Star.
London, England, 1819-07-17 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

Tittfollowing is an Officiiii Ciunalar:
DoWiling-street, London, 1919.
I have to acquaint you iu reply to your letter of the -,
that We following are the conditions under Which it is proposed
to give encouragement to emigration tattle Cape of Good Hope.
- aufferings to which many individuals have been exposed,
who have emigrated to his Majesty's foreign possessions, uncon-
nected and unprovided with any capital, or even the means of
support, having been vety afflicting to themselves, and equally
burdensome to the- Colonies to which they have proceeded, the
Government have determined to confine tlie application of the
money recently voted by Address in the House of Commons, to
those persons who, possessing the means, will engage to carry
out, at the least, tell able-bodied individuals above. 19 years of
age, with or without families, the Governmpnt always reserving
to itself the right of selecting from the several otTers made to
ithem those which may prove, upon examination, t? be most
eligible.
In order to give ionise security to the Government, that the
persons undertakingin make these establishments have ibe means
lof doing so, every person engaging to take out the abovemen-
doned number of persons or families shill deposit at the rate of
£lO (to be repaid idt hereinafter mentioned) fur every fare,i,ly so,
taken out, provided that the fatuity does not consist of more than
one man, one woman, and two children under 14 years of age.
AU children above the numiter of two will be paid for, in addi-
tion to the deposit abovemenganetl, in the proportim of £5 for
every two children under 11 years of age, and ,C. 5 for every per-
son between the ages of 14 and 13.
In consideration of this deposit, a passage shall be provided at
the expease of Government for the settlers, who shall Aso be
s.,:tualled from the time of their embarkation until the time of
their landing in the Colony.
A grant of land, under the conditions hereafter specified, shall
be made to him at the rate of 100 acres for every such person or
family whom he so takes out ; one-third of the sum advanced to
Government on the outset shall he repaid on landing, when the
victualling at the expense of Government shall cease. A fulther
proportion of one-third shall be repaid. as soon as it shall be cer-
tified to the Governor of the Colony that the settlers under the
direc.lon of the person taking them out are actually located upon
the land assigned to them ; and the remainder at the expiration
of three months from the date of their location.

If any parishes to which there may be a redundancy of popu-
lation shall unite in selecting an intelligent individual to proceed
to the Cape, w!th settlers under his direction, not less in number
and of the description above-mentioned, and shall advance
money in the proportion above-mentioned, the Government will
grant land to such an individual at the rate of 100 acres for every
head of a family, leaving the parish at liberty to make such con-
ditions with the individual, or the settlers, as may be calculated
to prevent the parish becoming again chargeable with the mainte-
nance a such settlers, in the event of their return to this country,
But no offers of this kind will be accepted, unless it shall be
clear that the persons proposing to become settlers shall have dis-
tinctly given their consent, and the bead of each family le not in-
firm or incapable of work.
It is further proposed. that in any case in which one hundred
families proceed together, and apply for leave to carry out with
them a Minister of their own persuasion, Government will, upon
their being actually located, assign a salary to the Minister
whom they may have selected to accompany them, if he shall be
approved by the Secretary of State.
The lands will be granted at a quit rent to be fixed, which
rent, howevec, will be remitted for the first 10 years ; and at the
expiration of three years, (during which the party and a number
of families, in the proportion of 'one for every hundred acres,
rn::st have resided on the estate,) the land shall be measured at
the expense of Government, and the bolder shall obtain, without
fee, his title theretoi on a perpetual quit rent, not exceeding its
any case 4 sterling fur every 100 acres; subject, howeiter, to
this claese beyond the usual reservations•—that the land shall
become forfeited to Government, in case the• party shall aban-
don the estate, or nut bring it into cultivation within a given
umber of years.—f am, your most obedient humble servant.
• The wsual reservations are the rights of the Crown so mines
of precious stones, of gold and silver, and to rnake such roads as
m 4 be netesaary fur the convenience of the Colony.

A decision important to families was made, on
Thursday last, in the Court of Conscience, in Ful-
wood's lients.—A Gentleman agreed with a domestic
servant for a month's warning or a month's wages,
but was obliged, by the servant's grossness of beha-
viouf,. to dismiss him with only three days notice, of-
fering to pay him to the day of his dismissal. The
servant obtained by the extraordinary judgment of
the Court, wages for a month beyond the day ofgiv-
ing warning. The master very properly pleaded that
the servant's agitement to complete a month's ser-
vice or forfeit a month's wages, necessarily implied
a moderation and decency of behaviour, and in
ceasing to be respectful, he ceased to fulfil one im-
Chity ponstttuting servitude, and, conser
quentlt, violated his contract. It was further argued,
that any other construction of such agreements
would render such covenants de nature absurd and
unjust,. and which would destroy all reciprocity of
obligat:on if the servant wished to be relieved
from his covenant, he has only to behave ill to that
degree which renders it 'impossible to retain him in
the family, and he would thus not only obtain his
'release, but would receive a month's wages as a
bcur.ty or reward for such ill behaviour. Such an
absurd construction of these agreements, enables ser-
vants to obtain by misconduct one month's wages for
a few days service, . and being a direct encourage-
ment to bad morals, is, therefore, not only contrary
to law and equity, but an agreement itself which is,
de natura contra bonos mores is held to be illegal and
void. It was lastly pleaded, that the case had been
decided by the Chief Justice in the cause Saunders
versus Gaulty, h the sittings after the present Term:
The Court found for the plaintiff. The 'Act 23 Geri.,
11. cap. 33, declares the decisions of these Courts to
• final ; but a body of freeholders have resolved to
awn themselves of a section of that Act, which ena-
bles them to apply to the Chancellor for the 'remedy,
of sack froccecrings.