and 180th degrees of longitude east from Greenwich, and save and except all places whatsoever in the Arabian Sea, and in the ocean between the continent of Africa and the 60th degree of longitude east from Greenwich, which are to the northward of the equator other than places on the continent of Africa, and in the Red Sea within the Straits of Babelmandel. From the above orders you will have observed, that no Indian goods can be allowed to be imported into the colony of the Cape of Good Hope from the French islands, nor can any articles of the produce of the islands be imported into the Cape, except for consumption, as the re-exportation thereof to England from the Cape would be contrary to the act of navigation; you have however been informed, that prize goods, when accompanied by proper certificates, and cotton wool of the growth of any country, are exempt from the general enactments of the navigation laws. But it appearing to the Court, that as Europe necessaries and colonial goods may be exported from the Cape of Good Hope to the islands, the returns for which, in the absence of specie and bills of exchange, must be made in produce and which produce may occasionally be unsaleable at the Cape for internal consumption, the Court direct, that in case the parties shall obtain licence of His Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, for importing such surplus produce into London to be sold at the Company's sales as usual, you afford all official facilities for sending the same to London on British ships. But you will inform all applicants, and insert in the document which you may give them, that the Company's licence is of itself non-effectual to due importation of the goods into London, vide The act 49, Geo. III. Chap. 17. 49, Geo. III. Chap. 60. 51, Geo. III. Chap. 96. also the order of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent in Council, dated 1st Oct. 1811, which revokes the Order in Council of 12th April, 1809, allowing foreign vessels to carry on trade and commerce with the Cape of Good Hope and its dependencies, and will in no case be granted, but in consequence of a previous licence from His Majesty's Government in London. [Copy.] Letter from SIR JOHN CRADOCK to CHIEF JUSTICE GOVERNMENT HOUSE, May 30 1812. SIR, I beg to receive your assistance upon a subject that seems to demand the most serious attention of Government. All our united endeavours to extend Christianity and education can have but a very limited effect while some Part of the ancient Dutch Regulations subsist, which affect the complete Property of the Master in his Slave if he become a Christian. It seems unnecessary to dwell upon the case. Human Nature will have its Infirmities, and it is impossible to contend against them. If therefore this Law be suffered to remain in force the Doors of our Churches will always be closed against the Slaves, and those only of the Mahometan or other Persuasions lie open. However it might be wished that Slavery altogether were abolished, still as the state is suffered to remain, all that can be done is to remedy the evil as far as it is practicable. In other parts of the British Dominions this peculiar Point appears better understood for the Public Advantage, for let the Slave receive the Benefit of Christianity, inestimable to him in many attendant considerations, still the exact Property of the Master in the Individual is unimpaired, and he is bought and sold without alteration of the former practice. I beg therefore to submit the Abrogation of the present Restrictions to the enlightened consideration of you and Mr. Truter, His Majesty's Fiscal, and from the humane and patriotic Principles which so much distinguish the Actions of both, and the influence you so justly possess over the liberal minds of the Inhabitants of this Settlement, I entertain a confident expectation we may introduce a new Regulation that will not only remove the present Obstructions without dissatisfaction, but even advance the cause of Christianity in behalf of our less fortunate Fellow Creatures in the same Community. I have &c. [Office Copy.] Letter from the EARL OF LIVERPOOL to SIR JOHN CRADOCK. SIR, I herewith transmit the Agreements entered into with Mr. Rennie with the several Persons engaged by him to superintend and execute the Water Works at the Cape of Good Hope; and I am to desire you will take care that the Stipulations therein severally specified may be carried into effect. I have etc. Letter from ROBERT PEEL, ESQRE., to SIR JOHN CRADOCK. DOWNING STREET, 1st June 1812. SIR, Lord Liverpool directs me to request you will take charge of the several Boxes and Packages addressed to Governor Farquhar, and sent to the Cape on board the Ceres, and forward them by the earliest opportunity of Conveyance to the Isle of France. Letter from REAR ADMIRAL STOPFORD to J. W. CROKER, ESQRE. Lion IN SIMON'S BAY, June 1st 1812. SIR,-You will be pleased to inform my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that adverting to your letter of the 7th January 1811 (but I suppose intended for 1812) and to the copy of intelligence transmitted therewith respecting a meditated expedition from Brest against the Isle of France, I observe that two Line of Battle Ships from Cherbourg were expected at Brest, which force added to the two frigates at that time in Brest Water and two in the Harbor, would be superior to the united strength upon this station. Conceiving it therefore probable that their Lordships would send to the Cape an encrease of strength in the event of this expedition still going forward, I have judged it adviseable to keep the Lion, Nisus, and President in Simon's Bay ready for sea, that the squadron might proceed in force against the enemy in the event of his arrival, and not to run the risque of failure by dividing it. My last accounts from the Isle of France only reach to the 14th March, but I am in daily expectation of the arrival of the Astrea from thence. I have etc. (Signed) ROBERT STOPFORD, Rear Admiral. [Original.] Letter from REAR ADMIRAL STOPFORD to J. W. CROKER, ESQRE. Lion IN SIMON'S BAY, June 1st 1812. SIR,-You will be pleased to inform my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that with a view of ascertaining the exact position of the numerous shoals in False Bay, under the idea of Simon's Bay becoming the principal rendezvous upon this station, I have directed Mr. Peter W. Gawthorpe, the Master of the Lion, who has passed his examination as a surveyor at the Hydrographer's Office at the Admiralty, to embark on board the Atlanta Transport for the purpose abovementioned, and that he has already made some progress in the Survey. The Beacon which was placed last year upon a dangerous shoal in that Bay called the Whittle has been washed away in a late gale of Wind. I have etc. (Signed) ROBERT STOPFORD, Rear Admiral. [Copy.] Government Advertisement. Notice is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor having taken into consideration the various representations which have been made to him of the state of the road over the Hottentots VIII. 2 F Hollands Kloof and the Houw Hoek, has thought proper to direct that the whole of the receipts of the toll at the aforesaid Kloof shall be in future accounted for to the Deputy Landdrost of Zwellendam at the Zwarteberg, to be by him entirely expended upon the road in question, until such time as it is brought into complete repair, by which steps His Excellency trusts that the safety and convenience of the inhabitants of the interior districts will be attended to, and the facility of communication with Cape Town be materially improved. Castle of Good Hope, 5th June 1812. By command of His Excellency the Governor. Letter from SIR JOHN CRADOCK to the EARL OF LIVERPOOL. GOVERNMENT HOUSE, CAPE TOWN, 10th June 1812. MY LORD, I have now the honor to forward to your Lordship several papers which will put your Lordship in possession of all the circumstances that have attended the conclusion of the warfare with the Kaffir tribes upon the Frontiers of this Settlement. I anxiously hope that your Lordship is persuaded that nothing but a conviction that if the depredations of these people were suffered to gain greater strength, not only all the inhabitants of the Frontier would be driven from their dwellings but that the progress of the Kaffirs would in time extend to the very interior of the Colony, and the most fertile part of His Majesty's territory be entirely lost, would have led me to the hostile measures I pursued. I also gratify myself in the hope that your Lordship will consider that the vigorous steps so necessary to take have been executed by Col. Graham and the Officers employed upon this unpleasant and severe service in a manner that does the greatest credit to their discretion and humanity. Every order to the same effect has been given, and nothing but the recurrence of aggression on the part of the Kaffirs will give cause, I trust, to future hostility. Whatever may have been the ill conduct of the |