The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-05 00:00:00

'AY S.

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

PLYMOUTH. F3.44.Tuip4.Y.
• -ries, "I"Vvy IVIR 1 i steam-wrip rticiolbe' Uapt. Clarke,
arrived this afterni,on. She left Table Bay Feb.
20, St. Helena March 6, and Ascension March 10.
Sir George Grey continued on his tour of inspec-
tion through the Eastern Province. In replying
to an address from the inhabitants of Graham's
Town the Governor stated his intention to visit
England. It is said that Sir George is organising
a regiment of Caffres for service in India, and that
there are many volunteers. The paddle steam-
sloop Hermes, 6, Commander Wm. E. A. Gordon,
was appointed to bring his Excellency down to the
Cape, and it is supposed that he will leave shortly
after the termination of the approaching session of
Parliament, which was to commence its sittings on
the 10th of March.
The Cape Town Mail, after referring to the in-
tention of the local Parliament to devote 200,0001.
for the service of emigration, states that the popu-
lation of the Cape colony has been aoughly esti-
mated at 300,000—under three to the square mile,
In districts that have been settled for some time,
and where industry and capital have taken root,
as in the Cape, Helienbosch, Pearl, Uitenhage,
and Albany, there are thriving populations of 10
and 12 to the square mile. The Cape division, in.
eluding Cape Town, on an area of about 3,600
square mile, contains upwards of 40,000 inhabi-
tants, or nearly 12 to the iquare mile. After sup-
plying the colonial markets, including tho British
troops, the navy, and the numerous ships, with
provisions, the Cape exported to foreign markets
in 1857 articles (the produce of the colony) to the
value of 1,833,7001.

For the class of emigrants who look immediately
for land, we may srate that the price varies in-
versely as the means of transport,, or from a few
shillings to a few pounds per acre. The revenue
in 1857 was 401,8451, ; the actual expenditure,
364,2141. The following were the exports :-1,195
horses, value 42,0491. ; 950,346 gallons of wine,
' 155,0111. ; 4,030 gallons of Constantia, 2,298/. ;
17,695,2221 b. wool, 1,160,4991.
The Cape Argus says :
The number of Caffres relieved in British
Caffraria from the Ist to the 31st of December is
2.929, at a cost of 3671. 9s. (v. The whole
number relieved from the commencement is 21,821
—the aggregate ex, endituro, 2,2761. 2s. 7id.
Number of patients admitted into the hospital
from the Ist of November to the 31st of December
is 784. Of the its 39 died. The number of na-
tives successfully vacinated amount to 947. Du-
ring the month of December 1,323 Caffres were
employed on public works. Stealing by Caffres is
greatly on the increase in tle-! Cat River and in the
frontier districts generally, principally by the Caf-
fre herds lately introduced. Several horses and
cattle have lately been got clear off, and Caffre
servants are deserting almost daily. Pato's
Delima, . and the chief Tola have been taken up on
some charge, and the police are out, with the same
intentions after Pa o's other son."

The amount.of dues received by the Custom's
Department at Port Elizabeth for the month of
January was •,7001.
The prices of Cape wool on the Ist of January
—good to fine fleeces, 1s Bd. to 2s. ; middling, is.
Gd. to is. Bd. ; inferior, Is. 2d. to is. 4cl. ; lambs,
is. Gd. to 2s. ; skin, ls. to is. 4d. ; pieces and
locks Bd. to ls. ; grease, 7d. to 11d.
The remount agents continued to be actively
employed ; nearly two thousand horses have been
purchased. _

The ship Vi-count Canning left on the 15th, the
Latona on the 19th, and the Johanna Steil about
the same time, with a total of '257 horses for
Calcutta.

The iron screw steam troopship Simoom, 8,
Commander J. M. Cooke, was appointed to leave
Simon's Bay on the 20th of February, with horses
for India, calling at Algoa Bay for troops. The
screw steam ship Hydaspe4, from Calcutta, arrived
February 16 in Table Bay, to embark 80 horses.
The frigate Castor, 36, flag of Rear-Admiral the
Hon. Sir F. W. Grey, K C. 8., and th- United
States' paddlewheel steam-frigwe Powhattan were
in Simon's Bay.
The mail 43amsbip Bosphorus, from England,
ariived in Table Bay on February 13, beiug five
da) s within her contr Let tiillb. She would leave
tomeweird on March 20, the day appointed for the
future departure of the mail ships.
The barque Admiral Collingwood, with Nama-
qualand coppor ore for Swansea, foundered near
the Cape late in January. The cargo 10,00'q. was
insured by local coinpanies. The crew was taken
iot 0 Si H.elena by a Frencn barque.
The French slip Atigu,te was wrecked in S
Francis Bay on the 22d of January.
The ship New Great Britain, Captain Kerr, from
London, arrived in Table Bay on the 10th of Feb.,
bringing the captain and crew of the ship Tautivy,

of Liverpool, which was fallen in with in a sinking
state on the 27th ult, in lat. 30 S., long. 19.30 W.
The Tantivy was 1,040 tons burden, owned by
Messrs. Anthony and Robertson, of Lip a. 001.
The paddlewheel steam-vessel Firefly, 4, Com-
mander G. F. Day, was at Si,. Helena. Ttau Eng-
lish ship Napoleon 111., nom Bombay for Liver-
pool, was being hove down for repairs.
The screw steam gunvessel Teazer, 2, Lieute-
nant-Commander W. H. White, and the storeship
Tortoise were at Ascension.
The outward Cape mail ship leaves Plymouth on
Tuesday afternoon, the 6th inst.