As a certain Governor, mo...
The Times, 1824-12-03T00:00:00

As a certai' Governior) more faiious than any of his prow fession since the days of hoiecst Sancho, has, wehear, been, or.is about to be, supersetlediby His rI;Jr:5TY; anti as it is agahist tbe,rules of English gymnastics to Ihit a mati wrbile falling, we should have abstained from any voliuntary nmentiosi of the name of Lord CHARLE'S $oarEasST, *1l1til laftfr the result of that investigation which it is probable the may liave to Tneat on his Lordship's return home, ibut that others will break silence, whether we dlo or not; ,anid that eachi arrival of lettcrs from the Cape must get iihto circulation in spite of us. The following statements, however, by the ]ast ships, we do not mean to aceompany by any comment; merely because we have no wish to aggra- vate those consequences, which a course of action like that of which tfie noble Lord has long been accused, must, ac- cording to the laws and feelings of EnAglishmen, inevitably entail upon- its author. Extract of a letter fioni tbe Cape of Good Hope, receive(d by the Triton, anti dated the lst of October:- " It will be recollected that a sumr, amounting to near 5,0001., was raised in England for thc relief of the distressed settlers. On the arrival of the money, an attempt was made by the Government to possess itself of the funds; but the Committee were deter- mined to resist this official interference. A mceting of the Cape Town Society was called on the subject, at which Alr. Wilberforce Bird, ComptroUer of Customs, attended, and made a motioi to the eflect that the money should be placed under the control of the Go- vernment. This caused great disgust and confusion, andI when put to the vote, o?Ily ive hands-were held up for it, and these were per. sons dependent on the Government. i; A short time since Dr. Philip, President of the Missionary So- ciety; MIr. Fairburn, and Mir. Blair, an Indian gentleman, were anxious to establish a Literary Society, and met at Mr. Thompsones (a most moderate man in opinion), to' consider the formation of such a society. Alr. Blair, a highly respectable gentleman from India, previously vwrote to tbe Governor, requesting his sanction, and received a most insolent reply. The morning after the meeting, -Dr Philip and Alr. Fairburn were summoned before the Authorities, to know how they dared attend a Radical meeting, and were threat- ened. The result was, the Seciety was for the present laid aside. " Poor Edwards, whlo has been, condemned to seven years' trans. portation, for a supposed libel, without proof by witnesses of any sort, was seat to Robin Island, a place where convicts are usually sent to. The ilfincrva convict-ship touched lately at Simon's Bay, on her way to New South Wi'ales, on which Edwards was bronght to Simon's Bay, to be put on board. Shortly after his arrival, he, in despair, cut his throat; but being interrupted in the act, he did not accolnplislh hIis purpose. " Nr. Bishop Burnett, a descendant, by the way, of the author of the Reforniation, and a most respectable and a high.spirited man, who has been long obnoxious to the Government on account of his independent spirit,l has been tried for a xibel spoken, and sen,- tenced to seven years' transportation. " Mr. Pringle (the Scotch bard), the late librarian and Editpr of the suppressed Smset African J[Ouirnal, is coming home to support Alr. Greig in his complaints to the E:nglish illinisters, against the administration of Lord Charles Somerset."