The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-18 00:00:00

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

We have received files of papers from the Cape
to the 28th of July. We take the following from
the Argus of the 27th :
" The Governor left Cape Town, to mediate
between the Boers and Basutus, yesterday morn-
ing, at 10 o'clock. It had been made known,
for two or three days previously, that his
Excellency had resolved to start immediately
after the despatch of the mail steamer, and
arrangements were made in Cape Town to
do honour to the occasion of his Excellency's
departure upon so important a mission. All
the Cape Town Volunteers assembled ; the Cape
Royal Rifles formed a guard of honour, under the
command of Capt. R. D. Jones, at the entrance of
Government-house ; the Cape Volunteer Cavalry
lined the walk at the back of the Cape Royal Rifles,
and the Cape Mounted Rifles were drawn up in
line at the top of Grave-street. The Volunteer
Artillery were posted with their guns at the Castle-
bridge. The cavalry were under the command of
Lieut. R. le Sueur, and the artillery under the
command of Major Duprat.
" As a mark of respect to his Excellency, a great
number of the most influential persons in this city
assembled at Government-house, where the Exe-
cutive Council sat for some time previous to the
hour appointed for starting.
" When the Governor appeared at the doorway
arms were presented, and the talented band of the
Cape Royal Rifles played the National Anthem.
His Excellency, who appeared highly gratified at

this manifestation of good feeling and esteem, took
leave of those who had assembled at Government-
house, and of the Cape Royal Rifles, and then rode
off with his suite. He was accompanied to Salt
River by the cavalry and the Cape Mounted
Rifles. When his Excellency arrived at the
Castle-bridge a salute of 19 guns was fired by the
artillery in first-rate time, which honour his Excel-
lency graciously acknowledged. At Salt River the
whole military escort came to a halt, and, after
receiving the thanks of the Governor, the cavalry
and Cape Mounted Rifles returned to Cape Town.

" There could not have been less than 2,000
persons present to witness his Excellency's depar-
ture. It was generally remarked that the appear-
ance of the volunteers and their conduct on this
occasion did themselves and the metropolis of the
colony infinite credit. His Excellency spent last
night at the Paarl, at which place, as well as at
Beaufort and other places en route, the inhabitants
have made arrangements to give him an enthusi-
astic reception. We wish him God speed."

THE WEST INDIA MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.

The Royal West India mail packet Magdalena,
Capt. Abbot, arrived here to-day, with the Pacific
and West India mails. There is no news from
Mexico, the packet from Vera Cruz and Tampico not
having been due when the Magdalena sailed. Her
dates of sailing are :—Panama, August 23 ; Val-
paraiso, July 31 ; Calao, August 12 ; Jamaica, 25 ;
Demerara, 25 ; Trinidad, 23 ; Barbadoes, 27 ; St.
Lucia, 28 ; Antigua, 29 ; St. Vincent, 26 ;
Thomas, 28.
The Magdalena brings 69 passengers, and specie
to the amount of 749,371 dollars. _ _ _

Mr. Montagu Dundas, late fifth officer of the
royal mail steamship Thames, invalided, died, Sept.
3, on the passage. Mr. Alfred Fuller, chief officer
of the royal mail steamer Eagle, died at Jamaica,
August 26.
The schooner Australia, Royal Mail Company,
with outward mails, on anchoring in the harbour of
Nassau, New Providence, was struck by lightning,
which shivered the foremast all to pieces ; fortu-
nately the crew escaped without injury.
The crews of the steamships on the main route
have suffered much from the Chagres fever this
season.

The West India Islands generally, and Demerara,
are in a healthy state.
In Jamaica the weather had continued extremely
dry throughout a large part of the country. In
several parishes the drought proved the most severe
that had been experienced for many years past.
On some estates in St. Ann and elsewhere two sets
of plants were consecutively burnt out of the
ground. It is feared that the approaching crop of
1858-59 will be very seriously affected by it. A
fine shower, the first for some months, had fallen.
_ _

According to a despatch received by the Gover-
nor from the Secretary of State for the Colonies,
her Majesty's Government had not deemed it pru-
dent to sanction the proposition of taking steps for
the introduction into the colony of the expatriated
free black and coloured inhabitants of the Southern
States of America.
A more active business had been transacted dur-
ing the fortnight, in consequence of a desire on the
part of some to speculate. Flour had advanced
considerably. Coffee was selling at 365. to 41s. per
100 lbs. according to quality. English cheese was
selling at ls. td. per lb. Tonnage was plentiful,
but freights were dull. Sugar, 17s. to 20s. accord-
ing to quality ; very fair samples, at 21s. to 225.
per 100 lbs. Tobacco very heavy and very dull.
Exchange on London, 90 days, 1 per cent.
premium..

In British Guiana the weather had been very
showery, with oppressive heat. Sugar-making ope-
rations had commenced pretty generally, and the
canes were yielding well.
There is said to be a blight in the coffee planta-
tions of Martinique.
The reports from Trinidad are favourable to the
crops.

liarbadoes and Antigua have suffered much from
drought.
PANAMA, AUGUST 32.—Since the sailing of the
last European mail, but little important news has
transpired on the isthmus. The weather has been
unusually fine for the season of the year, and the
health of the isthmus is excellent. A slide on the
railroad took place near Obispo, which blocked up
the track, and prevented the trains from passing,
so that the passengers were detained all night on
the road. The next morning the passengers were
brought over. No damage done to cars or pas-
sengers.

A correspondent writes to us :
" The Thames arrived nt Grey Town on the 12th,
and proceeded to Blewfields. What or where Blew-
fields is a great portion of the British public are,
no doubt, ignorant.; even those that go there are in
the dark, except that they proceed some 90 miles
from Grey Town along a low dangerous coast, and
fis illy anchor off a bluff' without any shelter,
a v zy smai mail bag is landed on a little island at
the entrance of a lagoon, where, in a hut, the only
one on the island, dwelt a white man and four or
five natives. To approach this island the boat has
to cross the bar, where a heavy sea runs at all times ;
frequently it is dangerous, and the lagoon abounds
with sharks and alligators. The ship remains a
night, that is to say, if she is not obliged to get un-
derweigh on account of the weather. Blewfields,
the metropolis of his Mosquitian Majesty, is said to
be some five or six miles up the lagoon. The Go-
vernment, I understand, pay £l,OOO per annum
extra for this service ! I have inquired of many,
and none can explain this mystery. The mail, I
should say, was a mere bag of post-office
besidesforms
this forms.
There is, I believe, one Englishman resident
the one that receives the mail. By
arrange-
ment the time so necessary f
their machinery and boilers .
ttoor therights steamers to put
at Grey Town
is cut short, and I don'the a te to say that on many
occasions the lives of those landing are risked. You
will see that Blewfields is put on a footing with the
important Brazilian ports, and Grey Town, where
there is neither freight nor passenger traffic, has a
fortnig
hqy
Grey Town is in a very low state; many are
leaving.
The Costa Ricans, and Nicarauans have
rejected Mr. Vanderbilt s golden offer of £lOO,OOO
dollars and the opening of the route for the vision-
ary scheme
of M. Belly, for such it is. No wonder
—from the experience the natives have had of the
Yankees.
On the 9th Colonel Cauty came down, and on
the part of the Governments of Costa Rica and
Nicaragua, took possession of Punta Arenas, the
opposite side of the harbour, but Captain Wain-
wright, of her Majesty's ship Leopard, interfered,
in consequence of some old agreement, b which
y
we are bound to protect Mr. Scott, late of Morgan
Grimson and Co. Her Majesty's consul also ob-
jected on the part of the Mosquitian Government.
The Leopard has been statione on this coast and
Jamaica eight months. To give you some idea of
the Blewfields anchorage---the Leopard, in getting
under weigh, shipped a sea on the upper deck, when
a man was washed off the forecastle and lost.
" Colon is the Aspinwall' of the Americans.
Why should we not call it so ? The present system
lead% to confusion. It is best known as Aspinwall,
and considering that the Americans made it, why
not adopt their name for it, they returning the
compliment by accepting our Grey Town.' What-
ever its name, it goes on flourishing, and no
wonder, as it is the only safe and easy com-
munication between two oceans. It is a com-
plete monopoly. There is no mere thorough-
hiso than Brother Jonathan where
interests are concerned, but the system is

carried really too far here. Traffic is frightened
off the road by the enormous charges, and the
route by Cape Horn preferred, except for pas-
sengers and specie. Various rumours are flying
about of Liverpool traffic by Cunard steamers—

lines of ditto to Fraser River, lines to Australia,
and even that the Leviathan is to be called into the
service: It is to be hoped that the British Govern-
ment will not give its assistance to any project un-
less the proprietors of the railroad act with more
liberality, and reduce their charges. Should they
not do so we ought to do all in our power to open
another route and destroy the monopely. Mr.
Cunard it now a director. Many consider him an
important accession, and look forward to an im-
proved state of things.

" Fraser River does not turn out so well as was
expected by the Yankees ; that is perhaps all the
better for keeping out lawless characters. It is
better, perhaps, that the mines should be worked
by companies."
Mr. Nelson, commercial agent for the Panama
Railroad Company, sailed for Costa Rica in the
Columbus, for the purpose of concluding the rail-
road contract with that government.
A severe gale was reported at Colon on the 16th
inst. ' • it caused no damage. The slide on the rail-
road has been repaired, and the trains are running
as usual.

Her Majesty's ship Alert was at Panama on the
23d.

The news from the mineral districts of Copiapo
are more flattering daily. A rich discovery of
copper mines has lately been made north of "Tres
Puntas.

CALLAO. - Dates are to the 12th August.
General Castella has been elected President of

Peru.

The French admiral has had another question
with the Government, relative to the proceedings of
a Peruvian vessel of war with a French merchant
ship on the coast, for which the Peruvian Govern-
ment has had to pay 5,000 dols. Business is very
dull ; the Bay is full of vessels, chiefly American,
waiting charters. Two large ships arrived this
week from Bombay, leaking.
The _Honolulu Advertiser says that the American
clipper ship White Swallow had arrived on the 2d
and sailed on the 6th inst., to land guano at Jarvis
Island, chartered in St. Francisco on account of
the American Guano Company. She can carry
1,200 tons, and is the pioneer ship in the guano
trade. It is stated two or three more ships will be
chartered at San Francisco, to load at Jarvis
Island.

THE ARIEL STEAMER ASHORE.

SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING.

The United States mail steamer Ariel, Captain
Ludlow, is ashore on Stone Point, between Calshot
and Hurst, in the Solent. A telegram was received
from Hurst last night to this effect :—" Apparently,
Ariel, from New York, passed at 8.50 p.m." Not
making her appearance in the river, a steam tender
was despatchedabout 11.30 to meet her, and she was
found ashore. The night was thick and dirty. The
tender took out the mails and passengers for the
place, and arrived about half-past 3 this morning'
The Ariel had 70 passengers for this port, 50 for
Havre, and 60 for Bremen ; also some specie, the
amount of which cannot yet be ascertained. TWO
steam-tugs are now alongside her, and a third LI
about to leave to render assistance. She lies on a
bank of gravel.
Nothing more is known here at present. The
Ariel left New York on the 4th inst. No danger
is apprehended to the ship beyond the detention
necessarily occasioned. Stone Point is about 10
miles inside Hurst.

LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.—The
rumour which was circulated yesterday in the Stock Ex-
change and in other quarters (whieh we copied fran_l
contemporary), to the effect that the London Gene
ra
Omnibus Company will declare no dividend at their neZt
meeting, is entirely without foundation.
THE CONSTANTINOPLE AND ALEXANDRIA ... m
EL
GRAPH.—It is expected that the submarine telegraph
between Constantinople and Alexandria will be completed in
a month.
GALWAY AND HALIFAX STEAM-PACKET LINE
(LEvER'S.)—LIVERPOOL, Sept. 17.—The propeller steamer,
had reached Boston previous to the departure of the All?
from New York. The Pacific had arrived off St. John a
at eight o'clock on the morning of Sept. 2, making the run
to that point in less than four days and a half.
—The
THE MAILS, &C.—SOUTHAMPTON, Fridat. nthsteam ship Atrato, Captain Woolley, left this ay
the West India mails, a full cargo, £2OO in specie, £4,900 in
jewellery,- and 149 passengers, among whom are Captain
Grant, lady, and family; Captain Chatfield, Lieutenant
Duncan, Ensigns Aldworth and Shirley, and a body of
Sappers and Miners, for British Columbia. The steam ship
Valetta, Captain Soy, left this day with the Peninsular mail,
£2,100 for Cadiz, £6OO for Lisbon, a full geheral cargo, and
43 passengers, among whom are Major Gore and Major
Ord. The steam ship Hammonia, from Hamburgh to New
York, which was announced to leave the former port on the
15th, and Southamption on the 17th, with passengers and
freight, was compelled to return to Hamburg soon after
quitting that port, owing to a derangement of her machi-
nery. She is expected here on Wednesday next.
IMPROVEMENT OF ST. PAUL'S-CHURCHYARD:-
Orders having been given by the City Sewers Commission-,
ers to Mr. Chadwick, the City pavior, to relay the whole
the eastern and southern sides of St. Paul's-churchyard
with four-inch cubes, the dean of the cathedral has PvT!
permission for the carriage-way on the north side of the
edifice to be opened druing-the relay for the purposes of n'"
public traffic.
EXTENSION OF THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH To
THE FOREIGN OFFlOE.—Yesterday morning. the workmen'
who commenced their labours the previous night to connec!
the Foreign-office, in Downing-street, with the Subman,°,.°
Telegraph Central Station, resumed their employment wol:
the superintendence of the company's engineer. The at
nection was completed in the evening, and this morn
it is expected, messages will be received direct
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from the var The
British embassies throughout Europe and vice versa. the
Secretary for India will also receive his dispatches &alga,
Governor General at the India House direct, a connec"-
with that establishment being about to be established.
Ye'
DREADFUL ACCIDENT AND Loss OF LIFE.--
terday Mr. Sergeant Payne, the coroner for London are
Southwark, received information of the death of Tin°o3,
Seymour, aged 40, under the following melancholy circ%a
stances. It appears that the deceased and another went
named Thomas Gilmour,:aged 23, were in the emplorliron
of Mr. Stones, engineer, and were assisting to cart an elf
cylinder, weighing about two tons, when the chain sudde,Ti,
snapped and the cylinder fell on them. They were o'4,
cated as soon as possible and conveyed to St. Thofasitt
Hospital, where Mr Grabham, house surgeon, Was at
immediate attendance, assisted by the medical staff of .„t
valuable institution. On examination it was found tilp
Seymour's head was most fearfully fractured, and he bk
shortly after his admission to the hospital. Gilmour s 'tt
is broken, and he is not expected to live. The inquest ),"--
take place on Monday.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—lnformation been
received at the Chief Police Office,Detective Great t
land-yard, Whitehall, of a daring highwv r .bberY °led
domestic of the Right Hon. the Earl of Zetland, n°,uito
Charles Kendrick, who was returning from Zetland
Aske; and when near the top of Pilmoor-hill was attack
by two men, one holding the horse and the other draggl;
him to the ground. He then received a severe blow on t
head which rendered him perfectly insensible, and ?".„14,
robbed of a massive silier hunting watch, an Albert chaff
and some gold. The Right Hon. the Earl of Zetland'
pay a reward of £5O to any person who shall give such
.;
formation as shall lead to the apfeehension and convictlo""
of the offenders.
MlNES.—Since mu• last a fair business has bees
doing in the Mining Market, and for one or two spe.„,,culf,
tions a good demand has sprung up. Among these w specula
Grenville shares have advanced from 6s. 61 to 12s. 6d:l
and leave off at 9s. to 10s. • this demand has not been caused
by any change of importance in the mine, but through
large purchases, consequent upon the report that_ a well'
known firm were about to take the management, and du'
ample capital would be raised for the erection of steam:
power, to prove the mine effectually and speedily, as
certainly deserves, as for a shallow mine the prospect
so far have been very encouraging. Rosewarne,
to 35 ; a fair business has been done, but leave off, flatter;
the lode in the 58 fin. level is said to be worth £BO per.
Crambler and St. Aubyn, 1321 to 1371. Great Al
keep at 4k to 4f, and several purchases made during tw-
week. North Robert shares have further advanced t°
3,3 i, consequent on other improvements. Alfred Cow
sole not quite so firm at 10 to 10i ; one .or two fav°°,l
able points are expected to come off here. Vale A
Towy shares have been more dealt in at 17a. 6d to 185. 6,-;
Wheal Margery, 111 to 11 • a goal sale of ore' was era
lJt week, and shares considered below what the prosecc
warrant. Cain Brea, 521 to 55. In heavy shares the':
has not been so much doing : Devon Consols,
_451 tet
465 ; Basset, 190 to 200 ; South Frances, 190 to 200; e
Seton, 270 to 280 ; Great South Tolgus, 141 to I;s' Ile' "10
foot, 6± to 7; Wheal Arthur much more in rekeet, "
t
sub-divided shares having been dealt in at 17s. 6 to 243
leaving off, 15s. to 17s. Mining Journal of this day
,ses
RIO DE JANEIRO IN 1858.—The Sunderland la"r
gives publicity to the following frightful narrative, dr,.°410
up by Capt. E. Robinson, of Sunderland, master. 011„. e
ship Raleigh, of South Shields :—" I arrived at this P,;,1
in the beginning of May, 1358, being sent to bring hail
vessel, whose captain died of yellow fever; little Lag',ed
think, before leaving home, that I should have witneere
the sufferings of so many of my fellow-creatures that, ©r
ill of this dreadful epidemic. I was told it would be
before I arrived, but I found that, so far from that
.',„"t
the case, its ravages were unmitigated. In the street we ie
lodged in, five in one family were buried from the 100100
one day. The Rio journals were publishing in their eolurnort
No cases of yellow fever to-day.' One ship at the rt et
had seven ca_ptains dead before she could be brought onto
the place. The vessel, the Raleigh, of South Shields' bief
I have come home in command of, had her captaine,„c by
officer, second officer, and four of her crew stricken doraed
the disease. On the day before the captain died I Viiopo
him at the hospital ; I there witnessed such sights as
never again to see—poor sailors in the height of the roe
malady, with the black vomit, vomiting dark ftiu,l hol
coffee. I shall never forget the looks they gave me, atb-ra pf
their poor dull eyes brightened as I gave them aw° day,
comfort, and told them they would get better. Next the
when I returned to see them, I found the whole gone' No
captain and six of his crew all dead and buried. Still, cd
cases of fever,' say the Rio journals. The number c°7o
off by yellow fever from Feb. to May, 1858, amountelio,
1,609, upwards of 600 of the death: being among El red
sailors. The presence of a plague fever is not to be woe c
at, the state of the town being a disgrace to civilised Pegbe
All manner of filth is to be met with in most parts °' our
town Dead animals and filth I cannot describe meet y
eye and offend youx soma almost everywhere."