The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-27 00:00:00

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE MAIL.

PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY, OCT. 27.
The Athens, Captain Clark, with the above mail,
arrived here this morning.
She left Table Bay on the 22d ult., St. Helena
on the Ist, and Ascension on the sth inst.

Prince Altred's progress through the Eastern
Province,lithe Free State, and Natal was well ar-
ranged, and everything passed off satisfactorily;
The Prince everywhere met with an enthusiastic re-
ception which made a good impression on the natives;
Moshesh came out with a great company to meet
his Royal Highness. Sandilli, chief of the Gaikas,
and twelve councillers, came down with the
Prince in the Euryalas to Capetown. The inaugu.
ration of the breakwater, the sailor's home, and.
public libraries, with the accompanying festivities,
were all brilliant affairs.

The Euryalus, with the Prince, left the Cape on
the 19th ult., St. Helena on the Ist, and Ascension
on the 4th inst. All well. She was to touch
at Sierra Leone and the Cape de Verdes.
Her Majesty's ships Forte and Wasp were in
Table Bay.
The Sidon left for Simon's Bay on the 22d ult.

Admir&l Keppel was still on his Eastern cruise.
The Wasp had been ashore, and everything ex-
cepting the guns was thrown overboard. She was
going to Mauritius for repairs.

- - Political affairs had been at a standstill since the
Prince's arrival, but were expected to become ani-
mated after his departure.
The Governor was going to Kaffraria and would
make it a separate dependency. A strong feeling
adverse to a responsible Go'rerament was evinced
in Cape Colony.

The Postal Money Order System had not been
introduced, but it was much desired and expected.
The South African Turf Club had petitioned tho
Queen for an annual Queen's Plate.

Business at the Cape was very inactive. Several
failures had taken place. The money market was
very tight and getting worse. It was said that if
no remedy could be found commerce would be sadly
crippled. The Colonial Finance Returns wee
satisfactory. The income was £45,000 over the
last corresponding half year.

Her Majesty held a Council at half-past 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Present—The Prince Consort, the
Lord Chancellor, Lord John Russell, the Duke of Somerset,
the Right Hon. Sir G. C. Lewis, the Right Hon. Sir C.
Wood, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, and Viscount Cas tle-
rosso, Vice Chamberlain. A proclamation was issued for
the election of a new peer for Scotland in the room of the
Earl of Leven and Melville. Parliament was ordered to ho
further prorogued from the 6th November, until ThursatY,

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the 3d of January.
DEPARTURE OF THE GRAND DUKE MlcrtEr, OF
Russii.—His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Michel
of Russia, with the Grand Duchess and their family, left
Dover last night on their return to St. Petersburg, after
their sojourn at Torquay. Their Imperial Ili
the train leaving London-bridge
at
tiig4hting from the
have been staying in London the last few3oda
andygal' days, aesrrireeiav'eehdilbio.y
Dover at 7.10, were received o_nizgoasian Vice-Consul,
train by Mr. S. M. Latham, the
other officers. After a
Captain Malet, aide-de-came, 7
p Hotel
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of Rochester and Melbourne,
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11;2:.-cithhnek
has been made
tors
£20,000.
AN are stated at £40,000, with
merchant. The I'
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tusd2i
assets a Cornell,
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against Mr. Charitlei,se!TEorinelr:
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for performanc Warsaw, 111
and their diplomatic the Imperial visitors`
honour o
ballet founded on Robert Maeaire."
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The last accounts from South Australia furnish
a report from Col. Freeling, the y surve ,
or-general, on a
copper mine called the " Wallaroo," lately discovered at
yorke's Peninsula. It is situated within five miles of the
1 place of shipment, and abort 500 tons of ore, of a total
value of £B,OOO, have been raised. The area over which
applications for mineral leases have •
been made comprises
3,031 acres. Two townships
are proposed to be laid out by
the Government.
It is stated that,
including
the eastern slope of
the Sierra
Nevada, California has now a white population
of about 700,000, nearly all acquired within 12 years. Be-
fore the close of the present century—that is within 40
years, this total, it is assumed, will have increased to
7,000,000. "With such a future," observes the Ifew York
Tin2es," the sooner we set about building the Pacific Rail-
road the better. It will be a second Erie Canal, not to a
single State, but to the whole Union."
ACCELERATION OF THE POSTAL SERVICE BE-
TWEEN LONDON AND PARIS VIA DOVER AND CALAIS.—
From the Ist of November next the despatch service and
passenger traffic from London to Paris, by way of Dover
and Calais, will be carried out at fixed hours, three times
in a day of ten hours and three •quarters, as follows :—De-
parture from London, 6.55 a.m., 8.30 a.m., and 8.30 p.m.;
arrival at Paris, 6 p.m., 11 p.m., and 7.40 a.m. Departure
from Paris, 7 a.m., 8 a.m., and 7.30 p.m. ; arrival at Lon-
don, 5.45 will, Om
m., and 6.30 a.m. The passage of th 2
Channel be de in 90 minutes by the English and
French packets, and those of the South-Eastern RailwaY•
FATAL ACCIDENT AT SOUTHAMPTON._A young
man named Curtis, in the employ of the Pen I
issuarearpa
Oriental Company, was killed yesterday at Sovusl ton,.
that per.
on board the Delta, which is appointed to leawnis the
to-day with the Bombay mail. Curtis blossome accident
hold assisting in loading the ship. Owingsheavy bolos of
to the winch or chain with which F_ IF
fin: bales fell on the
goods were being put on board, onee o
him
against an iron
unfortunate young man and dash d
in a frightful manner.
stanchion, which cut his head openaet.
He lived but a short time after the
d scla/ at a meeting
Oo We ne ,
LOST AND FOUND.
no, the cler made a state-
of the Halifax Union G
uar(2lathe romantic about it, to the
ment which has somethings
ago,
a poor boy, about 10 years
effect that, some threeaycarring
in the streets of
of age, was found 7 na
He could give no clear account of
bride quite destituoen.roo
only
that he thought his parents
himself, whence beas taken to the workhouse, and a few
were dead. lie apprenticed to a printer at Mytholreroyd
months ago
he chanced to see the word " Salterhebble"
While there
and then he said he recollected having heard that he had
relations there. Salterhebble is only a mile from Halifax,
and, inquiry being made, the boy's grandfather was found.
-
It was soon found, too,that his parents were alive, and that
his father was employed at one of the Manchester railway
stations. The object of bringing the matter before the
guardians was to get the indenture cancelled, which was
done, and the lost child was restored to
hie parents, who
had long ago given up all hope Of evey o*n lure again.—
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