CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XX, Issue 2259, 17 October 1864, Page 6

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

By the ' Steinwardei ' wo have Capo papers to the 17fch August. We make the following extiacts in addition to what has already appeared in our Saturday's issue, from the Cape Argus of that date :— The Dkpahtuub or tiir Governor prom GrvlIAMS Town— His HxcMlency the Governor left Grahams Town for King William's Town, on Monday morning. The following address was previously presented to him by the Town Council :— " Wo, the Mayor and Town Council of Graham's Town, take the opportunity of nddtcssing your Excellency on tlie occasion of your depaituio from this city. .Since your flinv.il we have had numerous proofs of the interest which your Excellency f, els in the welf.iro and piosperjty of Giaham's Town, and wo oongiatulato ourselve-, upon the ciicumslauce of the recent successful session of the Colonial Parliament li.ivmf been held in a city the inhabitants of whioh have always welcomed your Excellency m their midst with feeling of loyalty as well as respect for your character and poison. We venture .to express a hope that the icsidenco of your Excellency and Lady Wodehouse in this city has been aoroenhlo, and that it has afforded opportunities for your becoming better acquainted with tlieiulubitants and resources of this pait of the colony. We beg to convey to your Excellency our sincere thanks for tho

numerous instances o£ kindness and courtesy mani fested, both by yourself and Lady Wodebouso, to tli citizens geneially, dining your stay, and wo ferveutl; hope that the efforts of your Excellency to promot the piospority and welfare of this colony may hay all the success which its best friends may desire. Ti conclusion, we beg to wish your Excellency and Lad; Wodehouse a safo and pleasant journey. — Signed,,]}; oider and on behalf of the Council, — George Wood juit., Mayor." To which Ins Excellency replied "I receive with'gieat pleasure, on the eve of mi departure from Giahatn's Town, this veiy flattering expression of the feelings you entertain towards Lad; Wodehouse and myself. We should, indeed, hi most ungrateful jf we did not avail oui selves of tlni occasion^ to tender to yourself, and the people o Giaham's Town in geneial, our si ncero thanks fo that constant and kind hospitality winch has ren dered our stay amongst you so truly agreeable. 1 our presence has been productive of good to any we have boen fully lewaidcd. And in taking oni leave of you, wo b?g you to accept our best wish©. 1 for the lasting happiness of the city which you reprc sent." DiC Coiimso's Appeal. — The petition of Dr, Colenso, published in our Satin day's issue, and the conversation of the advocates and judges annexed te the letter of Mr. Ten mint, make pi otty clear the couise of procedwe which the Bishop of Natal has adopted. 11 0 goes to the .Tiulici.il Committee of the Pi ivy Council and pi.vys them to stay the pioccedings of the Bishop of Capo Town, on the giound th.it he had no juiiadiction ; and, secondly, that admitting lus jurisdiction, the proceedings were megulii, infoinial, and voM, andeontiaiy to justice The petitioner is advised that the S'eo of Natal wa< planted to him for the term of his natiual life, without let or hindi.ince, fiom her Majesty, and that tins was accomplished previous to the letter: patent granted to the Bishop of C.ipo Town on the Bth of liecembcr, 1853, which, it is admitted, were obnoxious to the rights now a-serted. The peti lionet then comments on the incgu'ar and unpieccdented chat.icter (if the Colonial Couit «md its proceedings, and proceeds to challenge its sentence on the gionnd that the ch.uge-. themselves are not substantiated, namely, that his teaching contiavened and subvoited the Ai tides p.nd foimuLiries of the Chinch of England. Di. Colenso has, then, tlnee stungs to his how. Tic denies juiislietiou of the Bishop, and then challenge j the convtitution of the Couit ; and, lastly, joins is>suc on the question of doctiiue. It will be seen, however, fiom the statouient of Mr J.imes, that the Btbhop of Nnt.il is desirous of n using the question of hn fidelity to the Aiticlcs, independent of the objections in point of law to the foim of the pioccedin^. The petitioner supports, his prayer for the intcrfeicncc of the Tnvy Council, by submitting " an advice' 1 of a most nnpoitant and almost staithng natuie, " that for any wiong done in your Majesty's colonial and foicign possessions., by any peison having, or c\eicismg undei, oi mulct colour of your Majesty's atithoi lty, any power, mle, and authoiity whatsoever, and for which no other pioviMo i is by law made, it is the n^ht and pnviligo of any of yoiu subjects so wiongtid to apply to yoin Majesty in Council foi iclief in l expect theteoL" We aie not lawyer-, enough to know wliethei such a pnvilcyo t\i-,ts, but, if it does, iti>a wi 5 e and s ilu'aiy provision against the injustice that may evade law The question naturally occnis, does it npplyto the mothei countiy, and it not "why is so sounding and com|>iehensive a law made only foi colonial am fmeign possessions ' It will be seen that the C'ounci would make no order until satisfied of then jmisdic tiou, but oideied the petition to stand ovei until tin Michaelmas teim, with love to^cive the petition oi such pei sons as the petitioner should think fib. T the Judicial Committee should decide that they h.avi liuisdiction, the points la'sed in the petition wil imiu'-h oppnitumty foi ,i full and exhaustive discus £.tt>ii ot the whole question. The following lettei appeared in the Fame jouina under the heading of "New Zealand veisus tin Frontier"' : — Sns, — In your issue of the 23id theic is a lettei signed "Sevcial British Woiknion, ' in which thej stats their intention of leaving the colony for New Zealand for the sake of live aeiv-s of giouii'l. Whj not i.ithci apply foi the gionnd that is bring givei out beyond the Ket in fiuns of (ivohundicd acic*:. foi each shot a man 9 Huicly Jive bundled acies n; this countiy i» hotter than live in New Zealand. I ■Mil state fiom my own ohseivation that it i-> icallj a fine countiy. L may a\->o raj that the Lite Mr. Iloo'e, ot Toit Beaufoit, who knew the connti Novell, toldmeth.it it was the only pait of the fiontiei that would .suppoit a Luge Euiopeau populatinn . in fact, ib is the counliy foi thp poor man moif than for the nch stock f ,u met. Evciy little cloof has its own stieam of puie w.atei ; besides, the splendid nver Tiso'nier inns tin »ugh the ecitie of the countiy. I don't know the extent ot giound that ii to be given out, but [ believe th^ie \\ ill bo enough to loc ite thiec oi foiu thousand men on f.mns of five huudied acic-> each Cf couisc they must c\ptct to put up with a good many hardships and doubles of ono kind oi another, as all CiUigiauts have to tiidui. , and thcio i-> the nha'iPi 1 of n itivc distuibciiicc, hut not moie heiethan at New Zealand, and Kich will ca--il\ be put do\ui if he should attempt anything, if the Govciiiuient can manage to Keop the natn es ncai the colony quiet. But the !j> cat difficulty would l> j, how aio thee peop'o to bo snppoited until they can get "-onio crop-> oil i ho giound ' ITo\\e\er, as the old siying is, '• whoie thine is a will there is a way." Ishall closin hopes that 1 shall one day sec seveial t'lousmds of Ijiitish workmen ocaupyiag tint fine countiy. — 1 am, &c , Bisiton. Eastern Pioyincc, July 2!), ISG4.