The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-10 00:00:00

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

We have received files of papers from the Cape
o the 22d Dec. inclusive.

The colony was tranquil. The Frontier Times
has the following :—" A correspondent writes from
Fort Beaufort, under date the 9th inst.:—
" 'I regret to state that our farmers are in a
rather:gloomy mood, fearing that they will not be
allowed to reap their present splendid crops, as all
accounts from Caffreland agree as to the most wan-
ton destruction of food by the Caffres. From the
statement of a person who has been a resident
among the Tambqokies and Kreh's people it ap-
pears that this state of things arises more from the
arbitrary will of the chiefs than from the free inch-
nation of the people. Still there is abundance of
corn from the last year's crops among the Tam-
bookies. During this person's stay he came into
familiar conversation with a great many of the
rebel Hottentots, many of whom expressed a wil-
lingnesa to enter English service.'
" Letters received by the last mail from the fron-
tier," the same paper says,
" State that Sandilli's people have now com-
menced ploughing. It is right, however, that we
should mention that a letter from a well-informed
quarter says substantially that Kreli has succeeded
in turning the minds of his people to war, and that
the authorities in British Caffraria have been a little
duped by the artifice of the Caffres, inasmuch as
corn to sow, while, instead of deal of seed-
been saved for fed." it has

/11.0%.,11..1. Itl V tat.
The diggings are paying as well as usual to par-
ties who attend to their work, and have not allowed
themselves to be influenced by.the mania (I can
call it by no better name) that now so generally
pervades the miners. A rumour gets into circula-
tion, and rumours are very easily set afloat by in-
The keel of the new frigate, Mersey, 40, was
terested persons—no inquiry is made as to their laid down at Chatham yesterday, and the vessel
truth—they pass current—the natural effect of will be built at the large new slip recently con-
which is to make men restless and unsettled—di- strutted at the end of the dockyard. She is to be
vert them. from their work—and encourage the over 300 feet in length, and will be one of the longest
more fanciful one of castle-building in the air, the frigates in the service.
A
foundatiOns 'of which they generally find to be ra-
general court-martial will assemble at Porton
tiler ephemeral. Many of these structures have al- Barracks to-day for the trial of Henry Jobson
ready tottered, and the projectors returned to their gunner of the Artillery Companies of the Royal
old work of digging at this place, not finding castle- Marines, for striking Colonel Parke on the occasion
building at all a paying concern in the long run. of being taken up for punishment on another charge,
In my last I mentioned to you what my conviction as we have already reported.
was of the extent of this gold field, and strange it On Friday last an interesting experiment was
is that where there are so manydiggers as there are made on board the Waterloo, 120 guns, flagship,
here at present, so very few of them appear to be Capt. Lord F. Kerr, to test the capability of Mr.
at all conversant with the locality, except in the im- Clifford's apparatus for lowering boats from a ship's
mediate vicinity of where they are at work. It will, stare. A sternboat of the flagship having been
assuredly, in the long run, appear that the most fitted (under the personal directions of Mr. Clif-
valuable part of the Rocky River gold field has ford) with his plan for lowering was during the
not thus far been tried, or, if tried, a sufficient day repeatedly tested. The great height from the
chance has not been afforded it of developing its water afforded an admirable opportunity of proving
resources. the capabilities of the plan. The boat was manned
The establishment of branch banks, both at Ar- by 10 men, and lowered several times with ease and
midale and this place, has had the effect of render- rapidity—ou one occasion in 10 seconds—by one
ing-the price of gold more stationary than hereto- only of the crew from the boat. The trials were
fire ; 725. may be quoted as the present price, with misde in the presence of Capt. Lord F. Kerr and
abundance of buyers, and abundance of money. Commander R. D. Aldricb, of the Waterloo, and
The licenses issued for the present month exceed Capt. J. Wilcox, in command of the Hawke, 60
2000—the gross population exceeding 3,500 •, but gue9, screw steamrsohnipe,unaened highlyseveralDiamond,27,were
satisfactory.
The miltou, arrived
being made within the next two months, as there is
at the Great Nore yesterday, and saluted the flag
every reason to believe that the straggling parties
of the commander-in-chief which was returned by
now employed in the neighbourhood of Armidale,
Waterloo, at 11 45 a. m. Capt. Lord
Oban, Mount Mitchell, &c., will have returned to _the_flagshi.p
in command of the flagship, afterwards
these diggings before the expiration of the time men- F. 16-err,
proceeded out to her in the Wildfire for the por-
tioned above. Not but they might do very well P
pose of Inspecting the. ship, ?peers, and crew. The
_ D„..iamond will come into harbour to-day to be paid
in the localities where they are at present at work, .
provided they had but sufficient means and perse
verance—neither of these do they generally appear on
to posses, the effect of which is to dissemina' ean The Hawke, 60, screw steamship, Capt. J. Wil-
cox, at Sheerness, had her compasses adjusted
y take he This dy. r
station as a
Coastguard ship.
y
unfavourable report, where parties with capital and is named for her departure
esterda
to
perseverance would have been handsomely re-
warded. Time will prove that my view of the
_ The Dragon, 6, paddlewheel steam frigate, Capt.
Rocky River gold field is correct, and that the fur
ther it is extended the brighter will the prospects Wm. H. Stewart, C. 8., at Sheerness, is being dis-
become. mantled, and is returning her stores, preparatory
Provisions are very abundant. Beef, wholesale, to her being paid off.
24d. per lb., 3id. per joint ; vegetables in abun- Her Majesty's steam frigate Arrogant, 47, Capt.
dance. Although beef and mutton are at present
H. Lyster, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the
scarce in Armidale, we are most abundantly sup- West India station, after a 'long and tedious pas-
plied, thanks to competition. the Lizard, she
Sun-
In refer( nee to the claim of Messrs. Buchanan day morning, 60
miles
west
ofand Oiental steamer,
and Clyde, it has turned out rather fortunate for sage, and a succession of gales and calms. On
steamer
them that they were prohibited working it, a from Southampton, in search
seeno nothing of the miss-
spoke the Tagus, Peninsular
t.
the rmissing
Colombo. The Tagus had
among the various shafts that have been sunk o
the disputed territory, none have paid. How fre- speakingo-ant is ordered into torts-
quently circumstances when they occur that are away S. W.
deemed misfortunes ultimately turn out real bane- ir teo be paid off.
Indus, 78, Captain Hay, flag
mouth harbour ing steamer, and afterr the Arrogant stood
fits. Such has been the case with Messrs. Buchanan (
and Clyde's claim.
Coffihiceifalolfy
thefa
Commander-in-Chief on the North American and
Coalman .
of lißeeraMr-AsidesnaTr'salshSirr Houston Stewart, K. 0.13.-,
port,. who. ex-
Should the Grafton line to Armidale be renderedinspected la Ply-
passable, and a trifling expense would effect it, it
mouth Sound on Saturday last by Sir W. Parker,
station,ricerw-iasn-
will in a great measure do away with the Maitland
traffic to Armidale and the Rocky River. Your pressed himself strongly u on the
avv.ecs.tßl.7l:omma
efficient already
Maitland traders ought to have come forward and
apttained, reflecting great creditp e
subscribed liberally for the purpose of improving
and the other officers. Ca twin upon Captain Hay
the' road between Armidale and Maitland. The,
in hospital, but is rgl id Hay still continues
business they have been doing for sometime
sconce, and willroballl pea
approaching convale-
this district would fully warrant a most liberal 3,resume the command in
about, three inn th
and if the trade be ( R. Captain Wm. H. Stewart,
subscription on their parts ; . will be a diffi- 'O. 8., of the Dragon
once diverted to the Grafton line, it
Still (son of the Admiral), has been
it back again. I . t d
am of appom e to the
Indus during the absence of Capt.
cult matter to get
lf of the teams laid on the Hay. Sir Houston Stewart takes passage in his
opinion that were one-ha
b that of Maitland own sh.
Grafton lino that new travel y ,ship to the seat of his command, and will re-
in less than six months the Grafton line would be hoist his flag this week, it being struck only w bile
le —Maitland Mercury. waiting her Majesty's commands at Windsor. ,
quite impassab •
---- The PeniUsular and Oriental Steam Company s
FIVE MEN BIIRIED IN 4TIINNEL.—We have been ship Tagus, Captain E. Christian, which left South-
favoured by a mercantile firm with the following ampton on Friday at two p.m., and the Needles
extract of a letter, dated Oct. 30 :—" I have to on Saturday at seven a.m., arrived in Plymouth
inform you of a most melancholy affair which hap- Sound yesterday morning after an unsuccessful
paned here yesterday evening. Five men are effort to meet the screw steanaship Colombo, Capt.
buried in the bowels of the earth, and there was J. S. Field, due at Southampton on the 4th inst.
very little hopes of finding their bodies when I was with the mails from Alexandria. The Tagus has
on'the ground at 7 o'clock this morning The 6 lat. 48 44 N., and has
r- been as far as long W.,
ticular., as far as I could learn, -.
are as follows : experienced strong southerly and south-west gales
They are a party of Scotchmen work' ' and bore up for Plymouth on
ing in a place and thick weather, ,
called Sydney Flat, in continuationat six o clock.
of . Mount Sunday evening
Jones ; their shaft is 60 feetat the ......._...r__
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. . bottom. Into
this shaft tunnels are d • continued stay of the Swedish Admiral
riven in different directions, ; The long
some say 200 feet in length. At 2 p.m. yesterday I Virgin in Copenhagen,. as Minister Extraordinary
-these five men went into
the shaft to work • one of I from Sweden,
is interpreted by the Aftonbtadiet
the party, the sixth, remained the to When the 1 (Stockholm paper) to have for its object to procure
post arrived about four eclookonp.m, hpe.wentto the I the consent of Denmark to an alteration in the
Post-office ;on his return he went to the shaft to London Protocol of 1852, which settled the stuc-
see if his comrades wanted
anything ; he repeatedly black
cession VI the Danish throne. This alone, as he
ward off the danger of a
'shouted and could find no answer. On being lowered Afton t affirms, can
s of the Baltic. j
' down the shaft he found that immense quantities of , Russian supremacy over the State

Naval and Military Intelligence.

WEATHEIt-SuN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 10.

TIIP:RWONSTER, IN Till!, SHADE.
49 highest since noon yesterday.
43 lowPst this morning APd during the night.
51- this day at noon.

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J.;). t. ON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, Pin

Thkre is nothing like "the pressure from with-
out' for bringing an obstinate Minht3r t) reason.
You "in/mt.' is a wonderful convincer. It
smoothes dire difficulties, removes obstructions,
and renders matters declared to be iropomibie
easy of attainment. The Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer is no exception to the general rule. Re
has shown himself to be nia.le of very squeezable
material, and given a salutary lesson to the peo-
ple as to the mode by which grievance.; may be
alleviated and social nuisances abated. Having
the fear of Mr. DISRAELI before his eyes he has
at length yielded, although not with a very good
grace, and named an early day for the opening
of his Budget. It Was accordingly announced
last night that the Navy E.,timates would this day
be laid on the t tblo, the Army Estimates to-nicr-
row, and that the anxiously looked-for Financial
Statement would be made on Friday next.
This is a palpable attempt to anticipate his
opponents, to " take the wind out of their sails,"
according to the vulgar but expressive phrase.
He will thus, as he hopes, be enabled to get rid!