The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-30 00:00:00

SUPPLY.

On the bringing up of the report of the motion for sup-
ply,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in rep*
to hon. members, said that the from returns received from
the War Department, the excess of expenditure over the
amount voted in the estimates would be about £470,000
ST. MARY IN RYDAL (MARRIAGE VALIDITY
BILL.
This bill was read a second time.

PETITIONS OF RIGHT BILL.

The second reading of this bill was postponed.

ANNUITY TAX ABOLITION (EDINBURGH).
The LORD ADVOCATE moved that this house do no-
solve i'self into a committee for the purpose of introducing
a bill to abolish the annuity tax in Edinburgh, and to make
provision in regard to the stipends of the clergy in that city*
[LEFT SITTING.]

TILE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

PLYMOUTH, SUNDAY MORNING.

The Union Steam Navigation Company's mail
packet Dane, Commander Hoffman, from the Cape,
Dec. 22, St. Helena 31, and Ascension Jan. 4, ar•
rived lost night.

She has a full cargo of wino, ivory, skins, wool,
ostrich feathers, &0., and among her passengers are
Capt. Stoll, of the Madras army, and Lieutenant
and Adjutant Bond.

Grist preparations were made at the Cape for the
expected landing of Sir George Grey on the 15th of
December from the Celt, which brought a letter
from his Excellency, stating his intention to come
out in the January mail steamer.

' The net sum subscribed fora statue of the Go.
vernor amounts to £650.

The Government has called for £20,000 on de-
bentures for public prisons.
Three hundred contractors' men are engaged on
the railroad between Cape Town and Wellington.
The station for passengers is to be on the Parade,
and for goods near the South-wharf. A contract
has been taken for extending a line of telegraphic
wire, 21 miles, from Cape Town to Simon's-bay.
Sir John Wylde, Chief Justice for 28 years, died
at Cape Town, aged 78.

Colonel Rose, R.E., has been unfortunately
drowned ; he went out to succeed Major-General
Bolton, who, in consequence of this misfortune, and
of the serious illness of Colonel Dill, continues in
command.

The German Legion on the frontier is to receive
no more pay after March 31.
An agricultural exhibition took place 73 miles
from Cape Town, at Caledon, on the 29th of Dec.,
when there were 523 entries of produce ; 2,000 sheep
were exhibited besides tobacco, dried fruits, wheat
potatoes, soap, salt, honey, and beeswax. The im-
plements were chiefly American. The next exhibi-
tion—February, 1861—is to be at Worcester.
Thevine disease has appeared at Paarl. The
general yield will be below the average.
The Caffres, late servants to the farme rs, move
in bands and steal sheep and cattle.
At Alice, James Negan was charged at the Cir-
cuit Court with shooting a Caffre while robbing
mops. The jury returned a verdict of justiame
homicide." _

One ironmonger at Graham's Town sold in two
weeks 1 cwt. of iron wire to the coloured ladies of
that district, who now patronise crinoline exten-
sively.
The brig Favoritan has landed in Table-bay,
Captain Robertson, of the Senator, from Liverpool
for Bombay, abandoned in a sinking state, Nov. 4.
At St. Helena the repairs of the house formerly
occupied by Napoleon I. are progressing rapidly
under the direction of Captain llasselin, R.E. The
ship Alnwick Castle, 64 days from Calcutta, left
St. Helena for London, December 19 ; the Bombay,
62 days from Bombay, for Liverpool, December
18; the Earl of South Esk, 91 days from Shan-
ghai, for London, 22d; the Ravensworth, 110 days
from Foo-chow-foo, for Cowes, 29th ; the Multah,
64 days from Bombay, for Liverpool, 28th ;
the Geneva, 14 days from the Cape, for Lon-
don, 29th ; the Queen of the Clyde,
.79
days from Calcutta, for London, 29th ; the Morris,
110 days from Manilla, for Liverpool ; the Cathe-
rine, 32 days from Zanzibar, for London ; the Julio
Augusta, 43 days from the Mauritius, for Cork.
Her Majesty's ship Boscawen had been survey ins
along the coast, but was left with the Hermes at anchc r
in Simon's-bay. The Himalaya was expected
shortly with the 10th Regiment to relieve the 2d,
Which is ordered to China.