CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

Press, Volume V, Issue 558, 13 August 1864, Page 4

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

We arc indebted to the Argus for the follotring extracts from the South African Advertiser of May 28.

WAS OS THE FBOTIKK

Yesterday the startling news was received by telegraph that Kreli has re-crossed the Bashee, driven the mounted police from their positiou there, and determined to make one last bold struggle for the re-oceupatiou of his ancient territory between the Kei and Bashee. That this is no mere groundless alarm is evident from the imperative orders sent down to Cape Town by the authorities in Graham's Town. The Commander of the Forces is required to proceed immediately to the front with all his staff, and every available man in garrison. The 11th Regiment, the Artillery, with their battery of light Armstrong guns, and any other contingents within reach, are accordingly undVr orders to embark at six o'clock this morning on board the Valorous, which was to leave Simon's Bay last night, to take them on to East London. Sir Walter Currie, with all the available mounted police, proceeded yesterday from Graham's Town to the scene of war, and expre??

messages were hourly waited for at head-quarters. ' The troops at King William'i Town and elsewhere in Uritish Kaffraria are placed under similar orders ; md arrangements, we believe, are being made for immediately chartering the Ea»tern Province steamer to proceed to Mauritius to convey further reinforcements from there, This looks like sharp and formidable work, end a on the part of the Government to lose no time in striking a blow which will for ever crush :he Graleka chief, and effectually present him from attempting any disturbance of this sort hereafter. The immediate occasion or cause of the invasion is aot stated in the telegrams received ye»terday : but it may be readily inferred from the report of the Kaffrarian deputation to Sir Philip Wodehouse, which we published on Wednesday last. Two months ago, when Hi 9 Excellency was on his tour through Queenstown, he allowed it to leak out that it was his intention to remove the mass of Tambookies in that district to occupy a portion of the Transkoian territory. He had not then, nor has he yet, quite made up his mind to act on this proposal, as he himself expressly stated last week ; but the mere mention of the thing was sufficient to excite a ferment in the native mind, and rouse the passions of Kreli against giving his old Tambookie antagonists co conspicuous a victory as would be implied in letting them hold the lands from which he had been ignominiously driven out. The precise bearings of the case were clearly submitted to Sir Philip by the Kaffrarian deputation already referred to, on which occasion the following discussion took y>laco : — " Mr. Hewetson stated that there were two gentlemen from the Transkei present who were anxious to tell his Excellency what they knew of the Tambookies, they be ; ng deeply impressed with the belief that if they were removed into the Transkeian country, an outbreak on the part of Kreli would follow. The gentlemen were Mr. Hortimer and Mr. Spyron. " Mr. Mortimer. —I think that if you remove the Tambookics into the country where it ia supposed you are going to remove them, you will have a world of trouble, because there had been great disturbances between the two tribes about that country. If you *hift Mapassa's peop l<?, you will have to maintain a strong force to keep Kreli from fighting with them.' But if you put a white population, then Kreli will be satisfied to stand still where he is. I assure your Excellency that if you shift those Tambookies there, you will have to keep a strong force of Europeans to protect them. "The Governor.—Tour objection is,that Kreli and they would fight. What is the great evil of that ? Putting it in your view, what would be the great evil of the Tambookics and Kreli fighting as they have been accustomed 10 fight? Fighting is generally coin" on over the Bashee ; what is the great mischief of it? " Mr. Spyron said that the great evil would be this —the Tambookiea in the colony were at present British subjects j but if they were removed to the Transkei they would be re-united -with the other portion of the* tribe, which would make them much stronger, and at some future time it would be a great deal more trouble to work them out. " The Governor. —Assuming that our policy is to work them out, but I am not prepared for that. The objection of one of those gentlemen is, that they will be weakened by fighting with Kreli ; and that of the other is, that they will become stronger to fight with us. " Mr. Spyron. —You will have to protect them against Kreli. " The Governor—No. " Mr. Spyron said that from time immemorial this had been a disputed tract of country between the Tambookiea and Kxeli's people. They had been always fighting for that country, and -were lighting about xt up to -K-iilim a. week of the time when Sir Falter Vurris itnfl Wtonsl tfriwler irenv mtv Wwt country. So that both parties considered they had a claim to it. Kreli was known to hare expressed himself to the effect, tliat lie Had no objections to Europeans occupying it, but if Natireg were put into it he would drive them out." The prediction of Messrs. Mortimer and Spyron has had a speedier fulfilment than they themselves had ventured to anticipate. Kreli lias evidently determined to take time by the forelock, and seize the opportunity in advance for etriking an effective blow at the police, who for years have been occupying the disputed territory. In his first attempt, he has been only too successful. The police have been repulsed, though it is yet unknown with what, if any, loss of life; and now the question of most anxious moment is, whether any of the other tribes, either within the border or beyond it, will rise and make common cause with the bold invader. If not, formidable though Kreli's own power undoubtedly is, he will speedily be crushed by the overwhelming forces directed against him. If there is to bo a general insurreotion of the Natives, the war thue unexpectedly commenced may drag its slow destructive length along for many a weary month to come. Whether the projected policy of Sir Philip Wodehouse, which appears to have stimulated thia outbreak, be in itself objectionable, is a question now quite beside the point. At a crisis like the present, it is the duty of all as one man to rally round the Governor, and support him in the boldly energetic measures he is taking for the speedy restoration of peace. And there is no doubt that a disposition to do so prevails universally. We in Cape Town, too, may contribute our share to it. Now is the time for the volunteers to come forward in full muster, and tender their service, aa in former days, to perform whatever garrison duty may be required in the metropolis, co as to allow every available soldier to proceed at once to the frontier. It was thus that they distinguished themselves when in the prime of their efficiency some years ago. It was thus that, two years back, when they had languished almost into extinction, they mustered in greater numbers than ever i when an American war was supposed to be on the ! eve of outbreak. We hope that this very day both officers and men will be aroused to a sense of patriotic duty, meet in full numbers and undiminished efficiency, and by telegram place themselves at the disposal of the Governor, for whatever services he may be pleased to entrust to them. The artillery need no exhoration of this eort. Their motto always is, " Ready, aye ready." We appeal particularly to the rifles ;and we are confident that such an appeal at •uch a time will not be made in vain.

DB. liITIXGSTON" AXD THE ZAMBESI MISSION'

! Dr. Livingstone proceeds to Bombay in the Nyassa steamer, calling at Johanna on his way. His present intention is to Bell her there; and he expects to realise a sum not far short of what was originally paid for her. From Bombay Dr. Livingtone returns to England, but what hie future movements may be can, of course, only be ft useless speculation at present. He sometimes speaks with confidence of his return to the scene of hie late labors —to continue his explorations —perhaps alone and unaided, except by a few native followers. So confident, indeed, is he of his return, that he intends leaving many things behind at Johanna, to be picked up by him on his return. It may seem a contradiction on his part to entertain this hope, and yet to be now on his way to Bombay with the object of selling the steamer so well adapted for future explorations. But if he ever comes out again, his means will be limited, and he cannot afford the expense of a steamer. Dr* Livingstone has discovered several very large lakes in a direction north-westerly from Lake Nyassa. When I say he has discovered them, but has only ascertained that there are such lakes. He was within thirty miles of one, and saw large rivers running in a weiterlv direction that fell into the lakes. It seems a very great pity that he was recalled at the very time those°discoveries were just beginning to be made by him, and as he* was within a short distance of them. There is a marked difference in the doctor since I saw him at Quillimaine, in November, 1862. He is not so robust or strong looking ; and that marvel, lous sense of hearing, which was more developed in him than in any person I have ever met—and to which I have often thought he had been mainly indebted for many of his escapes by " flood and field" —is not nearly so strong as it was. This may be fairly attributed to a slight sunstroke he had in one

of his lute travels, lie was sitting in a hut, the root of which was full of holes, and he fell asleep in n chair, or whatever his seat was, when the sun shon. through one of the holes with concentrated strength on his head, and caused slight stinstroke. There arc some nautical people who think Livingstone wrong in attempting to cross the Tndian ocean in such a vesse. as the Nyassa, and predict a calamity which all wouk. regret much. But I think the doctor's usual good fortune will not desert him on this trip.