The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-10 00:00:00

THE CAPE MAIL.

PLYMOUTH, 00t.
The Union Company's steamer Dane, frora
Cape, which arrived to-day, has among her pasSeri;
gers Archdeacon Thomas, who has returned t
England, partly on account of his state of health!
but chiefly because his views with respect to the
status of the Church in the colony differ from tilc°o
which are held by the Metropolitan Bishop of owe
town.
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The Cape Parliament was prorogued on the_A-a
of September by Governor IVodehouse, who 015:
a speech of a conciliatory character. He was 8,-;
pected to return to England in a few month.
Parliament would not sit again, but be dissolve.'i
Nothing had been done on the subject of the 01-
way extension, but the report of the Select Ce1:1
mittee of the House of Assembly respecting it 1/4-
just been published, and was expected to recoil
careful attention during the recess. The Govern
ment had been authorised to enter into negotiatie 4
for the transference of Bowie Harbour works to the
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colony. An Act had been passed authorising t
Table Bay Harbour Commissioners to raise a lob
of £30,000 for the completion of that undertalci%
The farming of ostriches had been recognised
an Act passed to protect them as private P.
,
perty. Mr. Justice Bell had been appointed Aeti:4og
Chief Justice and President over the • Legisist''
Council.
A proposal to vote £l,OOO to the family of t:
deceased Chief Justice Sir Wm. Hodges had bee
negatived by the House of Assembly.
Another, but small, diamond had reached G3l:l°
Town from Orange River. A
News from Natal is to the 24th of August. 4130
smart contest was proceeding there between
Legislative Council and the Lieutenant-Goverll%,
The Council were for retrenchment, but the Lilco,
tenant-Governor combated their scheme. Psr",l
meat considered the development of the Natal Ctbe
fields partly an Imperial question, and that
Home Government should bear a moiety of the
pense. Resolutions had been passed represehtlo
very strongly the existence of slavery in the Vso j
vaal. Captain Black and his party had retui.7o
from the Victoria gold diggings through dissensi re,
among themselves. Very favourable reports !Ober
however, made of the diggings. A much ric re
gold country had also been discovered to exist ihet)re
to the eastward, among the Mosiva tribe,
gold workings have been carried on from time of
memorial. The Roman arrived out on the ISt
September and the Asia on the 2d.

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