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

removal 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 establish-
ment of right, it rests on the stable basis of equity and
justice ; and unless malignant influences, unrestrained,
be permitte 1 to disturbi t, bids fair to prove a lasting
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 nothing has
recently been heard. The colony is now reported
entirely clear of the roving bands of these people
who formerlyi nfested it, and it se mssein that
they have given up all hope of succe in their re-
bellious projects and have either totally dispersed or
moved far beyond the frontier. Their chief Uith a alder,
notwithstanding the reward of 5001. offered for his
apprehension, is still at large.
Since the Calcutta took home our last regular
England mail, 15 emigrant vessels for Australia
have touched at Table Bay, having on board 2,309
assengers. These were the Java from London ;
F Mary Ann, from Bristol ;
anny, from Boston ;
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 Loudon ;
Lavinia, from Greenock • Baltimore, from New
York ; and Susan, from Liverpool. Three of these
vessels, the Java, Marshal Bennett, and Palestine,
Lad 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, Sic., 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 p:ofiti 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-
ladd 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, making 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 doth 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 proceedings 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 higher (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
haveinvariably 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 princip',es 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 byherMajesty's express command
—the 24th day of May next, the anniversary of
her auspicious birth, should be celebrated as an
universal jubilee throughout this free colony.