The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-27 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

DARTMOUTH, MAY 26.
The mail auxiliary steamship Robert Lowe, Cap-
tain Congalton, arrived at this port last evening.
Her dates are—Calcutta, Feb. 17 ; MadrAs, Feb.
24 ; Ceylon, March 2 ; Mauritius' March 18 ;
Cape of Good Hope, April 5 ; St. Helena, April
14 ; Ascension, April. 19 ; and Fayal, ay 17.
She has been detained by light winds on her pas-
sage from the Cape. The mail steamship Har-
hinget arrived out on the 28th of March.. Her
Maje,ty's steam troop-ship Simoom put int
Simon's By on the 2d of April, on hsr passage
from Dublin to the Maurit us,' with 687 111-.11 anti
officers of the 83d Regiment. We extr,ict from
the Cape Town Mai! of April the 4th the follow-
ing summary of Cape news
'The last mail steamer, the Tynemouth, which
left on the 13th of March, conveyed intelligence of
the departure of the Governor to the eastern fron-
tier, for the purp-se of checking on the spot the
dangerous proceedings of some of the Caffre tribes,
' who had been induc• d to de,tr. y large numbers of
their cattle, their only means of sub-istence, in the
expectation, as they professed to believe, that they
would rise again from the dead in yet greatsr num-
bers. The extent to which this delusion had
spread, and tl,e en .rninus number of cattle thus
sacrificed, convinced the Colonial Government that
under the combined influences of fanatac,sua and
want the Caffres might be expected to make some
desperate movement, and the necessity for precau-
tionary measures was urgently expressed by the
inhabitants of the exposed districts. Thefts,
chiefly of horses, by small prowling bodies of

Coffees, were almost daily reported, and several
murders had been committed, causing a general
feeling of alarm and iusecurity.
" The reclean es adopted ey Sir George Grey, on
his arrival on the spot, were of the in, st deci led
character. In a Government notice issued to the
chiefs, in his capacity of High Commissioner, he at
once declared to them his detorrnination to check
proceedings which, if allowed to contiuue, will lad
to such lamentable resul s, w rich are unpardonable,
as labour is provided for all industrious, well dis-
posed persons who may be in a state ot destitution."
Four Caffres, found that morning lurking in the
Crown Reserve (the Areatolas) were ordered to
be transported—a punishment of which it is said
these people have a great horror, and the chiefs
were informed that all persons caught attempt-
ing to commit, or having committed, robbery with
arms in their hands, will, when convicted of
such offence, be punished with death.' He also
warned them that all Caffres found robbing
in the colony or elsewhere will he fired
upon if it is found impossible to capture them.
" Simultaneously with these severe announce-
ments, which were at once sternly carried into
effect, offers were made to the well-disposed of food
and employment at regular wages on public works,
and every facility was given them to enter the ser-
vice of the colonial farmers. In a few days a retorn
was published giving the names of seven Caffres
who hid been condemned to transportate.n, and a
list of 731 who were already at work on the roads
and other public works of British Catfraria ; while
the last-received frontier papers notice the arrivals
in Albany of several hundred peacefully disp scd
Caffres, who were being eagerly eng iged as herds
and labourers by the colonial farmers. The cause
ot alarm being thus removed, his Excellency re-
turned
to Cape Town on Monday last, having e m-
pletely re-established confidence on the Caffre fron-
tier

"On Tuesday next the fourth session of the Cape
Parliament will meet for 'the despatch of bu-incise.'
Most 9f the country members have already arrived
in town, and several draughts of laws on subject,
of importance have been pu I,shed by Gu Vt./ n int nt
Among these are Bil's for iinprovii.; tbe publ c
IN p►omit, ing ed Ilea- ion, reg.' at ng tio prat ice
and sale of me licine, and consmidating quari3Oltlne
and port regul-ions. A Bill will also he present ed
' For more effectually pr:iventing mischiefs arising
from the practice of proctiling and bringing into
this co'ony children of tend,,r age belono.ii,g to na-
tive tribes resident in territoiiei beyond the land
boundaries.' Sever..l other measures carrying out
Sir G. Grey's plans for the civilisation of the neigh*
bouring native tribes will prob Ably excite union
discussion. It is understood that a plan for the
formation of a line of railway from Gape T,wn to

the principal wine and corn districts, which hai
been for some time in preparation by the Colonial
Civil Engineer, will likewise be submi.ted to Par-
liament, and the magnificent priject of Cap, ain
Ve,ch, under the auspices of the Lurds of the A,l-
- for rendering Table Bay a secure harbour
of refuge for the shipping of all nations, will doulx-
n which it so eminenily
less receive the attento

merits.
" The Natal Legislative Council held ita first
meeting under the new charter on the 23d of
March. _

"A batch of emigrants from St. Helena have
just arrived here, 75 in number. The rate of wages
given to these people is very high indeed.
" The quantity of wine
produced this year ex-
ceeds that of former years so much that sufficient
t.ustage cannot be obtained in the country to hold
Extraordinary wages, with Si. bonus and 151.
in advance,' have consequently been offeled to
journeymen coopers.
" The'following men-of-war are in Simon's Bay :
—The Hermes, the Geyser, the Vulcan (on her way
home), the Actaeon, and the gun-boat Dove (on
their way to China) ; the French man-of war barque
La Meurth© and the gun-boat Avalanche (on their
way to China). Her Majesty's ship Castor,,.
Si Com-
modore Trotter, has recently returned to mou's
Bay from her cruise to Mauritius and the East
Coast. Mr. Layard, the Curator of the South
African Museum, has arrived in her with a large
and interesting collection. In Table Bay there are
her Majesty's steamer Penelope, and the French
steamer Phlegethon and gun-boat Dragonne, the
two latter on their way to China.

MOVEMENTS OF SPECIE.—LIVERPOOL, Tuesday,—Of
the large impart of specie from New York, by the royal
maii Afric,i, arrived on Sund;,y, and amount_
lug to 1,534,578 , one tnird, or 479,861
dollars were on account of merchants in Havre, a'
were transhipped on board the Cunard screw ship Bal-
bec, Captain Little, which sailed from the Mersey for
that port yesterday afternoon.