THE CAPE TROUBLES.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XII, Issue 3212, 8 January 1879, Page 3

THE CAPE TROUBLES.

(pee peess agency,)

Uapeiown, November 21.

Our differences with Citymayo, the Zulu King, are as far off as ever. The Governor is still in Mantyburg. Naol and all our available forces aro being massed at various points of the border, but' Citymayo (whether from fear or want of preparation) appears uncertain. He refrains from any act of war, although there can be little doubt remaining that he is the instigation of Ticcoreni's troublesome conduct. The natives in the Northern border having taken to fighting among themselves, made our task of dispersing them.easy, and matters have so quieted down that administration' of Griqualand west_ has issued an amnesty, from the operation of which only the chiefs and all councillors and leading men who have taken a prominent part in fomenting or maintaining rebellion, all rebels who woro in receipt of pay from .Government, as head men, and all who are suspected of having had an active share in any murders, are excluded.

The Parliamentary election takes place to-morrow, 22nd,. for the Legislative Council. The House of Assembly elections are postponed until January.

Exceptional weather has prevailed here lately; an immense quantity of rain has fallen, and it has been colder than many years past. Our summer appears to have now regularly set in. The wool season has just commenced'; it is later than usual, but has been retarded by tho cold weather.

No sales of importance have as yet taken place, but prices generally rule firm at low rates. Our harvest promises well, and grain and forage are likely to rule low. Our present stocks, with the exception of maize, are largo,