The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-29 00:00:00

LYME REGIS.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Several other witnesses proved direct acts of bribery
and treating on the part of the petitioner and his agent.
The Committee adjourned at the usual hour till to-
morrow.

TERMINATION of the KAFIR WAR.
By the Ocean Queen we have received papers
from tho Cape of GJod Hope to the 30th of December
inclusive. They entirely confirm the anticipation of
the Premier, founded upon an intimation from Sir 11.
Smith that the Kafir war was at last at an end.
It appears that Pato and several other chiefs have
surrendered themselves unconditionally to Colonel
Somerset ; that Sir 11. Smith had held a conference
with the Gaika chiefs, and that all further hostilities
were suspended.
This welcome news is given in a Government
Gazette Extraordinary, published at Graham's Town
on Christmas-day, which also contains a number of
proclamations for the future regulation of the terri-
tories which are now to be ceded to the Crown. The
first will be called Victoria, and consist of a number
of military villages, extending between the Fish
and Keiskama Rivers ; whilst the latter, under
the name of British Kafraria, will extend from the
latter river to the Kei, and be held by the Kafir
chiefs and their people under such regulations as her
Majesty's High Commissioner, or other representa-
tive, who shall be the great chief of the whole of
the said territories, shall deem be calculated to pro-
mote their civilisation, conversion to Christianity, and
general enlightenment.
It would seem, from the details given in the Zuid
Afrikaan, that Colonel Somerset, after most laborious
pursuit through the long range of country on the right
side of the Kei, had reduced the Kafirs to such extre •
mities that Pato sent a message, earnestly begging a
cessation of hostilities. Colonel Somerset refused any
terms except unconditional surrender. To this Pato as-
sented, And with twelve followers came in and made
his submission. So sharp had been the pursuit that
he had frequently, although hard pressed for food,
not had time to slaughter one of the cattle they were
driving with them, and some of his followers had
been compelled by hunger to eat their leathern
shields.
Sir H. Smith entered King William's Town on the
23d of December. The garrison, consisting of the
Rifle Brigade and the 7th Dragoon Guards, had been
drawn up to receive him, and an immense assemblage
of Kafirs were also present.
After congratulating the troops upon the fortu•
nate result of this tedious war, and thanking Colonel
Somerset for his great and successful exertions, the
Kafirs, in number about $,OOO, but all unarmed, were
formed into a circle, the chiefs being arranged ac-
cording to their ranks in their respective tribes.
They all looked wofully haggard and dejected.
Before Sir H. Smith addressed them, two large
staves were brought forward, one having at the
top a large brass knob, the other being a sergeant's
halbert, these staves representing Peace and
War. The Governor-General then took his station
between them, and after severely upbraiding the
Kafirs for their faithlessness and their aggressions,
called upon the chiefs to make their election by
touching one of the two staves. Sutu, the widow
of Gaiks, was the first who was called forward, and
she laid her hand upon the staff of peace—
that with the brass knob—all the rest of the
chiefs following her example. Upon Pato and Stock
coming forward they were severely rated by the Go-
vernor General for their ingratitude and treachery.
His Excellency then read the proclamation, defining
the limits of British Kafraria, explaining it to
the chiefs as he went on, and especially the phrase
" conquered territory ;" and, having finished and
again addressed them, required that each should
again place his hand on the staff of peace, and kiss
his foot, as he sat on horseback, in token of absolute
submission. This ceremony excited intense interest
among the Kafirs. His Excellency, as before, remind-
ing each chief, as he made this abject reverence, of the
deg, adation and misery which his rebellion had
brought upon him. When it was concluded and the
chiefs had resumed their places, Sir 11. Smith took
a sheet of paper, and holding it up in sight of the
assembled thrtng, tore it into shreds, and while
scattering these to the wind, exclaimed, with great
energy, " There go your treaties " The staff
of war !" which had throughout the ceremony
been held in a vertical position, was then taken by Sir
Harry, and being poised for a few seconds hori-
zontally, was hurled by him with great force to the
ground. " There," exclaimed his Excellency, "is
an end of war !—now let us have three cheers in
token of future peace." Sir Harry, taking the
initiative, and waving his hat, the air was rent with A

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