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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
BATTLE WITH THE REBEL BOERS, ' AND
DEFEAT OF PRETORILTS, BY SIR HARRY

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SOUTHAMPTON., OcT. 25.
The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's ship
Trent, Captain R. S. Norton, arrived off this port at
4 P.M., with the usual British and Foreign West
Indian and Mexican Mails, in charge of Lieutenant
Percival, R.N., Admiralty agent.
Her dates are—New Orleans, Sept. 26; Tampico,
15; Vera Cruz, 20; Havannah, 30; Nassau, Oct. 3 ,
Honduras, Sept. 11; San Jago de Cuba, 19; Ja-
maica, 22; Demerara, 19 ; Tobago, 20; Trinidad,
21 ; Barbadoes, 28 ; Grenada, 23 ; St. Lucia, 29
Martinique, 29; Guadaloupe, 29; Dominique, 29;
Antigua, 30; Montserrat, 30; Nevis, 30; St. Kitts,
30; Tortola, 30; St. Thomas's, Oct. 1; Bermuda, 10.
The Trent experienced very bad weather in the Gulf
of Mexico, which caused her detention for four days,
and accounts for her late arrival. The commander
reports the prevalence of very heavy south-west gales
on the voyage from Bermuda.
The Trent has brought no news from Mexico of
later date than received by the America Via New Or-
leans and New York.
Our regular files of Jamaica papers have miscar-
ried, the steamers from Jamaica to Havannah, with
the mails for the Trent, not having brought any;
we are consequently without any advice. from that
colony.
We learn from Demerara that the weather had
been very favourable for the crops, which would be of
more than an ordinary average in quantity.
The amount produce shipped from Trinidad to the
15th of September, was as follows :—Sugar-24,978
hogsheads, 1,975 tierces, 4,894 barrels. Molasses-
-7,780 puncheons and 137 tierces. Rum-1,060 pun-
cheons. Cocoa-2,508,6701b. Coffee-104,0851b.
Cotton-25 bales, 280 serons.
Sir William Colebrook landed at Barbadoes on the
7th of September, and was immediately installed as
Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the
Windward and Carribean Islands.
We have files of papers from Berbice, Demerara,
and Tobago.
The intelligence from the two first mentioned
colonies is of a more cheerful character than that
which has been received for many months past. The
quarrel over the Civil List appears to have subsided
a good deal, and planters have come to a better
understanding with their labourers, so that the crop,
for which the weather is stated to be highly favour-
able, is being rapidly got in.
From one of the Berbice papers we gather that the
Dutch Government has resolved
upon following the
example of the English and French
Governments, by
_
emancipating the slaves in
t.trinem • but instead of
compensation to the proprietors, the slaves are to
remain indentured labourers
afor a period of twelve
years, and to work without
meet will never endure for theP y.
periodSnh assigned to it,
an arrange-
butn
will most probab
ly enail?reater disaster and loss
to the slave owners, and greater t
the slave, than an imme iiate moral detriment to
manumitsion would do.
From Martinique we learn that tranquillity appears
to be in course of re-establish
rent on a solid basis.
The Commissary-General
ahgaaduninset
ceivedbordders from
home to promulgate laws
the most energetic measures had bevaiga i-ivacargi•bee,dantdo
the Governor in case of further deisiorpder. Some
negroes, who, a few days after the Saturnalia of St.
Pierre, under cover of the amnesty had ordered one
of the inhabitants to quit his house in 24 hours, under
pain of death, had been arrested and condemned at
the assizes to five years irnprisonmeat.'
The Trent has brought 16 cabin passengers,
amongst whom are Lieutenant Sim, Royal Engineers,
and Lieutenant Maynard, 88th Regiment, from Bar-
badoes ; also two sergeants and one corporal of artil-
lery, and one sergeant of the 42d Regiment, from
Bermuda, and eight distressed British seamen.
The freight list comprises 29,138 dolls. on account
of Mexican dividends, 1,243,205 dolls. on merchants'
account, 28 ounces gold, 32 ounces gold dust, 365
serons cochineal, 49 cases cigars, 60 bales tobacco, 4
bags coffee, and. 44 packages sundries.
Her Majesty's ship Electra was at Vera Cruz when
the Trent left, expecting to be relieved by the Hound;
the latter vessel sailed from Havannah for that purpose
on the 27th. The Alarm, Daring, and steamer
Scourge were with the Admiral at Halifax. The
Trincomalee was at Antigua. At Havannah on the
Ist of October, the Spanish frigate Pearl, corvette
Columbar, and Patriola

The Royal Mail steamer Thames was on the Wind-
ward Island route ; the Avon at Jamaica, Severn
running between Bermuda and New York, the Forth
in the Gulf of Mexico, the Clyde on the Spanish
Main, Conway and Reindeer Windward Islands, the
Eagle on her passage to England.

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! ANIMAL. SAGACITY.—A somewhat singular instance
of animal sagacity has been told us as having occurred
at Drumlithie market last week. A two -year-old.qo
uey,
which had been purchased from a -drove belonging t
,
Mr. Officer, cattle-dealer, was driven to its new home at
Allardice, a distance of six miles from the place. of sale
and pot into a grass park there. By some means or
other it escaped from the enclosure, and on the afternoon
of the following day (Fridsy last) again made its
ap.
rearance on the market-stance of Drumlithie, where it
lay down on the very spot from which it had been drive,
Several individuals attempted to remove the animal from
the stance, but in vain ; and after r(sting for a short
time, and finding there was no chance of its former com-
panions making their appearance, it deliberately got
upon its legs, and moved off in the direction of Allardice,
where its appearance wou!d no doubt cause as much sa-
tisfaction, as its sudden cfcape had given rise to specu
lation.—Stonehuven Journal.

By the arrival of her Majesty's ship Rosamond, at
Cowes, from Sinton's Bay, Cae of Good Hope, we
have intelligence from that colonpy to the 9th of Sep-
tel.ber, which is of a most itnportint character, as
we learn that an engagement had taken place between
Sir Harry Smith and the rebel forces, on the 29th of
August, which the following Government notice fully
describes :

"GOVERNMENT NOTICE.
"Colonial Office, Cape Town, Sept. 9.
"His Excellency the Governor has directed the
publication of the following account of the action
which took place on the 29:h ult. at Boem Pleats,
between the troops under his command and the rebel
Boers beyond the Orange River, and which ended in
the total rout and subsequent flight of the rebels.
" The notice published on the 30th ult. gave in-
formation of the passage of the Orange River, by
nearly all the troops, on the 23d of that month ;
whereupon Pretorius, the rebel chief, together with
those under his command, in number exceeding 1,000
men, had fallen backwards towards Winburg, with
R degree of precipitation which rendered the prospect
of a general action improbable. All the troops had
arrived on the 25th, when his Excellency crossed the
river in person at their head, and, by incredible exers
tions, the passage of the river was completed by them
on the 26th. His Excellency then moved the troops
with the greatest rapidity in the direction of Bloem
Fontein, in pursuit of the rebels, whom, on the 29th,
he found posted in a very strong position at Boem
Pleats, on the Krom Elleboog River. There is here
a succession of ridges of low hills, backed by a higher
range, through a pass in which the road runs.
" On a reconnoitering party, accompanied by his
Excellency, approaching the first ridge, the rebels
suddenly sprung up, and opened a heavy fire upon
them • the left of their position was, however, quickly
carried by the Rifle Brigade, 45th and 91st regiments,
the artillery (six-pounders) opening at the same time
a very effective fire.
" The rebel's right, having been considerably
thrown forward, was gallantly attacked by the Cape
Mounted Rifles, under the orders of Lieutenant-
Colonel Buller, and driven back towards the pass, in
the direction of which the enemy were now at every
point hurrying, pursued from ridge to ridge of the
low hills by her Majesty's troops, and suffering great
loss as they retired from the guns which opened
upon them wherever they could be brought to bear.
It was afterwards found that twelve men had been
killed by one well-directed round shot. On
reaching the summit of the pass the enemy
made a bold though fruitless effort to maintain their
position ; hut by a combined attack of the Cape
Mounted Rifles, with a body of the Griqua Auxiliaries,
they were at length driven from this their last posi-
tion; on abandoning which, they fled in the utmost
disorder, and in all directions, over the plain beyond,
leaving behind them many horses and various articles
of dress. &c.
" His Excellency continued the pursuit for several
miles, and until it was dark ; but, it being evident
that the rebels were completely broken, he halted for
the night at Calver Fontein. In the hope of over-
taking and capturing the train of waggons, he
marched next morning, the 211 st, at two o'clock, for
Bethany, which he reached early in the day, and then
ascertained that the enemy's cam? no longer existed,
they having fled, with their waggons, in all directions.
(fin the march, evidence was every where afforded of the
precipitate retreat of the rebels, a number of horses,
Stc., having been left on the road ; 49 of the enemy
were counted dead upon the field. Their wounded
may be considered upwards of 150. Owing to the
nature of the ground, which afforded great advantage
to the rebels, the loss on the side of her Majesty's
troops is unfortunately rather heavy, as will be seen
by the following return.
"By his Excellency s command,
(Signed) " JOHN MONTAGU,
" Secretary to Government.
" Return of Killed anti Wounded in action with the
rebel Boers, at Boem Pleats, on the 29th of August,
1848.
" General Staff Officers killed and wounded, none ;
men, ditto • horses wounded, 2.
" 45th Regiment (reserve battalion)—Officers killed
and wounded, none ; men killed, 1 ; wounded, 19.
" 91st Regiment (reserve battalion)—Officers killed,
none; wounded, 1 ; men killed, none; wounded, 2.
"Rifle Brigade—Officers killed, none ; wounded,
2; men killed, 3 ; wounded, 12 ; horses killed, 2.
" Cape Mounted Rifles—Officers killed, none;
wounded, 4; men killed, 4; wounded, 6; horses
killed, 9; wounded, 11.
" Total .7 officers wounded ; 8 men killed, 39
wounded ; 11 horses killed ; 13 wounded.
" Officers Wounded—Lieutenant- Colonel Buller,
Rifle Brigade, severely; Captain Murray, ditto, mor-
tally (since dead) ; Captain Armstrong, Cape
Mounted Riffes, severely ; Lieutenant Salis, ditto,
dangerously; Lieutenant Mills, ditto, severely; En-
sign Steele, ditto, dangerously; Ensign Crampton,
91st Regiment, dangerously.
(Signed) " JOHN GARVOCK, Major."
We have been favoured with the following addi-
tional details respecting the movements of Sir Harry
Smith before the skirmish with the rebels :
" GOVERNMENT NOTICE.
" Colonial-office, Aug. 30, 1848.
" His Excellency the Governor has directed the fol-
lowing notification of his proceedings, and the move-
ments of the troops in the country beyond the Orange
river, to be published for general information:—
" On the 22.1 instant nearly all the troops required for
military operations having then reached Colesberg, his
Excellency commenced the passage of that river, and
had on the 23d conveyed the greater portion across to
the right bank.
" His Excellency's passage of the river has been fol-
lowed by the happiest effects. The loyal portion of the
population beyond the Orange river has been inspired
with confidence, and have expressed their readiness to
join the Queen's troops, and act against the rebels. Two
of the field commandants—Sneyman and Erasmus—were
with his Excellency, and had offered him the assistance
and support of their parties, should they be required.
" The chief, Adam Kok, was also in his Excellency's
camp, and both he and the chiefs Waterboer and Mo-
shesh had displayed the most exemplary fidelity to their
engagements of alliance with her Majesty, notwith-
standing the attempts of the rebels to undermine their
loyalty.

" On the other hand, his Excellency's proceedings
have filled the rebels with consternation and dismay.
They have fallen back to Winberg, leaving the passage
of the river uncontested. They commenced their back-
ward movement the moment the infantry advanced,
their outposts flying from the banks of the river, leav-
ing the meat half cooked upon the fires; and, although
they still boast of their intentions, it appears at present
probable that they will not venture to make a stand at all.
"Ilis Excellency regrets that the present movement
has been attended with serious° loss and destruction of
property to many of her Majesty's loyal subjects be•
yond the Orange river. In the Caledon district, five
hundred families have been forced from their homes, '
and the excesses committed by the rebel Pretorius
upon isolated farms and houses, have caused his Excel-
lency severe mortification. His Excellency, however, re-
joices that there is now a certain pro-pect of destroying,
once and for ever, the influence of these designing men
among her Majesty's faithful emigrant subjects, and has
directed the publication of the following ' warning.'
"By his Excellency's command,
(Signed) "JOHN MONTAGU, Sec. to Gov.
" WARNING TO VIE REBEL BOERS.
"Know all ye assembled in arms under one Preto-
rius, whom I have proscribed, that ye are British sub-
jects, and that the act of your thus assembling in this
reckless manner is illegal, and is opposition to her Ma-
jesty's sovereign will. You are guilty of rebellion.
" Remember, before you force me to fire upon you, that
r have given you fair warning in my manifesto on the 29th
of March last. I now again warn you to pause ere you
compel me to use the force now assembled at my dis
posal, and close at baud.

" What is that you seek? To be slaves to black men,
and to hold your lands from them, and not from her
Majesty? I wont among you last January with a heart
full of affectionate feeling towards the Boer. I have
done for you all that you asked me to do. Each
Boer now holds his land in perpetuity, not
on an expiring lease of 40 years, and you have
the privilege of almost entirely governing your-
selves. I have rendered the districts of Bloem Fontein
and Caledon happy—most happy and grateful to me.
Ask every man of any property in either of them if this
is not the case. Now, all possess their land in security.
I have legalized all marriages. I have two ministers
coming from Holland, and schoolmasters on the road.
Your rebellious conduct has driven many from their
homes, with their wives and their children; plunging
them into misery in this inclement weather, and destroy-
ing their flocks and herds. Is this the good that you
seek for your countrymen?
"Beyond Winberg there are many violent men, who
are opposed to rule and government in any shape; but
many whom I met in that neighbourhood, although they
told me in public, when overawed by the turbulent, that
th'y would rather remain as they were, in
private
sought me, and assured me that they were miserable,
and prayed me to send them a magistrate. I was met at
Winberg by a large body of loyal men, who presented an
address to me—the Chiefs Moshesh, Malitsanie, Sikonella,
and others, were present. All agreed to what I pro-
posed, for the general benefit and welfare of Bloem Fon-
tein, Caledon, and Winberg, not for mine or the Gcvern-
merit of the colony. I then prosecuted my j'mrney to Natal,
where I met hundreds of flunilies " trekking' in misery

in the rainy season, excited to discontent by this Preto-
rius (who is an inhabitant of the district of Natal;irho
is now dwelling beyond the limits of our sovereignty,
over the Orange River, and has no right to interfere
here), who has then and since imposed both upon me and
you. I hastened to the scat of Government. You all
well know that I did everything man could do for the
benefit of those unfertenate and misguided people re-
treating from Natal. Many, very many, Ire jaico to
say, have appreciated my desire to serve them, and have
returned to their hoines. Thirty fire farnili, s with Iler-
menus Lombard, besides several smaller parties, have
lately done so. Toithose who have no farms I have
given, and will continue to give, 3,000 morgen of land
on the Klip and Tugela rivers ; and I appointed Preto-
rius to a land commission, as a member of which he
might have rendered'the greatest benefit to his country-
men. I gave him my proclamation on the 3 1 February
last to take among you, especially requesting him to ex-
plain to Jacobs that I had issued it before .the meeting
proposed, because he (Pretorius) recommended me to do
so, saying that he would point out to all of you how its
contents were calculated for your good. In place of do-
ing these ho perverted its meaning, misled you, and de-
ceived me.
"He requested me not to extend the sovereignty be-
yond the Vaal river, and to leave the Mooi river for
those who might disapprove of the order of things pro-
posed. I did so. I have always said that unless th
majority of the burghers were in
favour of the Govern-
meat which I had in friendship framed for them I would
not press it. To show that such was not the case, Pre-
torious and Jacobs got 470 signatures to an address, by
every imaginable fraud, deceit, and lie. Subsequently,
Sneyman wrote to Pretorious to say that he would have
nothing to do with him—that he had deceived him and
his people, who had tuned their names to this list, and
who all withdrew them. I received addresses, nume-
rously signed, from every part of the country, except
beyond Winberg. Erasmus, the field commandant, has
left Pretorius; and Potgieter declares for quiet. But
Pretorius, who lovers k excite and render others miser-
able, aiming at his own ambitious ends, gets together a
body of from 700 to 1,00.0 men, not beads of families,
but persons for the most part ruined in circumstances—
frightens from their homes all families throughout the
land, and talks of war and blood being shed. It blood
be shed, be it on his own ambitious rebel's head! He
boasts of his moderation to Major Warden; it he had
shed a drop of blood at that post, he would have added
the crime of murder to that of rebellion.
" Trusting, in confidence, to the general good feeling,
I weakened the detachment of troops at Bloem Fon-
tein, because I desired that you yourselves should go-
vern yourselves, and was anxious not to interfere with
you by means of soldiers. Taking advantage of this,
Pretorious, with his lawless followers, dares to remove
officers placed at Bloem Fontein' and the Caledon river,
styling himself Commandant-General, and bringing these
followers to prove to me that the majority are in favour
of no rule. I tell him . that his present adherents aro
either brought from. beyond the sovereignty, or are
forced by intimidation to join him; and I tell him that
I know that four-fifths of the people of property are in
favour of the liberal Government I have established for
the benefit of all—for Chist's Church and for peace.
i "He talks of bringing down black men and more fol-
lowers among the Boers. (Does he think to impose
upon me in this way? -
"If the men beyond Winberg desired to have their
own government, why did they molest those of Caledon
river and Bloem Fontein? This insult shall be avenged
by force of arms. Then may you trust to me, who have
shown myself a true friend to you, to establish the best
order of things. But no armed party shall presume to seek what I cannot listen to. Blood shall not cease to
flow until peace and tranquillity be established, and rebels
driven out of the land; and when women weep, you,
rebels, will be the murderers of their husbands, 60125, and
brothers.
"Choose, therefore, war or peace. The one I will ,I
vigorously prosecute; the other I will secure for the
benefit of good men and God's Church; and I will esta-
blish such military posts as shall not be subject to insult
in future.
"Pretorius is an outlaw, a proscribed man, and I will
never communicate with him; the proclamation offering
2,0001. for his apprehension remains in full force.
"Some of you rebels, I know, have large sums of
money in the colony; beware, if you fire a shot, lest I
seise them to assist in defraying the expenses of this
outbreak, which you have so treacherously and trai-
torously brought about, and in reimbursing, where pos-
sible, the good men for the-losses they have suffered by
your invasion, your threats, and your robberies
"The native chiefs are under the sovereigl,olf her
Majesty, and can make no treaty that is bin g tillo
ratified by her Majesty'arepresentative. Any treaties,
therefore, that they may have been forced into by the;
rebels are null and void.: .
" As I advance, whatever armed party awaits me I
shall regard as having fired the first shot, and the blood
be on their heads ; thus murder and rebellion become
united.
" So soon as I reach Winberg I will hear what Myn-
beer Potgeiter and all peaceable men and loyal subjects
have to represent to me for the general benefit.
" Colesberg, Aug. 17. H. G. SMITH, Governor.
"
(From Sam Sly's African Journal, Au g. 31. Discretion is the el-lief part of valour, said Falstaff
as
well as Hudibras. The Dutch Boers are of the same
opinion, and seem disposed to preserve a whole skin, as
well as to live until some future period when fighting
will be more safe and convenient. The latest news from the north-east adds but little to former statements. His
Excellency still remains at Colesberg, waiting for the
fulfilment of some desire not yet broached to the wot hi.
In the meantime a kind of mock manifesto or proclama-
tion—a travestie on the reward already offered for the
carcasses of the traitors—has been issued by the enemy,
and most unwisely, if not seditiously, repeated by many
contemporaries, whose judgment and good sense should
have taught them better. And, as if to add absurdity to
insult,—for a more coarse, malicious, and abominable
impertinence to the British Government and its -rulers
has seldom seen daylight--some hive blundered so far as
to caution the press not to extend the evil, which they were actually doing in their own advices; and so, by a
kind of sham plaster, thought of healing the wound
that they must be sensible they were doubly inflicting.
(From the Frontier Times.)
TUESAY MORNING.
Our accounts from Colesberg are toD the 16th instant.
Nothing of consequence had transpired. The Com-
mander-in-Chief was waiting the arrival of the expected
reinforcements which, by the last advices that had
reached Colesberg, were at Cradock. Pretorius' party,
it seems, on observing a detachment of the military, with
a gun, stationed at the drift near the punt, immediately
i threw up two intrenchwents to oppose the landing of the
troops. The Commander-in-Chief having considered
this position not favourable to his views, his men being
too'much opposed to the fire of the rebels, therefore
I abandoned the idea of crossing at that point, and caused
the punt to be sunk. Botha's drift is now decided upon
as being the safest, and a raft has been commenced, and
will be completed in three days, and the 21st, it is ru-
moured, is the day fixed for the troops to cross. It is
most unfortunate .that the river rose a few days after
Major Warden crossed into the colony. The rebels
seem determined to make a stand, and are constantly
calling out to the troops across the river to know why
they do not cross.
We learn from other sources that the Boers have six
3-pounders ready for use on the other side of the river.
A letter from Burgersdorp, dated the 14th of August,
states that there is a rumour that a " party of 60 Boers
have stationed themselves at Botha's Drift, to oppose the
pa.saga of the troops." It is also reported that Pretorius
wishes to have a parley with the governor. A picket
of some of men had stationed themselves last week at
Sand drift, but have now retired. We also learn from the
village that the civil commissioner has had parties of
farmers out to warch the drift of the Orange river, for
which services they readily assembled. The inhabitants
of Albert are said to be well affected to the Government.
The editor of the Grensblad has received from Mr.
Fretorius, the leader of the rebellious farmers, a letter
which he had addressed to his Excellency, repudiating
British interference, which is stated to be signed by
1,050 persons. This document is important, 'as it
contains what the emigrant farmers consider to be
their " ease." A translation of it will be given
in next week's paper. It is also accompanied by an
account of the proceedings of the conference that took
place between Pretorius :and Major Warden, together
with the articles of capitulation of Bloom Fontein; also
a copy of the letter which Major Warden sent to the
native chiefs not to molest the Boers; and also a letter
addressed by Pretorius to Major Warden, acknowledg
ing his receipt of Major Warden's letter to the chiefs, in
which he expresses his gratification to find that Major
Wardell has done everything he could to keep the peace,
and expresses his desire to do the same.
Since the above information was received by the usual
post, an express reached Graham's Town 'serday
afternoon to the effect that all the Boers :on theta ther
bank of the river had precipitately ii d, leaving all their
cooking utensils, &c.. behind them. The passage of the
river is now free. This sudden movement is supposed
to have been occasioned by their having heard that the
45th Regiment was in full march upon Winburg. Pre-
vious to this flight of the Rim, Pretorious had been re-
peatedly sending over messages to the Governor, who is
said to have sent him word that if he wished to see him
he must come to him in person. The company of the
91st, under Major Farber, that left town for Colesberg
on Sunday morning, have been ordered to return to their
quarters; and the order to send some further guns for
Graham's Town has also been countermanded.
LATES-

,T INTELLIGENCE FROM THE NORTH-
EAST FRONTIER.
The Graham's Town Journal, of the 26th inst., brings
no ffirther news respecting his Excellency and Preto-
rius, but merely confirms the reports already published
in another column from the Frontier Times. " What
further steps will be taken in pursuing the Boers is
only conjecture at present," says our latest authority.
It is not even said who is to pay the money in the
event of the impudent manifesto of Andreas being ac-
complished.
(From the Cape of Good Hope Shipping Gazette, Sept. 1.)
The notice from the Gazette shows the position of
affairs upon the Orange river so fully that we hare little
to add.

All the troops as yet arrived had crossed the river

MADAGASCAR.
FAILURE OF ADMIRAL DACRES TO OPEN
FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH THE QUEEN.
THE HEAD OF CAPTAIN KELLY, HER MA-
(FJESTY'S SHIP CON WA Y, DE NI A NDE
rom the Supplement ofthe Mauritius Times,July22.
min Brown,
Her Majesty's steamer Geyser, Cap arrived here on Monday last frorn Madagascar, which
she left on the 13th inst. As her Majesty's frigates
President and Brilliant left on the same day for this
port, no official communication has, ue believe, been
received from Admiral Dacres, but we have gleaned
the following information from various sources. The
ships which left this on the Bth June, arrived off
Tamatave on the 11th. The two frigates tried their
speed together, and the President had the advantage
on every point. A friendly communication was im-
mediately held with the native authorities, and a
dispatch from the Admiral was forwarded to the
Queen at her capital. The natives declined fur-
nishing the ships with supplies of any kind ;
consequently while waiting the reply to the dis-
patch, the two frigates proceeded to the island
of Marosse, in Antongil Bay, where they took
in water. On the main land near this island was
obseried two Bova villages, strongly stockaded, for
protection against the Sackalavas, who had lately paid
them a visit, carrying off many women and children,
and as-many bullocks as they could capture. On the
return of the ships, a commissioner (an eleventh
honour) came down from the Queen to negotiate the
terms of the treaty, who had a meeting with the ad-
miral on the shore, in a tent erected for the purpose.
The sight was very pretty. The Geyser took the
admiral and his principal officers close in, and after
landing them, lay to, keeping the tent within range
of her guns. A guard of 200 men in boats served as
escort. The Kabar lasted some time, and after it was
over, the commissioner regaled his guests with sponge-
ake and beer. A large party of natives troops were
in the neighbourhood of the tent, and in the bush at
a little distance. A week after the commissioner went
on board the President, another long conference was
held, the result of which was communicated to the ;-
Queers. for her decision, .as the commissioner Was not
prepared to conclide the treaty upon his own autho,
rity. Aft *r this. meeting the commissioner sent on
board a present of three fat bullocks, a quantity of
ppnitry, and a cask of rum !
But the authorities still declined to supply the ship
with fresh provisions, and as the stock was exhausted and the Queen's answer could not be expected for
several days, the Admiral determined on coming to
Mauritius in the mean while. The result is of course
et to be ascertained, and the propositions on either
side are equally unknown • but it is reported that the
Queen renewed her demand for the head of Captain
Kelly, which was refused ; that an endeavour was
made to confine the trade to a single agent on shore,
which was also declined; and that the only concession
to be obtained was that traders might land and remain
ashore between sunrise and sunset, and that whatever
goods remained unsold at the latter hour must be re-
embarked. If this be the case, it is clear that our
trade will suffer much inconvenience and risk of being
sacrificed to Mr. Delastelle and his monool mai be hoped that if the late unhappy
,di py ; but-itfferences be settled and trade once re-opened—if the small end of
the wedge be once inserted, the opening will speedily
widen, and our ancient relations be re-established.
Mr. Delastelle, it appears, arrived at Tamatave, from
Bourbon, before the first conference. He was on
intimate terms with the commissioner, and supposed to
be behind the scenes during the conference ashore, and
to have dictated the replies of the commissioner. His
influence may be seen in the attempts to secure a
monopoly of the trade.
On the whole there appears to be a fair prospect of
the trade being re•opened, although at first upon un-
satisfactory terms, and it will be left to the traders
themselves to obtain further concessions by the use
of fair dealing and conciliatory conduct towards
the natives. There can be little doubt that a contrary
course has been most prejudicial to our interests in
Madagascar; and it will behove the respectable mer-
chants and captains in this trade to give no facilities
to that worthless class whose proceedings led to, or
furnished an excuse for, .the expulsion of all foreign
traders from Tamatave. Mr. Delastelle appeared
confident of the trade being re-opened, as he was
about to dispatch the Arzac to Bourbon for a cargo
of dry goads. The natives are anxious for this re-
sult, but it depends entirely upon the Queen and the
coterie who keep her in thraldom.
The colonial vessels Ariel, Nimble, and Lady
Emma, and the French vessel Courier, were waiting
at Tamatave for cargoes. An attempt was made to
induce the commissioner to allow them to load at
once, as the negotiations were so far advanced, but he
would not consent. The French commodore was at
St. Mary's. While the Geyser was alone off Tama-
tave, the French steam-ship Gassendi arrived froth
Bourbon, and went on to St. Mary's to announce to
Commodore Page the appointment of his successor.
Mr. Delastelle was in communication with the cora•
modoraste, and dispatched a vessel to him two days after
the l oonference. The be
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