Country than those heretofore adopted, but which from the Extracts I enclose of the sentiments of my predecessors, the Earl of Caledon and the Honble. Lt. Genl. Grey, I conceive will only be viewed by your Lordship as following the course of their opinions, and which would probably have been directed by them had they continued in the Government.

From the papers I have the honor to lay before your Lordship, you will observe that the repeated aggressions of the wandering kraals of the Caffres had still increased, and gone to every extent of plunder and violence, and that unless some decisive stop were put to such proceedings the peaceful Inhabitants of these most fertile parts of the Colony would have fled from their Habitations and abandoned altogether the Country. In fact, unless the Boundaries of the Settlement were maintained, and the proper demarcation naturally established upon permanent Foundations, there could not be a reasonable hope of good order or prosperity in any shape. I have the satisfaction to add upon this subject, that the aggressions at present appear invariably to have been on the part of the Caffre Kraals, and that the Dutch Settlers do not seem to have acted in any manner likely to produce these Disorders.

As no benefit can possibly arise either to the Kaffre Tribes or the Dutch Settlers from any intercourse, and that all the present evils proceed from their intermixture, under any pretence the indispensable object in view is to establish such an acknowledged Boundary as shall not be passed by either side without due authority. Forbearance and conciliation seem to have failed of their effect hitherto, but it may be hoped that by proper explanation, aided by the appearance of a determination to enforce the measure if necessary, that the end will be accomplished without recourse to violence.

Your Lordship will perceive from the communication of Lt. Col. Lyster, who commands in these districts, that in the pursuance of the former measures of the same nature, he has not applied for further military aid from the regular forces, but rests their execution upon the exertions of the Commando already prepared. However, as it is very difficult to ascertain the degree of opposition he may experience, or the numbers he would have to encounter did the several Kraals unite, or the Caffre people make it a common cause, I have judged it prudent to considerably augment

the regular military means of operation, and have sent the remainder of the Cape Regiment, supported by an additional detachment of Europeans to the amount I could spare from the defence of this essential position, where at present there is not a single vessel of War. I should have detached a larger European Force to remove all apprehension of a Deficiency, but I confess I have not as yet that reliance on the 2nd Battalion of the 60th Regt., which forms so considerable a part of this Garrison, as would justify the measure.

These reinforcements have proceeded in the Upton Castle, one of the Cartel ships returning to India, to Algoa Bay, from whence whatever operations that may be deemed necessary will take place.

I have placed the whole, both in a civil and military view, under the command of Lt. Col. Graham of the Cape Regiment, an officer of the most acknowledged experience and activity, and who, I am persuaded, will obey the Instructions I have given to him (a copy of which I have the honor to enclose) with equal temper, humanity and resolution. The further papers which I submit to your Lordship will shew the whole of the steps that have been taken and the principles upon which they were directed, and I anxiously hope they will meet with the approbation of His Majesty's Government.

The measures now laid before your Lordship seem peculiarly to accord, in every respect, with the important object so wisely instituted by the Earl of Caledon, and now in actual operation, the Establishment of an annual Mission from the Court of Justice to enquire into and report upon the State of the Interior and promote the Course of Justice and Good Order throughout their Circuit. I have etc.

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Proclamation by SIR JOHN CRADOCK.

Whereas it appears to be essential for the encreasing welfare of this settlement that every possible encouragement should be given to the industry of the inhabitants, and that as far as may be, every obstacle be removed which is in the way of their receiving the full reward of their exertions. And whereas nothing is more likely to contribute to this object than the encouragement of the exports of the produce of the settlement, and that the exporters may be enabled to deliver their goods at foreign ports at the cheapest rate possible.

Having therefore maturely considered this subject, and wishing to give to the inhabitants of his Majesty's settlement an early proof of the interest I shall always take in their prosperity, I have thought proper to direct, and do hereby order, that from and after the date of these presents all duties heretofore collected upon any articles the growth or produce of this settlement, entered for exportation from any of the ports of this government, shall cease and determine. But it shall nevertheless be imperative upon the exporter or his agent to give a detailed account of all such articles of Cape growth or produce as he may be about to export, with the estimated value thereof, to the collector of his Majesty's customs, and to obtain from him a permit for the exportation thereof, without which permit such shipment shall be considered as illegal, and the goods so shipped, or so attempted to be exported, shall be seized and sold, and the proceeds thereof distributed according to the regulations existing with regard to seizures in this Colony.

And that no one may plead ignorance hereof, this shall be published and affixed as usual.

Given under my hand and seal, at the Cape of Good Hope, this 18th day of October 1811.

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Letter from SIR JOHN CRADOCK to the EARL OF LIVERPOOL. GOVERNMENT HOUSE, October 19 1811.

MY LORD, I have the honor to enclose for Your Lordship's information the several Proclamations and Government Advertisements issued since the 6th day of September last. I have etc.

(Signed) J. F. CRADOCK.

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Letter from the BISHOP OF LONDON to the EARL OF LIVERPOOL. FULHAM, October 19th 1811.

My LORD, I have no means of calling Mr. Halloran before me, he not having officiated in my Diocese as far as I know, nor am I acquainted with his present residence. But it so happens that no such enquiry is necessary to enable me to answer your Lordship's Queries. I have in my possession a complete account of his forgeries, with reference if necessary to the original documents. I can therefore say with certainty that he has produced forged Letters of Orders from the Bishop of Ossory (now Meath), that he has also produced a fabricated Letter from Mr. Wall, Registrar of the Diocese of Ossory, dated from a place where Mr. W. never was in his life, and farther on being tax'd with these forgeries he had no defence to make, but pleaded "that if the means were wrong the end was beneficial and praiseworthy." Nothing can be worse than the character which the same account gives of him. The above I imagine will be quite sufficient to corroborate all Lord Caledon's suspicions of him. I remain etc.

I conclude that your Lordship knows that he officiated some years at the Cape without its being suspected that he had never

been ordained.