The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-30 00:00:00

EXCITEIVIENT ON THE INCREASE.

ight,

The Frazer river gold fever is on the increase.
Every few hours we hear of more and more people,
many of them men in fair business here, packing
up and preparing to start off. The hotels are all
full. The What Cheer House, a favourite resort,
has been filled to overflowing, and hundreds have
had to be sent away, who had flocked down from
tl)e interior of the State. MAny of the .b.v.sineQs
houses of the city have already made la•ge amounts
of money iu selling goods to miners, and, in some
instances, outfits have been made out for setting
op stores at Bellingham Bay and other places.

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

PLYMOUT H, FRIDAY MORNING.

The mail steam packet Norman, Commander
Boxer, arrived this morning.'i She left the Cape of
Good Hope June 20th ; St. Helena, June 3&th ;
and Ascension, July 4th. Her cargo is valued at
10,2667. Bs. Gd. ; and she brings passengers—Col.
and Mrs. Sutton, Capt. and Mrs. Somerset, and
Captai❑ Gerrard.

In reference to the Caffres, all is quiet on the
frontier. Amicable arrangements are in progress
between the President of the Fre.) State anti the

SaPsuto chief, Alls'ies,h, in consequence of the
successful mediatiou of Governor Sir G. Grey,
Regiments on the Frontier—The 2d, 12th, 45th,
6Sth, 'l3d, >+nd 85th, the Cape Mounted ilifies, and
the German Leg;on,
The Local Government is about to form a har-
bour of refuge at the Cape, by a modification of
the Admiralty plan.

Trade is healthy, money Beane, and discount

The wives of the soldiers of the 6th Regiment
are shortly to be sent from the Cape to India.
The Caffre servants recently engaged by colonists
are fast leaving their employers.
Cape woA, first quality, ls. 6d. to la. Bd.; sccond,
9 1. to la.—buyers are cautious ; elephants' teeth,
6s. 9d 6d. ; aloes, 4d. ; ostrich feathers, 9/.
ti 12/. ; hides, ox and cow, 4d. ; horses, 425. per
100. Five hundred tons of sugar will be expected
from Natal of the coming crop.
In Simon's Bay her Majesty'allag ship Beseawen
and Lynx.
The Hermit has cot yet returned from Zambezi.
The Hamburg ship Caesar de Goddefry has ar-
rived with 380 German emigrants for British Cal-
&aria.

The steamer Republic left yesterday afternoon
at five o'cl2ck, with 775 passengers, about 100 of
whom were French, for Victoria:and Bellingham
bay, and about 250 tons of merchandise. Not•
withstanding that this large number have left,
the city is still overflowing, and there is neither
accommodation in the city nor passage for the new
rni!)es sufficient for the purpose. The talk on the
streets is still on Frazer river and the new mines.

During the last month there have been 50 ar-
rivals i❑ Table Bay, 23 in Algoa Bay, and 11 in
Simou's B ty.
The Aberfoyle, from Plymouth for Madras, ar-
rived in Table Bay on the 22(1, the Countess of
Yarborough on the 291 h, the Phoebe (Royal Mail
steamer) on the 10th June, the Jubilante on the
13th, Lord Nelson on the 15th, Granger on the
16th, Irene and Lady M`Naughten on the 18th
June.

Sailed for England—The Gloriana, May 27th;
and Gosforlh, Juue 2d.
Arrived in Algoa Bay.—The Bullfinch, May
29th ; Sinclair, June 11th ; and Lady of the
Lake, June 12th.
Sailed.---Tile Itoogene, May 23d ; Monsoon,
Ally 28th ; Baronet, June sth ; and the Coral
Queen, on the Bth.