The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-23 00:00:00

wrong.

" Mosheih-4 did not expect that the maters already
settle i :b. Mr. Ford, and to whom I lave already
ry,i‘N=n an answer, would he touched upon ; and I have
also g;ven a piper to Mr. Venter, that people suffering;
trom thefts should be sent to me. lam ready to hear

advice.
" President—l know nothing of Mr. Venter's arrange-
eta nt. He had no right to make one. I was then in
the country. Such a proposal as_ yours, that we should
go into your country and seaveh for one property, could
never be entsrtaine 1. Mr. Verde:' was appointed with
three others. The directions given by all to Mr. Ford
were good, and ought not to have been broken by one.
If I was to send my people in that way into your
country, it would only snake disputes, and break our
friendships.
"Moshesh—l did not come to speak of business.
"There seemed to be some misinterpretation of the
Chief's in-sluing in this last sentence, which had been
interpreted in English by Nehemiah, Moshesh's son.
" His Excellency Sir Geo. Grey then asked the Rev.
Mr. Arbousset, who was acting as interpreter, whether
he thought Moshesh would like to hear what he thought
he ought to do.
" Mr. Arbousset replying in the affirmative. h;.
cellency addressed Moshesh as foldows : You say that
@ra wise nnonldi in being able to build beautiful housed
of cay ; a man who does that is respected by others,
but a man who raises barharians in the scale of civilisa-
tion is admired by ages. You are now the builder. You
have collected some barbarians and made a kind of na-
tion. The question now is whether you are to succeed or
fail. Not only is South Africa looking on, but many
other parts of the world too. Every good man is will-
ing to assist ;no more so thail the President. I have
had an opportunity of hearing his views, and I and
sure he is anxious to help Moshesh to succeed. It is
impossible that a civilised nation can allow a nation of
thieves to remain on their boundary. The President and
I are ready to put them down. I would be glad to
see you mote cordial to accept the President's offers
than you have seemed to be ; and, as I am now going
away for a considerable time, I should be glad to be
certain that you would devise some plan for the future.
Iu such a plan I will assist as far as the Cape colonial
boundary is concerned. It must be greatly owing to
your energy that you have raised yourself to the posi-
tion you now hold, and I would advise you to trust to
that energy in future, and not to bad advisers. I trust
that before I leave you you will give some proofs that
you will put down stealing, and allow your tribe to
prosper. I am sure the President's remarks will be appre-
ciated ; I have been particularly strack with their just-
ness. I hope before I leave that you will promise to put an
end to such practices as those that have been carried on.
" Moshesh—We ought to praise his Excellency for his
words, though we were not aware, when called to visit,
that such things would have been brought forward.
" President —lf he is not prepared to speak on busi;
nese, will he appoint another meeting, or will he go home
and consider, and acquaint me with the result, and in
the meantime try with his chiefs to put a stop to steal-
ing? or otherwise consequences may ensue that we may
deplore .
" Moshesh—When I met Mr. Ford at Sefali's I made
an agreement with him that he should make a list of
stolen cattle, with the particulars of theft, in order that
1 could call on the guilty chiefs, and show them the
accusations against them.
" Mr. Ford explained that the list was in the course
of formation.
" Moshesh expressed himself satisfied, and said that
the measures adopted to settle the thefts on the list
would go towards stopping any future thefts.
" President—Will the chief give me some promise
that he and his chiefs will endeavour to put a stop to
any future thieving, or else the lists will only continue
to increase ?
" Moshesh—l cannot bind myself to say that there
will be no more stealing ; thieves do not tell me when
they come in or ge out. Did I not at the meeting with
Ford, at Sefali's, tell my people they must not even stealhe
a goat ? You must give me time. I have eaten the
it
Governor's meat, and it will be easy for me to vomit
up, but it is not so easy to make thieves disgorge what
they have stolen.
" President—l praise Moshesh for the manner in
which he met Mr. Ford.
" Moshesh—The sooner the papers are ready the bet-
ter., I will make my report ono wtahetany satisfied.asassoon I s
possihbluel.l
always
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were, t
el, withnow g
s
him, to remove all difficulties,
as
in in the same situations.
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n aa will,
Moshesh.—l feel as you do. I came to bring some
words to my people. Peace and tranquillity by all
means They are the only things to be relied on. It
must be the wish of both. We must by patience over-
come evil.
" Presilent.—l am very glad to hear what he says,
and I will remember his words.
"His Excellency the Governor.—Work away build-
ing this house."
We have also received additional files of papers from
the Cape of Good Hope to the 25th of November.
Everything was going on prosperously at the colony.

TESTIMONIAL TO A CLERGYMAN,—The Rev. W. Her
bert, incumbent of Princes End, Staffordshire, has re-
ceived from his Sunday-school teachers a new year's gift
of a very beautiful artn•chair, as a testimonial of esteem.
PREFERMENT.—The Bishop of Winchester has insti-
tuted the Rev. George Pearson, M.A., to the vicarage
of Combe, Hants ; patrons, the Deans aud Canons of
Windsor.
THE MURDER OF ROBERT STIRLING, ESQ.—REWARD
OF 550/.—lnformation has been received at the Chief
Police-office which may facilitate the apprehension of the
persons concerned in this atrocious murder. It will be
remembered that amongst the articles of value taken
from the person of the deceased wai a silver engine-
turned watch, with silver face and gold figures, No.
3,846, maker's name ~J. and W. Todd, Glasgow." This
there are strong reasons for believing
was disposed of
either by pledging or selling in the town of Durham a
few days subsequent to the murder, and it being sus-
pected that the watch is in the possession of an unli-
censed pawnbroker (dolly-shop-keeper), her Majesty's
Secretary of State has engaged to remit the penalty and
advi„ the grant of her Alojesty's pardon to any unli-
censed pawnbroker, or other person who may have taken
the watch in pledge or purchased it, not being the actual
perpetrator of the murder, provided he or she produce
it promptly, and give evidence as to the person front
whom it was received, and a reward of 501. will be paid
on its production. This is independent of any claim
the person may have to the whole or a portion of the
large reward of 500/. already offered, and to be paid to
any person or persons who may be instrumental in ob-
taining the conviction of the murderer or murderers.