The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-26 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

We have received files of the Cape Town Mail
.from the 7th to the 17th October inclusive. The
Cape Totvn Mail, of the 7th October, announces
the death of Mr. Justice Musgrave. It says :
"The colony has sustained the severe loss.of an up-
right judge and most estimable man in Mr. Justice Mus-
grave, who died rather suddenly yesterday morning,
at his residence in Wvnberg. Mr. Musgrave arrived here
about 20 year s ago, and practised for some time at the bar
of the Supreme Court. On the promotion of Sir Anthony
Oliphant to the office of Chief J ustice of Ceylon, he acted,
before the appointment of Mr. Porter, as attorney-gene-
ral, and was sut sequently raised to the bench. In every
capacity he was highly esteemed by the prefession, and
enjoyed the unbounded confidence of the public." ,
The same journal of the lAth October has the
following :
'" COPPER ORE IR THE Drylesiorr or ciaonion.—Xr.
Egbertus Berg has favoured us with a email specimen
of a mineral, which, on examination, is found to be
a salt of copper. It was discovered, he states, be-
tween the farms Dwaas and Zandfontein, of the
George division, and is believed to exist in that neigh-
bourhood in large quantities. We are informed, also,
that a specimen has been forwarded to the Colonial
Secretary."

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

of the keen competition caused by the enormous
influT of merchlndise pouring into the market over
and above the actual wants of the population, and Sir De Lacy Evans had an audience of the Emperor
which forces the merchants to grant facilities to the • Na,,01e0.1 on Friday at 2 o'clock, and conversed a con-
buyers. The bankers even are obliged to give a s• ,•
era.• , e Imo with his Majesty. The particulars have
short credit to the merchants for their bills of ex-
not, of course, transpired, but we may safely infer that the
change—a course not adopted in countries where
the credit system in commerce is established. The subject was the war in the Crimea. Sir De Lacy left
introduction of this system will lead to serious Paris on Saturday night, at 9 o'clock, for England, via
losses ; in fact, its evil effects are already felt. j Boulogno.
Credit is, of course, estential to the success of The conduct of General Evans in the Crimea is
commercial enterprise in general and on a great too fresh in the memory of the English people to
scale ; but. our traders are too speculative and have permit a doubt as to the manner in which he will
too little capital to justify its extension here. be received on his return, and even among some o
In consequence of the absence of speculation in the highest personages the opinion will be perhaps
real estate, which continues dull, and of the influx
different from what it was when he retired from
of foreign capital beyond the wants of the country,
another service on a former occasion. Seventeen
money has accumulated to an extent which has
years ago General Evans returned from Spain ; and
lowered the rate of interest to 2/. per cent. per
the criticisms which were passed on his conduct, during
month. Money is quite abundant, and there is
more than sufficient for all the profitable and safe the time he commanded the British Auxiliary Legion,
investments that offer. In fact, the money busi- by the leaders of the Parliamentary Opposition of the
i ness has been overdone. day are nut yet forgotten. Some of those leaders are
The supply of gold dust has been limited of late, no longer living ; but such as survive would act well in
owing to the continued drought, which restricts the making the amends honorable for the bitter censure
labours of the miners in the " dry diggings." The they then expressed, not against the bravery of the
ruling price is $l7 40c. per ounce. Exchange—
man, for even the most rancorous party never cast
London, sight, 461 d. to 47d. ; Paris, 4f. 85c. to
doubt on that, but on his capacity for command. It
4f. 90c. and 4f. 95c. ; Atlantic, sight, 3 per cent.
premium. must be always painful to an honourable, hi,gh-minded
wan to have his acts censured with injustice, his opi-
nions misunderstood or unfairly undervalued, and
often the basest motives assigned fur his general
conduct. It is no doubt consolatory to feel
that time will, sooner or later, prove the purity of
his motives, the soundness of his views, and the
propriety
,of his acts ; and when that ardently de-
sired moment arrives his satisfaction must be great
indeed. Those who affected to believe General Evans
unfit even for the command of a brigade at the Camp of
Choloham must now feel that they were grossly in error ;
and they who still more strongly denied him the most
ordinary quality of a chief, when named to the command
of the British Legion in Spain, would only do an act of
justice if, in the very place in which that erroneous judgs
went was pronounced, they now tendered a graceful re-
tractation. It is cruel, however, that some of the best
years of a man's life must pass before prejudice can be
removed and atoned for.
The Galignani says :—" We are happy to state that
this distinguished officer has fully recovered from the
ea.2cts of his wound, and that hie general health, which
had been much shaken in the Crimea, has greatly im-
proved. On landing at Marseilles he was still very ill,
but by devoting an entire week to the journey to Paris,
the repose and change of air almost restored him to his
usual good state of health."

GEIVIIIIAL SIB D. L. RVANS.

SIR JOHN BURGOYNE.