CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. [From the Australian Papers.]

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IX, Issue 814, 21 May 1853, Page 3

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. [From the Australian Papers.]

By the Arrogant, from London via the Cape, we have a Cape Town paper of the 19th of February. A great fire had occurred in George- street, and property valued at from £8,000 to £10,000 destroyed. From the following paragraph it appears that the war was completely over for the present, though the chief rebels and enemies had not been captured. Intelligence from King William's Town to the 9th. Nothing more of Uithaalder, Macomo, Sandilli, or Kreili. The Chief Kama had arrived at King William's Town with some thirty of his men, armed with guns. It is reported that this Chief and his tribe will be located on the Keiskamma below the Cbumie. The intelligence from Natal is favorable. Coal had been discovered in several localities near the port. The cultivation of the sugar cane had been commenced, and a very extensive trade was carried on with the distant interior. Some traders had penetrated an immense distance, discovered rivers and lakes, (one of the former navigable for 300 miles) and had fallen in with native tribes, who traded with slaves with the Portuguese. After the defeat of Moshesh mentioned formerly, that chief had sued for peace, and General Catbcart had issued a proclamation, announcingwa treaty with Moshesh ; but empowering the Burghers of the Orange River to organize themselves for self-defence, and the protection and recovery of their property in case of need. In the Western Province, peace and prosperity are still happily preserved. The fruits of the earth are this season most abundant, and the very remunerative prices received by the farmers, in consequence of the Australian demand for supplies, have given a powerful stimulus to future cultivation. The Acting-Secretary to Government, Mr. Soutbey, has been removed from bis office by his Excellency the Lieut.-Governor, and Mr. Hope, the Auditor-General, is appointed to act in his place. The immediate cause of this alteration has not been officially made known ; but the change is hailed with unqualified satisfaction by the public, — less in reference to the respective merits or qualifications of these particular gentlemen, than as an indication of firmness, on the part of the LieutenantGovernor, in dealing with an establishment from the mismanagement of which the colony has suffered so grievously during the last few years.