The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-02 00:00:00

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.
The Dane steamer, Captain Hoffman, has arrived
from the Cape of Good Hope.

She left Table Bay July 23d; St. Helena, Aug.
Ist; Ascension, sth; and brings 16 passengers,
£lO,OOO in specie, and cargo of wine, wool, horns,
and sundries.

She spoke July 30, in lat. 19.35 S., long. 1.20
W., the barque Robert Alexander ; Aug. 10th, in
lat. 5.16 N., long. 19.20 W., the ship Adelaide ;
Aug. 11th, in lat. 8.28 N., long. 20.51 W. the ship
Maroi.

The principal topic of news is the recal of Sir
George Grey, the Governor. Meetings have been
held and resolutions passed regretting his departure.
Tranquillity reigns throughout the frontier, and
the States beyond.

The Cape Parliament was prorogued on July 8,
after sitting 144 days.

Governor Grey had laid the foundation stone of
a patent slip in Simon's Bay.
Her Majesty's ship Boscaw en, Admiral Sir F.
Grey, was daily expected at the Cape, from the
West Coast.

The Hermes was in Simon's Bay.
The Lyra cruising in the Mozambique.

The Perseverance had left for England.

The immigration scheme is to be continued in the
same manner as heretofore. Two vessels had
arrived with immigrants during the month, viz.,
the Bride, at Table Bay, and the Shah Jehan, at
Algoa Bay.

The cutter Rosebud had been lost at Lambert's
Bay, and the brig Osmond at Breede River.
A large number of vessels had taken refuge in
Algoa Bay during the month, to repair damages
sustained at sea; among them the barque Medium,
from Galle; for Liverpool ; the ship Covenanter,
from Bombay, for Liverpool ; barque George Avery,
from Koringa Bay, for London ; American, from
London, for Bombay.

The Swedish barque Elizabeth put in on the 22d
of June to land captain and crew of ship Wolfe,
from Kooria Mooria to London, which was
abandoned at sea in lat. 34 57, long. 27 22 E.,
and shortly afterwards went down.
The mail steamer Celt, from Plymouth, arrived
in Table Bay July 15.

Her Majesty's ships Tortoise, Trident, and Biper,
and merchant ships Eleanor, Envelope, and City
of Lincoln, were at Ascension.
The Trident is coming home as soon as the ship's
company have got rid of the fever; she has lost
about 43 hands with the fever.

TILE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.

The Indus arrived yesterday at Southampton
with the heavy portion of the Calcutta and
China mails, the whole of which were sorted on
board. The Indus left Alexaildria August 18 ;
Malta, 22 ; and Gibraltar, 26. She brought home
80 passengers ; amongst her cargo were 1,472 bales
of silk, and a package of specie, value not named.
Her Majesty's ships Marlborough, Conqueror, Ex-
mouth, Euryalus, Princess Royal, Renown, and
Banshee, were at Malta. The rest of the Mediter-
ranean fleet were met going into port from a cruise.
The Vulture and Quail were at Gibraltar.

As the Indus was passing Tarifa, a fortified
Spanish seaport town in the straits of Gibraltar, on
the 27th of August, at about 9.30 a.m., a gun was
fired from the fort ; no notice was taken of this,
when a second was fired, and a large round shot
came bounding along the water and sank within
about fifty yards of the ship. Had this shot been
fired with one or two degrees more elevation, it
could not have failed to fall on board, and nothing
but its having struck the water several times pre-
vented it from striking the hull of the Indus right
amidships, as it was. The passengers were all
looking over the side at the town at the time. The
Indus was about two miles off the town, the British
ensign was flying at the peak ; the weather was
beautiful, and the sea remarkably smooth.
News had reached Gibraltar from Ceuta that
hostilities had broken out between the Moors and
the Spaniards of that fortress. On the 24th, about
noon, 400 Moors appeared on the plains before the
fortifications, and began firing on the Spanish
outposts. They killed a sentry and wounded two
others. The troops in garrison, immediately on the
receipt of this information, were ,narched out to
meet the Moors, when a heavy firing ensued be-
tween the belligerent parties. The guns on the
ramparts also took p.art in the contest. The Moors,
who were several times driven back, renewed the
charge. Five Moors were reported to have been
killed. The firing continued at the time the vessel
which brought over the intelligence left the Bay of
Ceuta, on the 24th ult.
About 5 p.m. on the 24th some irregular firing,
with heavy guns, was heard in the direction of
Ceuta, from the Upper Signal Station at Gibraltar,
and again at 10 o'clock the following
morning.
News reached Gibraltar on the 26th that the
Moors had lost about 50 men.
Troops were sent by the Commandant-General of
the neighbouring district to reinforce the garrison
of Ceuta.
The master of a falucho reports the following
occurrence :—" While off Apes' fill with his
falucho, on the 25th, in company with 16 bar-
quillas, or open boats, engaged in the coral fishery,
upwards of 7,000 Bedouins were observed going in
the direction of Ceuta, and, after ascending the
hill, commenced firing upon them. The master of-
the above falucho as well as the men in ,the other
boats were obliged to cut their nets and move as
quickly as possible out of range of the bullets which
were falling thickly around them. Great firing
could be distinctly heard in the direction of Ceuta.
The wind being favourable, the other sixteen boats
made sail for Tangier.

THE BRAZIL MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY EVENING.

The screw steamer Tasmania, Capt. Jellico, has
arrived with the Brazil and River Plate mails, in
charge of Lieut. R. La Touche, R.N. Her dates
are—Buenos Ayres, July 28th ; Montevideo, 30th ;
Rio de Janeiro, August 9th ; Bahio,l2th ; Pernam-
buco, 14th ; St. Vincent, 21st ; and Lisbon, 29th.
She landed 58 passengers at Lisbon, and brings 98
here. On freight she has 27,380 dols. in specie,
diamonds value £13,200, and a large cargo, includ-
ing 225 rolls of tobacco and 200 barrels of tapioca.
Her Maresty's ships Buzzard, Oberon, and Spy
were at Montevideo, and the Madagascar at Rio.
The Leopard, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir
Stephen Lushington, left Pernambuco for Rio on
the 14th ult.
Her Majesty's transport ship Perseverance, from
the Cape of Good Hope, sailed from St. Vincent for
England on the 21st. The Oneida put into Monte
Video for coals on July 31, 42 days out from Syd-
ney for England. On Aug. 20, in iat. 14 N., long.
26 W., the Tasmania spoke the Chilian ship San-
cianissa and the English ship Confidence, steering
south ; 23d, lat. 20 20 N., long. 22 W., passed her
Majesty's ship Perseverance, steering N.E.
The war in the River Plate continues, but no
advance had been made by General Urquiza and
his troops. The rains of September will, how-
ever, enable him to move across the plains, and
a decisive action may. then be looked for.
Mr. Eyansi, the American Charge d'Affaires
at Parana, has visited Buenos Ayres to
offer his mediation, which has been favourably re-
ceived there. It was not known whether his offer
was made officially or not. This state of political
uncertainty exercised a most depressing effect on
all commercial affairs, and lusiness was at an
entire standstill.

Exchange on England 655. 6d. to 665.; France
81f. to 824.; Genoa, 81.

From Rio we learn the Bill to compel the banks
to pay their notes in gold after three years from
the present date had passed the third reading.
There was a strong opposition to the measure out of
doors, and it was hoped that the Senate would
throw it out. The prospects of the measure be-
coming law had already led to a severe financial
crisis in all the chief cities of the empire.
Freights to England and the Channel 255. to
30s. ; the Mediterranean, 255. to 355. ; Antwerp and
Hamburg, 255. Exchange opened at 24, and after
touching 2444 finally closed at 242.
No political news from Bahia. Business in ex-
ports almost suspended, owing to scarcity of pro-
duce. The new sugar crop, which was beginning
to arrive, was expected to prove fully an average.
Prices at present nominal.
The city very healthy, and weather fiae and dry.
The works of the Bahia Railway, which hadbeen
retarded by the heavy rains of the last three
months, were being pushed forward vigorously, and
no doubt was entertained that the first section will
be completed next year.
Pernambuco was free from fever.
Her Majesty's ship Harier, Commander Sir
Stephen M'Gregor, passed Pernambuco on the 20th
lof July for Portsmouth.

The India Council, not having immediate employ-
ment for the amount paid the day before yesterday on the
new loan, are desirous of lending it for a month on the
Stock Exchange. About £lOO,OOO is- said to have been
thus lent to-day at 2 per cent.