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Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 316, 30 October 1860, Page 4

Cape of Good Hope.—Referring to late Cape papers received at Adelaide, the South Australian Advertiser says: — They contain scarcely anything of more than local interest, with the exception of fearfully longwinded reports of Prince Alfred's arrival. The Prince arrived in Simon's Bay, in H. M. S.Euryalus, July 24, from which date onwards nothing was thought of but addresses, congratulations, fetes, feasts, processions, balls, dances, and every conceivable kind of popular demonstration, the minute description of which would be more tedious than interesting. A religious service was held in the Mahommedan mosque, and a dozen convicts were released in Cape Town, in honor of the event, On the sth August the Euryalus, with the Prince on board, arrived in Algoa Bay. A fete was being got up, including a 'fancy bazaar, presided over by ladies, a caravan of curiosities, with giants, dwarfs, a fair-haired lady, a speaking fish, and a real mermaid, a model postoffice for the enlightenment of ordinary establishments of that kind. Buckstone's favorite game of Aunt Sally, the kalifa Malay dances, knockemdowns, skittles, tater cans, dancing on stilts, wheels-of-for-tune, thimblerig, cheap-jacks, Ethiopian serenaders, buy-a-brooms, and other equally entertaining performances.' Of course her Majesty's loyal subjects at the Cape have gone crazy with delight, and in that state have conducted themselves as most other crazy people do.

Elba.—A nephew of Prince Demidoff has just opened a "Napoleonic" museum in the Island of Elba. It consists exclusively of furniture, clothes, and jewellery which belonged to .Napaleon I. There is also a curious autograph written by General Bonaparte to Talma, the actor, at a time when the former was vegetating in poverty in Paris. It runs thus :■—" I have fought like a lion for the Republic, my good friend Talma, and as a reward she lets me starve; that wretch Aubry leaves me on the pavement when he might make something of me. I feel myself more than a match for such generals as Santerre and Rossignoll, and they won't find a corner in Vendee, or elsewhere, to employ me. You, indeed, are fortunate. Two hours on the boards put you face to face with the public that dispenses fame. We, soldiers, must purchase glory at a higher price, on a larger stage, which we are not always permitted to ascend. Do not, then, regret your position { remain on your stage. Who knows whether I shall ever appear on mine again ? I saw Monvel (another actor) yesterday. He is a true friend. Barras makes large promises. Will he keep them ? That I much doubt. lam reduced to my last farthing. Have you a few francs at my service? I won't refuse them, and promise repayment out of the first kingdom I may conquer. My friend, how happy were the heroes of Ariosto. They did not depend on a Minister of War, Adieu.—Bonaparte.