The Sun.
London, England, 1819-12-28 00:00:00

CAPE Ot?' GOOD HOPE.

CAPE TOWN, • OCT, 1.6.--Advices have been
received from Graham's Town, stating that Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Wtl'shire,: with the force under
his command, crossed the Keiskamma on the Mk
ult. and having passed the. Buffalo River on the
14th, had diiven the Caffrcs beyond the Kay. The
result of this last movement has been the capture
of-13,000 head of cattle, the destruction of several.
of the enemy, nd the ,eleering of the country
'embraced by the line of operations from the' hos-
tile Caffres.

Musa lost no time in communicating,witb,the
Lieutenant-Colonel, and the 23d ultimoh,td been
fixed for an interview between them. As juror..
!nation had reached Grahatn's Town of the return
.ot Lieutenant Wilkhire to tirellanks of .the
Gwanga, there can be no doubt that the arrange-
ment concluded with Hinsa at the intended inter-
view had keen ,satistactory. It is also known
that the
.Chief Congo bad surrendered:to•a party
under the'eommand of Major Fraser and C4plain
Somerset ; thus, of. the three principal C.iffre
Leaders, two are in captivity;, and although the
third, 'TSambie, has succeeded in,makin.4 his es.
cape to. the Mountains, he,is so completely a fu-
gitive, so totally abaindoned by his followers, and
so reduced, as well. in real strength as in mint-
ence, that his mere existence becothes a matter
of secondary importance. • .
The weather has, (hiring the course of the
operations, been most inclement, and the suffer-
ings of 'the troops have been proportionately se-
vete; these, however, Rave continued to be
borne with that perseverance and cheerful Icsi,
which have so eminently contributed to the suc-
cesses that have been achieved.

The Caffre Chief, 'Lynx', arr;ved in his Majes-
ty's ship fted,‘iug, from "Algona I3iy, on the 10th,
and was conveyed to RObben Island on the 12tIt
inst , where such arrangernents have been made
for_his'inture residence, as afford every com-
fort and indulgence which' his habits may require„
and which may' he found consistent with the safe
custody of his person.
Tht-. Centurion, Captain Meade, arrived at the
Cape of Good Hope on the 13th of October,.witlk
detachments of. the 20th and 661 - St. ,Helena.
Regiments, from S. Helena, at it hien place. she
lett his -Majesty's ships Conqueror, Sappho, Day-
dice, Sophie, Tees, and Abundance store•stiip ;
Barrosa transport ; and Snake and Come, mer-
chant brigs.

A Gentleman's lobby, in Mnntrose-rreet,
Glasgow', vhn a. v f Gentlemen thnile:
wilb him, was entered Wednesday-night, and
completely cleared' of ell the hats and great coats
in U.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

GRA NI POUND.

Sta.—.immediate discussion between two anta-
gonists is apt to induce an asperity►, from which I
will not presume myself to he free. Harsh, hori-
ever, and petulant, as some among your Corre-
spondents describe tne, I have never wilfully mis-
stated the truth ; nor—what is far more tuiicitie-
vons than positive falsehood—strained an argu-
ment beyond ir's fair inference. The question
concerning. the B:►rough of Grilmputui, it's own
disfratiehi3ernent, and the transfer of it's electoral
right, is too important to the general Constitu-
tion, to be dropped short of or pushed beyond it's
actual effect.

So far am I from vindicating, or even palliat-
ing, corruption, that I should wish every man
who misuses the right of electing or the privilege
of being elected, to be absolutely and for ever dis-
fraPchised. But, since the right of being repre-
sented is in the place, aot in the person, I cannot
understand the justice of disfranchising the Bo-
rough or the County from whence Representa-
tives are sent into Parliament. fit Cuiporations,
this right is exercised by the Corporatnes ; and
though every,corrupt voter them ought to
be distranehised, th►e punishment o:,ght not to
fall upon his sweessor : in butgage-imiding*, it
ought not to fall upon his heir. If the right ought
not to be abolished, so it cmglit not to be
cliisii-
nished ; as most he the effect of extending it “)
other places or individuals. The question is, whe-
ther the pituishment descends on none ~thers thatt
the guilty ; not, whether it descends less heavily
on the innocent.

On the guilty, then, let it (611,—heavily and ir-
reversibly. Incapacitate the corrupt voter from
all future privilege of election. Treit tltnL to all
elector.: purposes. 'as legally dead ; but let his
rights descend as in the case of his natural &lath.
The cot rapt Corporator—expel him from the Cor-
poration, ;old choose his, successor :—tlie corrupt
btirgage-holder or fretitali!er—lisfrau.
and invest his heir tritls t,is r...oys.—

'WIRI Wit; '

pun'

parity

. •
Witt

that in urging this conclusive

:t;nrs, or disregard the

The coarse puCsucci o die pr.esent oc

dispenses with ttity necessity Of toi.y.ing,
the inter or pitrtial disfr3ncitiFe'rnetit, by bro,4a-

gation of the right, or by its extension, is e..,lrt-
eiseable by the Hooce of Cony-nous or by the
king, Avt Act of Parliament cootrools every

thing by ins archly omnipotence; to question it
Tivere uskile-s as illegal, and not more illegal
than absurd. The Boyd Prerogative, we know,
cieated new places of Repreentation until no eery
distant period ; and I have not been able to find
any positive disfra;tchisements from sending Mem-
bers into the King's PArliament enforced by the
House of Commons. So implicitly, however, do
I bend to the power of the three Estates in Par-
liament, that I will not even observe on the pro-
portionate numbers which were settled for Scot-
land and Ireland, at their respective unions, to the
number of the English Representatives ; nor
ascribe any unfairness to the increase of the one,
Without a concurrent increase of the others.—
But, it Leeds, and Manchester, and Birmingham,
are entitled, by reason of their property or their
population, to have Representatives in Parlia-
ment, surely this right should be exercised with-
out the divestiture of other places 3 since the
place itself can do no wrong : and, if the mann-
factoring towns ought to be repre•sertted, their
representation should be accorded as a right to
themselves, not as a punishment to others.

I feel that lam arguing constitutionally. I
desire the crime of corruption to be most heavily
punished. Am I corrupt because I desire its pu-
nishment to fall on the guilty alone

TENAX.

The number of eminent persons, natives or
closely connected with Scotland, who have died
within there twelve months, is rather extraordina-
ry, and greater than weever remember within the
same period. Among these were the repre-
sentatives of seven of the most ancient and noble
families in this kingdom, viz, the Dukes of Ha-
milton, Bucclench, and Lennox ; the Earls of Er.
rid and Eglinton ; the Countess of Roams and
Lord Somerville ; the Right Hon. Robert Dun-
das, Lord Chief Baron; Adam Rolland, Esq. of
Gask, Professor Playfair, l'rofessor Rutherford,
Principal Hill, Principal Playfair, and Mr. Watt,
the celebrated inventor of the great improvements
upon steam, steam-engines,Stc.—(Edinburgh Cott.
7ant, Dec. 25.)

A numerous Meeting of Naval Officers on half-
pay at Edinburgh, took place in the Council Chain-
bee on Friday last, Vice-Admiral FRASER in the
Chair, supported by Rear-Admiral Sir DaYtp
MILNa, K. C. B , Captain Sir Tflostas Taaw-
BRIDGE, Bart., &c. when Resolutions were enter-
'ed into, to be forwarded to the First Lord of the
Admiralty, and laid before this Principal Secre-
tary of State, tendering their services in.support
of the Civil Autboritiee in- the present eventful
crisis.