CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 527, 21 November 1857, Page 6

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

We are in receipt of Cape journals to the 28th July inclusive. We take the following- items from tha l Cape Town Advertiser:— The French war steamer Audacieuse, 60 guns, 555 men, 800 horse-power, arrived in Simon's Bay, on the 21st July, on her way from Toulon to China. She had on board Baron Le Gros, special' Ambassador to China, and staff, and several passengers, among whom were Vicomte de Flarigne, Marquis de Moges, Vicomte Contarles, Marquis Trevise, Comte de Latour Mouborg, and Duchesse de Bellecourt. An address had been voted to his Excellency the Governor, by the Legislative Council, praying for the abolition of postage on all colonial newspapers. The Natal correspondent of the ' Advertiser' writes under date, July 24th, as follows:—----"A remarkable incident has occurred during the month, exciting considerable interest from its novelty. On the 22nd instant, a vessel came in sight and anchored three miles off the port. She was supposed from her build—long rakish, to be the Jessie Macfarlane.- The port boatmen, however, found on board indubitable evidence of her real character—a slaver. The captain stated that he was bound to Madagascar, and had put in for supplies. The boatmen, not feeling particularly comfortable, left the ship as soon as possible, having first, as a ruse, declared that a British man-of-war was in the harbour. Almost immediately on hearing this she hoisted every inch of canvas, and vanished almost as suddenly as she had appeared. The same day, there arrived in town s^ foreign seamen, Spaniards, who stated that they belonged to this identical'vessel/ that they had gone on shore- at Umlasi, about eight miles below theport,in search of water, that the boat Had" been wrecked among the breakers, -but jjfiey had not the slightest knowledge of the real character of the ship, which, "it appears is called the Munimata. Their accounts, however, differ considerably from'-those of the captain, and all facts go to prove that the vessel was in reality a slave ship, bound to the shbres of the Mozambique, for a cargo of human beings. The mate, who was .pits pf'the. .jyrecked seamen, is an intellifeht" man,.and^tliey';«ll proceed by the [adag-ascar.'-to,ih|e jQjLtte'." ""The address of Mr. Justice Cloete to the Grand Jury is very gratifying/ says the 'Advertiser/ "to the inhabitants of this town and district. In no country, we believe, is there less crime, and this we must ascribe to the moral and religious state of the public mind. ■ Whenever there is a defect in our institutions or customs, or habits of life, it is proper to point it out and to expose it, With a view to correction j but it would be downright ingratitude and sullenness against truth, , not to acknowledge the security we enjoy in person and property, and the general

good and blameless .conduct of all classes of people in this jcolony.; iWe have only to gumce at a European, or American, or Australian (!) newspaper, to say nothing 1 of many others, and; compare them with our own, to see abundant reason for congratulation arid thankfulness. -Times are about to change with us. Enterprise, immigration, incessant activity will test our institutions, our morals, our habits. Let us prepare beforehand, and hold fast the character we have obtained.