The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-06 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

We have received the Cape Town Mail of the 18th
of 0-ttober, from which we give the following sum-
mary of news

" GRAHAM'S TOWN, OCT. n.
has Since the date of our last communication everything
i been remarkably quiet in this neighbourhood, and,
n fact, throughout the whole of Lower Albany. There
appearWe to have been any movement among the
particulars respectiiiTtg?t been able
to learn any further
Colonel Michel a
ad the ; patrol
under his orders.
that Kafirs were againon the
Lareiga, but we could not. their. appearance was,
making indeed, rumoured yesterday
" The accounts received by
good foundation. satisfactorily trace this to any
rho inland on Thurs-
day, were, however, of a
the vicinity of Somerset things
quiet, but along the line of different character. In
gtshearo represented as being
especially Baviaan's River, ttlancazana, and more
o f numerous,ifi rs troublesome,aud 0 tten t
oa
tnsd enemy has been
ha'audecoaeff*lfucki.ed the krasli
A lag. party
at Dods Pringle's, and had swept
bttoleu
den2bByo haepaadrtyofofeaa.
everything in the
shape of live stock which he possessed
about
pursued
40Thbueyrghweerrse,
dshoeveeprtaank
&c., but the Kafirs, being about 400 strong
fight, and held the pursuers at defiance. 11:: tatter
were obliged to retire, after having one man (someac-
counts-
say two) killed and one wounded _On (
e of the
Ainslies), and a horse shot under Mr. Lucas.
" Accounts received in letters from Shiloh and Whit-
tlesea confirm the previous statements as to the numbers
of the enemy there engaged in the assault on Turvey's
lager, and the great loss of property sustained..
"It is now reported that Sandilli determined to
make a vigorous attack on Fort Hare. It is to be hoped
that he will attempt this, as he will undoubtedly sustain
a defeat.
" The news by the Kafirland post is . of little import-
ance. But there appears to be now_ little, question re.
i
spectng the hostile tendency of lereili s feeling towards
the colony; and there exists no doubt but many of his
people are found among the ranks of the enemy.
" The recent intelligence from the Sovereignty is any-
thing but of a satisfactory character. Bloem Fontein is
represented as in a very precarious situation, and Major
Warden has brought difficulties upon the country which
h. e finds it not easy to obviate or remove. The report
is current here, founded upon some recent letters from
that quarter, that the noted Pretorious has sent a mes-
sage to Warden, to the purport that he is coming down
with a large force in order to prevent the effusion of
blood.' Should he and his Boers stir
up and take part
with Moshesh in any extensive movement upon the co-
lony, the consequences would, for a time, be most dis-
astrous. In consequence of some information of this
character, we understand that some pieces of artillery
twat were ordered to the front are now detained, and are
to be sent up to Burghersdorp.
" A considerable train of waggons, with commissariat
and other supplies, left town on Thursday, for Whittle-
sea and that neighbourhood, vier Cradock. The rate of
waggon hire now paid hence to Whittlesea is 255. to 30s.
per 1001 b., thus upon many articles of every day con-
sumptien doubling the original price. This morning a
large waggon train, for the commissariat department,
arrived here from Port Elizabeth, under an escort of the
Native Levy. The post from Cape Town arrived so
early to-day that the letters were delivered before nine
o'clock, a thing which has scarcely occurred before since
the commencement of the war. We are, therefore, in
possession of the information respecting the meeting of
the Council. Hero it would have been more satisfactory
had it been summoned to meet at Graham's Town; but
a meeting anywhere is preferable to the late anomalous
state of public business."

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS;
CITY, FRIDAY EVENING.—The agitation in the Efig•
Hill Stock Market to-day has been excessive, and there
has been as much anxiety to obtain further news from
Paris as was witnessed on the receipt of the first intelli-
gence on Tuesday. Consols, which left cff yesterday at
97 ii to opened at 97k, and the details of the severe
struggle last evening in the streets, and the probability
of its resumption with equal obstinacy this morning,
caused a feeling of apprehension, which increased
throughout the progress of business, until, after many
violent fluctuations, the market closed at a decline of
nearly one per cent., the last quotations being 96t to
for Money, and 96i for the opening in January. State-
ments that the National Guard in many districts had
declared in favour of the Assembly, and that the same
course had been taken by the Generals in command at
Lille, Lyons, and Marseilles, coupled with the fact of
the members of the High Court of Justice having met
at Rouen and pronounced sentence for high treason on
Louis Napoleon, gave rise to the conviction that, what-
ever may be the immediate course of events, a contest
has begun which no ordinary means can now allay. The
electric telegraph was at work throughout the day, but
no political news was received by it, and this seemed
to confirm the fear that the fighting in the streets had
recommenced, or that the general state of affairs was so
doubtful as not to admit of any absolute statements
being forwarded regarding the prospects on either side.
The pri3e to wh.ch Consols have declined is as low se
any that has yet been quoted, and it is believed that the
fall would have been heavier but for the numerous pur-
chases on the part of the public, which are so frequently
noticed ,in cases when any sudden depression has taken
place. The further arrival of 300,0001. in gold front
America (making a total of 560,0004 within the week)
likewise tended to impart confidence. Bank Stock
closed to-day at 214 to 215; Reduced, 95 to -I; Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents., 96i to 97; Long Annuities,
7; India Bonds, 58s. to 615.; and Exchequer-bills, 48s.
to 51s. premium. The transer books for India Stock
are closed. The Foreign Stock Market was depressed
by the general preponderance of sales, and
prices without exception were quoted at a decline.
In the foreign exchanges the rate upon Paris fully
maintained the advance of last Tuesday. With regard
to Amsterdam and Ilamburgh, the rates were, if any-
thing, a shade lower, not much business having been
transacted in connexion with those places. The number
of letters received from Paris to-day by the City houses
was exceedingly small, and none of them eontained
more than a few lines. Until to-day tho course of events
has most probably been known here by the agency of
the telegraph with more speed and accuracy than in
many parts of that city, and even if this had not been
the case, it seems evident from the tone of ouch letters
as have arrived, that the business firms would be afraid
to commit themselves to any remark. They limit them-
selves for the most part to a request that their London
correspondents will not make them any remittances, and
if the alarm should continue, a large amount is likely in
this way to be detained, and to add to the floating
balances seeking employment. In one communication
it is said Louis Napoleon has ordered the Bank of
France to suspend specie payments in case of any run
for gold that should reduce the stock in hand below the
amount of notes in circulation. By the last return
there was a surplus of 2,000,000/.
Times' City Article.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORE, Dec. 5.
Her Majesty, his Royal High ness PrincNe Albert, and
the Royal Family walked in the grounds yesterday.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Parma, attended 11:1Z
the Marquis of Calcagnini, and his Royal nighnesz!fiac_
Duke of Cambridge, attended by the Hon. Jame_a
donald, arrived at half-past six o'clock, from
a visit to the Queen.
Inghnosses the
The dinner party included their Royal
and the Duke of
Lonuson, 011
Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Pt,73:Boan,
Cambridge, Lady Anna Maria Dawson,
and Sir
the Marquis
of Calcagnini, the Hon. J"ne
George Cowper.
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A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at
the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were—Lord
John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Vis-
count Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Ex.
chequer, Lord Broughton, the Right Hon. Henry Labou-
acre, the Earl of Carlisle, the Marquis of Clanrioarde'
the Right lion. Fox Maule, Lord Seymour, and Earl
Granville.
der, has left
ninteinds remaining
The Council sat two hours and a half.
town Th o
for
Paris, Marquis
where
'hAe zr eeghl iios, Sardinian
yMi
evening from the Colo-
"Dt i il spa after
h Ce
sh wrisetrme assent off last
nial-office for the Governor of Canada.
Lord John Russell had a dinner-party on Thursday,
at his residence in
Right II
Cmilienstlimm-place. Tho company in-
cludedo, Viscount and Viscountess
Landseer, Mr. Walker, and
the Earl of
Edwin
The Judicial Committed
Palmerston, the T.oßf .thmeacpaurilvayy,C
I.Mr, . Adam.
yesterday. The appeal Sir
rncEil
"His Highness RI from Bombay was commenced.
The mabay v. Lulloobhoy Mottcechund."
Court, and Sir Vice-Chancellor Turner,
, the Judge of the Admiralty
Edward Ryan, were present.

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REMOVAL OF THE TEMPORARY VICE-CHANCEL..
LW'S' COURTS, WEATMINSTER.—The wooden buildings
erected some six or seven years ago in front of Westminster-
ball, for the two additional Vice-Chancellors then appointed,
are about to be removed. Diessrs. Eversfield and Horn have
announced the materials to be sold on Monday next, and
when they are removed the entrance to the Hall will be
fully disclosed, and no longer disfigured by the unsightly
sheds, termed courts, which have for *everal yearn stood itt
front of it.