The Sun. — 1852-05-04 (London, England)

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.  By the ship Agincourt we have received intelligence from the Cape to the 10th of March. There is no mention of the Megmra or the Hydra. The Legislative Council had voted 5001. towards the relief of the sufferers from the loss of the Birkenhead. Sir Harry Smith was to have taken the field on the Bth inst. in person. A considerable number of Burghers •were expected to join. He had heard of his removal, but it had not altered his plans. Lady Smith was making every preparation to leave on the arrival of the new governor. By the last frontier post there was nothing new. The troops were preparing for the campaign of the Bth of March. The following Government notice had been published by command:— " Icing William's Town, Feb. 27, 1852. " Reports have been received from Mr. Cole, Civil Commissioner of Albert, dated the 17th instant. They state that the Burgher force under his direction had swept the whole, of Tyopo's and Madoor's country, the Indwee river and its kloofs, the neighbourhood of the Bolota, the whole of the Zuurberg range, and both banks of the T'Some. Twenty-five Rafts and eleven Hottentots had been slain; among the latter the notorious Dirk Rabi; and 1,000 bead of cattle, 300 goats, 40 horses, and I'2 stand of arms had been taken.  " Reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Michel extend up to the 22d instant. Oa the 20th, notwithstanding the ircessant rain, his troops were 'vigorously employed in -devastating the crops in and adjacent to the Wolf's Den, the property of Sanditli. On the 21st he burned from 80 to 100 Hottentot huts, and some regularlybuilt houses of wattle and daub, in and above the Amatole Basin. He then moved back by the very difficult ground of the Wolf River to his camp in the valley of the Lenya, destroying many crops on the march. Col. Michel reports that • nothing could be more complete than the destruction of the Hottentot strongholds, or of the crops in the Den.' " Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre's reports reach to the 231 instant. Early on the morning of the 21st he moved in two divisions on the Gulu mountain—the range which separates the Wolf Valley from the tributaries of the Gulu River—and completely surprised the enemy, capturing 54 head of cattle on the summit of the heights, and burning large numbers of huts in the very heart ot the dense bush. The enemy, Kars and Hottentots, fled everywhere as the Wore., advanced. Immense quantities of cultivation at the sources of the Upper Keiskamma, &c., were destroyed on the 21st and two following days. Rockets had been used with great effect, spreading terror among the enemy. " From the heights of the Gulu, Colonel Eyre had observed Colonel Michel operating in the Wolf Talley below. The co-operation of these two officers, therefore, has been perfect and most successful. " Reports to the 22d instant have been received from Major Kyle, up to which date the quantity of corn destroyed by his column was computed at about 10,000 maids. Ile had met with no opposition. " Major-General Somerset reports. that he has destroyed the whole of the crops ot the treacherous Soga, the murderer of the military villagers, and those of others, in tho valley of the Chumie, as well as very many on that side of tho Amatola, " Major General Somerset has moved to the old Konap Post, prepararory to the grand movement of expulsion from the Waterkloof to the Kei. The troops of the second division, having completed their labour of devastation, are all ordered to head-quarters to re-equip for the field.  "Mr. Robert Ainslie reports the spirited repulse of an attack wade by some marauders on his farm, Spring Grove, on the morning of tho 19th instant. A number of aheep, and goats were, in the first instance, driven off; the greater part, however, of the former, and the whol'o of the later were recaptured, and in the skirmish , which took place between the small party of 13 Burghers and the enemy, 14 of the latter wero slain, and 20 korses and several guns and assegais taken. Mr. Ainslie states, that the enemy did nut fight with that spirit of determination which has been hitherto shown by them, but seemed more intent on getting off with their booty.' Very little ammunition was found in the pouches of the slain."