The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-04 00:00:00

GERMANY.

Accounts from Vienna of the 29th ult. state that a
note had been received from the British Cabinet, pro-
testing against the occupation of Holstein by Austrian
troops. Prince SCHWARTZENBERG replied that the oc-
cupation would be continued until the organization of the
Holstein army.

Count NEBBELRODE, the Russian Prime Minister, has
arrived at Dresden.

The Emperor of AUSTRIA has caused Venice to be
declared a free port.

THE KAFIR WAR.

We have received papers from the Cape of Good Hope
to the Bth of February.
The intelligence contained in them from the seat of
war on the eastern frontier comes down to the Ist of
February. In that part of the colony matters remained
much in the same state as that described in the last ad-
vices.

General orders had been received at Graham's Town
from head-quarters at King William's Town, of the.2Bth
and 29th January, nominating the officers of the Gena-
dendal levy, 360 strong, and of the Cape Town and Al-
bany levies. Orders had also been issued for a column
of 2,200 men under Colonel Mackinnon, to move on
Forts White and Cox the next day (30th January)—the
main object being to throw supplies into those forts.
From Fort Peddie the following notice appears in the
same paper, under date the 30th of January :
" Captain Davies marched from here on Sunday with his
men, about four hundred in number, leaving all their wag-
gons behind. He took the route by Wesleyville, thus avoid-
ing Line Drift, where it is understood Seyolo remains in
position in great force."
Letters from Graaf Beinet of the 31st of January
describe the state of the districts of Cradock and So-
merset as very alarming, the Kafir population having
made common cause with the tribes more to the east,
while at the same time great dissatisfaction was exhi-
bited by the Burghers or Dutch settlers in the sur-
rounding districts.
It was, however, expected that the Civil Commis-
sioner would succeed in persuading 300 or 400
Burghers to proceed to the relief of Cradock. The po-
sition of these districts, which lie to the back of the
colony towards the west, renders this insurrection and
disaffection more important.
Public prayers were about to be offered up in Cape
Town for the removal of the affliction under which the
colony was suffering.
The following passages are from the Graham's Town
Journal. Alluding to some proceedings at Fort Peddie,
that paper most properly urges that care should be
taken to secure our possession of the allegiance of the
Fingoes, and not to risk its loss by inconsiderate treat-
ment:—

" The investigation into the disaffection of the Hottentots
at Theopolis having proceeded so far as to criminate three
of the residents of that institution, they were forwarded to
the prison at Graham's Town, where they were safely lodged
about eleven o'clock this morning. The ringleader, Kieviet
Piqueurs, is one of the number. The prisoners were sent
in a waggon, in charge of the chief constable of Bathurst,
and escorted by twelve coloured men, chiefly Fingoes.
Two others were apprehended by the Field-Commandant
when at Theopolis on the 25th inst., but the evidence against
them not being of a sufficiently conclusive character to
warrant their detention, they were consequently liberated.
Lynx, or Lings as he himself writes it, the writer of the
letter so often alluded to, is also in custody, in separate con-
finement, so that he may not exercise his persuasive powers
over others, to the working of further mischief.
" The chief evidence against the prisoners is founded upon
the oaths of certain Fingoes, who unhesitatingly declare that
in their opinion the Theopolis Hottentots would have joined
the Kafirs had the enemy appeared in that vicinity. One
of the witnesses corroborates the statement made by the
Rev. Mr. Smit, that that gentleman advised the people not
to follow the rebellious course that the Blinkwater Hottentots
had pursued.
" The matter is not yet cleared, as further evidence will
yet be sent in, but as the affair stands at present there is
nothing of a more serious charge against those in custody
than that of unlawfully assembling,' &c., so that Piqueur
and his colleagues stand in the same position as the Kafir pri-
soners of war.
"The seven Hottentots, whose committal to prison we no-
ticed last week, were liberated to-day, and have set off to
Theopolis to look after their crops. None of them have guns,
and the institution has been rendered so far powerless as that
a small force might at any time inflict a wholesome chas-
tisement upon those who rebel.
" Our intelligence from Fort Peddie is calculated to cause
a good deal of uneasiness, as respects the Fingoes in that
locality—not on account of any actual disaffection on the
part of those people—but from some instances of inconside-
rateness towards them on the part of some of the authorities,
that has a tendency to generate feelings which we cannot
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am are in a not merely
of danger to themselves, but of
to immense importance as re-
spects the colony. The public should look
it, that this
defence be not weakened by injudicious treatment, or by any
want of that consideration which "is of so much importance
in all our dealings with these people.
"News has just come in from Fort Armstrong, that the
rebels have got possession of the buildings, except the
Tower—to which place all the loyal people fled for
have
refuge. These are hemmed in, and derided by the gentle-
men below, who have signified to the Rev, Mr. Thompson,
&c., that they will have permission to depart, but their
sincerity is doubtful, and they have consequently remained.
Their sufferings must have been very great, and
report says
that they have been without provisions during the last three
days. Measures are in train by the good people of Fort
Beaufort, assisted by the Fingoes, to effect their deliverance
this night, and may Heaven smile upoa their efforto