The Sun.
London, England, 1819-11-12 00:00:00

PRIESTS.

H. Gwyther, B. Aof Trinity College; F. Evans, M. A. St.
John's College ; J. W. Arnold, M. A. Clare Hall ; J. E.
Lance, B. A. of Corpus Christi College; Joseph Cape, B.A.
Clare Hall; G.'l'. Rudd, B. A. St. Johii*s College; -Win. H.
Roberts, B. A. Fellow of _King's 'College; and H. Winch,
M. A. Sidney Sussex College.

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LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

PROGRESS' OF CIVILIZATION AMONG THE HOT-
TENTOTS. •

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM THE REV. MR. CAMP-
BELL TO THB SECRETARY.
.",BETHELSDORP, JULY left Caledon
Institute on Thursday, the 271 b of Mays and er-
reverfon the 'evening of June 2, at Hoogte-Kraal,
pow called Pacalt's-dorp.
!‘ We were prepared to expect to see great lin-
rovements, hut what we witnessed greatly stir-
" assed per expectation. Six years ago, when the
late Mr. I'acalt arrived at this Kraal of Hotter)-
tots, not a field or garden was to he seen, nothing
but a low miserable huts, and the inhabitants
clotht d in tattered sheep-skins. Every thing
wore the-aspect of extreme wretchedness. Now
it is surrounded by a strong wall 6 feet high, 5
feet thick at bottom, and 2 at top, and measures
6767 feet. round. Their enclosures for holding
horses, oxen, sheep, &c., measure 938 feet ; and
those enclosing the gardens 3396 feet. They have
two large artificial pools of water, formed on a
declivity with great labour, for affording drink to
their cattle. A church capable of containing 200
persons, which is used as a schoo: during the
week, with excellent gardens for every family in
the settlement, and extensive fields beyond the
outer wall, which they propose enclosing with a
wall after the ploughing season is over. These
are literally public works, for they are made by
the people in a body; men, women, and children
assemble, and work together, the Missionary
judging of the most convenient time for calling
them out; All ages working together makes it
not a toil but a pleasure. Vite saw them build 330
feet in one day.
" Whets the mission commenced, there was not
a. yard of cotton cloth to be seen in the Kraal ;
now, on the Lord's-day, almost every female in
the place of worship is as neatly attired as those
of any country congregation in England. They
behave with uncommon decorum during the whole
tune of worship, and retire with stillness and in
an orderly manner, the women first, then the men
and the boys. Seventy children regularly attend
the school ; 64 persons, old and young, can read.
The employments by which the people support
themselves are, wood cutting, needlework, wash-
ing at the Drostly of George, cultivating their gar-
dens, ditving waggons to Cape-town for farmers
and others ; 'the boys gain much by being ox-
leaders in jourr.ies to Cape. Five waggona. are
the property of the people, also about 150 oxen,
100 cows, and 53 calves. There is land cultivated
for receiving- about 100 sacks of wheat seed.
" ‘Ve are likely to remain here for some time,
as the roads around are infested with infuriated
Caffres, with whom the Colony is at war. Be-
sides this obstruction, no men can be obtained to
go with us, being absent on commandoes against
the Caffres. Several thousand men are in arms
for that purpose. Many lives have already been
lost, and marl more are likely to fall, as they
mean in a few days to cross the great Fish-river,
and enter Caffraria. If the Caffres meet them in
the open field, the contest is not likely to continue
long ; but it they resolve upon bush-fighting, the
termination/may be distant."

Wa lay before our readers, with pleasure, the
following extract of a letter from Newcastle,
dated Nov.B Sir lioaunT S. HAWKS Illus.
tered the whole of the workmen employed in the
very extensive iron-works of Messrs. Hawks and
Co. near this town on Friday last, and addressed
them in an able speech, in which he endeavouted
to convince his hearers of the extreme folly of
their conduct in joining t I:e class tneetings of the
Radicals, -as also of wearing white hats.' He
said the whole of their employment was derived
from Government, and urged the necessity, as
well as. duty, of his bearers, to support that Go-
vernment with heart and hand, instead of at-
tempting to• overthrow it. I am informed Sir
Robert is so much respected' by the men, that
some of them, that were leaders of'classes, have
determined not to attend any Reform Meetings in
future.—Upwards of 2000 of the Duke of Nor-
thumberland's tenantry, from all parts of his vast
estates, attended at Alnisick Castle on Saturday
last, to enrol themselves as vOliftiteers, or special
constables, or in any manner in which his Grace
and the Magistrates thought their service would
be most useful."

A party of convicts are to he employed on the
new works carrying on in Chathan► dock-yard,
and a vessel of war is preparing for their recep-
tion, in the same manner as those at Portsmouth
and Sheerness,