OCCUPATION OF PORT NATAL.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 52, 27 January 1843, Page 2

OCCUPATION OF PORT NATAL.

(From the Hobart Town Courier.J The most important and interesting intelligence from the Cape is that of the capitulation of the Dutch Boers at Natal with Colonel Cloete and Captain Smith; the first is, a solemn declaration from the Boers of submission to her Majesty’s authority. The government and the Colonial Press are divided in their opinion upon these terms. The government assert, “ that under the peculiar circumstances of the case, no other line of conduct could have been pursued from which there could have been expected to result a settlement so satisfactory.” The Press argue, that “ the very fact of treating with the insurgent Boers at all, is, under the circumstances, inexplicable. Terms should have been dictated, and a compliance with them imperatively claimed. What colonist hereafter, whether of Dutch or English extraction, will regard his loyalty as the palladium of his rights; what disaffected person will now dread to lift the standard of revolt; or what native tribes fear to rise in hostility against us ? Not only have the guilty gone unpunished, but a fra ernization with rebels has been shown on the part of the British commander.” Thus argues the Cape Times. The Graham’s Town Journal says, speaking of Colonel Cloete—“ he never surely could have viewed the hostile Boers as British subjects in a state of revolt—who had offered armed resistance to the Queen’s Government—who had shot down and then murdered British troops that had been sent to maintain lawful authoritv.” TREATY. Pietermaritzburg, July 15, 1842. The emigrant farmers of Pietermaritzburg, Natal, and the adjacent country, haviug, by their duly authorized commissioners, this day complied with and fulfilled the several conditions required from them, viz

1. Entered a iulciun declaration of submission to her Majesty's authority. 2. The immediate release of all prisoners, whether soldiers or civilians. 3. The giving up of all cannon in their possession. 4. The restitution of all public and private property. I do hereby, acting under the authority of his Excellency the Governor and ConnnamJar-m-Ohief of the Cape of Good Hope, grant and ratify to the said emigrant farmers the following articles, as agreed upon this day at Pietermaritzburg : 1. .A general amnesty, or free .pardon, to all persons who may have been engaged in resistance to her Majesty's troops and authority, with the exception of Joachim Prinslow, A. W. Pretorious, J. J. Burger, Michael van Breda, Servaas van Breda, whose cases must be left for the special consideration of His Excellency the Governor. 2. All private property, whether of houses, goods, or chattels, shall be respected. 3. The emigrant farmers shall be permitted to return to their farms, with their guns and horses unmolested. 4. Thp farmers shall be taken under protection against any attack of the Jioolahs, or other native tribes. ft. The tenure of their lands shall not be interfered with, but must be left for the final determination and settlement of her Majesty’s government. 6. The existing administration and civil institutions, under acknowledgment of her Majesty’s supremacy, shall not be. interfered with till the pleasure of her Majesty shall be made known. —But these are not to extend any jurisdiction to Port Natal, which is placed for the present under the exclusive control of the Military Commandant of her Majesty’s troops ; the limits of Port Natal being defined by the Umlasi to the west, the Umgheni to the cast, and a- line along the ridges and crest of the Barea Hills, joining these two rivers, to the north. 7. The Callers shall for the present remain in the unmolested occupation of the grounds on which they were upon the arrival of her Majesty’s troops ; subject to such future arrangements as the government may find necessary to make for general security. 8. All port and custom dues belong to the crown, and must be left to the disposal of her Majesty’s government. A. J. Cloete, Ll.-Col. Hep. Quart. Master-Gen. Commanding. Additional Article. In consideration of Mr. A. W. Pretorious having co-operated in the final adjustment of'these articles, and of his personal humane conduct to the prisoners, and his general moderation, the amnesty granted in the Ist article is hereby fully extended to him. 0 Hayti. —Another revolution has taken place in St. Domingo, supposed to be originated in the disorganization of the government consequent on the tremendous earthquake. The President Boy ei*-was killed—ls,ooo persons of both sides are slid to have lost their lives in the struggle; hut the revolutionist prevailed, and established a provisional republican government.