The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-08 00:00:00

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THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

We have received Cape of Good Hope papers to the
29th of January, which give most satisfactory accounts
of the state of the colony.
Sir Harry Smith was proceeding rapidly on his tour
of inspection beyond the limits of the colony. He has
made the port at the mouth of the Buffalo, in Kafirland
in a British port, called East London. Waterloo Bay:
in the district of Victoria, formerly the Neutral terri-
tory, is also provided for. Customhouse officers being
appointed for each, with a board for the improvement
of the " Port of East London;" and the Collector of
Customs at this port has instructed officers of his de-
partment, namely, Mr. Charles Wolfe and Mr. Thomas
Nightingale, to proceed forthwith as sub-collectors, to
open the new ports of Waterloo Bay and East London,
and to receive Customs duties thereat.

The South African Commercial Advertiser of the 29th
of January contains the following report of Sir 11.
Smith's progress through the provinces:—
" Shiloh, 15th January, 1848. "
His Excellency on his route to Natal did not visit
Fort Beaufort, but, leaving it on his right, proceeded to
inspect the Kat River Settlement, where he arrived on
the [oth . After proceeding through the settlement, he
expressed his satisfaction at the state of it.
" Subsequently he appointed a committee for the roads
of the settlement, and the Hottentot Commandant
Groepe to he justice of the peace. In reply to a me-
morial of the inhabitants, his Excellency expressed his
regret that they should have had occasion to mention
their mag:strate in any other terms than that of respect.
" On the 12th instant his Excellency arrived at Shiloh,
and resumed his route on the 14th. During his stay at
this place he selected a site for a town at the junction of
the Klipplaats and Ox Kraal Rivers, which he honoured
by naming after the place of his birth (Whittlesea).
This spot is about half an hour's walk from the Mis-
sion-house, and possesses the following advantages:--It
is capable of extensive irrigation by the Klipplaats and
Ox Kraal Rivers, at a very small expense ; it is situate
in the 'vicinity of rich coal deposit, and extensive forests
are in the immediate neighbourhood. It is on the direct
line from the Port of London (Buffalo Mouth) to Coles-
berg, over a tract of country presenting fewer ob
etacles to :land carriage than any line of road of equal
length in the colony. In addition to these resources,
it may with confidence be asserted that the coun-
try about Whittlesea is the best corn-growing land
in the district of Albert, irrigated, es it is, by the
ever-flowing Klipplaats and Ox Kraal Rivers. A
sample of the coal mentioned I will forward to you by
the first opportunity, and you will confer considerable
obligation on the inhabitants of this part of the colony
if you will be so good as to hand this sample to the officer
commanding Royal Engineers to be assayed. His Ex-
cellency gave all parties the greatest satisfaction by the
open and generous manner in which he received all who
approached him, by his evident anxiety to remedy the
evils they are labouring under, and his zealous endea-
vours to develope the resources of the country."
A nother hand writes :
" His Excellency Sir Harry Smith arrived at Shiloh
on the 12th, near to which spot he has chosen a site for
a new town. He has also made Karim understand the
boundary of his new country. He left Shiloh last Friday
on his way to the Rel. An address was presented to
him, which he received in the most fiicndly manner,
assuring us we might depend upon as much security as
the people had in the streets of London; that to any
farms he might sell the titles should be given without
delay, and that he would expect the money with
equal promptness. He also assured us that all farms in
the colony in dispute should be settled, and that if 10
surveyors were not sufficient he would get 50. If he
fulfil all his promises things will go well. Field Com-
mandant Joubert proceeds with the Governor to Natal,
and thence returns with him to the Buffalo. All is
peace here.
" Nothing can exceed the delight of the Boers on
seeing the Ciovernor—addresses and compliments every-
!
where."

The Cape Frontier Times has the following news
from the frontiers:— _ .

" A military village is already in course of formation
on one of the branches of the Chumie, in the vicinity of
Alice, nearly 100 men belonging to the 90th Regiment
having agreed to locate themselves there on the terms
offered by the Government, which, we understand, are
as follow:: —The men are to have 12 acres of cultivat
able land, to which an unrestricted right will be given
after seven years' residence.
" They are to be provided with food for one year;
seed corn and agricultural implements will also be given
them. Every ten men will be provided with a span of
oxen, and every twenty men with a waggon. Whenever
these men shall be required for military service, they are
promised half-a-crown a day.
" The officer or superintendent of each location will, it
is understood, have 100 acres of land, besides the allow-
ance given to the men as above.enumeratcd, and be
allowed permanent pay. Large additions to these loca--
tions are expected from the 7th Dragoon Guards, 27th,
and 91st Regiments. About 150 Hottentots, belonging
to the late levies, have also been enrolled to receive land
on military terms.
"The new district of Albert, as defined by proclama-
tion, is that port of the district of Victoria to the
' northward of Stormberg mountains, and to be bounded
eastward by the Kraal River, northward by the Orange
River, and westward by the Stormberg Spruit.'
" Mr. Chase, late Secretary to the late Lieutenant-
Governor, having been appointed Civil Commissioner
and Resident Magistrate of this new district, is already
on his way to take change of it."
The inhabitants of the Kat River Settlement having
sent a memorial to his Excellency the Governor, telling
him that after the conduct of Mr. Biddulph, their super-
intendent, they never could be comfortable with him as a
magistrate, and praying that his Excellency would
" cause a commission of inquiry to be institute(' of just
and upright men to investigate the moral and industrial
state of the settlement, the losses sustained and the ser-
vices performed by the inhabitants during the war, as
also the general character of the settlement, as a de-
fensive scheme," the following reply was returned:—
" King William's Town, December 31, 1847.
" I have received with great pleasure the address
from her Majesty's loyal subjects of the Kat River Set-
lement, in as far as it specified such attachment and
readiness again to serve under me. Well do I remem-
ber, and most fully do I appreciate, the gallant, long,
and meritorious services of my Kat River oomrades
during the last war; their interest, therefore, must
ever be mine, and most narrowly will I watch over
their welfare now that I am the representative of our
most gracious Queen, for whom they so truly profess
every lcoalty. I regret, however, the course which they
have pursued in bringing before me their magistrate, in
any other light than that of their friend and protector.
I ever judge by what I see, and the loyal men of the
Kat River shall learn, as I before said, that their interests
are mine.
" Fully am I aware of the losses and misfortunes which
they have sustained by war; a new order of things, how-
ever, I hope breaks upon us for future protection.
Happen, however, what may, I shall ever calculate upon
the support of the men of the Kat River Settlement; and
I hope and expect that they will meet my views as set
forth in the Government notice of the 17th instant, as
to enrolling their names.
" I intend ere long to pay the Kat River Settlement
visit, and trust to see its inhabitants all well.
(Signed) " H. G. SMITH."

CHARTIST CONVENTION.

(THIS DAY.)

AFTERNOON MEETING.

The Convention assembled shortly after half-past two
o'clock; Mr. M'Grath in the chair.
The galleries and the body of the hall, except the space
in the centre, which was partitioned off by torms for the
accommodation of the delegates, was crowded to excess,
as has been the case during the whole of the sittings.
After the names of the members of the Convention had
been read over,
Mr. JONES begged leave to read a paragraph from a
letter which he had just received, in order that it might
put some'OT their friends 'upon their- guard. The writer
of the letter stated that he had been informed by one of
the C division of police that some of the force attended
the meetings of the Convention in plain clothes, got into
conversation with persons by sympathing with their feel-
ings, and even insinuated themselves into people's dwell-
ings, and having secured information by that means, they
went away and reported it to their superiors.—(Loud
groans, and cries of " Hear, hear.")
Mr. JONES postponed his motion for the adoption of
the tricolours to be worn by the Chartists.
Mr. WEST, as one of the deputation who had been
appointed to wait upon Lord John Russell, stated that
his Lordship was absent when the deputation at-
tended at the Treasury, and was not likely to
return until four or five o'clock, and under those
circumstances, they did not think it worth while to wait
upon him again. Mr. West complained of the disre-
spectful conduct which the under-secretary whom they
saw at the Treasury showed to the deputation. He
looked upon them, he said, with scorn and disgust,
as if, instead of being respectable working men, they
were mere crawling reptiles, only fit to be oppressed
and crushed. fie thought it necessary to mention this
circumstance, in order that the Government might see
how they had been treated by the officials at the Trea-
sury.—([lear, hear.)
RESULT OF INTERVIEW WITII MEMBERS OF PARMA.