The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-21 00:00:00

colony is• cp alto inadequate to the protection of the
lives and pr operty of her Majesty's subjects.
" 2. Ths t within the last six weeks the enemy has
swept off t:om the district of Somerset alone upwards
of 20,000 sheep, 3,000 head of cattle, and 300 horses ;
that oince the commencement of the war 200 farm-
house s on the north-eastern border have been re-
duced to ashes, and that a large amount of bread,
corn, and other property has been wantonly de-
stroye d.
"3. That while the frontier colonists have become
prostrr ted, by the harassing events of seven months'
hostilitdm, the enemy has received within the present
week large accession to his numbers by the deser-
tions of Hottentot servants, who up to this time had
remained faithful to their employers, and being at
the prey ent moment in possession of more cattle than
before tine war, is not likely to be subdued by famine.
"4. 'That it is obvious that the enemy is rapidly ex-
tending his operations, while the frontier is receding
westwards, so that burgher camps and leagers, which
but a :!ew weeks ago were regarded as occupying se-
cure positions, are now mere outposts : and these too
are, one by one, being abandoned, as too weak to re-
sist t'ae tide of invasion.
"5. That the heretofore settled districts are over-
run by hordes of savage despoilers, before whom the
farmers are retreating; and thus an immense tract of

territory, the but recent abode of industry, is relin-
qu6hed to the undisputed possession of Kafir and
rebel Hottentots.

" 6. That while these extensive forays have sup-
plied the Kafirs with abundance of food, the re-
sources of the colony are rapidly becoming crippled
and reduced; and that unless this be at once stayed,
the quantity of stock will shortly be unable to supply
the immediate wants of the inhabitants, who will
consequently become subjected to the severest privations,
while agricultural operations being altogether sus-
pended, distress must be increased, rather than dimi-
nished, as the season advances.
"7. It is the conviction of this board that the
burghers of the frontier have been quite unable to
protect their own property, which has been already
carried off to the extent of several thousand pounds,
and, therefore, could not afford your Excellency that
personal co•operation in the field which seemed so
desirable, and which was so urgently prayed for.
Even the population of Graham's Town, so reduced
by contingents supplied for the field, for Govern-
ment escorts of stores to outposts, and by the
patrol duties of the Albany Rangers, the Farmers'
Club, and Fingoes is, in the abssnce of any garrison
force, regarded by all as unequal to its own defence.
The spontaneous and universal desertion of the
Kafir servants was a serious misfortune to the border
farmers, and being followed by the defection of the
Hottentots, the property of their employers could not
with safety be left to their sole care; it hence became
impossible for men so circumstanced to leave their
homes, which at the moment of their departure might
have been assailed by, or surrendered to the foe, as
in too many instances was actually the case.
" 8. That this board is not unmindful of your Ex-
cellency's expressed intention of maintaining the Ka-
frarian forts as a basis of military operations ; but
they earnestly intreat your Excellency to take the
present helpless condition of the colony into your im-
mediate consideration.

"9. That the establishment of certain burgher posts

by your Excellency's orders, in June last, Was hailed
with gratitude, as a temporary relief; but since that
period those posts, so far as established, are found in-
sufficient to protect their immediate localities, while
the country at large is without any adequate force to
resist the hostile inroad.

" 10. That recent occurrences in the Orange River

sovereignty seem to give indication of the spreai there
of that combination among the coloured races from
which this province is now suffering. The board,
therefore, deem it of vital moment that the most
energetic measures for. the protection of the colony
should be taken, and that without a moment's delay.
They are of opinion that the time has arrived when
every ablebodied man throughout the colony should
be required, in the terms prescribed by law, to
enrol himself for the common defence; and that her
Majesty's Government should be informed of the
urgent and absolute necessity of additional troops
being sent hitherto avert the calamities which now

threaten to engulf the whole of the eastern province.
The danger which threatens the country is, in the
opinion of the board, imminent; but they confidently
trust, by the measures adopted by your Excellency,
and by God's help, that the present wicked rebellion
may be put down, and firm enduring peace be re-
stored to this distracted land.
" Graham's Town, July 19."