %right
north of the constellation Leo, the nucleus asIo
as a star of the third magnitude, tail about clbi
degrees long. Seen again following evening/ 3 ijro
observation with the stars Arcturus and ta'reeall
and Uranus, at 10 min. after 9 Greenwielici 36
time, was in llh. ;)ra. right ascension, 56 eiTtli,
min. north declinatim: ; on the evening of the .000,
„,nar l
at 9.40 Greenwich mean time, by same coLmr and
the comet was llh. 31m. OBs. right ascension, 91,
26 deg. north declination, lat. 26.40 south, long'