The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-05 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

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We are in receipt of files of papers from the Cape up
to the 19th May last.
Sir H. E. Young had entered on his duties as Lieu-
tenant-Governor of the eastern district. The greet
hindrance to the progress of the eastern districts his
been hitherto their remoteness from the seat of Govern.
ment, and great hopes are entertained from this new
appointment.
The Lieutenant-Governor had arrived at Graham's
Town from his visit to bis Excellency Sir Henry Pot-
Unger at Fort Peddle.

Since Sir George Berkeley has assumed the command
of the troops in Kafirland ali has remained quiet, and
the whole country to the Buffalo was abandoned by the
enemy.
There is no intelligence from the front except the
capture of 10 spans of oxen from Colonel Van der
Wulen's camp at the Buffalo mouth. I; is supposed
that these were taken by friendly Kafirs. . . The
accounts speak favourably of the new post, and of the
success that has hitherto attended the landing of sup-
plies. . A " general order," issued from Fort.
Peddle, dated May 8, directs commandants of districts
to give instructions to the commanders of posts in their
respective districts to have their men butted, and tko,
cemmissariat department is directed to afford ev,ryfaFi

lity in furtherance of this object. The Lady Keith
arrived off the Kleinmond on the 6th, warps were laid
down, and on the 8,13, goods were succe.sfully lands d.
The Chanticleer, iron schooner, T. Challis master,
on entering the Kowie river, struck on the east bank
and sprung a leak. All the cargo was saved exc,pi
some 25 bags of sugar. The vessel was expected to be
got off in a few days,
Tne hull of a vessel, supposed to be the schooner Mon-
tagu, had beet washed up at the ea.t end of Chapman'.
Bay.

KENT AGRICULTURAL REPORT

FOR dm-li.
Under the hot dry wrather or the last month the corn
has been ripening rapidly, and the harvest will be gene
rally commenced during
the present week, under the
most tavoura'de prospects. We are now able to judge
with some degree of accuracy as regards the condition
of the crops to which we are looking for the supplies of
another year. Wheat can hardly
be an average crop,
in consequence of the want of a full plant in some of thr-
land, and the in9ggot blight which bas struck the clevel
during formation. The prospects of a full crop of beans
have been much lessen d this last fortnight by an attack
of the dolphin, and the dry Weather is bringing them ti.
a premature harvest. The early sown petis will pro
duce an average crop, while the later sown are almost a
failure.

The barley is looking
abundant crop. welly and generally promises an
The oats en strong and well cultivated soils will grow
a full average crop, while those on poorer land and sown
later, are very short in the straw. Most of the hay was
got up in the 4 arty part of the month, in very fine order,
but the quantity grown will not be more than half of
last year's growth. The turnip crops must be a total
failure, unless rain comes r,ry soon; there is not a suffi
meta moit4ture in the ground to cause the seed to vege-
tate, much more to gi ow. The crops of marigold wurzel
are looking well generally, but much in want of rain.
Toe early crops of potatoes have been very good, and
those that were planted later for the general crop have
been looking well and free from blight, but are now
beginning to suffer much from the want of rain. The
hop plantations present a most luxuriant appearanee,and
are *ikely to produce a full crop. There will be abun-
dance of filberts and apples in some districts, while
others have partly failed. The inead.'w and pasture
land is quite scotched up, consequently the stock is ver.%
short of food, and in many places short of water al,o,
which causes the stick to do oadly. The corn market
has been very unsettled; the. prices for the next two
months will depend much on the weather. The stock
markets have been scantily supplied, consequently prices
have been high.--Maidstone Journal

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PIGEON-SHOOTING. MATCH BETWEEN LORD
4
HIINTINGFIELD AND MR. GANN", 100 ASIDE.--The
Red House enclosure was crowded on Tuesday, by a
numerous muster of the amateurs of this peculiar trial
of the trigger, to witness the above match at 100 birds
each, 21 yards rise. The shooting began about two
o'clock, and after the first 25 birds were disposed of, th,,
score stood—Mr. Gannon (who is best known by his
shooting soubriquet of Calir 16; Lord Huntingfidd.
19; the latter three birds ahead. The parties then re-
tired to lunch; and at this period the sta- of shooting
in his day, the veteran Squire, whose long lasting in
the sporting hemisphere has shown him to be no
shootittar. betted 100 sous. to !o 10 on Capps. The
Mr.
event proved his judgment. .MCapps went on at
twelve double shots in bUCCesslon without a miss; ; and
at the close of the numbers stood thus:—Mr. Capps, 78
of his 100 birds, and .his Lordship • having hit but 75
out of 98, declined firing at the last two, as their B,,cri.
lice could not achieve a win, Almost every
',Porting
character of note in the great metropolis was present.
including the ex. chatop,uns, 'rum Spring and 13,.n
Caunt.
THE CONDEMNED . CONVICT AT LINCOLN The
s!att-inent that nas gone forth rcspectiy:g the ex
cutn•ti
of Mary Ann dither, at LiLeohl, on Friday last, is in
correct. The unfortunate woman hung herself in her
cell a few hours betore the appointed time. An inquest
was held on the body on the following day, and a verdict
of fele de se was returned. The error arose through the
officials at the gaol allowing a report to be circulated
that Millner had been privately executed in the walls of
the prison.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT. `About one o'clock on Mon-
day morning last the engine driver of the London mail
train, a little out of Carlisle, on the Lancaster and
Carlisle railway, saw something lying on the line, when
he let off the steam, and show( d out at the
highest pitch
of his voice, but the train passed over the substance.
On the train stoppink,. and the fireman and others re-
turning, they found a man lying wish one of his feet
nearly crushed off. They pig him into one of the car-
riages, and conveyed him to Penryth, where he was recognised to be. John Sparks, who has been a ganger on
th, line since its c..mineticemelit. Faint hopes are en
teriained of tits recovery. lie was in a state of
asle
intoxi-
cation, and had laid down on the line andfallen /3.
A slight
shock of earthquake was felt last
weekat
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