The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-22 00:00:00

POSTSCRIPT.

The Frontier Post arrived last night, at ten o'clock,
having been detained by heavy rains. The following,
from the Graham's Town Journal of October 3d, is has-
tily extracted:—

" The records of the past week, though they tell of the
death of two more of our unfortunate fellow-colonists at
the hand of the treacherous Kafir, are, upon the whole,
encouraging. Colonel Somerset has been again doing
good service in the field, and with results which may well
convince the colony of the zeal, gallantry, and unceasing
activity of this officer.
" Overtures of peace have been made by the Gaika
chiefs."
The Governor's terms in substance were-
-Ist. That these tribes should lay down their arms.

2d. That they should give up all the colonial cattle.
3d. That the country as far as the Kei should be
placed under British control—those whcrremain on this
aide submitting to such regulations as may be made for
their future government.
" Giacomo, it is said, seemed disposed individually to
agree to these conditions, but by the others they were
entirely rejected. They stated they never heard of a
conquered people being required to give up their arms—
that most of the cattle were dead, and that they were
tired of the war, and they were determined not to fight
any more. They were under our feet, and our com-
mandos might go to their kraals without any resistance
on their part, but that to give up their guns was out of
the quertion.

" Such is affirmed to be the substance of the reply
given to his Excellency the Governor."
Summary of Colonel Somerset's proceedings, extracted
from his dispatches to his Excellency the Governor :
" Sept. 22, 1846.
" Shot 4 of the enemy, took 4 prisoners, 15 horses, 112
head of catte, and 3 guns, belonging to Seyolo's tribe.

Sept. 24, 1846.
" Captured 1,100 head of the Gaika cattle, and 30
horses, and shot 5 of the enemy.

" Sept. 29, 1846.
" Secured by mid-day on the 27th, 3,000 head of
superior cattle, mostly colonial, and a few horses.
" In these operations twenty-two of the enemy have
fallen, but without casualty on the side of the troops."
Commercial Advertiser•office, Saturday morning, Oct. 10.
(From the same Journal.)
Mr. Deputy Commissioner-General Palmer left
Simon's Bay, on Thursday, in the Inflexible, not the
Thunderbolt, as inadvertently stated in last Advertiser.
Government is now procuring mules and waggons for
service on the frontier. As it was reported in town a
day or two ago, that one of the returned burgher force,
Mr. Metcalf, of Swellandam, was landed from the
Thunderbolt, in Simon's Bay, in a state of extreme suf-
fering and debility, and left to find his own way in a
strange place, being refused admittance into the military
hospital, &c., it is proper to state, on good authority,
that before leaving the Thunderbolt, Mr. Metcalf, had
an order for admittance into the Naval Hospital, but
preferred the hospitality of a private family, where every
attention and kindness was shown to him, though un-
happily i❑ vain, as he was in the last stage of an incur-
able complaint. It is difficult to come at the exact truth
in such cases, and in the present state of the public
mind, justly exasperated by many painful circumstances,
the version that implies most blame is most readily re-
ceived.

SOUTH AMERICA.