THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

New Zealander, Volume 7, Issue 575, 18 October 1851, Page 4

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

I Tiom tin Swims Mm inim Hn ilil, Rojiitml'ii 11 I Tin news lit w nm- ln\n (■<>». ilk* <'.m«> ('( <.'ood I Tope nitons tli" "(I'liis in iliiit colony to be m a veiy uiwttled fOllillMdll. 'Ilic Ci///' Olwxn of tin- r >tl) An«:»-t stiilcj, tli.'H t lnWoslcrn Distntisol tl lniiv.un.il tin* |>i< M'tit nine tho f-cvne of tl>« ii'O^l M-viM.' nn'i-um, 'iu(l tlm < uimii", of tlio win mto k'llluii,) J'vhn ll.ni y Stinili is («>" (llMlllH'l!. 'HlCl'MipDtMlsl.llt Illll'' IPc'lliatlOll 0" tlll'|).>M of tli(> country pcojilc 10 lul <• p." ' "' l1 "' (l( I 1I 1 ' I "'''" 1 nl u '° ooimtiv, find nj.'i'.iiissioiis (i.m^lit wid' lo^ «•'»«! tl><' onsi'qiirnus. A i)iiv.i|.> c,,Jm m! ,iif,,i to relieve tl.r- uVfioss ofrnflioncd !iy t!u> w u w m <ipcin d, .uid v,.is heinjr Idicisllv Mijipovu'd. Su ioliu Wyido u.i^ Cluiirnwin of Uio Kfliiil Coir.nnllre Ucpoits oi di-.ilVution of tlic coUmtcd no|Hilation in «ho wt".t h.ul cm I'd some .niM.'iy, luit tl'eiT did not scorn inncli foiuni it ion lor tliem. Iho Jollowirip (onileii eil repni t of tlio event? Oi the warduung (lie motilh oi July will be v.id uit.li mti'rcht :—

TVFOV I 111 1 Hl/MMAUV. The most mipoiiant events which li.no milked tin pio^n iff the "in (luiMif; tlic past month have been the 'combined movements ol (lie lioops upon t ho Am,itol.i Mountains, flip subsequent niupdon of the Is.ifw. into tlx> colony, and the desd uclive i.iv.i •„'<■& roinriutled by them, and liiuilly, a tepuKe ccpeuenccd by (lie liulisli Resident in (ho Orange Kiver Sovem<.>n(y, m uUempliii;; to supplies lint san^nmaiy contentions ainon/ ihe nalivc tubes of that pwninee. In the hist month's Miim.i.uy it wrs mentioned that Sir U.nry was s.nd to be piep irui'S on (ho ? Ist June, loi an impoitimt movement b\ winch hi- entc i t.uni (I a liopc of hein<; able !o brine, the w u to 'i iloso. 'I he iiiovemcn' in (|ii("-ti 'i. pun rd to he, is \\a-< a Hie ipaied, fi KHimlCiiK'OWs a<l\ i ol tin' -eveta! divisions of flic mi»y upon the en. 'tn'- su«n..ho!ds m the Ainitio! is. These operations occupied si v <l,i\ s, fioin the With to tin- >()lh of June, find n» uKcd in tho defeii and c!ispcisiou ol •••nine I if i" bnihe-, ol the enein), nnil Ihe (.»| - lure <i| npu, nd ol 'J()(>'> held ol entile As ■-»!»»< il in the ( ioii( 1. 1 l Oldd issued ,ill<l llu- < 10-e ll theupeuitions "(he Comiii.uidei in-Clnc-l having diluted the Ist diMsion, in ill i i\l i|o)-Cenc vil Someiset, andlhe L'nd diMsioi), nndi'i Colonel '\l.i< Kiimon, to march w ,h to un< h positions dem"ititcd .iionnd (lie AinntoliH, on the '1 lib iiHiino, to p> neti.ite the Ain.itoh i)in;;e in conV"i"in<r lohiinns fiom lhr> no) 1 1) and south Miles ol ihe A'nnt.'lo', u hile (lie tioops at Foil Cox under l.ieiileiKU.t Colonel Coopet, -I itli l.'eiment, should peju'Oute lv.-v l''oit('(i\; .ird the ("nice fmin Uhillhsea, under Captain 'I vltlt n, should pest H ."II mi the Wiiuiloaellu'if;, to intercept (lie leUV.il o( (lie cneiiiv ovel the kei, and these tio<jp<lii\iiii> le.ulu'd their positions Tr.os! eonei-llv, :i'- <lne( led, the idoii'H.uds ueie pent;trati d on the nionnn^of liie (.'dth iillmio in loin columns, ooiivet»inn (o "\ (cnue upon (in 1 ntionj;csl liulds of liie iMioiny, — .md thin opei.itioDi continued until liie >olh ultimo, with signal Micf< ,-, .-n'} ;;ie.it di"c<)iiifi(uie to the enemy. I."JMO he'id ol » 'title and liliy hotsi-A hII into (he Iruids of tli(* lioops, wlulo tho enemy was ('liven with ( (iisnlei,i!)le lois fioin ewiyone of the stion^ find iilmost irisiiiniourit.ilile jxiS'PS and holds he attenipled to delend." 'Uie linn"* en^nm d in ihpse opt mtioim nnountcd in nil to j'hout five thou-iiind nn'ii, heloii";iii^ clnelly to the Mil, ?,')id, 7'!lh, ruiil 'M-t Iti-u itiicrit^, (lie l'oy:»l JMiinnes, (Lilly's Hillcmnu, Caj)i> iMountnl Kiliemen, AiinHdoii'^'s ifoi^e, nnil the Colmn.il and Native i,i>\ii">. While thef-o opeialions were i;oinp, on, the enpinv u;is fictive in otliiM <|U.iitci'. Caplam 1 \liieii h ivni» in, relied with asiion» p-liolfioi.i Whililese.i lo Wiiidvo';e)hei^, to in'eicepl the Kilns retre.ilm^ f t cum the .Aiunloh , the 'I .imlkkiUcs louL tli.it ojipoiliunly of nial»in<; !i destent upon the roll ny, and swept oil liuni vnnoiis places in the mmiiii^ ol W iiiltlovM iicmi ly l\> o thons'ind e, ii lie, 1/enif; almost as in. my as weie captmed :it (lie s.iuie (ime hv the lioops in the Amalol.is. Captsini 1 yideu linmcdi Uel\ relunud with hi-, patudtu Jnafoiinei j>ost in lime to piei< nt .inothei mioad which the* Tsitnhookies wei<' j)ic]),i'in"- lo in ike. inmiodi'iU'ly n ! ( o i ilkm dim liisioii ol tlii>MMiio\rmei)li, Iho Comi'ifiidci -in-CJiir f piil/lis|ied an olh< Kil iioddcittoiiofthe u-siilt, u;iiiiii^ ihn iionfiei inh ihiiaul'i of Avhiit, fioin jiast expci iciue, nitist ho ajipieheiided , th.it "when tho Kafiis an- he.iten in l.npe l)odie<*, they l>ccotne most tiouhli'sonie in smalJ lnaiaiidnisj paitnM. whirl) Uii'y vnj' si;riufiCMiitl y de'e^u.iie 'Wolves;'" and llm K\relloiicv added, *' I'ic inuideis and 'iliocities .'ilrcady commiltud by p.irlit ■■ of this descuption, added to the dof( etion of the colomed < lasses within the colony, demand Unit e\ciy alilc bodied inhuintntit sluMilil aim in tho (li'feiKf of Ins family ami himself, I>V winch means tho round y a\ ouliJ he filled with men vvlkhi 1 activity would soon enable them to e\lnp.i(e or apprehend thefsp daiipeiotis " wolves." '1 hp H'oiilt whnb Sn lliiny ihuß piedicted took place, nnd with consnijiiences f'u more lamentable than bad been nnh'-ip.ited. Tlkj (iooj)s bud bindly withdiawn i'rom the Amatol.is wlion the Knlim and lebej llotlentols clescoiideil fioin tin ir f i^t news <uiJ pour< d into the colony in ovei v\ 1m Inun 1^ liiiinbei -.. 'I he v hold I'Otintry between those mountain-- mid t)i"\ill,i^e ol Sojneiset was ovemin by the hcstilc bands. A( one dine that village v%:is in imminent d.iii'ju lion) the vicinity of !i body of HPveial huinlied X li'iih, niidei iho chtel ]\laroino. In answer to piesiine, don* inds tor aid J\Jajoi-f/eneial Someiset, who hid been en«:);;pd in nnother siif cc-'fnl ji.itiol in (he 'Vinnlol.is, was dnec ted to prrx iM-il :i».m>st ibe ci» inii'i i thin the colony. lie nfcoidm^lj' lemovcd Ins head quailom fiom I'oit llnie to Koit. lie mfoi t, and Ind been, down lo the date ol list advices, o^a^ed in s(oiiunjj the rountiy in that (jti.'iiler, and ende-uoiinn;; lo diedc the i.iva^e^ of the onrrriy. In this object h" his been onl> p.Mlnlly sucrcssful, the nutn/ier and activity of the mHi.uideis br-jii" so {jreat as to lendei the nu ess.int and imliiouh o:eilionaof'liis tioops insuflicieiit to lestiaiu them. 'J be <>f]'oits tna<le by (bo toloinsfi lo delviid thi'ir pio]>eily linvc nlso bepn, in a jjrcit measuie, uiifivnilinp-. 'Hie widu tract of (oiindv between ilie I'aviaan's and Kat Pivrrs has been complelely devastated ; the dwellings of tho inhabiiants have been burnt, and — "iccoidinjj lo an estimate that has been formed — pbout 'J(),()()0 merino Khfcp, 0000 bead of cattle, .ml '300 horses, swept «« ,iy within the past si\ wet Ks. Seven al of the faimeis bavo been Killed in defi ndiiij^ ihen homesteads , and man\, deHpnnine; of relief, bad wilhdtaun into the inteiior ol ilio colony. ]Mot a few ,it is srud, ha\e delennined to cio"h the rioitliorn bomulnv, and ' trek,' or t'lmgiiitc beyond the limits of (he 1 5ntisb doininion. The didiculties of the Commander-m Chiefb'ivpbeeu much indented by (ho reins il of most ol liie colonril volunteers of the " Levies" to rondnim in the field after the expiration of their six months' term ol eulistinont, whit li expned at the ( oirnnenccmenf of the piefrenf month. 'I he mnjoiitv of these volunteeia woic llotlentots fiom the Wcstini Di^iriclK. The Commandei-in-Chief, uith hisloree tlnisrrduced, ba.s nppaieiilly found liiin<-ell uriahie ol late to undertake any very impoilant movement. Columns have li^en writ out tinder faeutpnant-Oolonels Michel and Ivyre to <;cour the Bnfl.ilo Punr\b, and to patrol (hel'Mi Itiver Bii'b, in winch tbeduef Slock, with bis liibe, and the 'J heoprdis and otbei rebels, have found a (onvonient stronghold ficrn whrnro to cairy on tiien deJircdalionn upon the chsdictsof Albany and Uitenagp. 'i'lio doo])H liave bent up the Ojiiaitortt of their oncunos, but have not been able to bun;. 1 , them to an encounter. Lieutenant-Colonel JVapier was at the Mime time enjHigod in padoilmir in X (Diana, to the eastward of the other column';. Jiy these m tive movements a coiihideriibb; number ol cattlo bad been taken fiom the enemy ; jind the hii.t advico«, which are of the 20th instant, mention that many of the GpiL'ih weie rcdPatiti"- over the Kei into Kuh'.s (ountiy. 'I bo chief is said (o have, been dihmayed by the oppiaiions in the Ainalolns, and to piofebs at piefjent a <;r<.ut anxiety to icinaia at peace. .From the cotinliy beyond the northern bound.it y, the latest intelligence ik of a nature calculated lo r.xote much 'anxiety. 'I h« I'nlish Jli-sulent, Wftjor Waiden, in interfering to chec k tho (jiiarrels anion(< the native {nbcH, winch weio causing much bloodshed and devastation, has Huftcred a lepnlse, accoinjmnied with great slaughter of hm nativo .illjps. The defeat was experienced by a detachment of M.i|or W'aiden'H foice, while aiding 1 the chief of the Barolongs (AJaioko) in an attack upon liiß ciipmy Mohtsane. The latter w.-ih "etronply posted on ii laoiinlam near the mission station of I'lntber-r. Tbo itßiallinjC loic,e,coiibistin<; of .5.S (Jnpe Mounted Kiflonipn, will about twic- tint numiu'i of mounted burgliers, and seven or fight bundled Jiaroloncra, advancod in threp divisions, two ol which weio suddenly surrounded by overwhelming numben of cnemieu, including five hundred jno-»< d Kornniw, nnd were obliged to f.«M <iVir v.ny baci lo tho camp Ihe Capo CorpH and JJoorH accomplished their tetre'.t without lons, butit is leport.d that moie'han a hnn-lred of the IWroh-£ warnorn were slain. M"V>i Wuiclrii, on the follo«viri{j n moniint,', reined to bis loriret •amp/ibo'it twenty miles (coin liloem Konlein, and was ennaj/'d at the date of the late.st accOuntM C.ii)!> . ' ;, >» en'Jeavoui3n«r to aasemble a lai»e tewee, pnncipu!i\ ni'ivcs, in order to icbume olljirjive operations. >le oxjiecled to

lie 'ilile on (lie '2()ili umlaut to inuvo foivsmd wiili i (one of moir thnn tliiiM* tin iis.iml men , Init .ill the regul.u hoops ntlmdispo-iil weiciibiuit 170 miMi uliu'llv to (lie l r >ili rppimcnl .md (' ijip C(H|)s. Kioni Purl I\iil,il out l.iii'st lnli'lli^fMiroMnfllii' '.'()tl> iillnno, and fiom I'letcinKiiii/bui^ of the 1 • >f l*_ 'I I"' m'llliMiirnt was (pud , llu* colonist 1 * w('\o hiiMly ('ii»:i^(''l in their iismi] nvociitious, jiikl llic iniivc l.ilionioih, moM o( wliom li.id left tlieir cm|ilo)<>is duniie llm cm ilciin>iit uliu.li icstiltod Irom tlio <-iiUiu» out ot the /ulti Levy, wcio iftuiiini" to llmr woiL Tl).>t foXi 1 li'>«' lx-ni liiuilv ilr.l).inili(l, by ordoi of Uip Cominniul<M-in-Chu'f, in C(iiisc(|uciicc oi ihe mpicHOiilations made to llh Fwllrncy l>v Mic nnssion.nios, ol tlic evils wliuli nu^lil onmif lioin (lie innich o( !i I.n^c hoi\y of undisdplincd b.u l>nt urns tliioiijrli .i courili v occupied by pencetul tubes. A sunll (ou-e of Kuiopc'iu votuud-o.s hiid stil>m»(jiii>iitlv been oi»iini'/od Ml I'jt'lci mm ii'/l>m }.',, nnd w.ifi tlion jnvainiiij tin- oidus of the Conim.in<lei-iii-C'hiel.