The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-28 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

Files of papers, up to the 14th June inclusively
have come to hand. The most important featurt
brought by this mail is the statement contained in
letters from King William's Town, that the chit
Pato had sent a message to Captain M'Lean, Britisi
commissioner, purporting that he was about to repair
to the place to surrender himself to the clemency of
the British government. Pato is the most influential
chief of the Kafirs, and his submission might be
attended with happy results ; but this is not the first
time we have had to record a similar announcement,
and it requires confirmation by the act ; the more so
as various other rumours were afloat in a contrary
sense, and letters from Buffalo Mouth state that the
colonists were fully expecting an attack from the said
chieftain. Meantime the predatory aggressions of
the Kafirs have commenced on different quarters.
At Waterloo Bay ten oxen, belonging to Mr. T. H
Webb, were carried off, as also twelve oxen belonging
to Mr. T. Scanlen, s near Keeskamma. At Fort
Dacres a body of well-mounted Kafirs carried
off twenty-four head of cattle belonging to
Mr. George Clayton. Some slight skirmishes had
taken place between patrols under Captain O'Reilly
and Lieutenant Armstrong, in which several Kafirs
were shot. One of the new levy brought round by
Captain Hogg was alse killed. The Frontier Times
states that head-quarters are established in Graham's
Town, where the Governor and General have both
taken up their quarters ; that there will be no more
campaigning at present, and that nothing will be at-
tempted against the enemy until new levies are organ-
ized and fresh troops have arrived from the mother
country.
The Honourable the Commander of the Forces,
Lieutenant-General Sir George Berkeley, arrived in
Graham's Town on the Ist of June, in good health.
On the 2d Sir George inspected the 91st regiment,
and though only two hours were given for it to pre-
sent itself in. full marching order, its appearance was
such as to give great satisfaction to all present. Some
commotion was caused in the town by the disband-
ment of the Fingo and Hottentot levies, detachments
of which arrived daily from the frontier. Captain
Hogg was very busy recruiting, and the tempting
offor of 40s. bounty money, and at the expiration of
thATir a grant in the ceded territory of twelve acres
of g.. den ground, had tempted many to enlist. The
policy,
however, of granting land, unless on condi-
tion of good conduct, may be questioned, as it is not
the best-disposed men who enter the service; and
this fact ought to be duly considered by those who
are charged with the future safety and welfare of the
colony.
A memorial has been presented to his Excellency
the Governor in Council, demanding modifications in
the draft of ordinance containing the new pound re-
gulations, as not being compatible with the interests of
the settlers. The memorial is signed by 70 of the
most respectable inhabitants of Uitenhage, where the
meeting was held in order to take the above draft or
ordinance into consideration.
VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.

The ship Pestonjee Bomanjee, with male prisoners,
arrived at Hobart Town on the 17th May. The pri-
soners were originally intended for Norfolk Island,
but their destination was altered by express before
they left the English coast. Through the remon-
strances mon
strances of G. C. Maclean and other inluenntleinen,s
gen-
tlemen, all prisoners are-to be
sent
tc'ensby the
Land, for the future, direct.
Thent tom Maria Island,
Pes-
tonjee Bomanjee were to
becosme e into contact with
without being permitted
other prisoners.--
Island, and sent thit er
All
tdirepct from England, are to
Alhet°risoners now at Norfolk
" oners were to be sen ILslaanndd,
is forwarded to IrtantoDNienmeeonl'ks
exceptbane d no immediatelypr
those who mlaysebttelemdoeunbtliys
tonrbetraebblayndocnoned-
victeci, and that pena
as such as speedily as possible. —South Australian
Register.
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RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER
HAMPTON RAILWAY.

WORCESTER, FRIDAY NIGHT.—This afternoon the
half-yearly meeting of the Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton Railway Company was held here ;
T. Rufford, Esq., M.P., in the chair.
After the usual preliminaries,
The CHAIRMAN addressed a few observations to
the meeting, entirely confining himself to a recapitu-
lation of the subjects alluded to in the directors'
report.

The SECRETARY (Mr. Smith) then read the repor'
'man the directors, from which we extract the fol
owing :

"The Bills which were brought before Parliament,
in conformity with the authority then granted, for
connecting the coal district round Halesowen with
the main line at Stourbridge and at Dudley, and for
forming a communication between Cheltenham and
Evesham, were both rejected.
"In compliance with the terms of agreement, and
of the powers contained in the Act 9th and 10th
Victoria, cap. 278, the purchase of the Stourbridge
Extension Canal was completed, and possession taken
on the 27th March Vast. A summary of the re-
ceipts and expenditure for the quarter ending 26th of
June last is annexed to this report.
Possession was also tc4ken, on ist of May last, of

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