Cape Of Good Hope.
The Times, 1824-03-23T00:00:00

By. the Watarlo last Indiaman, arrived i :the Channel, we blave received (Jspc Tots Gazeitts toshe 5lst ofJanuary.. Weare glatd to perceive that the predatory' in,cursionsof~ theC)alft'es, so p?- cuEiarly ipjlrious to the coloflist. on the frontier, are-lil.ely to be put a stop to for the future. The joilowin;e are extracts: . - The le-t .CAPRE Toiuq, Jan. 31. '"The Isst mail from the frontiet has brought most satisfactory accnunts.of our intercotirse withitheCaffies. Sihce theafiair against M 'Gomo, on the -6th December,: no cattle whdteyver hive be'en takeh away by this people. That aftair made sUch an impxdi,.tbht T'Sambis (the most powerful chief) shortly afterwards solicited an intern iew with Ml ajor Somerset, it the saTne tilnsendingback many head of cattle, which had been taken frmn the coloisL4. Major Somerset appointed Thutsday, the 16th instant, and met him on the heights beyond the Comvl'hdo Drift on the other side df the Keiskamma. T'Sadbie.was.atednded by his SOndheir; Dnsan- nie the chiefs Conzo, Pato, Orewina, and Uabanua, and ,0O Caffires drawn irp in close colunry. T'Sanbie beinK calledupou for his reasons for Nwisbngiosee ITajbr Soimerset, stated, that he caine to be allowed to establish his Kraals on his flormr ground, near the Keiskamma, and to implore what he might be left in peace. It was explained, that unless the Chiefs inder him restored the cattle sto. len from thie settlers, and gave np alldeserters, his request could not be complied with, and that himself and people wosld be destroyed! T'Sambie replied; that he had already sent in two deserters, and had brought another with him.; but he had been allowed to escape by Habanna; that he would force that Chief to restere him, and Te- quested MajorSomerset to wait two days, to ffxd bim iire to do so. AINor Somerset aareed to this, oti receiviag the Chief Congo, Rat T'bambie's principal Ueemraad, and 20 Ijaffres as hostages. T'Sanibie then assuted M12ajor Somerset, that shucld ill future anrt cattle be stolen by any of the people belonging to tie Captains under him, he wouldl immeaiately aitack them and makF thenm restore the cattle.. On the 17th; T'Sambic sent Major Sonerset 100 head of cattle, andl informed him, that in a day or two he-would send more. Being satisfied of T'Sanmbie's. sincerity, and Htbansta not having given up the deserter. Major Somerset crossed the, Keiskamma, at 11 p. I.. on the 17ch, with the Cape cavalry, and fifty burghers under Commandant Durand, and ai day-break came upon Habanma's- and Nouno's Kraals-the fomer had made off with all his cattle but Captain Massey feU in wiLh Nouno's people. and brought away 240 head of cattle: manv wodd have been shot, had not IMajor Somerset given oiders that they siould be spared." A An accident of a very serionA nature has lia_enod within these few days io Colonel Bird, Colonial Secretary. - 'hen mounting his horse at his own door, the animal suddenly becaame restive, com- menced plunging, and threwv himself at last upn his side, :when a great part of his weight coming on the Coloiel's left leg, (who found it impossible to extricate himself from liS dangerous situsa tion), the fracture of the bone immediately beloY the tubercle of the tibia was the consequence. By the early assistnce of Drs. Barry and O'Reilly, the fracture w.as set; but the inee-joint, and the limb as far as the ankle, have also sustained grett in jury. he has since been free from fever, and wvith as little geteral disturbance as could be expected from so severe an accident." CAf'E OF CGOQD W70PBJ' :